Chapter 279 Enlightenment
The first autumn hunt in the Eastern Palace was like a hen that walked out proudly with its chest puffed out, but then fled back to the nest in a panic.
A mighty procession of tens of thousands of people arrived at Jinhua Paddock in a majestic and magnificent manner with colorful flags fluttering all the way.
Just three days later, the hunting ceremony had just ended, and the first hunting match had just been carried out for one day. Many people had not yet completely unpacked their packages when they suddenly received an urgent order from the East Palace to "return immediately."
This surprised everyone and they hurriedly started their return journey.
The autumn hunting is no longer carried out, and the hunting grounds are no longer encircled.
I didn't kill Ni Kun, whom I had been thinking about all the time.
Before they could even get settled in the expensive and laborious enclosure camp, the twelve hunting teams had only hunted a few hundred pheasants and rabbits, as well as a gray wolf, and then hurriedly broke camp and left.
Everything seemed so ridiculous and absurd.
Only the animals in the paddock escaped a massacre and celebrated wildly.
No one knows why.
Some people said that Nanlijun had suddenly fallen ill and was feeling unwell, and urgently needed to return to the palace to recuperate.
Some people said that the big bad wolf that Yun Chen hunted suddenly came back to life, scaring Nan Lijun so much that she burst into tears and convulsions and didn't want to hunt anymore.
All kinds of absurd reasons were quietly circulating among the crowd.
Only Zhiluo knows everything.
Because she saw with her own eyes that Nan Lijun was frustrated because Yun Chen was injured and unable to kill Ni Kun, and she was walking outside the tent in boredom.
She suggested to Nan Lijun that they should arrange for the commander of the imperial guards, Su Zhengyang, to give it a try. Song Lan was the chief female official of the Eastern Palace, and the Su family had always obeyed the Eastern Palace. If Song Lan was allowed to persuade Su Zhengyang, he would probably agree.
Nan Lijun nodded in agreement and said, "Zhiluo, you are very good. You can always think of the right person. First it was Yun Chen, then Su Zhengyang. They are both available people."
Zhiluo smiled and said, "It is my great honor to be able to share your Highness's worries. It's a pity that General Yun was unable to accomplish this great feat, but considering that he was determined to hunt the head lottery and present it to your Highness, please calm down."
Nan Lijun waved his hand, "It's okay, he's just too eager for quick success and forgets the priorities. I'll teach him slowly in the future. If he keeps failing like this, I won't tolerate him anymore."
"Your Highness is wise." Zhi Luo praised with a smile, but felt very regretful in his heart.
This was an opportunity for Yun Chen to make a great contribution, which she had managed to secure by proposing to Nan Lijun. If he could kill Ni Kun, Yun Chen would surely rise to the top.
It’s a pity that Yun Chen missed it.
But it doesn’t matter, Zhiluo thought, as long as she was there, she could create dozens or hundreds of such good opportunities for Yunchen.
Thinking of this, Zhiluo glanced at the time. It was already the time she had agreed with Yan Shijiu, so she suggested to Nan Lijun:
"Your Highness, how about summoning Sister Songlan to talk to us and ask her to persuade Commander Su? However, Sister Songlan fell into the water and was frightened yesterday. I'm afraid she is not well and can't get out of bed."
Nan Lijun said generously that it was okay. She would go to see Song Lan in person to show her concern for her. The Su family would be flattered and would certainly be more likely to agree to kill Ni Kun.
Zhi Luo said: "Your Highness is truly intelligent, and I, your servants, cannot even begin to compare with you."
So, when Nanli Jun came to Songlan's tent with dozens of palace maids and a lot of gifts, he found that the tent was empty. After asking, he found out that Songlan had gone to Yan Shijiu's tent.
A palace maid said, "Sister Songlan is now very close to Lord Yan and often visits him. She's feeling aggrieved about what happened yesterday when she fell into the water. I guess Lord Yan is trying to comfort her right now."
After hearing this, Nan Lijun's face changed instantly. He only asked Zhiluo to follow him and hurriedly walked towards Yan Shijiu's tent.
In order to avoid suspicion and make it easier to meet with Nan Lijun, Yan Shijiu's tent was placed in the most remote place of the entire camp.
When Nan Lijun and Zhi Luo walked out of the tent, they saw that the curtains were closed and there was no one on duty around. Only Yan Shijiu's guard Wan Chen was guarding outside the door.
When he saw Nan Lijun coming, Wan Chen saluted with a very nervous look, his eyes frequently glancing at the closed curtains.
Seeing Wan Chen like this, and hearing the indescribable sound faintly coming from the tent, Nan Lijun widened his eyes and his face turned pale.
Zhiluo pretended to be clueless and lifted the curtain as usual.
She gently opened it and lifted it up high, revealing the scene inside the tent in full view, which suddenly appeared in front of Nan Lijun.
Yan Shijiu was really trying to comfort Isatis.
And it is "enlightenment" in the literal sense.
The snow-white lips are wide open, the black hair is untied, and the charming voice is like the waves.
Nan Lijun was shocked and stood there, his face instantly turning as pale as paper.
For a moment, Zhiluo felt a little reluctant. She felt quite guilty for plotting against Nanlijun in this way.
But as soon as she thought that all this was done to bring down Song Lan, to become the one and only female official beside Nan Lijun, so that she could marry Yun Chen, the guilt in Zhi Luo's heart disappeared without a trace.
"Oh my God!" Zhi Luo screamed into the tent, quickly lowered the curtain, turned around to support the already shaky Nan Lijun, and said sadly:
"Your Highness, please don't go in! Your Highness, please don't look! You can't look!"
To Zhiluo's surprise, Nanlijun did not rush in to "catch the adulterer" like an ordinary shrew, but just stumbled back to the imperial tent and tripped over the freshly delivered wolf skin on the ground.
Nan Lijun fell to the ground and stared at the wolf head with bared fangs and glaring eyes.
Like a madman, Nan Lijun snatched the sword from a guard and madly chopped off the wolf's head.
The wolf's head has become flexible because it has been soaked in preservatives.
In addition, Nan Lijun had no martial arts skills and was not very strong. After she chopped the wolf head with her sword more than ten times, the wolf's head remained intact, but her knuckles were broken by the hilt of the sword, and her hands were covered in blood.
In the end, Nan Lijun threw down his sword in exhaustion, fell to the ground and broke down in tears.
Zhiluo went up to hug Nanlijun and cried sadly as well:
"Princess, don't be like this! My dear princess! My dear princess! Don't cry, don't cry!"
Nan Lijun leaned on Zhiluo's shoulder, crying inconsolably, like a drowning person holding on to the only remaining piece of duckweed.
Therefore, after this happened, Nan Lijun had no mood to continue the autumn hunt, nor did he have the energy to pretend nothing happened and put on a forced smile in front of the officials and nobles.
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