In the forest, the bright sunlight sprinkled down through the golden leaves, leaving a little mottle, suddenly, the mottled moved, the sound of the soo was heard in the distance, the county lord chased the horse quickly, an elk loomed, it seemed that the horse alarmed the elk that was foraging, the elk flicked its legs, and fled quickly, the county lord immediately pulled out the short sword in his hand and threw it hard in the direction of the elk's escape, only to hear a scream, and then the elk fell to the ground with a "bang".

General Chen arrived just in time at this moment, and she once again witnessed the extraordinary skills of the county lord, and she admired it very much. Seeing that the county lord is so outstanding, General Chen is extremely happy, it is the honor of her general's mansion to get this good son-in-law, and after that, she will definitely use the power of the whole government to assist the county lord, she believes that the county lord is not a thing in the pool, and will become the person who subverts the world in the future.

The county lord smoothed the horse's long hair, "General Chen, it's very safe here, I'll send you here, and I see that this deer is fat and strong, I think General Chen will like it, so I'll leave it to you." The lord of this county is one step ahead. ”

After saying that, the county lord rode away quickly, because she hadn't met Li Ruofei yet, and she was worried that something big would happen.

After the county lord left, General Chen went to look for the elk, only to see the elk lying on the ground with a short sword stuck in its neck, apparently a sword to seal its throat, and died on the spot.

In the king's tent, Li Shangshu stood with his hands bowed, his head was covered with fine sweat, and the empress sat at the table and drank a cup of hot tea, "Li Shangshu, you said that the county lord formed a gang and colluded with General Chen's mansion, do you have any evidence?" ”

Li Shangshu looked up at the empress tremblingly, and saw that she was not angry, so he boldly said: "The empress doesn't know, just now Weichen went to inspect, and accidentally saw the county lord and General Chen conspiring at the edge of the forest, and then they were found by the guards and opened a killing ring, and after the mouth was destroyed, the county lord rode a horse and fled with General Chen in a hurry. At that time, Weichen was so frightened that he hid in the grass and did not dare to come out, and only after they left did Weichen hurry to tell Her Majesty the Empress. ”

The empress glanced at Li Shangshu, "Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

Li Shangshu listened to the empress's tone, obviously not believing this, so he said: "The empress can send someone to the edge of the forest to check, if it is determined that it is the forest guard who was killed, it can prove that what Wei Chen said is true." ”

When the empress heard Li Shangshu's words, her face instantly became gloomy, and she got up and ordered: "Come on, go and verify." ”

The lord hurried back to the camp, and as soon as he reached the king's tent, he saw several rows of corpses displayed beside him, all in armor, apparently forest guards. The county lord wondered, wasn't this forest guard supposed to be responsible for the safety of hunters at this moment, why was he killed?

At this time, the empress walked out of the king's tent, followed by Li Shangshu. The county lord immediately went to salute, "Aunt Empress is fine", who knows, this time, the Empress Aunt ignored the county lord, and walked directly from the county lord's side to the rows of corpses.

The county lord saw that the empress's aunt had a bad face, so he followed, and also stood next to the corpse.

The empress looked at the rows of corpses, and there were sword marks on her neck, obviously killing with a sword. At this time, Li Shangshu spoke: "Weichen does not dare to deceive Her Majesty the Empress, and asks Her Majesty the Empress to make a clear decision." ”

When the empress saw Li Shangshu's loyal look, she was even more annoyed in her heart, and said forbearingly: "What Li Shangshu said is true. Immediately afterwards, Her Majesty the Empress said: "There are many hunters today, and this matter will be dealt with another day, so as not to panic the troublemakers." Someone came and transported the body back to Dali Temple. ”

Then, dozens of guards came over at a rapid pace, carrying the corpse away.

The empress turned around and entered the king's tent, and the county lord and Li Shangshu immediately followed. When she arrived at the tent, the empress sat back in her original position, and the county lord was puzzled in his heart, so he asked, "Aunt Empress, what was ...... just now?" ”

"Don't you know what it is?" The empress scolded without a good face: "After the autumn hunt is over today, let Chen Zhen come to the imperial study to see me?" ”

Seeing that the empress was angry, the county lord realized that something was wrong, so he replied, "Yes, Xuan'er will definitely tell you." ”

The empress glanced at Li Shangshu, and saw that Li Shangshu was calm and calm, and her heart was even more uncomfortable, so she said: "Li Shangshu, I will handle today's matter fairly, you should step back first." ”

"Yes, the minister retired." Li Shangshu withdrew from the camp.

The county lord knew that it was not appropriate for her to speak at this moment, so he could only stand there quietly, silent.

At this time, the empress suddenly said, "You killed those people?" ”

Hearing this, "those people", does "those people" mean those corpses just now? But she really didn't do it. "Aunt Empress, it wasn't Xuan'er's doing."

"Really?"

"Doesn't the empress's aunt believe Xuan'er?"

Seeing the unrepentant appearance of the county lord, the empress frowned, "Whether I believe it or not lies not in me, in the fact that the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty do not believe it, and because the people in the world do not believe in it." ”

The county lord heard the seriousness of the matter, so he opened his mouth and asked, "What did Li Shangshu just tell his aunt?"

