Chapter 74: Is He Sad?
Time flies, seeing that it is autumn, the autumn breeze is slightly cool, blowing on people with a comfortable caressing.
Since that time, Zhou Mu has never set foot in Yun Xiangrong's courtyard.
One is that Yun Xiangrong didn't want to see him, so he deliberately avoided it. The other is because Zhou Mu failed to put down his face and stalked.
On this day, Yun Xiangrong tasted tea alone, and when he received the news that Zhao Yue said that Zhou Mu wanted to see her, the hand holding the teacup paused slightly.
"Please come in, Lord Zhou." Yun Xiangrong commanded and poured two cups of tea himself.
Goodbye Zhou Mu, the feeling of being suddenly separated from the world became even stronger, maybe too much time had passed, and it made her feel that the man in front of her who had loved her in her previous life until death was a little strange.
It's as if he has really become a spectator of her life, and has nothing to do with her life.
"Are you okay these days?" Zhou Mu looked at Yun Xiangrong and asked.
As soon as the words came out, I felt that I had said something nonsense.
She sat there, with a gentle and peaceful smile on the corner of her mouth, and the skin on her face was like snow, ruddy and shiny, and she didn't look bad no matter how she looked at it.
On the contrary, his face was slightly pale, and his eyes were blue. It's been a long time since I've slept well.
Ever since beating her and isolating him from her world, his heart has not been able to calm down.
Even if you linger in the Qinglou every night and don't return, there are always all kinds of beautiful girls in your arms, but the hole in your heart is getting bigger and bigger, so big that it seems to be an empty hole, and you can't fill it.
When he was having fun with others, he pressed on other women, but he unconsciously called her name.
After three years of marriage, he has never touched her, but now, his biggest regret is that he didn't want her in the first place.
If he wanted her body, even if he broke her heart, she was destined to be entangled with him for the rest of her life, instead of withdrawing like now, and making him sad cleanly.
"Very good." Yun Xiangrong nodded and smiled, graceful and generous.
Zhou Mu looked at her like this, his heart was slightly sluggish, his appearance was better than that of any noblewoman.
Why didn't he find out in the first place!
Is it really blinding the hatred of being forced to marry her!
Seeing that Zhou Mu was distracted again, Yun Xiangrong pursed his eyebrows slightly, coughed slowly, and said, "Lord Zhou, if you have something, just say it, I have to go out in a while, I'm afraid there is not much time." ”
"Don't you want to stay with me for a while now?" Zhou Mu muttered and blurted out the words in his heart.
The words were sad and sad.
Yun Xiangrong was slightly stunned, was he sad?
Looking at the pain between his eyebrows, Yun Xiangrong felt that he wanted to laugh.
I think that at the beginning, she tried her best to be good to him, bothered to plan for him, and did everything she could and couldn't do.
But what about him?
In addition to lingering in Qinglou every day and bothering to pursue Jiang Qing, where did he see her more!
Now that she doesn't love her, she retracts her heart and leaves, but he shows a sadness and loneliness of being abandoned, who to see!
Seeing Yun Xiangrong looking at him strangely, Zhou Mu's face changed suddenly, he restrained his emotions, and said slowly: "The emperor ordered the autumn hunt, I also received a post, you are ready to prepare, and then go with me." ”
Yun Xiangrong frowned. Autumn hunting, although you can bring your family, but after all, it is a matter of hunting for men, except for the princesses and concubines of the royal family, and the daughters of some high-ranking officials who are about to leave the cabinet, women still participate less.
Just as he was thinking about refusing, he heard Zhou Mu say again: "His Royal Highness King Xiang said that the emperor specially asked about your situation at that time, and it is not appropriate for you not to go." ”
He stood up as he spoke, and said, "You are ready to prepare, and I will come to pick you up then, and I have something to do, so I will leave first." ”
Zhou Mu didn't wait for Yun Xiangrong to speak, then turned around and hurriedly left, like that, as if someone was chasing him behind him.
Yun Xiangrong frowned slightly when she saw this, since the emperor had spoken, then she didn't want to go and had to go.
In the previous life, she didn't go to this autumn hunt, but later she heard that there was chaos during the autumn hunt.
She didn't know it at first, but later Zhou Mu was drunk and said vaguely.
