Chapter 88 Finale 1
Mu Chen was holding a bow and arrow in his hand. When Su Wanwan saw him, she subconsciously wanted to dodge.
"Wanwan." Mu Chen called her.
Su Wanwan paused for a moment, then quickened her pace and ran to Pei Changfeng's side.
Mu Chen's eyes were gloomy. Pei Changfeng and Su Wanwan passed by side by side and just glanced at him indifferently. Compared with the look of hatred or hostility, this kind of indifference made Mu Chen feel uncomfortable.
He curled his lips, smiled sarcastically, and returned to his tent.
Su Wanwan's heart was beating faster because she was scared by Mu Chen. She was afraid that Mu Chen would do something to frame Pei Changfeng again. What's more, she couldn't accept that all this was caused by her.
Pei Changfeng squeezed her hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
Su Wanwan looked up at him, but didn't tell him that her back was already covered in cold sweat.
On the first day of hunting, the ministers did not need to go out hunting with Emperor Chongming, but could move freely.
Pei Changfeng led a horse to Su Wanwan, "Let's go, run two laps."
Su Wanwan looked at Widow Liu, who waved at her, "Go ahead, go ahead. The nurse and I will take care of the child."
The hunting ground was very large, and the animals were put in there in advance, even too many of them. Su Wanwan only rode for a while before she saw several rabbits and pheasants passing by, and even a deer running past.
"There are so many animals in this hunting ground," Su Wanwan sighed, "The palace really knows how to choose a place."
Pei Changfeng smiled and didn't tell her that the animals in the hunting ground had been put in in advance and screened several times.
"The hunt lasts four days, right? What will you do in the next few days?"
"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be the official hunting days. After the hunt, the rankings will be counted, and the top three should receive rewards."
"What reward!?" Su Wanwan was curious, "Husband, can you get a rank?"
Pei Changfeng thought about it and answered honestly, "I'm not good at riding and shooting, so maybe I can't get it."
"Okay," Su Wanwan was a little disappointed, but soon recovered, "The character is perfect. My husband, you are already so great, it's normal that you are not good at something!"
Su Wanwan's eyes sparkled, "My husband, if you are really good at everything, then I really feel that I am not worthy of you."
She said this, but in her heart she felt more than anyone else that Pei Changfeng should belong to her.
Pei Changfeng smiled and answered the question seriously, "If Pei Changfeng didn't have Su Wanwan, there would be no Pei Changfeng in the world."
Hearing these words, Su Wanwan recalled the day when she first married him, the leaky thatched cottage, and him lying on the bed like a dead tree.
"That must be because God thought you shouldn't disappear from this world like this, so he asked me to save you," Su Wanwan smiled, "Then you have to be extra nice to me in the future. If you're not nice to me, you'll be in big trouble!"
"Yes, sir." Pei Changfeng smiled indulgently.
On the first day, Su Wanwan had a happy time in the hunting ground. She raced horses with Pei Changfeng in the morning and again with Chen Mian in the afternoon. In the evening, a group of people gathered together to eat barbecue, which was made from some small animals they had shot in the afternoon.
Pei Changfeng handed a rabbit leg to Su Wanwan, and Bai Jitong handed one to Chen Mian.
Immediately, Widow Liu and Su Chaochao looked over with inquiring eyes.
Chen Mian coughed and pinched Bai Jitong secretly. Bai Jitong took a breath and quickly handed the rabbit leg forward, "Look at my eyes, uh... Chao Chao, this is for you."
Su Chaochao pointed at herself and took the rabbit leg in disbelief. Maybe her brain was not working that quickly and she didn't find the problem for a moment and started to chew it happily.
Widow Liu smiled secretly in her heart and ran to have a barbecue with the sisters she had just met, so as not to disturb these young people.
Seeing Widow Liu leave, Chen Mian was so embarrassed that he whispered, "What are you handing over!"
Before Bai Jitong could say anything, Su Chaochao spoke up to smooth things over, "Aunt Chen, don't blame Brother Bai. He accidentally handed it to the wrong person."
Bai Jitong touched his nose and said nothing.
There seemed to be something wrong between the two of them. Su Wanwan glanced at Pei Changfeng, and Pei Changfeng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what had happened.
The problem between Bai Jitong and Chen Mian is not a small one. Su Wanwan knows it without thinking. Perhaps their relationship has reached a certain level, but they cannot be together openly, and one of them must be anxious.
She pretended to know nothing and gnawed on the rabbit meat. At the same time, little Fuguang, who was held by the wet nurse, kicked his legs anxiously and also wanted to eat.
