“Here I come!”

Someone shouted.

The excitement and excitement in the voice could not be concealed.

Kangdi quickly suppressed his chaotic thoughts, frowned and looked into the distance.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp when they saw the tiger with hanging eyes tied up and carried back.

"Who hunted this?"

"Oh! What a big tiger!"

Kangdi narrowed his eyes.

Just imagine that when he was as old as Xiao Xian, he might not have enough courage and bravery to hunt such a tiger with shiny fur!

"What is that?"

Someone else shouted.

Everyone stretched their necks and looked behind the tiger.

"Giant python!"

"Oh my god, such a huge python, were all these hunted by King Chen?"

"Of course he is! After all, King Chen is our great God of War! Apart from him, no one else can possibly have such ability!"

…

Every word was clearly heard by Kangdi.

The emperor's eyes were dark and unclear, but his hands under his sleeves tightened little by little.

The jade ring pressed against his palm, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

"emperor!"

The guards of Prince Chen's mansion put down the tiger and the giant python and knelt down to pay homage to Emperor Kang.

Emperor Kang had been on the throne for decades and had long been able to keep his expression inconspicuous.

He raised his voice and asked, "Did Ah Xian hunt these?"

"Your Majesty, these were hunted by Princess Chen!"

Kangdi nodded, then stared at them in disbelief, "Who were you talking about just now?"

The guard was stared at by the emperor's scorching eyes and felt a chill on the back of his neck.

He clenched his hands and answered again as calmly as possible.

Kangdi's face looked like a dyeing factory.

It’s not Axian!

Quli?

She is a weak woman. Although she knows some medical skills, she can't hunt a tiger, right?

No, there's also a python!

He looked closely at the giant python and found that the snake gall had been taken out and there was blood on the python's body. Only then did he gradually believe that the giant python and the tiger were the ones hunted by Qu Li.

For a moment, Kangdi felt very complicated.

I used to think that Qu Li was not worthy of Xiao Xian, but after getting to know her recently, I found that she is very outstanding.

With a wife like her accompanying and assisting Xiao Xian, his kingdom will only become more stable.

It was also at this moment that all the doubts and fears that the virtuous concubine had just instigated disappeared.

After all, this is the child born to him by the woman he loves most!

Emperor Kang was overjoyed and was about to go forward to check, but was stopped.

The guard swallowed nervously again at the questioning look in the emperor's eyes.

"Your Majesty, this white tiger is still alive."

Kangdi's brows relaxed, a smile spread across his face, and his eyes quickly looked around.

"Where are Ah Xian and Qu Li?"

"The prince and princess are in the back!"

The sound of horse hooves was heard again, and Emperor Kang was overjoyed to see Qu Li riding towards him.

Qu Li dismounted with swift movements, "Qu Li greets His Majesty!"

"Princess Chen is a woman who is as capable as any man. I am truly astonished!"

There was no trace of pride or complacency on Qu Li's face. "Qu Li is just..."

Someone asked, "I wonder how a weak woman like Princess Chen could hunt this fierce tiger?"

This is also the question in everyone's mind.

Changle, who followed closely, had a stern face and looked at the man coldly.

"What does this mean, Master Xu?"

Xu Ze cupped his hands and said, "This old minister and the princess have no past grudges, nor do we have any recent grievances. What's the point? I'm just curious!"

Changle snorted and looked him up and down with contempt.

"A civil official like Lord Xu, who can't carry anything on his shoulders or lift anything with his hands, really has nothing to his name except his heart."

"Changle County Master, you——"

Being mocked by a little girl like Changle, Xu Ze's face turned pale and blue, and then red, as if he had just opened a dyeing factory.

"What's wrong with this county lady? Is what I said wrong?"

Changle is now like a small beast guarding its food, with fierce eyes, as if he can stretch out his claws at any time and beat Xu Ze in front of him into a meat paste.

Her protection made Qu Li feel warm in his heart.

He raised his hand and held her hand, then looked at Xu Ze with a faint smile.

"Master Xu, how do you think I hunted this tiger?"

The woman in front of him had a smile on her lips, but Xu Ze felt a huge chill rising from the soles of his feet, and his heart almost stopped beating.

Pursing his lips, he said, "I've read a book before, where someone used music to control beasts! Also, I heard someone used music to harm the Empress Dowager before!"

The smile on Qu Li's lips deepened, and he didn't say anything, just stared at Xu Ze with a cold gaze.

She stopped Changle before only because she was not sure whether Xu Ze was Xiao Zhao's man.

It seems that Xu Ze is Xiao Zhao's man.

But on the surface, he supported the fourth prince Xiao Qi!

"Who did Lord Xu hear about the villain using music to murder the Empress Dowager?"

After the incident, the palace blocked the news. After all, if this vicious method was learned by someone with ulterior motives, the palace would be in great danger!

Now, Xu Ze actually knew such a secret thing. She would never believe that no one deliberately asked him to tell it!

Although Kangdi didn't say anything, his eyes, as deep as a cold pond, contained emotions that no one else could understand.

Qu Li now had no intention of exploring the emperor's thoughts, he just wanted to cut off another arm of Xiao Zhao!

Since Xiao Zhao calculated that she would definitely be able to hunt the tiger, she would let Xiao Zhao do as he wished and die faster!

Xu Ze bowed and said, "I heard it from the palace maids."

"The servants of Cining Palace are always the most well-behaved. I don't know who this servant is who is casually discussing matters of Cining Palace."

Her voice became several degrees colder, and her eyes were like sharp swords, slashing towards Xu Ze.

Xu Ze was so frightened that he took half a step back. If his colleagues had not helped him up, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Master Xu?"

Qu Li spoke word by word and slowly called out to Xu Ze.

Xu Ze's face was pale and his legs were shaking.

He couldn't understand how a woman like Qu Li could have such a strong aura.

"Master Xu, if you don't reveal the name of this palace maid, you are shielding her and deceiving the emperor!"

With a "thump", Xu Ze fell to his knees.

"Your Majesty, I am a loyal subject. My loyalty to you and Dagan is evident to all!"

Kangdi said nothing.

What Qu Li could see, he, as the emperor, could naturally see as well.

Thinking of Xiao Zhao's restless eldest son, who actually dared to give his father, the Emperor, a chronic poison, his hands clenched again under his sleeves.

What Changle hates most are pedantic literati like Xu Ze, who always profess loyalty but are actually completely useless.

His expression turned cold, and he demanded sternly, "Master Xu, please answer me! Which servant in the Empress Dowager's palace told you such a secret?"