Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 790
Wynn is clever. Before calling Zhu Fanzhi up, he told Zhu Qiyu exactly what happened down there.

Therefore, regarding Zhu Fanzhi's words, Zhu Qiyu just felt that he was a little persistent, but he didn't find it strange.

However, a group of ministers did not know about this festival, seeing the prince of Xiangling begging for prey from the emperor as soon as he came up, he couldn't help feeling dumbfounded.

You know, according to the usual practice, the prey in Nanyuan is brought back by the hunter himself, and it is regarded as a gift from the heavenly family. He asked this, is it possible that he is afraid that the emperor will swallow his prey?
So, everyone turned their heads to look at the Son of Heaven, but unexpectedly, the Son of Heaven, who was always generous, looked at the Prince of Xiangling opposite him this time, and said with a smile that was not a smile.

"It depends on what you've hunted. Ordinary ones are fine, but some rare ones are not. Well, take the tiger that General Zhu just hunted for example. It has to be moved back to the inner garden to be raised."

Seeing Zhu Fanzhi's instantly collapsed expression, Zhu Qiyu intentionally teased him, talking, and even turned to ask Zhu Yi.

"General Zhu, do you have any objections?"

On such occasions, General Xiao Zhu was naturally very cooperative and bowed his hands.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that such a rare and exotic beast as the white tiger should be raised by the royal family. Even if His Majesty rewards the minister, the minister would never dare to accept it."

Ah this...

Zhu Fanzhi immediately gave Zhu Yi a hard look, as if he was blaming him for being such a dog.

Not far away, everyone saw the angry look of the prince of Xiangling, recalled the cause and effect, and vaguely guessed something.

So, they looked at several big bags brought up together with Zhu Fanzhi at the same time.

Among the civil servants, the bosses glanced at each other, and Hu Dazongbo, the good-tempered Minister of Rites, stepped forward with a smile and asked.

"Speaking of which, I didn't hear anyone report the prey of the prince just now. Now that everyone has returned, why don't the prince show it and let me see what kind of rare beast the prince has hunted today in the spring hunting?"

Zhu Fanzhi clenched his fists and raised his head to glare at the speaker, but after realizing that it was Hu Mei, he lowered his head in desperation.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Zhu Fanzhi knew that there was no hope in the small calculation in his heart, so he could only move one step at a time, and came to the side of the bag containing the prey, and stretched out his hand to untie the rope that tied the bag.

Everyone has long noticed that the bag seems to contain living things.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the bag was untied, a few small palm-sized beasts wobbled out of it. They looked like cats and their meows sounded like cats.

However, the limbs are thicker than cats, with colorful patterns on their bodies, gray and white, and the eyes of the little guys have not been opened yet. Just after untying the bag, they crawled around on the high platform, as if they were looking for something.

"This is... a tiger cub?"

The civil and military ministers present suddenly burst into surprise.

Even if they had never been in a hunting ground before, they could still recognize that this little beast was not the same thing as a cat. Although it looked young, the pattern of the king character on its forehead was so bright that it was hard to ignore.

Zhu Fanzhi didn't speak, stretched out his hand and pulled the little guys together, picked them up and carefully put them back into the bag, then turned and said.

"Your Majesty, this is my prey, three tigers... Uh, although they are a bit small!"

Although this is what he said, it is obviously impossible for Zhu Fanzhi to have so many prey. In addition to these little tigers, there are other common animals such as deer, pheasant, and wild goose in the other bags. , compared with a few tiger cubs, these prey did not get any attention.

"This……"

Zhu Qiyu glanced at those little guys, then looked at Zhu Yi, Liu Chengqing and others, and asked.

"Son of Prince Xiangling, Wynn just reported to me that you want the eye-catching white-fronted tiger that Zhu Yi hunted back. Could it be that these cubs are the children of that white tiger?"

Having been punctured, Zhu Fanzhi rubbed his hands together in embarrassment and said.

"Don't dare to lie to Your Majesty, I found these cubs in a cave. At that time, I was chasing a roe to the vicinity, when I found a small animal that hadn't opened its eyes, crawling out of the cave. , I stepped forward to take a look, and found that it was a few tiger cubs."

"At that time, there were traces of fighting outside the caves of these cubs. I thought that the female tiger might have met other beasts and went out to hunt. I was afraid that these little things would be swallowed by the passing beasts. So, I have been guarding outside the cave."

