Liehuiyuan is a place for royal gatherings, entertainment and demonstrations of riding and archery. Yuwen Yun entered the gate of Liehuiyuan surrounded by honor guards and eunuchs and maidens.
He was sitting in the cart and through the window he saw from a distance three tall, large camels with strange and cute shapes. Yu Wenyun said to the driver.
"I remember the first time I saw this thing when I was seven or eight years old. At that time, the Turks brought it to Chang'an City as tribute. That time my mother took me to see this beast, but I was both in love with it and afraid of it. We didn't dare to get close. Later, my father sent us to guard Saibei and fight in Tuyuhun. We only saw them from a distance in the desert, and vaguely remember that some soldiers used camels as mounts for fighting."
The driver laughed and joked.
"Your Majesty, don't tell me that you haven't seen it before. We don't even know what a camel is. We need to take a closer look."
Yu Wenyun asked Zheng Yi as soon as he got off the car.
"Is Chan'er here?"
"The young master has not arrived yet."
Then Zheng Yi lowered his hands and said.
"Some ladies from the harem came first."
Xiao Lezi saw that everyone who was supposed to come had arrived and said.
"I will go to Zhengyang Palace now to urge you, and ask your majesty, the young master, to come and see the archery skills."
"Okay, if you want Chan'er to come quickly, let's enjoy it. There is no need to wear any etiquette."
After Yuwen Yun said this, he stepped onto the auditorium with a gong roof and sat down on the dragon chair. Yuchi Sunsheng and the Turkic envoy Ansuijia, who had been waiting for a long time, knelt down and prayed for peace.
"Long live my emperor, please watch my performance later."
Yu Wenyun asked politely.
"Does Apo Khan and Princess Qianjin have a good relationship?"
Ansuijia said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for bothering me. Your Majesty and the Great Khan have a very good relationship."
Then Yu Wenyun waved the messenger to get up. He got up from the dragon chair and walked forward, holding the messenger's hand and saying.
"Let's go, take me to see the camels."
At this time, the queen, eunuchs, and concubines who had arrived first had already gathered around the three camels, looking up at the rare things, and they all quickly knelt down when they saw Yu Wenyun approaching.
Three Turks, each leading a camel, saw the queens, who were dressed in gorgeous and very noble clothes, kneeling down to Yu Wenyun with solemn expressions. So they quickly broke off the camel's huge body and bent its limbs like a mound to hunt for Huiyuan. Kneel down on the lawn.
Immediately, the three Turks knelt down next to the camel and paid homage to Yu Wen Yun. Seeing this funny situation, Yu Wen Yun laughed heartily and walked forward and said repeatedly.
"Get up, get up, you guys too. Camels are a species from the Western Regions, and their legs can't be bent. Why do you want this beast to kneel down?"
After hearing Yu Wen Yun's words, all the people who were kneeling stood up. The three Turks leading the camels forgot to give orders to the camels, so the camels kept crawling on the lawn. Yu Wen Yun walked over and asked a person leading the camels.
"I saw someone riding a camel like a horse to fight in Saibei in the past. I wonder if I can ride it?"
The Turks who used camels traveled all over the country and knew a little Chinese, so they hurriedly said goodbye.
"Ok, Ok."
Yu Wen Yun was beaming with joy and was about to step onto the camel when he saw a little palace maid next to him, staring with a pair of big watery eyes. She was so surprised that she wanted to climb on the back of the camel. It was very fun, so Yu Wen Yun turned around and faced the maid. said the little maid.
"How about you ride with me?"
The little palace maid Dahui shook her head and stepped back.
"Your Majesty, I don't dare."
"What's so scary? Isn't this thing just a little bigger than other animals?"
Yu Wenyun became more energetic as he spoke.
"I'm not afraid of anyone. What are you afraid of? Come on."
Yu Wenyun waved his hands, and several guards couldn't help but lift the little palace maid onto the back of the camel. The little palace maid had never seen such a big guy in her life. She nervously hugged the camel's hump with her hands and trembled all over.
