Chapter 149: Choice

Last winter's heavy snow fertilized the land, and the Baishan hunting ground was lush with vegetation and filled with birds and animals.

The periphery is usually filled with small prey. The vegetation is thicker on the south side of the hunting ground, and the larger prey is deep in the dense forest. The other princes have already gone to the south where wild beasts are more frequent.

Li Jifeng followed him on horseback, "Just hunt a few hares for show. I've already asked people to prepare the prey. When the time comes, we'll say we hunted it ourselves."

Xie Tingzhou turned a deaf ear. When he turned his head, he saw Shen Yu's eyebrows furrowed.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Yu held the reins and covered her stomach with one hand, "My stomach feels a little uncomfortable."

"Yes..." Xie Tingzhou stopped talking. There were so many people here that he couldn't continue talking.

Shen Yu understood immediately that he was referring to the days of the month at her daughter's house.

So he explained: "No, the milk in the morning is a bit cold, but it's okay. Let's keep walking."

Li Jifeng rubbed his stomach, then turned around and said, "It seems that I have a bit of a problem, that is, I have a bad stomach."

The group of people continued to move forward. Occasionally, hares and foxes were frightened and ran. Li Jifeng squinted one eye. Before he could take aim with the arrow he held, the prey was hit by the arrow and fell to the ground.

Then the bodyguard came back with the prey and praised him wildly, "Your Highness is good at archery!"

Li Jifeng calmly collected the unshot arrow, cleared his throat and said, "Easy to say, easy to say, next time I will shoot it directly in the eye."

Xie Tingzhou couldn't help laughing and glanced at Shen Yu again, only to see her face getting paler and paler.

Xie Tingzhou reined in his horse and said, "If you feel unwell, go back. No more hunting."

Shen Yu awkwardly leaned closer and whispered to him.

Xie Tingzhou nodded, "Go ahead, don't go too far."

Seeing Shen Yu turning the horse's head to go the other way, Li Jifeng asked, "Why is he going?"

Xie Tingzhou spit out two words, "Go to the toilet."

"That's just right." Li Jifeng said, "I also want to go to the toilet, so I'll go and be his companion."

As soon as Li Jifeng moved, he suddenly felt his neck tightening and was wrapped around Xie Tingzhou's riding crop.

"Ahem - what are you doing?" Li Jifeng pulled off his riding crop and asked.

"Want a companion when you go to the bathroom? How about I accompany you?"

Li Jifeng hurriedly declined with a smile, "You and I don't have to be so polite. It's better for me to go alone. I'm afraid you'll chop my butt with a knife."

Li Jifeng went to the other side.

Xie Tingzhou ordered: "Four of us will follow him."

Li Jifeng turned around and said, "I need to go to the toilet!"

"Just right." Xie Tingzhou said, "I'll protect you from the wind on all sides."

There are wild beasts everywhere in the forest, and the main reason is that I am worried about encountering danger.

Li Jifeng came in with Xie Tingzhou, and he had to come out of the forest safely with him, otherwise the charge of murdering the prince and intending to rebel would be slapped on Xie Tingzhou's head, and there was nothing Beilin could do.

Li Jifeng didn't have much fun with it. Ever since he was three years old, he didn't need a maid to accompany him when he went to the toilet.

Now there are personal guards on all sides. Even though their backs are turned, it's like shitting in public.

Li Jifeng picked up his pants and went back, took a look and said, "Why hasn't Shigure come back yet? Did he faint because of diarrhea?"

Xie Tingzhou glanced at him, and Li Jifeng immediately said, "Go and see for yourself."

"Wait a minute." Xie Tingzhou said, "I'll go."

Xie Tingzhou shouted his name and searched for nearly a hundred meters, but other than the birds being frightened away, he didn't hear any response.

However, Li Jifeng was attracted by the sound echoing in the mountains and forests.

Xie Tingzhou was squatting down to check, and there were traces of trampling on the moss. He got on his horse and said solemnly: "There are no traces of a fight."

Li Jifeng responded: "There are no traces of shit."

All the personal guards: "..." My Highness's poem is quite right.

Xie Tingzhou whistled, and Hai Dongqing chirped in the air, but the forest was too dense for it to come down.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from the other side of the forest, but it came from near to far.

Xie Tingzhou's expression changed, he whipped up his horse whip and rushed out.

The forest is lush and there are branches sticking out everywhere. If you are not careful, you can scratch and bleed on your cheeks.

Li Jifeng followed hard on his horse, panting out of breath while running, saying: "Don't chase, don't chase, I told you there is no shit, you are so smart and you don't understand."

Xie Tingzhou reined in his horse suddenly, raising its hoofs high and leaving two deep hoof prints when it landed.

Li Jifeng finally caught up, "Now you understand, he said he had a stomachache, but he didn't come to use the toilet at all. I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, go back and read."

The nonchalant words at the end just cover up his intelligence, and he is still the loser who only knows how to eat, drink and poop.

Xie Tingzhou frowned, "She deliberately led me to the north."

Li Jifeng said: "Then are you going? My cannibal brothers are all in the south. The north is safer. You, the guard, are really worried about you."

Xie Tingzhou was silent for a long time.

South or north? Going south means taking risks and joining the battle, while going north means staying safe.

She used herself to make him make a choice.

Xie Tingzhou's jaw tightened. He could still go south. From today on, he is Li Jifeng's knife, tied to a rope with Li Jifeng.

Those who walk on the edge of a knife seek freedom, and those who fail will be shattered into pieces. But once Li Jifeng succeeds to the throne, he can take her back to Beilin.

Although there are no jackals in human skins in the north, there are real tigers and leopards in the dense forests.

"Snapped-- "

The whip struck the horse's rump.

After all, he was worried that she would be alone, so Xie Tingzhou chased him north.

The heavy sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, and the birds hovering in the sky fell back to the forest tops again.

A nimble figure slid down from the tree and landed lightly on the ground.

Shen Yu looked back to the north, unable to hide her reluctance.

He was originally the free and easy prince of Beilin, and the future king of Beilin, but he was summoned to the capital because of the Yanliang Pass case.

Last night before she went to bed, she asked him what he was planning. He said he just wanted to take her back to Beilin.

She had no way to repay his deep affection, and she didn't want to put him in a more dangerous situation.

After a moment, Shen Yu's eyes gradually became firm, and then she ran away in the opposite direction without looking back.

She didn't want to hide under his wings, she wanted to be on par with him.

① Calculate China's position within the sea, isn't it like a grain of rice in Taicang? From "Zhuangzi·Autumn Water".

Translation: Calculate China's position within the four seas (the ancients believed that China was surrounded by seas), isn't it like a tiny grain of rice in a large warehouse?