"However, I waited for a long time, until the end of His Majesty's restriction, but I didn't wait for the tigress to return, so I brought these little things back."

While talking, Zhu Fanzhi glanced at Zhu Yi who was standing aside, and said with a bit of disdain.

"I didn't expect that this tigress had been hunted long ago. Your Majesty, when I arrived outside the cave, these little guys were just waiting to be fed. They were obviously just born. God has the virtue of being a hunter. The beast of the cub, this General Zhu, in order to get the first prize in the spring hunt, he actually attacked the tigress who just gave birth, it is really embarrassing!"

At this point, the prince of Xiangling paused, as if he had made up his mind, said.

"Your Majesty, you can take all these cubs back to the inner garden, and bring that tigress back to the inner garden too. No one can keep such rare beasts except the royal family!"

The pertinence of these words should not be too obvious.

Facing Zhu Fanzhi's inexplicable hostility, Zhu Yi also had a wry smile on his face, and stepped forward to cup his hands.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that I didn't know that the tiger had just given birth. When I met it, it was indeed outside a cave. However, as soon as I approached it, the tiger rushed up. It was extremely fierce. Although I saw that it was weak , it can be seen that there are scars on its body, so I thought it was caused by fighting with other beasts or hunters, and didn't think much about it."

"Besides, the tiger jumped at the person at that time, as if it regarded the minister as the one who injured it, so the minister had to fight back vigorously, but who would have thought that the tiger saw that the situation was not good, turned around and ran away."

"At that time, I was chasing tigers wholeheartedly. I didn't know how many cubs were still in that cave, and I didn't even know that this female tiger had just given birth. If I knew, I definitely wouldn't approach that cave."

When hunting, it is a hunting rule not to hunt pregnant female animals, nor to hunt young animals or female animals that have just given birth.

From a practical point of view, this is to hunt again in the coming year, and there will be prey. From a moral point of view, hunting pregnant female animals is too cruel.

The same is true for the newly born female beast, probably because no matter how ferocious the beast is, it is very weak when it is just born. If the female beast is hunted and killed at this time, then the newly born baby beast will definitely be treated by other fierce beasts. Stomach.

Therefore, Zhu Fanzhi's hostility towards Zhu Yi cannot be said to be groundless.

If a tigress that was healthy and intact was hunted down, one would only get respect and applause. However, hunting a weak tigress that had just given birth was a bit contemptuous.

Seeing that Zhu Fanzhi still had some disbelief, Zhu Yi said helplessly.

"If the son doesn't believe it, you can ask the guards who went with Zhu. Besides, if Zhu knew that the tigress had just given birth, why would he only hunt the tigress and not bring back the cubs, and leave it to the son?" ?”

That being said, it seems to make sense.

Then, on the other hand, the problem arises...

"Mr. Liu, when Zhu met this tigress, it had already given birth to a cub and was so wounded that Zhu misunderstood that it was injured by someone, so it was so weak. However, when Mr. Liu met this When it was a tigress, it must have been intact, so could it be that Mr. Liu didn't realize that this is a tigress about to give birth?"

Zhu Yi has a good temper, but when it's time to drag someone into the water, he is merciless.

In particular, the person who pulled him was the eldest son of the Liu family who was making things difficult for him.

If a female tiger that has given birth is not with her cubs, she will at most look weak and have no other characteristics.

However, if it is a tigress that has not yet given birth, its size is much larger than that of an ordinary tiger, and a hunter with a little experience can tell it apart at a glance.

If he hadn't injured the tigress, Zhu Yi would not have mistakenly attributed the weakness of the tigress to the fact that she had already been injured. Naturally, this would not have happened.

"This……"

Sensing everyone's eyes looking at him again, Liu Chengqing felt embarrassed.

How should he explain that when he met this tiger at the time, it was very manic and would jump on anyone it saw. Mr. Liu fell off his horse and ran away in a hurry before he had time to take a closer look, so he didn't realize that it was a tiger at all. Where is the pregnant tigress...

To be honest, it's too embarrassing.

"This tiger... isn't it just a little fatter, who knows that it has cubs..."

He muttered a few words without confidence, and when he said these words, Mr. Liu himself blushed.

Fortunately, at this time, the emperor opened his mouth to relieve him.

"Stop arguing. I understand. This is a misunderstanding. Since General Zhu and Prince Xiangling both mean the same thing, I will accept the tiger and the cubs."

"Wynn, find some people and send these tigers to Xiyuan so that they can be raised."

