79. Spring Hunting
◎ Fierce and cold ◎
Chapter 79
During the Spring Equinox, most of the imperial family, along with the nobles and princes, joined a large procession on their way to Mount Song. This expedition included hundreds of guards, attendants, slaves, and menial workers, as well as several Taoists who assisted the emperor in his quest for immortality. The journey, which took five days, continued southward.
Ji Ci rode on horseback, wearing soft armor, leading the team at the front, unable to ride in the same carriage as Jiang Qiuye. She brought Mingyue with her to wait on the road. She was used to being a princess, and she began to be pampered in every way.
As Ji Ci rode by, Jiang Qiuye suddenly lifted the carriage curtain and winked at him. Ji Ci looked down and saw her kiss him from across the air. He couldn't help but smile, his head lowered. Without a word, he simply mouthed the word "good boy" to her. Then, his expressionless face returned to its original state, and he headed towards the front of the group.
During a break, each person was given two pancakes. Accustomed to feasting on delicious food, she felt downcast as she looked at the two dry pancakes in her hands. After all, even the emperor was enjoying the pancakes. At most, he could have a few more. What was there to complain about?
When she was about to return to the carriage, two people suddenly called out to her in unison: "Auntie Huang——"
Jiang Qiuye looked back and saw that it was the idiot Ji Sang and Princess Anyang, who were running towards him playing and fighting.
"Fourth brother, please go away and don't compete with me for the imperial aunt!" Princess Anyang pushed Ji Sang aside.
Ji Sang would not give in to her just because she was young, so he pushed her back with force, holding a mass of something in his hands.
"I came here to bring food to the Imperial Auntie. Look at you, you came here empty-handed, with nothing. Do you feel embarrassed?"
Jiang Qiuye couldn't help but smile. Although Ji Sang was already an adult, his heart and mind were no different from those of a child.
"Why did you come to see me?"
Ji Sang said, "Aunt, this is peach blossom cake. My chef specially made a lot for me to take with me on this long journey. Our cakes are too bad. I tell you, I didn't even give them to my father. I left them all here for you."
"Be careful or I'll tell my father." Anyang rolled his eyes at him unconvinced, stepped forward and hugged Jiang Qiuye's arm, shaking it, "Aunt, please let me ride in the same carriage with you. I'm so bored by myself."
Little goblin!
Jiang Qiuye had always been the one to act coquettishly, so being suddenly treated like that gave her goosebumps. However, Princess Anyang had become much more cheerful now, no longer dwelling on the past.
Before she could speak, Anyang snatched the peach blossom cake from Ji Sang's hand, handed it to Jiang Qiuye and said, "My brother's things are mine. I will give this peach blossom cake to Aunt Huang. Aunt Huang, let me share it with you."
"Ji Zhao! Do you have any shame?" Ji Sang was furious.
"Aunt Imperial! He scolded me!" After seeing this, Anyang hid directly behind her, leaving her a little at a loss.
She cleared her throat, pulled Anyang out from behind her, raised the cake in her hand, and said with a smile, "Okay, then you can ride with me. I'll accept this peach blossom cake. Thank you, King Wei. It just so happened that the peach blossom cake was stolen by the cat last time, and I didn't have the chance to taste it."
As soon as Jiang Qiuye smiled sweetly, like a spring spring, Ji Sang's legs softened and he quickly shook his head. No, this is the Queen's aunt.
Ji Ci, who was walking nearby, happened to see this scene. He looked down at the two extra dry biscuits in his hand, then at the peach blossom cake. Suddenly, he felt outdone. He put the biscuits back in his arms, hiding them, and walked straight towards the three people.
"What are you doing?"
"Husband..." Jiang Qiuye was delighted to see him, but when she thought about the other people around her, especially Anyang, the spoiled little devil, and her own age, she had to act like an elder.
Thinking of this, she didn't rush forward like she would before. She just stood there demurely and smiled, "Anyang was bored, so he came to join me in my carriage. The King of Wei was worried that I wasn't eating well, so he specially sent me some peach blossom cakes to satisfy my craving."
Peach blossom cake again!
I just threw it to the cat last time, and here comes this brat again! It never ends.
Well, considering the food wasn't good on the road, he wouldn't throw it away this time. It was also his negligence that he didn't think of asking the chef at home to make something for him to eat on the road.
"Yeah." Ji Ci nodded seriously, then looked at Ji Sang, "It's inappropriate to make a fuss here. Why don't you go back to your carriage?"
Ji Sang had always been afraid of this uncle. Hearing him say this, he hung his head, said "Oh," and prepared to leave. He glanced at Anyang again, pointed at her, and said, "What about her? She should go back too."
Seeing this, Jiang Qiuye immediately said, "Anyang, please come with me. I'm also very bored in the carriage."
Ji Ci glanced at Anyang who was holding Jiang Qiuye's arm, pursed his lips, nodded in agreement, and then gave Ji Sang a look to drive him away.
After his ears were clear, he stepped forward and asked, "It's been quite inconvenient on the road, and the food is simple. If you feel unwell in any way, please tell me."
"good."
Ji Ci: "..."
Is that it?
Just one good word?
Shouldn't she care about how she eats, whether she has enough dragon beard candy, and whether she has rested well?
"Aunt Imperial, let's go to the carriage. The sun is so hot." Anyang shook and pulled Jiang Qiuye directly towards the carriage.
