On the morning of the third day of spring hunting, the third prince and the fifth prince encountered an assassin while hunting in the woods to the south. The three of them were stabbed by assassins, but fortunately their lives were not in danger.
The assassins did not escape, some were killed on the spot by the Praetorian Guards, and some were captured by the Praetorian Guards.
After some interrogation, the living assassins confessed that they were sent to assassinate them from Yangzhou in order to take revenge on the Wang family, Xun family and Yuan family.
The Wang family, Xun family and Yuan family secretly cooperated with the Yangzhou family. The aristocratic families in Yangzhou resented Wang Jia, the Xun family and the Yuan family for not helping them.
The aristocratic families in Yangzhou believed that the Wang family had long known that Emperor Wu of Zhou was going to deal with them, but they deliberately did not tell them and even cooperated with them on purpose. So, they held a grudge and decided to assassinate the third prince and the fifth prince.
This statement sounded normal and there was no doubt about it, but Emperor Wu of Zhou did not believe it.
Due to the assassination of the third prince and others, this year's spring hunting ended early. However, it was only half a day ahead of schedule. The spring hunt was originally supposed to end this afternoon, but due to the assassination of the third prince and others, it ended early in the morning.
The third prince and others were seriously injured and had to return to the palace for treatment.
Zhao Yao originally thought he could have another big meal at noon, but he didn't expect Chun Lie's last lunch to be gone.
"Oh, we still have to wait half a year for the autumn hunting." Zhao Yao sighed as he lay on the carriage.
Liang Zhaoyi stretched out her hand and pinched Zhao Yao's face: "You have eaten meat for two days in a row, haven't you had enough?"
"No, how can I eat enough meat?" Zhao Yao said, his face showing regret as he had gained weight because he had eaten a lot of meat in the past two days, "It's a pity that I didn't eat bear paws. I hope I can hunt in autumn." When the time comes, you can hunt the black blind man, and then you can eat the bear's paw."
Liang Zhaoyi said: "Bear paws are not as delicious as you think."
"Concubine, I won't know how delicious it is until I eat it myself." Zhao Yao thought in his heart. Fortunately, he hunted a lot of deer during the spring hunting, so he could still eat it for a few days after returning to the palace. “Why is it that the spring hunt lasts only three days, but an event like this should be held for ten and a half months?”
"I think you wish you could hold spring hunting every day, so that you don't have to go back to the palace to study."
Liang Zhaoyi saw through her little thoughts, and Zhao Yao didn't feel ashamed.
"Concubine, can you please stop talking about studying?" When he thought about going to Wende Hall to study tomorrow, his good mood for the past two days disappeared instantly.
"If I don't mention it, you won't have to study tomorrow?"
"Reading." Zhao Yao didn't want to talk about reading anymore and talked about the assassination of the third prince and the others. "Myna must have done it."
Liang Zhaoyi put down the book in her hand and asked with confusion: "Why did the Eighth Prince send people to assassinate the Third Prince?"
"Maybe the Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family did something behind Third Brother's back to offend Bage." Zhao Yao rested his head on his arm and yawned as he said, "Or maybe the Wang family, the Xun family, and the others did something What’s hindering Myna?”
"If this is the case, shouldn't the eighth prince deal with the Wang family directly? Why should he assassinate the third prince and others?" In Liang Zhaoyi's view, it is more convenient to send people to deal with the Wang family than to assassinate the third prince and others. Furthermore, it would be too risky to assassinate the Third Prince and the others.
"To give the Wang family a warning." Zhao Yao guessed, "No matter whether it is the Wang family or the Yuan family, the third brother and the others are very important. If something happens to the third brother and the others, wouldn't the Wang family's calculations over the years be in vain."
"That's what I say, but the risk of sending someone to assassinate the Third Prince and the others is too great."
"Bago must have made perfect arrangements to prevent his father from finding out that he did it." Zhao Yao said, "Besides, no one will suspect that Bago did it."
Liang Zhaoyi frowned slightly and said, "It's still too risky." The emperor cannot find out that the eighth prince did it for the time being, but with the emperor's intelligence and methods, he will find out sooner or later. "He shouldn't have taken such a risk."
