When Lanqin said this, she felt a little ridiculous. Did she think that in these people's eyes she was just a troublemaker who ran around recklessly?
After the horse was led out of the stable, Lanqin said to Indal, "Thank you, Your Highness. Why didn't you go hunting today?"
"I strained my hand while shooting arrows yesterday, so I plan to rest today," Indal said.
Upon hearing that Indar was injured, Lanqin immediately asked with concern, "Have you seen a doctor? If not, Doctor Liang at my camp is very skilled."
"It's alright now. Consort, is there something urgent? I'll escort you there," Indar said, seeing Lanqin's anxious expression.
"No need, they'll escort us," Lanqin immediately refused. She didn't want the Fourth Master to see them, otherwise that man would throw a tantrum again.
“You might not be able to find it. I glanced at their hunting route map yesterday, and we can roughly find it by following their route. Otherwise, how are you going to find it if you just run around like this?” Indal said.
Lanqin realized that this made perfect sense. How could she possibly find a hunting party with just these few guards? She had been so focused on getting a horse that she hadn't considered this possibility.
“Then I’ll have to trouble Prince Indal,” Lanqin said, not caring about anything else at this point.
Meanwhile, Emperor Kangxi stood on his carriage, holding a monocular telescope and watching the herd of deer ahead. The others quickened their pace, brandishing their long swords. A group of frightened deer were running with all their might, panting heavily.
Their eyes were filled with terror and panic. The Grim Reaper's harvester, like a scythe, was reaping their lives.
Comrades kept falling, blood blurring their noses, life and death hanging by a thread.
The sika deer began to scatter and run, seemingly sensing their fate. If they didn't separate, they would be hunted together. If they separated, perhaps some could escape. So, the herd began to disperse and run.
Following the separation of the deer herd, the Fourth Prince and his entourage, who had been surrounding Emperor Kangxi, automatically split up to pursue the remaining animals. In the end, only the Fourth Prince's group remained with Emperor Kangxi; the others dispersed to hunt their prey. The Fourth Prince, however, did not leave, for the events of the previous night had forced him to be extremely cautious. Those people were lurking in the shadows; their next move was unpredictable.
The Fourth Prince and Tokugawa Okubo, along with their respective men, followed around Kangxi, continuing their pursuit of the deer herd fleeing straight ahead.
Meanwhile, Lanqin, Yingdaer, and several of the Tenth Princes were galloping along Kangxi's hunting route, locked in a fierce struggle. They had already seen some prey lying on the ground, unattended.
Lanqin silently prayed in her heart: I hope nothing happens, I hope none of this has happened yet...
As Lanqin ran, she silently chanted to herself, "Faster, faster, I'm about to catch up with Fourth Master and the others."
Meanwhile, Emperor Kangxi was still using his monocular telescope to observe the direction the deer were running, completely unaware that his own horses were beginning to show signs of agitation.
Although the Fourth Prince and Okubo were following Kangxi, they were only to his left and slightly in front of him, and did not notice any symptoms in Kangxi's horse. The coachman sitting in front of the carriage was the first to notice that something was wrong with the horse, but he thought it was because he had not driven it well, so he did not dare to stop and report it at that moment, and could only rely on his driving strength to pull the increasingly unruly horse.
The Fourth Prince did not notice anything amiss with Emperor Kangxi; all his attention remained focused on the deer herd ahead.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with this carriage?" Liang Jiugong, riding alongside the "Kangxi" carriage, noticed something amiss with the horses in front.
Only then did Emperor Kangxi realize that the carriage had begun to sway from side to side.
"Master Cao, what's wrong with the horse?" Liang Jiugong lifted the horse by the belly and ran to the same level as the coachman to ask. His voice drifted away with the wind, only a little bit reaching Master Cao's ears.
"Father-in-law, the horse is a bit agitated!" Master Cao shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What's going on? Stop the horses!" Liang Jiugong had also noticed the horses' abnormal behavior. They were constantly twisting their thick necks and foaming at the mouth.
"It won't stop!" The coachman was getting anxious. He had been trying to control the horse, but he couldn't.
When Emperor Kangxi saw this, he realized that something was wrong, but for a moment no one knew how to stop the two horses that were running wildly in front of him.
"Your Majesty, this servant, this servant will go and call someone to catch up and kill the horse!" Liang Jiugong had no choice but to shout at "Kangxi," because at this point, there was no way to communicate without shouting. The horse was too fast, and his voice was carried away by the wind as soon as it came out.
Although Kangxi did not hear it, he understood Liang Jiugong's meaning and nodded quickly.
Liang Jiugong slowed his horse and waved to the guards following behind, signaling them to hurry up and catch up. The guards behind, unaware of what had happened ahead, were momentarily at a loss.
The "Kangxi" carriage, as if possessed, galloped wildly forward. Master Cao, a seasoned carriage driver with twenty years of experience, was completely unable to control the two horses and could only hold tightly to the reins as they raced forward.
Emperor Kangxi gripped the handrail at the front of the carriage tightly and gradually squatted down.
Then, the Fourth Prince sensed that something was wrong with his life. When he turned around to check on Kangxi's carriage, he found that the coachman looked terrified, while Kangxi was squatting inside the carriage, not daring to stand up.
The Fourth Prince quickly pulled on his horse's reins and slowly moved closer to Emperor Kangxi. When he saw Master Cao gesturing to him, he immediately understood. Because the Fourth Prince's own horse had also suffered misfortune, he immediately understood what had happened when he saw the expressions on the faces of the two horses driving the carriage.
Fourth Master drew a sword feather from his back.
He wanted to shoot the two crazed, enraged horses. At their rate of running, it was impossible to stop them. Therefore, Fourth Master had to find a way to bring the two horses to a halt.
But by the time the Fourth Prince wanted to do so, it seemed too late. The two horses galloped wildly forward like madmen, shaking the carriage so badly it almost fell apart. "Kangxi" lay prostrate on the carriage, too afraid to stand up.
Fourth Master's horse was clearly falling behind, and not just his, but everyone else's horses were too. The situation suddenly became extremely urgent. Those behind didn't even know what was happening ahead; seeing the riders kicking their horses' bellies, they had no choice but to follow suit.
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