The prince is no longer a man

In the dense green grass, Sheng Yuan squatted down, holding his breath, and slowly but powerfully drew the bowstring.

Not far in front of him, a fluffy and snow-white tail was exposed in the grass, and it was swinging slightly.

Since entering the paddock, Sheng Yuan has been looking for traces of Yinxuehu, the bowstring in his hand has been drawn to the fullest, the arrow is on the string, Sheng Yuan saw the timing, and with a swoosh, the arrow shot straight out.

But he squatted for too long, and he suddenly relaxed, and suddenly felt a sting of being pricked by a needle in his leg, and staggered under his feet. When Yinxue Fox heard the movement, he raised his tail vigilantly, and the grass swayed for a while.

Just as Yinxuehu was about to escape, an arrow shot from behind, so fast that Sheng Yuan seemed to be able to hear the sound of the arrow piercing through the wind, and it sank firmly into the grass.

He only heard the Yinxue fox squeak in the grass, Sheng Yuan stood up abruptly, and looked forward hastily, there was an arrow engraved with the dragon claw logo on Yinxuehu's body.

The dragon claw logo on the arrow is self-evident, Sheng Yuan turned around and saw Duan Jingxun walking slowly with his hands up and down.

"Prince." Seeing the person coming, Sheng Yuan lowered his head, feeling even more annoyed at this missed opportunity.

Duan Jingxun responded, and when he was about to continue walking in to find Pei Rong, Sheng Yuan's face tightened, and he said quickly: "Prince, I have something to say to Prince."

Duan Jingxun turned his head, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"

"This silver snow fox..."

Sheng Yuan struggled for a while, and finally said cheekily: "I dare to ask the prince for this thing."

"You want this silver snow fox? What are you doing?" Duan Jingxun asked.

"I have an agreement with...one person. I will hunt down the silver snow fox and give it to him. I have guarded here for a long time. The prince's archery skills are superb. I am not as skilled as others, but I don't want to break the appointment, so I can only speak to the prince. .”

Sheng Yuan didn't intend to hide Pei Rong's name at first, but he remembered that Duan Jingxun had lied to him about Pei Rong's absence when he was listening to Xuege last time, so he subconsciously changed his words.

Hearing the pause in Sheng Yuan's words, Duan Jingxun thought for a while and asked, "Who is that person?"

Sheng Yuan could only say: "It's... a friend."

Duan Jingxun couldn't tell what Sheng Yuan was thinking, he came to Pei Rong several times and said nothing, now he still wanted to take Yinxuehu whom he had beaten.

Besides, Pei Rong has always liked this kind of fluffy and beautiful things, Sheng Yuan's friend, besides Pei Rong, who else can be.

Duan Jingxun showed a half-smile expression on his face, and said two words coldly: "No."

"Prince..." Sheng Yuan didn't give up, and wanted to fight again.

Duan Jingxun looked over coldly and said, "If you want to give it to Pei Rong, I will do it myself. Why should you give it to him?"

"But as far as I know, the prince and Pei Rong's friendship is not to the point where you can send Yinxuehu, right?"

Sheng Yuan's words answered Duan Jingxun's conjecture, but the expression on his face seemed to be somewhat displeased no matter how you looked at it.

When Duan Jingxun heard the words, coldness appeared in his eyes, "As far as you know, how much do you know?"

"Furthermore, what does my friendship with Pei Rong have to do with you?"

Soon it was Shen Shi, and it was time to go back to the palace in half an hour. Most of the officials had already turned back to the resting camp, but Duan Jingxun couldn't find Pei Rong, wondering if he was going to be lazy and go back to rest, so he walked back without hesitation , thinking that seeing Pei Rong in a while, she must settle accounts with him properly.

In the camp, the eunuch who sent the message was telling the emperor about today's prey one by one. Hearing that this year's spring hunting was good, the emperor laughed with satisfaction.

Then the eunuch reported the prey Duan Jingxun got, the amount was so large that the emperor was overjoyed, Duan Jingxun didn't change his face when he heard the words, he waited quietly, but looked into the distance from time to time, Pei Rong hadn't come back yet.

At this moment, the guards in the palace had packed everything up. The emperor frowned after hearing the rumor that the eunuch had finished speaking, and asked, "What about Rong Shizi and Huo Qin, why didn't you report it?"

