Chapter 60: Spring Hunting Day
The news that His Majesty punished the young prince for a child spread throughout the camps, big and small. The court officials expressed their sorrow and warned their own children not to be like the young prince.
No matter how cute the doll is, you cannot ask for it, and you cannot even touch it.
The hunting is about to begin, but the young master is the only one who cannot participate.
The ethereal sound of the horn rang out, echoing through the mountains and forests, and the passionate mountain drums beat rhythmically.
"That's the sound of the hunt starting." The young prince was hiding in the tent, crying. When he heard the horn, he raised his head and cried even louder, wailing like a spoiled child without any manners. "How shameful! This prince has lost all his face."
He didn't dare go out at all, for fear of seeing others looking at him as if he was laughing at him.
The young prince wiped away his tears, threw his treasured bow and arrows to the ground, and said angrily: "This prince will never come to hunt again. What's so great about it?"
“Damn it!”
"It's just a doll. This prince must hire the best craftsman to make a more perfect one..."
The young master paused, and suddenly he remembered the doll's strange smile. He shuddered and cried even louder, no longer talking about making a more perfect doll.
There was no one around him to comfort him, and the attendants all avoided his ears to hear his sobs.
Suddenly, the young master stopped wiping his tears and clenched his fingers into fists. A sharp pain cramped in his stomach, and his face changed slightly. "Outhouse! Someone, um~, quickly take this young master to the outhouse!"
He can’t hold it in any longer!!!
There was a period of chaos and disorder.
Shen Tingyu estimated the time. The laxative she secretly took should have taken effect by now. It was a pity that she couldn't see the young master's embarrassed figure with her own eyes.
The feeling of being swallowed by darkness is not pleasant. Although the young master is just a child, she is also a rag doll. Shen Tingyu raised her head slightly.
She's not someone to be trifled with! She needs to be taught a lesson.
Hunting is a grand event, and everyone wants to show up and be the center of attention.
The hunting ground is divided into the plain area, the outer area and the inner area. The plain area is the hunting game area for young children. The venue is on the plain at the foot of the mountain. The venue is not large and there are not many dangers. There are guards watching the beloved daughters and sons of these ministers.
The outer area is mostly for small animals. Although there is no explicit regulation, the outer area is usually the riding and shooting hunting area for female relatives. Occasionally, female relatives who are good at riding and shooting dare to break into the inner area, and some civil officials who are not good at riding and shooting dare not go deep and stay in the outer area.
Shen Tingyu sat in the brocade bag, with a small head exposed openly, looking at the crowd of young men and women riding horses with envy. Their neat riding clothes and surging youthful atmosphere made them particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
She also wants to ride horses and do archery!
Mission! Mission! When will the mission be completed?
The Regent and Luo Hun stood shoulder to shoulder, looking at each other with smiles, one smile more fox-like than the other.
Xin Hongying rode through the crowd with a solemn expression. Everyone made way for him wherever he passed. He said in a cold voice, "Let's go!"
After saying that, he was the first to rush out on horseback. The black horse raised its snow-white hooves and headed towards the inner circle, leaving everyone far behind. Only Gao Tang followed closely behind him.
Red flags are planted within the inner area of Luxu Mountain, marking the inner boundary.
Xin Hongying pulled the reins and walked slowly. The sound of hooves became fainter after stepping on the ground. His cold eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with a sharp light.
He placed his fingers on the arrow feathers and said to Shen Tingyu in a low voice, “We’re here.”
"Look, there's a wild boar, Your Majesty, come on!"
Shen Tingyu patted the brocade bag, and was more excited to see the prey than Xin Hongying saw the prey.
Xin Hongying smiled lightly, quickly picked up the arrow feathers, half-closed his eyes, bent the bow and shot the arrow at the wild boar. He had already seen it, but he just didn't want to see Shen Tingyu's lost expression.
Swoosh! An arrow hits the target.
In order to let Shen Tingyu experience the fun of hunting, Xin Hongying deliberately stayed away from the crowd and walked towards an area with fewer prey.
A gray-white mountain rabbit ran out. Xin Hongying put down the arrow and said softly, "Now is the time to try out the sleeve needle I gave the fairy."
Shen Tingyu was puzzled: "Can a small sleeve needle really shoot such a long distance?"
Xin Hongying said firmly: "It will be OK after the craftsmen modify it. Fairy, try it and feel it."
Awesome, she can hunt too!
Shen Tingyu was pleasantly surprised and nodded. She rolled up her sleeves, revealing the sleeve needle on her arm. She narrowed her eyes and shot at the mountain rabbit that was grazing without knowing it.
The sleeve needle was silent and fast. A beam of light shot out and quickly pierced into the mountain rabbit's body.
The mountain rabbit screamed in pain and ran away to a place it thought was safe.
The silver needle couldn't even stun a rabbit. Shen Tingyu felt a little disappointed, but he found that the mountain rabbit ran a distance, suddenly hit its head against a tree, and fainted.
Shen Tingyu was stunned, and his raised arm froze. It must have knocked itself unconscious!
Xin Hongying remained calm and said, "The sleeve needle can knock out an adult man within a quarter of an hour. I'll try it again when I encounter the right prey..."
Shen Tingyu was about to speak.
"Greetings! Your Majesty!"
There were bursts of horse hoof sounds behind him, Shen Tingyu quickly hid the sleeve needle back into his sleeve, and sat down in the brocade bag again.
Xin Hongying was stunned. He was already in a remote area of the hunting ground, so there shouldn't be any people there.
He turned his head and saw two people slowly approaching, one in front and one behind. They were Luo Hun and Yafu. Xin Hongying raised his eyebrows slightly. These two people have always been at odds with each other. How come they suddenly changed their ways and went riding together to hunt?
Luo Hun laughed long and hearty, his smile approaching. He rode closer and glanced down at the prey Xin Hongying had hunted. A triumphant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Your Majesty's luck is not very good today!"
Xin Hongying did not answer him immediately, but looked behind him, looked at his father-in-law with a gloomy face, and finally looked at the prey he had hunted.
"Your Majesty, I am honored to meet you." The Regent sat upright on his horse with his lips tightly pursed.
His fingers holding the reins trembled slightly, and the expression on his face was very ugly. It was not fear of the beast, nor was it the inability to hunt prey. It was as if he was so angry that he let out a ball of black air, and all the black air rushed to his face.
Xin Hongying guessed it right away. The two of them must have started fighting again, and the senior brother had the upper hand, even making the father-in-law so angry that he couldn't keep a straight face.
His eyebrows arched slightly, and he secretly curled his lips: "My father's luck is even worse than mine. It's really disappointing!"
Luo Hun couldn't hold back the smile on his face and laughed out loud, "The hunting time is almost over, and we only managed to hunt a small pheasant. Would you like me to give the Regent some prey so that you don't look too embarrassed?"
“No need!”
The Regent snorted coldly, hinting, "General Luo is like a dog-skin plaster. Shamelessly trying to win first place, he actually took all the prey I had my eye on."
"Your face is thicker than the border wall. I have nothing to say."
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