Hearing the knock on the door, Ji Wanyou quickly wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief.
Ji Xiu said, "Come in."
The door was pushed open, a young man entered the room and closed the door.
"I heard that your Excellency was injured?"
Ji Xiu glanced at him and didn't answer.
After all, the injury on his face was enough to answer this obvious question on his behalf.
"Father was hurt by the Duke of Zhen." Ji Wanyou looked at the person who came, with anger still in her red eyes, but most of this anger turned into grievance when she looked at the person she liked: "It's because my father still hurt me."
I cannot explain this to His Majesty, so I can only swallow this matter alive."
"The Duke of Zhenguo?"
The man frowned slightly, and his tone was more helpless: "This person really has no decency in doing things."
"I'll keep this account for him for the time being!" Ji Xiu said in a deep voice: "After I finish off the old thief Xia Tingzhen first and free up my hands, I can then vent my anger like today."
"It is really not appropriate to start a dispute with the Duke of Zhen at this time. Your Excellency, this is a wise decision."
"Xia Tingzhen fell ill this time. I wanted to take advantage of the spring hunting to gain more opportunities in front of His Majesty, but who knew that I was disturbed by the mad dog Zhen Guogong!" Ji Xiu looked at the young man: "I'm looking for
That’s why you came here—”
He wanted to discuss with the other party what remedies could be found.
He gradually realized that this person's best strategy was to guess people's hearts.
He has clearly never met the current emperor before, but he has offered suggestions several times, but they all seem to be based on what the emperor wants in his heart - to put it bluntly, he is simply born to be a sycophant.
But this is precisely what he lacks the most. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the best cards, but he was forced to this point by Xia Tingzhen, a slanderer who could get where he is today with just a mouth.
Seeing that the two of them were about to talk about business, Ji Wanyou avoided them in time and retreated.
Before leaving the room, I took a look at the young man and couldn't help but feel relieved.
She really felt very at ease with Mr. Zhan by her father's side.
…
Outside the hunting ground, drumsticks tied with red silk hit the drum head heavily, and the sound of the drum gradually became louder and louder, reaching into the mountains and forests.
Before the drums started to sound, some disciples had already turned back.
The sound of the drum at this time means that the hunting is over. With the sound of the drum, people and horses come out of the forest one after another.
Is it almost time to wait for the people to come out? The eunuch began to count the prey.
And the person who hunted the most? But everyone present was very surprised——
Not the Duke of Zhenguo.
Even though Zhen Guogong still looks old and strong, he looks majestic as soon as he stands there in his riding attire. But in all these years, General Xu has never won the first place.
Is General Xu old?
That must not be the case!
——It must be because General Xu, as an elder, wants to leave the opportunity to his younger disciples.
Of course? This is General Xu. If he were replaced by Ji Shangshu, who was also a military general - see? If you are old, you are old? If you can’t do it, you can’t do it.
"Your Majesty Prince Jing has hunted a total of sixteen prey!" the eunuch responsible for counting the prey said loudly.
The disciples who participated in the hunt all cast their eyes towards the smiling Crown Prince Jing.
Many people have met Prince Jing in the forest, and judging from his performance level in the forest...
How do you describe this result?
Saying you feel surprised is not enough to express it? It’s quite psychedelic anyway...
"It's actually Prince Jing..."
There was also discussion among the ladies and ladies.
"I didn't realize it before? Prince Jing actually has such a skill..."
"After all, he is the son of King Jing."
Faintly listening to these compliments, the spring breeze smile on Prince Jing's face became even brighter.
Whether he is rewarded or not, he doesn't care about these external things. He mainly enjoys the feeling of being appreciated and noticed.
Wu Chao also looked in the direction of the prince.
But he was not looking at the person, but the prey in front of him.
As big as a wild deer? As small as a few furry rats.
He didn't pay much attention to it before, but now he took a closer look. He couldn't help but feel that these prey looked a little familiar...
At this point, there was nothing he didn't understand.
When he was in the mountains before, when the Duke of Zhen was teaching him archery skills, it was not that he didn't notice someone nearby? It was just that there were a lot of people in the mountains, so he didn't pay attention to it——
Thinking of this? The young man looked at Prince Jing in silence, who did not feel guilty at all under the praise of everyone.
But the facts prove that the other party is not without any guilt.
Prince Jing also looked over at him.
Their eyes met for a moment, and Crown Prince Jing smiled at him, with a hint of gratitude in his smile.
"..." Wu Chao was silent and turned his head back.
I have never seen such a shameless person.
"Shengchang really impressed me this time." Emperor Qingming said with a smile in his eyes, "You are worthy of being the son of the Xie family."
"..." King Jing on the side was beating in his heart, and he wanted to say something to expose his son's true face, but he was afraid that the more he said this, the more he would appear to be tabooing something in his heart.
Under such circumstances, he could only stare at his son secretly.
What happened to this brat?
When he came to Beijing, he was told not to show off and steal the limelight!
As for why this brat was not specifically reminded not to take first place? - This kind of thing is like - who would have thought of telling a person who can't even write his own name to be sure to do it when he goes out?
Keep it tight, don't you accidentally grab the top pick and steal someone else's limelight?
If this guy isn’t ranked last, he’s already a ghost!
God knows where he got those prey from!
"Your Majesty is very complimentary. My nephew is just lucky." Crown Prince Jing said humbly: "When it comes to archery skills, many of the young men present are above my nephew."
Prince Jing sneered in his heart.
Is that "many"? - It's clear that everyone present is better than him!
Seeing his nephew's self-effacing appearance, Emperor Qingming nodded with great satisfaction, then looked at everyone, and asked Li Ji with a smile: "Is there anyone who hasn't come back yet?"
Then a young eunuch went to check the books that recorded people who had entered the mountain. During this interval, another young man came out of the forest and returned empty-handed.
At this point, the young eunuch replied: "Your Majesty, only the young master from Zhenguo Duke's Mansion has not returned yet."
Emperor Qingming looked at Duke Zhen subconsciously.
The Duke of Zhenguo said: "Maybe he was a little playful when he was young——"
After a pause, he added: "Maybe we encountered some trouble and couldn't cope with it."
Compared with the previous sentence, the latter sentence is what he really wants to say.
My grandson knows it himself - although Mingshi is young, he is not a person who doesn't care about priorities. What's more, he had specifically warned him before that he should go out of the mountain immediately when he heard the sound of the drum and not stay in the mountain.
