"Yes, I hope His Royal Highness will come back earlier, and today I must pack up and prepare to return to the palace, staying overnight will inevitably increase the danger."

Although it sounded like he didn't intend to let Xu Ruzhu and Lin Feng have fun, Xiao Huai'an was also telling the truth, Xu Ruzhu heard his words, squinted his eyes and jumped around, suddenly smiled, and pointed in the direction of the northwest.

"Lord Xiao doesn't need to be so anxious about this matter, if it's really too late, the second emperor's courtyard is over there, and it's okay for us to stay in the second emperor's mansion nearby."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Feng's brows jumped and he didn't say a word, but Xiao Huai'an really felt his heart jump, and even had a feeling of sympathy.

The second prince Xu Ruyu is actually extremely talented, but because of the lack of bringing out of the womb, his health has been poor, and the courtyard here was also specially built for him when the emperor favored the second prince.

The courtyard is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it covers a large area, which is convenient for him to recuperate, that is, the medicinal herbs, vegetables and fruits planted in the garden can be enough for the second prince and the people in the courtyard.

The emperor also deliberately took care of Xu Ruyu's poor health and couldn't go too far, so he was exempted from all the etiquette of entering the palace to worship, but this is in the eyes of a newcomer, in other words, it has become the emperor's negligence of him, so he is so perfunctory.

Over time, the second prince gradually became inferior in his heart, and every year except for sending an excerpt to the emperor telling him that everything was okay, there was no other news flowing out of the courtyard.

But also, from the original pride of the sky to the point where he is now, how can Xu Ruyu cheer up.

Then coupled with the fact that the emperor did not ask the opinion of the second prince, he made the decision to let the lord of Peony County marry him, and at this moment, Xu Ruzhu proposed that so many people go to other courtyards and disturb his cultivation, which is too bullying.

After thinking about it, Xiao Huai'an straightened up, "Forget it, this is an extraordinary period now, Your Majesty must hope that there will be no more accidents, if there is no last resort, please come back as soon as possible." ”

"In the past, I only used to be Lord Xiao resolute, but I didn't expect that after marrying Mrs., there would be a little more tenderness, and His Royal Highness will accept this love from you." When Xu Ruzhu heard his words, he was still a little stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses.

Lin Feng also echoed on the side, "What the fifth prince said is very true, and I am really curious about what kind of person can capture such a great figure as Lord Xiao. ”

Lin Feng is a famous flower Tai Sui in his spirit, it is not a good thing for him to be targeted, Xiao Huai'an's eyes drooped slightly, and the aura of the whole person became a little serious, but Lin Feng still looked like a hippie smile.

Xu Ruzhu must be wailing in his heart at this moment, why did he have to bring him over, seeing that the atmosphere between the two was getting stranger and stranger, he hurriedly changed the topic, said hello, and hurriedly took Lin Feng away.

Seeing the two leave, Xiao Huai'an looked meaningfully at the back of Lin Feng leaving, but he was also a little glad that although he liked to attract bees and butterflies outside, he still had some morality, so he reluctantly put his mind at ease and turned his head to the emperor's tent.

It's just that I didn't expect to enter the door just now, and I found that the inside was already empty.

Xiao Huai'an was stunned for a moment, shook the curtain suddenly, and was about to turn around and send someone to look for it, but he almost collided with the old eunuch Dequan who suddenly came back and cried with a sad face.

"Lord Xiao, it's good that you are here, Your Majesty actually led the envoys of the Wa Kingdom to go hunting in the woods on a whim, but the miscellaneous family really couldn't stop it, and they were going around to find someone to protect the emperor. The third prince also went with him just now, but the miscellaneous family was still worried that the number of people was not enough, so fortunately they ran into Lord Xiao. ”

"Just after lunch, I am going to go hunting on horseback, Your Majesty will not be such a disproportionate person, could it be that Father-in-law Dequan has given His Majesty medicine and wine again?"

Emperor Xu Huayin, who was so frivolous and flamboyant when he was young, liked fresh clothes and angry horses the most, galloping outside, but now that he is old, he has never forgotten the chic feeling at the beginning.

It's just that I usually take care of the way of health and restraint, but if I use too much medicine and wine, any rational scruples will be left behind.

Xiao Huai'an wrinkled his brows, not worried about the danger that the emperor would be in on the horse, but after getting drunk, it would really affect the emperor's eyes and combat effectiveness.

Dequan was also in a hurry today, so he ignored the grievances between him and him on weekdays, and came to ask for help, and in the face of Xiao Huai'an's accusation, he suddenly felt ashamed and annoyed.

"Originally, the queen mother was worried that Her Majesty was unwell, so she specially ordered to prepare such a pot, who knew that Your Majesty and the envoy talked about Xingtou, and drank all the pot of wine half-pushed."