"What's the matter? You will know after tonight, and then the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will know. I'm tired, so you can step back first. ”

The empress rubbed her temples and looked very tired, and when the county lord saw this, she said, "That aunt has a good rest" and withdrew from the camp.

In the forest, Li Ruofei shot a big bird in the air, this was the last prey she shot, because the time was not early, and the stipulated time was almost up. She picked up the big bird that was shot down and hung it on the horse's back, seeing that the horse was full of prey, Li Ruofei couldn't help but smile. It seems that today has been quite fruitful.

In front of the king's tent, the people who participated in the autumn hunt all returned, everyone more or less brought prey, and dozens of eunuchs were counting the number of hunters per person.

The empress walked out of the royal tent and said to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard today, and a banquet will be held in the palace in the evening to celebrate the successful conclusion of this year's autumn hunt." ”

Everyone smiled happily and said in unison: "Long live Her Majesty, long live, long live, long live." ”

At this time, Xiao Kuang, the empress's personal eunuch, walked over with a piece of paper, and after Her Majesty the empress read it, Xiao Kuang announced: "The top three in this year's autumn hunt are: Liu Ran, the daughter of the prime minister, Xie Luoying, the daughter of the Ministry of Shangshu, and Li Ruofei, the daughter of Li Shangshu. ”

After Xiao Kuang finished reading it, everyone was boiling and went to congratulate him. Li Ruofei looked at many people surrounding Liu Ran, and even despised those who congratulated him, wasn't it just to tie up with the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Over the years, in order to cancel the empress's suspicions, her Shangshu Mansion has been low-key everywhere, but this does not mean that her Shangshu Mansion is not as good as her Prime Minister's Mansion.

At this time, several people from Shangshu Mansion came to congratulate Li Ruofei, Li Ruofei responded one by one, and then, Li Ruofei saw a eunuch walking towards Liu Ran, and after muttering a few words, Liu Ran followed the eunuch to the king's tent.

When the empress saw Liu Ran coming, she announced: "This arrow is my reward for you, and if you work hard in the future, you will definitely have a bright future." ”

When Liu Ran heard Her Majesty the Empress say this, he knelt down on one knee, reverently took the arrow handed over by the Empress with both hands, and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the courtiers will definitely redouble their martial arts in the future and live up to Her Majesty's expectations." ”

At this point, the autumn hunt officially ended, and everyone returned with the empress.

The Empress returned to the dormitory, tired from the day, and after a brief tidying up, she hurried to the imperial study.

In the imperial study, General Chen Zhen Chen is already waiting here. When General Chen saw Her Majesty the Empress coming, he immediately saluted the monarch and ministers.

The Empress sat at the desk in the imperial study, looked at General Chen, and said, "Do you know what I am looking for you about?" ”

General Chen shook his head when he heard this, "I don't know. ”

The empress said in a slightly angry tone, "I don't know? Then you can guess, when you guess correctly and when you go back. ”

When General Chen heard this, his heart trembled, and he immediately knelt down in fright, and the empress glanced at General Chen, then ignored her and began to review the recital.

General Chen was sweating profusely, and after the empress swept General Chen, General Chen panicked even more, and immediately replied: "The minister knows his mistake, today the minister did not make thorough arrangements, so that today's guard died, and the minister asked Her Majesty the empress to punish him." ”

The Empress stopped her hand, "Punishment? I ask you, why did the guards die at the edge of the forest? ”

When General Chen saw the empress ask, he replied tremblingly, "I don't know. ”

Seeing that General Chen was so unenlightened, the empress threw a piece of the fold on the table in front of General Chen, "Take a good look at it yourself." ”

General Chen trembled and picked up the fold in front of him slightly, and after looking at it a few times, he immediately said anxiously: "Your Majesty the Empress Mingjian, people are not killed by ministers, and ministers have no reason to kill them." ”

The empress said angrily: "Hmph, reason? Do you still want a reason? Tomorrow the civil and military officials will give you countless reasons. ”

When the empress saw General Chen's pale face, she said, "You shouldn't have gone there today." You don't have to attend tonight's feast, go back and think about it. ”

General Chen trembled to his feet, respectfully placed the fold on the table, bowed and retired.

After Chen Zhen left, the empress picked up the piece on the table and looked at it seriously.

After a while, Xiao Kuang, the eunuch beside the empress, came to say: "Your Majesty, everyone in front has arrived." ”

The Empress closed her fold and got up, "Let's go." ”

In front of the palace, the food was all ready, the empress walked to the middle position, everyone saluted the empress, and the empress said "flat" and sat down.

After everyone sat down in their respective seats, the empress said, "You don't need to be restrained tonight, just feel free." ”

The empress took the lead in moving her chopsticks, and the eunuchs next to her began to pour wine for everyone. After a few bites, the empress raised her glass, "Everyone has worked hard today, and I am very pleased to see you perform so well today, and I salute you with this cup." With that, the Empress drank it all. Then everyone drank it all.

After three rounds of drinking, the empress left the feast, and when she came to the imperial study, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of her and knelt down.

The Empress knew that the truth she wanted had come, "Say, what is the result?" ”