
Hunting time is running out. Participants with their entourage can return to the campsite to collect and deliver the hunted. The first to arrive was the Fifth Prince, Shen Zongshun.the second was the Seventh Prince, Shen Ruan Ye. And the third was First Prince Shen Minwei who was accompanied by his Adjutant.
Until the results of the hunt of the three Princes have been calculated and will be announced. Four other participants were not seen. Shen Yuan Zi, Shen Wanqi, Shen Kaicheng and Xiu Qixuan. I don't know what kept them stuck.
Half an hour passed. Making the First Prince who was in a wheelchair open his voice.
"Fuhuang-chan. Rather than waiting anxiously, wouldn't it be better to call people to see things." He said wisely.
Because everyone is starting to worry. The emperor nodded in agreement, and immediately raised his five fingers to signal an order.
"Report!!!"
However, suddenly from the door ran a soldier with a body full of wounds. He knelt down to slam himself on the ground and said: "Report Your Majesty the Emperor. The Third Prince got an attack halfway through and the group was—they.." stuttered. "....Bringing the injured Third Prince."
Brakk!!!
"Who would dare?!" The Emperor's face flushed. Knitting his eyebrows gloomily. He hit the table until he made a crack.
Everyone was shocked and lowered their head in silence with a suffocating heavy feeling. Although the Third Prince did not get the Emperor's affection but who had the guts to actually attack the empire's direct descendants.
"What about my son? Shen Wanqi, the Ninth Prince where is he?" The queen anxiously asked. He momentarily lost his temper and displayed a picky-loving nature that the imperial mother should not have.
The soldier was silent. His face was confused. Like this was not in the scenario he knew about. It should have been everyone except for one who was made into a scapegoat gathered when he reported the Third Prince being attacked.
"The Empress..." When the Emperor was about to rebuke. It was interrupted by the return of someone. But different from before, this person looks neat and faces according to etiquette. The man was about thirty-five years old with a sturdy posture and a slightly dark rough complexion.
"Reporteur Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Empress." He was the head soldier who patrolled the entire hunting arena. He's a straight and clean man. Perform tasks properly without taking sides. Because everyone who works on the side of the Palace has their own master.
"There are traces of the remains of the attack near the gulf of death in the southwest. I've been examining their bodies one by one and it's an unknown assailant group."
The Head Warrior raised a sharp glare to the side, in intimidation staring at the figure of the small soldier full of wounds who had previously reported. "We did indeed find the Third Prince's entourage five hundred meters away from the scene."
He did not go into more detail when he discovered something odd was still under investigation. It made the little soldier beside him break out in a cold sweat.
"However, it is likely that someone other than the Third Prince also fell from the cliff, Your Majesty. And this is what I found." He said by giving an object wrapped in a handkerchief to a small eunuch to open. It contained gull jade and a hand fan that was striking the eye.
Suddenly the voice of the Empress choked hysterically, "Your Majesty! That jade pendant belongs to Wanqi! Qi'er, dia—...."
The first prince also opened a voice hiding worries but was calmer and subtler to hear. "Fuhuang, the eighth sister always has an object in her hand. You should send more people for the search." The golden fan that was striking the eye, was so prominent and drew the tawdry possession of the Prince of Eight.
The two objects found near the brink of death belonged to the prince.
Like being struck by such powerful thunder. The faces of the people cracked in shock. The abyss of death in the southwest is a creepy place. No one will survive if they fall there. It was also a place untouched by humans. Because there is no other way but to climb the cliff to get out. Like being trapped waiting for death.
Why are there two different reports of attacks simultaneously? So, what is chronological exactly?
The three descendants of Emperor Shen were in danger, it was quite a shock and made the State an uproar.
The Emperor's sharp eyes were like tearing apart Eunuch Teng who was looking down trembling next to him. Only this time his subordinate was late in making mistakes in his duty.
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An Hour Before...
The sun is hiding behind the clouds. The wind blows the trees. The sky turned grey preparing to spit out lumps of rainwater.
From the saddle. The silver thread-like hair swung following the direction of the gust of wind. He was cold with no expression. Like a statue that has perfect sculpture.
The wind blows harder like it can blow people away. The wet grass soil turned into slippery rock roads full of moss. The horse he was riding neighed uncomfortably.
Shen Yuan Zi was a timid human. Stupidity and gnawing trauma. However, he knew he would not just die here. Because if he was in danger, he would just need to hide and the parasitic demon figure sleeping within his body would appear to destroy all.
But this time it was different. He doesn't want to hide. Not wanting to disappear. Not wanting to fall asleep in the dark. Something he wants to fight for. Looking at the beautiful but strong face that once again spoke to her.
Shen Yuan Zi suddenly raised her eyes, "Stop!" His voice gripped the reigning.
The group that followed him were shocked. However, one of them said ketus without any manners; "Your Highness Prince, you might not know. But we have to get back to the camp tent when the hunting time is almost over."
Although Shen Yuan Zi's slight tremble stabilized her voice and spoke louder: "Is this really the way to the camp tent? You fooled me, didn't you."
After he spoke everything was silent.
Air was billowing around them. A split second made the fog gripping. And the thud of the body hitting the ground alternated.
Shen Yuan Zi choked in her breath with a sudden quick turn of events.
As the fog gradually dissipated and vision returned clear, the troop of soldiers who were with him had already been exposed to the cold as the dead.
Only one figure remained standing firm. It was the soldier who had entered his tent this morning and dropped the fruit candy parcel as well as a message from someone.
The sound of the horse's feet caught his attention.
On horseback and slippery cobblestone roads, the beautiful woman rode the horse at a speed like a cheetah. Scary to look at yet so amazing when the ground billows with his arrival.
A gust of wind blew the silk-like hair scroll, it swayed gently. His clear eyes stared straight from the top of the horse fearlessly.
Pulling the horse's harness, he stopped. And said to the figure of the soldier who stood firm as if waiting.
"Oh., Xiao Tao. You did a good job." He jumped up from the saddle and approached the soldier-clothed man with reflexes his flickering fingers outstretched briefly rubbing the rough tops of the subordinates' heads.
Sparks of selflessness were imprinted on Shen Yuan Zi's face. A heart that beats like it stings is uncomfortable to witness all that.
"Of course." Xiao Tao chimed in arrogantly.
Hunting clothes wrapped the woman's small body coolly. But, I don't know why he remains sweet when counting.
"1..,2..,3..,4..,5..,6.7..,8..," His steps twisted and began to count the bodies of the soldiers lying on the ground.
He lifted his eyes and seriously said to Xiao Tao, "The amount is as I thought."
"Predicting the right Miss. They were all new soldiers who did not understand the map of the region. Only one soldier was competent in this company, but in the middle of the road he asked us to leave him because his legs were cramping and handed over the Prince's guard." Xiao Tao explained.
A faint smile formed like a grin on her beautiful face. It was Xiu Qixuan. "Yes, a little dog fed by the Emperor." The knot.
Realizing the pair of eagle eyes that had been fixed on him since. Xiu Qixuan immediately turned her head and her expression became softer. He looked at Shen Yuan Zi who was still on the saddle sweetly but did not hide the pitying streak on his face.
The Emperor targeted Shen Yuan Zi. I don't know what makes it so bad. Even a tiger does not eat its cubs.
Filling the void of participants in the hunt was nonsense. The Emperor wanted to subvert people as scapegoats if something happened to the Third Prince already in his scenario.
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