Chapter 230 Searching for People on a Snowy Night
"It hasn't snowed yet..." Su Qianqian looked outside. Through the hazy window paper, she could only see the gloomy sky. The rain had stopped.
He opened his mouth and took another mouthful of porridge, swallowed it, and then asked, "Is the road icy?"
"It's very cold today, there is indeed ice..."
Qin Hanzhang used a handkerchief to wipe the corner of Su Qianqian's lips. His action was very natural and Su Qianqian didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
[The Xianglong Valley is flat only at the campsite. Once you enter the hunting ground, there are steep slopes everywhere, making it difficult to guard.
After a heavy snowfall, the emperor and Prince Xiang and Prince Jing lost their way. Prince Xiang risked his life to protect the emperor and won his heart, while Prince Jing slipped and broke his leg. Even though the marquis and the crown prince found them in the snow, they were not pardoned and their military power was taken away.
But how to stop this from happening? 】
Su Qianqian frowned and pondered in her heart.
Qin Hanzhang's eyes flashed: So that's it.
"You rest well in your room. I will do my best to persuade Your Majesty not to go into the hunting grounds. If persuasion fails, I will also do my best to protect Your Majesty."
Qin Hanzhang fed the last mouthful of porridge to Su Qianqian, covered her with a quilt, and gave her gentle instructions.
"Okay... His Royal Highness Prince Jing rarely hunts on weekdays, so please persuade him not to go with him."
Su Qianqian couldn't help but say one more sentence.
Although King Jing looked like a proud peacock with its tail spread out, he had not done anything evil. He just lost a leg for no reason. Even though he was a prince, he could never appear in the court again.
Su Qianqian cannot be considered a good person, but she is not a cold-blooded villain either. Let me say one more thing: whether she can change King Jing's fate depends on God's will.
"Okay." Qin Hanzhang nodded, turned and walked out.
Su Qianqian was drowsy after eating. She fell asleep again due to fatigue.
The next time she opened her eyes, she was woken up by Dian Feng. She looked around in a daze and then she remembered that this was Qin Hanzhang's temporary bedroom.
"What? Are you hungry? Haven't you eaten yet?"
Su Qianqian stroked the peak's head, then quickly retracted her hand when she remembered how it roared towards the sky. It looked quite scary!
"Woo woo..." Dianfeng held a note in his mouth and put it next to Su Qianqian's hand.
"What is this?" Su Qianqian picked up the note and looked at it. After just a glance, she sat up and asked, "Where did it come from?"
Dianfeng ran to the door and patted the bottom of it with his paw.
Su Qianqian frowned and stared at the note: The Marquis is in great danger when he enters the valley.
I turned my head to look out the window. The sky had become darker and the shadows of snowflakes were fluttering on the window paper.
She endured the pain and took out a dry cotton jacket from the space, put on a bulletproof vest, and then put on the robe Qin Hanzhang prepared for her. She went downstairs, combed her hair, and called the guards outside.
"Is the Lord not back yet?"
"Sir, when the Marquis sent someone to deliver the message, you were still asleep. He told the person on duty to tell you that he had gone into the mountains with His Majesty to hunt, and told you not to worry."
The guard replied respectfully.
As expected, they had entered the mountains. Su Qianqian's heart sank.
"Has everyone entered the mountain? When did it snow?" Su Qianqian looked at the heavy snow falling outside through the door opened by the guard.
"Sir, except for the Imperial Concubine and His Royal Highness Prince Jing, as well as several old ladies from the Marquis of Wuning's mansion, everyone else has gone into the mountains... It started snowing an hour after they set out, and it's getting heavier now."
The guard also looked back at the snow and frowned involuntarily. Such weather was not suitable for hunting.
"Is that so... Has anyone been here before?"
Su Qianqian asked casually.
"Just now? I just changed shifts, and I don't know if anyone has been here. Do you want me to ask the person who was on duty before?"
The guard asked carefully.
"No need." Su Qianqian shook her head. Since it was put in like this, it would definitely not be easy to find.
"Have someone prepare the horse I'm riding, and tie some straw to its hooves. Also prepare some more dry food and hot water and send it over quickly."
"Sir, are you..."
The guards widened their eyes in surprise. Such a frail person was brought in by the Marquis yesterday. What was he going to do now that he had just gotten a little more energetic?
“Go quickly!”
Su Qianqian ordered in a deep voice that no matter whether the note was true or false, she had to verify it. After all, Qin Hanzhang's life and death was related to the survival of Wuning Marquis Mansion and also determined her fate.
Soon, dry food and hot water bottles for the horses were delivered. Su Qianqian carried the bag full of dry food on her back, slung the water bag over her shoulder, put a bamboo hat on her head to block the wind and snow, and led the little white horse out of the camp.
The snowflakes soon covered the bamboo hat and gradually concealed her footprints. Su Qianqian looked around and saw that no one had hidden the dry food and water bag in the space. She took a deep breath and climbed onto the little white horse with her sore legs. "Dianfeng, Xiaobai, let's go!"
Dianfeng excitedly rushed out and blended with the snow. The little white horse was not to be outdone and followed closely behind Dianfeng and galloped away.
Su Qianqian knew the direction of the hunting ground, but once she entered the dense forest, she could only rely on the flags planted everywhere to identify it.
Someone should have raised bright yellow flags in the direction the emperor was walking to mark the route, and also to warn people who accidentally entered the hunting grounds to retreat. However, these flags cannot be fully trusted now. After all, in the original plot, the emperor and King Xiang and King Jing went further and further away because of the wrong flags.
Su Qianqian first followed the yellow flag for a while, because everyone was together at first. After walking for half an hour, the flags dispersed. Su Qianqian only followed the yellow flag for a while and found that the flag in front had lost its trace.
If nothing went wrong, they should return to the camp by now. Su Qianqian would at least be able to meet people who went hunting.
But now, apart from the occasional howling of wild beasts and the sound of flying crows shaking their wings, there was not a single person to be seen in the hunting grounds.
After walking a little further, the sky became darker, but suddenly a faint voice was heard. Su Qianqian pulled the reins, quietly dismounted and hid behind a big tree, and asked Gao Feng to hide as well.
"Since Your Majesty cannot be found, Marquis Wuning is guilty of failing to guard properly. Let's see how long he can continue to be so arrogant."
"Your Majesty actually chased prey into the Wild Wolf Valley in such weather. That Princess Daliang is really capable. With just one sentence, the Emperor ordered that Marquis Wuning be forbidden to bring people with him. The Imperial Concubine is about to fall behind!"
"Let's not go forward, just wander around here. If we don't come back later, we'll go back to the camp and report to the Imperial Concubine!"
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A team of imperial guards, led by several commanders, walked out, passed where Su Qianqian was hiding, and headed out of the hunting ground.
[Yelanggou...Even if there is no flag in other places, there must be one in Yelanggou! 】
Upon hearing the news, Su Qianqian quickly mounted her horse and galloped forward with Dianfeng. She would only stop to identify the obvious flags she saw to see if they were small black flags with place names written on them.
Not long after Su Qianqian rode away, the group that had left came back. The man in the lead raised his head, his eyes grim and cruel like a ferocious beast in the misty snow...
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