bookpower Chapter 505
Chapter 505
Some bolder individuals ventured to gauge her attitude: "Miss Yan, do you think the Crown Prince will be the one to hunt the most game today?"
Yan Qingqing walked lightly forward, and the crowd naturally made way for her.
She walked all the way to the front before lifting her chin haughtily: "Of course, it will be my Crown Prince brother. He never loses."
Regardless of what these people were thinking when they asked, Yan Qingqing's answer was always her Crown Prince brother.
This had nothing to do with whether she would become the Crown Princess. The Yan family was a staunch supporter of the Crown Prince. If she didn't stand by the Crown Prince’s side, who knows what strange rumors detrimental to her Crown Prince brother might arise in the imperial court.
It’s fine to be muddle-headed in small matters, but one must be clear-headed in major issues.
Just as her aunt, the Empress Dowager, had said, two people need to have feelings for each other to be together. Forced marriages would only result in mutual resentment.
Her personality was too lively and free-spirited. Even the general's mansion felt too "narrow and stifling" to her. She longed to roam the rivers and lakes like a female knight.
How could she then enter the palace and be confined within those four walls?
She would suffocate.
Most importantly, the Crown Prince didn't have any romantic feelings for her.
Their relationship was purely that of siblings.
The mere thought of possibly marrying the Crown Prince made her feel as if hundreds of ants were crawling all over her, extremely uncomfortable.
The hunting grounds were filled with dense woods and grasslands, with wildflowers scattered everywhere, thriving in their freedom.
"Whoosh——"
The Fourth Prince's arrow shot from behind the Third Prince, nailing a grey rabbit to the ground.
He pulled on the reins and approached the Third Prince, then dismounted from his horse: "Third Brother, why aren't you riding your horse? What are you doing standing here? What if someone accidentally shoots an arrow at you?"
The Third Prince pointed to the grey rabbit on the ground: "Its leg was injured. I wanted to bandage it, but now it’s unnecessary."
Because the little rabbit was dead beyond saving.
"Ah?"
The Fourth Prince scratched his head: "Well... should I... try to save it?"
"Wow!"
How could a witless person like him understand that roasting a rabbit should be done in a picturesque spot? How else would she have a romantic chat with the Third Prince without being disturbed?
Seeing her displeasure, the Third Prince guessed that the young lady thought the scenery here wasn’t beautiful enough.
He tapped Yan Qingqing’s shoulder with his finger: "Cousin Qingqing, there’s a stream over there with nice scenery. Maybe you can go there. I..."
"Why wait?"
Yan Qingqing grabbed the Third Prince’s outstretched hand and ran: "Third Prince brother, hurry up and take me there."
The moment she touched his hand, Yan Qingqing’s face turned red. It was her first time holding an outside man’s hand. How embarrassing!
But because of her dream of adventuring the martial world, she pretended not to understand, and she pulled the Third Prince’s hand, running all the way to the stream.
However, her dream of being alone with the Third Prince was shattered.
Because someone was lying by the stream.
That person was chewing on a piece of grass, glanced at the Third Prince and Yan Qingqing, then closed his eyes again, enjoying the warmth of the sun on his skin.
Yan Qingqing bit her lip, her neck shrinking back. Not only did she dare not move forward, but she also hid behind the Third Prince in fear.
No one knew that the fearless Yan Qingqing was terrified of the Fifth Prince, who was known for keeping people at a distance.
When she was little, she used to come to the palace to play with the third princess. The mischievous Yan Qingqing took the third princess up a tree to steal bird eggs, and the third princess fell from the tree. If it weren’t for the Fourth Prince catching her, she would have been hurt.
That year, she was seven years old. Although six years had passed, she still remembered that all the older brothers scolded her, just told her not to bring the third princess to do such dangerous things.
But the Fifth Prince grabbed her by the neck and threw her to the highest position on the tree, not allowing anyone to let her down.
She had no way to call for heaven or earth.
Until she cried so much that her snot and tears ran and she promised that not only would she not take the third princess to climb trees again, she would also not climb trees. At last, the fifth prince carried her down.
"Brothers."
During the thoughts, the third prince had already walked over: "Why didn’t you go hunting?"
The Fifth Prince opened his cold eyes, glanced at Yan Qingqing behind him, and snorted coldly: "Didn’t you also not go?"
He had no interest in the small boots stitched by the Queen Mother of Heaven, but the fourth brother and Crown Prince seem to be ready to show their hand technique strength, determined to win. So, he left and gave them "the battlefield" wasn't it better?
The third prince himself didn't go, here he followed the young lady to admire mountains and water, what was he concerned about when he himself was not doing anything?