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Sikong Bing Lan looked at his begging expression. Today there are so many royal families present. Forget it, I won't destroy his plans anymore.

"Aiyo, Crown Prince, why did you come here again? The empress is looking for you right now." Eunuch Zhang hurriedly ran over with a head full of sweat.

Seeing that the crown prince and Sikong Bing Lan were together, he heaved a sigh of relief. "Miss Sikong, please come with this old servant as well. The Empress was just talking about you."

"Yes."

In the past, the concubines of the imperial harem would all rush to come to hunt, but the empress liked peace and quiet, so she never came to this sort of place.

This year, things were different from usual. Not only did she take the initiative to follow the Emperor to the hunting grounds, the Empress was also the one who managed the entire hunting grounds.

Under the lead of Eunuch Zhang, the two of them arrived in front of a tent.

The hunting grounds' palace had yet to be remodeled, so there were many tents built to serve as a resting place for this half a month.

Pulling open the curtain, the two entered.

On the jade throne of Yang Baiyu sat a magnificent woman with golden steps and a slender waist. She was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was as enchanting as a enchanting and enchanting as a blossoming red rose. Her temperament was extraordinary.

"It's the empress's fortune." Sikong BingLan bowed.

The crown prince jumped into the empress's arms and muttered coquettishly, "Imperial Mother Lucky, Imperial Mother is so beautiful today!"

"Look at your sweet mouth." The empress picked him up and placed him on her knees. She lovingly kissed his round cheeks. "Have you been studying properly recently?"

Even though she wasn't her own child and she loved him dearly, she was in no way inferior to her mother.

"Of course, I have to study well!" The Crown Prince picked up the dates from the table and stuffed them into her mouth.

As she ate the jujube, the Queen's smile became even more charming.

He looked up and asked, "How is the preparations for the hunt against the third son of the Qilin King, the Imperial Tutor Prince?"

"This humble subject is ready." Sikong Bing Lan knew that the reason she let him come here was for this.

It was nothing more than a reminder to him that he couldn't afford to lose this battle.

If he lost, it would be losing the face of a crown prince, and the face of a Monarch.

The people of the royal family were quite comfortable. The hard work of the subjects was up to them, and the good work of the subjects was up to them.

If he had known this earlier, he would have silently said it a hundred times when he transmigrated, becoming the child of the royal family.

Those days would not be as bitter as they were now.

He had to worry about the Monarch's sexual orientation, love affairs, and worry about the Queen's concerns about him studying martial arts. He had to be both a father and a mother.

"If you don't have the certainty that you will definitely win, then Imperial Tutor Crown Prince, you might as well disqualify right now and apologize to the Emperor." After all, Qi Jingyu was the champion of the hunt in the upper realms, so the Queen was still worried.

Hearing this, the crown prince hurriedly climbed down from her legs. "Muhou, Lan'er's riding skills are amazing. You don't have to worry."

He ran to Sikong BingLan, grabbed her hand and ran out, "Father is still waiting for us on the hunting grounds. Mother, I will take my leave now."

After leaving the tent for a few dozen meters, he finally stopped, panting heavily.

Sikong BingLan gently stroked his back, feeling good for him. She knew that he had only dragged her out because he noticed that the empress's expression was wrong and was worried that she would be punished.

"Yo, look who this is?" The Qilin Third Master had just brought the horses out of the stable when he ran into them. He said in an unfriendly tone, "You arrogant bookkeeper, if you lose later, don't cry too late."

"Being confident is a good thing." Sikong Binglan replied with an indifferent tone, "If you're too confident, you will be courting death."

"You dog, who are you talking to!" The follower behind Qi San Ye scolded, "How dare you be so rude."

"I'll let you say it now. The arrows on the horse farm will be blind. If I'm not careful and miss the shot …" Qi San Ye suddenly took out an arrow and shot it at her chest.

Sikong Binglan pushed the crown prince away, turned around and dodged a flying arrow.

She bent down to pick up the flying arrow and handed it over. "Thank you for your advice, young prince."

"Hmph. A dog is a dog. Now that you know what you're worth, you still dare to fight against me." Seeing her respectful attitude, Third Master Qi became even more arrogant.

He was about to take the arrow back.

Unexpectedly, Sikong BingLan suddenly retracted her hand and exerted her strength.

"Whiz!"

The long arrow flew towards Qi San Ye's head.

"Murder!" The followers were scared shitless.

Seeing that the long arrow was about to hit the head, Sikong BingLan suddenly waved her long sleeve and a silver needle shot out, accurately hitting the arrow.

The long arrow went off course and went straight into the quiver.

The Third Master of the Qilin Group was already scared to the point that his face turned pale. He stood on the spot, not daring to move.

"The arrow has no eyes, your humble servant will take my leave first." Sikong Binglan's indifferent eyes were instantly filled with a gentle glow. She turned around as if nothing had happened and walked into the stables.

Fighting with her?

Little fellow, you should just live for a few more decades.

"Lan, you were so awesome just now!" The Crown Prince laughed and brought out Jue Chen.

"Last time, when I saw others doing it, I thought it was fun. Today, I'll give it a try. I didn't expect that it would actually work." Sikong Binglan's tone was light, as if what happened just now was just a coincidence.

She stroked his hair and her expression suddenly changed.

"Lan'er …" The crown prince's voice suddenly trembled.

He pointed at Jue Chen's mouth and began to cry, "Wuuuuuu, Jue Chen is spitting white foam at the mouth, he's spitting white foam at the mouth!"

Sikong Bing Lan couldn't help but frown. This Qi San Ye was really shameless to the extreme. He actually used such a despicable method to harm her horse.

Looking at the dust cloud, she tightened her grip on the reins, "Crown Prince, you go to the viewing platform first."

"But the horse can't run." The Crown Prince looked at her worriedly.

"This humble subject has his ways. Crown Prince, there is no need to worry." Sikong BingLan did not have any more time to waste. She led the horse towards her tent.

The sharp and melodious sound of a bugle horn slowly sounded.

Clusters of ceremonial flowers flew into the sky, blooming one after another in the blue sky.

Over a hundred carefully dressed palace maids were dancing with multicolored ribbons in their hands. Looking from afar, it was as if a fairy had descended from the heavens.

On the hunting grounds, more than twenty royalty were already leading their horses, ready to go.

The high and mighty Monarch slowly stood up and raised his wine cup. "Let's toast to the Yun Country's most outstanding fighters!"

Immediately, all the nobles seated below the stage shot to their feet in unison, raising their wine cups high in the air as they replied, "Let's celebrate with Jun!"

The resounding and resonant voice continued on the hunting grounds for a long time.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

With an explosive sound, the hunt officially began!

The people on the hunting grounds jumped onto their horses, turned their horses around, and dashed towards the forest behind them.

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