After receiving the news, Chu Sanghuai's face was gloomy for a moment, but he did not return to the camp immediately. Instead, he walked around in the woods for a long time, and after hitting a lot of prey, he rode back leisurely. It was already night, and a group of people stood in front of the tent. People have been waiting for a long time, namely Chu Jinglan, Xie Miao and Xie Yuan, as well as some guards and palace servants.
Except for Chu Jinglan, everyone else's faces were not very good-looking.
When Chu Sanghuai walked to the front, everyone knelt down and saluted, and the line of sight suddenly became as short as a piece of bamboo, and the white-fronted tiger that swallowed its breath appeared in front of Chu Sanghuai, a white-feathered arrow in the center. There was no sign of struggle in his forehead. Seeing this, the corners of Chu Sanghuai's mouth twitched slightly, bringing out a cold smile.
"I haven't seen the emperor open a bow for a long time. I didn't expect it to be so accurate."
With a calm expression on Chu Jinglan's face, he said flatly, "I'm just ashamed to be worthy of this humble skill."
"Brother Huang, this is too modest." Chu Sanghuai walked over and pulled out the arrow feather and looked at it for a while, but didn't tell them to get up, "I remember that the late emperor praised you for this, and you lived up to the public's expectations. All took down the head of the beast, just like today."
The blood gradually flowed out from the tiger's forehead, dyeing the green grass that had just sprout red, and the smell was foul and very unpleasant, but no one could go up to cover his nose, even the palace servants who stood still with their heads bowed, noticed that the emperor was different. With deep meaning, he quietly raised his eyes to look at Chu Jinglan, waiting to see how he would respond.
Chu Jinglan's eyes narrowed slightly, most of his face was shrouded in the shadow of the bonfire, his emotions were blurred, and it was difficult for people to see clearly, but with one mouth, every word was very clearly bitten.
"Your Majesty, the ministers in the past have not been able to remember clearly. It was an accident that they won the head of the beast today, not because of the superb skills of the ministers."
Chu Sanghuai raised her eyebrows slightly, and outlined a thick black shadow. She turned around again, and her whole body sank into the night. The hem of her clothes fluttered in the wind, revealing a gloomy and cold air that could not be warmed by the light of fire. , was inexplicably terrifying, but at this moment, a kowtow sound came from the side, the sound was slightly heavy, and even the soil sank a little.
"Reporting to the emperor, everything was caused by Wei Chen's inadvertently arousing the tiger, and even more implicated the prince into a dangerous situation. Wei Chen cannot excuse himself, and I implore the emperor to punish him."
Xie Yuan's face suddenly became extremely ugly, his hands folded in his sleeves, and he tried his best to forbear before he stepped forward and dragged Xie Miao away.
This idiot, do you know what he's talking about? It doesn't matter if you take the blame on yourself, but don't drag the Xie family down!
"So you are indeed guilty." Chu Sanghuai turned around, but turned his attention to Xie Yuan, and said with a half-smile, "I don't know what Xie Qing thinks to do with your nephew?"
Xie Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly lowered his body and said, "This minister is frightened, my little nephew almost killed the prince, and it should be punished as a crime. Although this minister cannot bear it, but in the current state of the country, as an old minister of the two dynasties, the emperor has reused it. How can you be partial in this kind of thing? It’s just that the fault of the little nephew has a great relationship with the minister’s failure to teach him well, and I also ask the emperor to deal with it fairly and allow the minister to act on behalf of the little nephew.”
After all, he kowtowed and fell to the ground.
Xie Miao's expression did not change after hearing these words, but his eyes gradually sank.
Xie Yuan's words sounded high-sounding and righteous, but the people inside thought he was an upright and caring person, but it was not the case. It stands to reason that the first reaction of a normal person is usually to exonerate the younger generation. Even if he can’t escape the crime, he should try his best to reduce the punishment. However, he did not argue for Xie Miao at all in the whole paragraph, instead he was condemned to death. Xie Miao's crime of recklessly injuring others, and the sentence at the end has done enough superficial work - if the emperor really dealt with it fairly, how could he let him metabolize Miao
In the end is an old fox, extremely cunning.
The few people present basically knew what they had in mind, but no one exposed him. Chu Sanghuai was even more excited. I saw him put the arrow in Xie Miao's shoulder, and swayed for a while. , the sharp arrowhead rubbed back and forth on Xie Miao's carotid artery, as if it could cut through the skin at any time, and the blood gushed wildly, making the hair stand up.
"Xie Qing's remarks are reasonable, but I feel that since the emperor's brother is fine, there is no need to punish him." Chu Sanghuai turned to look at the tiger, and seemed to have an idea suddenly, and said with a relaxed smile, " Well, this tiger is the lucky head that the emperor's younger brother should receive, but the skin is soaked in blood and can't be used, so let Xie Miao make up for the emperor's younger brother's skin."
As soon as these words came out, and in coordination with his actions, Xie Yuan was suddenly in a cold sweat - could it be that he was going to peel off Xie Miao's skin
No wonder he thought so. Earlier, a little eunuch in the palace accidentally broke the vase in the imperial study room, and in the end, he was cut off and died. There are also many other cruel punishments like gun branding, which are not new. It's just that the harem has always been dark, and Xie Yuan didn't care when he heard it. Now he actually used it on the courtiers of the previous dynasty. He didn't expect it anyway, so he was a little anxious now. He was sentenced to death in front of his eyes, but he was unable to stop him, so how could he continue to mingle with the court in the future
In the blink of an eye, Xie Yuan hurriedly spoke without thinking too much: "Your Majesty, please..."
