In the countryside, wild animals often appear, and the imperial decree states not to leave Zhen An Prefecture...
What kind of hellish days are these?
The Xue Family started crying anxiously again.
As she cried, her son Li Jing also began to cry.
The Princely Heir said discontentedly, "Enough! You're scaring the child."
The Princess Consort Luling immediately had a stern expression, "Xue Family!"
Only then did the Xue Family not dare to make a sound, biting their lips with a face full of irritation.
The Second Young Master Li Xingsheng and the third son Li Xing'an were not scared, instead, they asked the village chief without a care, how big the largest beast was, and if tigers had ever appeared.
"Last year a large tiger appeared, causing trouble in the village for half a month before suddenly leaving. It hasn't appeared for a good half a year now," the village chief said.
The two youths asked the village chief if the village hunters were capable and how many prey they hunted.
The village chief answered them one by one.
They chatted vigorously, completely ignoring the Xue Family and the Great Princess and Second Princess, whose faces were ghastly pale from fright.
Li Yuzhu gazed at their appearances, finding it quite amusing.
Is it necessary?
The way the villagers live, we should live the same way.
"Husband, what should we do now?" the Princess Consort Luling asked Prince Luling with a worried face.
With outsiders present, they referred to each other as ordinary families would, but without outsiders, Prince Luling and his wife were resolute in not abandoning their imperial status.
Everyone followed the titles from the Capital's Prince Mansion.
"The situation throughout the entire Zhen An Prefecture is like this, it's the same wherever we go, we might as well stay in this mountain," said Prince Luling, "There are wild animals outside, everyone should be careful."
He was truly tired of traveling and didn't want to keep running around.
"Father, Mother, that young man lives on this mountain too, he's not afraid, so why should we be?" Li Yuzhu said.
"He has a courtyard and a house, he can lock himself inside, of course, he's not afraid! We're going to a mountain cave without a door!" the Great Princess coldly reminded Li Yuzhu.
Li Yuzhu said lightly, "That courtyard is all made of fences, and the house is wooden, how can it guard against wild beasts? At most it can block a wild rabbit."
Li Xing'an clapped his hands and laughed, "Correct, Third Sister is right, that kid lives alone on the mountain and isn't afraid, we have so many people, what are we afraid of? Aren't you afraid that kid will mock us for being scared of everything?"
He was thinking to himself about how to catch the leopard that had wandered into the mountain.
To boast about it with friends when they return to the capital in the future.
"Exactly, with so many people, why fear wild beasts? That's settled then, let's go to the cave!" Prince Luling flicked his sleeve, put his hands behind his back, and started walking up the mountain again.
Once he spoke, the family dared not oppose him.
The group followed the village chief and arrived at the cave on the north side of the mountain halfway up.
The cave environment was much harsher than everyone had imagined.
The ground inside the cave was uneven, making it impossible to lie flat to sleep. The soil contained stones and was bumpy.
The cave entrance was large, but inside it was small, and such a cave could not block the chill.
Moreover, it was damp inside, and water seeped from the stone walls in the cave, covered with moss.
Seeing such a place, everyone felt a burst of dejection.
"Can people live here?" The Great Princess frowned, "The ground is wet and uneven, how to sleep?"
The Second Princess whimpered softly, "Will snakes crawl in? I heard that damp caves can have snakes lurking."
"Ah—, I don't want to see snakes!" The Great Princess screamed and jumped up, quickly running out of the cave.