The eunuch bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Report to the emperor, the person in charge of cleaning up did not find the bows and arrows left by Rong Shizi and Huo Qin."

When Duan Jingxun heard this, a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and he was very restless.

The emperor's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he looked around, but he didn't find the figures of the two, and shouted: "Where are they?"

The emperor was angry, and the guards immediately re-entered the paddock to search, but they found nothing but a horse and a strange dagger left by Huo Qin in the depths.

"Show me the dagger." Duan Jingxun suppressed the restlessness in his heart and said in a deep voice.

With just one glance, Duan Jingxun recognized that it was Pei Rong's dagger. On the first day he went to Dongyuan, he had seen it on Pei Rong's body.

"Father, this is Rong Shizi's dagger!"

The daggers were dropped and the horses were abandoned, all pointing to some kind of bad omen.

The prince and Lord Hou disappeared in the royal enclosure, the emperor was furious, and immediately ordered people to find Pei Rong and Huo Qin.

Duan Jingxun took a step forward, and when he was about to take the initiative to invite Ying, he suddenly noticed that the queen beside him was looking at her with her usual smile.

This is a perfect smile that cannot be picked out, but in Duan Jingxun's eyes, there are only hypocrisy and calculations, which makes people feel sick.

Duan Jingxun could clearly see from the queen's eyes that she was waiting and watching, to see if he would choose to save people or endure in this situation.

The empress has not had a son or a daughter for decades, and the middle palace has no children, which is a big mistake.

Duan Jingxun knew that she was just a chess piece for the empress to stabilize her position, and she chose herself who was born by a lowly palace girl, not others.

Because in this seemingly desirable imperial palace, Duan Jingxun, who was once weak and powerless, is the best one to control.

But since Pei Rong frequently showed his affection to him, the queen looked at him with a lot of wariness.

What's more, he and the queen seem to be loving mothers and filial sons to outsiders, but they both know what's going on inside.

Duan Jingxun is already the biological son claimed by the empress, and now he has been conferred the title of crown prince. If Duan Jingxun is touched, the empress will not be able to protect herself, but Pei Rong is different.

King Shun is far away in the frontier, but he still has a lot of loyal old men in the court, and Pei Rong is the only son of King Shun, so if Duan Jingxun intends to win Pei Rong over, the queen will definitely not let Duan Jingxun Ruyi, let alone let Pei Rong live so well.

If Duan Jingxun rushed back regardless, maybe he would never see Pei Rong again.

Duan Jingxun lowered his eyes, ever since he noticed Pei Rong's change towards him, and then came to the East Palace, he was really impatient.

The queen seemed to be suspicious too, so this time, maybe it was the queen's temptation to him.

But within a few breaths, Duan Jingxun's heart turned a thousand times, the hand in the sleeve was clenched suddenly, the nails sank into the flesh, but only the pain could suppress the anger and worry in his heart.

"Father, since you have already sent someone to look for it, you don't have to worry. Now that it's getting dark, you and... the queen mother should return to the palace."

When the queen heard this, a slight smile rose from the corner of her mouth, and she casually moved her eyes away.

When everyone was about to leave, Duan Jingxun saw Sheng Yuan who was pacing anxiously in the paddock, turned his head and said something to the eunuch beside him, the eunuch nodded in response, and then hurried away.

"Sheng Yuan." Duan Jingxun shouted with his hands behind his back.

Sheng Yuan suddenly heard Duan Jingxun calling him, and when he looked again, he found that Duan Jingxun's whole body was depressed and dull, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he didn't have the grace he had seen before.

"I don't know what's the matter with the prince?" Sheng Yuan asked tentatively as he didn't know what happened to Duan Jingxun.

At this moment, the little eunuch who had just run away ran back again, still holding the Yinxue Fox that Duan Jingxun had shot down earlier in his hand.

Duan Jingxun gestured, and the little eunuch put Yinxuehu's hands together in front of the two of them.

"This silver snow fox, Pei Rong must like it very much."

As Duan Jingxun said, he stretched out his hand to stroke the fox gently, his movements restrained and gentle.

"Prince, you..."

"So this silver snow fox," Duan Jingxun looked at Sheng Yuan and said word by word, "You give it to him."