It was said that someone had assassinated him, and King Zhennan was slightly injured.
She only knew that someone had been assassinated, but she didn't know who had been stabbed, and Huo Chen was injured.
Yun Xiangrong's breathing was a little messy.
Yun Xiangrong personally went to the medical hall and asked Sun Yi for some powder to repel insects and snakes in the mountains and make them into sachets to wear on his body in case of emergency. He also asked him to give some first-aid medicine, gold sore medicine with good curative effects, and so on.
It's all ready, and that's peace of mind.
Back in the mansion, Yun Xiangrong instructed Chu Er and Zhao Yue sisters to prepare the salute for travel.
On the day of the autumn hunt, Yun Xiangrong took the things that had been prepared long ago and Sister Zhao Yue, and followed Zhou Mu to the paddock.
As for Chu'er, she didn't take it, she went to the paddock for autumn hunting, it would take several days, and someone had to take care of the business here, plus she didn't know martial arts, so in a place like the paddock, it was not as good as Zhao Yue.
Zhou Mu is just a petty official from the fourth grade, and it is already an extra favor to have his quota for such a big event, so he is also self-aware, and Yun Xiangrong squeezed a carriage.
Zhou Mu sat in the middle, Yun Xiangrong sat on the left, Zhao Yue and Zhao Xi sisters sat on the left, and the car was so quiet that there was no sound.
Yun Xiangrong didn't have much emotion towards Zhou Mu now, and he was regarded as a stranger.
The journey was long, Yun Xiangrong swayed in the car, felt a little stuffy, lifted the curtain of the window and looked out, and inadvertently saw the figure of a man riding a horse not far away, and his heart was slightly sluggish.
Huo Chen seemed to be aware of it, and when he looked back, he saw Yun Xiangrong, whose face was half-covered by the curtains.
The look in his eyes was light, and he couldn't see the slightest emotion.
Yun Xiangrong lowered the curtain, thinking that he had been hunted in his previous life, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused in his heart.
How was she going to remind him of this?
When Yun Xiangrong was thinking about this. Zhou Mu saw that her expression had changed slightly, so he leaned over here and asked, "What is Rong'er looking at just now?" ”
The curtains blocked, and Zhou Mu didn't see anything.
Yun Xiangrong didn't want to talk to him, shook his head, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Zhou Mu wanted to say something to bring the relationship between the two closer, but when he saw that the two sisters Zhao Yue were there, he frowned unhappily, and didn't say anything after all.
This opportunity was something he had hard-won, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to get along with Yun Xiangrong. Chase back the already cold love between the two.
It's inconvenient to get on the car, and when you get to the paddock and set up camp, you will have the opportunity to get along.
Zhou Mu comforted himself.
The convoy traveled for most of the day, and at dusk, it arrived at the paddock of the autumn hunt.
The emperor ordered the camp to be set up, and everyone got busy with their own work.
The huge camp was divided into two areas, one for the man and one for the woman, and even the husband and wife were separated to avoid suspicion.
This move is exactly what Yun wants to do, so that she doesn't have to worry about how to deal with Zhou Mu.
The official hunt takes place the next day. That night, everyone cleaned up and went to bed early.
The next day, Yun Xiangrong got up early.
The paddock is very beautiful, and it is also divided into two areas, one side is dominated by dense forest, and the adjacent deep mountains are connected to the trees, and the branches are lush and leafy.
On the other side is the meadows, endless meadows, reserved for horse racing during hunting.
Of course, it is also a place for nobles and ladies to spend their time in the woods.
Yun Xiangrong didn't take Zhao Yue with them, and walked slowly alone, relaxing.
The total number of thousands of gold is also strange paddock fresh, and many people are also walking alone, so Yun Xiangrong's move did not attract the attention of others.
Unlike them, they went to the meadow, while Yun Xiangrong went to the forest.
There are no wild beasts at the entrance of the forest, and the emperor sent someone to clean it up at the beginning of the hunt, but she is not afraid, of course, another reason is that she likes to be quiet.
Yun Xiangrong was thinking about Huo Chen's injury this time, and walked casually, not realizing that he was getting farther and farther away, and he was already a long distance away from the entrance of the dense forest.
When Yun Xiangrong came back to his senses, he realized that he had just thought about things, and he had gone so far.
