Prince Shen's horse stumbled and swayed behind Xiao Zhan, its hooves barely touching the ground.
The horse had never run in such conditions before, and it struggled to pull its legs out of the deep snow.
He bumped into a large tree next to him, and the snow on the tree fell onto Prince Shen's head, covering his entire body.
He was almost knocked unconscious by the snow, and wiped the snow off his face with one hand.
He patted the horse's rump and said, "Look at them, they walk as if on flat ground. And look at you. You're both Akhal-Teke horses, how come you're so much worse than them? Keep your limbs steady and hurry up."
"I still need to hunt foxes for my queen!"
The horse neighed a few times, as if it understood Prince Shen's words, and continued forward.
Although it can't compare to Xiao Zhan's horse, it's much better than before.
Prince Shen praised the horse a few times, and after a while, the horse was able to get used to it and slowly start running again.
Before he could run a few steps, and before Prince Shen could even feel smug, his horse stepped into a deep pit that reached his knees, throwing him off.
Prince Shen spun around in the air and lay down on the snow with a cry of "Ouch!"
Xiao Zhan hurriedly rode back, "Is Uncle alright?"
Prince Shen lay on the snow, watching the sunlight filtering through the trees.
To survive in such an environment and repel the enemy is no easy feat.
Prince Shen stood up and brushed the snow off his clothes. "It's nothing."
When he looked up, he realized that Xiao Zhan had already hunted his prey while he was still taming the horse.
She was also holding two little rabbits, which looked like they had just been born, tiny and very cute.
The momentary pity that Prince Shen felt just now vanished instantly. "Let my royal uncle see these two little rabbits," he said, his expression still showing some disdain.
It's as if it's saying, "How could you bring yourself to handle such a small rabbit?"
Prince Shen took the rabbits from Xiao Zhan's hands and, almost without pausing, examined them for any injuries.
“Hmm, very good.” Prince Shen nodded. “Xiao Mi Zi, take these two little rabbits to the Princess and say that I caught them for her to play with.”
After saying that, Prince Shen gave Xiao Zhan a stern look and said, "You catch it again yourself."
Xiao Mi glanced at Xiao Zhan, then carefully picked up the little rabbit and ran away.
Prince Shen then abandoned his horse, picked up his sword, cut a wooden stick to make a walking stick, and began to walk uphill.
"Give me your aunt's fox pelt, and you'd better hunt one for me too." Prince Shen walked up on three legs.
Xiao Zhan: "…………"
He mounted his horse and tossed the gray rabbit hanging from the saddle in front of Prince Shen, saying, "My uncle is old, so I should take care of him."
This infuriated Prince Shen. He raised his wooden stick and pointed it at Xiao Zhan's already departing figure, saying, "How dare you speak like that?"
Xiao Zhan noticed some mushrooms growing on the withered tree trunks that hadn't been covered by the heavy snow. He dismounted and picked them all up, putting them into a cloth bag.
He also found several ginseng plants nearby, which had been growing for at least ten years. He dug them out and put them in another cloth bag, intending to use them to make chicken soup for Jiang Wei.
Xiao Zhan took out two fresh ginseng roots from his cloth bag and put them into the bag containing mushrooms. He planned to personally catch a chicken and stew the ginseng roots when he got back to nourish Jiang Wei.
He handed the remaining ginseng to Xin Si, saying, "Keep it safe for me. If you lose it, you will be punished."
Princess Shen looked at the two adorable little rabbits and said, "They really were a gift from the Prince."
"Yes, the Prince said that the Princess cherishes small animals and would not want them to suffer from the cold, so he asked me to bring them back to the Princess to raise, so that the Princess can also relieve her boredom."
The two little white rabbits started to become more active in this warm house.
They hopped and skipped around looking for food, stopping in front of something to sniff it, their mouths moving as they went – so adorable!
Princess Shen and Jiang Wei looked at the two little rabbits with delight, their lively expressions filled with affection.
“They must be hungry on such a snowy day,” Princess Shen said with a smile.
Jiang Wei nodded in agreement.
"Little rabbit, what do you want to eat?"
Jiang Wei thought for a moment, "They should like to eat carrots, cabbage, and leafy greens!"
Princess Shen smiled happily, showing how much she liked it.
"Let's go to the yard and see what vegetables the rabbits can eat." The two got up and walked outside.
Jiang Wei and Princess Shen each held a small rabbit, standing in the courtyard waiting for Xiaomizi and the others to dig out the vegetables buried under the snow.
The first thing I dug out was garlic sprouts. They had been buried for so long, but they were still alive and growing quite well.
After digging for a while, Xiaomizi and the others finally dug out a big cabbage.
Xiao Mizi, carrying the cabbage, followed Princess Shen and the others back to the house.
The two of them brought some cabbage to feed the little rabbit. The little rabbit's mouth moved as it ate the cabbage, it was so cute.
The sound of hooves drew near, and Xiao Zhan's saddle was laden with his hunted prey.
Prince Shen followed him angrily, though he also had prey, two white foxes.
But he was very angry. Xiao Zhan clearly had so many prey, what was wrong with giving him a few more?
They took it back, but that wasn't all; they ate and enjoyed it.
If you give him two foxes, wouldn't anyone have second thoughts?
Princess Consort Shen got up and went to the door to greet Prince Shen, "Your Highness is back."
Jiang Wei followed behind Princess Shen, secretly glancing at Xiao Zhan. Seeing his impressive haul, she thought to herself, 'As expected of the War King of Great Xiao, he's hunted so many prey in such a short time. And Xin Si's horse behind him even has a sika deer.'
Xiao Zhan dismounted and handed the things to Xin Si, instructing him to clean up the game and roast some of the mushrooms and sika deer.
Xiao Zhan mainly wanted to tell them that he would personally use this chicken to make a soup later.
Seeing Xiao Zhan still proudly displaying his prey, Prince Shen was furious. He wanted to provoke him too. "Your Highness, I'm cold," he said, stretching his hand out to his wife, looking pitiful.
Princess Consort Shen quickly covered Prince Shen's hands with her own, "Oh dear, it's so cold. Didn't you know to come back sooner? It's so cold. Come inside and soak your hands in hot water."
No royal nobles had ever suffered such hardship, and Princess Shen was heartbroken.
Prince Shen gave Xiao Zhan a provocative look, as if to say, 'Look at me, I have a wife who dotes on me, you don't.'
Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhan's casual remark caused Prince Shen to pull his hand away from the Princess's and go into the room on his own.
"My wife is meant to be cherished; I can't bear to see her suffer even the slightest bit of cold."
Prince Shen instantly snapped out of the pleasure of having a wife who doted on him.
He was very angry. Wasn't he a man who cared about his wife?
Jiang Wei stood aside as if she were learning to hide, not daring to utter a single word.
Princess Consort Shen smiled and said, "Feeling sorry for someone is mutual. The Prince is so good to me, so I will naturally feel sorry for him willingly."
Upon entering the room, Prince Shen heard these words…
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