The people who went down the slope quickly responded, and they really found King Wei on the slope. It's just that King Wei didn't seem to have fallen lightly. At this moment, he didn't know about personnel matters, and the injuries all over his body made it easy to dare not move.
Qi Yang breathed a sigh of relief when he got the news, and while sending his attendants back to report the letter, he wanted to go down to see the situation in person.
Lu Qipei stopped her, and in the end neither of them took any risk—the steep slope almost went straight up and down, and it was obviously dangerous to go in the dark. They didn't have much friendship with King Wei at first, and now it was enough to ensure his safety.
Fortunately, after only waiting for a quarter of an hour, the attendants who went to find someone quickly came back with a team of Yulin. The crowd cut down the bushes and went down to the sloping land, and they didn't dare to act rashly when they saw the miserable appearance of King Wei's fall. Afterwards, a military general who knew some medical skills to treat injuries came. After checking, it was determined that King Wei could move. Then everyone lifted him up from the bottom of the steep slope.
In this way, King Wei was sent back to the camp, and the noisy hunting ground all day finally returned to calm.
The group returned to the camp, and it was late at night. Although the whole camp was noisy for a while because of King Wei's rescue, everyone who came back from the hunting ground felt tired and chose to go back to the camp to rest.
Of course, Lu Qipei and Qi Yang were no exception. After they dismissed their attendants, they returned to their tents.
After sending the outsiders away, Qi Yang asked, "What's going on tonight? How did you find King Wei, and the dead horse, and what happened?" They brought King Wei with them. came back, but the dead horse had not yet been disposed of.
Lu Qipei naturally didn't hide it from her, he pulled her and sat down, and took out a handkerchief from his arms. In the handkerchief was a small handful of soil that she secretly packed. She put the soil in front of Qi Yang and said to her, "Your Highness, smell it, what might you smell?"
Qi Yang had seen the process of her searching with his own eyes before, and of course he knew that there might be some problems in the land along the way. It's just that there are many servants who follow the action, but no one smells any difference. She was also curious herself, so she had no objection at this time, and leaned in to smell the handful of soil in Lu Qipei's handkerchief. After a while, she said: "No strange smell, just smell the fragrance of plum blossoms on your body."
Lu Qipei was slightly startled when he heard the answer, and when he saw Pazi, he couldn't help but laugh: "There is a fragrance, but it's not the fragrance of plum blossoms on my body. The fragrance hidden in the soil and rotten leaves is something ordinary people can't smell, it's just me. I like Hexiang more sensitive."
The answer was not unexpected, Qi Yang nodded and asked, "What kind of fragrance is that?"
Lu Qipei closed the handkerchief, and threw the handful of soil aside carelessly: "It's a kind of incense that is not found in the Central Plains." She said, her face became serious: "The grassland alien species has its own magic, no one can say it. Know where they come from. But I have read a miscellaneous book, which says that this kind of horse likes to eat a kind of herb, and that grass grows on the edge of the salt lake deep in the grassland, and there is no place next to it. "
Qi Yang understood, and glanced at the soil thrown aside: "You mean the scent in the soil is that kind of vanilla?"
Lu Qipei nodded and shook his head: "I haven't been to the grasslands, so I don't know. But I learned Hexiang before. I've seen all the spices that can be found in Daliang, and none of them are similar. This kind of aroma is very special. It's very similar to the description in the book."
Qi Yang naturally believed her judgment, and didn't think Lu Qipei was surprised by this understanding. After all, they also have two grassland aliens in their house. Without knowing the purpose of Rongguo, of course they need to know more. Then she connected the matter before and after, and it was not difficult to guess the beginning and end of the matter, as well as the other party's purpose.
After a while, Qi Yang took a deep breath and said: "It seems that everything is a coincidence now, it is a great luck that King Wei was not injured. But if someone finds the dead horse tomorrow, they know that King Wei's mount was poisoned to death. , I'm afraid things will fall into a conspiracy."
Although this matter was originally a conspiracy, if it was revealed like this, the prince would undoubtedly become the target of public criticism.
Qi Yang couldn't be more miserable. She grabbed the bag of dirt and stood up and said, "I have to go to the emperor's brother. I will tell him all these things first, and let him do some preparations early."
After she finished speaking, she wanted to leave, but was stopped by Lu Qipei: "Your Highness, wait, you can't go to the prince."
Qi Yang stopped when he heard the words and looked back at her: "Why?"
Lu Qipei didn't speak, and looked at her silently. Qi Yang realized in a trance that the prince today is different from before. He was wary of Lu Qipei. If you let him know that Lu Qipei discovered this, he would not believe how much he would believe it.
Being able to discover things in advance is their first opportunity, and it makes no sense to let suspicion destroy this advantage. What's more, they were close to Donggong, and they went to look for the prince in the middle of the night. After the news spread, they didn't know what would happen. Maybe even the fact that King Wei was found by them must be covered with a veil of conspiracy.
Qi Yang lowered his eyes and pursed his lips. After a while, he raised his eyes and asked Lu Qipei, "What do you mean, Apei?"
Lu Qipei's expression was calm, but his answer was firm: "Go find Your Majesty!"
Although the emperor was quite concerned about King Wei, he was old after all, and he went to sleep when he was near his son. And King Wei was found and sent back in the middle of the night, which disturbed the entire camp and woke the emperor from his sleep.
