Chapter 149 Choice
The heavy snow last winter fertilized the land, and the Baishan hunting grounds were now lush with vegetation, and the forests were full of birds and animals.
There are usually small prey on the outskirts. The vegetation is more lush on the south side of the hunting ground, and bigger prey is deep in the forest. The other princes have already gone to the south where wild animals are more active.
Li Jifeng rode his horse and followed beside him. "Just hunt a few wild rabbits for show. I have asked people to prepare the prey. When the time comes, we can say that we hunted them ourselves."
Xie Tingzhou turned a deaf ear to it, and when he turned around he saw Chen Yu frowning.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Yu held the reins and covered her stomach with one hand, "My stomach feels a little uncomfortable."
"Yes..." Xie Tingzhou stopped talking. There were too many people here, so he didn't feel comfortable continuing.
Chen Yu understood immediately that he was referring to those days of the month at his daughter's home.
So I explained, "No, the milk is a little cold this morning, but it's okay, let's keep going."
Li Jifeng rubbed his stomach and turned around and said, "I think I have the same problem. I had a stomachache."
The group continued to move forward. Occasionally, wild rabbits and foxes would be frightened and run away. Li Jifeng squinted one eye and before he could aim the arrow, the prey would be shot and fall to the ground.
Then the guards came back with the prey and praised him, "Your Highness is a great archer!"
Li Jifeng calmly collected the arrow that had not yet been shot, cleared his throat and said, "Okay, okay, next time I will shoot it directly in the eye."
Xie Tingzhou couldn't help laughing, and glanced at Chen Yu again, only to see that her face was getting paler and paler.
Xie Tingzhou reined in his horse, "If you feel unwell, go back and stop hunting."
Shen Yu leaned closer awkwardly and whispered to him.
Xie Tingzhou nodded and said, "Go ahead, but don't go too far."
Seeing Chen Yu turn his horse around and go to the other side, Li Jifeng asked, "Where is he going?"
Xie Tingzhou spat out two words, "Go to the toilet."
"That's great." Li Jifeng said, "I also want to go to the toilet. I'll go and keep him company."
As soon as Li Jifeng moved, he suddenly felt his neck tighten and was entangled by Xie Tingzhou's whip.
"Ahem—what are you doing?" Li Jifeng asked, pulling off the whip.
"You want a companion when you go to the bathroom? How about I accompany you?"
Li Jifeng chased
He smiled and declined politely, "You and I don't have to be so polite, brother. I'd better go by myself. I'm afraid you'll chop my butt with a knife."
Li Jifeng went to the other side.
Xie Tingzhou ordered: "Go and get four people to follow him."
Li Jifeng turned around and said, "I need to go to the toilet!"
"Just right." Xie Tingzhou said, "Block the wind for you from all sides."
There are wild animals everywhere in the forest, and the main concern is that you may encounter danger.
Li Jifeng came in with Xie Tingzhou, so he must get out of the forest safely with him, otherwise the crime of murdering the prince with the intention of treason will be put on Xie Tingzhou, and Beilin will be unable to do anything about it.
Li Jifeng was not very comfortable with defecation, so since he was three years old, he no longer needed the company of eunuchs when he went to the toilet.
Now there are guards on all sides, even though they have their backs to him, it's like he's performing a shit show in public.
Li Jifeng pulled up his pants and went back, took a look and said, "Why hasn't Shi Yu come back yet? Did he faint?"
Xie Tingzhou glanced at him, and Li Jifeng immediately said, "Go and have a look."
"Wait." Xie Tingzhou said, "I'll go."
Xie Tingzhou shouted the name and searched for nearly a hundred meters, but apart from the birds being scared away, he didn't hear any response.
Instead, Li Jifeng was attracted by the sound echoing in the mountains and forests.
Xie Tingzhou was squatting on the ground to check. There were traces of people being trampled on the moss. He jumped on his horse and said seriously, "There are no traces of fighting."
Li Jifeng replied: "There is no trace of feces either."
The royal guards: “…” Your Highness’s poem is well-matched.
Xie Tingzhou blew a whistle, and the Saker Falcon cried out in the air, but the forest was too dense and it was difficult for it to come down.
Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from the other side of the woods, coming from near and then getting farther away.
Xie Tingzhou's face changed, he whipped his horsewhip and rushed out.
The forest was dense, with branches sticking out from everywhere, and if you weren't careful you'd easily get scratches on your cheeks, leaving bleeding marks.
Li Jifeng rode his horse hard behind him, panting, and said, "Don't chase me, don't chase me. I told you there's no shit left, but you're so smart and you don't understand."
Xie Tingzhou reined in his horse suddenly, raising the horse's hooves high, leaving two deep hoof prints when it landed.
Mr. Li Jifeng
Finally, I caught up with him. "Now you understand. He said he had a stomachache, but he didn't go to the toilet at all. I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, go back and watch."
The nonchalant remark at the end just conceals his intelligence, and he is still the useless person who only knows how to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.
Xie Tingzhou frowned, "She deliberately led me to the north."
Li Jifeng said: "Then are you going or not? My group of cannibalistic brothers are all in the south. The north is safer. Your guard is really worried about you."
Xie Tingzhou was silent for a while.
South or North? Going south means taking the risk of joining the war, while going north means staying safe.
She used herself to make him choose.
Xie Tingzhou's jaw was tense. He could still go south. From today on, he was Li Jifeng's knife, and he and Li Jifeng were tied to the same rope.
Walking on the edge of a knife is for freedom, and failure will lead to death. But once Li Jifeng succeeds to the throne, he can take her back to Beilin.
Although there are no jackals in human skins in the north, there are real tigers and leopards in the dense forests.
"Pah——"
The whip hit the horse's buttocks.
After all, he was worried about her being alone, so Xie Tingzhou chased after her towards the north.
The heavy sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, and the birds circling in the sky fell back to the treetops.
A nimble figure slid down from the tree and landed lightly on the ground.
Chen Yu turned around and looked towards the north, unable to hide the reluctance in her eyes.
He was originally the free and easy Prince of Beilin and the future King of Beilin, but he was summoned to the capital because of the Yanliang Pass case.
Last night before she went to bed, she asked him what he was planning, and he said he just wanted to take her back to Beilin.
She had no way to repay his deep affection for her, and she didn't want to put him in more danger.
After a moment, Chen Yu's eyes gradually became firm, and then she ran away in the opposite direction without looking back.
She didn't want to hide under his wing, she wanted to be on par with him.
① Is not China's position in the sea like a grain of rice in Taicang? From "Autumn Water" in Zhuangzi.
Translation: China is within the four seas (the ancients believed that China was surrounded by seas), isn't it just like a tiny grain of rice in a big warehouse?
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