Bai Wei took a deep breath, bent down, and tried her best to communicate with Ouyang Jianning with calm eyes.

"Well, Jianning, marriage between adults is not as simple as just a few words. If I like someone and want to be with him, I have to pursue him first and get his consent before I can get married. What's more, I am still the Princess of Qi in name. Saying this will only make people think that I am frivolous and unfeeling, and not worthy of trusting my true heart!"

She was being gentle when she said this. This little princess must have been spoiled and had not yet learned the rules of human relations, let alone been poisoned by the female virtues and precepts. If she had a husband but still "seduced" other men, in modern times it would be a moral explosion and she would be pointed at by others. In Dongqin, she would be thrown into a pig cage!

Princess Jianning tilted her head, as if she was thinking very hard, but she didn't seem to have figured it out: "Well, after the spring hunt is over today and Sister Bai Wei divorces the third brother, Jianning will help you ask."

Bai Wei held her forehead, not knowing what else to say: "..."

Could this child be the reincarnation of the Red Thread Boy? He likes to help people pair up so much.

At this time, Ouyang Mingshang also came and sat on the high platform, with Queen Lin and Concubine Wang sitting beside him.

Concubine Wang was Ouyang Ming's favorite concubine, and her status in the palace was even higher than that of the queen. She was Ouyang Qi's mother. It is said that a poor mother makes a noble son, but in fact, the more favored a concubine is, the more likely her son will be valued by the king. The descendants of concubines who were banished to the cold palace also had a miserable end.

Concubine Wang is the legitimate daughter of the Wang family. The Wang family is the maternal family of the current empress dowager and has a very high status in the court.

Concubine Wang was also very beautiful, with a charming face like a gorgeous peony, bright and moving. She looked like a woman in her early twenties, with the charm of a mature woman and the brightness of a young girl. If you didn't tell her, you wouldn't be able to tell that she had given birth to a son as old as Ouyang Qi.

Queen Lin, who sat on Ouyang Ming's left, was Ouyang Ming's first wife. She was born into a scholarly family, had no strong power in the court, and had a gentle and honest personality. She was the Crown Princess chosen by Ouyang Ming himself when he was young.

Queen Lin had an elegant and dignified appearance, a gentle and virtuous personality, and no sons but only one daughter, Princess Jianning. This was why Ouyang Ming doted on Jianning so much.

Three people were sitting on a high platform, looking at the young talents leading the horses below. They saw Bai Wei and Ouyang Qi accurately, and their expressions were different.

Ouyang Ming frowned and said, "Wei'er, I think your leg seems to be more serious. Why don't you not go into the forest today and cancel the previous bet."

When Bai Wei returned to the capital, he asked the imperial physician to see her. The physician said that she would never be able to recover. Even if she took good care of herself for three to five years, she would at most walk without a limp. And her face could not be restored either... So he had to give an explanation to both Bai Wei and the King of Zhennan, and that's why he granted her and Qi'er a marriage.

Every month he would ask the Imperial Hospital to send medicine to Bai Wei to treat her leg injury. Her leg should be getting better and better, but Bai Wei walked with an especially obvious limp today. Could it be that she regretted her injury and pretended that her leg was worse, wanting him to give her a way out?

When Ouyang Qi heard this, he sneered.

He knew that Bai Wei's pretense today was a perfect calculation, she wanted to play hard to get because she was reluctant to let him go.

Ouyang Qi glanced at Bai Wei, his eyes full of arrogance and ridicule, then he clasped his hands together and bowed to Ouyang Ming, saying, "Father, this bet was made a long time ago. A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. General Bai can give up the spring hunt. But giving up is equivalent to automatically admitting defeat, and you must fulfill the consequences of losing."

Ouyang Ming frowned when he heard this.

Is his son determined to sever his relationship with Bai Wei? He knows that if they really have no relationship, the King of Zhennan will never support him again. Not only that, if the King of Zhennan returns to the capital and knows that he has let Bai Wei down, he will probably deliberately make things difficult for him.

On the wedding night, meeting someone secretly could be considered as being young and passionate, but how could he be entrusted with the important task of ruling the country if he had no sense of the overall situation?

Bai Wei clasped her hands together and bowed to Ouyang Ming on the high platform: "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with my legs. It's just that it's more comfortable to walk like this. I can still do archery and horse riding, and it won't affect the spring hunt. Besides, His Royal Highness Prince Qi is right. Today's bet was made long ago. Even if someone is lying down, we have to fulfill the promise made that day."

Ouyang Qi frowned slightly when he heard this. He originally wanted to ease the relationship between the two, but he could no longer say it. But Concubine Wang, who was sitting next to him, spoke up: "Okay, General Bai's words are binding. Everyone today is a witness to you and Qi'er."

Originally, when Ouyang Qi was close to Bai Wei, she didn't like Bai Wei.

A woman spends the whole day marching and fighting among men. Who knows what dirty things happened during that time?

If it weren't for the face of the Prince of Zhennan, she would have slapped Bai Wei long ago and told her to stay away from her Qi'er. What's more, now she is disfigured and her martial arts are useless. When the emperor issued an order to grant the marriage, she made a scene for several days.

Now, she wants to be a divorced wife, so let her do it, and it will also shut up the mouth of the Zhennan King. Although the Zhennan King holds military power and has a very important position, the emperor has few children, and none of them can compete with his Qi'er. Even if the Zhennan King wants to support others, he is not afraid.

She just didn't believe that Prince Zhennan would rebel for his abandoned granddaughter.

Ouyang Ming frowned even more when he heard Concubine Wang's words, but he didn't say anything else in the end: "Forget it, you are all grown up and have your own decisions. I won't say much."

After saying this, he raised his hand to Eunuch Gui, who stepped forward and shouted, "The Spring Hunt Begins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of drums and trumpets rang out almost at the same time. The birds that were originally living in the woods not far away flew up in surprise, and the entire venue became boiling.

The next second, countless people mounted their horses and went into the forest to hunt.

Bai Wei also wanted to climb onto the horse, but her right leg was in a cast and it was difficult to move. She tried twice but failed to climb onto the horse's back.

Bai Lian and Ouyang Qi came over on tall horses.

Bai Lian had mockery and ridicule in her eyes, but she pretended to be gentle and sensible and said, "Sister, are you really okay? Do you need Lian'er to help you get on the horse?"

But she sat on the horse, looking superior, with no intention of coming down to help.

Although she didn't know what Bai Wei had experienced, it was obvious that her leg had become more lame, which was something she was happy to see.

Ouyang Qi had already ridden on his horse. He glanced at Bai Wei from a high position, his eyes full of mockery and contempt: "Bai Wei, didn't you say that your legs wouldn't hinder your archery? Now you're pretending that you can't get on the horse again, are you doing it on purpose for me to see?"

Bai Wei rolled her eyes at him speechlessly: "Ouyang Qi, are you in the advanced stage of narcissism? Does everything I do have to be related to you?"

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