Su Wanwan brought little Fuguang over and said to the nurse, "You should go and eat some too."
The nanny went downstairs, and Su Wanwan continued to grill the meat while holding little Fuguang. Little Fuguang's drool was about to fall to the ground, but it was a pity that he was too small and couldn't eat a single bite.
At the same time, Emperor Chongming walked around the tents of several princes one by one, looked at what his sons were doing, and went to see several old ministers, before coming to Pei Changfeng.
Bai Jitong and Chen Mian had already left. Su Wanwan was drinking tea to relieve her greasy feeling, while Pei Changfeng was holding little Fuguang and looking at the stars.
"Changfeng is so leisurely," Emperor Chongming smiled as he came to Pei Changfeng and stretched out his hand, "Come, give me a hug."
The moment he held his heavy grandson in his arms, Emperor Chongming felt deeply that his journey was worthwhile.
Little Fuguan didn't know Emperor Chongming. He frowned and reached out to grab Emperor Chongming's beard. Su Wanwan's heart almost jumped out of her chest as she watched from the side.
Pei Changfeng said on the side: "Your Majesty, Fu Guang is naughty, be careful not to let him hurt you."
In fact, he didn't even take a step forward.
Emperor Chongming shook his head, squeezed little Fuguang's hand, and said with a smile: "How could I be angry at such a cute child?"
Emperor Chongming did not stay for too long, so as not to arouse suspicion and cause anyone to investigate Pei Changfeng.
After leaving Pei Changfeng, he wandered around a few houses and then returned to his tent.
All the ministers expressed their feelings that Your Majesty has become much more approachable recently!
Su Wanwan patted her chest and said, "I was scared to death. His Majesty came suddenly."
Pei Changfeng said: "Let's talk inside. It's cool at night."
Pei Changfeng did not tell Su Wanwan about his guess, nor did he intend to tell her. After all, this identity would be a burden, and there was no need for one more person to carry it.
On the next day, the hunting officially began. In addition to Emperor Chongming and a few princes, any minister who wanted to participate could participate. However, most of them were civil servants. They just wanted to eat meat and enjoy the scenery. If they wanted to really go into battle, forget it.
Therefore, there were not many civil servants on the field, Pei Changfeng was one, and Fan Ling was one.
At the sound of the command, everyone rode out on their horses. Pei Changfeng came to participate in the competition not for a ranking, but firstly to relax his muscles, and secondly, he also wanted to see what Su Wanwan would look like when she ate the prey he hunted.
Seeing a pheasant in front of him, Pei Changfeng drew his bow and arrow and hit it with one shot.
He dismounted, picked up the pheasant, and continued on his way.
Because the guards had checked this area in advance, there would be basically no accidents, unless one fell off a horse or fell down. Even some large animals were mostly docile deer.
Su Wanwan was outside the venue and couldn't see what was going on inside. She sat there bored, so she rubbed Xiao Fuguang's fat hands for fun.
Soon, good news came from the woods. Emperor Chongming had hunted a sika deer, and everyone cheered.
Chen Mian handed Su Wanwan a handful of melon seeds and suddenly whispered, "Do you know that Liao Cheng is gone?"
Su Wanwan took the melon seeds and asked, "When did it happen?"
"It seems to be the day before the autumn hunt. Didn't you notice that the Fourth Prince didn't come to hunt?"
Su Wanwan said: "I really didn't pay attention to this."
"The news hasn't leaked out of the palace yet. I guess they want to take advantage of the autumn hunting break to hold the funeral quietly to avoid arousing suspicion. But it's good this way, and it saves us some trouble."
Su Wanwan nodded, "That's true."
She became a little gossipy, glanced at Chen Mian's face which seemed to be in particularly good condition recently, and whispered, "What's going on between you and Bai Zhuangyuan?"
Chen Mian blushed a little and tugged at her clothes. "It's not that easy for me to remarry. You know, I've been a widow for six or seven years! The Duke of Ying will at least wait until Luo Lian is twenty and inherits the title before they can let me go. But by then I will be almost forty, how can that be possible?"
From what she said, it seemed like she already had a plan in mind. "So what are you going to do?"
"I plan to ask my parents to go to the Duke of England to negotiate. If there are things I can't mention, my parents can always go and talk about it."
In this case, Su Wanwan did not ask any more questions. She ate some melon seeds for a while and then thought of something, "So what happened to Luo Lian after you remarried?"
"His father is dead, his mother-in-law is gone too, and his father-in-law has several illegitimate sons, so it's natural for him to follow me. Otherwise, he would be bullied to death by his family," Chen Mian said. "It doesn't matter. My parents will find a way. My family's status is not inferior to his Duke's Mansion."
