Half an hour later, the Prince of Fan State and others were seen slowly coming out of the dense forest. They all returned with a full load, with a lot of prey hanging on their horses' backs.
The Crown Prince of Fan was riding his horse in the front, and one step behind him was the Fourth Prince Xie Jin.
The third princess, fifth prince and sixth prince of Rong State, as well as the sixth prince of Li State, Xie Min, all followed them.
"Your Highness, they are coming out."
When she raised her eyes, Lu Xiaoxiao immediately saw several people coming from a distance. With the cover of her wide sleeves, she quietly let go of Xie Xi's hand, stood straight, and moved behind Xie Xi unnoticed.
Xie Xi noticed her little action and frowned slightly: "..."
But considering that they were all in the hunting ground and there were outsiders around, Xie Xi pursed his lips, rubbed his fingertips, glanced at Lu Xiaoxiao, and finally said nothing.
With a whoosh, the Prince of Fan tightened the reins and stopped the horse in front of Xie Xi, pretending to be angry: "Prince Xi, I'm working hard in the forest hunting, and you're hiding outside with your beautiful lady!"
"Prince Xi is so unkind!"
Lu Xiaoxiao: “…”
[Ah, could it be that the Crown Prince of Fan is really angry and wants to settle accounts with Your Highness? ]
Lu Xiaoxiao subconsciously stole a glance at Xie Xi and was caught off guard by his gentle gaze.
Then, she felt her palm being gently scratched, causing a slight itch.
Lu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and she was a little confused: [Your Highness, are you trying to comfort me? Telling me not to worry? ]
"Prince Yu, you have worked hard."
Xie Xi smiled gently, and said calmly: "I will ask the imperial guards to roast all the prey later, so that Prince Yu can eat more."
Hearing this, the Prince of Fan looked at him in disbelief and took a deep breath, "You clearly know that this is not what I meant!"
"Oh?"
Xie Xi said thoughtfully, "I didn't think it through yesterday. I should have asked Prince Yu to bring his family along for the hunt."
Prince Fan was speechless.
He did not bring his wives and concubines with him when he came to the Kingdom of Li this time, so where did his family come from?
Xie Jin, who was standing at the other side, had a dark look in his eyes and said meaningfully, "I didn't expect that Second Brother and Prince Yu would get along so well. I can't help but feel envious. Now that I think about it, Second Brother hasn't invited me to his house to drink with him for a long time."
"Is Second Brother going to become estranged from me?"
[The Fourth Prince is really shameless, he has done a lot of bad things, and he is also very skilled at putting the blame on others. When he needs His Highness, he calls him Second Prince, and when he wants to kill His Highness, he shows no mercy.]
Lu Xiaoxiao had never seen such a shameless person!
[This Fourth Prince is really good at pretending. What a pity, His Highness will no longer believe his words! ]
[I don't know how His Highness will deal with the Fourth Prince's weirdness. ]
Unexpectedly, the Fourth Prince of Li would say such a thing. The Crown Prince of Fan was also surprised. He had not yet forgotten the scene in the dense forest before.
Prince Xi’s younger brother is truly not a simple person!
Prince Fan touched his chin, looking eager to see what the show would bring, as if he wanted to know how Prince Xi would answer.
Xie Xi seemed not to notice, his handsome face still showing a gentle smile. He raised his eyes, his indifferent gaze fell on Xie Jin, and his tone was calm: "Earlier, I wanted to send someone to the Fourth Prince's Mansion to invite the Fourth Prince to sit in Zui Xiang Tower, but unexpectedly, the Fourth Prince was busy with affairs and refused to let the person I sent in..."
"If it weren't for my fourth brother suddenly mentioning this today, I would have almost forgotten it."
This actually happened before.
However, Xie Xi sent someone over only after he found out that the fourth prince was not at home.
However, Xie Jin had no idea.
Hearing his second brother say it himself, Xie Jin's face turned a little ugly, as if what he had just said seemed more like a joke.
Xie Jin frowned, anger flashing in his eyes, "How could the concierge do this? He didn't even inform me when my second brother sent someone to look for him!"
"Second brother, don't worry. After I return to the palace and investigate thoroughly, I will definitely kick out the doorman who is not doing his job properly!"
Xie Xi hummed, and slowly said, "Fourth brother should have done this a long time ago. After all, as a master, how can you let your subordinates do whatever they want?"
"Second brother is right."
Xie Jin was furious and was scolded for no reason, but he had to endure it.
