Chapter 46: Distress
The antlers are very dazzling in the deep forest of depression and withered ropes, the color of jade, full of patterns, agile movements, and like a mountain elf in a vertical and leap.
A swift figure jumped out beside Lou Zhan, it turned out that the red tassel drove the horse forward and chased after her, her horse was a bright red color, different from the horse under the emperor's crotch. The red tassel rode his horse and galloped down the narrow road next to the procession until he passed the old emperor.
The old emperor flashed slightly, gritting his teeth.
"Drive!"
Soon, the horse had a tendency to catch up with the jujube red horse, and the red tassel glanced at the emperor and said with a smile: "Father, see which of us catches up first!" ”
"Hahaha, good!"
The old emperor laughed, a little excited. The princes who followed were immediately dissatisfied, feeling that they had been robbed of the limelight by Hongying and a female stream, and none of them dared to compete with their fathers so blatantly. But Hongying is different, she is the only martial princess in the palace, and her personality is also different from that of ordinary boudoir women, and she will go to Linguo and kiss in the near future, so let her be majestic.
However, the second prince looked at the two people who went first, and his eyes were full of admiration. Hongying is his sister, and he is proud to have such an excellent sister, but unfortunately only he can experience such a feeling.
At the front of the line, two horses competed with each other for the first place, getting farther and farther away.
Here, the most vocal is the prince, this prince is extremely deferential in front of the emperor, he doesn't say much, and now the emperor has run away, and the imperial guards also chased after him after hesitating. The crown prince drove his horse to the front, turned his horse to face everyone, slapped a fan on his hand a few times, and said, "Everyone, why don't you rest in place for a while, and wait for your father and sister to hunt deer?" ”
Lou Zhan got off the horse, and after handing Yirong over to Bai Yiyun, he crossed the crowd and came to the prince's horse, and saluted: "Prince Qiqi, Weichen is worried about the emperor's safety, so he implores the prince to allow the minister to go to help." ”
As soon as the prince finished giving the order, Lou Zhan jumped out and went against his will, and he was very unhappy, so he straightened his face and said condescendingly: "Lou Zhan, what do you mean by this?" ”
"The minister has no other meaning, he just wants to protect the emperor's safety nearby."
Seeing that the prince's face was getting more and more ugly, Bai Fengyi hurriedly came out to play a round, stroked his beard on his chest and said, "Prince, the old minister is really worried about the emperor's safety, why don't you go and have a look?" ”
Yirong also felt the unusual atmosphere here, the emperor was not there, and the prince immediately stood up and wanted to show his status, but he valued these ethereal things too much, and he didn't think about the emperor or Da Yan at all.
The people of the Lin Kingdom had already hid in the woods on the side to rest, and the prince of the Lin Kingdom was looking at this side with his chin propped up, and the envoys of the Lin Kingdom secretly sneered.
Among the descendants of the Zhou family, a young man came out and said to the prince: "Prince Qiqi, my cousin and the emperor and his old man are chasing the deer, I would rather believe that they will come back from hunting the prey soon." ”
Seeing that there were still people in the team to support him, the prince suddenly had some confidence, and the pressure was not so great, and his face was not without pride: "My father fought on the battlefield when he was young and hunted countless wild things, and this prince doesn't believe that with Sasuke, the royal sister, he can't fight a deer!" ”
Seeing that everyone was silent, he then said: "If you want to say that you people don't believe in your father's ability and have no reverence for your father, what's the matter, you can't believe it?" ”
After all, he was still very young, and there was a rampant tone in his words.
Bai Fengyi and other old ministers shook their heads secretly when they heard this, this prince is not very good......
Lou Zhan got on the horse in silence, and then waved his whip to bypass the prince and directly followed the footsteps of the two horses.
The prince was dumbfounded, what was this doing? On the contrary, Lou Zhan dared to ignore his instructions and leave without permission!
"It's the other way around, give it to Prince Ben to chase!" The prince gritted his teeth and ordered his attendants.
Glancing at everyone, the prince's face was like fire, and he suddenly realized that what he had just said was like a child's play, and in an instant his anger boiled, and on his thin and pale face, his two eyes were like two burning lanterns, and his angry expression made Prince Linguo laugh and fall on the chariot.
The second prince lowered his eyes and smiled secretly, and the sixth prince wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so he blushed.
Yirong glanced at her eldest brother and covered her mouth and smiled. Bai Yiyun smiled at the corner of his mouth and shook his head slightly.
said that Lou Zhan drove the horse and followed the trail to find the emperor. He was inexplicably flustered in his heart, and it was difficult to understand what the eldest princess meant. The eldest princess revealed to him that there might be assassins in this hunt, but she didn't expect the eldest princess to run alone with the emperor to chase the deer, what does the eldest princess mean by this? Knowing it's not safe here, but you want to leave everyone else?
"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”
Thinking like this, Lou Zhan had more mysteries in his heart, and he became more and more anxious in his heart. However, after walking for a long time, the road ahead was blocked by a wide river.
Lou Zhan reined in his horse and looked at the sparkling water, the river running in front of him, not knowing its source or its end.
There is a row of horseshoe prints in the aquatic plants on the riverbank, deeply imprinted in the mud. Lou Zhan turned his head and looked around for footprints.
However, the forest was empty and depressed, and there was some snow under the trees, except for the dark ground that was exposed.
Walking back from the riverbank, in one direction, there is a scattered row of horseshoe prints, which stretches deeper into the dense forest.
At this time, the royal guards behind caught up, and they also saw the river cutting off the road ahead, so they turned their horses' heads and looked for traces. But he saw Lou Zhan driving his horse in one direction, and after a closer look, he found a row of horseshoe prints.
The imperial guards followed behind Lou Zhan.
The commander of the guard, named Zhang Hua, was a man in his early thirties, and he rushed up and asked, "General Lou, what have you discovered?" ”
Lou Zhan frowned slightly, sped up his speed, and left a sentence: "The emperor is very likely to be in danger!" ”
"Drive!"
After chasing the footprints for about a cup of tea, Lou Zhan finally found the emperor's horse. The horse kept circling around, and it didn't look right.
Lou Zhan got closer, only to find that under an ancient tree, the old emperor was lying on the root, his eyes were closed, unconscious.
"Your Majesty!"
Lou Zhan jumped off his horse and shouted.
Zhang Hua in the back hurriedly rode with the guards, he got off the horse and stopped in front of Lou Zhan, helped the emperor up, and called: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......."
The Emperor didn't respond at all, just frowned.
Lou Zhan got up and looked in all directions, but there was no figure of the eldest princess, and he only found the jujube red horse not far away.
The horse was standing behind the ancient tree in a daze, showing its tail, and Lou Zhan stepped forward, only to find that there was no one on the horse's back.
Celestia wasn't there, her bow and arrows were scattered on the ground, and there were obvious blood stains on the snow under the trees.
"Celestial Princess! Celestial Princess! ”
Lou Zhan shouted a few times, but no one responded in the mountains and forests.
The emperor was carried on a horse by the guards, ready to return, they also knew that the eldest princess was gone, but the emperor was the most important, and the rest of the things could only be said when the emperor woke up.
Lou Zhan was helpless, and also rode back.
Let's hope Princess Celestia is intact.