Hearing that King Wei fell off the horse, and his injuries were not serious, the emperor was so disturbed that he was able to stand up. Therefore, when Lu Qipei and Qi Yang came, there were still bright lights in the imperial tent. After the announcement, the emperor summoned them without letting them wait for a long time.
When the emperor saw Qi Yang, he first reprimanded her for not knowing the importance: "I told you earlier that there are many people in the hunting ground looking for your brother, what are you doing? How dare you wait until after dark to bring so many people there. , don't you know how dangerous the hunting grounds are at night?"
Qi Yang bowed his head to listen to the training, but did not dare to refute anything at this time.
The emperor trained his daughter and then scolded the concubine: "And you, as Qiyang's concubine, can't you stop her because of her willfulness? The princess is risking herself, so you dare to accompany her, if you really want to do something How to do?!"
Hearing the guilty conscience, Lu Qipei lowered his eyebrows and did not dare to tell the emperor that Her Royal Highness was completely abducted by her into the hunting ground. Otherwise, if the old man knew about it, he would not know how simple it would be to scold him.
Qi Yang was not happy with Lu Qipei being disciplined, even if the matter was originally provoked by her, there was no reason to protect her shortcoming. So Qi Yang raised his head and whispered back to the emperor's previous question: "But the emperor, this time it was the son and the concubine who found Brother Wei!"
In fact, King Wei really fell hard, and now he has no fear of life when he is brought back, but God knows if he is allowed to lie down at the bottom of the slope overnight, even in a dangerous place like the hunting ground, will he still be alive tomorrow
Of course the emperor knew that, so he was blocked by his daughter's words, and he didn't say anything at a glance.
Simply Qi Yang didn't come to beg for a reward, just accept it when he sees it. Thinking about what to say next, he asked casually: "Brother Wei seems to have fallen hard when he fell off the horse. Now I don't know what happened?"
The emperor knew that Qi Yang had a normal relationship with King Wei, and most of what he did was for the prince, so he replied to her at the moment: "It's not bad or not. The imperial doctor said that he broke two ribs and the back of his head was broken, but fortunately there is no such thing as a Fear of life."
Qi Yang nodded when he heard it, and said with consideration: "Father, my son thinks that the injury of Brother Wei is unusual."
I'm afraid it's not just Qi Yang who wants to say this, everyone in the camp may think so. They had already cast their suspicions on the prince, and the prince was indeed suspicious. It was only because of the emperor's firm attitude that no one dared to mention it.
The emperor did not expect that Qi Yang would be the first to say this. He was slightly surprised, and immediately calmed down: "What does the emperor want to say?"
Qi Yang didn't hide it either, so he told everything he saw at the hunting ground tonight, including the poisoned horse that had not yet been discovered by others. Finally, I talked about Lu Qipei's discovery, and presented the bag of soil.
It's a pity that the smell of vanilla in the soil was not obvious, and it was contaminated by the incense on Lu Qipei's body. The emperor could smell nothing but the fragrance of plum blossoms. Turning his head to let Zhang Jian smell it, the result is the same.
Lu Qipei explained: "This smell is very light, I'm afraid ordinary people can't smell it, it's best to ask a perfumer to smell it. It's just that the smell of the forest clearing dissipates quickly, and I'm afraid it will dissipate in a day or two. Now, we still need to send someone to fetch some soil and seal it up.”
The emperor's face was solemn, and he turned his head and instructed Zhang Jian to arrange for someone to fetch soil in private. After thinking about it, he gave another order: "I will also bring the dead horse back to me, and hand it over to the Dali Siqing to investigate. Don't let others know about it."
Zhang Jian is the emperor's confidant, and he has heard many secrets in the past few decades, so he calmly arranges it now.
When Zhang Jian also left, the emperor looked at the holding of soil and murmured: "Since it is the herbs on the grassland, but I never had it in the beam, is this matter led by Rongguo?"
This is the simplest and most straightforward doubt, but it makes sense when you think about it. From the time when the prince broke his body in the battle of Liang Rong, to the accident of several of his princes this year, it is clear that Rong Guo is targeting the next generation of Liang Guo. If Prince Xian was weak and short-lived, the princes were implicated in the death of the kings, and even the eldest grandson who was slightly older was lost, then the inheritance of the Liang Kingdom would be a problem.
It's not just disrupting the court situation, this is simply a plan to end the heir, and it is very sinister!
Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes flashed a sharp and cold light, a cold look that Qi Yang had never seen before.
Qi Yang and Lu Qipei both noticed the change in the emperor's expression, and they looked at each other calmly, not daring to say anything.
After waiting for a long time, the emperor suddenly opened his mouth and asked the two of them: "Do you think this matter is the envoy of the Rong Kingdom? If so, who planned all this behind the scenes?"
This should not have been asked them, but since the emperor asked, how could Qi Yang and Lu Qipei not answer? Just as Qi Yang was about to speak, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Lu Qipei gesture at her, so he restrained his words a little: "I don't know about this matter, and I came to report it in the hope that the emperor would find out. But that alien horse and herb are both Coming from the grassland, I am afraid that it is also inseparable from the Rong Kingdom."
Lu Qipei said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter who planned all this, what matters is the feud between Liang Rong."
This sentence seemed to wake up the emperor, making him narrow his eyes slightly.