Chapter Twenty: Meeting Hua Qianlian in the Paddock
In late autumn, the leaves have turned yellow, and many trees have become so bare that only their lean branches are left. There are scorched yellow leaves everywhere on the ground, which creak when stepped on.
The plump and white little white rabbit looked around, heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from far away, and jumped away nimbly.
Yu Shuyue's eyes were sharp. She saw the little white rabbit hiding in the forest. The corners of her mouth were raised slightly. She took out the bow and arrow and drew it without aiming.
"Whoosh!" The arrow pierced the air, and with a sudden click, the plump rabbit fell to the ground.
Aster went to take the prey with her, but when she raised her head, her lady was gone. She quickly picked up the prey in her hand, and then got on her horse.
Yu Shuyue hadn't had the pleasure of riding on horseback for a long time. Today was a rare opportunity, so she let go and didn't notice that she and Zi Yuan were separated.
Suddenly, there was a huge leopard ten meters away in the southeast. There was a hint of excitement in Yu Shuyue's eyes, but the excitement in her eyes soon dissipated.
Because she saw the leopard's abnormal belly, it was a leopard that was pregnant with cubs.
Half of the people who hunt have taboos. They won’t hunt prey that is too small, pregnant, or with cubs.
Yu Shuyue put away her bow and arrows and was about to leave when she suddenly heard the sound of a sharp weapon cutting through the air. She immediately felt something bad and turned around to see an arrow heading straight in the direction of the leopard.
She didn't have time to think, so she quickly drew out the arrow, set the string, and drew the bow.
At the critical moment, before the arrow was about to hit the leopard, it was penetrated by Yu Shuyue's arrow and nailed to a nearby tree trunk. The leopard was frightened and quickly disappeared into the forest.
"Ah, my princess's prey!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Yu Shuyue raised her eyebrows slightly. It seemed that she would not be able to spend the day happily.
Sure enough, a flash of red appeared in Yu Shuyue's field of vision the next second.
"Yu Shuyue! It's you again. How dare you ruin this princess's affairs? This princess will never spare you!"
Hua Qianliu saw that Yu Shuyue had ruined her good deeds again, and her eyes widened with anger, and she stared at her with gritted teeth.
"The leopard is pregnant."
"So what!"
Yu Shuyue frowned slightly when she heard this, "It is a common rule not to kill pregnant animals when hunting."
Hua Qianli just spoke quickly and replied without thinking. Originally, she wanted to reply to Yu Shuyue that she was minding her own business, but someone on the side pulled her arm.
Not long ago, someone in Qiuwei accidentally hunted and killed a pregnant animal and was directly punished by the Holy Sage. If Hua Qianlian's words reached the Holy Sage's ears, both she and the Prince of Jun'an would be in trouble.
"Hmph, don't let me do it next time, or else I'll make you look good!"
Hua Qianli couldn't help but suffer a loss during the flower viewing party last time, and she also lost face. Now she is humiliated by Yu Shuyue again, not to mention how much she hates Yu Shuyue.
Of course Yu Shuyue could see the hatred she was gritting her teeth at, but it didn't matter to her. She always did things that were worthy of her heart. She nodded to her as a salute, then turned around and rode her horse to leave.
Hua Qianli felt that her dignity as a princess was being thrown to the ground and being trampled by the woman in front of her. The dissatisfaction and hatred in her eyes were about to take shape.
Somehow, she raised her hand and drew an arrow, placed it on the string, raised her hand, faced Yu Shuyue's back, and pulled the bow to its fullest limit.
"Qian Ling, what are you doing?" Liu Shuqin asked with a frown.
"I want to give her some color and let her know that I, Hua Qianli, am not that easy to bully."
As Hua Qianlian finished her words, she loosened her fingers and the arrow left the string with a whoosh, heading towards Yu Shuyue at an extremely fast speed.
"Ayue!"
Yu Hengyue had just found his sister, and saw this scene from a distance. His eyes were splitting, he tiptoed on the horse's back, and flew towards her quickly.
Of course, Yu Shuyue felt the hair-raising danger from behind approaching her. The arrow was full of force and much faster than the arrow that had just been shot at the leopard. She didn't have time to think too much, her hands tightened
Holding the reins, he bent down and ducked sideways.
But because everything happened so fast, she didn't pay attention to her surroundings when she was hiding, and her arm was cut open by a branch nearby.
"Ayue, how are you?"
Yu Heng fell to the side and hugged his sister off the horse. After smelling the pungent smell of blood, he asked in a panic. As soon as he finished speaking, he already saw the long hair on her arm.
The long gaping hole filled him with anger instantly.
He handed the child in his arms to Aster who was standing aside, then raised his head and looked coldly at the culprit on the horse.
When he looked over, Hua Qianli raised her chin with arrogance and disdain. She didn't think there was anything wrong with her behavior at all.
After all, her arrow was not aimed at Yu Shuyue's vitals, but she just wanted to graze her arm and teach her a lesson.
And in the end she dodged, and her arrow didn't hit Yu Shuyue at all, so she didn't feel that she had done anything wrong.
But when Hua Qianli's eyes touched Yu Hengyue's slightly dark-skinned, handsome face and deep eyes, her heart suddenly palpitated, and her raised chin could not help but slowly return to its normal angle.
"Who are you? Why don't you bow when you see this princess?" This is the first time Hua Qianlian sees Yu Hengyue.
"He is Yu Shuyue's elder brother, Yu Hengyue, the eldest son of General Yu." Liu Shuqin leaned towards her and said.
The smile that had just appeared on Hua Qianli's face suddenly froze, and the hand holding the bow and arrow moved back uneasily.
"This princess just... didn't mean it... ah——"
Before Hua Qianlian could finish her words, two arrows grazed her cheeks one after another. Her cheeks felt stinging, and the wet liquid slowly slid down her cheeks. She smelled a slight smell of blood on the tip of her nose. Hua Qianlian
The whole person was stunned.
Her hands and feet were cold and her body was shaking uncontrollably. She had never felt that she was so close to death.
"Qian Ling, are you okay?"
Liu Shuqin was also so frightened by what happened just now that she couldn't recover for a long time. She was very close to Hua Qianli, so close that the sharp sound of two arrows piercing the air made her hands and feet feel cold.
Just now she saw with her own eyes the two arrows coming out of the air towards Hua Qianlian, not only scratching her fair face, but even a strand of her hair was cut off, hitting several people in the air.
It spun around and was blown to the side by the wind, hanging on a branch.
This is the beloved daughter of Prince Jun An, and he actually draws his bow directly at the princess!
Liu Shuqin looked up in the direction of Yu Hengyue in disbelief, but it was not only him who caught his eye, but also Qi Xiuyao, who was sitting in a wheelchair and being carried by two guards.