20demayo Chapter 383 Huo Family
Chapter 383 Huo Family
The royal hunting ground is divided into an outer circle, a middle circle and an inner circle. The inner circle is the most dangerous, with wild beasts roaming around and cliffs. It is like a maze and it is easy to get lost once you enter. Entering is generally not allowed during hunting, unless there is someone brave enough to challenge it.
In addition to the royal family, those who came to participate in the hunting trip included some ministers and their families. Several people from the Nan and Shangguan clans were also invited. These people were all important talents from the two families.
When Ye Tang and his group arrived at their destination, almost everyone else had arrived, with only Nalan Ze and the prince remaining.
"Let's go to the wooden house and have a rest first." Nalan Xu said to Ye Tang and the others.
Houses were built near the hunting ground, including wooden houses, bamboo houses, blue brick and tile houses, stone houses, and many tents were also built.
The masters were all resting in the house, only the servants and guards were busy outside.
When Ye Tang and his group came over, many people heard the noise and came out of their houses to greet them. In a short while, they surrounded Ye Tang and his wife.
The men gathered in a group and the women gathered in a circle.
"Princess Pingshan, the flowers embroidered on your cuffs are so beautiful. What kind of flowers are they?" A young lady saw the pattern on Ye Tang's cuffs and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Ye Tang smiled and said, "This is a star flower, a blue star flower."
The young ladies and princesses exclaimed, and then one of the princesses frowned and said, "Star Flower, it sounds so familiar, I seem to have heard of this flower name somewhere before."
Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she said happily, "I remember now. I heard from my mother that the star flower is my great aunt's favorite flower. This flower is extremely rare and not suitable for planting. It has already become extinct."
Ye Tang was curious: "I wonder who this girl is?"
The little princess raised her chin slightly and said, "I am Princess Jiayue, the daughter of the eldest princess."
Ye Tang suddenly realized, "So she is the eldest princess' daughter. No wonder she looks so smart and lively. She looks like the eldest princess, beautiful and charming."
Jiayue was very happy: "Although I am already very good, you don't need to praise me."
Ye Tang held her hand and said, "This princess likes beauties the most, especially a beauty as stunning as the princess. She makes this princess' eyes light up at first sight."
She took out a pair of earrings and gave them to Princess Jiayue: "This pair of crabapple earrings is my favorite. When I saw you today, I felt that they are a perfect match for you, so I gave them to you."
Princess Jiayue fell in love with the pair of earrings at first sight, but still declined several times.
After some back and forth, seeing that Ye Tang insisted, she happily accepted it.
Ye Tang put the earrings on her.
The girls around exclaimed how beautiful she was, with envy on their faces.
Princess Jiayue was so praised that she was overjoyed.
Ye Tang took out some small jewelry and gave them to the young ladies present.
The ladies who received the small gifts were extremely happy.
There were also many people who sneered, thinking that Ye Tang was trying to please them.
Ye Tang didn't care at all. He pulled Princess Jiayue aside to chat and inadvertently mentioned Princess Fenghua.
While Ye Tang was mingling with the girls, Xiao Jingxuan on the other side was playing games such as cricket fighting and horse racing with the men.
When Nalan Ze and the prince came over, they saw a lively scene.
"What are you playing? You look so happy!" Nalan Ze said with a smile, stroking his beard.
When everyone heard the voice, they turned around and saw Nalan Ze and the prince coming, and they all knelt down to greet them.
"Everyone get up!"
The ministers came over immediately, stood on both sides of Nalan Ze and his son, and briefly recounted what had happened in the hunting ground.
Nalan Ze smiled and looked at Xiao Jingxuan when he heard this: "Prince Pingshan knows a lot of things."
Jamel Xiao smiled cheerfully: "It's just some little jokes, not worth mentioning."
Ye Tang walked out from the group of women. Nalan Ze glanced at her inadvertently and saw the blue star flower pattern on her body. His gaze paused slightly.
The prince also noticed the star and flower pattern on Ye Tang's clothes, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes and examine Ye Tang.
The eldest princess was in the house before and did not come out to greet Ye Tang. Now she saw the star and flower pattern on Ye Tang's clothes, and her sharp eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Did the Yuan Dynasty also have star flowers?"
Ye Tang was stunned, looked at his clothes, and then smiled and said, "Yes, my grandmother planted two."
"My grandmother loves star flowers very much. My mother and I also love them very much and often embroider a few on our clothes." Ye Tang finished speaking and blinked at the eldest princess: "Is there anything wrong with this star flower?"
The eldest princess shook her head: "No problem, Princess Pingshan has good vision."
Nalan Ze looked at Ye Tang's face and did not look away for a long time.
The prince gently tugged at his sleeve, and he came back to his senses. He called everyone together and prepared to start hunting.
The Yuan Dynasty delegation will be spectators in this hunting trip. If they want to participate, they can, but Penglai will not be responsible if they get hurt accidentally.
Xiao Jingxuan and Ye Tang are not interested in hunting. When they were young, they ran to the mountains every day and were afraid of hunting. Now they just want to eat, drink and have fun, and don’t want to experience the fun of hunting!
The hunting team was quickly organized, with more than one hundred people in total. The top three who caught the most prey would receive rewards from the emperor.
Nalan Xu, the Second Prince, and some princes and princesses all attended, including Princess Jiayue.
Seeing that Ye Tang was not going hunting and was just sitting there with Prince Pingshan, Princess Jiayue came over and said, "Princess Pingshan, aren't you going hunting? Hunting is fun. It's so boring to sit here!"
Ye Tang shook his head and said, "No, I prefer to eat and drink."
Princess Jiayue said, "You don't know how to ride a horse, do you? It's okay. I allow you to ride on the same horse with me."
Ye Tang didn't care about her attitude and still shook his head.
Princess Jiayue was unhappy: "I thought you were interesting just now, but now I think you are boring. Forget it."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, looking so angry, as if Ye Tang had bullied her.
Ye Tang looked at her back and laughed: "You have quite a temper."
Jamel Xiao frowned: "Not only is she angry, but her tone is also very arrogant. Madam, don't pay attention to her, let's eat our food."
The Miao family and the Second Prince are going to cause trouble, and the hunting season will not be peaceful. They don't want to suffer in the hunting grounds. They want to eat early and go back to the house to rest.
Ye Tang leaned close to Xiao Jingxuan's ear and said, "I just asked Princess Jiayue, she said that Princess Fenghua disappeared forty years ago, and the time coincided with the time when my grandparents met. No one knows the reason for her disappearance, but because of Princess Fenghua's disappearance, Nalan Ze has been immersed in self-blame and sent people to look for her everywhere, and he has never given up."
It was written in the book hidden by the Second Prince in the secret room that the maternal grandfather of Nalan Ze and Princess Fenghua was surnamed Duanmu, their maternal grandfather was the patriarch of the Duanmu clan, and their maternal grandmother was surnamed Huo.
The Huo family was a merchant family, just a very small family. In order to seek the protection of the Duanmu clan, they sent their daughter to join the Duanmu clan.
Not long afterward, the Huo family was affected by internal strife, and the entire family was killed and fell into decline, being lost in history.
Because it has been a long time, few people know about the existence of the Huo family.