Those who participated in the hunt quickly wrote out a waiver of their right to life or death.
Song Yue placed the jade pendant from her waist on the table, beneath which lay a written pledge of life and death.
The men followed suit.
Song Yue changed into a light-colored outfit, combed her hair up, and looked dashing. She carried a long whip in her hand, and her horse was fitted with a set of bamboo tubes. Before setting off, the imperial physician checked each bamboo tube to see if there was any medicine applied to it, and all the arrows inside the bamboo tubes were registered.
There were a total of thirty women on the women's side.
Everyone was poised and ready, practically betting their entire fortunes, eager to rush into the hunting grounds.
Accompanied by the sound of a gong.
Song Yue raised her long whip and lashed it hard on the horse's back, leaping into the forest.
Princess Liang Ying followed closely behind.
In the blink of an eye, the group of people were inside.
Outside the venue, Madam Shen and Madam Jiang were on guard. They looked at each other nervously, while Jiang Ying stood behind Madam Jiang, her palms sweating with tension.
"The Crown Princess is wise; she won't fight a battle she can't win!" Madam Jiang comforted her.
Jiang Ying nodded.
The husband disappeared a few days before the hunt.
She knew perfectly well that something bad was going to happen today.
A soft laugh suddenly came from the other side; "The Crown Princess is so decisive, truly admirable."
The speaker was Xu Lingqing, with a faint smile on her face.
Jiang Ying frowned.
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Hunting grounds
Song Yue spurred her horse and galloped towards her goal.
Whoosh!
An arrow whistled past my ear.
It shot through the tree trunk, which was as thick as a bowl, with a loud bang.
Song Yue turned around.
"You cheated!" Princess Liang Ying was both angry and furious. She had clearly aimed the arrow at Song Yue's back, and Song Yue had no way to dodge it.
But suddenly an unnamed force deflected the arrow.
Song Yue pulled on the reins, forcing the horse to stop. A smile played on her lips: "On my territory, you dare to make a bet with me? How utterly foolish!"
Princess Liang Ying's eyelids twitched suddenly, and she had a vague sense of foreboding.
Song Yue snapped her fingers.
Countless guards rushed in from all directions and surrounded Princess Liang Ying.
"You! You cheated!" Princess Liang Ying exclaimed, her eyes wide.
Song Yue smiled, took another arrow from the guard beside her, nocked it, and aimed at Princess Liang Ying. Princess Liang Ying was so frightened that she gripped the reins and raised her whip.
“If you startle the horse, the consequence won’t be being shot to death, but being trampled into the mud by its hooves. All your property will be handed over to Consort Wan by me personally.”
Princess Liang Ying's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, her raised hand remaining raised for a long time as she stared at the other person in disbelief.
Aunt Wan was her husband's concubine.
"How dare you!" Princess Liang Ying gritted her teeth, trembling with rage.
"Princess, have you forgotten what you signed before you came?" Song Yue said with a half-smile. She let go of her hand, and with a whoosh, the sharp arrow grazed past Princess Liang Ying's ear.
A scar was drawn.
Princess Liang Ying winced in pain and stared blankly at the girl in front of her.
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