Chapter 531 - Embrace
Once the eldest imperial prince’s two imperial bodyguards found their master and made sure he was safe, they followed the noise and discovered the weak and delicate looking Official Yu holding a dagger as she stood next to a very dead tiger corpse. She was currently wondering just how she should skin the tiger in order to keep its pelt as intact as possible.
The two bodyguards had their eyes wide open and it seemed as if their eyeballs would fall out of their sockets at any moment. Yu Xiaocao revealed an embarrassed smile and said, “Please don’t misunderstand. This tiger was killed by Little Black and Little White. I mostly thought that the animal didn’t have much meat on it and wanted to skin the pelt to bring back.”
The situation had already passed and the two imperial bodyguards had already heard the gist of what had happened from the eldest imperial prince. A little girl, around thirteen to fourteen years of age, was able to boldly lure a fierce tiger away from the eldest imperial prince. Furthermore, she was able to stay completely unharmed and was now calmly holding a knife in an attempt to skin the dead tiger. This was already incredibly amazing! Any other young maiden in her shoes would have only screamed in fright and gone into a dead faint, becoming no help at all and likely becoming an impediment instead.
Originally, Xiaocao thought that even though the tiger was very skinny, she still wouldn’t have enough strength to carry it back to the rest area. Now, with two free laborers around, if they wanted to bring the entire animal back, they were more than welcome to! Little Black and Little White had been keeping guard over Xiaocao this entire time. When they noticed that more protection had arrived, they eagerly leapt into the forest. There was still prey that they had killed earlier that they hadn’t brought back.
“Wah wah wah…Official Yu, I didn’t know if I’d be able to ever see you again…” What was this little brat saying? Can’t he be happy and excited to see her alive? Seeing him sob like this made it seem like he didn’t actually want to see her.
When the imperial bodyguards picked up the tiger corpse, the little brat’s expression immediately cleared and he bounced around the dead tiger excitedly, “Official Yu, did you kill the tiger ah? You’re so strong ah! You’re even stronger than Wu Song [1] !!”
‘Child, you’re thinking too much. Can’t you see the dead tiger’s throat? It’s clearly been ripped open ah.’ Yu Xiaocao silently pointed at the wound on the dead tiger. The little brat believed that he had discovered something amazing and continued to remark emotionally, “Little Black and Little White bit the tiger to death ah? Goodness gracious! Official Yu, the hunting dogs you raise are so fierce and powerful, even a tiger isn’t their opponent!! Third Young Master Ning even claims that he is the best expert in the capital at training hunting dogs. He must be talking big, right? The best expert really should be you!! Where’s Little Black and Little White? Did they get injured in the fight?”
“They went off to hunt more game! Your Highness, I’m not sure if this area is safe right now. How about we go back first ah?” Yu Xiaocao still had some lingering fears after that thrilling episode. If the person who let out the starving tiger had another trick up their sleeve, they only had two bodyguards here with them and it’d be very difficult for them to get out without any problems.
Fortunately, the eldest imperial prince grasped the severity of the situation that they were in and nodded his head in agreement, “That’s a good idea! When we get back, I’ll have Imperial Father look into this. Why would a tiger appear in this area? We got a pretty good haul today. After all, not just anyone has the skill and luck to be able to kill a tiger!!”
