After Chiyang left, Li Jinyan also came to visit and talked with Wei Lingxi for a while. He left after seeing that she was in a good mood.
After Li Jinyan returned, she was called to see Queen Chi.
Empress Chi held Li Jinyan's sign language and said earnestly: "Yan'er, my mother knows that you have always been sensible, but the fifth princess is too ill-intentioned. You must be careful and stay away from her in the future."
Li Jinyao is the emperor's most beloved daughter. If there is an unexplained disagreement between the two, Li Zetian will definitely trust Li Jinyao more. She doesn't want to see her adopted daughter be wronged, so she has to make arrangements in advance.
Li Jinyan nodded seriously: "Don't worry, mother, the child will definitely remember it."
She had long seen that Li Jinyao was not only arrogant and domineering in appearance, but also extremely vicious in mind, so she never approached him. If she saw him from a distance, she would immediately turn around and stay away. Only Sister Lingxi would foolishly fall into the trap.
But this response should be remembered for a long time.
...
Li Jingxing did not participate in the hunting today and returned to the yard early. Chiyang repeated the words of Princess Anyang to him.
Li Jingxing was naturally very happy. He had also seen that Marquis Anding was worried before, and now that Princess Anyang made such a promise, she must be planning to do her best to support him.
Even though Marquis Anding had been idle for many years, he was a ruthless character who had made great achievements in serving the dragon. Wouldn't it be comparable to ordinary people?
Having said that, if you are not so eager for quick success, you seem to be able to recruit better helpers.
If he hadn't "listened" to Chiyang's words and stayed away from corrupt officials and sycophants, now he might have gathered a bunch of rabble under his command.
Thinking like this, he felt even more that Chiyang was his lucky star. He took Chiyang's face with both hands and kissed her hard.
"Yang'er, you are so kind!"
Chiyang was confused.
[What does this have to do with me? 】
Li Jingxing held her in his arms.
"Yang'er, we won't lose!"
You won’t lose this time!
Chiyang often feels that Li Jingxing's words and deeds are a bit inexplicable, such as now.
[Isn’t it because you are crazy about music? 】
[Find an imperial doctor to come and take a look? 】
Li Jingxing was helpless, Chiyang always disturbed the scenery at the wrong time.
"You have to be careful. Gu Qingzhi is very hostile to you. Don't run around."
Chiyang nodded: "I have been staying with my father, emperor and mother during the day."
Gu Qingzhi should not be bold enough to assassinate him in front of the emperor at this moment.
Chiyang's little life is not over yet. Li Jingxing had some thoughts and could only endure it. He felt uncomfortable for most of the night before falling asleep.
Li Jingxing rested for two days before going hunting again. Not long after he entered the dense forest, a sharp arrow suddenly came from behind him and almost hit him.
Everyone had just positioned themselves to protect the horse, when they saw Li Jingxiao holding the horse's rein in one hand and holding a black bow in the other, appearing from behind, and said casually: "I'm sorry for my hand slipping. Second brother won't mind."
Du Qing was about to take action, but Li Jingxing raised his hand to stop him.
"Fourth brother, be careful next time, otherwise it will be bad if you hurt someone."
Li Jingxiao said with a playful smile: "Thank you, second brother, for reminding me. I will definitely remember it, fourth brother."
After the small episode, Li Jingxing stayed in the forest for half an hour before leaving the forest and returning to the camp.
He knew the heat was coming, so when Gu Qingzhi came to him again in the evening, he gave an affirmative answer.
Autumn hunting lasts for ten days, and today is the sixth day. If he wants to start, he must do it within four days.
He and Gu Qingzhi agreed to take action one day before departure, that is, three days later.
Li Jingxiao finally felt relieved after learning about it.
As long as this thing succeeds, Li Jingxing will definitely be completely disgusted by his father.
This incident alone may not be enough for his father to make up his mind to depose the crown prince, but as long as he returns to Beijing and exposes Li Jingxing's collusion with the second brother of the Rong family to secretly mine gold, Li Jingxing's position as crown prince will definitely not be preserved!
Although the second wife of the Rong family was important to him, it was far less important than pulling Li Jingxing from the position of prince.
Only by giving up can you gain.
...
In the next three days, Li Jingxiao would provoke Li Jingxing every day in order to keep his murderous intention.
Li Zetian turned a blind eye.
He was very pleased to see Li Jingxing ignore it a few days ago, but he never saw Li Jingxing fight back, and he began to suspect that Li Jingxing was secretly planning a big move to retaliate against Li Jingxiao.
Driven by this idea, he simply let it develop naturally.
Because he wanted to know whether Li Jingxing had really learned to tolerate his siblings, or whether he had hidden it deeper.
Soon the day before departure came, Li Jingxiao declared in front of Li Zetian that he would be the leader again.
After the hunt started, Li Jingxiao went straight to the area with the most ferocious beasts and the most dangerous area.
Li Jingxing followed him not too far or too close.
Li Jingxiao and Li Jingxing had lost track of them since they entered the dense forest. When the sun went down, they did not see the two teams coming back. In the past, they had returned to the camp long ago.
Everyone began to worry about the safety of the two princes.
Li Zetian didn't show it on his face, but he was also worried in his heart. He sent several waves of people to the general area, but there was no news from them all.
After dusk swallowed the earth, Li Zetian couldn't sit still at all and paced back and forth in the camp.
Just when he was worried, Li Jingrui suddenly came back to report that he suspected that he had found traces of the assassin, and also picked up the fourth prince's personal jade pendant, fearing that something might happen to the two princes.
After hearing this, Li Zetian could no longer hold back and decided to personally lead the imperial guards and a group of generals to the dense forest to find his two sons.
Chiyang was worried that Li Jingxing's plan would go wrong, and originally wanted to go together, but Li Jinyao said that there were many dangers in the forest, and Chiyang would only be of no help if he followed. Li Zetian listened to Li Jinyao's words and ordered Chiyang to stand by.
After Li Zetian left with everyone, the originally overcrowded camp suddenly became empty. Chiyang felt uneasy. He always felt that the enemy's purpose was not just to deal with Li Jingxing, so he sent Chang An to inquire about Gu Qingzhi.
Chang'an came back soon and said that Gu Qingzhi had not appeared in front of anyone since he returned to the courtyard of Prince Duan's Mansion an hour ago.
Chiyang guessed that Gu Qingzhi had probably gone to the forest, and was even more worried about something going wrong on Li Jingxing's side. But for now, he could only wait patiently for the result, and then he could safely guard Queen Chi and Li Jinyan.
Two-quarters of an hour after Li Zetian left, a group of men in black suddenly appeared in front of the camp. The leader of the group held the gagged Seventh Prince in his hand, with a sharp dagger pressed tightly against the Seventh Prince's fragile neck.
This sudden change shocked everyone.
The few guards drew their weapons one after another, and the leader of them shouted sternly: "You are a bold thief, and you won't let His Highness the Seventh Prince go!"
The man in black holding the Seventh Prince said, "You can let him go. Just ask the Crown Princess to come over and exchange."
Everyone's eyes fell on Chiyang.
