After leaving the palace and returning home, Li Huang couldn't help but think of the way her father looked at her just now.
She always felt that her father seemed to have something to say, but she swallowed it back.
As soon as he returned home, Ling Yuan came up to him and said, "Princess, what you asked me to investigate has been found out."
Early the next morning, a carriage slowly left from the back door of the Princess's mansion.
Li Huang never dreamed that the mark on the new king she saw in her dream actually came from the animal slaves in the zoo.
All kinds of exotic beasts are tamed in the zoo for the enjoyment of the royal family.
Li Huang had been here once before, but she couldn't see the cruel way of taming animals here, so she only stayed for a moment and then left.
Today, Ling Yuan came over in advance to take care of everything. After Li Huang arrived, the manager led all the beast slaves over.
These animal slaves came from poor backgrounds, or were members of rich and powerful families who had committed crimes, so they were sent here. The so-called animal taming is actually to use living people to train the wild nature of animals. It is extremely cruel, but those with unique habits are
A favorite pastime of the rich and powerful.
But Li Huang couldn't associate the man in the dream with these beast slaves.
How could such a noble and arrogant person like him be a slave who was abused in the zoo?
"Are all the slaves in the zoo here?"
"Yes, all the beast slaves are here, not a single one is missing."
Li Huang held his head and hummed, lowered his eyes and looked at the group of people, "Raise your heads."
The beast slaves raised their heads cautiously. They knew that the person who came today had an unusual identity, and they were afraid that he might accidentally offend the noble person.
Li Huang carefully scanned everyone in front of her. Strangely, no one looked like the person in the dream.
Could it be that she made a mistake?
Li Huang took a deep breath and said, "Take off your clothes and let me see."
As soon as these words came out, not only the manager, but also Ling Yuan was stunned, "Princess, how can such a lowly slave taint the princess's eyes?"
"Take off."
She remembered clearly that the mark was engraved on Xinjun's chest, and in addition to the mark, Xinjun's chest also had a scar that was about to fade away.
She wanted to personally confirm who among these people was.
Seeing Li Huang's insistence, Ling Yuan had no choice but to ask these beast slaves to take off their shirts.
Li Huang stood up and came closer and looked at each one one by one. But apart from the special mark on their chest, each of these people had more or less scars on their bodies, but none of them were the same as the scar in her memory.
Could it be that he is not here?
"Princess, do you want to continue?"
Lingyuan asked in a low voice.
Li Huang took a deep breath, his mind racing, "No need, let's go back home."
Since she can't find it here, she will try to find clues again. She must find that person and then - kill him.
Just as Li Huang was leaving the zoo, passing by the animal training ground, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a black figure inside.
In the animal training field, a man and a tiger were fighting.
The young man's arm was covered with bloodstains, and a tiger bit his shoulder. The blood flowed down the shoulder and dyed the ground under his feet red.
Wearing a mask, he hit the tiger's head with his fists as hard as he could!
Even though it was just a glance, Li Huang's heart felt like beating a drum. She couldn't explain why she felt this way, but this strong uneasiness and fear seemed to be the despair and pain of being trapped in the new king's bedroom for countless days and nights.
It's him?
Li Huang's eyes turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "Bring the arrows!"
The steward thought that Li Huang was interested and wanted to have fun here, so he immediately handed over his bow and arrows.
The slaves in the zoo are as cheap as ants.
There are those who feed tigers with their bodies, there are those who fight wild beasts with their bare hands, and there are those who serve as targets for nobles.
Obviously, the manager has identified Li Huang as today's noble man.
The moment the arrow was aimed at the man, he turned back sharply, his sharp eyes quickly catching the direction of danger.
Li Huang was caught off guard and met his eyes, and his heart seemed to be grabbed instantly!
The hand holding the bow and arrow trembled uncontrollably, almost losing its accuracy!
While suppressing the tiger, the man also had to be wary of Li Huang's hidden arrows. Inadvertently, his sleeve was ripped off by the tiger, and blood flowed down his white shoulder.
Seeing that the tiger opened its bloody mouth and was about to bite the man's neck, at the same time, with a 'swish' sound, an arrow hit the man mercilessly!
The arrow pierced the shoulder blade and spurted out a column of blood!
And behind the young man, the tail of the arrow sank into the tiger's lifeline! The behemoth fell to the ground, whimpering in pain.
The man's eyes were indifferent, and he coldly withdrew his gaze to glare at Li Huang. Then he pulled out the arrow that pierced his shoulder from the tiger's neck without expression. He limped towards Li Huang.
Come.
Li Huang was biting his lip at this moment, and his hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling slightly.
The one she was aiming at was obviously a young man, but for some reason, she actually softened her heart at the last moment when she released the arrow.
He is very similar to the man in the dream, but completely different.
But when Li Huang saw him, he felt as if his heart had been torn open and it was bloody and painful.
