Emperor Lin walked over quickly and picked up Lin Feilu, who was lying beside the bed, and embraced her in his arms. He held his daughter in one hand and Xi Tan’s hand in the other as he was overwhelmed with emotion, “Thankfully there was the Little Fifth Princess and my lovely Noble Consort present at that time, otherwise… sigh!”
After he finished speaking, he looked at Noble Consort Xi with admiration, “I didn’t expect my lovely Noble Consort to be able to kill a tiger even in the present; turns out your skills have never deteriorated even in the slightest!”
Noble Consort Xi Tan was startled as she cringed internally before trying to unceremoniously shoo the Emperor away, “This Noble Consort is fine, I’m just slightly tired. Your Majesty, you should check the corpse of the tiger that the guards brought back.”
Emperor Lin hugged Lin Feilu and stood up, “Then have a good rest, my lovely Noble Consort. Let me carry the Little Fifth Princess out first; then, I will come to visit you later.”
Lin Feilu waved to Noble Consort Xi obediently and was carried away by Emperor Lin the entire journey home.
Emperor Lin had already learned from the guards that if the Fifth Princess hadn’t rushed back to ask for help, the Crown Prince would have been killed there and then. Earlier, he had heard the Fourth Prince comment that his fifth sister was his Goddess of Luck, but now it seemed like there was truly a little lucky star in the palace.
Emperor Lin was not in a hurry to see the tiger’s carcass, so he sent Lin Feilu back to the He Se Palace first.
The guards who escorted the Crown Prince had all died in the line of duty and the Crown Prince was still asleep, so Emperor Lin could only ask the Little Fifth Princess about what happened then.
Although Lin Feilu knew that there must be something wrong with the tiger as it was obvious that it only chased Lin Qing and paid no mind to anyone else, she didn’t say anything about her suspicions and merely described everything she saw flatly.
Emperor Lin nodded thoughtfully and took her back to the He Se Palace. After he instructed Xiao Lan to take care of her, he left in a hurry.
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The carcass of the tiger was carried back by the guards and placed in the side palace.
Emperor Lin had also witnessed his fair share of brutal fights and bloody battles. At this time, when he saw the tiger’s left eye left with a bloody hole and the fatal wound over its stomach, which was almost ripped open, he couldn’t help but shiver when he thought that these were all done by his indifferent and cold Noble Consort.
As expected of the Queen of Hell, she was really cruel.
He put his hands behind him and looked around. The tiger was dead and he couldn’t see anything amiss with the body. He could only ask the guard in a deep voice, “Why did the tiger appear on the edge of the forest? Have you found the reason?”
How can I know the reason? Have a chat with the tiger when it’s in a good mood?
Of course, the guard didn’t dare to retort that way, so he only guessed, “Replying to Your Majesty’s questions, it might be due to the frequent rains in the mountains recently that caused the smaller beasts to go into hiding. When the tiger couldn’t find any prey for itself, it probably came out and ran to the edge of the forest in its search for food.”
In an era where there were merely cold and manual weapons, normal beasts were already very dangerous and considered powerful existences to humans, let alone the king of beasts.
(Editor’s note: Cold weapons, manual weapons = non firearms weapons)