EBE Chapter 380: Eating and drinking
Chapter 380: Eating and drinking
With the support of everyone, Prince Rong helped Zhou Chang back to the tent.
Afterwards, the imperial physician arrived and confirmed that Zhou Chang was fine, and Prince Rong then took his men away.
Zhou Chang "turned a disaster into a blessing" and had a reason not to go hunting, so he just "lay down" in the tent.
The royal supplies were no match for the various cakes and fruits that Yuan Qi prepared personally.
After sending everyone away, Zhou Chang began to eat and drink to his heart's content.
Aunt Jing and Uncle Qiu were concerned about whether everything was arranged properly in the palace on the mountain. After seeing that Zhou Chang was fine, they returned to the hunting palace on the mountain first. Gao Yuan, who didn't like the hustle and bustle, also followed them back.
The twelfth prince Feng Suo played for a while and then returned to Concubine Qin.
The only people left in the tent were Yuan Qi's siblings, Zhou Chang and Skinny Monkey.
Zhou Chang couldn't eat any more at the end and instead had a stomachache.
"Monkey, are you okay?" No matter what Zhou Chang eats, he can always eat skinny monkey.
The skinny monkey ate even more than Zhou Chang. He held half a roasted chicken leg in his hand and mumbled, "What's the matter?"
"What about you?" Zhou Chang asked Yuan Jie on the other side.
Yuanjie also ate a lot, but shook his head in confusion.
Yuan Qi put down the bracelet he had been fiddling with and asked, "Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?"
Zhou Chang rubbed his stomach and said, "It seems that you are all fine, but I am the only one who is not feeling well."
"The prince doesn't eat much, but his food is a bit mixed." Yuan Qi said something fair.
Zhou Chang looked at the table full of fruits, pear cores, roast chicken elbows, ice porridge, nuts, cakes and candies. He had never eaten so much at once before.
But it's not because of boredom.
It is comfortable not to go hunting, but there is nothing good to do hiding in the tent except enjoying the cool air.
"Ding, a customer has placed an order for a giant clam bracelet." The voice of the viewpoint system suddenly sounded in my mind.
"What is a giant clam?" Zhou Chang didn't see anything, but when he looked around, he saw what Yuan Qi was holding. "What kind of bracelet is that? Why does it look like white coral?"
"It's not coral, it's giant clam." Yuan Qi couldn't let it go. "This is a new batch from Yuzhen Pavilion. There are only a few of these bracelets."
Just as Zhou Chang was about to ask what "gid clam" was, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he stood up from the couch and said, "Oh, no, no, monkey, don't eat yet, come with me to the bathroom."
The skinny monkey didn't care. He stuffed half a chicken leg into his mouth and went to help Zhou Chang. He couldn't hear what he said clearly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty..."
"Your Highness, are you okay?" Yuan Qi also stood up.
Zhou Chang waved his hand, without saying anything else, and walked out with the skinny monkey.
The skinny monkey was still regretting the half plate of roast chicken left, and turned around and shouted: "You have to save that for me."
"Don't worry, other people can't eat it either." Yuan Qi laughed.
Zhou Chang jogged all the way to the back to relieve himself.
The sun is scorching and the weather is hot.
At this time, a large group of people were hunting in the forest with hawks and dogs, and the camp was quiet and sparsely populated.
When Zhou Chang came out of the toilet after changing his clothes, he felt a lot more relaxed.
I just stretched myself when I heard someone greeting me from a distance.
"Your Highness Prince Yi, you look okay after falling off your horse this morning, right?" Captain Tang Mao of the Imperial Guards stepped forward and saluted.
Zhou Chang had been very impressed with Tang Mao because of his help in making frostbite cream last year. "Yeah, it's okay. Why is Captain Tang here?"
Tang Mao was always respectful: "The Imperial Guards will protect your majesty's safety. Commander Sun will accompany your majesty to the hunting ground. I will be responsible for leading people to patrol the outer camp."
Zhou Chang noticed that Tang Mao was wearing different armor than the one he saw last year. "Has Captain Tang been promoted?"
Tang Mao smiled and said, "I am ashamed. I have just been promoted to the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards."
"Then congratulations to Deputy Commander Tang." Zhou Chang bowed and was happy for him.
"I dare not..." Tang Mao said modestly, "If Your Highness has time, the Imperial Guards have many good horses. As long as Your Highness is willing, I can accompany Your Highness to get familiar with the habits of horses."
Zhou Chang knew that this was Tang Mao's way of showing goodwill, but she was still frightened since she fell off the horse in the morning. She subconsciously supported her sore butt and decided not to ride a horse again unless it was necessary.
Therefore, he said politely: "Thank you for your kindness, Deputy Commander Tang. Perhaps I am not naturally good at riding and shooting, and I don't want to force it. It is better not to ride a horse."
"Your Highness is right. You, a princess, really don't need to worry too much about this." Tang Mao came from a military background and was very straightforward.
Zhou Chang said he didn't want to learn how to ride a horse, so he didn't say anything more.
After that, Tang Mao took his leave. Zhou Chang had nothing urgent to do, so he took the skinny monkey and slowly wandered to a deserted place.
"It's easier to deal with people in the military. The Imperial Guards have been really good to you." The skinny monkey said as he led the way.
After all, the camp was in the wild, and June was the time when grass was growing and birds were singing. Weeds were everywhere, and in many places they were half a person's height.
Zhou Chang noticed that the skinny monkey was stomping down some grass, so he asked, "What kind of grass is that? How did it offend you?"
"Your Highness forgot, this is nettle. In previous years, people would be stung if they got touched by this grass." The skinny monkey said as he kept stomping on it to clear the way for Zhou. "Besides, there are many snakes in the grass at this time of year. This is called disturbing the grass and the snakes will not dare to come over."
"Oh, yes..." Zhou Chang shuddered as soon as he mentioned the snake. "Then let's stop shopping and go back quickly."
We said we were going back, but now we had lost our direction and could only walk straight towards the center of the camp.
Before I knew it, I had walked to the vicinity of Prince Rong's tent.
"Brother Prince Rong should be back by now. He is not good at riding or shooting." Zhou Chang leaned his hands on the pergola and looked up at the sky. Noon passed in the blink of an eye.
During the morning hunting ceremony, those who know how to hunt or not will go up for the sake of pretending to hunt. Generally, those who are not interested in hunting will return before noon.
"I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Rong invited several new candidates this year," the thin monkey deliberately lowered his voice, "I heard that the top scholar in literature was among them. The top scholar in literature was accompanying His Royal Highness Prince Rong. His Royal Highness Prince Rong is not good at riding and shooting, so he invited many civil servants to discuss poetry and prose."
"How can you say 'also'? If I work hard, I should be able to learn riding and shooting." Zhou Chang did not forget to save his own face.
"Of course, if Your Majesty tries harder, maybe he can get the golden jade belt." The skinny monkey habitually argued.
"I wonder where Wen Qingyan is now? Is she in Brother Prince Rong's tent?" Zhou Chang still wanted to see the handsome man after all, but as for what to do after seeing him, she didn't know.
The skinny monkey pointed to the path to the east and said, "We are here just as we said."
"Okay, let's go and take a look." Zhou Chang thought that it would be best if Wen Qingyan happened to be at Prince Rong's place, so he could just take a look at her.
As a result, God failed to fulfill his wishes.
When I went over to ask, I found out that Prince Rong was not there, and neither were the others. As the weather was too hot, they had gone boating at a nearby lake early in the morning.