Chapter 39: The eldest brother and the prince?

"So this is the real reason why you don't want to go?"

Emperor Xuanwu pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Why is this kid so active in coming up with ideas for low-cost paper manufacturing?"
Clearly, when he set the two-month deadline yesterday, she looked unhappy.

She is so delicate.

Emperor Xuanwu was disgusted, but at the same time he tried to find a solution for her:

"If you can't stand the bumps, take Lao Liu's carriage! His carriage is very comfortable."

I guess it’s no worse than the Dragon Chariot!
"That's right!"

Yun Chuhuan was also happy to ride in the same carriage with Yun Shu.

After all, the journey back and forth took ten days, and he and his mother were very bored just sitting there.

But it would be different if Yun Shu was added. After all, Yun Chuhuan had never seen anyone who knew more strange things than his fifth sister!

"You know my carriage, Fifth Sister. It's big and comfortable. There will be no problem for us to ride together!"

"That……"

Judging from Emperor Xuanwu's attitude, it was clear that there was no room for refusal.
Yun Shu could only agree reluctantly:

"My son, I obey."

……

Coming out of the imperial study, Yun Shu hadn't decided where to go yet, but Yun Chuhuan excitedly suggested:

"Fifth sister, let's go out of the palace today!"

"Leave the palace?" Yun Shu was stunned.

"Yes! I finally got out of the study room. Are you planning to go back to class, Fifth Sister?"

Yun Chuhuan said as a matter of course:

"Didn't the token for leaving the palace that your father gave you be taken back?
It's just right, let's practice horse riding and archery today, maybe we can hunt something to eat during the autumn hunting season?"

"What kind of horseback archery can be mastered in one day?"

Listening to his outrageous speech, Yun Shu didn't know what to say:

"You are the prince, are you afraid of not having food?"

"Then the prey you catch yourself and the prey that others bring to your mouth must be different!

If it's just for food, wouldn't it make no difference if I eat in Beijing?"

Yun Chuhuan knew, of course, that horseback riding, archery, and hunting could not be mastered in a day. He was just a little envious:

“I heard that my eldest brother and my second brother, the Crown Prince, even hunted a bear before!
It would be so great if I could hunt one!"

"Big brother and second brother, the crown prince?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

Yun Chuhuan looked at her with some doubt:
"Fifth sister, why do you look so weird?"

"Nothing, don't you just want to catch some prey yourself? That's not difficult."

Yun Shu came back to his senses and walked towards Fengyang Palace, saying casually:

"I'll draw you some blueprints in a couple of days, and you can take them to someone to make them.
Also, when you go hunting in autumn, remember to bring more people with you, so they can be used when the time comes."

"I knew that you, Fifth Sister, would have a solution!"

After getting Yun Shu's promise, Yun Chuhuan stopped pestering her, for fear that he would delay Yun Shu's painting.

Unaware that Yun Shu was thinking about something more important at this moment—

When she just heard the news about Qiu Lie before, she really didn't think about it.

It was not until Yun Chuhuan mentioned the eldest prince and the crown prince that she suddenly remembered that the original book actually mentioned this autumn hunt. It was during the autumn hunt of that year that the eldest prince used a pure white deer, which symbolized good fortune, to lure the crown prince to the edge of a cliff, and then sent assassins to kill him.

The accident caused the prince to have a lame leg and he withdrew from the fight for the throne early.

However, the eldest prince himself failed to clean up his mess, so when the truth was discovered, the furious Emperor Xuanwu exiled him to guard the imperial mausoleum.

Of course, if it were just this, Yun Shu might not be interested in intervening.

After all, since ancient times, matters such as the fight for the throne have always been accompanied by various calculations.

There will always be someone who falls on the road to succession.

But the problem is that the follow-up impact of this incident is too great.

The eldest prince had spent two years on the frontier, and among his supporters there were many powerful military generals.

After the eldest prince was exiled to the imperial mausoleum, the deposed crown prince, in order to vent his hatred, sent all his remaining men to deal with the important figures of the eldest prince's faction.

After a crazy counterattack that almost completely disregarded any consequences, the eldest prince's faction's strongest backer, General Weiyuan, was completely gone.

So two years later, when Beixiang sent troops, Tiansheng sent a young new general to replace General Weiyuan.
The result was a loss.

In the following year, the two countries were exhausted from the protracted tug-of-war, with wins and losses.

The neighboring Jin Kingdom may have also felt that the opportunity had come, so it joined the war in the second year after the war broke out, hoping to take advantage of the situation.

All the military commanders that Tiansheng Dynasty could send had already been dispatched.
But fighting one against two was ultimately a disadvantage, and in the end there was no other way but Emperor Xuanwu had to lead the army in person, and it took another year to finally quell the war.

It was the personal expedition of the emperor that year that ruined Emperor Xuanwu's health.

He died just a few years after returning, before a new crown prince was appointed.

……

In short, the consequences of this series of chain reactions are too serious.

Yunshu wanted to be a comfortable and carefree princess.
But if the Tiansheng Dynasty was about to be destroyed, then she, as a princess, would certainly not be at ease.

and so……

Yun Shu sighed heavily.
Let her think about it carefully. What are the specific descriptions about the arrangements made by the eldest prince for this autumn hunt?

……

Half a month passed in a flash.

Finally the day arrived to set out for the Royal Enclosure.

All the luggage had been loaded onto the carriage in advance. Yun Shu walked to the gate of the palace with Tingxue and a small bag, and saw Yun Chuhuan's particularly flashy and conspicuous carriage from a distance.

"Fifth sister, this way!"

Even though Yun Chuhuan lowered his voice deliberately at a distance of several dozen meters, his shout still managed to attract the attention of several people around him.

The first person to come up to Yun Shu was a guy about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a playful face and a non-serious look.
He was more than a head taller than Yun Shu, and he deliberately leaned down when talking to her, with his face directly pressed against her less than 20 centimeters away:
"You are Xiaowu? Come on, call me Third Brother!"

Yun Shu: “…”

I understand. This is the unlucky third prince, Yun Chuhe, who, after Yun Chuhuan ascended the throne, thought that if the sixth prince could do it, then he could do it too, so he started a rebellion. However, he was quickly defeated and was tortured by Yun Chuhuan's order and roasted like a duck.

Yun Shu silently took a step back and called out to the person:

"Brother Three Emperors."

"Tsk, why call me Third Brother? That's so formal!"

Yun Chuhe was a little unhappy:

"Come again, call me Third Brother!"

(End of this chapter)