Traveling through the worlds, my husband comes here to smell the scent

On the day of the hunting feast

Emperor Chu Yi rode in a carriage, led the ministers and their families to the enclosure. In recent years, Chu Yi's health had not been good, and he was no longer like before, riding a white horse with a golden saddle and shooting the first animal to show his majesty.

Instead, they gave the field to the young people, allowing them to show their skills. The more animals they hunted, the more it showed that the Chu State was full of vitality and its national strength was rising.

Of course, except for this day, or a few activities, there are still some hunters who make a living by hunting, and they will not catch them in large numbers, causing extinction.

Chu Yi sat in the main seat, flanked by Consort Su Ran and Consort Li Jingshu.

The first position on the left below is the Crown Prince Chu Yuxiao and the Crown Princess Shen Youan, the second is the Second Prince Chu Yuchen and Qi Yunyan, the third is Princess Wuten Natila, and below are some children of officials

On the right are ministers and princes in order of rank.

"Today is the annual hunting feast of the Chu State. This year's feast is no different from the previous ones. Whoever hunts the most prey will win. Large animals will be counted as small animals. This year's rewards will be selected and prepared by my beloved concubine, Concubine Su. I hope that all the ministers can show their prowess and strive for the first place." Chu Yi finished speaking and looked at Su Ran with a gentle gaze.

"I have prepared a sword for everyone, named Li Xiao, which was made by Master Cao from the folk. It means to eliminate separation and bring happiness to people. I will sit here and wait for the leader to return, and then I will personally present it to you." Su Ran said gracefully, nodding and looking at the people below.

After that, he asked the maid to present the sword for everyone to see.

The Lixiao Sword is made of black iron. The sword body is slender, the sword edge is sharp, the whole body is crystal clear like frost, and the cold light is sharp. The hilt is silver-white, and transparent gems are inlaid on both sides. It is noble and not vulgar.

The lifelike auspicious beast white tiger decorated on the surface of the scabbard shows a bit of awe and is quite popular.

As soon as the sword came out, praises came from all directions. Chu Yi, who was sitting in the first seat, looked at everyone's reactions and nodded to Su Ran with satisfaction.

"Okay, I declare that the hunt has officially begun. I'm waiting for you to return here." Chu Yi smiled heartily and motioned for everyone to be quiet with both hands. After the announcement, the hunt officially began.

The palace servants brought out the fine horses they had specially bred for the nobles, while those with lower official positions would prepare their own horses.

A young eunuch brought two horses and saluted with a smile: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

Shen Youan looked at the two horses, then at Chu Yuxiao. After Chu Yuxiao received his gaze, he curled the corners of his lips and took the reins of one of the horses: "Just one is enough."

"Yes, then I will take my leave." The young eunuch paused for a moment, but reacted in less than half a second. He smiled, lowered his head, led the horse and went down.

Chu Yuxiao held the reins with his left hand, stepped on the stirrup with his left foot, and quickly jumped onto the horse's back. He then extended his hand to Shen Youan, who was standing there with him in a smart black robe.

Shen Youan's beautiful amber eyes sparkled in the colorful sunlight, looking particularly beautiful.

He stretched out his hand and placed it on Chu Yuxiao's palm. Chu Yuxiao pulled him onto the horse with a force and held him in his arms.

"Ah Xiao, is it okay for us to do this?" Shen Youan looked at the nobleman who was staring at the two of them, pursed his lips, and felt a little embarrassed.

Especially one of the two people I met in the restaurant last time, Shi Ye, was quietly riding his horse to Si Jin's side, leaning close to his ear, watching Chu Yuxiao and the other two whispering something.

Shen Youxuan was also sitting on a horse not far away, looking at the two of them with some displeasure. To be more precise, he was looking at Chu Yuxiao with displeasure. He even regretted protecting Shen Youan too well, so that he could not wield a sword or a gun, or ride and shoot.

