Duanmu Fei looked straight at the girl whose description was gradually becoming clearer, staring at the other party's beautiful face, and her eyes moved.

As far as she knew, this autumn hunt, the Chu family didn't bring Chu Qingyu here!

Of course, Chu Qingyu, who was more than ten zhang away, also saw the emperor and his party, and his face showed surprise. She let go of the reins in her hand, adjusted her dress, stepped forward quickly, and said to Emperor Yingying: "Master." The posture and etiquette were very decent, but Duanmufei's face suddenly changed greatly, and her eyes fell on the snow-white handkerchief in her hand, and then she remembered one thing sluggishly: Oops! was interrupted just now, and she forgot to return the square handkerchief to Feng Yan.

The emperor looked at Chu Qingyu and thought for a while, recognized her, and asked with a smile, "Are you a girl from the Xuanguo Mansion?" ”

The emperor asked casually, but the girl in Tsing Yi behind him was surprised: Guogong Mansion, for her, it is a family that will only be heard in the drama!

The woman in Tsing Yi glanced at the emperor's back with complicated eyes, and she didn't dare to look more, so she immediately withdrew her speculative gaze.

"Yes, sir." Chu Qing's words were generous and blessed, "I am the third in the family. ”

After a pause, Chu Qingyu explained in an orderly manner: "Master, my grandfather has had foot paralysis for many years, and it is difficult to walk on a cold day. During this period of time, the weather became colder, and I was worried about the recurrence of my grandfather's paralysis, so I rushed to the hunting palace with ointment. ”

As Chu Qingyu spoke, his heartbeat pounded faster, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Before the autumn hunt, she begged her grandmother Mrs. Chu for a while, and even said about "predicting dreams", however, grandmother was really a stubborn and stubborn old woman, and she begged her like this, and her grandmother still did not agree to come by herself on this trip.

In desperation, she had to figure out her own way.

Although she escaped from home, once her grandfather, Mrs. Chu, found out, she would definitely be sent back to Beijing, and she couldn't run away in vain. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered that the emperor had gone to the nearby Zhoujia Village on a whim, and brought back a Zhou girl, who was favored for a while, and added a ninth son to the emperor.

Therefore, Chu Qingyu came here on purpose, planning to wait for the rabbit, but she didn't expect such good luck to let her see the emperor just after she arrived.

As the saying goes, there is a providence in the dark!

"Miss Chu San is really a person of filial piety." The emperor looked at Chu Qingyu's expression with a touch of appreciation.

"Thank you for your appreciation." Chu Qingyu was blessed again, suppressing the slightly upturned corners of his mouth, looking gentle and elegant.

Now that she has shown her face in front of the emperor, the emperor has also praised her for her filial piety, and she should serve by her grandfather's side to live up to this "filial person", and even her grandfather can't forcibly send her back.

She could imagine her grandfather and grandmother being furious......

Thinking about it, Chu Qingyu's eyes dimmed again, and she said to herself in her heart that as long as she could successfully save the eldest princess of Anping during the autumn hunt and get Feng Yan's favor, the sacrifice would be worth it.

Chu Qing looked at Feng Yan with the corner of his eyes silently, and saw Feng Yan casually flicking the horsewhip in his hand, with a little carelessness, and his eyes were clearly looking at that Duanmu Fei.

Chu Qingyu vaguely felt a little tightness in his chest, and secretly pinched his handkerchief.

In the previous life's autumn hunt this year, Feng Yan was still under grounding, so he didn't come.

This time, if Feng Yan could see An Ping in danger and save her by himself, he would definitely be deeply moved and look at himself differently. She is not the sick and crooked Chu Qingci, nor is she the naïve and playful Duanmufei, she can definitely do it!

A touch of imperative appeared in Chu Qingyu's eyes.

"Let's go back to the Hunting Palace." As soon as the emperor gave the order, Chu Qingyu also got on the horse and joined their team.

Under the leadership of Cheng Xunli, the group entered the hunting ground again, and walked along the winding mountain road towards the direction of the hunting palace.

Along the way, Chu Qingyu affectionately talked and laughed with Duanmufei and Duanmujun sisters, saying that since the small banquet in the Xuanguo Mansion in February, Duanmufei had not been seen for a long time, and praised Duanmufei for playing the song "Ambush on All Sides" very well; It's a pity that I couldn't go to the condensation in April to listen to Duanmu Fei play the song "Flowers Bloom and Fall"; After a while, she said that she heard the second girl of Chu mention how grand and grand the Duanmu ceremony was......

Chu Qing's words were like a river, and he seemed to be very familiar with Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun, but Duanmu Fei only responded to a few words like "passed the award" and "it's a pity" from beginning to end.

Chu Qingyu's words to the emperor just now were high-sounding and affectionate, but Duanmu Fei didn't believe a word.

She knows the best about the tutor of the Chu family.

