Cheng Jiuyuan led the horse slowly out of the dense forest and followed behind several noble ladies.

After about an incense stick of time, there was a commotion in the dense forest and people gathered around curiously.

Then a familiar scene happened again. Last time, it was Cheng Yunge lying on the horse with an arrow stuck in his back, his life or death unknown. This time, it was the Third Prince.

Cheng Yunge could tell at a glance that the arrow had not hit any vital parts, as the Third Prince's arrow was close to the heart.

"Quick! Send the medical tent! Summon all the doctors!"

"Go and report to the Emperor!"

"The Emperor is still in the jungle."

"Send someone in to look for him quickly! There's an assassin in the jungle!"

"Seal off the dense forest and search every inch!"

The scene was extremely chaotic, and the ladies' faces turned pale with fear.

"Assassin? Ouch, my master is still in there!"

"Oh my god, my kid is in there too!"

"Sir, please let me in. My child is still in there!"

"..."

Not long after, the sound of horse hooves came from the dense forest, and Emperor Zhaolie and his entourage hurried out. Chu Heng followed beside Emperor Zhaolie with a serious face.

He searched the crowd and saw the green figure, and he felt relieved.

Cheng Jiuyuan curled her lips and smiled at him.

Chu Heng retracted his gaze and said to Mengzhou: "Send father to the medical tent, I will search for the assassin!"

After saying this, he turned his horse around, kicked the horse's belly and went back into the dense forest.

Seeing Emperor Zhaolie and his confidants walking towards the medical tent, Cheng Jiuyuan withdrew his gaze.

She had just visually assessed Chu Ze's arrow wound. The force of the arrow was so strong that it didn't take his life. He must have been wearing protective clothing like soft armor.

But judging from the depth of the arrow's penetration, even if it didn't take his life, he would have to lie down for two or three months, after all, it was his heart that was injured.

"girl!"

Cheng Jiuyuan turned around and saw Mu Jin and Song Lan rushing towards him.

"I heard there was an assassin. I was scared to death!"

Seeing that Cheng Jiuyuan was fine, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go."

There was nothing interesting to watch, so Cheng Jiuyuan took the two maids back to the tent.

Mu Jin arranged the pastries and served Cheng Jiuyuan half a bowl of pear soup.

"Girl, are you hungry? Eat something first."

Cheng Jiuyuan picked up a piece of cake, took a small bite, and felt very happy.

Fortunately, she listened to Chu Heng and did not act rashly, otherwise she would have fought with the Jinyiwei.

There are so many experts in the Jinyiwei, she is not sure she can escape unscathed.

She always felt that this matter was weird.

It was a coincidence that the Jinyiwei arrived, and Emperor Zhaolie brought Chu Heng with him in advance.

For this winter hunt, Jinyiwei leaders Chi Xu and Chu Heng were in charge of security deployment.

Chu Heng was guarding Emperor Zhaolie, he could easily have been picked out.

However, the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Mengzhou, happened to save Chu Ze, and his merits and demerits offset each other.

If the responsibility is pursued, only Chi Xu will be left.

Chi Xu is the prince's man.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like Emperor Zhaolie knew about this in advance.

Is he just sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers?

And he's still protecting Chu Heng?

Isn't Chu Heng unpopular? Otherwise, why would he be given such a remote and poor fiefdom in his previous life?

Tsk, the Holy Heart is hard to predict.

"Girl, the pear soup is about to get cold." Mu Jin reminded in a low voice.

Cheng Jiuyuan curled her lips and smiled, "Okay, I'll drink it all."

"By the way, go pack your bags."

"Aren't you going back to Beijing tomorrow?"

"After what happened, we can't go into this dense forest anymore. We have to leave for Beijing in the afternoon at the latest."

……

When Concubine Xian first heard the report that the Third Prince was seriously injured and unconscious, she looked anxious on the surface, but she was not panicked in her heart.

When she rushed to the medical tent, she saw more than a dozen imperial physicians surrounding the scene and palace maids carrying basins of scarlet water. Her face turned pale instantly.

Why is it so serious? Isn't this just acting?

She felt her legs going a little weak, and the maid beside her immediately stepped forward to support her, and she walked to the bed with difficulty.

Chu Ze was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. The arrow was stuck in his chest and tears were rolling down his cheeks.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Wasn't it just a minor injury for show? Why was the arrow wound in the chest?

She gritted her teeth tightly and her whole body was trembling slightly.