Wen Yun, who was at the end, was extremely excited. He took a step forward and pressed against the back of the little palace maid, his hands still attached to her newly ripe fruit, and asked softly.
"You are so useless. Now that I have someone with you, are you still scared?"
The little palace lady remained silent on the surface, but she was muttering in her heart.
"How can we not be afraid when being hugged by the Holy Master in front of so many people?"
The camel was very obedient. The Turkic man gently patted the camel's body. The camel immediately shrank four legs and stood up steadily. Under the tug of the Turkic man, the camel walked quietly on the grass of Liehuiyuan.
Yu Wenyun, who was riding high on Luo, held the little palace maid in his arms and whispered to her.
"Your fleshy fruit is really big. I am going to pay you a visit tonight."
Empress Zhu, who was gathered around the camels to watch the excitement, heard that Chan'er was coming too, and her heart was filled with all kinds of flavors, like a five-flavor bottle.
After Yu Wenchan was born, he was raised and cared for by Empress Yang Lihua and a large group of servants according to royal rules. As the biological mother, she could still visit her son often.
When Yu Wen Chan reached his teenage years, Yu Wen Yun made his son the emperor early and moved into the Zhengyang Palace so that the king would not go to court early. From then on, it was very difficult for Empress Zhu to see her son.
A teenage child is still in the stage of ignorance but has to write memorials day and night. He goes to court early in the morning and listens to the speeches of adults who the child cannot understand at all. Yu Wenchan went to court for the first time and was so frightened by the worship of the cultural relic officials that he burst into tears. Run down the Dragon Chair Road.
"We don't want to be the emperor, we are afraid of being the emperor."
Seeing this, Xiao Lezi picked up Yuwen Chan and said to him in order to maintain order in the court.
"Young Master, being an emperor is the biggest advantage in the world. How can you be afraid? In the future, you must learn from your grandfather to be a qualified king and benefit the people of the world."
Yu Wenchan wiped his tears and spoke unclearly.
"Then we want Eunuch Le to accompany us."
"Okay, okay, let's accompany the young master to the court."
Thinking of her son's happy smile when he was young, Empress Zhu quietly slipped out of the crowd and came to the gate of Lie Huiyuan alone, secretly wiping her tears. Suddenly she saw a luxurious carriage pulled by four horses in front of a large number of Su Weijun. Driving over under protection.
The escort and the carriage went straight to the gate of Liehui Garden. Empress Zhu trotted after hundreds of carriages and horses before stopping one after another. The door of the carriage slowly opened and the first one to get off was Xiao Lezi. Then she saw Yuwen Chan appear now. At the car door.
When Xiao Lezi saw Empress Zhu here, she quickly knelt down and said.
"Oh, I didn't know that the Emperor is here, please forgive me."
"What kind of crime are you punishing? You are the popular person next to the young master. I can't even try to curry favor with you."
Xiaolezi said quickly.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. If the Emperor has something to do, just tell the servants."
There were two ladders between the car door and the ground. In order to prevent the young master from bumping into him at all, the guards stepped forward and hugged the young master down.
"Yan."
Empress Zhu cautiously called out Yu Wenchan's nickname. When the young master looked up and saw her mother, she called out.
"Mother."
Just walking towards Empress Zhu, Yu Wenchan only took one step before one of his hands was grabbed by a guard. Then he was surrounded by a group of oncoming palace maids and eunuchs and walked toward Liehui Garden.
Xiao Lezi, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any longer, pushed the guard away and shouted sternly.
"Everyone, get out of here. The Queen must be missing the young master very much after not seeing her for so long. Mother and son finally met today. Why are you guys holding them back? Get out of here. We will send the young master to Liehui Garden in person later. If you still don't leave, I will tell His Majesty that you scared the young master so much that he cried, and your Majesty will reward you with a hundred lashes each."
After a while, the eunuch Xiao Lezi was heard shouting at the crowd.
