Meanwhile, Du Jinwei also requested an audience with the Fifth Princess, but ever since she learned what Du Jinwei was planning to do to her...

The Fifth Princess disliked her and would never see her again.

Refuse outright.

Following Du Yunyao's suggestion, Ying San went out and indeed found several suspicious palace maids and eunuchs in the courtyard.

These people are all guards of the courtyard in this other courtyard. This time, I don't know whose orders they received, but they came to Jingyue Courtyard like they didn't care about their lives.

Shadow Three grabbed someone and interrogated them: "Tell me, who ordered you to come here?"

"Spare me! Spare me! I didn't do anything!"

The little eunuch stared at the sword at his neck, his face pale, his voice trembling.

"Speak quickly, or you'll lose your head."

Shadow Three's icy tone remained unchanged, and the sword in his hand plunged even deeper, revealing blood.

“I will tell you, I will tell you. It was the steward of the villa who sent us. He said that as long as we tell him where Princess Anle is, we can get ten taels of silver.”

After the eunuch finished speaking, Shadow Three knocked him unconscious and carried him away.

They followed a palace maid to the head eunuch's office.

“My lord, I learned from my maid that Princess Anle will be going hunting with the Emperor tomorrow, and the Ninth Prince will also be going.”

The palace maids were clearly opportunistic and eager for rewards.

"Don't worry, you'll get your share of the reward. Here you go, and remember to keep an eye on things."

The head eunuch gave a silver pouch to the palace maid, then waved her away. After checking that no one was around, he secretly went to the Empress Dowager's courtyard.

Shadow Three carried the unconscious eunuch all the way to the Empress Dowager's courtyard.

After observing the situation inside clearly for half an hour,

"You mean, that old witch did all of this?"

Jing Le said leisurely.

[The old witch has someone watching me, but actually she's keeping an eye on my father indirectly. She's using such an obvious trick; she's clearly planning something big tomorrow.]

Jing Le flipped through the script and found a plot about hunting.

Good heavens, this is a real mixed bag! The Carefree King failed last time, and now he's got his sights set on hunting too.

Indeed, it is understandable if an accident occurs during a hunt.

"Yes," Shadow Three replied.

"Go and tell Father about this. There might be some fun tomorrow."

Jing Le chuckled, enjoying the spectacle even more.

He then added, "Tomorrow, Ying Qi will take a few people to protect the various palace ladies, Ying Shi will protect Seventh Brother, and Xiao Bai will protect the three princesses."

"yes."

Those whose names were called responded one after another.

The next day.

The long-awaited hunt has begun.

"Today's champion will be richly rewarded, and of course, all the others who performed well will also be rewarded. The hunt begins."

As soon as Emperor Jing finished speaking, the younger generation present mounted their horses and headed towards the mountains and forests.

"drive!"

The sound of horses' hooves filled the air, and at this time, young men and women were no longer confined to the inner quarters; it was also their time to let loose.

"Hehe, sister, let's hurry up, I just saw a little white rabbit over there."

"Slow down, little sister, be careful not to fall off the horse."

Such laughter was particularly noticeable from the outside.

Of course, if you really want to hunt more prey, you have to go deeper into the forest.

"Come on, Lele, your father will take you hunting."

Emperor Jing, holding Jing Le, mounted his horse and spurred it on, shouting, "Giddy up!"

"Oh, off to hunt, hehe."

It feels so good to be a child again and be pampered.

[Ahhh, Father Emperor is so handsome! The way he mounted his horse just now was absolutely amazing!]

Emperor Jing smiled slightly, feeling extremely satisfied.

Since Jing Le came, he has experienced what it's like to be a father, and it feels really good.

Fortunately, the Ninth Prince was unaware of Emperor Jing's thoughts, otherwise he would have cried his eyes out. Not everyone is a sister.

Emperor Jing led Jing Le in front, followed by Zhao Gan with a group of men, while Ying San, Ying Yi, and others followed in the shadows.

Upon seeing that Emperor Jing had departed, the Empress Dowager immediately sent a message.

The carefree king was naturally among the first to enter the forest.

Having arrived in the middle of the forest, the carefree prince saw a wisp of smoke coming from the direction of the villa and knew that Emperor Jing had entered the forest.

This was the method of communication agreed upon between him and the Empress Dowager.

Then a plume of smoke rose from the depths of the forest.

"Why is there still smoke? Could someone be setting fire to the forest?"

Someone in the entourage said.

"There's a cliff deep in the forest over there, and not far below the cliff is a village. Perhaps the villagers there are cooking over a fire."

The carefree king began to explain, but a glint of light flashed deep in his eyes.

"Oh, I see. That's good. Otherwise, it would be terrible if the forest really caught fire."

"Yes, Lord Li, today's hunt will depend on everyone's own abilities. I will go ahead first, bye-bye."

After speaking, the carefree king led his men into the depths of the forest.

The other adults exchanged glances, their eyes filled with confusion.

"Why is the Carefree King in such a hurry? It's as if he can't wait to abandon us."

"Never mind, maybe the prince also wants to be number one."

The carefree prince was naturally unaware of their words.

Let's get back to Jing Le's side.

Emperor Jing has led a group of people into the forest.

"Lele, what kind of prey do you want? Your father will hunt it for you."

Emperor Jing looked at the forest and then spoke to Jing Le.

"Alright, alright, let's go deeper in then. Maybe there's a tigress in there, and we can find a wife for Xiaobai to take back."

Jing Le laughed heartily.

"Hahaha, good, let's find a tigress for Little White to take home, giddy up!"

Emperor Jing burst into laughter.

[I was just saying that; actually, I wanted to go and meet up with the Carefree King and his group to see what traps awaited us.]

Jing Le's true inner monologue.

Emperor Jing: I also want to go and see what this Prince Xiaoyao is planning to do.

Fifteen minutes later.

Emperor Jing and his entourage had already left the main force and arrived deep in the forest.

Jing Le scanned the surroundings with his divine sense and saw the situation clearly.

Shadow Three and his group, who were secretly following, also noticed the anomaly.

Good heavens, is the Carefree Prince planning to fake his father's death? So much gunpowder buried underground!

This doesn't seem to fit the plot at all. Could it be that my intervention has caused the story to deviate from its intended direction?

Jing Le was puzzled, but didn't take it seriously. With him there, no amount of gunpowder could kill his father.

When Emperor Jing heard that gunpowder had been buried underground, he thought that Prince Xiaoyao was not only trying to kill him, but was practically trying to send him to his next life.

His eyes were deep and unfathomable.

These people are always eyeing that position. If they were truly capable, they would willingly step down. But are they really that capable?

Just then, a whooshing sound came from the air, and as a signal, countless whooshing sounds suddenly rang out.

"Protect the Emperor."

Zhao Gan immediately stepped in front of Emperor Jing.

"Clang clang clang."

Shadow Three and others, who were lurking in the shadows, also joined the battle.

They intercepted the rain of swords from all directions.

"superior."

As soon as the order was given, countless men in black attacked.

"clang!"