inspire-indiana Chapter 293 Heart knot
Chapter 293 Heart knot
The other palaces in the imperial palace existed to consolidate the Long Yang Qi, but the East Palace was deliberately avoided because of the evil objects and evil spirits they had deliberately arranged to kill the prince!
"The person who actually poisoned you was the Queen. She did it for the Third Prince."
Lu Xuan had been secretly observing the Third Prince's expression. After hearing the Third Prince's name, the Prince's eyes trembled violently for a moment.
But he quickly suppressed his emotions and acted as if nothing had happened.
Lu Xuan didn't intend to speculate any further and asked directly, "Your Highness, it seems that something happened between you and the Third Prince?"
Lu Xuan's tone was extremely gentle, but she had just finished speaking when the prince suddenly looked up, the trembling in his eyes clearly revealed.
As if realizing his reaction was too strong, he quickly gave Lu Xuan a stiff smile.
"No, not at all. I just heard Ah Xuan talking about my third brother, and it seemed like we haven't seen each other for a long time..."
Jiang Xing looked at the prince like this, suppressed his anger and sat down opposite him.
It's obvious that something is wrong, but they are still trying to cover it up.
He was so timid, it really made me feel unhappy!
The prince naturally sensed the sharpness of Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing and was about to explain further.
Suddenly, everything went dark before my eyes and I lost consciousness.
"It's too slow to wait for him to speak like this, so I hypnotized him. We have to find out what he is hiding as soon as possible!" Lu Xuan said solemnly.
Looking at the prince who fell asleep in an instant, Nanny Lan was a little frightened by Lu Xuan's abilities. How could someone who had finally recovered lose consciousness so easily?
But looking at the three people who seemed to be extremely unconcerned about such things, she didn't dare to speak.
Seeing Nanny Lan hesitate to speak, Jiang Xing said, "The Crown Prince has hidden something. The Princess understands the mystical arts and will soon get to the bottom of it. This will make it easier for the Crown Prince to recover."
Nanny Lan looked at the two of them timidly and anxiously, then looked at the prince, and said nothing more.
Lu Xuan took a stick of incense, lit it, and cast a soul-entering talisman.
The talisman instantly caught fire under Lu Xuan's spell.
In just a moment, Lu Xuan, who was sitting comfortably on the armchair, seemed to be in a trance.
In the prince's consciousness.
Lu Xuan passed through a maze and arrived at a lush forest. She looked around, but there was no one there.
Where is the prince?
It was a sunny day with a clear blue sky. She stood in the woods, planning to go out and look for someone.
"Da da……"
"Hahaha……"
The sound of a young man's laughter accompanied by the clatter of horse hooves reached my ears.
"I will definitely win this hunt and will never lose to my royal brother!"
"Hahaha, the Third Prince is a man of great military and literary skills, invincible. Isn't it easy for you to capture this little Jin Qiushan?"
"Your Highness the Third Prince really thinks too highly of the Crown Prince."
"I have prepared everything for you. Your Highness, just go pick up the prey. The Emperor and His Majesty will surely be delighted to see them..."
The sound of horse hooves came closer and closer, but then gradually faded away, leaving only the mountain breeze, carrying the third prince's triumphant voice to her ears.
Lu Xuan looked up at the forest where he was.
It turned out to be the royal enclosure, Jinqiu Mountain.
She slowly walked outside to where she could see people, intending to find the prince's location first.
Suddenly, a gust of wind broke through the air, and with a whoosh, an arrow passed by her ear, and finally there was a muffled "puff" sound.
When she looked again, she saw that a hare beside her had been hit by the arrow. It staggered two steps and fell to the ground.
The person who shot the arrow was the young man riding a horse towards him.
Prince.
"Your Highness, why don't you not participate in this hunt? You haven't even shot a few arrows today, and you're already in so much pain. If it gets worse later, what will you ask your subordinates to do..."
Behind the prince's horse was a guard, who was looking at the prince who had just shot an arrow with great concern.
Because Lu Xuan was only in a dream with her spiritual consciousness, and she had cast an invisibility spell on herself, the prince and others could not see her.
But when she saw the prince at this time, she already felt that there was something wrong with his body.
Lu Xuan frowned.
When was this prince?
He didn't look as thin as he does today, but he seemed to exude a sense of weakness. The hand that had just shot the arrow was trembling slightly.
It seems that he has been poisoned at this time?
The prince clenched his right arm, which had just shot the arrow. A thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and a hint of pain flashed across his brow.
"Nothing, since the Emperor said that my brothers and I should have a showdown, we must not let him down."
The guard behind him dismounted, picked up the hare beside Lu Xuan, and put it in the bag behind the prince's horse.
"Have you forgotten that time a few years ago when you won first place and indeed received some recognition and rewards from the Emperor? But the Queen's covert pressure later on caused you great harm..."
The Crown Prince raised his hand to stop his guards, "As long as the Emperor approves of me, that's all that matters. The rest is not that important."
At this moment, the voice of the young man who had just ridden past on horseback was heard again, followed by the sound of horse hooves nearby.
"Yo, who's not that important?"
Lu Xuan turned her head and saw that the Third Prince had returned with three guards behind him, as well as several noblemen who looked familiar to her.
Those men must be people she had met before when she attended banquets hosted by noble ladies. They looked familiar, but she didn't have a deep impression of them.
"Third brother." The prince called out.
"Brother, did you just say that I am not important in your eyes?" The third prince was dissatisfied, his eyes full of hostility and provocation.
"Father always said I should learn more from my brother. I never thought my brother would see me this way!"
The third prince was deliberately provocative, with a teasing look in his eyes and eyebrows.
The people behind the Third Prince started shouting in agreement.
"Your Highness, you are clearly looking down on our Third Prince!"
"Exactly. Do you think that since you won first place before, you will definitely take the top spot this time? Are you so confident that the Third Prince will definitely not win?"
"Your Highness, you're not right. The last time we went hunting was three years ago. At that time, our Highness had just turned twelve and hadn't even grown up yet. You're much older than him. Even if you won, it wouldn't be a fair victory, right?"
"..."
These people were talking one after another, and it was clear that they had coordinated their efforts. They just wanted to make the prince look bad, and they were deliberately making things difficult for him to see how he would respond.
Seeing that the other side had more people, the prince did not want to argue with them, so he tightened the reins on his horse and turned around to leave.
Unexpectedly, the guards behind the Third Prince saw the bag on the back of the Crown Prince's horse and couldn't help laughing.
"It seems that the Crown Prince is not doing well today, having only hunted two rabbits. Would you like to see how many prey our Third Prince has?"
The guard behind the Crown Prince couldn't stand it any longer and said angrily, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is not feeling well today, so..."
Before he finished speaking, he caused a burst of laughter.
"Hahaha, he relied on his age to win once before, and now he's become arrogant. Look, our Third Prince has grown up now, how can anyone challenge him?"
"What's wrong with you? If you can't do it, then you can't do it. Why are you trying so hard?"
"Alright, alright, stop talking. Look at how cowardly they are. We're definitely going to win this time..."
As soon as the person behind the Third Prince finished speaking, the Crown Prince could not restrain the guard whose eyes were red with anxiety, and the man suddenly shouted in anger.
"Who are you calling a coward? This is the current Crown Prince. Are you all tired of living?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the Third Prince and the people behind him suddenly changed.