"Your Majesty, since I accidentally shot this white-fronted tiger, I didn't dare to ask for any favors, but it only disturbed the emperor's interest. The minister knew he was guilty, and asked the emperor to punish him."
Chu Jinglan's calm voice pierced through everyone's ears. It was clear and powerful. Xie Miao couldn't help but look up. , his mind was also calm, and he was about to plead guilty again, but Chu Sanghuai threw the arrow cluster to the side and smiled with his lips hooked.
"What's the matter? Everyone is here to plead guilty, isn't it just killing a tiger?"
All three were silent, and a suffocating silence permeated the huge lawn.
Chu Sanghuai laughed more deeply, looked at them for a while, and said: "Well, I think of a compromise solution for you, Xie Miao acted recklessly, hurt the royal family, the official was downgraded to the second level, and the younger brother suffered because of it. If you are frightened, it is better to keep it at home and raise it, and you don’t have to participate in politics in the near future.”
The air seemed to stop flowing, Xie Miao's face stiffened slightly, but Chu Jinglan showed no expression. Just as he was about to kowtow to thank him, Chu Sanghuai spoke again.
"Oh, yes, this lottery is still essential, otherwise it would be too outrageous." He flicked his fingers and summoned two palace servants to instruct, "Go get two crystal cups, each with a cup of tiger blood for the prince. And Master Xie, let them go to the bad luck, so as to save a few days of hunting and then bump into this beast with short eyes."
The two were stagnant for a while, and immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
To ask them to drink blood in front of so many servants is a naked humiliation, but thanks is still indispensable, because this is already the best result.
Chu Sanghuai watched as the two of them drank the foul-smelling tiger blood. His long and narrow eyes flickered slightly, and a faint smile slipped from his lips at the same time. Somewhat cheerful.
Xie Yuan also got up, gave Xie Miao a deep look, and left without saying a word.
The remaining two were considered to have just escaped from death, but their expressions were different. Xie Miao turned to look at Chu Jinglan, trying to find some clues on his face, but Chu Jinglan just waved his sleeves away indifferently. , not even brief eye contact.
The twilight is getting thicker, a round of jade toads hang high, and the Yulan Hall is still brightly lit.
Ye Huaiyang didn't know how many times she walked in the room. Just when the floor tiles were about to be smashed by her, there was finally the sound of the latch turning from outside. She hurried out and bumped into the familiar chest.
"Don't panic." Chu Jinglan's voice swayed from the top of his head into his ears, which was reassuring, "I'm back."
Ye Huaiyang's heart returned to his seat, and he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths. He suddenly smelled a bloody smell, and immediately bent down and vomited. Chu Jinglan frowned, and immediately called Crescent Moon to take care of her, and he quickly went back to the room to wash up.
"It was fine at night, why did you vomit again?" Crescent Moon took the silk handkerchief to wipe off the filth for her, and then turned around and brought a warm water to her mouth to rinse her mouth, with a deep worry still in her eyes. "Miss, are you pregnant?"
A slender black figure on the side of the corridor stopped immediately.
"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Huaiyang reprimanded, his voice a little hollow.
"Why don't you let Dr. Lu come and show you, how can you stand up like this..."
Ye Huaiyang didn't speak, she straightened up and walked in, obviously still thinking about whether Chu Jinglan was okay, Crescent Moon pouted when she saw this, and couldn't do anything about her, so she packed her things and went out, shutting it tightly by the way. door.
With the sound of rushing water, Chu Jinglan got up from the bath, wrapped a silk coat at random and came out, with a few drops of water hanging on his chest, Ye Huaiyang walked over and buried it in his arms. It doesn't matter if it's water on his face or not, just smelling the refreshing saponin smell makes me feel a lot more comfortable.
"Are you injured somewhere?"
Thinking of the smell of blood just now, Ye Huaiyang flipped open his clothes and looked around, but he grabbed her hand and pressed it on his chest, and said in a low voice, "No, it's just animal blood."
"That's good." Her tense nerves finally loosened, and at this moment she felt her legs and feet were sore and weak.
Chu Jinglan knew that she must be in a hurry, so she simply took her and sat down beside Yuanji, then reached out and stroked her back to calm her down slowly.
"What the hell happened today? Why did you bump into that tiger? Did Xie Miao invite it?"
His heart calmed down a little, Ye Huaiyang kept asking questions like a barrage of cannons, Chu Jinglan kissed her soothingly, and said succinctly: "Xie Miao is just a scapegoat, there is someone else behind the scenes, who is coming for me. of."
"Then... Chu Sanghuai just let you go?"
Chu Jinglan smiled, touched her smooth cheek as if nothing had happened, and said, "Xie Miao has been demoted, and I don't need to attend the court and discuss politics recently."
Ye Huaiyang tickled her eyebrows, her eyes filled with anger, and then she seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and quickly took out a fingernail-sized piece of paper from her sleeve and placed it in Chu Jinglan's palm, saying, "Tianqilou has only delivered it. Here's the news, take a look."
Chu Jinglan unfolded the paper ball and looked at it, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then chuckled: "It's really timely rain."
"Of course, how can my people do things poorly?" Ye Huaiyang smiled proudly, and immediately narrowed her phoenix eyes, "Should Qingfeng do it?"
Chu Jinglan nodded silently.
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The perverted emperor is back~