"......"

The second prince called himself a jade-like gentleman. On the surface, he was the most dedicated to his work and self-disciplined. He had never even entered any romantic places. His reputation spread far and wide in the capital. This was completely different from Zhou Huaiyan's reputation for debauchery.

Hearing such explicit words suddenly, the Second Prince was shocked and disdainful, and even the gentle smile on his face could not be maintained.

He originally thought that his younger brother was somewhat scheming and a capable person, but he did not expect that with his frail body, he would still be thinking about sex every day and he was afraid that he would die in bed soon.

"Ninth brother really...really loves to joke."

The Second Prince quietly moved away from Zhou Huaiyan and turned his attention back to the stadium not far away.

"Wow! Three arrows!"

Xiao Shisan screamed in surprise!

The eighth prince stared at the three red arrows in the enclosure, his eyes full of disbelief.

“No… Impossible!!!”

"You...how could you possibly...?"

He was so shocked that he even went up to check Ah Fei's longbow, but was stopped by the second prince's guards.

"Sorry, Your Highness, the competition is not over yet. You should continue as soon as possible."

At this time, Ah Fei had already put four arrows on his head. The usual hesitant look on his face was no longer there, or rather, there was nothing in those beautiful blue eyes.

At this moment, he was as calm as a machine.

The three kids who fell just now bumped into many people. Targets lying on the ground are much easier to aim at than moving people. Moreover, the winner of this competition is determined by the number of targets hit. There are only 100 targets on the field, so naturally you should grab as many as you can.

However, when the Eighth Prince saw this scene, it turned into a naked insult and mockery.

His eyes turned red and he immediately grabbed three arrows from the quiver.

Zhou Huaiyin is not as good as the second prince in literature, nor as good as the fourth prince in martial arts. In terms of maternal family power, let alone Zhou Huaiyan, he is not even as good as the third prince. The only advantage he has is his archery skills.

But now, he was outshined by a lowly foreign slave.

He was shocked and angry, and almost unwilling to give in to the extreme, so much so that even his hand holding the bow became unsteady.

Zhou Huaiyin took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

It’s not that he hasn’t tried to shoot three arrows at once, but the success rate is not high. If he can make a breakthrough today, maybe he can improve to a higher level in the future.

But just when the eighth prince finally aimed at three targets and released the bowstring, a familiar sound of bowstring snapping suddenly exploded in his ears!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Four arrows were fired at once. The next second, three blue arrows were pierced by three red lines in the air. Then, the four targets fell down.

Hit the Heart!

If the three arrows just now made the whole audience gasp, now these four arrows made everyone so shocked that they couldn't say a word.

"Wow! Ah Fei broke the Eighth Brother's arrow!"

Little Thirteen was so excited that his hands turned red from clapping. However, the next second, the trusted servant beside the Eighth Prince gave him a vicious look.

The child immediately fell silent and hid behind his brother Xiaojiu.

"Nothing."

Zhou Huaiyan smiled slowly and scolded his cheap brother.

However, at this moment, Ah Fei did not pay attention to anyone's shocked gazes, but just took out three more arrows from the quiver, preparing for the next target.

Zhou Huaiyin stared blankly at the broken blue arrow in the field, and finally panicked.

The most important thing for an archer is to have a restless mind, otherwise it would be difficult to hit the target with even one arrow, let alone three.

The second prince looked at Zhou Huaiyan with a complicated expression. Zhou Huaiyan was still concentrating on carving the piece of sunken wood, as if he had already predicted the outcome of the game.

There was no trace of surprise on that dazzlingly beautiful face, only leisurely composure.

The second prince Zhou Huaiheng turned to look at the sweaty old eighth prince, with a hint of pity in his eyes. It is actually very simple to knock down a proud person, you just need to crush him in the things he is most proud of.

The second prince knew that Zhou Huaiyin had already lost the moment the foreign slave fired four arrows at the same time and cut off the blue arrow.

