The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Xiao Ruiyuan lowered his eyes and hid the coldness in his eyes. After bowing to several princes and princes, he said to King Qi: "I have neglected my duty. I will take the thirteenth prince back to the palace and apologize to the emperor in person."

When King Qi heard this, he said angrily: "Are you saying that I am not qualified to punish you and seek justice for the Thirteenth Emperor's brother?"

Xiao Ruiyuan remained silent, apparently acquiescing to King Qi's statement.

"You - Xiao Ruiyuan, don't think that this king really doesn't dare to punish you!" King Qi pointed at Xiao Ruiyuan angrily. He was so angry that he wanted to use the bow and arrow in his hand to punch a hole in this annoying person.

Xiao Ruiyuan didn't even move his eyelids and ignored King Qi's threat.

When King Qi saw this, he almost choked out a mouthful of blood, and the gushing anger almost overwhelmed him. His face turned red, and he scolded Xiao Ruiyuan over and over again using the words "malfeasance", "disrespect" and "daring", but he did not dare to really Do something to him, otherwise he will be the first to be punished after returning.

The others looked at King Qi who was scolding like a shrew and had no royal bearing at all. They wished they could find a crack in the ground and burrow into it. They neither dared to persuade the irritable Thirteenth Prince, nor dared to make the evil-looking Xiao Ruiyuan give in. They could only lower their heads, hold their breaths, and pretend that they did not exist.

When King Qi had scolded him enough, Xiao Ruiyuan looked past him, looked directly at the Thirteenth Prince who was hiding behind him, and said coldly: "Your Highness, Thirteenth Prince, please follow me back to the palace, so as not to worry the Holy Emperor."

The Thirteenth Prince trembled, glanced at Xiao Ruiyuan in fear, and stammered: "No... I don't want it. I want to go into the wild beast forest with the Seventh Brother and the others to fight... fight tigers."

Xiao Ruiyuan frowned, pointed his sharp eyes at the Thirteenth Prince, and ordered the guards behind him in a tone that did not tolerate resistance: "Bring His Highness the Thirteenth Prince over. I will take him back to the palace to personally plead guilty to the Holy Emperor."

When the guards heard this, they secretly complained in their hearts. However, they were more unwilling to disobey General Xiao than to offend the Dragon Son and the Dragon Sun, so they could only bite the bullet and walk towards the frightened and angry Thirteenth Prince.

"No, I don't want to go back. You dog slaves, let me go. Let me go quickly!" The thirteenth prince was struggling hard and asked King Qi for help: "Brother Seventh Emperor, please help me quickly. Please help me!"

He didn't know whether the "save me" meant saving him from the "clutches" of the guards, or saving him from the punishment that Emperor Hui'an would inflict on him next.

King Qi was also shocked by Xiao Ruiyuan's bold move. He had always known that this man was not only cold-faced, but also cold-hearted. Except for his father and the sick prince, no one else could get into his eyes or do anything to him. However, he still didn't expect that he would dare to directly "tie" the current prince in front of so many people. It was simply too much. Too much!

When he came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Ruiyuan who turned to leave, King Qi looked extremely ugly: "Xiao Ruiyuan, you are so impudent! How could it be that you tied up my prince of Dachu just as you asked? Do you have a royal family in your eyes? Do you? No father?"

Since Xiao Ruiyuan knew that everything today was fishy and couldn't wait to leave this place of right and wrong, how could he pay attention to King Qi's unreasonable questioning, so he didn't look back and walked even faster.

At this moment, a panicked elk jumped out. The person chasing the elk was Prince Heng, who was holding a bow and arrow. Not far behind him were two other adult princes.

Now, except for the sixteen underage princes who were sent back, as well as Prince Jing and Prince Kang who were under house arrest, all the remaining princes and princes were here.

King Heng was the first to see Xiao Ruiyuan and King Qi, and he quickly stopped chasing. A look of surprise flashed across his face: "Why are you here?" Seeing that the Thirteenth Prince was caught by the guards and making a lot of noise, he couldn't help but frown. He frowned: "What's going on? But the Thirteenth Emperor did something wrong?"

Before Xiao Ruiyuan could answer, King Qi jumped out, as if he had found someone to rely on. He told the story in an exaggerated manner, and angrily accused Xiao Ruiyuan of being treasonous and wanted to go back and report to his father, Emperor Ming, to punish him for disrespecting the royal family.

After hearing this, King Heng not only did not agree, but instead scolded King Qi: "This matter is the fault of the Thirteenth Emperor. General Xiao wants to take the Thirteenth Emperor back to the palace to apologize to his father. What's wrong with him? Even if you feel sorry for him. The Thirteenth Emperor's brother cannot be indifferent to right from wrong."

When King Qi heard this, a hint of grievance flashed across his face. He was about to argue, but he received a meaningful look from the emperor's brother. He suddenly remembered something and immediately shut his mouth.

King Heng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the cold-faced Xiao Ruiyuan with a warm smile on his face: "General Xiao, the Seventh Emperor's brother is upright and impulsive by nature. He speaks rudely because he feels sorry for his younger brother. If he offends him, I apologize to General Xiao on his behalf and hope that General Xiao will not take it to heart."

This humble and sincere gesture was seen by others, and they felt that King Heng really lived up to the name of "Wise King". Looking at Xiao Ruiyuan with a cold face, the balance in everyone's heart couldn't help but tilt towards King Heng, and they felt Xiao Ruiyuan acted perversely and recklessly. Relying on his military exploits and Emperor Hui'an's trust, he even ignored the noble prince. It really shouldn't have happened.

How could Xiao Ruiyuan take those accusing glances seriously? Just looking at the coy King Heng, he became more and more sure that it was not simple for the Thirteenth Prince to leave for no reason.

Now he just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible and go back to protect Chu Heng, so he bowed his hands to King Heng politely and said, "I don't dare! I want to take His Highness Thirteenth back to resume his life. It is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I take my leave."

After saying that, regardless of King Heng's reaction, he waved his hand to signal the guards to take the Thirteenth Prince away.

Seeing how ignorant he was, King Heng's gentle face was distorted for a moment, and then he stepped forward to stop Xiao Ruiyuan. He seemed not to notice the coldness in his eyes, and said with a smile: "This happens to be the forest of beasts, why don't General Xiao stay?" Show off your archery skills and ask the guards to go back and report to Father Ming? I have always wanted to learn General Xiao's riding and archery, so today I have this opportunity to compete with you, how about it?"

Xiao Ruiyuan looked at the harmless-looking King Heng with a heavy look. He was about to refuse without hesitation, but was stopped abruptly by his next words.

"General Xiao, you are responsible for the safety of the entire hunting ground right now. This is a forest of ferocious beasts. There is no need for me to say anything about the dangers. If something happens, I'm afraid General Xiao won't be able to explain it to my father?"

King Heng said with a smile, and the threat hidden in his words made Xiao Ruiyuan's face completely cold...