Xiao Yiming remained silent for a long time before speaking, "Your Highness is thinking further ahead."

Prince Qing rested his chin on his hand and looked at him.

Xiao Yiming remained expressionless, and the two looked at each other in silence.

A dozen or so breaths later.

“That’s not what you really think.” Prince Qing lowered his hand and crossed his arms. Xiao Yiming opened his mouth, but didn’t know how to answer.

"Before the world is at peace, I will reduce Qin Haotian's military power. In this way, I think there should be no uncontrollable situation."

“However, if he launches his attack prematurely, it will be very troublesome.” Prince Qing rubbed the corner of his eye. “Just thinking about dealing with someone like that is a real headache.”

What do you think?

Looking at the setting sun, Xiao Yiming said softly, "I hope that day will never come."

"When the day comes that we are at war, will you still stand by my side?" Prince Qing turned his gaze back to the goose feather float.

"Definitely." Xiao Yiming's gaze fell, also looking at the buoy.

And at this moment—

The floating dream sank to the bottom of the dark water.

"middle!"

Prince Qing's lips curled into a grin, and he grabbed the fishing rod and pulled it up.

"Boom!"

The fishing line was pulled taut, and a few drops of water fell from it, but the fish did not emerge from the water along with the taut line.

"Great! A big fish!" Prince Qing exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly got up to hold the fishing rod.

Xiao Yiming quickly moved the chair back to give Prince Qing more space to control the fish and bring it ashore.

"After waiting all day, I finally caught this big fish! It's not small! Xiao Yiming, go get the landing net!" The fishing rod was bent badly, and Prince Qing was excited as he played the fish and shouted.

Xiao Yiming quickly picked up the net and waited nearby.

"Let me release some more energy! This fish is very strong. If I don't release its energy, either the line or the rod will break, and I definitely won't be able to lift it up."

Prince Qing's face was flushed red, a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

Xiao Yiming looked up and saw the lotus leaves on the water swaying with the struggle, and the fish was stirring up waves on the surface.

Although the water was deep and the fish was still below the surface, Xiao Yiming could vaguely make out its shape.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Your Highness, this fish is indeed quite large."

"It looks like a black carp!"

Prince Qing laughed: "Really? I didn't catch a single fish today, but I managed to catch this guy!"

"But it's really powerful!" Prince Qing's legs were slightly bent, his body was leaning forward, and his feet were moving forward little by little, as if he was about to fall into the water.

Xiao Yiming hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, let me help you."

"No need!" Prince Qing shouted, his eyes gleaming as he stared intently at the water. Several lotus flowers had already fallen, and the fishing line had even shredded many of the lotus leaves, all because of the large fish still struggling underwater.

"You don't understand the joy of fishing. It's about slowly exhausting the fish's strength. When it's out of power, it will naturally float to the surface, and then you can pull it to the shore."

"I will definitely catch this big fish today!" Prince Qing's face was flushed, and his eyes were full of excitement.

Xiao Yiming waited anxiously, but the situation was getting worse and worse. Prince Qing had reached the shore, his knees bent and his back arched, his fishing rod bent into an arc that was almost a semicircle.

This is really bad; it seems like the fishing rod will break at any moment.

He looked at the water again, but this time he could no longer see the fish. Clearly, it had not only not risen to the surface, but had instead dived into the deeper water.

Just as I feared, a "click" sound was heard the next moment.

Before he could turn around, Xiao Yiming heard Prince Qing shout, "It's over!"

The fishing rod snapped in two, held together only by bamboo strips. Prince Qing leaned back and fell to the ground with a thud, his grip loosening at that moment.

In a short while, the fishing rod was being dragged into the water. Before Prince Qing could even get up, he hurriedly reached out to grab it, but the fishing rod had already been pulled into the water.

"Damn it!!!" Prince Qing roared in fury, slapping his thigh as he cursed.

The cursing had barely finished when Prince Qing was stunned, as Xiao Yiming leaped into the water.

Xiao Yiming, who had jumped into the water, grabbed the broken pole and shouted happily, "Got it! Your Highness! It can't get away!"

Prince Qing then patted his backside and slowly got up, laughing loudly, "Kid, you haven't lifted it up yet."

“You can’t beat it in the water; that’s its territory.”

With one hand moving, Xiao Yiming struggled to lift the fishing rod with the other. With this effort, the rod was indeed lifted. Xiao Yiming laughed:

"We'll definitely catch them! Don't worry, Your Highness!"

Prince Qing simply smiled and said, "Alright, then let's see what you can do."

"If we can really lift it up, we won't leave the fish here; we'll grill it and eat it!"

Xiao Yiming gripped the broken rod tightly and began swimming towards the shore. The fish stopped struggling, seemingly exhausted. After a short while, Xiao Yiming swam ashore.

He immediately said, "Your Highness, why don't you lift it ashore?" He could see that Prince Qing was itching to catch it. He had been fishing all day, and he had finally caught this big fish. If he didn't lift it ashore himself, he would probably regret it immensely.

As he expected, Prince Qing walked over with a big smile: "Alright! Then I'll fight it again."

After saying that, he reached out and took the broken rod. Xiao Yiming watched with a smile as he lifted the rod to play the fish, but unexpectedly, the water surface was now churning with waves, and the fish began to struggle underwater again.

Prince Qing's expression changed, he gripped the fishing rod tightly, and shouted:

"I knew it!"

"The bigger the fish, the smarter it is! It can't be weak; it's hiding its strength, preparing to attack!"

Suddenly, he let out a strange, joyful cry:

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