She was startled and forgot to say anything to him, so she really followed him away, leaving Ji Ci alone there, looking at the backs of the two people, gritting his teeth.
Forget it, Anyang is still a little girl, so I won’t bother with her.
Soon, after the team had rested, they set off again.
Since Anyang entered Jiang Qiuye's carriage, Ji Ci had deliberately passed by her carriage many times on horseback. But his little wife had never once opened the curtain and kissed him like she did at the beginning.
All that could be heard in the carriage was laughter and it seemed that even Mingyue's maid was amused by Anyang.
Ji Ci could only look depressed and continue to return to the front of the team.
Jiang Qiuye really liked Princess Anyang, who was enthusiastic and cheerful, cute and innocent. She had experienced so much pain and suffering, but she had recovered in such a short time and returned to her pre-abduction self.
Anyang said leisurely in the carriage, "Originally, I was going to marry this month and go to Dihu, that remote place. But because of the incident that happened a while ago, my marriage has been postponed for half a year. This way, I can stay in Shengjing for another six months, which can be considered a blessing in disguise."
"Princess, don't you want to marry?" Mingyue couldn't help but ask.
After spending some time with Anyang, Mingyue found that she had no princess airs at all and was very kind to the servants. Mingyue also became a lot bolder.
"Of course I don't want to. I heard the Dihu people are very barbaric." Anyang rested his chin on his hands and sighed, "But I understand that this is the princess's mission. Since I have enjoyed the glory brought by the royal family of Dajin, I naturally have to give everything for the peace and stability of the two countries. I know this is my obligation. I don't want to and can't change anything, so I might as well convince myself to accept it."
Jiang Qiuye looked at Anyang, who was younger than her, and she really didn't expect that he could be so optimistic and open-minded. She was afraid that she would never be able to achieve that in her lifetime.
She knew how to act sweet and innocent, but Anyang didn't need to act, she was just a likable person.
After five days of travel, the team finally arrived at Songshan. Except for married couples, men and women lived far apart.
"Aunt, my uncle is fierce and cold all the time. Why don't you stop living with him and come live with me?" Anyang blinked and shook Jiang Qiuye's arm.
Jiang Qiuye: “…”
"Besides, it's late at night, deep in the mountains and forests. I'm really scared."
She was hesitant at first, but after hearing this, her heart softened and she agreed. She only asked Tian to inform Ji Ci and then went straight to the princess's tent.
After a busy day, Ji Ci finally arranged everything and the first thing he wanted to do was go back to his tent to find his wife.
But when he ran back excitedly and pulled back the curtain, he found that there was no one inside. Not only was there no one burning the charcoal basin, there wasn't even a lit candle.
He frowned and backed out, and when he turned around he saw Tian Qu's bitter and unlucky face.
He was startled, but after calming himself down, he looked up at the sky expressionlessly and asked coldly, "Where's the princess?"
"Your Highness, Princess, Princess..." Tian Qu saw how excited his master was just now, and he was really scared and terrified. If his master was unhappy, it would not be the princess who would suffer, but him.
"Why are you hesitating?" Ji Ci's brows were completely wrinkled into a "川" shape.
"The princess has moved into Princess Anyang's tent."
"What?"
"The princess said she was very scared in this deep forest at night." Tian Qu naturally didn't dare to say the first half of the sentence.
Ji Ci took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and finally couldn't help but ask, "There are hundreds of people gathered together, what's there to be afraid of?"
These people drove away Ji Sang one by one, and then Ji Zhao came. They were all a group of annoying flies.
This little wife, well, maybe she will miss him tomorrow and come back to sleep with him.
On the second day, although the hunting competition had not yet taken place, many people had already entered the mountains to familiarize themselves with the terrain and hunted prey to barbecue in the evening.
Ji Ci casually hunted a few small items. When he arrived outside the tent, he saw the lights on inside and was delighted.
It must be his little wife coming back.
Little did she know that he was alone in the empty room last night, feeling extremely lonely, and didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.
He held the pheasant in his hand, walked with a vigorous step, and opened the curtain to enter. What he saw was... Tian Qu's annoying face again!
The smile on his face suddenly disappeared, "Why are you here again?"
Why is it him again?
Tian Gou was depressed, and he didn't want it to be him again!
He stood there in a daze, not daring to speak. He just stared at Ji Ci, staring until he felt numb. After a moment, he finally spoke: "Princess, you will still sleep with Princess Anyang tonight."
Ji Ci chuckled, turned around, licked his teeth, and asked sullenly, "What did they do today?"
"Today, the princess will teach Princess Anyang how to ride a horse."
Ji Ci sneered, "Oh, after riding horses all day, we actually want to sleep together at night. That's quite something."
He took a deep breath and continued, "Did the princess mention anything today?"
What? About the master? No.
He shook his head stiffly and fearfully.
Ji Ci just laughed out loud, "Haha," "Really... good job."
Tian Qu: “…”
Should he speak at this moment?
Ji Ci was annoyed. After standing there and thinking for a while, he glanced up at the sky and said, "Why are you still standing here? I don't need you to sleep with me!"
Tian Qu immediately nodded and turned away.
Well, he was wrong. Not only could he not speak, he couldn't even appear in front of the prince.
"etc!"
"Yes, Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?" Tian Qu was shocked.
Ji Ci frowned and pondered in silence, narrowed his eyes, and then said seriously: "Go and do something for me."
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