Chapter 210 Chi Hongyuan: That person wanted to harm me, but unexpectedly, he harmed the prince by mistake
After the quiver was empty, Chi Hongyuan slowed down his horse and walked slowly off the field.
The black horse was indeed a war horse, and it matched Chi Hongyuan very well. The prince walked up to it and touched the black horse's neck. His eyes sparkled as he looked at Chi Hongyuan: "It's so exciting to see my ninth brother riding a horse. Can you let me ride this horse too? I've never ridden a war horse before."
Chi Hongyuan dismounted and handed the reins to the prince. "This horse grew up in the training grounds. It usually cooperates with the soldiers in training. It doesn't recognize its master and has a docile personality. However, Your Highness has not had any contact with it yet, so you should take a slow walk to get familiar with it first."
The prince grinned, took the reins, and mounted the horse without any delay. He glanced at Chi Hongyuan and Chi Hongqi, patted the horse's belly, and let the horse take him for a walk on the field.
"The sun is not too strong today, and it's really pleasant to ride a horse in the wind. But I just can't catch up with you, my ninth brother. It's been an hour, and I'm just taking a break now." Chi Hongqi looked at the prince on horseback and shook his head with emotion.
"I just have been on the battlefield for a long time, otherwise I might not be able to defeat Your Highness and my brother." Chi Hongyuan said in a calm voice.
The two men stood with their arms folded over their chests and watched the prince having fun with the horse. It was obvious that the prince liked riding very much.
"I suddenly remembered that when I was young, Tutor Sun asked several princes in the school what they wanted to do in the future. Ninth brother, guess what His Highness said?" Chi Hongqi recalled the interesting things in his childhood, and the smile in his eyes deepened.
At that time, Chi Hongyuan had been thrown into the cold palace, so he didn't know many things. The man looked calm: "What?"
"His Highness said he wanted to raise many horses, and wanted to get a Ferghana horse, and then train it himself. His Highness also said he wanted to be a horse salt official, which made Imperial Tutor Sun very angry. However, the Imperial Tutor did not tell my father about this."
Chi Hongqi shrugged and chuckled. As a prince, he had no concern for his people and only wanted to have fun. If anyone knew about this, he would definitely be scolded.
"The way Taifu teaches and educates people is somewhat different from that of other Taifus," Chi Hongyuan said frankly.
The two were chatting off the field when suddenly a horse neighed and the prince exclaimed from the archery field. The two were startled and looked towards the field at the same time.
The black horse was stimulated by something and started shaking its body in an extremely agitated manner, trying to throw the person off its back.
The prince tried his best to pull the reins, but the warhorse was very strong and the horse was mad, so the prince had no way to control it.
When he pulled the reins hard, the horse's hooves lifted up, the whole horse's front legs raised up, and the horse's body leaned backward. The prince was unable to loosen the reins in time, and was thrown off the horse, falling heavily to the ground. The horse also fell down, pressing down on the prince's legs.
Chi Hongrui cried out in pain and passed out from the pain.
When Chi Hongyuan and Chi Hongqi rushed over, the prince was already unconscious. The summer breeze was strong on the racecourse, and Chi Hongyuan ran over, his heart beating so hard in his chest that it seemed like it was about to jump out.
The prince was quickly sent back to the palace for treatment by the imperial physician. Chi Hongyuan stayed and personally examined the warhorse.
"Ninth brother, is there any progress?" Chi Hongqi was accompanying Chi Hongyuan at the horse farm. He was waiting outside the barracks for someone to come out. When he saw the person coming out with a frown on his face, he guessed that the result was not good, but he still asked.
"The horse has a disease in its knee joints. There will be no problem riding it for a short period of time, but if it is ridden for a while longer, the pain in the knee joints will cause it to go crazy. Your Highness was riding a war horse for the first time and could not control it, so the accident happened."
As Chi Hongyuan spoke, his brows were furrowed, and he was obviously dissatisfied with the results of the investigation.
"Ninth brother, do you think someone has tampered with this matter? Do they want to harm His Highness?" Chi Hongqi asked in a low voice.
Chi Hongyuan shook his head and denied it: "No, on the contrary, that person wanted to harm me, but he didn't expect to harm the prince by mistake."
He went to the stable and looked at the several war horses sent from the parade ground. Some of them were mares that were pregnant with foals, so they could not be ridden. Only the black horse could be ridden. As long as the other party was familiar with the prince or his habits, they could do something to this horse.
When you first start riding a horse, the horse's knees don't hurt, so everything is naturally fine. But after a while, the horse's knees start to hurt, and while you're riding the horse, the horse becomes irritated by the pain and starts to go crazy.
Chi Hongyuan turned his head and looked at the horse farm under the night sky. If the prince had not asked to ride that horse, then he would have fallen off the horse. Chi Hongyuan clenched his fists: "Let's go into the palace."
When the two rushed back to the palace, they heard the news that the prince's legs were permanently disabled, and the emperor actually deposed the prince that night. However, Chi Hongrui could stay in the East Palace to recuperate until his leg injury recovered.
Two figures were standing on the palace road not far from the East Palace, and their shadows were stretched very long by the moonlight.
"Ninth brother, don't you want to go and take a look?" Chi Hongqi looked at the lanterns in front of the East Palace gate, his expression was not very cheerful.
"Look." Chi Hongyuan walked towards the East Palace. The queen had just left before they came.
Chi Hongrui was lying on the bed. On the table was the imperial edict deposing the crown prince. As for the crown prince's golden seal, it had been taken back.
The room was filled with the smell of herbs. He did not allow anyone to serve him inside the hall, and there were only people guarding outside the bedroom.
Although Chi Hongyuan and his partner's footsteps were very light, Chi Hongrui could still hear them clearly: "Why are you two here? It's late at night."
Chi Hongyuan subconsciously glanced at the imperial edict on the table. Chi Hongrui noticed her look and waved his hand nonchalantly, saying, "It's okay to abolish him. It doesn't matter if he doesn't become the crown prince. I'm not cut out for it. Maybe I can become a horse salt official."
When Chi Hongrui said this, his face turned pale and his lips were bloodless because of the severe pain in his legs.
"It's my fault." Chi Hongyuan frowned and wanted to kneel down to apologize to Chi Hongrui, but the other party picked up the lamp on the bedside and smashed it over. The lamp fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the candle rolled on the ground and went out.
"Don't kneel." Chi Hongrui's voice was very soft. Chi Hongyuan stared at the ground with a sore eye.
"Your Highness!" The guards outside the palace immediately entered the hall after hearing the noise, looked at Chi Hongrui, and then looked at the two princes standing there.
"Nothing, I'm just angry. I'm a little tired and it's getting late, so I'll send my eighth and ninth brothers back."
Chi Hongrui closed his eyes after saying this. He was indeed feeling sleepy after taking the tranquilizer.
After being sent out of the East Palace, Chi Hongyuan and Chi Hongqi returned to their respective residences, but Chi Hongyuan did not change clothes and rest, but called his subordinates to immediately arrange his own plan. Someone had already taken action, and he could not waste any more time.
After arranging everything, it was already the late night. Chi Hongyuan looked at the faint light rising in the sky with a terrifyingly gloomy look in his eyes.
Chi Hongrui was on good terms with him, and it was not that he could not see that it was a gesture of goodwill. He had never been disgusted by the prince's closeness. He pretended to have a good relationship with the prince in front of others just to establish a good image for himself.
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