It was a terrible loss.

Being crushed by a foreign slave in the field where he was best and even arrogant, Zhou Huaiyin was afraid that...

"Why does Second Brother look so regretful?"

Zhou Huaiyan played with the forbidden dagger in his hand and carefully looked at the sinking wood cat in his hand with an extremely happy expression.

The second prince looked unhappy.

"Did you do this on purpose?"

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Huaiyan tilted his head and looked at him, his face full of confusion.

"Wasn't this hunt organized by Myna? I just brought the kitten here for fun."

"......"

While Zhou Huaiheng was at a loss for words, the sun set and the game had come to an end. The attendant who was recording the results ran up and whispered something in his ear.

The second prince immediately showed a look of shock.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Huaiyan looked at him with a smile.

"Is there anything that cannot be said about this result?"

“.......”

The second prince subconsciously glanced at Zhou Huaiyin, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground with even his beloved Red Feather Bow thrown aside. He was filled with a heavy mood of depression.

He sighed and said,

"You win."

"What's the target score?"

Zhou Huaiyan refused to give in. The Second Prince was silent for a while before answering,

"Ninety...nine..."

To one.

It was not until this moment that Zhou Huaiyan showed a slightly surprised look.

That is to say, except for the first arrow, Lao Ba failed to beat Ah Fei in every target afterwards.

——This really shocked His Highness the Ninth Prince.

Zhou Huaiyan stroked the sunken wood in his palm and subconsciously looked at Ah Fei.

A young alien boy dressed in black, holding a longbow in one hand, stood beside the mottled and faded city wall. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the ends of his black hair, giving it a beautiful golden-red hue.

It was the first time I saw Ah Fei from this perspective. Her slender figure, like a bamboo, suddenly took on a breathtaking charm.

Zhou Huaiyan looked at it unconsciously for a long, long time.

He stroked the little cat in his hands, and a kind of pleasure and satisfaction of nurturing arose in his heart.

The Eighth Prince's followers handed the Red Feather Bow to Ah Fei, and he staggered away with the help of his servants, without even saying hello to Zhou Huaiyan.

A foreign slave defeated the prince. The Third Prince, who came just to see Zhou Huaiyan's jokes, looked extremely ugly.

"Zhou Huaiyan, I advise you to be careful."

The man looked gloomy.

"Don't forget that he is from a foreign race. Those barbarians claim to be the fiercest warriors and will never submit to the Zhou people. Now you treat him like a kitten and hold him in your hands to play with him, forcing him to be submissive. Have you ever thought about the future?"

This clumsy provocation made Zhou Huaiyan laugh.

"I never thought that the Third Brother was so afraid of my little cat."

"you......"

The third prince's face turned livid, and he left with a wave of his sleeves. The second prince smiled slightly, said hello, and left as well.

"Owner--"

The kitten wiped the longbow clean carefully, then ran towards him excitedly holding the bow in his arms.

"A Fei wins!"

The afterglow of the setting sun fell behind him, casting a layer of warm light on his dark curly hair and eyelashes, which spread as he ran.

After a few breaths, the alien boy with blue eyes stopped in a hurry, snuggled up to Zhou Huaiyan's knees like a cat, and obediently presented the red longbow.

"To the master."

He got it!

He got what his master wanted!

Ah Fei was breathing heavily, her heart beating several times faster than when she was drawing the bow just now.

【If that’s the case...】

【If that’s the case...】

From now on, he should be useful to his master.

Ah Fei looked up at him, her cheeks slightly red, a gleam of light falling into her beautiful blue eyes. In a trance, she actually felt an overly charming beauty.

"Yes, I saw it."

Zhou Huaiyan couldn't help but touch the kitten's trembling eyelashes.

"A Fei won beautifully."

The boy couldn't help laughing as his eyelashes brushed across his fingertips, thinking,

How come this person's eyelashes are so fluffy?

