Then Yan Cheng received another explosive piece of news.
"You mean the Sixth Prince is disfigured and has lost a hand?"
Seeing Jian Ying nod seriously, Yan Cheng asked again what could have caused a prince to die and the Sixth Prince to be disfigured and have his hand severed.
Jian Ying said that when the Sixth Prince was hunting, a sleek brown bear suddenly appeared and attacked the Sixth Prince.
The brown bear was huge in size and had great attack power. Even the Sixth Prince and his guards were unable to capture it, so they could only flee in different directions.
Unexpectedly, the brown bear targeted the Sixth Prince and chased him all the way to the center. Perhaps it was because the Sixth Prince was too unlucky, but he didn't meet anyone along the way and had no one to turn to for help.
Even more unlucky was the Crown Prince of Han.
When he woke up from his coma, he was furious at the thought that he had fainted from fear. Coaxed by the people around him, he decided to hunt a large prey to avenge his previous defeat.
And then... nothing happened.
He really encountered a large prey, but his hunting skills were too poor, and he turned from a hunter into a prey, and was eaten alive by the brown bear.
Perhaps because its hunting desire was satisfied, the brown bear lost interest in the Sixth Prince after the death of Prince Han. It symbolically scratched him twice, bit off one of his hands, and then left.
At present, the guards in the hunting ground are searching everywhere for the criminal brown bear.
Yan Cheng gradually calmed down, took a sip of water to calm himself down, and compared what happened to the two unlucky guys today with the plot in his mind.
The main plot of the novel is Qu Zhaoyue's path to the throne. His biggest enemy is the Seventh Prince, son of Concubine Yun Shufei. The entire short story is about how the two fight.
As for why Qu Zhaoyue did not fight with other princes, of course it was because other princes had no chance of becoming emperor for various reasons.
For example, the novel says that the Sixth Prince had his heart, liver and lungs taken out by a brown bear during a hunt, but it doesn't specify which hunt it was.
In order to ensure the safety of the Nanyou delegation, Emperor Jingxi specially ordered people to clear the area and drive all the wild beasts out of the hunting grounds during this spring hunt.
What should happen in this spring hunt is that Qu Zhaoyue saves the eunuch who was murdered and gains his loyalty.
Therefore, Yan Cheng did not connect the death of the Sixth Prince with this spring hunt.
Who would have thought that there would be a fish that escaped the hunting ground - a brown bear. In just half a day, two people of high status were killed and one was disabled.
Not to mention the guards who were injured or died while protecting the two of them.
The novel only describes in detail the plot of Qu Zhaoyue gaining the eunuch's loyalty, and does not mention the appearance of the brown bear. Yan Cheng does not know what the fate of these people is in the world of the book.
In short, the fate of the Sixth Prince is completely different from that in the novel.
The fate of the Prince of Han was even worse.
The Crown Prince of Han replaced the Sixth Prince as the delicacy of the brown bear. The Sixth Prince survived but lost the possibility of inheriting the throne due to disfigurement and disability.
Destiny is indeed something that cannot be controlled.
Yan Cheng loosened his clenched hands and let Jian Ying go out. He untied his belt and changed his clothes while thinking about something.
According to the development of the novel's plot, the princes other than the seventh prince will lose the possibility of competing with Qu Zhaoyue for the throne due to various reasons.
Just like the eldest prince was born with a leg disease, the second prince lost the trust of Emperor Jingxi and the court officials because of the imperial examination cheating case.
The Sixth Prince was supposed to die today, but an accident allowed him to survive. However, he also lost the possibility of competing with Qu Zhaoyue.
In a sense, this can be regarded as a return to the plot of the novel.
The Sixth Prince could not escape his predetermined fate, but the Seventh Prince replaced Qu Zhaoyue and became the savior of the murdered eunuch.
So, is there any power of plot in this world?
Yan Cheng thought, if there was, would his efforts to keep himself and the people he cared about alive be considered as defying fate and changing destiny?
After changing his clothes, he held the dirty clothes and laughed again and again. It was quite interesting.
Isn’t it fun to fight against the sky?
*
Half a month has passed since the spring hunt, and tomorrow is the day of the palace examination.
Yan Cheng went to the Qianqing Palace to ask for leave again today. There was no other way. This was the rule that the underage princes of Daxia had to follow.
Emperor Jingxi knew that Yan Cheng had a good relationship with the Yan family, but he felt uncomfortable because Yan Cheng had to go to the Yan family every time he asked for leave from the palace.
Privately, he murmured to Li Guangde: "Although he has returned, I think his heart is still with Yan Guangyi's family."
"I don't see him thinking so much about me, his father."
Before Yan Cheng returned, Emperor Jingxi thought it was good that Yan Guangyi had two smart and capable sons who could serve Daxia in the future.
After Yan Cheng returned to his ancestral home, Emperor Jingxi was very happy at first that he had another smart son.
Later he discovered that although the son respected him, cared about him, and stepped forward to save him, he was more than just a father in the son's heart.
He might even be ranked behind a minister.
This made Emperor Jingxi feel strange.
After Yan Cheng left the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Emperor Jingxi chatted with Li Guangde again:
"How did Lord Yan raise his children? He raised Xiao Ba to be so smart and filial."
Li Guangde certainly knew that Emperor Jingxi was jealous, so in order to avoid difficulties in his future work, he skillfully stroked the dragon's whiskers.
"Your Majesty, I also think that Lord Yan is good at raising children. Look at how well-educated our Eighth Prince is. Lord Yan's eldest son has now passed the imperial examination and has become a top five scholar. I heard that Lord Yan's eldest daughter is also gentle and virtuous, and his youngest son is also smart and lovely."
Seeing Emperor Jingxi's mouth corners droop, Li Guangde changed the subject.
"It's a good thing that Lord Yan raised his children well."
"What do you mean?"
Li Guangde bent over and smiled flatteringly: "Your Majesty, half of the Yan family's children were raised by Lord Yan."
"Oh?" Emperor Jingxi became interested. "Little Eight was raised by Lord Yan. What about the other one?"
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