[Hahahaha, the Fourth Prince is going to be so angry, isn't this just shooting himself in the foot? ]
[I didn't expect that His Highness is even smarter than I thought! ]
[However, Your Highness is also quite treacherous. I'm sure that in front of the Crown Prince of Fan, the Fourth Prince will not think of causing trouble for Your Highness, right? ]
Xie Xi pursed his lips, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
Someone was laughing so loudly in his heart that his ears started to itch.
She was so happy to hear him scolding the Fourth Prince?
Thinking of this, Xie Xi curled the corners of his lips and smiled silently.
fleeting.
After a moment he regained his composure.
Upon seeing this, the Crown Prince of Fan tried to smooth things over, "Prince Xi, Prince Jin, it's a rare opportunity for us to go out hunting today, so let's not talk about unhappy things. I caught quite a few prey this time, why don't we have someone roast some of them first?"
A luxurious-looking manor was also built inside the hunting ground.
However, the manor is quite far from the dense forest, and usually it is used for the imperial guards to rest. There are also three cooks in the manor, and they were originally responsible for cooking for the imperial guards guarding the hunting ground.
"Prince Yu, this princess has also caught a lot of rabbits!"
The third princess of Rong State, Rong Qianluo, who was parked not far away, heard this and urged her horse to come over. She raised her hand, swung the dead rabbit in the air, and said with a smile: "My best skill is roasting rabbit!"
Rong Qianxu, who was following behind her, grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Third sister, you are so cruel. You actually have the heart to roast a rabbit!"
"..."
The corners of Lu Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched, and she inexplicably thought of a sentence: Rabbits are so cute, how can you bear to eat them?
Rong Qianluo, who had sharp ears:?
Rong Qianluo snorted coldly: "Sixth brother, if you have the guts, don't eat it later!"
Rong Qianxu didn't dare to refute for a moment.
Even though his third sister has a bad temper and likes to tease him all day long, her skill in roasting rabbits is really pretty good?
He ate a lot of it when he was in Rong State!
Seeing the Third Princess dismount, Rong Qianxu also hurriedly got off the horse, walked quickly to the side of his Third Princess, and said with a smile: "Third Princess, let me help you."
Rong Qianming, who was one step behind, couldn't help but roll his eyes.
He knows how to be attentive.
-
Xie Xi sent someone to the farm to call the three cooks over.
Several of them were good archers and caught a lot of prey, mostly rabbits, pheasants, and even a wild boar weighing more than 200 pounds.
It was Rong Qianming who killed the wild boar with one arrow. It was really amazing.
After getting everyone's consent, Xie Xi decided to roast them all and give half to the imperial guards on duty here, so that the three cooks would not have to go back to the manor to cook another meal.
One of the cooks built a fire, while the other two cooks and several imperial guards squatted together to process the prey, waiting to clean it before grilling it.
Prince Fan looked around and didn't see his seventh sister. He frowned, raised his eyes and looked at Prince Xi, and asked in a puzzled tone: "Prince Xi has been here just now, have you seen my seventh sister?"
"After coming out of the dense forest, I have not seen her figure, and I don't know where she is hiding..."
Speaking of this, Prince Fan was a little worried.
Although they were all in the hunting ground and were guarded by the imperial guards, nothing would happen to the Seventh Princess for sure, but he still couldn't help but worry.
Hearing this, Xie Xi stopped talking to Lu Xiaoxiao in a low voice, turned around, and said to the Crown Prince of Fan State, "Prince Yu, don't worry. If I'm not mistaken, the Seventh Princess is practicing archery with my Fifth Brother on the other side of the training ground."
"Practicing archery in the training ground?"
The Prince of Fan almost thought he had heard it wrong.
The Seventh Princess is indeed not good at riding a horse, but her archery skills are not bad. Why does she need to practice more?
Moreover, he was with the fifth prince of Li Kingdom! ? ?
No wonder he hadn't seen the Fifth Prince of Duli in the dense forest before. It turned out that he had stayed outside and kidnapped his Seventh Princess! !
"I don't know where the training ground is. Please lead the way, Prince Xi."
The Prince of Fan said.
He wanted to go over and see if his Seventh Princess really had a crush on the Fifth Prince. Otherwise, there was no way that she would run away with Prince Yue so easily.
"it is good."
Xie Xi nodded slightly. He pinched Lu Xiaoxiao's fingers calmly and asked gently, "Xiaoxiao, do you want to come with us?"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Xiaoxiao nodded: "Let's go together."
She didn't want to stay here and look at the Fourth Prince's dark face!
I didn't expect that the Fourth Prince was so eloquent. He made the Third Princess of Rong laugh so hard. I don't know what's so funny!
The two princes of Rong State were watching right beside us, but they didn't even protect us!
"Let's go then."