After a moment, the boy casually threw the carved wood cat to Ah Fei.

"Here, this is a reward."

"Thank you...thank you, Master."

Ah Fei hurriedly put the bow on her back and went to catch the small sunken wooden statue.

It was a long-haired kitten curled up in a ball, yawning in a coquettish voice. It looked so vivid and lifelike.

He saw that the master had spent more than two months carving the sunken wood, from a piece of wood as big as an inkstone to the size of two fingers. It was obvious that he had put a lot of thought into it.

But I didn't expect that such a precious thing would be given to me.

Realizing this, Ah Fei's heart began to burn.

But in fact, for Zhou Huaiyan, the little cat made of sunken wood was nothing special. It was just a small toy to kill time. He just happened to have finished carving it, so he gave it away.

However, the reward from the Ninth Prince would not be so "meager".

"Your Highness is in a good mood today. I will give Ah Fei whatever she wants."

However, Ah Fei shook her head and blushed as she put the small wooden cat statue into the place closest to her heart.

"I like...I like this."

His seal was pierced by his master himself, and this little cat was also carved by his master himself. Doesn't it mean that he is a little special in his master's heart?

[——Just this? ]

Zhou Huaiyan raised his eyebrows in surprise. This was the first time he had given something so cheap. Even the toys he usually gave to Little Thirteen would probably be a thousand times more expensive than this.

"Tsk, you're too naive."

Zhou Huaiyan's tone was disdainful, but the smile in his eyes was obvious.

"Then you can keep the bow on your back. As for the slaves in the paddock today, you can do whatever you want with them."

"But...but isn't this the bow you want?"

Ah Fei raised her head, puzzled. Zhou Huaiyan waved his hands. He was the one who looked down upon other people's things.

"It's just to piss off Old Eight."

"......"

【It turns out that this is not what the owner wants. 】

Ah Fei lowered her eyes, and the bright and enthusiastic joy that had just appeared suddenly dissipated a lot.

The little cat was still thinking about this matter until he returned to Qiwu Palace and had dinner.

He casually hung the Red Feather Bow on the wall of his hut, and could not help but open the cabinet and touch the delicate and soft scarlet awning inside. This was the first thing the master gave him, and he had been rewarded with many more small things over the past three months, and Ah Fei kept them all here.

He stroked the little cat in his hand, placed it in the awning with great care, and stroked it carefully for a long time before packing up his dry clothes and preparing to take a bath.

Zhou Huaiyan likes cleanliness, so no matter how tired Ah Fei is, she will wash herself clean every day before getting close to him.

However, just as she was about to enter the bathroom, Hongdou suddenly knocked on the door and entered. Everyone in the palace knew that this maid was the most trusted confidant of the Ninth Prince. Her words were basically equivalent to Zhou Huaiyan's words in Qiwu Palace.

Ah Fei bowed to her very respectfully.

"Sister Hongdou, do you have any instructions?"

"Wash yourself clean tonight."

"?"

Ah Fei didn't understand what was going on. Then, he heard a woman's cold and calm voice.

"Your Highness is in a good mood tonight and wants to use your body to paint."

“.......”

The kitten was stunned.

At one point, he even suspected that he was hallucinating.

"Master, please use... use my..."

——Is that what he meant? !

Using his body...

The master will use his body tonight!!!

"Yes, you heard me right."

Hongdou had a blank expression on her face, not realizing that her words could be misunderstood.

"After bathing, wipe off the water, do not wear perfume, and do not tie your hair. His Highness said that the skin needs to be clean and soft before coloring."

“.......”

Ah Fei lowered her head, her earlobes red as blood, and after a long while she managed to answer.

"Yes...I will wash it thoroughly."

Wash it thoroughly, front to back, inside and outside.

The author has something to say:

Zhou Huaiyan: Thank you for the invitation. I really just want to paint a picture.