allonlinenovel Chapter 161 Unruly, Ruthless, and Cunning Prince (Gong) VS Debauched, Insane, and Sickly Emperor (Sh
Chapter 161 Unruly, Ruthless, and Cunning Prince (Gong) VS Debauched, Insane, and Sickly Emperor (Sh
Jiang Xiyu received the eagle feathers, rested his chin on his hand, and examined them for a long time before looking up at Yuan Huan and asking, "Is taming an eagle difficult?"
Yuan Huan sat back down and said casually, "It depends on the person."
Jiang Xiyu smiled, stared at Yuan Huan for a moment, and then asked humbly, "If I also wish to tame an eagle, may I ask Your Highness, what should I do?"
Yuan Huan paused, his gaze sweeping up and down for a moment, then suddenly sneered at his overestimation of his abilities: "His Majesty's physique is not suited to taming an eagle."
Jiang Xiyu disagreed, raising an eyebrow for a moment, and said, "We haven't even tried it, so why are you saying it won't work?"
Yuan Huan looked at Garuda and explained, "Taming an eagle is also about enduring its temper. This process is to wear down the eagle's sharpness. When I was taming Garuda, I didn't sleep for several days. To tame it, you have to endure it first. You can't let it rest or eat."
“Deprive him of food until the last drop of water is drained from his stomach, forcing him to submit to hunger. Once he opens his mouth to eat meat, his wildness will crumble.”
"Without its wildness, it will gradually forget the sky, and when it forgets the sky, it will completely submit to you."
Simply put, "training the eagle" is about torturing oneself, and very few people can persevere through this process alone.
The reason Yuan Huan was able to tame Garuda was because he became famous at a young age and had lofty ambitions.
The more others say something is impossible, the more determined he becomes to do it.
Eagles are proud, and Yuan Huan is even more proud than an eagle; in fact, at a young age, he has developed a murderous nature.
No one dared to provoke him, but after arriving in the capital, he was repeatedly tricked by this young emperor.
Yuan Huan thought about it without changing his expression, then turned to look at Jiang Xiyu and said, "The prerequisite for doing these things is that Your Majesty must possess an eagle."
"Is Your Majesty pregnant?"
Jiang Xiyu smiled but remained silent.
After a long while, just when Yuan Huan thought he wouldn't answer, Jiang Xiyu finally spoke, saying with certainty, "I will."
Yuan Huan was taken aback, and after a long while, he reacted, revealing a rare hint of confusion on his face.
He didn't know if the young emperor was serious, after all, he was used to faking things with a smile.
On one side is a sickly boy, and on the other is a vengeful emperor.
Yuan Huan didn't even know which one was the real him.
Therefore, he could only try to glean traces of a joke from the young emperor's eyes.
But in those deer-like, shimmering eyes, there was no joking, only a faint smile.
As if knowing he wanted to see, Jiang Xiyu's smile deepened, and the light in his pupils trembled, like a beautiful trap.
A little itchy.
Yuan Huan suddenly came to his senses, and as if he couldn't take it anymore, he picked up the teacup next to him and drank it all in one gulp, followed by another cup after another.
But this little bit of water seemed to have no effect on quenching the dryness on the tip of his tongue.
Yuan Huan cursed inwardly at the capital's utterly worthless elegance, where even drinking water required such a tiny container.
Seeing that the teapot was almost empty, Jiang Xiyu chuckled and pushed her own teacup over.
The eunuch had just filled his cup, and before Jiang Xiyu could even reach for it, another large hand snatched it away.
Jiang Xiyu's eyes widened slightly.
The eunuch looked as if he had been struck by lightning. He was about to speak to stop the prince, but when he turned around, he saw that the prince had already drunk the wine.
Yuan Huan finished the pot of tea in one gulp. After finishing, he noticed many eyes on him, but he calmly put on a polite act and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness. I am used to drinking from a bowl. This is too little and does not quench my thirst."
