Chapter 304: Quarrel
Speaking of which, both Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng were participating in the Royal Hunt for the first time, and both were novices. The difference was that Zhao Liya had never seen such a thing before, while Zhou Hansheng had witnessed some similar grand scenes during his time in Shu.
The sight of thousands of horses galloping made Zhao Liya's blood boil. Her eyes sparkled with excitement. Zhou Hansheng rode closer to her and said with a smile, "I've already researched the location. Let's go to the dense forests and valleys in the northwest. There are big game there. There's also plenty of prey. I'm sure you won't be disappointed."
"Great!" Zhao Liya was eager to try, her face as bright as a flower. "I haven't done anything in a while, so today is a good time to let loose and move around!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
With a roar, a group of people suddenly stopped beside them. Everyone turned around and saluted with fists clasped together: "Greetings, Second Prince!" "Second Prince!"
The second prince didn't even bother to look at others. To him, everyone's respect was natural and not worth him even raising an eyelid.
His cold gaze swept over Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng.
Even if he didn't want to, he had to admit that the two people standing together were indeed a good match, with the same outstanding looks and temperament, and the same flying eyebrows.
The Second Prince's gaze finally fixed on Zhao Liya, and he began to taunt her sarcastically, "Miss Zhao doesn't look like Lord Zhao's daughter. I never thought that Lord Zhao, a top scholar, would have a daughter who wields swords!"
Besides his personal guards, the Second Prince was surrounded by many noblemen. Everyone laughed, and one of them chuckled maliciously, "Before Lord Zhao was exiled, I had never heard of Miss Zhao's temper. Did she develop it after arriving in Lingnan? What on earth did Miss Zhao encounter in Lingnan that made her so different from the other noble ladies in the capital? It's truly intriguing!"
The group laughed even louder.
Zhou Hansheng stared at the man coldly. Who else could it be but Yan Feng, the third nephew of Concubine Yan?
He glanced at Yan Feng's leg and asked, "Is Master Yan's leg healed? The beasts in the hunting grounds are blind, and the mountains are high and the forests are dense. Master Yan must be careful. If he falls again or encounters an accident, it will only add to the injury and it will be terrible!"
Yan Feng's expression changed into a ferocious one: "Shut up!"
Yan Feng's wife was an extremely jealous woman. A while ago, the news of Yan Feng having a mistress surfaced. Young Master Yan's wife angrily took people to catch the adulterer. In the scuffle, Yan Feng was unlucky enough to be pushed to the ground and broke his leg, which made him a laughing stock in many families in the capital.
Zhou Hansheng poked at his sore spot right in front of him, how could he not be angry and embarrassed?
If he knew that it was Zhou Hansheng who sent someone to tell his wife that he had a mistress, he would probably be even more furious.
Zhou Hansheng laughed heartily: "Master Yan, I have good intentions!"
Yan Feng: "Pooh!"
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "Your Highness, your Highness means well, but honest advice is unpleasant to the ears, so naturally, people don't want to listen! I have always been like this before my father was exiled and after he returned to the capital. There is no difference. Young Master Yan, there is no need to be curious. However, if Young Master Yan is really interested in Lingnan, why not go and see it for yourself? Lingnan is indeed a wonderful place! My family lived there for several years, and you have to say, we really have some feelings for it."
Yan Feng seemed to be extremely humiliated. "What did you say? Are you cursing me?"
"Be polite!" Zhou Hansheng waved the whip in his hand fiercely. "There's nothing wrong with what my fiancée said. She was just making a suggestion. A curse? Ha! Is going to Lingnan a curse?"
Zhao Liya was stunned and pretended to be surprised. "Isn't Lingnan also part of the Qin Empire? Although not as prosperous as the capital, the local people are kind and honest. Is it that Master Yan despises Lingnan so much? Does he look down on that land?"
Yan Feng sneered and said disdainfully, "How can a remote and barbaric place be compared to the capital? Only lowly people would think that kind of place is good, because lowly people are worthy of such a place!"
Yan Feng and his group of noble young men all laughed wildly.
Zhou Hansheng whipped his whip at him swiftly, swift as a snake, and shouted in a deep voice, "The Emperor loves his people like his own children, and his kindness extends to all corners of the country. Even remote areas are still the land of the Great Qin, and the people there are still the people of the Great Qin! Lowly? How lowly? I don't know when Young Master Yan had such great ability to categorize the people of the Great Qin into different classes! What's the logic behind this? Please, Young Master Yan, explain this to me! Or, let's go to the Emperor and talk it over!"
Third Master Yan's expression changed, and he shouted angrily, "That's not what I meant! Stop talking nonsense!"
Zhou Hansheng pressed on: "Oh? What do you mean? Who are those lowly people you're talking about? If I don't explain it clearly today, don't blame me for being rude!"
Zhao Liya said slowly, "Third Master Yan is probably talking about our family? I've really offended him by standing in front of him! I'll go back and talk to my father about whether our family should give three feet when they see the nobles from Third Master Yan's family! As long as Master Yan says a word, we will definitely do it. After all, who would dare to provoke such a noble person as Third Master Yan?"
Yan Feng was so angry that he couldn't speak clearly: "You, you are just making nonsense and making unreasonable arguments!"
"Third Master Yan doesn't seem to have a very good memory. Did he forget everything he said in the blink of an eye? You may have forgotten, but we haven't!"
Zhou Hansheng sneered: "Who knows if he forgot or if he dared to do it but dared not take responsibility? Haha!"
This sarcastic "Haha!" is simply unbearable.
Yan Feng was furious, "You--" He wanted to curse, but fortunately he hadn't lost his mind yet. If he started cursing now, wouldn't he be handing the handle to the other party?
Zhou Hansheng pressed on: "What about us? Tell me! Bah! What's the point of daring to do something but not taking responsibility for it? You're a coward, a wimp!"
The Second Prince was already furious with Zhao Xiang, and seeing Zhao Liya made him even more furious. Then he saw that she and Zhou Hansheng were in perfect harmony, and it was obvious that they had a very good relationship. Thinking of Zhou Hansheng's identity, the raging fire quickly burned out his rationality.
When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
From childhood to adulthood, who dared to ridicule his people in front of him and bully his people to the point where they were unable to fight back?
The Second Prince sneered arrogantly, "So what? What does it matter if the Third Prince says so? What use is there for a barren, remote, and wild place like Lingnan to our Great Qin? It's nothing but a useless burden! If it's useful, it just gives our Great Qin an alternative place for exiles. Who would want such a shabby place? Are the barbaric and stupid people there worthy of being our Great Qin citizens? Ha! Pah! The barbarians there are nothing but lowly people!"
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