Two years have passed since Ying Feiyi resumed her role as a shrine maiden.
"Brother Huang, can't you let me go too?"
On the lakeside of the palace garden, in a spacious pavilion.
There were eunuchs, court ladies, and guards all around.
There were only two people sitting in the pavilion, both of them were wearing luxurious clothes, one was a young man, and the other was a teenager in his teens.
"Huan Zhen, I can't do it, you are still too young... When you are seventeen years old, I will definitely take you there..."
It was the young man who spoke.
His clothes and manners are very good, and his eyes are very special.
Those were... purple eyes.
There is a stone platform between the two, on which there are various fruit snacks.
"By the way, Brother Huang..." The young man ate an apple, chewing and said, "That witch sister will also go hunting with you? Why can women go too?"
"this… "
Young people don't really understand why.
Hunting has been his interest for many years. This time he went to Dongshan to hunt, and originally planned to invite his father to go with him, but he claimed that the state was busy, so he declined his invitation.
"Okay... I have to meet someone later."
The young man stood up, patted the young man's head, and said with a smile: "Huan Zhen, I hope you will grow up to be an independent prince as soon as possible..."
"That's great, brother, you..."
"What?" the young man asked puzzled.
"Brother, you have the same eyes as your father... but I am different. My eyes are no different from ordinary people. No wonder my father loves you more..."
"Where is it, Huan Zhen, my father doesn't particularly favor me..."
"It's okay," the young man said, "Actually, even if the emperor prefers you, the emperor, I don't care. After all, you are the prince."
The identity of this young man is the prince of the country, named Huan Yuan.
The day of hunting is set for tomorrow.
About three kilometers away from the capital, there is a mountain where a large number of animals live all year round, including tigers, bears, lions, and leopards. Although beasts of prey have become scarce due to years of hunting, there are still many to be seen occasionally.
Winter is fast approaching and many animals are currently leaving their dens to forage outside for the winter, so now is the best time to hunt.
He planned to go to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment.
Yi Shaoqing is good at riding and shooting, and also has a good personal relationship with the prince. The prince is a rare and approachable prince. He is very strategic, he is familiar with history books and military books, and his martial arts are also good.
The reason why I went to Shangshu Mansion was to discuss with Shaoqing about hunting tomorrow, and on the other hand... I wanted to meet her.
After the sedan chair left the palace, the prince's heart was pounding.
The current witch, Ying Feiyi, does not seem to be trusted by the emperor because of her mother's previous behavior of resisting the imperial edict. Originally, they wanted her to live in the palace for easy monitoring. However, later, Yi Shaoqing personally guarantored her, and proposed to let her live in Shangshu's mansion, and she was fully responsible for everything about her.
Of course, the prince didn't know the inside story.
In fact, the death of the former witch, that is, the mother of Feiyi, was announced to the outside world as the death of illness.
A few days ago, after the prince and Shaoqing talked about hunting, he actually proposed to take Fei Yi with him. Although the prince was really puzzled, he had always trusted Shaoqing, so he didn't say much.
Although the prince's status is higher than that of Shaoqing, the two are about the same age and share similar interests. The difference is that the prince is cheerful and outgoing, while Shaoqing is more restrained and deep.
The sedan chair arrived in front of Shangshu's mansion.
The prince opened the sedan chair curtain and said to the eunuch who was accompanying him outside the sedan chair, "Xiao Linzi, go and report."
"Your servant obeys." The eunuch walked slowly to the gate of Shangshu Mansion, and began to knock on the door.
After entering Shangshu Mansion, Shaoqing was already kneeling on the ground in the courtyard with the servants and maids at home, saying: "Kowtow to His Royal Highness!" The person kneeling next to Shaoqing was sixteen years old. The scarlet clothes.
The prince stepped into Shangshu's mansion and looked at the two with a smile.
"Get up. This is outside the palace, so you don't have to be so restrained."
Shaoqing stood up after hearing these words, but he still lowered his head and said: "His Royal Highness is coming to the humble house, I am sorry for my disappointment, and I hope you will forgive me!"
"All right, all right, stop being bureaucratic!" The prince patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Old friend, I'll be angry if you do this again."
"His Royal Highness, please come inside." Shaoqing raised his head to meet the prince's purple eyes.
The prince looked at Fei Yi and said, "Come along, witch, I have something to talk to you about."
Stepping into the mansion, he found a spacious and clean room. After closing the door, the prince looked at the two of them and said, "It's a rare meeting. When was the last time we met?"
"Reporting to His Royal Highness, it is..." Shaoqing only spoke halfway, and the prince immediately stopped him and said dissatisfiedly: "Shaoqing, stop doing this, aren't we old friends? Why are we still so restrained?"
"Where. The crown prince is the lord of the crown prince. How can he be disrespectful as a subordinate?" Shaoqing remained the same, always maintaining a well-behaved posture.
"Forget it... I know you are like this..." The prince had already sat down, picked up the teacup on the table, and said: "Tomorrow's hunting is basically ready. We will meet at the east gate of the palace in the afternoon, Shaoqing, No problem, right? I wonder if your archery has improved after more than half a year?"
"The humble minister has practiced hard, and there is only a little success."
"Is that so... Fei Yi, how about you? Can you shoot arrows?" The prince's eyes turned to Fei Yi again.
"I learned it a few years ago, but I haven't touched it for a long time, so it may be unfamiliar."
Fei Yi didn't know why, but was very unwilling to speak directly to the Prince's gaze.
She was taboo, those purple pupils.
"That's it..." The prince smiled and said, "You should be very smart, maybe you have practiced in the past few days?"
"Yes, I have shot some targets, but they are not accurate. If I use them for hunting, I'm afraid it will make His Highness laugh."
Fei Yi's eyes still wandered elsewhere.
Her hands trembled slightly.
However, the prince did not notice these abnormalities.
"Is it...?" The prince looked at Shaoqing again, and found that his eyes seemed to be focused on Feiyi.
He stayed for a few more hours, chatted about some things, and then left.
Before the prince left, he deliberately took a few more glances at Fei Yi.
However, the other party never looked at him directly.
After seeing off the prince, Shaoqing went back to the room and closed the door.
Fei Yi's body was almost exhausted, and she barely managed to maintain her sanity by propping her hands on the corner of the table.
"Why... are you asking me to go?"
Shaoqing walked in front of her slowly, gazed at her face, sighed, and said, "I hope you can take this opportunity to observe the prince."
Fei Yi grasped the hand on the corner of the table more and more tightly.
"What's the meaning?"
"You don't need to ask questions knowingly. I don't believe you haven't noticed that the prince's eyes are more disturbing than before. The pupils have begun to become more and more cloudy, and even have a tendency to expand. This is a 'harbinger'."
Fei Yi lowered her head.
"You... want me to decide?"
"It's your job."
Shaoqing suddenly walked to a desk on the left side of the room, knocked on the table, a corner of the desk was suddenly lifted, and he took out a scroll from inside.
He opened the scroll.
On the scroll, there is a big, purple eye drawn!
"You should know... The current emperor is the child born to the concubine Huang, who was born with purple pupils... Your Majesty, when he was just born, he was cursed by the thing behind that door... "