"According to the order."

Ah this...

Seeing Eunuch Wynn directing people to carefully carry away a few cubs, and then forcing people to go down, even the injured and dying tigress was carried out, Zhu Shizi was stunned for a long time without reacting.

How did this suddenly become like this?
Although he had planned to send the tiger up just now, Zhu Fanzhi was still reluctant to see the cubs he brought back were taken away by someone.

This is a tiger. I have grown so big, I have hunted so many times, and I have never met a cub!

When he came back, he was secretly thinking that he could raise one, but now, all of them have been taken away...

Watching helplessly the little things whose eyes hadn't opened yet disappeared into the distance, Zhu Fanzhi looked unhappy.

However, even if he had more courage, he would not dare to confront the emperor on this occasion, so he could only stand there and sulk.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu also smiled dumbly.

To be honest, there are young people and old people in the court, but no matter how old they are or what their personalities are, they are all people who are indifferent to emotions and have a city in their hearts.

After getting along with them for a long time, Zhu Qiyu almost forgot what a young man who is flying wantonly looks like.

Although, in terms of seniority, Zhu Fanzhi is a generation older than him, but in terms of age, especially for Zhu Qiyu, who has gone through a hundred years of vicissitudes, Zhu Fanzhi is really a boy.

A young man with justice in his heart, daring and blood, and loyalty and bravery, how nostalgic...

Shaking his head lightly, Zhu Qiyu shook off the slight melancholy in his heart and continued.

"Prince Xiangling's son, and General Zhu, today's hunt is coming to an end. In addition to this tiger, no one has more and more rare prey than yours."

"This tigress and the three cubs, I took them in, and I didn't take them in vain. Just now, in front of all the ministers, I agreed to the Supreme Emperor, granting a request to the person who got the most prey in this round of hunting. Since the two of you are indistinguishable from each other, I will grant each of you a request, how about that?"

"His Majesty!"

As soon as the words fell, all the ministers below suddenly stood up.

They didn't expect that they stopped and stopped, but they still didn't stop it. A wish of Prince Xiangling's son is nothing. As a clan, it doesn't matter how many rewards are given to him. I dare not ask for it.

However, Zhu Yi has been striving to restore Duke Cheng's mansion, what if he takes the opportunity to ask for it, what should he do?

All the ministers frowned anxiously, but the emperor remained calm, he just waved his hand and said.

"You don't need to persuade me anymore. Although today's incident is tortuous, General Zhu did not take credit for hunting the tiger. He can still report it truthfully. He can be called loyal and brave. The son of Prince Xiangling is protecting the cubs, so he can abandon the opportunity of hunting. It can be called benevolent, it is really a great fortune for my court to have such a loyal and benevolent minister, how can we not reward him?"

Well, after saying this, a bunch of ministers lost their temper completely.

Still the same sentence, on the spring hunting ground, not on the court, all the envoys from all over the world are watching, and the emperor has said so, how can they still say that Zhu Yi and Zhu Fanzhi are unfaithful, brave, kind, or kind?
Wouldn't that be a joke...

Therefore, when the Son of Heaven said this, no matter how dissatisfied he was, the ministers had no choice but to sit back in their seats, stare at Zhu Yi and Zhu Fanzhi silently, and warn them not to make any excessive demands.

However, obviously, Prince Zhu did not receive this signal. Since hearing the emperor's promise, his eyes have been rolling around. Seeing the emperor looking at him, the prince also rubbed his hands, road.

"Your Majesty, can anything really be done?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled faintly, looked at him meaningfully, and said.

"You have no jokes!"

"Can the minister..."

Just as Zhu Fanzhi was about to make a request, when he looked up, he saw the emperor looking at him meaningfully.

"Ok?"

Hearing this soft snort, Zhu Shizi faltered in an instant, and took back the words that came to his lips, and said in a low voice.

"Can... can I have a chance to go and see these cubs..."

So, the emperor nodded in satisfaction and said.

"What's so difficult about this? If so, I'll give you a token to enter and leave Xiyuan at any time. I might choose one of those cubs and raise them in Xiyuan yourself. How about that?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

Young Prince Zhu originally only wanted to visit it from time to time, but he did not expect that after receiving such a great grace, he immediately beamed with joy and paid respects.

"Okay, get up..."

This appearance made the atmosphere on the high platform relax, but it was only for a moment.

Because next, it's Zhu Yi's turn to raise her wish...

(End of this chapter)