No matter what the reason, Mrs. Chu would never let Chu Qingyu come from the capital to hunt the palace alone.

Therefore, Duanmufei can be sure that Chu Qingyu should have sneaked out.

It is impossible for Chu Qingyu not to know that sneaking out like her like this will definitely anger her grandfather and grandmother, so why would she do this?! She will have a plan.

Duanmu glanced at Chu Qingyu silently.

Although she was sure that Chu Qingyu had lied in front of the emperor, she couldn't expose it.

Once it is known that the girl of the Chu family has escaped from the house, it will inevitably affect the reputation of the Chu family, and it will also affect the younger sisters of the Chu family......

The corners of Duanmu's mouth curved, and he smiled innocently and cutely, and said to Chu Qingyu with a smile: "Third Miss Chu, you are really amazing, you come from the capital alone, won't you be afraid?" ”

Chu Qingyu's face was slightly stiff, she knew that she couldn't withstand careful scrutiny when she went on the road alone, so she didn't want to talk about this topic at all, but she couldn't let others see the clues, so she could only say casually: "Duanmu Fourth Girl, Lang Lang Qiankun, this road is an official road, there is a post station to stay in, and there are forbidden troops patrolling nearby in this area of the hunting ground, what do I have to be afraid of." ”

"What Miss Chu San said is that Lang Lang Qiankun, the sun and the moon are clear, what are you afraid of." Duanmu smiled even brighter, "Third Miss Chu, what are you doing in this Zhoujia Village?" Duanmu asked casually, looking sideways at Chu Qingyu with a smile. It stands to reason that Chu Qingyu should be going to the Hunting Palace, why didn't she enter the Hunting Palace, but came here first?

Chu Qingyu was stunned, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he immediately found a reason and said, "Fourth girl Duanmu, I went the wrong way." I accidentally came to this village from the fork in the road, and luckily I met you. ”

Duanmu smiled with a crooked mouth, but there was a complicated light flashing in his pupils.

Just now, Chu Qingyu himself said that the forbidden army patrolled the hunting ground nearby, not only that, but there were forbidden troops surrounding the hunting ground for more than ten miles, and Chu Qingyu had no chance to go the wrong way at all.

Therefore, Chu Qingyu should have come to this Zhoujia Village on purpose...... Could it be to see the emperor?

Does this mean that she is sure that she will meet the emperor here, and then with the emperor's face, she will not be driven back to the capital.

Duanmu Fei looked at the emperor in front of him, his face was silent, but his thoughts turned quickly.

She still remembers that in March last year, Chu Qingyu was "pushed" down the stone steps by Wuyang in Huangjue Temple, and was "just right" seen by the emperor.

This time, Chu Qingyu happened to appear here at this time, and "encountered" the emperor again, and was praised by the emperor for filial piety.

Duanmu Fei had a faint feeling that Chu Qingyu seemed to know in advance where the emperor would appear.

But the question is, it was just a whim that the emperor would come to this small village today, and how did Chu Qingyu, a boudoir woman, know about it.

Unless......

Duanmu tilted his head, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

Chu Qingyu didn't notice Duanmu's different color, and tried hard to change the topic: "The fourth girl of Duanmu will have a harvest when she enters the hunting ground this morning?" ”

Duanmu Fei achieved his goal anyway, so he nodded according to Chu Qingyu's words and said, "I happened to hunt a wild badger. ”

"I didn't expect the girl to be not only good at piano and chess, but also so extraordinary at riding and shooting." Chu Qingyu continued to talk with Duanmu Fei enthusiastically, and praised it, Duanmu Fei accepted it all without blushing or heartbeat.

In the midst of gossip, the hunting palace appeared in front.

When they had bowed to the emperor and retreated, they dispersed and returned to their respective courts.

Duanmufei and Duanmujun sisters went back to Zhilan Pavilion, bathed and changed clothes, Duanmufei felt tired and dissipated, and was refreshed, the sisters discussed with great interest how to cook it around the badger, one badger three to eat, you can make a braised badger meat, make a mushroom ginseng and badger bone soup, and add a stir-fried badger offal.

Duanmu Fei just said, salivating, and proposed: "Sister, let's just take it to Changyue Palace and let Her Royal Highness Princess Anping taste it together." She blinked and said, "The chef in His Highness's house is really good. ”

The sisters said that they would leave, and told the maid to take the fat badger, and went to Changyue Palace, where Anping and Feng Yan temporarily lived.

I didn't want to, but outside the courtyard of Changyue Palace, I saw a familiar long figure again.

"Ah Yan, I want to see your mother!" Feng Yu almost roared at Feng Yan.

The corners of Duanmu's eyes twitched, I really don't know what kind of bad fate this is, they actually met the concubine again.

Compared with Feng Yuzhi's excitement, Feng Yan's Jun face showed a little carelessness, and said casually perfunctorily: "It's your business that you want to see my mother, and it's her business whether my mother can't see you or not......"

