Seeing Shen Nian's absent-minded look, Lu Baozhu thought that she was still worried about Han Ge'er's condition, so she stopped joking with her.

Since Lu Ze was hunting with Zhao Jie this time, his only catch was a stupid rabbit that bumped into a tree stump by itself. He simply picked it up and brought it back for Lingling to play with.

Lingling was so happy to see the rabbit that she hugged it tightly and didn't want to let go.

At dusk, the sky was covered with pink and orange clouds. As the sun set, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze mounted their horses and went to Qianhu Mountain, which was next to the hunting ground. As the name suggests, Qianhu Mountain was a fox mountain with many foxes.

Since the royal hunting grounds were used by nobles to hunt, most of the wild animals there were fed by officials and were not ferocious.

Secluded mountains and forests like Qianhu Mountain are where hunting is fun.

This was also the place where Qi Yuning and Lu Ze had come to hunt when they were young. There were no houses on the hillside, only some small wooden houses where hunters went hunting.

This is the time when wild animals awaken and appear.

Lu Ze and Qi Yuning rode side by side. Seeing that the hillside was steep, they simply tied their horses to a tree and walked to look for prey.

This was not the first time the two of them had come here. They had been here several times when they were young.

Qi Yuning looked at the stone steps and said, "Except for the trees growing a little bigger, everything else here has not changed."

Lu Ze smiled, held Qi Yuning's hand, interlocked their fingers and said, "Even the people around me haven't changed."

Qi Yuning also chuckled at Lu Ze, "You have changed, from Brother Ze to husband."

Lu Ze looked down at Qi Yuning, and for a moment he didn't care about hunting. He pushed her against a big tree, looked down at Qi Yuning's red lips, and just when he was about to kiss her, he heard a noise.

Qi Yuning looked at the yellow and black hair in the distance, and her hair stood on end. She pulled Lu Ze's hand and said, "It's a tiger!"

Qi Yuning was not afraid of the tigers in the royal hunting ground. After all, the tigers there were well fed by the hunting ground officials. The tigers in the wild mountains here were extremely ferocious.

Originally, Qi Yuning just planned to hunt a few foxes to make a cloak for the winter, but he never expected to encounter a tiger.

If Lu Ze was alone, he would dare to take the risk, but now that Qi Yuning is here, safety is the top priority.

Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning: "Climb up the tree."

Qi Yuning stepped on Lu Ze's knees to climb onto the branch, and pulled Lu Ze up the tree. When they reached the bushes, they could see two little tigers.

Lu Ze aimed his arrow at the little tigers. Qi Yuning held Lu Ze's hand and said, "These two little tigers are still young and won't hurt anyone. Please spare them."

After giving birth to Lingling, Qi Yuning became more compassionate.

Lu Ze retracted his bow and arrow and said, "The two little tigers are here, and their parents won't be far away. We should hurry down the mountain."

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Okay."

Lu Ze and Qi Yuning rode down the mountain and returned to the Lu Mansion in Chang'an.

Seeing that they both came back empty-handed, Lu Baozhu couldn't help but laugh at them, "It's a pity that you two brought so many feather arrows, but you couldn't even hunt a wild boar?"

Qi Yuning said: "There are tigers on Qianhu Mountain, and there is more than one. It is very dangerous. You'd better not go there."

Lu Baozhu became interested and said, "Wild tigers? I haven't seen many wild tigers yet. I was worried that this royal hunting ground would only have wild rabbits and pheasants. Tomorrow I will go to Qianhu Mountain to hunt tigers."

Princess Pingrou said, "This is not a joke. You'd better be calm. Don't fail to hunt the tiger, but be hunted by the tiger instead."

Lu Baozhu said: "Mother, even if you don't believe in my ability, you should believe in Zhou Jiamin's ability. I will go with her tomorrow."

Princess Pingrou disagreed even more and said, "If you want to go, let your brother accompany you. Don't bring Miss Zhou with you. If anything happens to the daughter of the Zhou family, I won't be able to explain to your third aunt."