"The young master has arrived."
The ministers present knelt down one after another as if they were worshiping Yu Wenyun. Empress Zhu, who was following behind her, also knelt down involuntarily towards her son.
Seeing this, Yang Lihua and Xiao Lezi ran over and helped Queen Zhu up.
"Ministers are ministers, and they should kneel down to worship the emperor. Isn't it a joke for you, a mother, to kneel down and worship your son? The Holy Mother is the mother of the country, and the queen does not need these etiquettes."
At this moment, Yu Wenyun, who was riding on a camel, answered everyone's prayers on behalf of his son with great joy.
"Everyone, get up, get up quickly. I have said that everyone can be informal today, and anyone who is willing to ride a camel can have a try."
Then Yu Wenyun spoke to the Turks.
"Could the envoy please let the camel lie down again, and ask us, who are so indifferent to camels, to take a ride on it?"
A group of servants took the frightened little palace maid out of Yu Wen Yun's arms. After that, the little palace maid collapsed on the grass like a puddle of mud. Yu Wen Yun got off the ground and walked to Chan'er's room with a smile on his face. Say it in front of you.
"Want to ride a camel? It's fun."
"In no mood."
Yuwen Chan shook his head and said.
"We're afraid."
"Then what's there to be afraid of?"
Yuwen Yun said.
"Then let Xiaolezi hold you and ride with you, okay?"
"No."
Seeing that his son still refused to agree and Yu Wenyun no longer forced him, he looked around and asked suddenly.
"Where is Yuchi Sun Sheng?"
"I'm here."
Yuchi Sunsheng, who was standing in the crowd, came over and was about to kneel down. Yu Wenyun grabbed him and said.
"Stop kneeling down. I have long heard that your archery skills are great. How about opening the eyes of me and all the ministers today?"
"Okay, then we will show our shame in front of His Majesty."
There is a shooting hall in Liehui Garden that is specially used for archery competitions. }The palace generals regularly hold archery competitions here every year, and when the final results are cleared, Yu Wenyun will be awarded the winner.
So everyone followed Yuwen Yun, Yuwen Chan, Yuchi, Sun Sheng and An Suijia, the envoy sent by the Turks, into the shooting hall. }
Yuchi and Sun Sheng had already placed his bow and arrow missiles in the shooting range. They were waiting for Yu Wenyun, the young master and the distinguished guests to sit down on the viewing platform. Three golden fences were raised in the air where the arrow handles were placed.
There were several feet between the fences, and they met at the other end of the fence, which was about tens of feet away. Yuchi and Sunsheng hit an iron missile with their straight bows. Seeing him draw the bow and set the arrow, the bow was almost stretched into a half-moon shape.
As soon as the hand holding the missile was loosened, the missile was like a meteor with a buzzing sound, and then it hit a fence hanging in the middle and was hit to pieces. of applause.
Just as everyone was focusing on Yuchi Sun Sheng's action of drawing the bow and setting the arrow, Queen Zhu sitting on the other side was staring at her son's three fences one after another from beginning to end. He was beaten to pieces by missiles.
The little emperor's face overflowed with happy smiles again and again, and Empress Zhu sighed in her heart again and again.
"Chan'er is still a child after all, but His Majesty forces him to do things he doesn't understand and doesn't like."
Yu Wenyun was completely impressed by Yuchi Sun Sheng's archery skills and smiled and said to the Turkic envoy Ansuijia beside him.
"I heard that Yuchi Sun Sheng was teaching archery to you and brought out some disciples."
"Yes."
An Suijia nodded.
"I am an apprentice of General Yuchi Sunsheng. Apo Khan and Princess Qianjin are also my master's loyal followers."
Yu Wenyun was greatly surprised, so he continued.
"According to what you say, your archery skills are also good? Then I invite you to perform a show as well."
Ansuijia refused again and again.
"Your Majesty, I am indeed not as skilled as my master, so I won't invite everyone to laugh at me."
"Come on, come on, it's just for fun, why are you laughing at me?"
