Zhi Wei and Zhi Ruo shudders all of the sudden. They turn their little heads quickly to face their Lady. But, they see nothing weird. Ying Yue isn't even looking at them.
Zhi Wei looks at Zhi Ruo and vice versa. Their eyes say it all. What was that just now?
While they busy themselves, Nangong Jiyu has already made a move. He turns his head to the side and look down at the soldier. With that, his side profile is exposed to Ying Yue.
Ying Yue blinks her eyes at the sight of his face. Looking directly at the person and looking at him from the mirror does give out a very different result. Truth be told, Ying Yue has never seen a man as dashing and as gallant as His Majesty.
If this is in modern era, women might have bow down to his feet and Ying Yue might not have scored the first place in top 10 handsome guys. His Majesty would definitely win all the categories and the label sexiest man alive as well.
'What did this man eat?' Ying Yue wonders.
"Let's head there."
A deep and low voice comes out from Nangong Jiyu's thin dark red lips. It's unusually euphonious and at the same time, alluring that it seems to tickle anyone who hears it. Ying Yue feels an itch in her hearing system like when she has just heard a catchy music. It begs her to replay it again like some sort of addiction.
"My Lady, did you hear him speaking just now?" Zhi Wei asks as he tugs her pants.
In return, Ying Yue only gives him a look as if he's an idiot. Of course, she has heard it. She has ears for god sake. Zhi Wei pouts again under her criticizing gaze.
Afterwards, they hear the sound of horses heels clopping away. His Majesty's party has moved out towards the west.
Ying Yue eyes' glow with pure joy. Oh...it's about to go down.
With that, Ying Yue drags the two kids to follow them.
.....
The river position isn't that far from where they have been. Nangong Jiyu's party has arrived there after a few minutes. The deer that they have been hunting is presently drinking water by the riverbank.
It is quite a big one, probably weighing a couple of pounds. A fresh diagonal wound can be seen on its body.
Ying Yue believes that it must've been caused by an arrow grazing its skin. His Majesty must be the one who shot it because she and the kids saw him pulling his bow in the mirror.
While leaning lazily on a tree trunk, Ying Yue watches as His Majesty stalks the deer from behind the trees along with the soldiers and the fourth prince. They have left the horses behind in order to not alert the deer.
Right at this moment, the edge of Ying Yue's red lips lift up arrogantly, evoking a mischievous aura around her. She glances at Zhi Wei and Zhi Ruo who are silently watching the opposite party beside her. She raises an eyebrow and peer His Majesty before returning her gaze to the two kids.
'Hmm...not yet.'
She retracts her focus back to the other side's movements. From here, she can see His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu slowly pulls his arrow with his bow, aiming at the deer. His sharp gaze and masculine charm while using the bow seems to have burnt Ying Yue's line of vision as it's slowly being engraved inside her head. Such an attractive view!
Then, in the next seconds, Nangong Jiyu has finally released his arrow. It flies as fast as the wind towards the deer's body.
As the arrow inches closer and almost pierce its victim, Nangong Jiyu lets out a satisfied smile.
However, reality is cruel and false hope is even crueler.
Plonks!
And the arrow misses the deer by a few millimeters. It leaps away in panic by the sound of a water rippling near its feet. A rock had just plunged into the river which saves the life of the deer.
Nangong Jiyu "...."
Fourth Prince "...."
The soldiers "...."
Zhi Wei "!!!😱"
Zhi Ruo "?!😨"
Ying Yue "😏"