"Is that so?" Jiang Xiyu looked at him and said leisurely, "No wonder the Crown Prince drank my tea too."
Yuan Huan frowned, and the next moment he looked down and found that there were two teacups next to him.
His gaze swept over the young emperor, but found nothing there.
An unspeakable awkwardness began to spread, and the surroundings seemed to fall silent as a result.
Jiang Xiyu broke the silence first, saying, "The Crown Prince is a man of deep feelings. It was my oversight. Zhuosheng, next time, don't prepare these teacups. Prepare bowls for the Crown Prince instead."
The chief eunuch, who had witnessed everything, accepted the order with a blank face: "Yes."
Yuan Huan maintained that posture without changing, as if he wanted to stare a hole through the jade cup before he would stop.
Finally, he suddenly stood up, gritted his teeth, and said, "I have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave."
After saying this, he looked at Garuda, who was happily eating meat outside the pavilion, and whistled to make it roll away.
Garuda had never seen so much fresh meat before; it practically drilled a hole through the flesh with its head and was momentarily oblivious to the whistle.
Yuan Huan fixed his gaze dangerously on Yuan Huan and blew a sharp sound again.
Garuda shook its wings, turned its rear end towards him, and refused to leave.
"..."
An agonizing silence.
Jiang Xiyu couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Yuan Huan's hand clench into a fist. She said softly, "Or, Your Highness, should let it eat a little longer?"
Yuan Huan's forehead veins bulged, and he walked a few steps behind Garuda, kicking Garuda's buttocks.
The quiet atmosphere was shattered by the mournful cry of an eagle.
Unable to bear it any longer, Yuan Huan grabbed Garuda and said, "Your subject takes his leave!"
The backs of the man and the eagle seemed to be inexplicably fleeing in panic.
Jiang Xiyu held Garuda's eagle feather, turned it around for a moment, then stopped smiling and asked the person next to him, "Do you think he quenched his thirst?"
The head eunuch bowed and pondered, "This servant believes that the young master does not have it."
Jiang Xiyu seemed extremely satisfied with this answer. Her eyebrows twitched slightly, and she clicked her tongue softly, saying, "How can strong tea quench thirst?"
The chief eunuch carefully tried to discern the emperor's intentions and dared not reply.
Jiang Xiyu stood up, looked at the eunuch who was nervously serving tea, said only "reward" and then prepared to leave.
As he passed by the pavilion and looked at the torn flesh, he paused.
Falconry is essentially the process of training and tempering eagles.
His body couldn't handle it; he couldn't stay up for days and nights like Yuan Huan.
But if he's not given food, he can still manage that, and he'll definitely do it better than Yuan Huan.
Jiang Xiyu was determined to get the eagle from Beiyuan.
……
Yuan Huan returned to his residence and gulped down several bowls of water until the sweetness in his mouth dissipated, then he put the bowls down heavily.
The force immediately caused the table to shake.
Le Yuan heard the commotion and came in, somewhat puzzled.
Yuan Huan said coldly, "For the next few days, you will serve in front of the Emperor."
Le Yuan assumed it was some kind of mission and agreed without asking any further questions, saying, "Then we'll probably need to have someone keep an eye on security outside the palace."
He went to the Emperor's court, so the vacancy there naturally needed to be filled.
Yuan Huan didn't speak. He stared at the bowl for a long time, his face looking extremely pale.
Only when Le Yuan asked him for instructions again did Yuan Huan turn his gaze away and say, "I will go myself."
When Le Yuan came out, he scratched his head, looking somewhat puzzled.
This morning, the Crown Prince had just finished dealing with those security arrangements when he said he had to return to the palace to keep an eye on the young emperor's safety.
But before the day was even over, the prince didn't want to keep watch anymore.
Le Yuan thought for a moment, and his intuition told him that something had happened to his young master with His Majesty again, otherwise why would he look like he wanted to eat people as soon as he returned?
His face was sour, as if he had been played for a fool.