Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

Two days before departure.

Wu Shuangxi, who had not found anyone for Ning Yongyuan, was being targeted. Soldiers from neighboring countries who had smuggled themselves over were wandering around the capital, torn between assassinating Wu Shuangxi or sneaking into the hunt to attack the Holy Emperor.

Ning Haibo was fighting on the border, and it was conceivable that these trained warriors were full of malice toward his family. But this time, these warriors had a fixed mission—with the help of secret organizations, they had to sneak into each wealthy family and finally assassinate members of the royal family during the hunt to increase their own countries’ military momentum!

In this way, assassinating Ning Haibo’s family members would become a useless attempt to scare off the enemy.

However, this wave of warriors refused to give up and wanted to sneak into the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion and fight together during the hunt. As a result, two of them were arranged to offer themselves for a high bounty.

Wu Shuangxi was a shrewd person, so she naturally saw that these people were too eager in recommending themselves. Then Wu Shuangxi used her own power to secretly find out the intentions of this group of warriors.

Wu Shuangxi was shocked, and at the same time, she felt that there was a temptation to lure her.

Wu Shuangxi had already concluded that Jing Xingzhi hated her deeply, so the two were currently incompatible.

Unlike Ning Yongyuan, who gradually drifted away from the royal family, Jing Xingzhi even sneaked into the Royal Academy, which only taught the princes. Therefore, Wu Shuangxi guessed that Jing Xingzhi would definitely go with the royal family during the hunt.

The purpose of this group of warriors was extremely obvious. But when the time came, the emperor and prince would be protected tightly and the success rate of the warriors was not high. But in times of chaos, those guards would definitely not care about Jing Xingzhi, or they would prioritize the prince and emperor.

As a result, Jing Xingzhi’s risk of death was much higher. Wu Shuangxi would be able to kill him with a borrowed knife if she interfered even a little.

What made Wu Shuangxi embarrassed was whether she should seek danger. She was afraid of accidentally hurting herself.

But when Wu Shuangxi heard that there were two powerful hunters from other places at the house of good friends, she was ready to make a move.

J’ing Xingzhi, you can’t blame this mother of yours; there was no other way to do this.’

As for her own safety, she would just stay far away from these dangerous people.

Wu Shuangxi sent the warriors who came to her to Ning Yongyuan and let him decide whether to use them or not.

Ning Yongyuan was a little surprised by his “mother’s” sudden show of kindness. He didn’t really have the qualifications to choose, so he asked the two skilled hunters Wu Shuangxi brought in to serve as his subordinates and help during the hunt.

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The autumn wind rustled, blowing countless grains of yellow sand.

The hunting team was very long, leaving the city and heading to the royal hunting ground, the destination of the hunt.

It took a whole day for the team to walk from the capital to the royal hunting grounds.

Jing Xingzhi sat in the fourth prince’s carriage, holding the baby who smelled like milk and slept the entire way.

Jing Xingzhi even had a sweet dream, in which he dreamed that a doll carved from pink jade came out of Liu Fang’s belly, climbed on him, and covered his face with saliva.

In the dream, Jing Xingzhi felt disgusted, but at the same time, he was happy that his child crawled quickly. But then the little doll bit his face with a pair of tiny teeth.

Jing Xingzhi opened his eyes narrowly. Li Jiafu sat next to him and withdrew his finger that had curiously poked his face.

Jing Xingzhi wiped his face and said, “I saw it, you were poking me in the face and waking me up.”

Li Jiafu explained with a red face, “You poke me, I’ll poke you! Fairness.”

Jing Xingzhi didn’t mind and calmly deceived the seven-year-old Li Jiafu, “But I was sleeping. Did I poke you awake when you were sleeping?”

When Li Jiafu heard this, he felt like what the junior uncle said made sense…

Although the junior uncle always poked his face and played with him, he never woke him up when he was sleeping, and he even covered him with a thin blanket!

“I was wrong.” Li Jiafu admitted his mistake and took Jing Xingzhi’s big hand, placing it on his tender face, “Junior uncle, here, squeeze it!”

Jing Xingzhi smiled like an uncle. Obedient, sensible children were simply angels!

Jing Xingzhi pinched the fourth prince’s face and said, “If your second brother were as good as you, that would be nice.”

Li Jiafu heard this as a compliment to himself, and his small chest secretly swelled with pride.

‘Well, I’m much better behaved than my second brother.’

“Where are we?” Jing Xingzhi played with the fourth prince for a while, then opened the curtain and asked the person waiting outside.

The little eunuch outside replied, “We’re halfway there, Mr. Jing. We’ll arrive in the evening.”

“Okay, then I’ll read a book.” Jing Xingzhi put down the curtain, took out the book he had brought with him, and leaned on the carriage siding to read closely.

There were still several months left for the imperial examination, but Jing Xingzhi knew he couldn’t relax until it was over.

Li Jiafu saw him reading seriously and obediently played with the educational toys he brought along.

The older one and the younger one read for a while, ate something, took a nap when they were tired, and then arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground.

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After getting off the carriage, Jing Xingzhi looked at the endless grassland and forestry and began to envy the rich. Being an emperor was too luxurious!

But after thinking about Li Yunxi’s work and rest, Jing Xingzhi realized he couldn’t give up his freedom just for the sake of wealth.

Li Jiafu held his hand and, seeing Jing Xingzhi staring at his father, asked, “Junior uncle, why are you looking at Father? What’s wrong with him?”

“Nothing.”

In front of the carriage, Jing Xingzhi suddenly raised his eyebrows and stared at Li Jiafu’s face for a moment. Then he looked around and said seriously, “Let’s go and rest. We may be busy tomorrow.”

Li Jiafu responded. The child didn’t know that a storm was coming. It was his first time at the hunting ground to participate in hunting. He looked around happily.

Jing Xingzhi picked him up and said, “I know it’s your first time here, but you can’t run around tomorrow. Can you stay close to your uncle?”

Li Jiafu stretched out his hand, covered Jing Xingzhi’s mouth, and emphasized each word: “Junior. Uncle”

He glared at Jing Xingzhi, as if to say he wasn’t allowed to tease him.

Jing Xingzhi smiled at him, making the child feel embarrassed. The child turned his head and nodded in agreement with Jing Xingzhi.

“That’s good,” Jing Xingzhi touched the child’s head and felt the faint grayness on the child’s face.

The grayness was a recent bad luck, visible to his eyes but not visible for others.

Jing Xingzhi hesitated for a moment, but still didn’t sweep away the gray air that represented unexpected bad luck.