The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"Look over there, is it going to rain?"

Princess Yongtai, dressed in riding clothes, looked in the direction that Lu Weiyuan pointed, but saw only a few clouds dyed by the sunset floating lightly in the slightly rosy sky, which did not look like it would rain at all.

When she lowered her eyes slightly, she saw a group of people walking slowly from the edge of the horse farm towards where she and the others were: "Aunt Rong Le?"

The younger sister beside him was so happy that she whipped her long whip and rode towards him: "Auntie - Auntie -"

Princess Yongtai only had time to see her back, which was filled with joy.

The horse that Lu Weiyuan rode was of a superior breed from the northwest. It was tall and strong, with black hair that shone slightly with gold. As it had only been delivered to the villa not long ago, it was wild and untamable, and very arrogant. It even refused to let the horse servants put a saddle on it.

Once someone approached with a saddle or something else in his hand, the big black horse would blow its nose and rub its hooves, as if it was ready to die with everyone. Several good horse trainers were unable to make it bow its head. And because the horse was so handsome and rare, even though it refused to cooperate, the trainers did not dare to be really harsh in training it. As a result, the horse was left in this villa, eating and drinking all day, and going to the playground on time to have fun. It was simply the king of the horse farm.

However, no matter how domineering the big black horse was, it could not defeat Lu Weiyuan, who had extraordinary strength. Even this extraordinary strength was not the main reason for taming it. Instead, there was a kind of aura in the human cub walking on these two legs that the horse could not understand, as if it would easily die if touched. Out of the instinct for survival, the big black horse, which once dominated this horse farm, finally lowered its proud head.

The black horse was tall and strong, and it ran like an iron wall. This "iron wall" soon carried its new master to the destination. The horse's hooves were raised high, and the glow of the setting sun made its hair even more golden and dazzling. With a long neigh, the black horse stopped its hooves heavily, and then looked at the group of ponies opposite, whose combined hooves were not enough for its own kicks, and blew a loud syllable from its nostrils.

"Good horse." Princess Rong Le rode at the front of the group, followed by Cheng An and Shou An.

"This horse is so handsome. I vaguely remember that it was presented by Danzhu as tribute last year, right?" Princess Cheng'an raised her head slightly and looked at Lu Weiyuan, who was riding on the horse with high spirits. Her tone did not hide her admiration at all. "This horse is unruly and difficult to tame. It has given the horse trainer at my father's farm a headache for a long time... Sorry, I made a slip of the tongue. Now, it's my second sister's farm."

Princess Yongtai let her horse trot over leisurely from behind and said, "Big sister, you are too polite. Thanks to mother, I was able to take advantage of father and get this farm. But this horse is really arrogant. I'm afraid it's the kind that won't bow down to anyone unless it meets its true master. Fortunately, I didn't leave fifth sister behind when I came here today. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so confident that I could tame it."

"Second sister, are you going to give Youzi to me?" Lu Weiyuan said happily, looking at Princess Yongtai with sparkling eyes.

Princess Yongtai laughed: "Your name has already been chosen, who else can I give it to? I'm afraid that if I give it to someone else first, someone will cry later."

"Look, aunt, who would cry when my second sister bullies me?" Lu Weiyuan gently pulled the reins, and the black horse, which had just been named "Youzi", took a few steps forward very smartly and came to the side of Princess Rong Le.

After separating Princess Cheng'an from Princess Rongle, Lu Weiyuan turned to look at Princess Cheng'an again: "Big sister, fourth sister, you can also judge for yourself. How can I be such a crybaby?"

"Yes, it has always been our Xiaowu who makes others cry." Princess Shou'an's mount is a docile pony. She is in poor health and not good at riding and shooting. When she came out today, she just rode this horse and followed her aunt and sister slowly.

She gently stroked the snow-white pony with great care and said, "Is that what you said, big sister?"

Princess Cheng'an's face changed, and she nodded, saying, "Don't be so good after taking advantage of your second sister. Today, we followed our aunt to the mountain behind the villa and hunted some wild animals. You came late, so we couldn't invite you to go with us. The foxes and rabbits on the mountain are very fat, and their fur is also good. Come and pick some to take back and make a muff or cloak or something like that."

"Thank you so much, big sister." Lu Weiyuan was not polite at all.

She saw her aunt and sisters' followers bringing a few bamboo baskets to her. In the baskets were many fat rabbits, but only two or three foxes, and a few pheasants with brightly colored feathers.

After only a quick glance, Lu Weiyuan pointed to a single fatal arrow wound on the head of a red fox and said, "I can tell from one look that it was shot by my aunt. My grandmother once praised my aunt for being the best at shooting fox eyes. Every time she hunts, she can get the best and most complete fox skins!"

Princess Rong Le waved her hands modestly: "That was a long time ago. I am old now. You see, I wanted to shoot his left eye, but I shot his eye socket instead, injuring the skin on the top of his head..."

She pointed at the fox corpse and showed it to Lu Weiyuan.

Lu Weiyuan blinked: "Auntie, did you shoot two foxes?"

"Yes." Princess Rong Le replied.

There are the most foxes, rabbits and pheasants on the mountain here. When they went up the mountain today, the most common things they encountered were fat rabbits. They also encountered quite a few foxes. However, Princess Cheng'an was impatient and always missed the foxes. The other wild animals they hunted were also injured in various places, and 50% of them were not fatal.

Princess Rong Le was an excellent archer, but because she had something on her mind, she only shot two foxes. However, the bodies of her other prey remained basically intact, unlike Princess Cheng An, who was covered in blood.

Of the three foxes in the basket, the last one was hunted by Princess Shou'an, who was the least skilled in archery and horse riding. She was in poor health and had little strength, but her patience and calmness far surpassed the first two. With the cooperation of her followers, she shot an arrow into the fox's neck. After that, she put away the bow and arrow and admired the scenery in the forest.

Seeing that Lu Weiyuan was interested in the two foxes she had hunted, Princess Rong Le also enthusiastically talked about the process of capturing the two preys: "I chased the one in front for a long time but couldn't catch it. In a hurry, I shot an arrow at the swaying bushes, but it just grazed its skin and frightened it to jump up. Then I saw the opportunity and shot another arrow, hitting its left eye socket."

"And this one is wounded in the face, aunt, did it come to you on its own initiative, so you shot it in the face?" Lu Weiyuan clapped her hands lightly and said happily, "Its legs and feet seem to be injured. My niece guesses - there must be some other wild animal chasing it from behind."

"Yes, it was unlucky. It was being chased by a wild boar that came from nowhere. It was a pity that it failed to stop the wild boar."