Chapter 45 sow discord
The bright and green sun is a good time for hunting.
Located 30 miles outside Linyun City, it is Yiyun Mountain exclusively for royal hunting. The walls of Yiyun Mountain are steep and smooth like pebbles. Even the decision-making masters in the world can't climb over Yiyun Mountain. In the middle of the three cliffs, there is a huge mountain forest, where the Xia Emperor and the princes hunt.
Ling Yue held the reins and followed the army absent-mindedly into the only passage that could enter the Evian Mountains. Since the dark shadow that killed Grandpa Hai yesterday appeared, she began to feel uneasy.
Xia Wuchen and Ouyang Wan, who rode the horse beside Ling Yue, also noticed Ling Yue's worries. In fact, they not only knew Ling Yue, but also the two of them were worried about yesterday's dark shadow.
Xia Yan, not far away, naturally had a panoramic view of the three people's expressions, but they couldn't guess what was thinking in their hearts.
And behind Xia Yan is Xia Chen with a blank face. To some extent, this prince is almost the same as Xia Wuchen, completely belonging to the role that has been forgotten by the court. According to Ouyang Wan, the only difference between the two is that Xia Chen does not have a perverted brother like Xia Wuchen, but has a lively and lovely sister.
Naturally, Emperor Xia does not need to ride a horse. At this moment, he is sitting in a step carried by eight people and enjoying the lychees and grapes sent to her mouth by the beautiful maid. Generally speaking, when the emperor says he wants to hunt, it doesn't mean that he wants to ride a horse and hunt in person, but he wants to see others hunt, but he can't see unrelated people hunting. Therefore, around mid-March every year, it is the annual hunting envoy of the Xia royal family. Only then will Yiyun Mountain become a forbidden place guarded by heavy soldiers.
It took about half an hour to stop, but the soldiers, palace people and maids who had just stopped accompanying them became busy. It seems that there is a huge project waiting for them to complete. If you don't hurry, it may not be finished in the dark.
"What are they doing?" Ling Yue asked.
"Building the palace, you can't let your father and all of us stay in this mountain." Xia Wuchen pointed to the green mountain stream not far away, "That's the place to hunt later, and this is just for rest."
"Is it so troublesome every time you come?"
"It's really troublesome, but there's nothing we can do."
"I said, Princess Ling Yue, I don't want you to do it. Why are you complaining so much?" Ouyang said half jokingly.
"That's right, but what I can't stand is this kind of useless work." Ling Yue dragged her chin and thought seriously, "How about making this place a tourist attraction? Or the resort is also good. Gather all the princes and nobles of Linyun.
"What do you want to do when you gather the princes and nobles?" Xia Wuchen asked.
"Nonsense, of course it's the cashier. Isn't this a royal hunting ground? Let me say, what kind of hunting ground is such a beautiful scenery? It should be turned into a resort, and then let those princes and nobles come to enjoy it. Of course, if you want to come in, you must first pay the membership fee, and then 100 taels of silver a month.
"Uh..." Xia Wuchen's expression was a little twitching.
"What, I don't have a good idea?"
"It's not bad, but it's difficult to implement. This is a place for the royal family. You can't toss around.
"That's right. What's more, isn't your membership fee of 100 taels of silver too high? No one wants to spend 100 taels of silver to come to such a place. Of course, except for the emperor of our Seventh Highness, he will stay in such a place."
Xia Wuchen stared at Ouyang Wan: "Don't talk nonsense again."
"I'm also realistic. Do you think there's something wrong with your emperor? He came to such a place where chickens don't poop and birds don't lay eggs to see us hunt." Ouyang Wan completely ignored Xia Wuchen's staring white eyes and continued, "And Jiang Mozhu was so sick that he had only half his life left, and he insisted on being pulled over by him. Alas, pitiful."
"Eh? Is Jiang Mozhu also here?" Ling Yue remembered the man who told herself that he was far away from Xia Wuchen in front of the Xuanhua Palace.
Why did he keep himself away from Xia Wuchen? Maybe you can take the opportunity of hunting to ask in person this time.
It was noon when everything was packed. Since the hunting had not yet begun, the food eaten by Emperor Xia and the princes was brought in the palace. Ling Yue looked at the imperial chefs in the palace so busy that they couldn't even drink their saliva, so she had to sigh that why not build a chain restaurant?
After a meal, it was already afternoon.
is not as powerful as Ling Yue imagined. After Emperor Xia just said something casually, the hunting began. To put it bluntly, you little kids can play by yourself, but don't forget to honor your old man.
Ling Yue is not interested in hunting, so she just sits on the grass in a daze.
Xia Wuchen was dragged to hunt by Ouyang Wan. Naturally, Xia Kang would not let go of this opportunity to show his skills, while Xia Chen did not know where to hide to sleep. Several other princes also left one after another. Some went hunting, and some didn't know what they had done.
"Aren't you going hunting?" Xia Yan sat on the ground in an indescribably cheerful tone.
"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall, tell me, prince, what do you want to ask?" Although Xia Yan gave people a gentle feeling, Ling Yue, who was used to cheating in the mall in her previous life, was not a vegetarian. To exaggerate, Xia Yan knew that this person was by no means a good person with one look.
"I think you're sitting here alone and bored, just come and chat with you."
"Who said that I was alone, and the person standing behind me was not a human?"
Xia Yan turned around and saw Liu Ye staring at him coldly. He smiled and said, "I almost forgot that there is still a slave, but slaves can't be regarded as human beings."
"Prince, my patience is limited. If you have nothing to say to me, get out of here quickly."
"I just want to know why you like my useless brother."
"I like your brother. What's the problem?"
"He is the son of your father's enemy. How can you fall in love with the son of your enemy?"
"What do you think?" Ling Yue asked back.
"I think you must be plotting something? Right?" Xia Yan raised the corners of his mouth gently and looked at Ling Yue with playful eyes.
Ling Yue replied with the same smile and said, "You're right. I'm really plotting something, so what? But prince, aren't you also planning something? Don't think I don't know. You want to kill Xia Wuchen, but there is a reason why you can't do it. Am I right?"
"Princess Qinghe, are you kidding?"
"Since you heard me joking, why don't you laugh?" Ling Yue pointed to the mountain forest surrounded by green feathers in front of him and said, "Now, as long as you set a fire, you can burn your hands and feet to death, so that you can ascend to the throne. However, I think it's better to burn so many brothers and sisters..."
"What's worse?"
"It's better to kill your emperor's father directly and make a fake edict, so that you can ascend the throne."
Xia Yan narrowed his eyes and said with an indescribable expression: "Do you... know what you just said? If I tell my father these words, you will be guilty of killing the head.
"I'm sure you dare not tell the emperor, as if you want him to die soon, but you can't tell him." Ling Yue said, "In fact, this is also normal. The emperor is in good health. At least, he still has decades to live. What will happen in these decades, such as the abolition of the prince, don't you think?"
"I won't be abolished. Even if I am abolished, Lao Qi doesn't want to be emperor."
"Well, what's good about being an emperor? I want to say that being the richest man in the world is the best." Ling Yue said disdainfully, "However, in my opinion, you should pay more attention to the third prince than to spend all your thoughts on Wuchen."
"Lao San?"
"Between Wuchen and the third prince, which of them do you think is more likely to push you into the abyss?"
"Why do I feel like you are provoking the feelings between our brothers?"
Ling Yue looked at Xia Yan's face and suddenly laughed, as if she were listening to a big joke.
"What are you laughing at?"