"It's hard to guess what Brother Ba is thinking." Zhao Yao became more and more sleepy, and he yawned again and said, "Concubine, Qin Xiulian was taken back to the palace to be taken care of by the empress. The palace will be lively next, you and the second concubine and the others It’s best to stay away from that Qin Xiulian.”
Liang Zhaoyi nodded slightly and said, "Yeah." Even if Zhao Yao didn't say anything, Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren planned to keep a distance from Qin Xiulian. "Alas, things are not going to be peaceful in this palace again."
"Concubine, when will there be peace in this palace?" After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he couldn't help feeling sleepy anymore and closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Seeing that her son was asleep, Liang Zhaoyi reached out and pulled the blanket covering him.
In Xingdeok Palace, the eighth prince stood by the window and looked at the sky in the distance.
At this time, Yu Hai walked in, saluted him and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor and the others are already on their way back to the palace."
The Eighth Prince did not look back and asked coldly: "How is things going?"
"It went very smoothly according to the plan." Yu Hai said, with a worried look on his face, "Your Highness, is it really okay?"
"What?"
"I still feel that assassinating the third prince and the others is too risky." Yu Hai felt a little uneasy, "Our people admitted that they were instigated by the family in Yangzhou, but will the emperor believe it?"
The Eighth Prince chuckled and said, "Of course Father will not believe it."
When Yu Hai heard this, he was shocked and said: "Then you still sent people to assassinate the third prince and the others? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will find out that you did it?" What on earth was your highness thinking, knowing that the emperor would not believe the mastermind behind the scenes? It was made by an aristocratic family in Yangzhou.
"Father can't find me." The Eighth Prince said very firmly, "And my purpose is not to blame those fools in Yangzhou."
"Then what is your purpose?"
The Eighth Prince raised his lips and smiled enigmatically: "You will know in the future."
Seeing that the Eighth Prince didn't say anything, Yu Hai didn't dare to ask any more questions no matter how curious he was. However, he still felt uneasy.
"Your Highness, will the Emperor really not find you?"
"No." The Eighth Prince turned around and smiled reassuringly at Yu Hai, "Don't worry, I will never put myself in danger."
"You said before that you sent someone to assassinate the third prince and the others because it was fun." Yu Hai has been serving the eighth prince since he was a child. In the past, he could more or less guess what the eighth prince's thoughts were, but now he found that more and more He couldn't guess what the eighth prince was thinking.
"It's fun." The Eighth Prince said with a smile, "It will get more and more fun later, just wait and see."
Seeing the smile on the corner of the eighth prince's lips, Yu Hai's scalp suddenly became numb, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart.
"Your Highness, are you planning something?"
The Eighth Prince turned around, continued to face the window, and said with a half-smile: "I just filled a handful of firewood to make the fire burn brighter."
"Fire?" Yu Hai looked confused, "What fire?"
The eighth prince did not answer Yu Hai's question, but said with a smile: "Tenth brother will be back soon, please ask the kitchen to prepare some snacks."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Before noon, Zhao Yao and the others returned to the palace.
Fortunately, Liang Zhaoyi and the others made some dumplings in the morning and ate dumplings when they returned to Kunde Hall at noon.
After lunch, Zhao Yao went to find the eighth prince with fox and rabbit skins, as well as venison and rabbit meat.
"Bago, I'm back."
Before Zhao Yaoren arrived, the voice came in first.
Hearing Zhao Yao's cheerful voice, the eighth prince's mood instantly improved.
"Your Highness, you are really right. The Tenth Prince will come to see you as soon as he comes back."
"Go and bring the prepared snacks."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Bago, I brought you something good." Zhao Yao jumped in and ran in.
"What good stuff?"
Tongxi stepped forward, saluted the eighth prince first, and then brought several fox skins, rabbit skins and wolf skins in front of the eighth prince.
Zhao Yao showed off and introduced to the Eighth Prince: "Myna, I hunted these fox and rabbit skins. I will give them to you to make clothes."
"Did you hunt it?" The Eighth Prince was a little surprised, "You also hunted a wolf?" After saying that, a nervous and worried look appeared on his face, "Are you injured?"
