When she returned and saw Yi Junshi, Yi Zhici walked over full of apologies to explain the ins and outs of the matter. She even detailed her inner thoughts when she had no choice but to give away the purple clay teapot. She almost cried while explaining and secretly praised herself for being so smart.
Yi Junshi was only stunned for a moment and then said, "It's okay. It's just a teapot. I'm not short of them."
Yi Zhici happily grabbed Yi Junshi's arm. "Father, you're the best. I really had to act on the spur of the moment. I'll find another one for you. I swear."
Yi Junshi smiled. "It doesn't matter, but you should hurry up. You still have a hunting activity today."
When Yi Zhici arrived out of breath, most of the people on the hunting ground had already gathered. The young people from the noble families were numerous, looking quite imposing.
The sun was shining brightly today. The sky was clear and the gentle breeze was blowing. The blue sky looked as if it had been washed and dyed. The sunlight shone down in waves of halos, looking extremely beautiful. Looking at such a nice day, one couldn't help but feel brightened up.
Gu Weifeng was sitting lazily on the dragon throne on a high platform. "Today, when you hunt, you'll still be grouped according to the invitation list. The first - prize group will get a royal marriage decree from me."
Yi Zhici was enjoying this rare nice weather. When she heard the words "royal marriage decree", she immediately came back to her senses and said to Zhong Qing, "What did the emperor just say? The first - prize group will get a royal marriage decree?"
Zhong Qing nodded.
Yi Zhici thought that this was really an arrangement from heaven. Lin Yuan had worried that if the emperor gave a royal marriage decree, he might not marry Yi Zhici. But now, since the first - prize group would get the decree, there would be no such problem. Lin Yuan's worry would never come true, and General Lin Qiong couldn't stop them either with the emperor's decree.
This was really a fateful encounter that couldn't be stopped. Yi Zhici felt that God was really kind to her.
She quietly walked up to Lin Yuan. Before she could say anything, Lin Yuan said seriously, "Your Highness, rest assured. I'll do my best."
Two dimples appeared at the corners of Yi Zhici's mouth. "Everything will be all right now. I think God is so good to me."
Lin Yuan smiled. "Yes, I just took a look. We only have one opponent today."
"The Marquis's heir and Sister Yan," Yi Zhici pouted and said embarrassedly, "I'll have to trouble you, General, to work harder. My archery and horsemanship may not be as good as Sister Yan's."
"Don't worry. It's on me."
Each group entered the hunting ground from a different location. Yi Zhici followed Lin Yuan, fully armed. As soon as they entered, most of the prey they saw were shot dead by Lin Yuan's arrows. Yi Zhici was also not bad and had shot more than most young masters.
Lin Yuan turned around. "Your Highness, you can go and rest. This is what I should do."
"How can I rest while you're working hard alone?" Yi Zhici corrected seriously. "This is for our future. We should work together."
A storm surged in Lin Yuan's eyes. It was as if his heart was filled. "Okay, let's work together."
The two of them advanced like a raging tide. When they met other groups on the way, they basically competed for the prey. Whoever shot first got it.
Strangely, some people didn't seem to be in a hurry. They didn't shoot at the prey even when they saw it, and some even let Yi Zhici take the opportunity to pick up the prey for free. But the young people from the noble families usually studied in Siyou Academy and had archery and horsemanship courses, so it was impossible that they didn't know how to shoot.
Yi Zhici thought for a while during the break of looking for prey. Maybe they didn't really want this royal marriage decree and were not satisfied with the grouping.
Not far away, she saw a roe deer. Just as Yi Zhici was about to draw her bow to shoot, she saw a servant go to pick up the prey that someone had shot down. The servant was not far from the roe deer. If she shot the arrow rashly, the servant might get hurt. So Yi Zhici put down the drawn bow.
Just as she was about to ride away to look for new prey, a whistling sound came. Yi Zhici, who had always had sharp ears, subconsciously looked back.
The arrow that came whistling was flying straight towards the roe deer. And the servant who was picking up the prey had just stood up with a dead rabbit in his arms. It seemed that he was about to take the arrow for the roe deer.
Yi Zhici jumped up and flew off her horse.
At the critical moment, Yi Zhici grabbed the arrow feathers that were flying straight towards the servant's heart. Because the arrow was flying too fast, she didn't hold it firmly at first, and the arrow slid forward a few inches.
The servant was so frightened that he stood still on the spot.
The roe deer was scared away.
Lin Yuan reacted quickly and immediately came over. Mu Feng brought the bandaging materials. Lin Yuan didn't say a word and just quietly treated Yi Zhici's wound.
The wound on her hand was not big. Because Yi Zhici's hands were small, even if the arrow had penetrated her hand, the wound wouldn't be very large. But the wound was hideous. Blood was dripping down drop by drop. Her whole hand was red with blood, and the flesh and skin were hardly recognizable.