She felt a chill in her heart and turned around to go back.
However, before she could take a few steps, she heard a faint movement, and she hurriedly hid behind a nearby tree.
"Things have been arranged, master rest assured." Someone said coldly.
Yun Xiangrong's heart trembled, and he clung to the tree, not daring to move.
This is obviously not a good thing. I just don't know who it is!
"Well, remember, Huo Chen is not simple, don't take it lightly." Someone lowered his voice and said.
Yun Xiangrong's heart jumped, as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest, was he plotting how to kill Huo Chen?
Don't be so coincidental!
Although she was worried about him, she didn't think about risking her life to investigate the enemy's situation.
In case he was discovered, Yun Xiangrong didn't dare to think about his tragic end.
Close to the tree, motionless, but with ears held high, listening to the conversation over there.
"It's just an idle prince, and his subordinates don't understand why the master is so concerned." The man was confused.
"What do you know" The other person sneered and said in a low voice: "Huo Chen doesn't have real power, but do you think the title of King Zhennan is really called for nothing?" There is no war now. The emperor doesn't need him, if the war is really tight, he will ascend to the top as the king of Zhennan and let him go on the expedition, which will be a great boost to morale. Such a potential threat must not be allowed to help the king. ”
The two said a few more words, and then they separated.
Yun Xiangrong froze in place, not daring to move, waiting for a long time after they were gone before hurrying towards the camp.
In the camp, the Zhao Yue sisters couldn't find her twice, and they were in a hurry at the moment, when Zhou Mu came over, and saw that their faces were not good, and they were puzzled.
"Where's the young lady?" Zhou Mu asked lightly.
Although he and Yun Xiangrong almost have no relationship, but in private, in front of subordinates and outsiders, he still tries to whitewash the peace.
"The young lady is gone, and we haven't seen it for a long time." Zhao Yue's face was not very good.
"What?" Zhou Mu suddenly looked at her with wide eyes, "What's going on, when is it." Zhou Mu hurriedly asked.
After the two said, Zhou Mu was anxious, and he hurriedly turned around to find it.
However, after turning around and walking a few steps, he saw Yun Xiangrong walking towards this side.
With a sense of peace of mind and eagerness in his heart, he stepped forward and grabbed Yun Xiangrong's hand, and said angrily: "What is a person running blindly, not coming back for so long, I don't know if I will be worried?" ”
Yun Xiangrong was dragged painfully, and frowned in displeasure.
"Lord Zhou, you have lost your temper." Yun Xiangrong's words were slightly heavy.
She was worried about Huo Chen, and her tone was naturally not very good.
When Zhou Mu heard this, he subconsciously looked around, and saw many people looking curiously here, so he immediately let go of his hand.
Even if the two are husband and wife, it is not good to look at it in public, and they will be pointed at.
Zhou Mu opened his mouth and asked, "Where did you run just now?" ”
"After I got up, I walked around, I'm going to eat, Lord Zhou is at his own convenience." Yun Xiangrong was anxious to tell Huo Chen about the matter, and naturally didn't want to deal with Zhou Mu.
"It just so happens that I didn't eat either, so I'll eat some together here with Rong'er." Zhou Mu saw that she was impatient, so he had the heart to shake his head and leave, but thinking about it, didn't he just want to reconcile with her this time, he couldn't stand this grievance, so he couldn't talk about chasing her back.
Yun Xiangrong didn't expect him to be able to pull down his face so much, but he was angry but it was not easy to drive people away, so he could only eat hastily with a cold face.
She wanted to go to Huo Chen, but Zhou Mu was like a kraft candy, sticking to her, and the sticky Yun Xiangrong became more and more anxious. And he didn't leave an inch, Yun Xiangrong just wanted to tell Sister Zhao Yue to inform him.
When approaching the shooting range, a surprised voice came from the side: "Sister." ”
Yun Xiangrong turned around, and saw the Seventh Prince running towards this side waving his little hand from afar.
My heart was suddenly relieved.
I can finally get rid of this clingy guy.
"What do you do in such a hurry, and you are not afraid of falling." Yun Xiangrong patted the Seventh Prince who was holding her hand angrily, with some helplessness in his eyes.
The Seventh Prince laughed, and before he could speak, he heard a sound of greeting from the side.
