The guards led the way. After the Emperor Yunqing hunted down a prey, the hunt officially began.
"Your Highness." A guard came over on his horse with a bloody rabbit in his hand. Ban Han had just hunted it.
"Its skin is injured, so it can only be used for meat." Ban Han shook her head regretfully. She patted the horse under her, "Keep looking. Go!"
"Shh." When they reached a dense forest, Ban Han pulled on the reins to make the horse stop. She touched the horse's neck and said to the guard behind her, "Don't make a sound."
In the grass, a white fox's tail appeared. Ban Li placed an arrow on the bowstring, took aim, and pulled the bowstring to shoot.
"Whoosh!"
Just as Ban Han's arrow hit the white fox's hind leg, another arrow came and hit the white fox's other leg. She turned around and saw the Second Prince appear behind her with a few guards. He must have been the one who shot the arrow.
"Cousin." The Second Prince lazily looked at Ban Han. He turned his head and asked the guard next to him to go and pick up the prey.
"Your Highness." Ban Han noticed the Second Prince's movements. "I hunted the white fox first."
"Oh." The Second Prince threw the bow in his hand to the guard next to him. He squeezed the horse's belly with his legs and moved closer to Ban Han. "But this white fox's leg also has my arrow feather mark."
"Is that so?" Ban Han jumped off the horse and took the white fox from the Second Prince's guard. She reached out and pulled the arrow from the Second Prince's hand. Then she handed the white fox to her guard. "So it's gone?"
"You, you, you …" The Second Prince was so angry that his hand trembled. He pointed at a guard and said, "You, go and take the fox back for me."
Ban Han glanced at the guard and then covered her face with her hands. "Wuwuwuwu, the Second Prince is bullying a girl. He wants to take my fox!"
Just at this time, the sound of horse hooves came from not far away. Maybe it was because they heard a girl crying, so they rushed over.
Rong Xia and a few other noblemen were preparing to hunt two rabbits when an earth-shattering cry was heard. The rabbits ran away, but they could not sit back and do nothing.
When the Changqing Of Gojoseon heard that the crying sound was not far from them, he said, "Let's go and take a look."
The Changqing Of Gojoseon was the late Emperor's nephew, which meant that he was the current Emperor's younger cousin. He held the title of Duke of Gojoseon. He was young and had high seniority, so his words carried a lot of weight in this group of people.
When everyone got closer, they saw a girl in red squatting on the ground, crying sadly. The Second Prince was riding on his horse and yelling at the girl. It seemed that the Second Prince was bullying the girl. The women who could come here to participate in the hunt all had extraordinary statuses. Even if the Second Prince had a noble status, he could not yell at a girl like this. He had gone too far.
Rong Xia immediately recognized the girl sitting on the ground as Ban Han. He looked at the Second Prince who was still yelling and frowned.
The Second Prince had lived for 20 years, but he had never met such a rude and unreasonable woman. He did not do anything to her, but her crying could be heard throughout the forest. He was anxious and angry, so he could not help but yell at Ban Han. However, Ban Han did not stop crying. Instead, she cried even harder.
"Ban Han, you better stop. If you cry again, do you believe that I will punish you?!"
"Wuwuwuwuwu."
"You!"
"Your Highness," Rong Xia got off his horse and walked to the Second Prince's horse. He bowed to him, "Ban Junjun is just a girl. You are a magnanimous person. There is no need to lower yourself to her level. In public, you are a Prince, and she is a Junjun. In private, you are the older cousin, and Ban Junjun is your younger cousin. It is not good for you to fight like this. "
"What do you mean?" The Second Prince was so angry that he frowned, "Am I the kind of man who bullies a woman for no reason?"
Rong Xia bowed again, "Your Highness, please calm down. This humble servant does not dare."
The Second Prince looked at Rong Xia's gentle face and felt that this person was not pleasing to the eye. Although he said that he did not dare, his eyes showed that he did not care about the Second Prince. The Second Prince felt that he was not angry at all. Instead, he was furious. He pointed at Ban Han, "Ban Han, tell me, did I bully you?"
Ban Yu secretly glanced at Rong Xia, who was standing in front of her, through the gaps between her fingers. She rubbed her eyes and hid two steps behind Rong Xia with a pair of red eyes. She shook her head with an expression that said, "I'm very wronged, but I can only endure it."
"Ah Luo," the Changqing Of Gojoseon could not stand it anymore and said, "Don't make trouble. Huahua is your younger cousin. You can't bully her."
The Second Prince felt that he could not explain himself, "Uncle, why would I bully her?! Who knows why she is crying and making trouble. "
The Changqing Of Gojoseon was 23 years old this year. Because his father was the brother of the late Emperor, he was very close to the current Emperor. Although he was very young, his seniority was high. Not to mention the Second Prince, even the Crown Prince had to give him some face.
Ban Jin didn't care how aggrieved Jiang Luo was. Ever since she was young, every time she entered the palace, Jiang Luo would bully her. But since she was young, she understood a principle. A crying child would get milk, so she didn't suffer much. Later, when she grew up, most of the Princes in the palace were adults. She met the Princes less and less often. Other than on important occasions, it was very difficult for her to meet the Second Prince.
