Seeing this, Concubine Xian said at the right time: "Brother Hua, please don't be rude. Your aunt Anlan hasn't even married yet, how can you say such things to insult her reputation?"

Xie Wenhua disagreed: "It was Aunt Anlan who didn't want to be famous. If she cared about her reputation, she wouldn't have said such things in public. The teacher said that only a woman who is disrespectful to society would say such things."

Xie Wenhua repeated to Liu Yueru exactly what Xie Anlan had just said to her.

Xie Anlan stared at Xie Wenhua with angry red eyes, and was so angry that he couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

She pointed at Xie Wenhua and spoke after a long while: "Just wait for me!"

Consort Xian was also afraid that the matter would become a big deal and disturb the emperor's interest, so she began to smooth things over: "Hua'er is still young, and children's words are innocent. Princess Anlan should not take it too seriously."

The virtuous concubine wanted to win over Liu Yueru, and then said, "It's just that we have all lived in the deep palace for a long time, and some things may not be clear to us, and it's hard to say for sure. Now Princess Anlan is also waiting to get married, so we should think things through before we speak."

Xie Anlan originally wanted to teach Liu Yueru a lesson, but he didn't expect to be rejected.

She looked at Liu Yueru meaningfully and then turned and left.

But when Xie Anlan was leaving, his eyes met Song Nanzhi, who was hiding in the corner, and was staring at him with deep eyes.

Xie Anlan's face turned red when he was stared at, and he quickly looked away.

Simultaneously.

Her eyes were still full of heartache. It was clearly Liu Yueru's fault, but Song Nanzhi had to hide in the dark, living like a rat crossing the street.

Ah Xiu was a little worried about what Princess An Lan had just done.

In a place with few people around, Ah Xiu persuaded her, "Princess, your public rebuke of Madam Song just now will indeed have a bad impact on your reputation. In the future, you should let me do whatever you want to do."

Thinking about it now, Xie Anlan felt that he was a little impulsive. He just couldn't help himself and was led away by Liu Yueru.

"I just can't stand her arrogant look. How come the tiger didn't eat her just now? She managed to escape like this!" Xie Anlan said with some regret.

Ah Xiu quickly made a gesture to Xie Anlan to keep quiet.

Only then did Xie Anlan shut his mouth and looked around carefully.

At this time.

The father-in-law's high-pitched voice came: "The hunt has officially begun..."

Accompanied by the voice of father-in-law.

There were bursts of horse riding sounds coming from the crowd, and everyone's spirits were high, wanting to come out on top and win the generous first prize.

The emperor's horse was running in the front, and the princes did not dare to cross it.

Emperor Hexu was already old, and this hunting was just for relaxation, not for real hunting. Looking at the princes and ministers behind him who were eager to try, he waved his hand to signal them not to worry about him.

After receiving the order from Emperor Hexu, everyone dared to ride their horses past Emperor Hexu, while Xie Jingrui followed slowly beside Emperor Hexu.

Among all the princes, Emperor Hexu's feelings towards Xie Jingrui are that of a father and son, and also a friend. Seeing Xie Jingrui by his side, he said helplessly: "Why don't you go hunting and watch over me?"

Xie Jingrui pulled the reins and followed him slowly, saying in a calm voice, "Father, I often fight bandits in the mountains. Now I just want to take a good rest after hunting. I will just accompany you to relax, okay?"

Emperor Hexu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "If you don't want to hunt, then go back to the camp and don't hang around in front of me."

As soon as Emperor Hexu finished speaking, Xie Jingrui rode his horse and galloped out.

Only Emperor Hexu and the guards were left behind.

Emperor Hexu pointed helplessly at Xie Jingrui's disappearing figure and said to himself, "This bastard is becoming more and more unruly!"

"The Crown Prince hunted a hare, and the Fourth Prince hunted a hedgehog..."

The sounds of what the people had hunted began to spread in the forest.

As the first prey was taken down, everyone's spirits became high.

The original plan was to have a concentrated hunt, but the princes and ministers dispersed in the directions they desired.

Not long after.

Suddenly, there was a strange noise in the woods.

There were screams, roars, the sound of swords fighting, and others shouting, "Someone come and protect the prince, help..."

The horse of Crown Prince Xie Beichen was shot by an arrow from an assassin, and Xie Beichen suddenly fell off the horse.

The horse was frightened and ran away.

The guards around him protected the prince in the middle and retreated repeatedly.

Those assassins were obviously here to kill the prince. With swords in hand, a group of men in black stabbed in the direction of Xie Beichen in unison: "Prince, run!"

The guards fought to the death.

It was just that the prince lost his way while hunting just now, and many of his guards were also lost.

When Xie Beichen turned around, he saw that most of the guards around him had fallen down.

He was shocked and quickened his pace to rush forward.

A hidden arrow flew through the woods.

The guards had no time to set up defenses.

The sword pierced directly into the prince's back, at the point behind his heart.

Xie Beichen only felt a pain coming from behind.

Looking back, he saw an arrow stuck in his back and he didn't have time to think about it.

At this time, those people had already assassinated all the guards around them.

The assassins surrounded Xie Beichen from front and back, leaving him with no way to escape.

Xie Beichen's heart instantly sank to the bottom of the valley. He looked at those in front of him and asked, "Who sent you here?"

The man in black kept silent and stabbed at Xie Beichen's neck with his sword.

Xie Beichen dodged the opponent's sword and took out the sword he carried at his waist.

Another man in black behind him raised his hand, grabbed the arrow behind Xie Beichen, and pulled it out with force.

"Hmm!" Xie Beichen groaned, and a large amount of blood gushed out from behind him.

Another man in black seized the opportunity and swung his sword fiercely at Xie Beichen's heart.

"Clang!" The sound of a stone knocking a sword down came from not far away.

Everyone immediately looked in the direction where the stone came from.

Then they saw Xie Jingrui riding a tall horse, galloping towards them.

Wherever he went, assassins were beheaded.

The other assassin took the opportunity to turn around and escape, but was knocked unconscious by Xie Jingrui with a stone.

The rest all bit the poison in their mouths and died suddenly!

The secret guards beside Xie Jingrui appeared soon after.

He raised his hand with cold eyes and pointed at the assassin he had knocked unconscious, saying, "Check what's in his mouth and keep an eye on him."

"Yes." The secret guard stepped forward, pried open the man's mouth, took out the poison that had not been bitten open, and searched his body carefully.

Later, other secret guards found Xie Jingrui's jade pendant from other assassins, but it had been lost for a long time.

Xie Beichen recognized it as Xie Jingrui's jade pendant at a glance, and he looked at Xie Jingrui with a scrutinizing gaze.

His eyes fell coldly on Xie Beichen: "If I really want to kill my brother, now is the best time. I can kill him with one sword and do it without anyone noticing!"

Xie Beichen's face turned pale and he shrank his neck, the doubts in his heart slightly subsided.

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