"I've seen the Seven Princes." Zhou Mu saluted.
The Seventh Prince knew Zhou Mu, but he didn't look down on him, and felt that it was really a waste for his sister to marry such a man.
With her sister's demeanor and talent, it is more than enough to marry any prince.
A touch of contempt flashed at the corner of the Seventh Prince's mouth, and he was about to speak, but he felt Yun Xiangrong's hand sliding lightly in his palm, writing and pausing slightly.
"Hmm. Lord Zhou is exempt. I haven't seen my sister for a long time, and if I want to talk, Master Zhou doesn't have to follow. The Seventh Prince raised his head slightly, and after speaking, he led Yun Xiangrong forward.
Zhou Mu straightened up and looked at the back of the Seventh Prince holding Yun Xiangrong away, and couldn't stop frowning.
He is Yun Xiangrong's husband anyway, and the Seventh Prince's move is inevitably too shameless.
But think about it in a flash. It is her blessing that the Seventh Prince and Yun Xiangrong are close, and the Seventh Prince is young, so she doesn't worry about anything else.
Finally getting rid of Zhou Mu, Yun Xiangrong breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly pulled the Seventh Prince to the edge where there were few people on the side.
"Xiao Qi, why are you alone, what about your fourth brother and Huo Chen?" Yun Xiangrong asked softly.
The Seventh Prince pursed his lips aggrievedly and said, "Don't say it, they are going to go into the forest to hunt at the entrance of the forest, and I will go too, but the fourth brother will not let me." I think I'm too young. ”
He is young, but he really wants to go inside to see and see, besides, there are guards to follow, he doesn't go deep, what danger can there be.
The Seventh Prince was very unconvinced.
Yun Xiangrong's heart was slightly tight, and he didn't know if it was too late.
"Want to go?" Yun Xiang said with a smile on his face.
"Yes." The Seventh Prince's eyes lit up and he said loudly. Then like a wilted eggplant, he chirped: "But the fourth brother won't let me." ”
"I'm going to change into light clothes, let's go see if they're gone, and I also want to see the style of the Holy Lord's hunting." Yun Xiangrong smiled and spoke.
"Okay. Okay, if my sister intercedes with me, the fourth brother may agree. The Seventh Prince suddenly looked excited.
Yun Xiangrong led the Seven Princes back to his tent, told him to wait outside, went in by himself to change into the light riding clothes he had prepared, and brought all kinds of medicinal powders and wound medicines from Sun Yi, and then came out and hurried towards the entrance of the dense forest with the Seven Princes.
When they arrived, there were quite a few people outside the forest, all waiting here to watch their prey.
It seems that they still have some competition, to see who hunts more prey, someone is counting.
There were also many brave female dependents who were accompanied by guards into the woods to see if they could meet prey.
"They're already in." The Seventh Prince looked around, but didn't see Huo Chen and the others, and said a little lost.
It just so happened that at this time, another team of guards escorted a few daughters into the forest, and the eyes of the Seven Princes sparkled, and said, "Sister, why don't we go in and have a look." ”
Looking at the eagerness in his eyes, Yun Xiangrong was actually anxious about Huo Chen's situation in the forest. But she couldn't show it, she overheard that someone was going to kill Huo Chen, and she couldn't say it.
If something happens, it will only cause trouble, no one will believe her, if nothing happens, if something happens, then she will be regarded as a group of people who want to murder Huo Chen, and she will die.
She wanted to help Huo Chen, but she didn't want to put herself in.
"This, it's not good, your fourth brother will scold you when he comes back." Yun Xiangrong retreated and said.
"No matter, just scold." The Seventh Prince gritted his teeth, his eyes flashed with excitement, and he turned around and called a team of guards, pulling Yun Xiangrong to go towards the forest.
It's a shame not to go to the woods to see and hunt in the paddock for the first time.
"Your Highness the Seventh, you can't go, if you bump into it, the little ones can't afford it." There were guards who stopped the Seven Princes from leaving.
Before leaving His Royal Highness, he deliberately explained that he couldn't let the Seventh Prince come to Hu, let alone let him enter the forest.
"Stand down! Do you want to take care of what this prince wants to do? This prince is about to enter the forest, with so many guards with him, can something still happen? Are you all eating dry rice? The Seventh Prince shouted angrily, and the guards didn't know how to speak.