The young man walked up to her. His face was covered with blood, and he couldn't tell which ones belonged to him and which belonged to the tiger. His face was expressionless, with neither humble fear nor respect for the powerful. It was like a handful of blood.
An emotionless blade, sharp and cold.
The young man didn't say anything, he just handed over the arrow, then lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Li Huang stared at the man's clothes without blinking. Before she could give instructions, the young man glanced at the people behind the steward, then looked at Li Huang, and unbuttoned his clothes with a sullen face.
The cloth on his shoulder was stuck to the wound. As he pulled off his clothes, his already pale and handsome face suddenly lost all color.
"enough!"
Li Huang sternly stopped the man's movements.
She glanced around and clearly saw that the man's chest was clean, with no marks or scars.
He is not that person!
No matter how embarrassed that person is, he is still noble and inviolable. There is no way he would fight for his life with an animal in a cage! It is even less possible for him to be humiliated like this!
Li Huang took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes returned to calm.
"Didn't you just say that these are all the beast slaves? Then who is he?"
The steward quickly explained: "Your Highness, this person is not from the zoo. He just signed a life and death certificate to tame the beasts that we cannot tame. Once he enters the zoo, he will live or die."
A beast that even a beast slave cannot tame...
Li Huang glanced at the man subconsciously and unexpectedly collided with his eyes. In an instant, Li Huang felt as if a knife was scraping her lifeline. His eyes were extremely cold.
Touching the unstoppable flow of blood on his shoulder, Li Huang frowned and took out something from his sleeve.
The moment she handed it over, the man's eyelids twitched suddenly, his body tensed up quietly, and a sharp short blade at the cuff was quickly held in his hand. However...
"Wipe it clean."
What Li Huang handed over was a clean handkerchief.
The veil is made of fine material, with a green plum embroidered on it.
The young man was stunned and looked at Li Huang, but he didn't pick him up.
Li Huang frowned and explained: "Since I hurt you, I will take responsibility. Stop the bleeding first, and then apply medicine."
At the steward's urging, the young man took the medicine handed over by Li Huang with a cold face.
At the same time, he quietly retracted the dagger on his sleeve.
Just a few seconds away, he would have scratched her neck!
After leaving the zoo, Li Huang felt a little depressed. He always thought of that young man unconsciously in his mind.
Why does she have a feeling of déjà vu?
"Princess, princess?"
Ling Yuan had called out several times, but Li Huang was wandering in the sky and didn't notice it at all. Helpless, she could only get closer and call out.
Li Huang was startled, and when he came to his senses, he was shocked to realize that he had returned to the mansion.
The size of the eldest princess's palace is not inferior to that of the East Palace. The emperor felt sorry for his daughter to leave the palace and specially built the palace to be extremely luxurious. Compared with her, the second princess's palace of Li Chuchu, who was also a princess, seemed much shabby.
Li Huang gathered his thoughts, glared at Ling Yuan angrily, and said helplessly: "Do you want to scare me to death so that you can guard the imperial mausoleum for me?"
Lingyuan's face fell instantly and she said aggrievedly: "Princess, I just want to ask you, what do you want to eat for dinner?"
Only then did Li Huang realize that it was already dark and it was time for dinner.
She had been out all day today and hadn't even had a proper meal, so she was really hungry at the moment.
"Slave, can I prepare the meals as usual?"
Meals from the past?!
Li Huang hurriedly stopped Ling Yuan, "No need, just prepare some porridge and side dishes. Don't be so extravagant and wasteful in future meals, just prepare something lighter."
"Ah? But doesn't the princess love bird's nests and shark's fins the most on weekdays?"
Li Huang: "..."
Isn't that what Li Chuchu said? Gu Chenzhou likes round and plump women. She eats meat with all her strength in order to grow more flesh and look rounder. Unfortunately, her body has not liked to grow flesh since she was a child.
, on the contrary, she had been too taboo for a long time, resulting in weak energy and physical weakness, and even her former martial arts skills were delayed.
"No need, I will prepare according to my instructions in the future."
"yes."
Lingyuan was about to leave after accepting the order. As soon as she turned around, she was stopped by Li Huang: "That person today, go and find for me where he will stay."
She also wanted to confirm again.
Lingyuan didn't know what Li Huang was thinking, but she was only thinking about one thing: the man in the zoo today seemed to be pretty good-looking. Even with the blood on his face, he could still tell that he was a good-looking person. What was the princess going to do?
Now that you are enlightened, are you ready to take a male favorite into your house?
Seeing Ling Yuan's weird smile, Li Huang couldn't help but shudder and added: "Be careful, don't let anyone find out."
It’s not a secret! If someone discovers it, the eldest princess’s reputation as a pampered boy is not good!
Ling Yuan understood the idea, got up and left, then went down to make arrangements.