Lu Baozhu looked at Lu Yun with disdain and said, "I don't want him to accompany me. Big brother, can you accompany me to hunt?"

Lu Ze shook his head and said, "I have no time to deal with official business. Although I came here to hunt, I cannot delay state affairs."

Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning again, and Qi Yuning also refused: "I have to accompany Lingling."

Lu Baozhu sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it, let Lu Yun go with me."

Lu Yun said at the side: "I don't want to go with you yet!"

Lu Baozhu looked at Lu Yun and said, "You have to go with me."

Lu Yun was reluctant, but he didn't dare to refuse. After dinner, he returned to the room and saw the absent-minded Shen Nian and said, "Why is Lu Baozhu hunting tigers? Do you really think she is a tiger-subduing arhat?"

Shen Nian heard Lu Yun's voice and said, "What did you say?"

Lu Yun looked at Shen Nian and said, "Didn't the imperial physician say that Han'er's condition has improved? Why do you look worse?"

Lu Yun walked to Han Ge'er and held him high up. Seeing Han Ge'er laughing and calling him daddy, Lu Yun was very surprised. Although he was not his biological son, he was the first one he called daddy.

Shen Nian looked at Lu Yun and said, “Husband, if I did something wrong, would you forgive me?”

"It depends on what you did wrong!" Lu Yun looked at Shen Nian and said, "What did you do wrong?"

Shen Nian shook his head and said, “Nothing, just asking.”

Lu Yun hugged Han Ge'er and said, "I will go tiger hunting with Lu Baozhu tomorrow. I don't know if I can come back at night. You don't have to wait for me tomorrow. Go to bed first."

Shen Nian looked at Lu Yun’s innocent face, her nails digging into her fingers as she said, “Husband, I…”

Lu Yun yawned and said, "No need to talk about it. Let's talk about it sooner rather than later. We will have to spend a lot of energy tomorrow."

After Shen Nian handed Han Ge'er to the nurse, she looked at Lu Yun who was already lying down, sat on the edge of the bed, and took a deep breath:

"Lu Yun, our previous child was not an accident. I took the abortion pill."

Lu Yun frowned, sat up from the bed, looked directly at Shen Nian and said, “What did you say?”

Shen Nian took a deep breath and said calmly: “I’m sorry.”

Seeing Shen Nian's calm expression, Lu Yun said in disbelief: "Why did you have an abortion? Even if the fact that you were pregnant during the national mourning period was known to outsiders, you would only be punished a few words. I am not a member of the court, what am I afraid of? Aren't you afraid of hurting your own body!"

Shen Nian said calmly, "I never thought of keeping that child from the beginning. Han Ge'er already has no father. I don't want him to share half of his mother with his brothers and sisters at such a young age. I'm also afraid that after I have a younger child, I won't be careful enough with Han Ge'er..."

Lu Yun frowned and said angrily, "Why didn't you say earlier that you didn't want to keep the child? Han'er is your child, so the baby in your belly is not your child? It's five months old! It's five months old! How can you be so cruel?"

"You knew I knew you had a miscarriage, how guilty I felt, how much I blamed myself, but it turned out you were so cruel!"

Lu Yun clenched his hands into fists, glared at Shen Nian and asked, “What do you think of me?”

Shen Nian looked at Lu Yun and said, “I regard you as Han Ge’er’s biological father. I married you just to find a father for Han’er.”

Lu Yun was extremely angry: "How could you do this to me?!"

"Lu Yun, you were the one who provoked me first. The Lu Yun who lost his memory was also you. If you hadn't been obsessed with me and taught Han'er to call you daddy after losing your memory, I wouldn't have schemed against you like this!"

“Calculation?” Lu Yun looked at Shen Nian.

Shen Nian said to Lu Yun: “The reason why I can get pregnant is that I have been drinking drugs that can help pregnancy, and I have also calculated the days to give you tonics, so you will be ridiculous with me again and again.

The reason I did this was because I wanted to marry you by having a son, and let you be Han'er's father. Our child was just a means for me to marry you."