The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 1279: Concubine Li's Dark Trick (26)
Qi'er raised his chin slightly, looked over with contempt, and said with a smile: "Prince, I have accepted."

Yixuan was slightly taken aback, and then realized something, he followed the eldest prince's eyes and turned around to look, seeing the empress was watching not far away, he couldn't help laughing at himself, this elder brother of his is really always calculating him.

Chang Xi saw that the crown prince was a bit reluctant to step down, so he persuaded in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, you are a few years younger than the eldest prince, and you have not yet formally studied with a teacher. He shoots more accurately."

Yixuan shook his head lightly, smiled wryly and was speechless. Compared with frustration, he felt chills more. This is his so-called brother. In order to invite favor in front of the emperor, he actually used him as a foil. Such a thing can be done. And what about flesh and blood?
The emperor quietly watched what happened just now, with a gentle smile on his lips, but his eyes gradually cooled down.A prince wants to overwhelm the prince in everything he does. What does he want to do?If you have no other intentions, why do you have to compete with the crown prince in everything?Is it just to show that he is better than the prince?

The emperor squinted his eyes, said nothing, turned around and left for Fenglu Hall.

Qingchen glanced at the children meaningfully, worried unceasingly in her heart, she followed the emperor with a soft laugh and said: "Qi'er is considered outstanding among the princes, I heard that he is also good at his homework, now it seems, He is a good boy with both civil and military skills."

The emperor said indifferently: "I prefer Yun'er's indifference. Those who are capable often forget their own duties. I hope that the princes will be promising, but I don't want them to compete with others because of their self-confidence. , I have restless thoughts.”

It turned out that the emperor could see it clearly, and since that was the case, it was inconvenient for Qingchen to say anything more. He just felt that Xiao Jieyu had a high heart, and that's all. Unexpectedly, even this child, Qi'er, had such great ambitions. The most feared thing was not the prince himself. Not reconciled?

Qier left just like that after seeing the emperor, and felt lonely in her heart. Just now, the emperor applauded because Henger hit the bull's-eye, but when it was his turn, the arrows and arrows were shot so well, but the emperor said nothing. So go.

While Qi'er was disappointed, he was also very annoyed. He glanced at the prince and knew that it was all because the emperor loved him, so he became even angrier and threw away the bow and arrow in his hand and said, "Okay, then let's go ride a horse. Tomorrow, I will go hunting with my father in the forest, everyone let your horses get familiar with the road first."

Seeing Yixuan's displeasure, Yun'er came over to comfort him and said, "Prince, you haven't officially learned how to ride and shoot, so you don't need to care too much about winning or losing for the time being. Besides, you are a prince. The most important thing for you to be a king in the future is to know how to govern the world. Well, you don’t have to be better than others in everything. There are specialties in art, and the emperor only needs to know how to control those talents, but it doesn’t have to be the best in everything.”

Yixuan smiled slightly, knowing that he meant well, so he went to lead the horse with him, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Sanhuang, I won't take it to heart."

Yun'er nodded, "The prince is broad-minded, you can know some things in your own mind, in fact, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you are happy, isn't it fine?"

Yixuan knew that he, Brother Sanhuang, was used to being indifferent, but he really envied his freedom, so he sighed softly and said: "In the future, among us brothers, I am afraid that only you, Brother Sanhuang, are the most contented. Happy."

"Isn't it? You can only be happy if you are content." Yun'er raised her lips lightly, and didn't say anything more. She just felt that sometimes people's indifference is a kind of last resort. It's not his turn to covet him anyway, instead of this, it's better to protect yourself wisely, and there's nothing wrong with being an indifferent prince and staying away from those bloody disputes in the future.

The princes played around the Xiyuan hunting ground all day, and the autumn hunting officially started the next day. Qingchen didn’t allow Jinghan to follow the emperor into the mountains. After all, she doesn’t have eyes for bows and arrows, and she doesn’t know how to ride a horse. Yue led a group of servants to set up a net to hunt on the outskirts of Xiyuan.

Qingchen sent Jinxiu to protect the prince, fearing that something might go wrong, the emperor sent Fufeng beside him to follow Yixuan, with the protection of these two people, Qingchen felt relieved to let the prince follow.

But at the end of the lunch, Jinxiu came back with the prince, but she knelt down with shame on her face: "Your Majesty, this slave did not protect the Prince well, so please punish me."

Qingchen's heart skipped a beat, and seeing Yixuan standing beside him, his face was a little pale, and his body was still covered with dust, he hurriedly pulled him over and asked, "What happened, are you injured?"

Yixuan's arm was held by her, sweating from the pain, gasping for air, but still replied: "Mother, don't worry, it's just scratched a little, it's not a serious problem."

Qingchen looked at him a few times, and asked anxiously, "Where is the injury?"

Yixuan rolled up his sleeves, and Qingchen saw a large scratch on his arm. Although he treated it briefly, he could still see that the injury was not serious.The queen felt distressed, and hurriedly ordered: "Go and ask Imperial Physician Gu, and let him bring the best wound medicine."

Then he looked at the prince with concern and asked, "Have you bumped anywhere, and where else have you been hurt?"

Seeing her worried look, Yixuan forced a smile and said: "Mother, don't worry, General Fufeng made a timely move, and my son is safe and sound. It's just scratched a little, and didn't hit anything."

Qingchen's face darkened, and he turned to ask Jinxiu, "What happened?"

With a face full of shame, Jinxiu knelt there and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness doesn't know how to ride a horse very much. After the hunting started, His Highness didn't want to shoot the prey for any prizes, so he didn't follow the emperor to the deep forest. Going around in the woods. It happened that General Fufeng shot an elk, and the servants went to pick up the prey, but for some reason, His Highness’s horse was inexplicably frightened, leading His Highness to run wildly into the forest, and ran not far away. , the leather on the stirrup suddenly broke, throwing His Highness the Crown Prince off the horse, but fortunately General Fufeng grabbed the Crown Prince and rolled down in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

Qingchen asked coldly: "Then now, have you found the reason why the horse was frightened?"

Jinxiu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "We found a silver needle on the horse His Highness was riding, and the leather on the stirrup also had traces of being cut by a knife. The saddle is Chang Xi I put it on myself, checked it and there is no problem, but before departure, only the First Prince came to see His Highness the Crown Prince, and even rode the Prince's horse out for a ride..."

Qingchen was not the kind of person who would jump to conclusions easily, so he turned to ask the prince, "After Chang Xi handed over the horse to you, did no one really move your horse except Qi'er?"

Chang Xi has been with the queen for many years, and now he is the prince's personal servant. He is a trustworthy person, so who else can there be besides Qi'er?
(End of this chapter)