Chapter 122 It was all a "misunderstanding"

Quan Minghe rode his horse at full speed all the way and soon arrived at his tent with Shen Yuning.

When they arrived at the place, he jumped off the horse swiftly. On the other hand, Shen Yuning was pretending to have sprained her ankle and had cramps, so she was unable to get off the horse on her own.

Seeing that Quan Minghe was about to enter the tent without paying any attention to her, Shen Yuning became anxious and whispered, "Your Majesty!"

Quan Minghe paused, turned around and looked at her, and said in a mocking tone: "How come Shen Jieyu, who can ride a horse to the hunting grounds with great ease and excellent horsemanship, can't even get off a horse now?"

He knew that she liked to pretend to be pitiful sometimes. At the moment, he was angry, so the words he said were naturally no longer gentle and kind as usual, and every word was full of thorns.

Shen Yuning also had a stubborn personality, and after hearing this, she became determined to refuse to admit defeat.

He immediately pretended to jump off the horse.

But Quan Minghe's horse is not ordinary. Not only is it an extremely rare breed of Ferghana horse, but it is also the tallest and strongest among all Ferghana horses, with its body quite high off the ground.

Xitong saw this and cried out in surprise: "Madam, your foot is injured. Let me help you down."

She quickly reached out to support Shen Yuning.

But Shen Yuning gritted her teeth and jumped down directly.

Quan Minghe naturally heard what Xitong said. When Shen Yuning fell down and almost fell, he still panicked.

He took a big step forward, grabbed her waist with a narrow grasp, and caught her.

Quan Minghe pursed his lips, frowned, and exerted force with his hands to push Shen Yuning up.

He lifted her hips with his right arm and carried her into the tent.

Xitong stood behind and watched them, she breathed a sigh of relief and secretly felt lucky that this family would not have to break up because of her.

After entering the bank, Quan Minghe was still furious.

He refused to let her go, saying, "Are you planning to jump off your horse on purpose and sprain your ankle so that I will feel bad for you?"

Shen Yuning felt wronged, turned her head away, and said angrily: "Your Majesty wants to punish me, doesn't he? I dare not ask anyone to help me, for fear of making Your Majesty unhappy again."

But she had other thoughts in her mind.

Did Quan Minghe realize that he felt heartbroken because she was injured, or did he admit it himself?

Quan Minghe didn't say anything. He put her on the table and tore off her already wet clothes.

Shen Yuning was shocked and frightened. She quickly hugged herself with both hands, her face flushed, and she asked angrily, "What are you doing, Your Majesty?"

"You ran to the hunting ground in the middle of the night and got soaked in the rain. Naturally, I took off your wet clothes. Did you think you caught a cold?"

As he spoke, he kept moving, and in a few seconds he took off all her clothes. Then he stretched out his long arms, picked her up, stepped over the screen, walked to the bathtub, and threw her into the steaming bathtub.

Quan Minghe called a few palace maids and told them to go in and help Shen Yuning take a bath. Then he turned aside and stood with his back to the screen.

His face was still very gloomy, and he was obviously still angry about what happened before.

Not long after, Shen Yuning came out wearing a plain-colored skirt. The hem of her skirt swayed gently with her steps, revealing a touch of freshness in her simplicity.

At the same time, Quan Minghe also changed into clean clothes, wrapped in a black silk robe with a wide open collar, revealing his muscular chest muscles, with a hint of unruliness yet still noble and majestic.

He sat on the couch, his eyes were deep and there seemed to be a black mist spreading in his eyes, making it impossible to tell his emotions. However, the aura emanating from his body was still somewhat cold.

Shen Yuning, supported by a palace maid, walked out with slightly staggering steps, and her steps were a little bumpy, as she moved towards the direction where Quan Minghe was.

When they got closer, Shen Yuning said, "All of you go out."

The palace maids left one after another, and suddenly there were only the two of them left in the tent. The atmosphere became a little depressing for a moment.

Shen Yuning bit her lip and walked to Quan Minghe's side. Before she could sit down, Quan Minghe suddenly pulled her and she fell into his arms.

Quan Minghe locked his eyes with her and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you go to the hunting ground alone?"

Shen Yuning lowered her head and replied sullenly, "I'm in a bad mood."

Quan Minghe couldn't help but sneered: "You left as soon as you said you would in the morning, and ran to the horse farm in the afternoon. You also sent someone to tell me to accompany you, but you just sent a palace maid. What do you think of me?"

He didn't care about her rude behavior of leaving without saying goodbye in the morning, but she took advantage of it and treated him as someone who could be summoned and dismissed at will?

"You're angry because I didn't go?"

"Do I have to revolve around you every day?"

When Shen Yuning heard his accusation, she felt unconvinced and immediately raised her beautiful eyes and glared at him.

She said without showing any weakness: "Your Majesty clearly promised to hand over the murderer to me, but you went back on your word. I am in a bad mood and went to the horse farm to ride a horse to relax."

"Later, I finally felt better and thought that I shouldn't have been so grumpy that morning, so I prepared to invite His Majesty to race horses with me. But His Majesty was surrounded by beauties and said he didn't want to see me."

Her eyes were full of grievance, and mist was gathering as she spoke.

Her voice unconsciously rose a few notches: "It has always been you, Your Majesty, who has been following me."

At the end, I couldn't suppress the bitterness in my heart.

Quan Minghe pursed his lips tightly.

Is that what she thinks?

Was she trying to give in to him by inviting him to ride a horse today?

But these are not the main points. He changed the subject and asked, "How did Ye Jinshu know that you went to the hunting ground? Why did your personal maid go to Ye Jinshu instead of looking for me?"

After the banquet ended tonight, there were fewer guards in the entire camp. Quan Minghe asked casually and found out that Ye Jinshu had taken the guards to the hunting ground to look for someone.

If he hadn't claimed to be a wise ruler and hadn't clearly separated state affairs from personal matters, Quan Minghe would have killed Ye Jinshu long ago just based on what happened tonight.

Ye Jinshu is a young military talent, and this time he was personally recalled to the capital to be rewarded. Tonight, Ye Jinshu brought his guards to the hunting ground to rescue her, which can be regarded as fulfilling his duty as a subject.

Logically, not only should I not punish him, I should also reward him.

But when he thought of Shen Yuning's trust and dependence on Ye Jinshu, Quan Minghe felt a lump in his heart and couldn't calm down.

"I only asked Xitong to go find His Majesty."

Shen Yuning's eyes were red and her look was sad.

"Your Majesty was indulging in pleasure at the time and didn't care about my life or death at all. I was almost freezing to death in the hunting grounds and couldn't wait for Your Majesty."

"On the contrary, it was General Ye who arrived in time and saved me."

Quan Minghe was so stunned by her words that he couldn't say a word, and the annoyance in his heart became more and more intense.

He thought back to what happened today. She came to invite him to go horseback riding, but he was already feeling upset because of the fact that she and Ye Jinshu had been childhood sweethearts.

What's more, she only sent a palace maid, who seemed to have no sincerity at all, as if he had to go obediently as long as she asked him to go. Naturally, he was unhappy and refused immediately.

In order to make her feel jealous, he even deliberately held a banquet to entertain all the ministers, with singing and dancing, creating a lively scene.

She even specifically instructed Li Ming that if she sent another palace maid, she would not see her.

Unless she came to him in person.

But who could have thought that Li Ming actually ordered the guards outside the banquet to completely stop her personal maid, which led to a series of events later.