Chapter 103 Spring Hunting
In the dream, Feng Qingsui and her fat maid were riding on a brand new donkey cart. He chased after them and grabbed them.
"You are not allowed to go anywhere. Stay in the mansion."
Feng Qingsui chuckled and said, "Why stay in the mansion? Be your widowed sister-in-law for the rest of my life?"
He was speechless.
Feng Qingsui broke free from his hand and drove away.
He woke up in melancholy.
Looking at the dark tent ceiling, I regretted the choice I had made for the first time in my life.
"I really shouldn't have agreed to her marriage..."
I tossed and turned in the second half of the night and couldn't fall asleep.
He got up at four o'clock in the morning to attend the morning court. When he saw Shangguan Mu while waiting outside the palace gate, he couldn't help but glance at him sideways.
Those who are close to vermilion will become red, those who are close to ink will become black, and those who are close to superiors will become weak.
If he hadn't been too close to Shangguan Mu, he wouldn't have been involved in the word "love", and why would he have ended up on the same dead end as him!
Shangguan Mu came back from the suburbs last night. He had been painting for most of the night and didn't get much sleep. He was yawning.
Suddenly I felt cold.
Turning his head, he saw Ji Changqing looking at him gloomily. The resentment in his body seemed to be substantial, as if it wanted to pierce him through.
he:"???"
Isn’t it just that I didn’t accompany this guy to race horses yesterday? As for the nose not being a nose and the eyes not being eyes?
"Nothing happened to the horse race, did it?"
He greeted and walked towards Ji Changqing.
Ji Changqing looked as if he was trying to avoid her and took a few steps back: "Just stand there and don't come over."
Shangguan Mu: “???”
It's totally incomprehensible!
When did this man become like his mother, disliking him for a few days every month?
Too difficult to please.
He snorted coldly and turned his head away, planning not to talk to this person for the next two days.
The other court officials who saw the interaction between the two could not help but whisper to each other.
"Aren't Prime Minister Ji and Shangguan Shaoqing close friends? Why are you so disgusted with Shangguan Shaoqing today?"
"Could it be that something bad happened in the Imperial Household Department, and Lord Ji was planning to report them, but he was afraid that Shaoqing Shangguan would plead for mercy, so he deliberately avoided him?"
"Don't tell me, it's possible!"
…
The Minister of the Imperial Household overslept today and barely arrived at the Qinzheng Hall before the morning court session. As soon as he stood still, he found that all his colleagues were looking at him with sympathy.
My heart suddenly tightened.
Immediately looked towards the clepsydra.
It’s almost five o’clock.
He is not late!
Why do all these people look like he's about to be in big trouble?
However, before he could ask, His Majesty entered the hall, so he had no choice but to collect his thoughts and pay his respects.
After finishing his morning court session trembling with fear, he grabbed a colleague and asked, "Why were you looking at me with those strange eyes just now?"
The colleague laughed and said: "You must have seen it wrong, there is no strange look at all."
“Obviously there is!”
"No."
The Minister of the Imperial Household asked others and they all gave the same answer.
I couldn't help but doubt my life: "Did I really see it wrong?"
The culprit, Ji Changqing, knew nothing about this and was sitting in the carriage on his way back home with a frown on his face.
His Majesty suddenly announced at the morning court that he would go on a spring hunt tomorrow.
Spring is the time for gestation, and hunting at this time is detrimental to natural harmony.
But His Majesty was firm in his attitude and insisted on going under the pretext of military training, so they, the ministers, had no choice but to obey.
However, it is unusual to announce it only one day in advance.
Perhaps His Majesty was so stimulated by Guard Lu and Concubine Lu that he couldn't wait to hunt to vent his anger.
Such haste makes it very easy for mistakes to occur, giving others an opportunity to take advantage.
But His Majesty doesn't care, so there's no point in him caring. He might as well think about what to cook for dinner.
The spring bamboo shoots are tender, so it’s a good idea to make pickled bamboo shoots with preserved vegetables.
The little fox should love to eat it.
The pickled bamboo shoots are fragrant and the meat is crispy. The soup is white and thick, and it is full of flavor. Feng Qingsui really likes it.
"I didn't expect that the Second Master could cook Jiangnan cuisine so well."
After putting down the spoon, she smiled.
"My master loves to eat preserved pork with preserved vegetables. If he were here today and tasted this soup, he would definitely not leave and would stay in the mansion with me."
Ji Changqing's heart moved.
"I keep hearing you mention Master, but I haven't seen her yet. When are you going to invite her to live in the mansion?"
Feng Qingsui's eyebrows drooped.
"My master's whereabouts are unknown and I can't contact him."
She bought an itinerary map of several states around the capital and pondered it for two days, but still couldn't figure out which state her master would go to.
"Do you have a portrait of your master?" Ji Changqing asked, "Give me one and I'll send someone to look for it."
Feng Qingsui said hurriedly: "No need, the crowd is so vast and it's hard to find a lone figure. I'd better wait for Master to contact me."
Even in the past few years when he suffered a spinal injury, Master would not stay in one place for too long.
As if hiding from someone.
If I go out of my way to find her, it might put her in danger.
Ji Changqing frowned slightly.
This person is obviously worried about the master, but refuses to accept his help. Has he made up his mind to leave?
He will set out hunting early tomorrow morning and will not return home until the day after tomorrow.
Could it be that she sneaked away while he was away?
Thinking of this, he said with a sullen face: "Whatever you plan, wait until I come back from Chunshou."
Feng Qingsui: “???”
What is her plan?
Although she was confused, she agreed when she saw Ji Changqing's serious expression.
"Okay, I'll wait for Second Master to come back. I wish you a smooth spring hunt."
Ji Changqing felt a little relieved.
Soon after entering the palace the next day, he followed His Majesty, a group of officials and guards to the hunting ground in the suburbs.
For fear of hurting the female beast, he only shot a few birds and then stopped.
His Majesty was blood-thirsty.
They shot any male animals they saw, and the prey piled up like a mountain.
His Majesty really came here to vent his anger, he thought. It seemed that His Majesty was extremely hurt by the double betrayal by the guards and the concubines.
Unconsciously, dusk fell. Looking at the emperor who was still tirelessly marching deeper into the jungle, he felt a little worried.
He quickly chased after him, wanting to warn him, but saw the emperor stop, draw his bow and arrow, and shoot at a bush in front of him.
"ah!"
A woman screamed.
The imperial guards' expressions changed, and they immediately stepped forward and surrounded the bushes.
“Who is it?”
The guard commander Yu Mofang shouted.
A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl emerged from the bushes. She was carrying a bamboo basket, wearing a coarse cloth dress and had two long braids.
"I, I'm just here to pick herbs."
The woman knelt on the ground and looked up in fear.
A pretty face that looked like it was about to cry came into everyone's sight.
Yu Mofang took a breath of cold air.
Another Concubine Wu!
Or the younger version.
Why do I keep seeing replicas of Concubine Wu everywhere?
How could the people guarding the hunting ground do their job and let outsiders break in?
If this was really an ordinary peasant girl, it would be fine, but if this was an assassin...
He subconsciously stood in front of the emperor.
The emperor, as if possessed by a demon, walked around him and walked towards the woman.
"His Majesty!"
He couldn't help but speak out.
The emperor seemed not to hear.
"May I have your name?"
"My name is..."
The woman suddenly jumped up, drew the dagger in her hand, and stabbed the emperor in the chest.
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