Chapter 299: 299
The Regent’s Little Emperor (24)
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The snow hunt was the imperial family’s biggest event at the end of the year .
Bai Weiwei shot down a wild boar as soon as it started .
And then she sat down, watching the civil court officials and military generals, like huskies taken off their leashes, cheerfully pursue their prey .
Sitting for a long time was boring, and her body was also weak . She began to doze off .
Xie Yunting returned with several dead foxes in hand and instructed people to skin them .
He saw the little emperor wearing fox-fur clothes, and thought she was especially cute and noble . When he saw the foxes, he couldn’t help but hunt them .
When he finished giving instructions, he saw the little emperor asleep in her seat .
Her delicate face, because of the charcoal fire burning next to her, was dyed red by the heat . Her beauty made his throat close tight .
That strange, burning feeling returned .
Xie Yunting had never been the type to run away .
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So instead of running away, he approached her .
His fingers couldn’t help but touch her face . This smooth and soft feeling made his eyes darken further .
His hand slowly traced the curve of her neck, stroking lower inch by inch .
There was no disgust at all .
The restless burning in his body became even more apparent .
Seemingly disturbed, she opened her eyes, confused .
Her lips were slightly open, her voice soft and bewitching . “Tai Fu?”
Only then did Xie Yunting realized what he had done .
He released his grip as though shocked by electricity, and immediately retreated several steps, his breathing chaotic .
He turned around and left .
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Bai Weiwei touched her neck . Just now, was Xie Yunting planning to strangle her?
For a moment, she quaked in fear .
And the far off Xie Yunting suddenly punched a tree .
“Unbelievable, this Bai Wei is simply a curse . ”
He was clearly disgusted by the touch of other men .
Why was it that when it came to her, his body reacted every time?
Xie Yunting’s eyes were gloomy and icy cold .
She should have been his stepping stone, but now she seemed more and more like an obstacle that could affect him .
“Tai Fu, as you suspected, Zhao Wang led the army deep in the mountains beyond the hunting grounds . ”
Xie Yunting turned towards the secret guard who had come to report .
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Zhao Wang was the uncle of the little emperor, and originally had no connection with the throne1 .
But when he succeeded in overthrowing the emperor and turned the captive little emperor into a puppet, this person was unable to stay calm .
As long as the little emperor was assassinated, the title of the emperor would naturally fall into the prince’s hands .
And in today’s snow hunt, the little emperor was the Xie Yunting’s bait to lure out Zhao Wang .
Killing Zhao Wang would reduce the forces outside the palace by more than half .
But treating her as bait meant she was in danger of losing her life .
Xie Yunting, thinking of the little emperor impaled by an arrow, his heart felt like it pricked by a needle, a pain he couldn’t draw out, the more it hurt, the colder his eyes were, “Proceed as planned,”
when he said this, his face remained hidden in the shadows .
【Ding . The male lead’s favorability has increased to 25 . 】
Bai Weiwei, who was eating snacks and yawning, heard the notification and raised her eyebrows .
This Xie Yunting must have randomly thought of something . She really didn’t do anything that would make his favorability rise .
This rise in favorability was not good .
The snow hunt smoothly finished, and Bai Weiwei made a final concluding statement .
She rewarded the officials who had caught the most prey, then patted her butt and prepared to return to the palace .
Xie Yunting came over, “Will the emperor still ride back to the palace?”
What was that about riding a horse like a man?
Bai Weiwei saw her carriage and was ready to step up .
Xie Yunting suddenly reached out and took her hand . “Your Majesty, be careful of bumps . ”
She paused and looked back at him, her eyes clear and soft .
1: 亲王: prince of 1st rank; Chinese rankings are super complicated and way out of my capabilities but basically it’s a non-inheritable title given to the direct descendant (but non-heir) of an emperor (in this case, the original BWW’s grandfather) . A qinwang’s ranking is second only to the emperor . ↩