Xie Xi raised his hand and stroked her slightly messy hair, then naturally took Lu Xiaoxiao's hand and led her forward.
The Prince of Fan State, who was following behind, almost laughed out loud when he saw the two men holding hands tightly.
He really didn't expect that Prince Xi would be so clingy!
Sensing the gaze behind her, Lu Xiaoxiao felt a little uncomfortable, her porcelain-white cheeks flushed. She tilted her eyes and looked straight at Xie Xi. She opened her mouth and said silently: Your Highness, the Prince of Fan is still watching!
Xie Xi smiled and hummed softly, but still held her hand tightly.
Lu Xiaoxiao: “…”
-
Soon, the three of them arrived at the training ground.
At this time, there were still many imperial guards practicing martial arts with swords on the training ground, and many weapons were placed on rows of iron racks.
There were more than a dozen archery targets standing on the open space not far ahead.
The Seventh Princess of Fan State and Xie Yue were standing over there.
They both drew their bows at the same time and shot arrows at the target at the same time.
Look, Prince Yue’s arrow hit the center of the bull’s eye, and the arrow shot by his seventh sister fell perfectly under the target.
The Prince of Fan State was stunned: ???
Is this really his seventh sister who always hits the bull's eye whenever she shoots an arrow?
Lu Xiaoxiao had a complicated expression.
[Is the Seventh Princess of Fan State trying to get the Fifth Prince to teach her archery, and is she deliberately hiding her abilities? ]
[However, the Seventh Princess of Fan State acted quite realistically. Look how seriously the Fifth Prince taught her! ]
Xie Xi reacted instantly. He didn't expect that the Seventh Princess of Fan State really fell in love with his Fifth Brother.
It seems that my father will definitely agree to the marriage between the two countries.
Xie Xi: "Prince Yu, did you see it?"
Prince Fan sighed softly and shook his head helplessly: "Seventh Imperial Sister has really grown up and has her own ideas."
Xie Xi smiled and said, "My fifth prince has a good character. What's more, he has no wives or concubines in his house, not even a concubine."
"Prince Yu can consider it."
After a slight pause, Xie Xi continued, "I will discuss this matter with my father after I enter the palace, and I will give Crown Prince Yu a reply as soon as possible."
Prince Fan thought about it for a moment and thought it was feasible, so he nodded and said, "Thank you, Prince Xi. I'll leave this matter to Prince Xi."
"it is good."
Xie Xi nodded.
Lu Xiaoxiao stood by and listened attentively. Seeing that the Crown Prince of Fan had already raised his foot and walked towards the Seventh Princess of Fan, she couldn't help but pull Xie Xi's sleeve, tiptoed, and whispered in his ear: "What did you just talk about with the Crown Prince of Fan about the marriage between the two countries?"
Xie Xi raised his eyebrows, with a faint smile in his eyes, "You also know about this?"
"uh-huh."
Lu Xiaoxiao nodded and answered very frankly: "I know everything about His Highness!"
Xie Xi: "Then you are right. Fan State does have plans to form an alliance with Li State, and the Seventh Princess came here to form an alliance."
"What about Rongguo?"
Lu Xiaoxiao said.
Xie Xi: "Rong State has no such intention, nor does it need to form an alliance with Li State."
Lu Xiaoxiao said thoughtfully: "But the fourth prince wants to take advantage of the third princess of Rong country."
So that’s it?
Xie Xi said nonchalantly: "He won't get what he wants, and the emperor won't agree to it either."
My father would not be so foolish as to allow a wolf who always wants to get to the top to get any help.
……
the other side.
Seeing her brother the Crown Prince suddenly approaching, the Seventh Princess of Fan State put down her bow and arrow and exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Crown Prince, how did you know I was here?"
Xie Yue, who was standing nearby, nodded and said, "Prince Yu is here, do you want to give it a try?"
As he spoke, Xie Yue handed over the bow and arrow in his hand.
Prince Fan lowered his head and looked at her, then shook his head and declined, "No need for that. I just wanted to come over and see how my Seventh Sister is doing with her archery skills."
When he said the last sentence, Prince Fan smiled and looked at his seventh sister meaningfully.
Xie Yue:?
I feel like something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on what it is.
The Seventh Princess of Fan State blushed instantly. She turned away guiltily and said hesitantly, "It's OK. This archery technique is not difficult. Brother Crown Prince, I will be able to learn it soon!"
The Crown Prince of Fan smiled and praised: "That's good, the Seventh Princess has a good understanding, and Prince Yue has taught her very well."
Hearing this, Xie Yue quickly said, "It's all because of the Seventh Princess's intelligence."
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