Seeing that the Emperor was indifferent to the affairs of the harem, and that only Consort Mu's palace still had a prince, the ministers began to worry. Perhaps they felt that the Emperor had grown tired of these concubines.
Recently, they have been submitting memorials one after another, saying that they want to hold a new imperial concubine selection.
Qi Jingxuan felt very tired, so he told everyone to handle it themselves, and that ministers in the palace with women of marriageable age could make recommendations. He then went to the outskirts to go archery and hunting.
With only a hundred or two men in his entourage, Qi Jingxuan took off his dragon robe and put on his general's clothes. He suddenly realized that he was happiest at this moment.
Riding my old warhorse across the grasslands, even the air feels free.
"Your Majesty! Slow down! Your Majesty!" The guards behind him were afraid something might happen, so they spurred their horses to catch up. But who was Qi Jingxuan?
The Northwest War God! How could he let these people catch up! Before long, he ran to a deserted place, where he could finally be himself without worry.
He dismounted and lay on the ground, the gentle sunlight caressing his face.
At first, he only wanted Ruan Yumu to experience the wickedness of people in the inner palace. Now that he has dealt with Old Madam Qi, Ruan Yumu will forever belong to the inner palace. However, he often feels lost. In this vast world, where is the place where the soul can return?
"Ah! Help! Ah!" A woman's cries came from not far away. Qi Jingxuan became interested. Could it be that he was about to have a romantic encounter?
He immediately ran to a trap and found the woman.
Uh! She's a middle-aged woman...
"Young master, please save this old woman! Ouch, I've fallen into a hunter's trap, and my leg is injured."
Out of kindness, Qi Jingxuan reluctantly handed her the rope that had been prepared on the spot.
Qi Jingxuan was exhausted by the man's weight of 140-150 pounds; it took a lot of effort to finally pull him up.
"Oh, it's General Qi! Thank you for saving me!" As soon as she arrived, she saw Qi Jingxuan's clothes clearly. He was obviously a general of high status. Thinking of her husband, who had served in the army for many years, but was still just a lowly soldier, the old woman was thinking of a way to trick him into coming to her house as a guest.
Qi Jingxuan saw that the old woman's leg was bleeding profusely. If she went to the market to get it bandaged, he didn't know if she would survive. Before the old woman could even speak...
He eagerly urged her to get on the horse!
However, once he arrived home, Qi Jingxuan didn't go inside at all! He simply dropped the person off, gave him some loose change, and left.
Because Qi Jingxuan's outfit was so eye-catching, he decided to find an alleyway to take it off.
"Ahhh!!!" Just as he was taking off his pants, a girl fell from the sky.
"You pervert! Oh my god!" Lu Shiyi exclaimed and ran away. Her family was pressuring her to get married, and they had locked her in the cloud platform. She took advantage of the fact that everyone had gone to eat to escape. Unexpectedly, she climbed over the wall and saw Qi Jingxuan there.
As she spoke, she picked up a stick from the side and started hitting people.
"You filthy scoundrel! You filthy scoundrel!" Qi Jingxuan quickly put on his clothes and pinned the shouting Miss Lu against the wall with both hands.
Strange, I just thought this guy was a scoundrel, but looking at him up close, he's actually a rare handsome man. Plus, with that military uniform, he's at least a deputy general!
"What do you want to do?" Lu Shiyi noticed that the person was getting closer and closer to her, so she stomped on his foot!
Qi Jingxuan found the cotton-like force under his feet incredibly cute. He looked up at the house next to him and made a mental note of it.
"Go!" He released Lu Shiyi's hands, and Lu Shiyi ran away as fast as she could, not even realizing that she had dropped her purse.
"No money? I... let's see how you run away!"
Having been assassinated several times before, Qi Jingxuan quickly went to the street and bought a set of ordinary clothes to wear.
"The Emperor is missing! The Emperor is missing!"
"The Emperor is missing! The Emperor is missing!"
"The Emperor is missing! The Emperor is missing!"
The guards searched the hunting grounds for a day and a night but found no one. They searched all the nearby villages. Soon the news reached the palace. At this time, Qi Jingxuan was sleeping soundly in the inn, completely unaware of what had happened!
Strangely, the person who searched the inn didn't even recognize the emperor's horse.
The shopkeeper honestly explained that the man was a refined scholar, and that's how they missed each other.
In the inner palace, Zi Ling was already prepared. If anything were to happen to the emperor, she would incite the concubines to make the eldest son succeed to the throne.
But Ruan Yumu seemed to have a telepathic connection, reaching out to hold her down, saying, "Let others worry. Before things are 100% certain, we shouldn't court death!"
Zi Ling nodded.
When Qi Jingxuan woke up, he went to the Lu residence to look for that woman. Coincidentally, the owner of the Lu residence was the county princess!
He thought it was a done deal, so he swaggered in.
What are you doing?
"Get out! Do you think you can just come and go as you please at the county magistrate's house?"
The county magistrate, knowing that the emperor had disappeared, worried that it might be a high-ranking official traveling incognito. Upon hearing the commotion, he smiled and bowed respectfully as he came out to welcome him.
Qi Jingxuan didn't mince words. "Master Lu, I am Xu Yunchuan, the commander of the Imperial Guards. I have come to your residence to propose marriage. Here are some gifts! Take a look, whose purse is this?"
"Ah? This...this..." When Master Lu saw the money pouch, wasn't it his youngest daughter's?
Lu Shiyi originally had a childhood sweetheart, but for the sake of his own future, Master Lu wanted to marry her off to the son of the city gatekeeper of the capital! His purpose was to build a connection, after all, he was an official in the capital, and that was certainly different from others.
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