Drums thundered through the air, carrying with them a sense of majesty and solemnity. It also symbolized that the royal family was out on patrol, and everyone had to kneel to welcome them!
As the procession walked out of the palace, everyone on the road to the city gates knelt down to welcome them.
This was the royal family of Heaven's Sanctum. Everyone had to submit to them!
After walking out of the southern city gates, the procession gradually rose into the sky and rushed towards the hunting grounds!
The majestic procession walked in the sky. When they passed by the city, the people below looked up at the royal family and then knelt down to offer their sincere blessings.
The hunting was a traditional festival of the royal family. For safety and the dignity of the royal family, some spirit beasts were specially reared for the royal family to hunt, or if someone injured the spirit beasts first, then the princes would hunt them.
In short, the royal hunt was a deep set of traps!
Changlin was the royal hunting grounds. Zhu Zhengqing had built a temporary courtyard, and opposite the courtyard was a forest.
When the people of the royal family arrived, the forest was filled with the melodious chirping of birds. Thousands of birds flew into the sky.
"Your Majesty is blessed. Even these birds are cheering for Your Majesty's arrival." Che Hongliang couldn't help but flatter.
Che Meiniang was the current empress and Che Hongliang's older sister. In such an occasion, she would definitely stand by the emperor's side.
"Receiving the protection of Your Majesty, even these birds are singing your praises. It's a good sign." Che Meiniang laughed softly. Behind her was a group of beautiful concubines, all of whom only wanted to receive the emperor's favor.
And among these concubines, there were many virgins that even the emperor had forgotten to touch.
Hearing these compliments, Zhu Chengxuan revealed a faint smile, "With this emperor here, the country will naturally prosper and the people will be at peace."
Following Zhu Chengxuan's words, everyone knelt down and shouted, "God bless Your Majesty, God bless Heaven's Sanctum!"
Zhu Chengxuan smiled and waved his hand. The people began to set up camp, while the people of the royal family and the others entered the courtyard to rest.
Walking into the courtyard, Zhu Chengxuan smiled, "Crown Prince, you did well."
"Thank you for the praise, father."
In the past, they had to set up tents for the hunt, but this time, Zhu Zhengqing had built a temporary courtyard in three days.
Hearing the emperor praise the crown prince, Che Meiniang and Che Hongliang were very unhappy.
"Your Majesty, if you let Yun 'er do it, I believe she will do it well," Che Meiniang said in a low voice.
Zhu Yun bowed and stood to the side. In a low voice, he said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince's intelligence surpasses others. Your son is inferior."
Zhu Chengxuan didn't say anything, but Che Meiniang glared at her son.
Zhu Yun actually didn't like it. Father Emperor valued Zhu Zhenqing very much now. Now that Zhu Yun was comparing himself to him, wouldn't that make Father Emperor feel disgusted?
This Zhu Yun was a smart person and had some ability. Che Hongliang also valued him a lot, but his sister was too impatient, causing Zhu Yun's image to be bad in front of His Majesty.
"Royal Brother, you must be joking. If you were to handle this matter, you would definitely surpass me."
"Crown Prince, you are too kind."
The two of them complimented each other and were equally matched.
As for the princes who were following behind, they watched the development of the situation. Right now, the Crown Prince obviously had the upper hand, but Zhu Yun had the support of the Empress and Che Hongliang. His strength could not be underestimated!
In addition, Marquis Wangye's entire family was suddenly wiped out. The situation suddenly became complicated and confusing.
As the Emperor, Zhu Chengxuan came here to relax and watch the performance of the princes. Of course, he also had to pamper the imperial concubines. After all, this was also a chance for them. Although they couldn't enjoy the rain and dew, at least they could break as many as they could. At least they wouldn't die with their bodies intact.
"The hunt officially begins! Princes, go and prepare! "Following Emperor Zhu Chengxuan's order, hundreds of princes began to prepare to enter the field.
