Chapter 226: The Culprit
It's just that Xiao Xuan didn't stay awake for long, but in a blink of an eye, she leaned on Duan Shaolan's shoulder and fell asleep again.
It was easy to wait for her to wake up, and in the blink of an eye, she fell asleep again. The green forest was taken aback, and they inevitably panicked, and even the usually calm Dan Tang ordered someone to call the imperial doctor.
It was Duan Shaolan who stopped them, he relocated Xiao Xuan to lie down, and also took advantage of the situation to probe her snort and pulse, compared to the anger when she was first found, her current breath has completely stabilized.
Xiao Xuan's brief sobriety proved that Xiao Xuan was fine, but her recovery also took time, and she had exerted too much strength to keep herself from falling off the horse.
After learning that Xiao Xuan was fine, Emperor Chu's hanging heart finally settled down.
"Xuan'er is already safe, and my father should rest earlier." At this time, the person who was serving by Emperor Chu's side was Xiao Jun. "If something like this happens this time, does my father need to end the spring hunt and return to the imperial capital early?"
"No need, there's no need to make such a big fuss before the matter is clear." Emperor Chu raised his hand tiredly and rubbed his eyebrows. "Xuan'er should have a good rest tonight, and I'll go see her tomorrow morning."
"Yes, the son-in-law knows, the father and the emperor should rest first, and the son-in-law will retire first."
After sleeping peacefully, when he woke up early the next morning, Xiao Xuan's spirit had recovered a lot.
She made a slight movement, and Duan Shaolan, who was sleeping beside her side, immediately woke up.
"What's wrong?" Duan Shaolan immediately stood up, checked Xiao Xuan's situation, and asked with concern.
"I'm fine." After Xiao Xuan met his gaze, he smiled happily at him. "It's just that my arm is still very sore."
"Yesterday - it's normal for you to be on your horse alone for so long, your arms will be sore." Duan Shaolan watched Xiao Xuan regain his former vigor, and smiled and massaged her to relieve the soreness in her arms. "However, because you were injured by wild bees, the doctor specially instructed you to be careful about your diet in the past few days, and you should not touch anything spicy or oily."
After Lu Lin and Dan Tang came in to serve Xiao Xuan and washed up briefly, Xiao Jun happened to come over.
"Sixth brother." Because she still needed to recuperate, Xiao Xuan was sitting on the bed at this time eating the porridge that Duan Shaolan had fed her, and she smiled at him when she saw Xiao Jun. "Why are you here?"
"I didn't see you wake up yesterday, and I really can't rest assured. If my mother and eldest brother knew that something had happened to you, they would have to peel off my skin. Xiao Jun walked to the head of the bed, leaned over and looked at Xiao Xuan for a long time, and finally felt at ease when she saw that she was really fine. Father has been worried about you, originally my father said that he was going to come with me, but Nan Anhou suddenly asked to see his two sons, and my father asked me to come and see you first. ”
"Actually, I'm fine, and yesterday I blamed me for not controlling the horse in time, and I almost injured my father." Speaking of this, Xiao Xuan hurriedly asked about Emperor Chu's condition. "By the way, I remember that my horse really wanted to kick my father's horse, is my father okay?"
"Father's luck is better than yours, and he is safe." Xiao Jun comforted her sister. "You just have a good rest, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
In Emperor Chu's tent, after Xiao Jun left, Nan Anhou took his two underage sons, father and son, and knelt down in front of Emperor Chu.
"Your Majesty, there is no way to teach your son." Nan Anhou looked sincerely frightened and kowtowed again and again, and said in his mouth. "The two sons of the minister were in the paddock yesterday and shot at the wild bee hive, which caused His Majesty and the princess to be in distress. It's just that the minister's two sons are still underage, so the minister brought his son to ask for guilt, begging the emperor to condemn the minister and spare the minister's two sons. ”
Emperor Chu, who was sitting on the upper seat, did not speak, and calmly listened to Nan Anhou finish his words of pleading.
He looked at the three father and son of Nan'anhou who were kneeling on the ground, counting the current Nan'anhou is his distant cousin, but it is only an idle clan, and now he is only holding an insignificant idle position in the court, in the imperial capital full of powerful people, the distant branch of the clan like Nan'anhou is really not very eye-catching.
Emperor Chu suddenly remembered that yesterday before the accident, the name of the spring hunt had been decided, and that person was the eldest son of Nan Anhou.
Nan'an Hou had a total of six sons under his knees, and he only brought two of his concubines to this spring hunt, the eldest son at the age of fourteen and the fourth son at the age of ten. Nan Anhou himself has no talent, but fortunately, his eldest son has been smart since he was a child, and he is one of the best in the academy whether he is studying or riding and shooting.
Nan Anhou knew that he was two catties, if it weren't for his own clan bloodline and his own knowledge and interest, he was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to get this idle job at the moment.
But Nan'anhou's Mansion has been in decline for several generations, and seeing that the eldest son under his knees is a smart and promising, Nan'anhou is naturally moved. So this time for the spring hunt, he deliberately brought his eldest son over, hoping that the eldest son could get the blue eyes of Emperor Chu.
And the eldest son did not live up to his expectations, there were so many children of clans and official families, most of them were older than the eldest son, and the eldest son actually won the first place in spring hunting very smoothly.