"Envoy." Hearing this, Xiao Huai'an was so angry that he squeezed out these two words from between his teeth, but it was useless to say anything more at the moment, he hurriedly ran away from the old eunuch Dequan, led a horse and chased in the direction pointed by the guard.

On the other side, the emperor was riding his horse, wandering leisurely in the woods, sobering up by the way.

He carried a bag of arrows and a longbow on his body, and before he came in, he had made an agreement with Yunosuke that he would have to catch a few prey to compete with the number of hunts, so as not to insult the wisdom of his life.

In fact, not long after riding into the woods, because the woods were shady, a chill hit, so that the emperor's alcohol had already dissipated.

It's just that because they have been walking for such a long time, the envoys who followed and accompanied the hunting did not know where they had gone, and in a daze, the emperor was the only one left here.

Usually, even if you go to the imperial garden to take a walk, there is a large group of people surrounded by Wu Yangyang, but today it is empty, so that the emperor is still a little unaccustomed to it for a while, but it also has a little more free and easy feeling, as if it has restored the heroic posture when he galloped the frontier.

The Emperor took a deep breath, but between breaths he was accustomed to the feeling of being alone, and he rolled over and dismounted, ready to slow down and show off his skills.

This is only a forest on the outskirts of the city, so there are no bears, blind men, tigers, and wild beasts that can only be found in the deep mountains and old forests, and some are just ordinary pheasants and hares, as well as wild robes and gray martens that have been specially arranged to wait for the emperor to hunt.

The emperor had only dismounted from his horse, and had not gone far when he saw in the bushes in front of him as if there was a deer grazing there that had not been born for a long time.

But in the dark where the emperor couldn't see, there was a cold light aimed in the direction of the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor was getting closer and closer to the fawn, the length of the middle section also reached the range of a bow and arrow. The emperor squatted down slightly, just about to aim and prepare to release the arrow, but suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves running not far away, and even the stones at the emperor's feet could feel the slightest vibration, not to mention the naturally sensitive and alert deer.

The fawn raised his head suddenly, tilted his ears to the left and right, turned around, and immediately ran away, and the emperor sighed in his heart, not only complaining a little about why the sound of the horses was so disturbing.

He looked in the direction of the horse, but before he could see who it was, the emperor heard the sound of a sharp arrow cutting through the air.

In the end, there was also a flamboyant youth, but it was just a dark arrow, the emperor hurriedly dodged, and successfully blocked it by dodging back, and the sudden sword was pierced on the land where the emperor had just been.

Looking at the arrow, it was still glowing with blue light, I am afraid that someone had already quenched the poison of blood and throat on this arrow.

Seeing this, the emperor was in a good mood, but at this moment he was directly dissipated, and there had been assassinations at the banquet before, and now there are still people who repeat their old tricks, which is undoubtedly not to put the imperial power of the Daze court in his eyes.

But now is not the time to worry about this, the emperor hurriedly found a place to hide, if the person found the first arrow in the dark and did not shoot, he would not let it go easily.

At the same time, the sound of a horse's crow, which had been hovering in his ears since the beginning, sounded again, and was getting closer and closer to here, and the emperor for a moment mistakenly thought that the source of the sound of the horse's hooves was the location of the assassin, so he called the anti-guest to judge the direction.

But it was not a human assassin who came galloping on horseback, but the third prince Xu Rulie, who heard the news and rushed to escort him. Xu Rulie was on the horse, and saw from a distance that the emperor in the grass was holding a longbow, which was actually aimed in his direction, and he couldn't help frowning, and then looked directly behind the emperor, and someone was holding a sword aimed at him, and he hurriedly shouted out in a hurry.

"Father, it's me, watch your back!"

And at the same moment, there was another sound of horses' hooves stopped nearby, Xiao Huai'an was still a little late after all, Xu Rulie grabbed ahead, and flew out on horseback, pounced in front of the emperor, and took the emperor to the side, as if he was planning to use his body to cover the emperor.

Xiao Huai'an didn't care much, took a step to follow, pulled out the big knife that he had been wearing by his side, and knocked the poisonous sword aside.

The man hiding in the shadows also saw Xiao Huai'an and the two of them coming to escort him, and knew that he couldn't succeed today, so he threw a smoke bomb on the spot and escaped smoothly.

Poor Kou Mo chased, and it was not convenient to catch up with the terrain here, so Xiao Huai'an only took the big knife back first, and stepped forward to check the situation of the emperor and Xu Rulie.

Xu Rulie was in a hurry and couldn't take care of much, not only used his body to block the attack of sharp arrows for the emperor, but also used his right hand to block the emperor's body, so as not to cause his back to be crushed by the stones on the ground.

"Rulie, how are you?"