"Get up!"
The emperor looked at Xiao Ruge kindly. Seeing that she dared to enter the forest with only her maid, he could not help but say, "You are very brave. I had someone release a leopard and a tiger in this forest before!"
"I am only playing around outside and will not go deep into the forest. Besides, I am protected by the Emperor's mighty power, so I am not afraid!"
After giving the emperor a light pat on his horse, Xiao Ruge gave him a big smile.
"Girl, you are being sweet today!"
Although the two had some unpleasantness last time due to the issue of immortality, the emperor considered himself to be broad-minded and did not intend to hold it against Xiao Ruge.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late. Do you still want to walk around in the woods? Before I came out, I heard from Concubine Chun that she cooked your favorite venison. Why don't you go back early?"
Xiao Ruge was not lying. Mu Huan hunted a deer in the morning and presented it to the emperor. The emperor then had the deer divided up, with some given to the empress and concubines.
Concubine Chun was indeed talking about making venison for the emperor. When she came out, she heard Concubine Chun asking Xia He to prepare something. It should be ready by now.
Because Mu Huan did an excellent job in escorting grain and fodder, the emperor has been giving face to Concubine Chun recently and has asked her to sleep with him from time to time.
So after hearing what Xiao Ruge said, he thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Xiao Ruge naturally followed the emperor on the pretext that she also wanted to go back.
Just when everyone reached a fork in the road, a white shadow suddenly jumped out from the bushes in front. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a snow-white fox.
"Ah, this fox is all snow-white, so beautiful! Your Majesty, I want to hunt the fox and make a scarf for the Third Prince's wife!"
Xiao Ruge looked at the emperor innocently, then rode his horse to chase after him.
The emperor was afraid that she might have an accident, so he quickly followed her with his men.
A group of people chased the fox in a mighty manner, shooting an arrow from time to time.
But the fox was very cunning. It rushed left and right and hit no one.
Xiao Ruge was riding while paying attention to the movements around him. When he saw Bai Yang hiding in the tree making a gesture to him, he immediately knew that he had arrived.
So she shot an arrow at the big tree where Bai Yang was.
Perhaps this big tree is very old, and the core of the tree is hollow.
The trunk of the tree is covered with many vines. If you don't look carefully, you would never know that there is another world inside the tree.
No one knows how Xiao Mingzhi and the daughter of the imperial doctor found this place. They have been having a tryst here recently.
Xiao Ruge didn't intend to really shoot anyone, he just wanted to scare the two people in the tree hole out.
When the arrow passed through the vines and shot into the tree hole, a scream was immediately heard from the tree hole, and two figures rolled out of the tree hole in disheveled clothes.
Everyone was startled. Xiao Ruge, who was running in the front, seemed to be too frightened. She couldn't control her horse, and fell to the ground with a scream.
"careful!"
The emperor cried out in surprise and wanted to rescue her, but everyone was some distance away from her and was unable to reach her. He could only watch Xiao Ruge fall off her horse and be about to die under the horse's hooves.
At this critical moment, a figure rushed out from the side, hugged her and rolled on the ground, avoiding the frightened falling horse hooves.
"How are you?"
Mu Gu's heart was about to jump out. After rolling out with Xiao Ruge in his arms, he immediately helped her up and stared at her with concerned eyes.
Xiao Ruge didn't look up, but pinched him secretly to remind him that everything was fine.
Mu Gu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Xiao Ruge might have done it on purpose. He didn't know what she was going to do, but she was very cooperative and still had a worried look on her face.
"who?"
The emperor was surrounded by many guards. When they saw that Xiao Ruge was fine, two people ran out of the tree hole and they immediately turned around to stop the two people who were about to escape.
"what!"
One of them was blocked and immediately cried out in surprise. It turned out to be a woman.
When Xiao Mingzhi saw the emperor, he was so frightened that he had lost his mind. When he realized he couldn't run away, he immediately turned around and knelt down in front of the emperor.
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"
The emperor didn't have the heart to pay attention to him for the time being, but jumped off his horse and walked a few steps to Xiao Ruge.
He first glanced at Mu Gu, then asked Xiao Ruge, "Are you hurt?"
Only at this time did Xiao Ruge raise her head and look at people.
"I'm fine, I just sprained my ankle."
She covered her right ankle with a painful look on her face. It looked like her right foot landed first when she fell off the horse just now.
Even though Mu Gu caught her later, she must have been injured.
The emperor immediately asked the imperial physician to examine Xiao Ruge's injury. When she took off her shoes and socks, she found a large swelling on her ankle.
The emperor's face darkened immediately. He turned and glared at the two people who were kneeling and trembling, and said coldly, "Raise your heads!"
Xiao Mingzhi trembled all over, but still raised his head obediently.
When they saw Xiao Mingzhi's face clearly, everyone was shocked.
I originally thought that it was some young man having a tryst with his lover here, but I didn't expect it to be Xiao Mingzhi.
Looking at the lady who raised her head, although she was panicked, she had a good appearance. Someone recognized her and pointed out her identity directly.
"Isn't this the eldest daughter of the court official?"
When she heard her identity was pointed out, the young lady immediately pursed her lips and burst into tears. Her tearful face looked extremely pitiful.
"What's going on with you two?"
The emperor originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but since it has come to this, he can't just let it go.
Xiao Mingzhi was so ashamed that he didn't know how to answer, while the young lady of the imperial doctor's family just cried.
The emperor couldn't bear to watch the two of them with their clothes in disarray and their chests and backs exposed.
"Put on your clothes first and go out first!"
The emperor glared at the two of them impatiently and mounted his horse.
"Father, Miss Xiao is injured and cannot ride a horse. Why don't I take her back with me?"
Mu Gu suddenly spoke, scaring Xiao Ruge.
She thought that the emperor would not allow herself to get too close to Mu Gu, but who knew that the emperor actually nodded in agreement.
So Xiao Ruge was held by Mu Gu and rode on the same horse with him.
There were a lot of people here, so neither of them said much. They just followed the crowd silently.
Fortunately, this place was not far from the camp, and everyone was out of the forest in a short while.
Old Mrs. Xiao was resting in the tent, thinking that if she had known the autumn hunt would be so boring, she would not have come along. But then Xiao Mingyue ran in.
"Grandma, it's bad. Daddy seems to have made some mistake and was caught by the Emperor!"
Xiao Mingyue looked very bad and screamed as she entered the room, scaring Mrs. Xu and Old Lady Xiao beside her so much that they almost jumped up.
"Mingyue, what did you say? Speak carefully!"
Although she didn't know what had happened, Mrs. Xiao remained calm and hurried to inquire.
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