Chu Yuxiao has the advantage today, but Shen Youan will not do it not because of the prohibition, but because Shen Youan was not in good health when he was a child, and he was the youngest son, and was cherished by the whole family.

Even though he grew up and his health gradually improved, he was not so prone to illness and even lively and energetic, his family did not approve of Shen Youan learning dangerous and tiring things.

But the good thing is that his younger brother is not too interested in that kind of stuff, so they don't care at all. Anyway, the Xiangfu is so big that they can afford to support him.

"Don't pay attention to them," Chu Yuxiao said lightly, looking at the people around him casually. After that, he slowly leaned close to the person's ear and whispered, "An'er, don't you want to see how good your husband's archery is?"

"Thinking"

Shi Ye, who was chirping, received Chu Yuxiao's gaze and immediately sat up straight and didn't dare to say anything.

The other nobles also withdrew their gazes, not daring to look at him again.

Desheng handed the bow and arrow he brought from the mansion to Shen Youan and asked him to take it. Then he checked whether there were enough arrows on both sides of the horse.

The guards brought by Chu Yuxiao will of course follow, but they will not follow too closely. They will follow at a distance to avoid disturbing the animals.

They are also responsible for cleaning up the animals hunted by their own prince and preparing a lot of arrows.

"Gee!" Chu Yuxiao drove the horse and walked into the forest. Although the trees in the forest were lush and had many branches and leaves, the whole forest was still quite bright.

Chu Yuchen, who was not far away, stared at the two people who rode their horses into the forest, smiled faintly, and joked to Qi Yunyan beside him: "Why don't you ride the same horse as me?"

In the joking atmosphere, Qi Yunyan stared at him in red clothes in front of her. She felt puzzled. It seemed that they had just had a conflict yesterday.

I originally thought that she would not come today, but I never thought that Chu Yuchen would send someone to invite her to go with him.

"Because I can," Qi Yunyan replied calmly. Because of her voice, no matter how cold her words were, she still couldn't hide her tenderness.

"Can't you ride the same horse as me?" Chu Yuchen ignored her words and continued

Looking at his charming eyes and tender appearance, Qi Yunyan was speechless for a moment. After waiting for a few seconds, she slowly said, "That is the Crown Prince's Consort."

Chu Yuchen retracted his smile after hearing what she said. The meaning in his eyes was unclear, but from the aura he exuded, it was clear that he was unhappy.

Qi Yunyan ignored his silence and just reminded him: "Your Highness, it's time to go into the forest."

"Gee!" Chu Yuchen did not answer her, but drove his horse into the woods.

Qi Yunyan looked at his fiery red back and followed him silently.

The guards who had stopped at the spot also came to their senses and hurried to follow. They were very confused about the conflict between the two. They didn't say anything, so why did they become cold again?

Miss Qi is the same, they are the same, doesn't she know that their prince has a bad temper, the kind that wants to lose his head at any time?

But they didn't know that if Qi Yunyan really agreed, given his bad nature, he would probably regret it and embarrass others.

Chu Yuxiao and his companions have already started hunting. The first animal they hunted was a wild gray rabbit, which seemed to be out looking for food.

Although the two of them rode on the same horse, it did not affect Chu Yuxiao's performance at all. No matter how agile the rabbit was, it was killed by Chu Yuxiao in one blow.

"Ah Xiao is so awesome, I want to eat roasted rabbit legs tonight." Shen Youan looked at the fat rabbit with sparkling eyes.

Chu Yuxiao smiled. He didn't expect him to react like this. But what's wrong with his little princess liking to eat something? In his opinion, it was very cute.

"Eat, let the servants grill it for you. Tell your husband what you want to eat." Chu Yuxiao rested his chin on his shoulder and said in a doting voice.

Shen Youan didn't think much of it at first, because he had been spoiled by Chu Yuxiao these days. In the Prince's Mansion, he could get whatever he wanted.

But because of the word "husband" that Chu Yuxiao said, I still felt my face getting hot.