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The hunting was over and it was still noon. The princes were now lined up in front of the king's throne and saluted. Xiao Dong rose to his feet he smiled broadly at the sight of his three sons.
"Stand up, the Youngzhou Kingdom was built from horses and arrows, in the past Youngzhou ancestors always followed the Huangzhou Imperial Ancestor to many places and obtained awards with his arrows, there was only Youngzhou,, the kids are so excited about this competition I'm so happy."
"And now that the competition has ended, we will announce the winner and get the prize" Xiao Dong spoke at length. Xiao Jun who was on the far left asked.
"What great gift would you give? don't be like yesterday only jade and pearls" said Xiao Jun, Xiao Dong who saw him smile.
"You are indeed greedy, I am awarding the 4th level White Orchid Sword of the ancestor as a gift, what do you think?" xiao Dong said with a smile. The three Princes bowed "Thank you father"
Xiao Dong only chuckled softly then looked at Xiao Chen "Chen'er because you are the oldest you first give the hunted" Xiao Dong said. Xiao Chen nodded his head.
"I'm offering to dad"
Eunuch Luan opened the booklet and said loudly "The first prince presented 2 deer and 10 small animals 20 points"
"All of these game animals belong to Youngzhou, I hope Youngzhou has it all and is getting more prosperous" Xiao Chen said. Xiao Dong chuckled at hearing that then continued.
"Feng'er how did it go?" asked Xiao Dong.
"The ananda hunt is a little troublesome and has already asked Ren Yun and Ren Yan to take it" Xiao Feng said as he cupped his hands. Xiao Jun beside him smiled disdainfully and said insinuatingly.
"Bother or none?" xiao Jun's remark made everyone sigh, Xiao Chen looked towards Xiao Jun with a sharp gaze. While Xiao Feng was just silent as if he did not care about Xiao Jun.
"Here you go, you're also just starting to learn to cultivate, Jun'er what about your quarry?" xiao Dong said, switching the conversation. Xiao Jun took one step forward and said while cupping his hands.
"I'm making an offering to Dad"
"The third prince presented 3 deer and 2 wolves for a total of 30 points" Kasim Luan said loudly.
"The father of the wolf chasing the deer and the bow can already be saved, I hope Youngzhou has a strong army and keeps the prosperity" Xiao Jun said, Xiao Dong laughed widely at hearing it.
"Hohoho, that's great"
Xiao Jun smiled and took a step back "Thank you Father", then he glanced at Xiao Feng and grinned.
"It looks like I'm gonna win"
Xiao Dong then took the sword from the bodyguard's hand, but Chen Nian immediately moved forward.
"My king Chen Nian enlivened"
"Law Minister Chen Nian offered 10 wolves a total of 50 points" said Eunuch Luan, everyone was shocked and Xiao Dong immediately took out Eunuch Luan's small book to make sure. Then look towards Chen Nian.
"Mentri Chen is not inferior to men"
"The greedy wolf pounces on the deer, the wisdom of the leader determines a kingdom, I hope all the wishes of the king are fulfilled" Chen Nian said
"Hhoo, all the wishes fulfilled were excellent it seemed that this sword surnamed Chen" Xiao Dong said, Xiao Jun only growled in annoyance with clenched hands.
"Thank you king, isn't the second prince's offering yet to arrive" Chen Nian said as he looked at Xiao Feng and smiled. Then not long after Ren Yun and Ren Yan came and herded a herd of 35 deer, everyone set their sights on the herd.
"What's this?" asked Xiao Dong. Xiao Feng smiled
"The ananda offering has come" as soon as Xiao Feng's remark sounded everyone was surprised even Xiao Chen was slashing his eyes towards Xiao Feng, Eunuch Luan who was looking seemed to be counting the number of deer, was surprised even Xiao Chen, then spoke to Xiao Dong.
"Dad is cheating"
"The sky always gives forgiveness, since childhood I could not cultivate, so did not dare to kill animals. Since the father asked to hunt, Ananda only followed orders. Unable to cultivate ananda learned to research various pills and herbs to be used to refine his dantian and found that the iris flower herbs could be made a liquid to make wild animals obey temporarily. So I asked Ren Yan and Ren Yun to lure him. I agree with Minister Chen and am willing to help father for the prosperity of Youngzhou kingdom" Xiao Feng said.
Xiao Dong smiled widely and Chen Nian looked at Xiao Feng with an adoring gaze, in his eyes now Xiao Feng looked extremely elegant and charismatic. Xiao Dong then took the sword and gave it to Chen Nian.
"This sword is in a match with Minister Chen"
Finally the traditional hunting event of Youngzhou kingdom ended, everyone seemed satisfied except for Xiao Jun he growled in annoyance. Then everyone disbanded to continue their activities.
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At the Chen Family residence, Chen Nian called the elder and they discussed something.
"Elder, take the box in the residence's treasure warehouse buy me Second Prince Xiao Feng's information in the Black Crow pavilion" Chen Nian said. The elder frowned and said
"While the second prince was in the spotlight it was just a spectacle, it was still necessary to use the Black Crow Pavilion?" Chen Nian smiled faintly hearing that.
"So how do I judge someone?"
"Better than me very accurate and sharp"
"However, if someone has kept something a secret for years, even I have misjudged it. What did the elder think and what was the intention of that person?" chen Nian asked the elder. The elder was silent.
"Go"
"Good"
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Meanwhile at the Xiao Feng residence, Ren Yan was conversing with the female butler Zhao Huan, the beautiful 20-year-old woman who had served Xiao Feng since childhood.
"Sister Zhao you served the prince since childhood, I want to ask you something about the Prince"
"About the pretended attitude of the prince? Why don't you ask your father?"
"Dad won't tell me" Ren Yan said, Zhao Huan looked at Ren Yan and his mind glared and said softly.
"The mother of the prince was Princess Hua of the Huangzhou imperial family the younger sister of Emperor Huang Bianfeng, Queen Huan was very polite, fair and understanding though she knew that the King had concubine Lian before marrying her but Queen Hua still welcomed her she raised her son sincerely and that child was First Prince Xiao Chen. That's why even though the First Prince is cruel and cold but towards the second prince he is very kind and pampering him."
"The condition of the late Queen deteriorated after giving birth to the second prince and concubine Lian served the king wholeheartedly, until giving birth to the third prince Xiao Jun and was appointed grand concubine. Queen Hua refused to compete because of her status. After several years Queen Hua died in grief and the king appointed grand concubine Lian to be his successor. She's our queen now."
"Everyone said Queen Lian was virtuous and nurtured our prince like her own son, but everyone did not know that Queen Lian had raised the Second Prince into trash by not being allowed to learn to cultivate and not being given resources, it was all done so that Xiao Jun who would be Youngzhou's successor"
"since the death of Queen Hua, the King did not directly appoint the second prince to be the successor but also did not pay much attention in earnest, the poor second prince could only pretend in front of everyone. Poor mother, a child of little concern and a devious stepmother" Zhao Huan said at length, Ren Yan who heard only silence was speechless.
"Now our prince even though he has been given a little resources by the king and can cultivate but the prince is always weak"
"Aren't the king and the first prince given a realm enhancement pill by the second prince?" said Ren Yan
"It's true that it's just the Prince's reason that everyone doesn't know the truth and thinks that the prince's pill is useless to the prince, so it's given to the king to cover the big thing." after Zhao Huan said that Ren Yan understood something
"I understand, big brother Zhao I came back first, thank you" Ren Yan left Zhao Huan who was still standing staring at the moon.
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