After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

The flying snow and wind connected the snow-covered earth and the boundless sky, completely blocking the view and making it impossible to see the road ahead.

Wan Ning didn't have time to think, and ran out of the palace based on her memory. When she looked back at the road she came from, the heavy snow had covered all traces. The generals guarding the palace gate were like a few sculptures, with serious and sad expressions, and stopped Wan Ning.

"Let go," Wan Ning put her hands on her hips. Based on her previous frequency of leaving the palace, the guards had long known that Princess Le Yan had the "immunity" to leave the palace. Wan Ning looked up and down at the guards and felt that they looked unfamiliar. She asked, "They dared to stop me, are you new here?"

The guards' expressions were still serious, as sullen as two mountains, showing no mercy: "The higher-ups have issued an order that no one will be allowed to leave today without a token to leave the palace."

"Did you get an order from above? Who is your boss? Why did he call you to see me?" Wan Ning asked.

The guards kept repeating the same words as if they were talking on tape: "The higher-ups have issued an order that no one can leave the palace today without a token."

Seeing that this trick didn't work, Wan Ning pretended to search for the token on her body again: "Token? I have it. Where did you put it? It was here just now. Brother, I was in a hurry to get out today and forgot to take it. It's snowing hard today and I'll delay the master's business if I go back. How about you let me go first and I'll use this butterfly jade pendant as collateral?"

"There is an order from above not to leave the palace..."

"No one can be let in without a token. I know you have said this many times. Is this all you can say?" Wan Ning was a little anxious. Ziheng had given her a token to leave the palace, but because she had left the palace too many times, the guards knew her. So they changed it to "face recognition" - sometimes it was okay to not bring it. Who would have thought that the guards would be changed today, and if she went back to the palace to get it, it would take a lot of time.

"I have the token to leave the palace, but I forgot to take it today. I am Princess Le Yan, can you let me go out this time if there is something urgent? Don't worry, if the higher-ups blame me, I will take full responsibility, is that okay?" Wan Ning discussed again: "How about this, you tell me who will do the job, the emperor? The queen mother? The emperor?"

The guard ignored him and continued to repeat: "No one will be allowed to pass without a token today."

Wan Ning completely collapsed and paced back and forth, leaning against the palace wall, looking like a scholar meeting a soldier, and asked, "Whose order is this? Is there any written proof? You said you are soldiers guarding the palace gate, do you have a token to prove it? If you don't have it, what right do you have to stop me?"

The guards still looked unmoved. Wan Ning looked around and prepared to rush through the gate, but was stopped before he could run a few steps. Wan Ning shouted, "Call your leader to come over. The imperial guard Fang Xiong knows that he was the one who delivered the imperial decree allowing me to leave the palace. I want to see him!"

Perhaps because the noise was getting louder and louder, and he was afraid of attracting more attention, another person came from the other side of the palace gate. He was dressed much more upscale than the guards, probably their leader. Wan Ning put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest, looking him up and down deliberately and fiercely. She had been in and out of the palace many times and had never seen this person before, so she just felt that he was a little strange.

"Who are you?"

The man immediately changed to a flattering smile, and stepped forward with his waist bent: "I am an inferior who has no eyes to recognize a great man. I am here to meet Princess Le Yan."

"This young official looks unfamiliar."

The man bowed his head even more fiercely. He continued to introduce himself politely: "I am new here. Today is my first day guarding the palace gate. I didn't expect to meet Princess Le Yan. I am so sorry for my disrespect."

Wan Ning had more important things to do and didn't want to continue to tangle with them, so she said, "Since you know me, this is all a misunderstanding. Let them let me go and forget about this matter."

"Yes!" The man bent over and ordered the guards on both sides: "Let them go quickly. Don't you want to save your life if you offend the princess?"

The guard at the palace gate lowered his head and repeated in a low voice: "There is an order from above. No one without a token to leave the palace will be allowed to leave today."

Wan Ning defended herself, "I have the token. Besides, the emperor has already issued an order. All the soldiers guarding the palace gates know about it and can prove it. Don't you know about it?"

"Princess Le Yan, calm down. I'll handle it." The leader called the stubborn guards aside and scolded them in a low voice. The guards lowered their heads and dared not talk back. Wan Ning looked around and saw that there was no one blocking her way. It was a good time to leave. Besides, the current situation was urgent and she could not care about so much. So Wan Ning took advantage of the situation and ran out.

A guard saw it and asked quietly, "She ran away, should we chase her?"

The leader shouted angrily, "Keep your head down! Don't look! Don't chase us. Just pretend nothing happened. The weather is bad today. How can a weak girl like the princess cause any trouble? I don't think she can ruin the master's business. On the contrary, if she continues to shout here and attracts more attention, it will be really dangerous. Remember, the princess left the palace on her own and has nothing to do with us."

"Yes!", and then the guards returned to their original positions, guarding the city wall like sculptures.

The leader also left on his own, and when he left, he did not forget to destroy Wan Ning's footprints on the snow, and the rest was covered by the wind and snow.

The silent hunting ground was blurred by the heavy snow, and the only sounds were the wind and the pine trees that were bent by the snow and suddenly bounced up. Occasionally, the sound of rabbits going out to forage could be heard, and the emperor was excitedly chasing the subtle sound, looking for the right moment to shoot an arrow. His skill was almost 100% accurate, and the entourage beside him immediately stepped forward to grab the prey's ears and presented it to him.

He also did not forget to flatter her: "Old Ancestor, you are really amazing. Your arrows never miss their targets. This also broadens your horizons for us servants."

"Hmph," the emperor glanced at it, then looked back at the basket full of rabbits and snorted, obviously not satisfied: "They are just little things, just vulgar things, you can divide them up."

"Thank you, ancestor."

The emperor looked around, searching for his next prey, but there was only whiteness between heaven and earth. He suddenly pointed in a direction and asked, "What's that over there?"

"My Lord, that is the weapons workshop built by the previous emperor. Most of the weapons of the Chu Kingdom were made here, and they made the enemies flee in all directions, unable to resist."

"Oh, I remember now." The emperor recalled unintentionally, "The first bow and arrow my father gave me was also made here. Time is merciless. How is it now?"

"Ancestor, you later built a better one, and this place became deserted." Build a better one? Actually, no, otherwise they wouldn't have been at a disadvantage in the war.

As people get older, they like to reminisce about the past. The emperor suddenly had an idea and said to his followers, "It's really boring for me to hunt alone. Give them a horse, a bow and ten arrows each and let them hunt with me. No matter what the prey is, anyone who shoots it will be rewarded handsomely!"

The people below were all new, and they just didn't know what was going on and looked at each other in bewilderment, until the bows and arrows prepared in advance were placed in front of them. The emperor's confidant then urged, "What are you waiting for? Why don't you thank me quickly! Remember, no matter what the prey is, anyone who shoots it will be rewarded handsomely."