"Your Majesty, please step back first. We are ready to pull out the arrows."

Concubine Xian clenched her hands tightly and forced herself to calm down.

Her prince cannot suffer this injury in vain, she must bite off a piece of flesh from the prince!

She took a few steps back, crying, hiding her hatred, and instantly became a weak and miserable mother.

She retreated to the outer room, crying bitterly.

The imperial physician was busy inside for nearly half an hour before someone came out.

"how?"

"The arrow has been pulled out and the bleeding has stopped. The arrow was too close to the heart meridian. If it was a little deeper, even gods would have been unable to cure it. Your Highness is very lucky."

Emperor Zhaolie and Concubine Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

The imperial physician added: "The herbs we brought are still not enough. We must hurry back to the capital as soon as possible."

"How long will it take for him to recover?" Concubine Xian asked hurriedly.

"If he recovers well, he will be well in two or three months. But this time the injury is too severe. Even if he recovers, I am afraid he will have a chronic disease."

"How could this happen! With so many national players among you, how could you still have a chronic disease?" Concubine Xian did not expect that this plan would come at such a high price.

The imperial physician bowed his head and did not answer.

Emperor Zhaolie patted Concubine Xian on the shoulder and said a few words to comfort her.

"Mengzhou."

"Chen is here!"

"Pass the order down and set off back to Beijing immediately!"

"Yes!"

Xianfei wiped her tears and said, "Your Majesty, you must find out who is behind this!"

……

Cheng Jiuyuan sat in the carriage, fighting with the chess pieces in his left and right hands while sorting out what had happened in the past three or four days.

She saved Zhu Jin and Chu Wan, and gained two more connections, the Minister of Revenue and Master Zhu. If they could be used one day, she wouldn't mind repaying the favor.

Cheng Changchuan died and Cheng Yunge was injured.

Thinking of the trouble that was still locked up in Wuying Hall, Cheng Jiuyuan sighed.

She had met Jiang Xiubai in her previous life, although only once.

The reason why she could recognize him after only meeting him once was because he was so arrogant that she was impressed by him.

In her previous life, she thought she was arrogant enough, but she never expected that someone would dare to cause trouble and ride a horse on Chang'an Street.

She was afraid of horses because her mother died from a frightened horse, and Jiang Xiubai almost hit her while riding his horse in the street.

She came to her senses and started cursing, but Jiang Xiubai just turned around and gave her an arrogant look.

She insisted on going to Chu Ze to help her get revenge, but Chu Ze impatiently warned her not to provoke this man.

Later, she made a special trip to learn more about Jiang Xiubai.

We know that he was born in Weizhou, which is located on the border between Dongling and Northern Qi. When he was ten years old, his family was killed by Northern Qi and he was rescued by Wei Tiankuang.

Later, he was ordered to protect Princess Yongfu, and later because of his outstanding abilities, he was transferred to Wei Tiankuang's side.

Although Wei Xiangming is Wei Tiankuang's biological son, he is not good at marching and fighting.

On the contrary, Jiang Xiubai, who looks like a pale-faced scholar, is extremely intelligent and ruthless. He is highly valued by Wei Tiankuang and is finally adopted as his adopted son.

In their previous life, Jiang Xiubai and Wei Xiangming supported each other and held up the Wei family.

Cheng Jiuyuan was thinking while holding a chess piece in his hand.

Judging from the current situation, Jiang Xiubai has not yet been valued by Wei Tiankuang, and he is still just Chu Qing's secret guard.

This chess piece is dangerous.

If used well, you will be invincible; if used poorly, you may hurt yourself.

He should be completely loyal to the Wei family and Wei Tiankuang because Wei Tiankuang saved him from the iron cavalry of Northern Qi.

It would take some effort to make him work for her.

Cheng Jiuyuan placed another chess piece on the chessboard.

Fortunately, she knew that Wei Tiankuang's kindness in saving his life was a joke.

In her previous life, she had been in Northern Qi for three years, and she had heard Qi Zhen discussing with his subordinates more than once about joining forces with Wei Tiankuang to act out a drama.

Maybe she could start from here.

She put away the chessboard and rubbed her brows.

She didn't want to provoke the Wei family and the prince's faction. Her enemies were Cheng Yunge and Chu Ze.

But Jiang Xiubai is such an attractive chess piece, he can replace the Dongling God of War Wei Tiankuang!

If Jiang Xiubai can be used by her, she will have a better chance of winning even if she fights against Qi Zhen in the future.

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