Qi Haoxuan’s eyes darkened, he gripped the bow and arrow in his hand tightly, aimed at the wild boar, and shouted loudly: "Tiantian, run quickly, run back and find the guards."
Qi Hongzhi was anxious, he couldn’t let the Nineteenth Uncle get into trouble. Didn’t he know the Nineteenth Uncle’s archery skills? He took a step to block in front of Qi Haoxuan: "Nineteenth Uncle, run, run quickly!"
Yet Qi Haoxuan didn’t move an inch, should he flee in panic in front of Tiantian? Impossible!
Qi Haoxuan knew full well he couldn’t hit the wild boar, but still he shot the arrow with all his might.
Then a shocking thing happened, Qi Haoxuan’s arrow penetrated straight through the wild boar’s head, with such force that it pinned the boar to the ground. The boar convulsed a few times, and was clearly about to lose its breath.
Qi Hongzhi was stunned, and Qi Haoxuan was also stunned.
Tianmiao’s gentle voice came from behind Qi Haoxuan: "The Prince is very impressive."
This time, Qi Haoxuan did not boast in response, but instead stared blankly at the wild boar, then at the bow and arrow in his hand, without saying a word.
Qi Hongzhi rushed forward, looking around the wild boar’s corpse and exclaimed loudly: "Wow, Nineteenth Uncle, really, you really shot this wild boar dead. Wow wow, I’ll go call people to move it, we’ll eat wild boar for lunch today."
Qi Haoxuan merely said oh, without additional words.
That day, Qi Haoxuan was very silent, in the afternoon he was not in the mood for boating, so he proposed to return to the manor.
After Tianmiao went to rest after lunch, he entered the palace.
The Emperor looked at Qi Haoxuan standing in front of him, doubting his ears: "What did you say? You want to take equestrian and archery classes? Want to learn martial arts?" This foolish brother who knew nothing but eating, drinking, and playing all day, wasn’t he most afraid of hardship? In the past, when he was learning archery and equestrian, he would quit halfway through and never return. Today he’s actually requesting to take equestrian and archery classes?
"That’s right, Royal Brother, from now on I want to spend an hour every morning practicing martial arts, and study in the evening." Qi Haoxuan nodded affirmatively.
The Emperor lay back on the bed.
"Royal Brother, what are you doing?" Qi Haoxuan dissatisfiedly stepped forward to shake the Emperor’s arm.
"I’m deeply gratified, holding back tears of emotion that are about to flow." The Emperor answered solemnly.
Qi Haoxuan snorted, and then silently sat on the edge of the bed.
"Is it because of that young lady again this time?" The Emperor sat up and asked.
"Yes." Qi Haoxuan answered sullenly, "I realized I’m too weak, I can’t protect her. I need to become strong, I need to be able to protect her!"
The Emperor smiled, reached out and touched his silly brother’s head: "That’s right, if you want to protect people or things that you care about, you must have the corresponding ability. Otherwise, for her or for you, it’s a disaster. Think about it, why is there the saying ’beauty brings disaster’?"
"That’s because their men weren’t capable of protecting them, so they shamefully shifted all the blame onto them. Or it’s just an excuse for their own incompetence." Qi Haoxuan blurted out.
"That’s true. But there’s another reason." The Emperor continued to touch his silly brother’s head. Hmm, it doesn’t feel as nice as when he was little; silly brother has grown up, and his hair isn’t as soft and fluffy as it used to be, "There’s another reason, that is, these two people were fundamentally unequal. Imagine if a wild man in the mountains and a first-rank high official both fell for a beautiful lady, even if this beautiful lady liked the wild man in the mountains. Could the wild man protect this lady? Even if the lady wanted to marry the wild man, would her family agree? Even if they agreed and married, what could this wild man provide to give this lady happiness?"