After Nan Anhou learned the news, he was imagining the road to the top of his career after his eldest son, he had been in his pocket for so many years, and seeing that his eldest son was finally going to add glory to Nan Anhou's mansion, he became more and more proud. But before he could be proud, the news that Emperor Chu was in danger came, and later Jinqiwei found out that it was his four sons who caused the disaster.
Originally, Nan Anhou was only going to take his eldest son on a trip this time, but he didn't expect to be seen by the fourth son before leaving, all of them were ten-year-old children, seeing his father and brother go out to participate in the spring hunt but not taking him, and I don't know where he learned the way of a woman in the market, rolling on the ground and rolling around, blocking them from going out in front of his father and brother. Nan Anhou has a gentle personality, and he can't come to Yan's father, so he can only count on the eldest son.
The eldest son and the fourth son are brothers from the same mother, and it is really difficult to persuade the younger brother to cry endlessly, and he is afraid that he will miss the time of departure. The eldest son had to offer to take his younger brother with him, and he personally watched over him on the way. Nan Anhou was so crying by the fourth son that he couldn't help it, but fortunately, the fourth son was young and he was a descendant, so it was nothing to take him temporarily. Thinking that the eldest son had always been very safe in taking care of his younger siblings, he agreed without thinking much about it.
Who knew that in the end, the fourth son still caused trouble, and it was not ordinary trouble.
By the time Nan Anhou learned of the accident, his two sons had already been detained by the Jinqiwei.
It wasn't until Emperor Chu and Princess Zhaoyue were sent back to the camp, and the two sons were not released until late at night, the fourth son was so frightened that he cried for a long time, but the eldest son was still able to hold it and told Nan Anhou the ins and outs of the matter.
It turned out that after the eldest son went out with the fourth son to get the first place, the fourth son pestered his brother to shoot arrows, and the eldest son was afraid that his younger brother's subordinates would accidentally hurt people if they were not accurate, so he specially found a remote place where no one passed, led his younger brother's horse over, observed the situation left and right, and then acquiesced to the younger brother to start playing.
Who knew that the fourth son was honest for a while, but he saw a wild honeycomb not far away, and before the eldest son could stop it, he shot it out with an arrow. The four sons' horsemen could not shoot well, but this arrow was accurate, and the wild honeycomb was shot down from the tree with one arrow.
The wild bee nest hit the ground, and the immediately frightened wild bee immediately rose into the air like a black cloud, surging in the direction of their brother. The eldest son reacted immediately, and immediately fished his younger brother to his horse and fled, and finally saw a pond, and immediately jumped into the water with his younger brother, so as to avoid the crazy attack of wild bees.
Who would have thought that at this time, Emperor Chu and his party happened to be acting nearby.
The eldest son and the fourth son hid in the water for a long time, and only after listening to the movement of wild bees outside completely disappeared, did the two crawl out of the pond drenched, and the pennant guard, who had not been searched for after walking for two steps, was arrested. Only then did the eldest son learn that the wild bee swarm disturbed by his younger brother encountered Emperor Chu and his party, and almost injured Emperor Chu, Princess Zhaoyue was so frightened that the horse did not know where to go for the time being, and was injured when he was found back by the horse and King Yi, and the person was also unconscious.
Nan Anhou listened to the words of his eldest son and almost fainted on the spot.
It's okay that Emperor Chu didn't have an accident, but Princess Zhaoyue is Emperor Chu's beloved daughter, if something happens to her, let alone Emperor Chu, even Princess Zhaoyue's maternal grandmother, Princess Yongshou, will not let go of her family easily.
Nan Anhou tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep peacefully, and before dawn, he took his eldest son and fourth son and went to Emperor Chu's tent to ask for a plea.
The matter of Jinqiwei detaining the eldest son and fourth son of Nan'an Hou was already known to Emperor Chu last night. The wild honeycomb was shot down by Nan'anhou's four sons, who had just turned ten years old, and the arrows left at the scene also had the mark of Nan'anhou's mansion.
Emperor Chu silently looked at Nan Anhou and his two sons who were kneeling on the ground and shaking Suosuo, Nan Anhou's eldest son's eyes were open and clear, and the fourth son was still young and kneeling behind his elder brother, looking timid, his eyes were swollen from crying, and it didn't seem like he deliberately alarmed the wild bee swarm to attack him.
"Get up." Emperor Chu waved his hand and said.
"Thank you..... Thank you, Your Majesty. Nan'an Hou thanked him, but his legs were weak and he couldn't get up for a while.
It was his eldest son Xie Enhou who first helped Nan Anhou and pulled his younger brother up.
"I heard that yesterday's number one was you." Emperor Chu had a good impression of the eldest son of Nan'an Hou, seeing that he acted generously and faced the saint alone for the first time, he could not only support his father but also take care of his younger brother, he appreciated him in his heart, and took the initiative to invite him to come forward to question. "Do you know how big a thing happened to your little brother yesterday when you didn't look down on it?"
The eldest son of Nan'an Hou knew that Emperor Chu would most likely not pursue this matter, but he also took a deep look at it to the end, did not defend himself, and took the initiative to take all the mistakes made by his younger brother on himself.
"You're sincere, but that's it, I said that there was a reward for the first name, and now it's time for the reward and punishment to offset each other." Emperor Chu glanced at him, the fourteen-year-old figure of the young man was as tall as a green bamboo, and nodded approvingly. "After returning to the imperial capital, go to the palace guards to report."