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Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne-Chapter 226 - One Hundred and Seventy-Eight _2
Chapter 226: Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Eight _2
Seeing that Prince Dai insisted on turning the tables, Marquis Xuanping had no choice but to agree.
"I’ll make the arrangements right away." He hurriedly prepared everything to ensure that His Highness would not encounter any trouble.
"Uncle, don’t worry. Nothing will happen to me." Prince Dai reassured Marquis Xuanping, "I won’t let anything happen to myself."
Hearing this from Prince Dai, what more could Marquis Xuanping say?
"Today is the first day of the spring hunt. The Crown Prince and Duke Zhen won’t make a move today. They should act tomorrow or the day after, so we still have time to prepare." After speaking, Marquis Xuanping hastily left Prince Dai’s tent.
Fu Zhong, standing beside Prince Dai, expressed his concern, "Your Highness, isn’t this too dangerous?"
"The assassins sent by the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen won’t succeed in killing me." Prince Dai picked up a tea cup, gently brushing the surface with the lid, and smiled disdainfully, "They can’t just kill me whenever they want."
"Your Highness..."
Prince Dai looked at Fu Zhong, a bit impatient, "Enough, my mind is made up. Don’t say any more."
Fu Zhong dared not persuade further and obediently shut his mouth.
"I hope the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen don’t disappoint me."
In the emperor’s tent, he was playing chess with Prime Minister He.
Shen Hu and Chu Ying sat on the side, watching the game and chatting.
They reminisced about their past hunts in the mountains.
Back then, they were so poor they couldn’t afford meat, so they often hunted in the mountains, leaving not even a single bird.
"I remember we even caught a black bear that year."
"Lao Chu, every time you mention that black bear, my back starts to ache." Back when they hunted that black bear, Shen Hu’s back was clawed by it. The claw mark was no minor wound, and Shen Hu still bears the scar. "But, to be honest, bear paw is really delicious."
"Last year, we finally saw a black bear, but it got away." During last year’s autumn hunt, Chu Ying and the others encountered a black bear but didn’t catch it because it ran too fast. "I wonder if we’ll encounter another one this year?"
Shen Hu said, "If we encounter one this year, we can’t let it escape again." ƒгeewebnovёl_com
Zhang Gong said, "It’s been years since we’ve had bear paw. Hopefully, we’ll have better luck this time and catch last year’s black bear."
"Boss, why are there no tigers in this hunting ground?"
The emperor rolled his eyes at Chu Ying’s question, "Do you think this is a remote mountain wilderness?" The animals in the hunting ground were deliberately released. Dangerous animals like tigers wouldn’t be left to roam freely. Also, bears and wolves that appear are ones that enter the hunting ground themselves, not deliberately raised there.
"Boss, we’ve only hunted a tiger once in all these years."
About twenty years ago, the emperor and Zhang Gong were suppressing rebels, and they unfortunately encountered a tiger coming down the mountain to hunt.
At that time, the tiger consumed several of their soldiers. The emperor and Zhang Gong expended significant effort to kill it.
Today, the tiger pelt in the Imperial Study is from that very tiger.
Talking about that tiger from back then made Shen Hu and the others salivate over its meat.
"By the way, Boss, don’t you want to taste tiger whip again and show your prowess?" Shen Hu suddenly became mischievous and teased the emperor with a suggestive eyebrow raise.
Zhang Gong and Chu Ying laughed wickedly along.
The emperor picked up a chess piece and threw it at Shen Hu, laughing and cursing, "Do I need that to prove my prowess?"
"Boss, but you said that stuff is great yourself." Shen Hu said with a rogue expression, "Boss, you looked so radiant the next day."
Chu Ying and Zhang Gong laughed ambiguously, "I still remember how you looked... Ouch..." They didn’t finish their sentence before getting hit by a chess piece thrown by the emperor.
"Boss, are you shy now?"
"Boss, you say you..."
The emperor stood up and chased after Zhang Gong and the others, kicking their butts.
Prime Minister He listened to Shen Hu and the others’ bawdy talk with a helpless smile.
Sun Kui stood on the side, amusedly watching the emperor and Shen Hu chasing and play-fighting, "Prime Minister He, do the emperor and General Shen often behave like this?"
"They often behave this way, never serious."
Just as Prime Minister He finished speaking, the emperor and Shen Hu were already on the ground wrestling.
"Ouch, Boss, you’re now the emperor. Why are you still fighting dirty?" Shen Hu, who was hit, cried out from the ground.
"If I don’t teach you a lesson, you’ll be unruly."
"Lao Chu, Lao Zhang, what are you hesitating for? Get in here."
Shen Hu tried to rally Chu Ying and Zhang Gong to pin the emperor down.
The three teamed up against the emperor, but unfortunately, they weren’t his match.
"Boss, you haven’t lost your touch, have you?"
"Boss, your skills are still sharp."
"Boss, let go. My arm is about to break."
Shen Hu and the others were subdued on the ground, pleading in pain.
The emperor released them but then arrogantly lay on top of them.
Chu Ying and the others obediently lay on the ground, letting the emperor rest on them.
"Your Majesty, should we continue the game?" The game was halfway through when the emperor abandoned Prime Minister He to fool around with Shen Hu and the others, leaving Prime Minister He feeling helpless.
"Yes, I’m coming." The emperor stood up and kicked Shen Hu and the others, "Still dare to underestimate me?"
Shen Hu and the others quickly admitted their mistake, "Boss, we’re wrong. We won’t dare underestimate you again."
The emperor returned to his seat opposite Prime Minister He to continue the chess game.
Shen Hu and the others got up, tidied their clothes, and sat back on their chairs.
Sun Kui thoughtfully brought a new cup of tea for the emperor and Shen Hu and the others.
"Boss, when are we going to deal with that scoundrel Han Zhong?"
"Boss, if we’re not dealing with that scoundrel Han Zhong now, at least send me to the northern frontier to keep an eye on the Xiongnu."
"Boss, let me go help Lao Yan."
Cooped up in the capital every day, Shen Hu and the others were getting restless, wanting to find something to do on the frontier.
"What, feeling bored?"
"Too bored," Shen Hu said, "Boss, if we keep idling like this, we’ll waste away."
"These next few days, you’ll have something to do." The emperor spoke with deep meaning.
Upon hearing this, Chu Ying and the others immediately understood what the emperor meant and became excited.
"Boss, someone’s going to stir up trouble during the spring hunt, huh."