As for the wives of these princes, they also began to worry. Although the spirit beasts in Changlin were of low level, accidents might happen.
One had to know!
Every time there was a hunt, someone would die!
Perhaps these women didn't know that they weren't killed by the spirit beasts, but by their half-brothers. The royal family was just that cruel.
As the Emperor, he saw all of this but didn't stop it. If the world wasn't won through fighting, would it still be called the world?
Princes died one after another, and young princes were born continuously. The gods who had a long life didn't worry about the future generations.
Zhu Zhengqing was the Crown Prince and the leader of the entire faction. Although he had lost a powerful helper like Wu Ma An, these younger brothers still had a lot of power. It seemed like he had to think about it carefully.
"Crown Prince, why don't we have a competition?" Zhu Yun, who was riding on Bai Rong, said to Zhu Zhengqing with a smile. Dozens of princes followed behind him.
Zhu Zhengqing also had many princes.
"Royal Brother, you said the same thing last year, right?" Zhu Zhengqing said indifferently. He didn't even look at Zhu Yun, and his words were full of sarcasm.
"Crown Prince, you are right. However, I have practiced for a year, and I hope to catch up to you."
Zhu Zhengqing chuckled and said, "Royal Brother, even if you practice for another hundred years, you still won't be able to catch up to me. Jia!"
After saying this, Zhu Zhengqing led the princes of one faction into Changlin. Dust instantly flew up. Zhu Yun's eyes gleamed coldly as he shouted, "Jia!"
After the princes of the two factions left, there were dozens of princes left. They didn't want to fight and wanted to be free.
Therefore, they entered Changlin unhurriedly and hunted some small animals in the periphery before going back to report.
After Zhu Zhengqing rushed into Changlin, he didn't go inside. Instead, he circled around the periphery before he stopped.
"Crown Prince! I'm afraid that Zhu Yun is going to kill you! "This person was called Zhu Di. Apart from Wu Ma An, he was the only person that Zhu Zhengqing trusted.
Zhu Zhengqing sneered, "After so many years of killing, has he ever succeeded?"
"Your Highness, you should be careful." Zhu Di warned. It was better to be safe than sorry. Underestimating the enemy was a taboo in the military!
However, Zhu Zhengqing seemed to have forgotten the lesson from three days ago.
"Brothers, let's warm up in the outer perimeter first. Then, follow me in to kill the strongest spirit beasts. Let the Emperor Father witness our teamwork!" Zhu Zhengqing exuded the might of the crown prince and shouted at the people behind him to boost their morale.
"Yes! Your Highness! "
On the other side, Zhu Yun led his people to circle around the periphery before he stopped.
This time! They must kill the Crown Prince!
Of course, they couldn't kill him openly. They had to pretend that they were killed by the spiritual beasts.
"Royal Brother, we must win this time!" A handsome man rode out on a spiritual horse. His name was Zhu Zhu, and he was Zhu Yun's right-hand man.
Zhu Yun said in a deep voice, "It's either we succeed or we die! It's time to change the Crown Prince! "
"Royal Brother, you're right. Zhu Zhengqing is a playboy. I don't know what Father sees in him!"
"Even if he sees something, he will unfortunately die under the spiritual beasts' cudgels today!" Zhu Yun revealed a murderous look as if he had killed his father.
After saying that, Zhu Yun led his people into the depths of Changlin. It seemed like he wanted to set up an ambush first!
There were only some ordinary spirit beasts in the periphery. They were like rabbits or deer, and they weren't aggressive at all.
However, as they went deeper, the spiritual beasts became more lethal. However, the strongest spiritual beasts here were only high-level spiritual beasts.
Just like ordinary people and tigers and lions, there wouldn't be any dinosaur-level spiritual beasts.
Therefore, the spiritual beasts weren't much of a threat to the princes. After all, the weapons in their hands were ancient godly items. As for ancient godly items, they were very rare.
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