At the same time, another young man's voice shouted, "You've mistaken me for someone else. I am not your emperor." The voice belonged to Du Lin, the crown prince of Xiwan Kingdom.
Sure enough, a moment later, the Emperor and several young generals saw Du Lin fleeing in a somewhat disheveled state, with a woman chasing after him. It turned out to be Yang Jie's wife, Madam Li.
The emperor's expression immediately changed.
As Li chased after Du Lin, she cried out, "Your Majesty, wait for me! I am willing! I was forced to marry Yang Jie by the Empress Dowager. I have always loved Your Majesty!"
Dulin, in a state of panic, cried out, "I am really not your emperor! You have mistaken me for someone else!"
The young generals immediately turned to look at the emperor as if they had seen a ghost, their movements so synchronized that they seemed to have been specially trained.
Dulin also saw the emperor over there and ran towards him while shouting, "Your Majesty, help!"
The emperor paused for a moment, then roared at the young generals, "What are you all looking at me for? Quickly stop that madwoman and rescue Prince Dulin!"
The young generals who had been hunting earlier immediately swarmed around Li Shi.
Sima Yi chuckled and said, "Sister-in-law, you've really mistaken someone for someone else. That's Prince Dulin of Xiwan Kingdom. The Emperor is over there!" He then pointed in the direction of the Emperor.
Following the direction he pointed, Li looked up and her eyes immediately widened, shining like two lamps, and she rushed towards the emperor.
"My goodness! You bastard Sima Yi, you just wait!" The emperor cursed inwardly, turned his horse around, and fled.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wait for me!" Li cried out from behind like a banshee.
Judging from the voice, Li's voice didn't seem to have faded at all. His horse was clearly a fine steed; surely it couldn't outrun a woman! He suddenly remembered that Du Lin had also been chased by this woman earlier, as if fleeing for his life…
His heart skipped a beat. If that crazy woman in heat caught up with him... Just thinking about it sent chills down his spine. As a man, he couldn't afford to be... well, you know. Besides, he was the emperor.
To save face for the emperor, he had no choice but to spur his horse on as fast as he could.
It is said that although Lady Li was chosen by the Empress Dowager to marry Yang Jie, the reason why she was able to suppress Yang Jie in the mansion was not because of the Empress Dowager alone. In addition to her illustrious family background, she was also skilled in martial arts, and Yang Jie was no match for her.
Sima Xiu had heard of this before, but he never expected that Li Shi, who knew a little martial arts, could run faster than a horse. He frantically whipped the whip, but the woman's hysterical shouts behind him, as if he had abandoned her, seemed to be slowly getting closer.
To be honest, although Sima Yi was somewhat looking forward to seeing his elder brother make a scene, he never expected that Lady Li would change her usual respectful attitude when she saw the emperor and actually pounce on him.
The scene startled him as well. To prevent his elder brother from being violated, he could only immediately lead the other young generals to ride after them.
They discovered that they were actually having trouble keeping up with the madwoman.
This scene is so awkward!
Several royal uncles who were unable to participate in the hunt and a group of old ministers were sitting at a separate table from the Empress Dowager, princesses, and other women. They were eating, drinking, and chatting in a very harmonious atmosphere.
Some sharp-eyed people could see from afar that the emperor's divine steed's tail was whipping up and stretching into a line as it galloped towards them.
The vigilant ministers immediately paled, and one old minister even shouted, "Quickly! The emperor is rushing this way. There must be a problem with the hunt! Save the emperor! Save the emperor!"
When he shouted "Save the Emperor!", his voice had already risen eight octaves. Although the seats of these old ministers were a bit far from the seats of the Empress Dowager and other women, they were in the open area of the hunting grounds, not separated by palace walls as in the palace. Therefore, firstly, their voices carried far, and secondly, the men and women could still see each other from a distance.
Therefore, the tremors here quickly reached the Empress Dowager's side.
Behind the Empress Dowager, sharp-eyed palace maids had already spotted the Emperor galloping towards them at full speed. The next moment, a woman came into their view, followed by Sima Yi and the others.
A moment later, the women heard the madwoman shouting, "Your Majesty, wait for me!" Sima Yi shouted from behind, "Li Shi, you must not be disrespectful to the Emperor! Stop! Stop right now!"
Zhao Feiyan initially watched the scene with great interest, as if it were a spectacle, but as the emperor drew closer, she finally recognized him—Sima Xiu in a dragon robe. Moreover, with Li Shi still calling out behind them, her face paled in fright, and she whispered to Chu Nian, "Sister, isn't that…?"
"Ahem!" Chu Nian quickly coughed lightly and gave a wink.
Zhao Feiyan and she had already developed a good understanding, so they immediately stopped talking.
Chu Nian was a little helpless. She brought Zhao Feiyan to the hunt because she wanted to bring the male and female protagonists closer. But Sima Xiu didn't show his face in the carriage the whole way, and even when they arrived at the hunting grounds, he avoided them.
Chu Nian guessed that he probably didn't want them to know that he was the emperor.
Therefore, it was only now that Zhao Feiyan saw the emperor for the first time, and she was also shocked to discover that Ma Yue was actually the current emperor.
Li was stopped by several old generals who, though old, possessed exceptional martial arts skills.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, but at the same time, he was still burning with anger. Just as he was about to order Li to be arrested, a palace maid from the Empress Dowager's side hurried over, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager invites Your Majesty to come and sit down."
The emperor had no choice but to suppress his anger and strode over to see the Empress Dowager. When he bowed, he noticed Chu Nian and Zhao Feiyan behind her. He knew that it would be useless to hide his identity now, so he might as well be open about it. In any case, judging from the appearance of the two girls, they seemed to be quite clever and did not intend to expose him to his face that he had gone to a brothel under an assumed name.
After bowing, he sat down next to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager checked him over and found him unharmed before asking, "What happened just now? I saw that Li woman chasing you closely from behind."
The emperor's face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He said in a deep voice, "I don't know what kind of bewitching this Li woman has become, daring to be so disrespectful. I will summon Yang Jie later to ask her about it." He certainly wouldn't say that Li woman wanted to do *that* to him; otherwise, these princesses, noblewomen, and aristocratic ladies would laugh at him to the heavens!
He sat next to the Empress Dowager, unable to see the expressions of Chu Nian and Zhao Feiyan behind her.
The emperor might not understand what was going on with Lady Li for the time being, but how could Chu Nian and Zhao Feiyan not know?!
Although they knew that Zoya had made preparations long ago, they did not expect that the preparations would be in this way, which directly brought Li Shi to the emperor's attention.
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