Chapter 11 The Tiger Hunt
Zhao Yan sent me back to the Chu residence.
He said, "Marriage is no game. I will have those rumors cleaned up. I will also reconsider your wife."
I asked, "Can I decide this matter myself?"
He looked at me steadily. "Chu Bingzhi, do not forget that you chose my Crown Princess for me. I will also choose your future wife myself."
After that day, I heard Lu Yinchuan had been studying hard in his residence.
I knew he was actually injured.
Zhao Yan had nearly killed him that night.
I did not dare visit.
At the end of the month came the royal hunt.
Only then did I see Lu Yinchuan again.
He raised an eyebrow at me. "You really have no conscience. You did not come see me for so long."
I had nothing to say.
Inside the hunting grounds, my archery was poor. I only caught a few rabbits and deer.
I gathered my arrows, planning to leave soon.
I had forgotten I did not know the way.
I had always followed Zhao Yan before.
The deeper I went, the farther I strayed from the exit.
When I finally realized it, a tiger stood before me.
I turned and ran, but it caught up.
Just as I thought I would die there, someone rushed in front of me and took the blow with his body.
He fell, coughing blood.
He glanced at me, then stood and charged again.
I watched him kill the tiger with my own eyes.
Crown Prince Zhao Yan, always upright and refined, had never looked so disheveled.