Chapter 23 She is injured
Chu Yue looked at Mo Yun, and Mo Yun understood and went to look for the assassins hiding nearby.
Chi Yan sneered in his heart, okay, he was going to be hunted down soon, and he would not save the unlucky prince, since he did not have a very deep friendship with his master anyway.
He whistled, but Hongzao remained unmoved. Seeing that Mo Yun was about to come, Chiyan whistled again. Hongzao glanced at the cliff, then ran towards Chiyan with a sad look on his face.
Chi Yan covered his face and jumped on the horse, while Hong Zao let him ride absentmindedly.
Chi Yan was also full of confusion. Hong Zao never let him get close to him every time, so why didn't he throw him off his horse today?
Just as he was thinking about it, Hongzao threw him out mercilessly and quickly ran into the woods.
"You are such a heartless little thing!" Chi Yan rubbed his butt and went to chase Hong Zao.
At the foot of the cliff, Chu Li lay on the dense branches, and Huan Yan quietly jumped down.
The two of them jumped into the cave with the help of branches. In the cave was a panting lioness. It seemed to be very familiar with the cave. It jumped into the cave the moment it fell from the cliff.
"Master, the *** people are still upstairs."
Chu Li shook her head indifferently. She looked at the lioness. The lioness narrowed her eyes and fidgeted, her body rising and falling. Chu Li wanted to get closer to her.
Huanyan stopped him and said, "Master, be careful!"
Chu Li raised his hand, "Nothing, don't go over there."
She walked towards the lioness. The lioness's hind legs kept moving, and she seemed to be in pain. She looked at Chu Li approaching listlessly.
Huanyan wanted to move closer to protect Chu Li, but the lioness seemed frightened and showed her fangs at Huanyan.
Huanyan immediately took a step back. The lioness calmed down. Huanyan was surprised. Why did the lioness let her owner get close to her, but she couldn't?
Chu Li placed his hand on his chest and moved closer to the lioness, then gently placed his right hand on the lioness's belly.
The lioness just raised her head slightly and lay on the ground again. She raised one of her hind legs and turned her head to lick the cub that was about to be born.
Huanyan saw Chu Li's mouth moving, as if he was saying something to the lion. Soon, a little lion was born.
Chu Li smiled happily, "The little lion will be able to see this world in seven days."
Huanyan was happy about the new life, but also frightened by the distance between Chu Li and the lioness.
"There's another one!" Chu Li lowered his voice, full of joy.
The lioness was very weak after giving birth, and she kept licking her cubs.
Chu Li grabbed a handful of soil from the cave and smelled it. There must have been other lionesses giving birth to cubs here. There was a faint light coming from the other end of the cave, so maybe he could get out from there.
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Chu Yue looked down the cliff and could only see dense forest. She couldn't tell how deep the cliff was. She estimated that there was no way Chu Li would come back alive today.
Mo Yun also came back. He nodded and reported, "Princess, the owner of the horse just now may not be Chu Li's. Someone took it away."
*** was extremely depressed, as she was about to catch the lioness today. If Chu Li hadn't messed things up, she wouldn't have returned empty-handed.
But this time, she is sure to win the bet.
Chu Yue warned the guards behind her, "You all saw it. It was Chu Li who jumped off the cliff by herself. It has nothing to do with this princess. If anyone dares to spread rumors or cause trouble, they will bear the consequences themselves."
"Yes, princess."
Chu Yue put the bow and arrow on his back and climbed onto his horse. "The hunting time is almost over. Let's hurry to Lifeng Valley!"
The guard was horrified and advised, "Princess, you can't do that! That is a restricted hunting area, there are giant beasts lurking there!"
Chu Yue sneered, "You can't get a tiger cub without taking any risks!"
The few people had no choice but to follow.
The group had just walked halfway when Chu Yue felt the restlessness of Black Wind. Its horse hooves were unwilling to move forward, so Chu Yue whipped it.
"You are a warhorse, and you dare to stand back!"