Seeing the kindness, An Suijia couldn't help but because Yu Wenyun refused, so he had no choice but to enter the shooting range and hand it over.
"Since it is difficult for you to honor your name, you have no choice but to do whatever you want to do."
Ansuijia moved his body and stretched his bow before he drew an arrow and shot through the three apples hung by silk threads.
When Yu Wen Yun was a child, under the strict supervision of his father, he asked famous teachers to learn horseback and archery skills. After he became the prince, he went to Qiyang Royal Hunting Ground every autumn and winter to hunt. Therefore, although Yu Wen Yun's archery skills are not exquisite, they can be said to be excellent. past.
Seeing that both of them were so accurate, Yu Wenyun was also a little bit eager to try his skills, so he walked down from the viewing platform to the hunting ground. Yuchi and Sun Sheng immediately took another pair of bows from his luggage.
"Your Majesty, please give it a try."
Yu Wenyun glanced at Yuchi Sunsheng and said.
"Isn't this the bow you used just now?"
Yuchi Sun Sheng replied hesitantly.
"The bow I used is really too hard."
"My dear, I don't know that this stiff bow is a good bow. Please take out the bow you just made and show it to me."
Yuchi Sun Sheng had no choice but to take out the bow he had just used from his luggage. From the appearance, it was not much different from other bows, except that the bow made of beef tendon seemed to be thicker than the ordinary bow.
He tried to pull the Gongxuan, which was wrapped like iron. He tried with all his strength to pull the Gongxuan, but it didn't move at all.
"Is your bow really as hard as iron?"
"The Holy One is the Son of Heaven, how can he be compared with us rough people?"
As he spoke, Yuchi and Sun Sheng gave the bow to Yu Wenyun and introduced it.
"This is a soft bow. Compared with the hard bow, it is smaller and more exquisite, easy to carry, accurate and easy to control, but the range is slightly shorter. It is suitable for chasing prey on horseback. This bow was made by me under a Turkic general. Now Let us consecrate him to the Holy One."
After listening to Yuchi Sun Sheng's words, Yu Wen Yun was deeply impressed. He took a closer look at the beautifully crafted bow. The two ends of the bow were wrapped with beautiful five-color silk threads. When he tried to pull the string, it was indeed relaxed, accurate and easy to grasp. Yu Wen Yun was happy. road.
"I want to try my skills."
Yuchi and Sun Sheng lost the previous etiquette of the emperor and his ministers and immediately became busy. He adjusted the target position and ordered the guards to raise the target.
"Let everyone watch."
The guard used a silk thread to hang up a piece of oil cake as a target, which was very fresh for the distinguished guests at the viewing platform.
"What do you want to do, Your Majesty?"
Although the target of the oil cake is larger than that of a fence or an apple, it is not easy to hit the target with one arrow without any basic knowledge of archery. Yuchi and Sun Sheng just looked at Yu Wenyun's bow and arrow and felt that it would be difficult to hit the oil cake. There will be problems.
Sure enough, Yu Wenyun shot an arrow and the oil cake that was pierced by the arrow was still hanging in the air and did not fall down. Instantly, the auditorium burst into applause. The little emperor, who had been looking forward to the result, was also very happy. Suddenly he stood on the dragon throne with his hands raised in the air and shouted.
"It's a hit, it's a hit, we want that piece of pancake."
"Go and tear off that piece of oil cake and give it to the young master."
Yu Wenyun was very proud and lowered the oil cake that was used as a living target. A young eunuch who was waiting below tore the cracked oil cake apart and walked to the auditorium to kneel in front of Yu Wenchan's dragon chair and presented it to the little emperor. .
Queen Zhu, who was sitting on one side, laughed so hard that she burst into tears.
"We haven't been as happy as we are today for a long time."
Ansuijia, the Turkic envoy, said while riding on his horse.
"Go and fetch two camels."
I saw two animal trainers holding camels and giving them to Yu Wenyun as tribute.