If you admit that something will happen, then isn't it a slap in the face, admitting that these guards are useless!
In the end, the guards could only helplessly follow the Seventh Prince and Yun Xiangrong into the forest.
Entering the forest, under the guidance of Yun Xiangrong intentionally or unintentionally, the group gradually walked towards the depths of the forest.
If you want to say who can see Yun Xiangrong at a glance, Jiang Qing is undoubtedly one. Even Zhou Mu may not be as familiar as her, Yun Xiangrong.
Jiang Qing hated Yun Xiangrong.
I can't wait to tear her apart.
Even this time, she also arranged for someone to prepare to find an opportunity to give Yun Xiangrong
Jiang Qing also entered the forest, and when she saw Yun Xiangrong from not far away, the chill in her eyes suddenly condensed.
She summoned a guard, took the bow from the guard's hand, quietly sank into the forest on the side, pulled the bow away, and released the arrow!
Yun Xiangrong was talking to the Seventh Prince, when he heard Zhao Yue shout softly: "Madame, be careful." ”
Before Yun wanted to come back to his senses, he felt a strong force on his shoulder, and the whole person was pulled aside, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the Seventh Prince was also pulled to the other side by Zhao Xi.
As soon as they dodged away, they saw an arrow with a cold light slammed into the place where Fang Caiyun Xiangrong was standing, and the feathers at the end of the arrow continued to tremble.
Yun Xiangrong's face turned pale, and he looked at the arrow quietly, and suddenly looked up in the direction where the feather arrow was shot.
Jiang Qing saw that Yun Xiangrong had dodged it, snorted coldly, a trace of indignation flashed in his eyes, handed the bow to the guard, and quietly left under the cover of the trees.
"Go, let's see who dares to murder the emperor's heir so boldly, and grabs my head and doesn't want him." The Seven Princes were surrounded by guards and shouted angrily.
As early as when the feather arrow was fired, some guards rushed in the direction of the feather arrow, but found nothing.
Hearing that the guards came back and said that they hadn't seen anyone, the Seventh Prince was so angry that his face turned red.
"Your Highness, you have seen it too. It's not safe in this forest, so let's go back first. The guard took the opportunity to say.
The Seventh Prince's excitement passed, and he looked at Yun Xiangrong with some hesitation: "Sister, why don't we go back, it doesn't seem to be very fun." ”
didn't find Huo Chen, Yun Xiangrong was reluctant to go back.
It's just that at this time, she can't say anything, and she can't insist on asking Xiao Qi to accompany her to continue looking, which will arouse suspicion.
Taking a deep look at the place in the dense forest, Yun Xiang lowered his voice and said, "Well, let's go." ”
Since I didn't find Huo Chen. That's all.
Until now, I can only believe that he has saved the day with his own ability.
Thinking about it again, he was also injured in the paddock in his previous life, didn't he finally be safe, but he was too anxious because he cared about it.
The group walked out of the forest, but before they had gone far, Zhao Yue shouted again: "Be careful, there is a murderous aura." ”
Almost as soon as Zhao Yue's words fell, a group of black-clothed people rushed out of the forest. Kill it directly in this direction.
"Escort."
"Protect the Seven Princes." The leader of the guards suddenly shouted.
All the guards hurriedly divided into two teams, one team to protect the Seven Princes in the middle, and the other team quickly met the enemy.
In a panic, Yun Xiangrong's master and servant were also excluded from the circle of guards, exposed to the attack range of the man in black.
Suddenly, several men in black rushed towards them.
Zhao Yue and Zhao Xi protected Yun Xiangrong and faced the man in black who came over.
Yun Xiangrong's face was pale, but she calmly followed Zhao Yue and the two of them, she knew in her heart that Zhao Yue and the two would never abandon themselves, but the sword had no eyes, and they didn't follow closely, in case someone took advantage of the loophole, it was herself who suffered.
"Sister, sister is gone, go and get my sister." After the Seventh Prince was escorted away from the center of the fight, he suddenly exclaimed.
He was still young, and it happened suddenly, he didn't have any mental preparation at all, and his head was stunned, and he was escorted away.
After calming down at this moment, he was shocked to realize that Yun Xiangrong had been dispersed in a panic, and hurriedly called a halt.