Su Wanwan felt relieved when she heard her say that everything had a solution.
In the woods, the silhouette of a sika deer flashed in front of him. Pei Changfeng pulled the bow, and suddenly, an arrow flew past him.
Pei Changfeng turned around and found it was Mu Chen.
Mu Chen looked at him coldly and drew the bow again.
Pei Changfeng didn't have time to think about it. He quickly whipped the horse and started running.
He tried his best to run around the corner and to the place closest to the exit, but his luck was not very good today. Not only did he not find the exit, he didn't even meet anyone who came to hunt with him.
Mu Chen's arrow hit the horse under him. The horse was frightened and Pei Changfeng fell off.
After rolling twice on the ground, Pei Changfeng quickly rolled under a tree and used the tree to cover his body.
"You are so bold!"
"As long as I can take your life, there's nothing wrong with being bold."
Mu Chen no longer cares about anything else now. He just wants Pei Changfeng to die. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want that woman Su Wanwan, but he only wants Pei Changfeng's life.
"I want to see if you can still have such good luck today."
An arrow was shot out and blocked by the tree trunk. Pei Changfeng quickly thought of a countermeasure in his mind. When Mu Chen pulled the bow for the second time, Pei Changfeng said, "Wait! Let's discuss it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the second arrow was shot. Because the tree where Pei Changfeng was hiding was thick enough, the arrow only hit his sleeve.
But he couldn't keep going like this. As long as Mu Chen adjusted his direction, Pei Changfeng would be shot soon.
"Negotiation?" Mu Chen sneered, "There is no negotiation between you and me!"
When he was taking the third arrow, Pei Changfeng ran out from behind the tree. He couldn't just sit there and wait to die.
He aimed at the direction and grabbed Mu Chen's leg. At the same time, his shoulder was hit by an arrow.
Mu Chen rolled to the ground. Pei Changfeng endured the pain and began to stab Mu Chen with the dagger at his waist.
At such a close distance, Mu Chen couldn't use the bow.
He and Pei Changfeng were entangled with each other, and both of them were covered in blood.
Not only Pei Changfeng brought a knife, Mu Chen also brought one. What they were competing for now was who could stab the other's vital point first.
There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, someone was coming.
Mu Chen was not worried at all that he would be discovered. He wanted to take Pei Changfeng's life like a madman.
Due to excessive blood loss, Pei Changfeng gradually lost his strength.
Just as Mu Chen raised his knife, he quickly reversed the positions of the two men, then used the ground as support to push forward the arrow that pierced his shoulder.
With this force, the arrow was pushed forward and collided with Mu Chen who was pointing downwards. Mu Chen looked at his heart in a daze. When he raised the knife again, Pei Changfeng pressed him down again.
The arrow shot by Mu Chen eventually pierced his heart.
Mu Chen's hands lost strength and the knife fell.
Pei Changfeng scolded him, "Mad man!"
"What happened up front!"
The sound of horse hooves was heard, and Pei Changfeng saw figures approaching. His and Mu Chen's bodies were carried out.
The power of an arrow was not enough to shoot through two people at the same time, so the matter was not made a big deal at Pei Changfeng's request and with the permission of Emperor Chongming.
Su Wanwan gritted her teeth in anger, "Too bad! He is really too bad!"
Pei Changfeng wanted to laugh, but Su Wanwan glared at him, "You can still laugh after all this."
"I am happy that you care about me."
Su Wanwan looked at him unhappily and hit him, "You were so happy, I was so worried. You don't know how scary it was when you were sent back covered in blood!"
"I'm fine now, right?" Pei Changfeng paused, "But when I ran into him, I was really scared and almost died in his hands."
In order to prevent Su Wanwan from blaming herself, Pei Changfeng said, "But he didn't want to kill me this time because of you. He just wanted to kill me."
Su Wanwan wiped her tears and said, "Okay, I know you are trying to comfort me."
After she finished speaking, she sighed, "But my cousin, Mu Chen, is dead too, so we don't have to worry about him playing dirty tricks anymore."
"Yes," Pei Changfeng smiled and squeezed Su Wanwan's hand, "No one will secretly covet you anymore."
Su Wanwan wanted to make him angry, so she opened her mouth. However, she couldn't say anything to make him angry when he looked so weak. "Forget it, just have a good rest."
Because the incident did not become a big deal, the autumn hunt continued, but the patrols were more stringent.
At the same time, Su Wanwan also learned something else.
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