Chu Yue ignored Heifeng's resistance and continued to move forward.
Suddenly, a lion blocked her way. Its head was broad and round, and its bright eyes emitted a sharp and majestic light.
Chu Yue was very excited. What Chu Li said was right. There was a lion!
"Quick!" Chu Yue drew his bow and loaded an arrow. The guards almost stopped breathing. They actually saw a living lion in their lifetime!
Then, they suddenly found that the horses were trembling all over and running away in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, only Chu Yue and Mo Yun were left.
Mo Yun protected Chu Yue.
Chu Yue pushed Mo Yun's shoulder with her right hand, a fierce look on her face, "Get out of the way."
Mo Yun said worriedly: "Master, this is a lion!"
Chu Yue pulled out the dagger she carried with her, her eyes were bloodshot, and she showed a determined smile, "So what? It's just right for it to see what a female killer from the battlefield looks like!"
She moved extremely fast towards the lion, and the lion's sharp claws swung towards her at an even faster speed with the wind.
Chu Yue rolled on the ground and stood up, crouching down, judging the lion's weakness without blinking.
After a moment, Chu Yue held the lion's throat tightly with one hand and picked up the dagger with the other hand and was about to stab it into its throat.
Unexpectedly, the lion raised its sharp claws and knocked Chu Yue's dagger away, leaving three bloody marks under her collarbone.
"Ah!" Chu Yue picked up the dagger in pain and was about to stab it into the lion's eyes, but she suddenly caught a glimpse of several more lions coming out of the dense forest.
"Hurry up and go!" Mo Yun, who was holding a hidden weapon and wanted to shoot the lion, didn't know where to start. He was afraid of shooting Chu Yue by mistake, so he shot wide. The lion sensed the danger and let go of Chu Yue.
Mo Yun leaped onto the tree trunk with the injured Chu Yue.
Chu Yue's blood was flowing down her body. She urged, "Shoot it!"
"No, we don't know how many wild beasts there are in Lifeng Valley, and our weapons are not enough!" Mo Yun persuaded while looking at Chu Yue's wound.
"Princess, your wound cannot be delayed!" For the first time, Mo Yun disobeyed Chu Yue's order and ran away with her in his arms.
"Bastard! Coward!" Chu Yue was so angry at Mo Yun that she turned pale with pain, and the upper part of her white suit was stained red.
"As long as you are okay, I will let you do whatever you want." Mo Yun felt distressed when he saw the wound of the *** that was still bleeding.
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A quarter of an hour later, Chu Li led the lioness and the little lion along the faint light and finally saw the entrance of the cave covered by bushes. Several strange figures were standing there, which was very scary.
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Outside the autumn hunting tent, everyone watched quietly as the last stick of incense in the incense burner was half burned.
The hunting was almost over. The eldest prince returned with a load of prey, and the second prince's bag was also full of prey.
The stubborn wealthy people in the Censorate looked at Prime Minister Jiang, who was as steady as a rock, and the eldest prince, who was full of high spirits.
She is worthy of being the eldest prince. Although she has military achievements, she is a woman. The crown prince is cowardly and incompetent. The throne of the Great Chu must be inherited by the eldest prince.
The Sixth Prince did not catch any prey, and the wild rabbit he had prepared in advance was released by him at the last moment. He also brought back a lot of wild flowers.
Lao Liu sat in his seat holding wild flowers to maintain his persona, and was content to be a loser who liked to grow flowers and fish in the eyes of everyone.
Anyway, as long as he doesn't die and no one finds out that the Sixth Prince has changed his mind, he doesn't care about the disdainful looks from others.
Pei Ye rested his arm on the side of the chair, his narrow eyes slightly raised, looking quietly in the direction of the hunting ground.
Chu Li said that if they lost the autumn hunt today, he would be the one to deal with it. He had to think about how to torture the Crown Prince.
Ye Hanting was drinking tea quietly. When he saw Chi Yan coming back, he paused while picking up the teacup. Could it be that something had happened to Chu Li?