Marrying the Crown Prince

Zhou Zhou turned around and saw Li Ziyan sitting on horseback with a smile in his eyes, clearly having heard her words.

Everyone turned around and clasped their hands in greeting, "Your Highness."

"Shall we go for a walk?" Li Ziyan asked.

"it is good."

"Walking" doesn't actually mean walking on your legs, but rather riding a horse slowly and leisurely along the road.

Zhou Zhou's mount was a bit more spirited and unwilling to keep up with the other horses. It shook its head irritably, but finally moved forward a step, putting itself ahead of Li Ziyan.

Zhou Zhou bent down and gently stroked its face, offering silent comfort, while also asking curiously, "Why did Your Highness come here?"

Don't forget that he also came here to relax.

“I saw you were stuck in the carriage the whole time. I finally got out, so I wanted to talk to you for a bit.” Li Ziyan’s fingers curled slightly, and his voice trembled at the end, making him sound pitiful. “But before I could even get there, you ran off to my seventh sister.”

His horse was gentle and slow, so Li Ziyan couldn't catch up with it no matter what he did, which is why he only caught up with it now.

Li Ziyan's appearance was above Zhou Zhou's standards. Now, he lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, looking as if he was trying his best to control his emotions but was about to lose control.

How could Zhou Zhou resist such beauty!

She wished she could offer her whole heart to Li Ziyan.

"It was my fault," Zhou Zhou said, touching his nose without any principles.

“You are definitely wrong.” Li Ziyan stared at her intently, speaking firmly.

Zhou Zhou blinked.

He continued, "You haven't been paying much attention to me these past few days."

It's not that they ignore me; they practically never leave their homes, so there's absolutely no chance of us meeting.

But Zhou Zhou was living in the imperial palace, and he was only separated from her by a wall, yet they could never meet. How could Li Ziyan not take it to heart?

After hearing his explanation, Zhou Zhou was both amused and exasperated, but her heart softened even more. "Alright, it was my fault. I apologize to Your Highness."

"Apologize?" Li Ziyan pondered the two words carefully, his eyes sparkling with starlight, but beneath the starlight lay the vast and mysterious universe.

Zhou Zhou didn't look at him, but gazed into the distance. Under the clear sky, a flock of birds fluttered their wings, seemingly playing or foraging for food.

"Hmm, does Your Highness agree?" Her voice was warm, and her long, flowing blue hair, tied high in a ponytail, cascaded down to Zhou Zhou's waist, swaying gently.

Li Ziyan did not hesitate and directly made his request: "Father plans to stay in Suifeng Hunting Ground for five days. I would like you to set aside one day to accompany me."

"Shall we go hunting with Your Highness?" Zhou Zhou looked over and asked.

Generally speaking, people go to the hunting grounds for hunting, but Li Ziyan was not skilled in riding and archery.

Of course, I can still draw a bow in a simple way, but my accuracy and strength are hard to say. My accuracy is poor because I haven't practiced much, and my strength is purely due to my weak body.

"Do you want to go hunting?"

"good."

Because there are very few opportunities to hunt, Zhou Zhou is somewhat interested.

“Then you go hunting, and I’ll follow you.” After saying that, Li Ziyan added, “You can’t have Seventh Princess come with you.”

It is clear that the days Li Ziyan spent inseparable from Li Zixi at Chengming Palace left him with psychological trauma.

"Okay." Zhou Zhou chuckled and agreed.

Just as they agreed, Li Zixi, Su, and Cao rode up on horseback.

"What are you talking about?" Li Zixi leaned closer.

"Let's see what you two talk about." Zhou Zhou looked at the two of them with a smile, successfully shutting Li Zixi up.

Su and Cao nodded to Li Ziyan as a greeting.

As the sun and moon rise and the years pass, the scene changes as well. The same four people are still riding horses, facing each other, but the place has changed to the entrance of the forest in Suifeng Weichang.

"I want to go with Your Highness." Zhou Zhou, remembering what she had promised Li Ziyan, directly rejected Li Zixi's invitation.

“Then I’ll go with you.” Li Zixi’s brain reacted quickly, indicating that you go your way and I’ll go mine, and we’ll have nothing to do with each other.

"No!" Two male voices rang out simultaneously, one from Li Ziyan and the other from Su and Cao Du.

Zhou Zhou knew why Li Ziyan disagreed, but what about Su and Cao?

Soon, both Su and Cao revealed their reasons: "I don't want to follow those two."

Therefore, both Su and Cao planned to follow Li Zixi.

Zhou Zhou smiled and looked at Li Zixi, "Go, have fun with Prince Suhe, and don't embarrass the women of Chen Kingdom."

Upon receiving the task, Li Zixi's eyes lit up instantly, and she solemnly promised, "Zhouzhou, don't worry."

Watching them leave, Zhou Zhou and Li Ziyan exchanged a smile, then rode their horses into the woods, followed by dozens of guards.

Zhou Zhou asked him, "Does Your Highness have anything you like?"

If he said he liked wolf skins and tiger teeth or today's prize, then Zhou Zhou really couldn't do anything about it, but he could still hunt a couple of pheasants and rabbits.

“Anything is fine,” Li Ziyan replied.

The two men moved through the forest, but because there were so many people following them, the animals they saw were often scared away before they even came within range.

Of course, the culprit is mostly Li Ziyan.

Zhou Zhou reflected, "No, he's so good-looking, how can I blame him? It's my own lack of skill. If I could shoot farther, wouldn't that solve everything?"

With this in mind, Zhou Zhou no longer rushed to approach the prey when he saw it again, but instead drew his bow from a distance.

Such a long distance...

The bored guards behind him secretly began to make hand gestures, all hoping that Zhou Zhou could hit the target.

Of course, the vast majority of people chose to miss, after all, at this distance, even martial arts practitioners like them couldn't hit the target every time.

But Zhou Zhou had the favor of her superiors. She drew her bow, aimed, and released the arrow in one smooth motion. The arrow whistled through the air and shot towards the rabbits that were grazing in the distance.

The rabbit sensed danger at the last second and hurriedly hopped to the side. But instead of hopping, it was caught in the arrow's hind leg and pinned to the ground.

The rabbit struggled incessantly, while Zhou Zhou had already spurred his horse in that direction.

Li Ziyan and a group of guards followed closely behind.

Unfortunately, someone beat Zhou Zhou to it before he could arrive.

"Wow," the girl exclaimed excitedly, "Young master, you're amazing! You actually caught one alive!"