"Bago, I'm not injured." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "This wolf was not hunted by me, but by my father and the others. Let me tell you that my father encountered a group of wolves in the paddock yesterday..."
Zhao Yao chattered and told the Eighth Prince about what happened in the paddock yesterday, including of course Qin Xiulian's matter.
"By the way, the Queen has taken Qin Xiulian back to Zhaoyang Palace to take care of her."
"Such a thing actually happened?" The Eighth Prince pretended to be shocked.
"That Qin Xiulian is very beautiful, as beautiful as Concubine Rong." Zhao Yao added, "By the way, third brother and fifth brother were assassinated while hunting in the morning."
After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he specially observed the expression of the eighth prince. The Eighth Prince frowned with a heavy expression on his face: "How could Brother Three Emperors and the others be assassinated?"
Bago's acting skills are really good.
"I don't know. Third brother and the others were seriously injured, so we came back early." Zhao Yao said, "Third brother and the others haven't woken up yet."
"As long as you're fine." The Eighth Prince didn't care about the Third Prince's injuries.
"Myna, I also brought you venison." Zhao Yao said with a proud look on his face, "Myna, I shot this deer this morning, and it's still very fresh." In two days of spring hunting, Zhao Yao only shot one This deer.
The Eighth Prince praised without hesitation: "It was my first time to participate in spring hunting and I shot a deer. It was really amazing!"
Zhao Yao smiled brightly: "Yes, I also think I am very powerful."
Seeing Zhao Yao's triumphant look, the eighth prince couldn't help but smile on his face.
"Bago, I've had someone cut it up and let the imperial chef marinate it. You can just eat it in the evening." Zhao Yao opened the two large food boxes that Tong Xi brought, which contained neatly chopped deer. Meat, "Myna, venison is the most nourishing, you have to eat more. By the way, there are also antlers."
Zhao Yao said, taking out a plate of cut antlers from the food box, "Myna, if you use the antlers to make soup, it will help your recovery."
"Didn't you keep it for yourself?"
"Keep it, I kept half of it."
"In this case, I will accept it without mercy."
"Originally, it was given to you, Bage." Zhao Yao saw that the Eighth Prince's face was much rosier and asked with concern, "Bago, are you feeling much better? Can you get out of bed and walk around for a long time now?"
"Tomorrow, I can go to study."
"Really?" Zhao Yao asked with surprise on his face, "Bago, can you really go to school tomorrow?"
"Well, the wound has healed. There is no problem in going to study." The Eighth Prince smiled.
"Myna, do you really not need to recuperate for a while?"
"No, it's boring to stay in the house every day." The Eighth Prince said seriously, "If I don't go to study, I will forget everything I learned before."
"Bago, please stop lying. It's impossible for you to forget what you learned before." Zhao Yao pointed to the book in front of the eighth prince and said, "You are reading every day during this period of recuperation."
"Why, aren't you happy that I can accompany you when I go to study?"
"I'm happy to, I'm very happy to, but Brother Ba, I still hope that you will rest for a while and wait until your body has fully recovered before you go to study."
"No, the fact that I can move around now means there's nothing serious wrong with my body."
"Since Bage, you are going to study tomorrow, then come to Kunde Hall and eat dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables with me tomorrow morning." Zhao Yao said, "My concubine and I picked a lot of wild vegetables in the paddock and made dumplings with wild vegetables. It’s very delicious, you must eat it.”
"Okay, I'll go to Kunde Hall tomorrow to eat dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables."
Zhao Yao told the eighth prince about what happened in the paddock, making the eighth prince laugh non-stop.
"Who are the little fat guys you're talking about?" the Eighth Prince asked deliberately.
"Oh, I forgot to tell Brother Ba that I met four friends when Xiu Mu left the palace..." Zhao Yao told the Eighth Prince in detail how he met Chu Huan and the four of them.
After hearing what Zhao Yao said, Yu Hai said with laughter and tears in his heart: His Highness really got it right, His Highness really forgot about it!
The second update is here, albeit a bit late.
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(End of chapter)