Who knew that after four or five years of not interacting with him, he would come to snatch something from her. He did not ask around. Who in the capital did not know that Ban Han was not stingy with her reputation?
Rong Xia saw that Ban Han did not say anything. He thought that she was frightened by the Second Prince and turned his head to look at her.
He was half a head taller than Ban Han. Ban Han also had her head lowered, so Rong Xia could only see the golden crown on her head. He did not know how this golden crown was made. The golden leaves were vivid and lifelike, and they were as thin as cicada's wings. When the wind blew, they gently trembled. There was a kind of luxurious beauty.
At this moment, Ban Han, who originally had her head lowered, looked up. A pair of large eyes fell into Rong Xia's line of sight.
Swish.
The golden leaves on Ban Han's head trembled even more. She blinked and gave Rong Xia a grateful smile.
Rong Xia thought that Commandery Prince Ban looked quite likable when he smiled. His eyes were curved like the crescent moon in the sky.
"Cousin," the Changqing Of Gojoseon had always been very tolerant of beautiful girls, so he smiled at Ban Han and said, "Come, come and hunt with us."
"Thank you, Uncle." Ban Han bowed to the Changqing Of Gojoseon, and then pretended to look worriedly at the Second Prince. Her expression was slightly exaggerated.
"Don't be afraid. Your cousin is just a bit straightforward. He doesn't have any bad intentions." The Changqing Of Gojoseon glared at the Second Prince, indicating that he should not speak and scare Ban Han. "What did you just hunt?"
"Just a fox." Ban Han touched the whip at her waist. "His Majesty gave me a horse whip, so I wanted to hunt a pretty little thing to give to His Majesty." Speaking of this, her beautiful large eyes looked at the Second Prince, and she felt wronged again.
The nobles who came with the Changqing Of Gojoseon looked at the Second Prince strangely. He even stole a girl's prey. This Second Prince was really unique.
Although Ban Han was a bit reckless, she was still the granddaughter of the Princess Royal. If it wasn't for the Princess Royal's protection, the Emperor might not have been able to ascend the throne. Now that the Princess Royal was still alive, the Second Prince was bullying her only granddaughter.
So unkind.
The Second Prince hadn't been so aggrieved in a long time. This woman was shameless and unreasonable. He really didn't know how the Marquis of Jingting taught her. She was part of the royal bloodline. How could she be so undignified?
And the way the other nobles looked at him. Although they didn't say a word, the Second Prince felt that they already despised him in their hearts.
So angry!
Ban Han, that shameless b * tch!
"Other girls are admiring the scenery and composing poems, but you came here to hunt. Swords have no eyes. What if you get hurt?" The Changqing Of Gojoseon looked at the prey on the back of Ban Han's guard. "Oh, you've got a lot of prey."
"I don't like to compose poems. I won't join them."
As they spoke, Ban Han shot a bird with his bow.
The Changqing Of Gojoseon saw this and shook his head. No wonder she couldn't find a suitable husband with such a beautiful face. Most of the men in the world preferred gentle women. It was really difficult to deal with someone like his Wanwan.
Men with high statuses were unwilling to marry her, but men with low statuses were not worthy of her. It was really troublesome to be neither high nor low.
If she restrained her temper, she could marry into the royal family. Unfortunately, with her impetuous temperament, she probably wasn't suitable to stay in the royal family.
Aunt … probably couldn't bear to let her go.
Looking at the prey the guard brought back, the fur on the belly was stained with blood. When young girls saw cute animals, they couldn't bear to hurt them. However, when Huahua saw a fox, she thought of its fur. When she saw a pheasant, she thought of its tail feathers. When she saw a rabbit, she thought of roasted rabbit meat.
The Jingting Marquessate really didn't know how to teach children. What had they taught such a beautiful girl to be like?
"Whoosh!"
An arrow suddenly flew out and pierced the neck of a white furred deer.
Ban Han suddenly turned around and saw Cheng Anbo's bow that he hadn't had time to put away.
"Good archery!"
She thought that a gentleman like Cheng Anbo didn't like to hunt. After all, it was stained with blood.
"You flatter me, Junjun." Rong Xia handed the bow to the guard and smiled faintly. "It was just a coincidence."
"Ah!" Ban Han suddenly clapped her hands. "Hurry and have someone bring something to collect the deer blood. Don't waste it. It's very nutritious."
Rong Xia smiled and said to the guard behind her: "What are you waiting for? Do as Junjun says."
"Yes." The guard immediately dismounted and took a silver pot to collect the deer blood.
It was a happy thing that others were willing to listen to their good advice. Therefore, Ban Han gave Rong Xia a big smile.
This smile made the noblemen a little dazed and their hearts skipped a beat.
"It's almost noon." Xie Wanyu stood on her tiptoes and looked in the direction of the forest. Those people who went out to hunt should be back soon.
Just as she was thinking this, a group of people walked out of the forest. The one at the front was the Changqing Of Gojoseon, accompanied by a man and a woman. Xie Wanyu immediately recognized that the elegant man was Cheng Anbo, and the woman … …
Ban Han?
The woman walking side by side with Cheng Anbo was Ban Han?!
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