Perhaps frightened by the bluntness of Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince, the Sixth Prince ran away first after Emperor Jingxi shot the first arrow and announced the start of the Spring Hunt.
The Fifth Prince, Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince were just plastic brothers. They had no interest in hunting with them, so they found an excuse to leave.
But he didn't go in the same direction as the Sixth Prince.
Ever since they knew that one of them would marry Princess Nanyou, the brotherhood between them, which originally had some genuine feelings, became more and more superficial.
At the palace banquet, the fifth prince was chosen by Emperor Jingxi to marry Princess Nanyou. After that, the two of them became completely plastic, and both acted much more fake when they were together.
With Princess Nanyou standing between them, both knew they could not go back to the past.
There are regrets, but not many.
They knew long ago that there would be a day when their relationship would break down.
Who knew they were born into the royal family? Unlike the eldest prince, they were not born without ambitions.
Originally, the third prince planned to go hunting with his two younger brothers.
He was good at riding and shooting, and could guide his seventh brother who had just learned to ride a horse and his eighth brother who was not in good health.
But on the way, he met a colleague who was sitting on the bench with him in the Ministry of Rites and was called away.
Compared with other brothers with different personalities, Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince prefer the Third Prince who is taciturn but gentle and considerate.
Faced with the embarrassed Third Prince's apology, the two of them didn't care much.
"Third brother, go quickly. They are your colleagues. You can talk to each other, which is more interesting than being with the two of us who are not good at riding and shooting."
Yan Cheng said calmly that he was not good at riding or shooting, and urged the third prince to communicate with his colleagues.
"Then I'll be leaving first. You guys can just hunt rabbits and pheasants on the outskirts, but don't go too deep."
The third prince gave earnest instructions before leaving.
"Got it, Third Brother."
After the Third Prince left, the Seventh Prince couldn't help but say, "This is the first time I've noticed that Third Brother is so talkative."
Yan Cheng: "Well, maybe it's because my brother didn't interact much with the third brother before?"
The Seventh Prince thought about how he used to stay at Beiyi House, and only went out more often after Yan Cheng came back, so he nodded in agreement.
At this time, a snow-white rabbit jumped out from the grass. Yan Cheng, who had sharp eyes, saw this scene and raised his bow and arrow.
The Seventh Prince was a little nervous. This was his first time in a hunting ground since he learned to ride a horse. Every time he saw people around him hunting, he was worried that he would miss the target.
A "whoosh" sound was heard.
The seventh prince's worries did not come true. The snow-white rabbit was nailed to the ground by Yan Cheng's arrow.
The guard went over and put the rabbit away.
The Seventh Prince was nervous and then regretful. He turned his gaze away from the rabbit and said, "It's a pity it's not a fox, but its fur is white enough."
"Brother, do you want a white fox?" Yan Cheng said confidently, shaking his bow. "As long as there is one in the hunting ground, I can hunt it and give it to you."
The guards here are all Yan Cheng's trusted confidants who were made by various means during his time in the palace.
They were not all skilled in martial arts, but they were loyal to him, and that was enough.
So after the third prince left, Yan Cheng did not hide his riding and archery skills.
"Don't."
The Seventh Prince tried to stop Yan Cheng. He was reluctant to let Yan Cheng go on the hard hunting trip. "I just said it casually when I saw the rabbit."
He looked at Yan Cheng's riding gear and said, "I prefer red foxes to white foxes."
The red fox fur must suit Cheng'er very well.
After the Seventh Prince said this, Yan Cheng stopped pursuing fox hunting.
While everyone else was busy trying to win the first place and the sword that Emperor Jingxi took out, the two brothers were wandering around the periphery, and their prey were all small animals.
Yan Cheng's leisurely good mood ended when he saw a human body lying on a hillside, not knowing whether it was dead or alive.
Qu Zhaoyue was not there, but the plot still happened.
During this spring hunt, a eunuch was spotted by a nobleman and promised to be brought back to the palace. However, he was murdered by several other eunuchs who were jealous of his good luck and almost died.
In the novel, Qu Zhaoyue happened to meet a half-dead eunuch, saved him, and helped him get revenge. From then on, the eunuch became Qu Zhaoyue's mad dog.
This time the dog was still here waiting for its owner to pick it up, but the owner did not appear on the colorful auspicious clouds.
This eunuch is not a good person in the novel. He helped Qu Zhaoyue do many bad things, and the blood on his hands has seeped into his bones.
Yan Cheng didn't want to do anything unnecessary. After all, Qu Zhaoyue couldn't get any help since she didn't save anyone. He just wanted to...
"Eh? Is there someone lying there? Guard Tian, go and take a look."
The Seventh Prince was riding on his horse, and his excellent eyesight allowed him to see the person lying on the hillside from a distance.
If this were a comic book, Yan Cheng, who had wanted to pretend not to see it, would have seen his upturned peach blossom eyes degenerated into small eyes.
No, my dear brother, why is the protagonist not here, and you are the one who saves people?
You are the villain!
Soon, Guard Tian carried the eunuch with a hole in his head over.
The eunuch thought he was going to die, but he unexpectedly saw hope of life after holding on until the last moment.
Being carried up the hillside, the eunuch looked up with difficulty and saw a stunning face and heard a beautiful voice.
"Let's find a doctor to see him..."
The eunuch's eyes were filled with emotion. He memorized that face firmly in his mind before he fainted with his head drooping.
However, he fainted too early and did not hear the last few words of the voice-changing boy whom he had beautified several times.
"...He doesn't look like he smashed his head himself. Maybe there's some hidden reason behind this. When he wakes up and we find out the truth, even if he's truly at fault, he should be dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment, not just some arbitrary lynching."
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