While speaking, Feng Yan saw Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun walking towards this side not far behind, and the whole person instantly had a spirit.

Feng Yu was so angry that his face turned red, and the breath between his noses was thick and heavy, and he really wanted to slap Feng Yan.

He took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "Ah Yan, you go and ask your mother, where did she go on the ninth day of the ninth month of September fifteen years ago!" Every word of his voice seemed to be squeezed out of his clenched teeth, and his voice was like ice, chilling to the bone.

"If your mother avoids it again, she will definitely regret it!"

After Feng Yuzhi finished speaking, he left angrily, leaving Feng Yan standing at the entrance of the courtyard looking at his back with deep eyes, his thin lips pursed slightly.

When the wind of sealing was so hot that it passed by him like a wind, Duanmufei's body stiffened like a puppet, and she ...... She seems to be listening to something she shouldn't be listening to again.

Duanmu Fei was like a flower that lacked water, and suddenly a little sluggish, wilted, absentmindedly greeted Feng Yan with Duanmujun, and absentmindedly followed Feng Yan into the house, all the way to the east room.

Anping was in a good mood when he saw his sisters coming, and beckoned them to sit down, however, before he could say a few words, he heard Feng Yan say directly: "Mother, 'he' has just come to see you...... 'he' seems to have discovered something." ”

Feng Yan said vaguely, but both mother and son knew that this "he" was referring to Feng Xuanzhi.

The surroundings fell silent for a moment with Feng Yan's words, Duanmu Fei wanted to cry and went to hold the tea without tears, his red lips trembled, and he said speechlessly: Feng Yan really didn't treat them as outsiders! He...... It's too invisible!

"I have a ...... in my heart," An Ping said lightly, his eyes were half-drooping, and his eyes flashed with an extremely deep and complex light.

Anping didn't continue the topic, and looked at the wild badger brought by the sisters with a smile, "Your sisters have a good harvest today." ”

Speaking of this wild badger, Duanmu Fei was in good spirits, and praised Duanmu Jun's riding and archery skills endlessly, and almost said that she was the reincarnation of Mulan, and there was a brisk laughter in the room.

The wild badger was soon sent down to cook it as a dish for the evening.

"Hongu also happens to have a gift for you." An Ping smiled at Duanmu Fei gently and affectionately, and the palace maid Yue immediately picked up a rosewood carved box on the side and sent it to Duanmu Fei, "Scarlet, today is your birthday, this is the birthday gift prepared for you by the palace, see if you like it or not." ”

After the box was opened, a complete set of jewelry made of pink tourmaline was revealed, from beaded flowers, earrings, Yingluo, bracelets to forbidden steps, carefully matched with a set, delicate and lovely, very suitable for a little girl of Duanmufei's age.

Duanmu Fei accepted it happily, got up and thanked An Ping, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Anping directly summoned Duanmu Fei to him, personally put beaded flowers on her, and instructed Ziyue to put on Yingluo for her, forbidden steps, etc., and was very busy.

Seeing that the two of them were happy as if they were mother and daughter, Duanmu Jun was surprised and happy, and his mouth opened slightly.

She didn't expect that Anping would know about her sister's birthday, and she specially prepared a gift.

A warm current slowly flowed through Duanmujun's heart.

She originally liked Anping's personality, kind, generous, and caring, and the most important thing is that she likes her sister, is good to her sister, and Feng Yan......

After her observation these days, Feng Yan looks good, he is a good family.

But she has to take another look, anyway, her sister is only eleven years old, there is no need to settle so quickly, she has to take her time to see, she has to choose the best husband for her sister!

Of course, Feng Yan also prepared a birthday gift for Duanmufei, and after the three rounds of tea, he quietly glanced at Duanmufei, and went out first.

Duanmufei didn't dare to disobey, and after sitting for half a cup of tea, he went out of the east room in the name of changing clothes.

Feng Yan was waiting for her in the hall outside, beckoned to her, and led her into the western room.

Duanmufei's little heart was so nervous that she thumped, but after opening the curtain and entering, she forgot about her nervousness, and her eyes were attracted by the big case by the window.

Her eyes instantly sparkled like jewels, and she couldn't care about Feng Yan beside her, so she quickened her pace and rushed to the front of the big case, and said excitedly: "This ...... This is the capital! ”

On the rosewood case, there is a model of the city that is three feet long and two feet wide, which is a miniature version of the "capital" made from the Beijing as a template.

Chu Qingci was born in the capital since she was a child, grew up in the capital, she has been in the capital for all her life, she is too familiar with this place, she recognized it at first sight just now.

Looking at Duanmu Fei's expression and tone, there was no need to ask anything more, Feng Yan knew that she liked the birthday gift she gave very much, and she was beaming with pride.

The last time he taught Duanmu Fei to play the sand table, he could see that she liked and was very curious about the terrain presented by the sand table, so he simply made this model for her by himself.

It's a pity that time is tight, and he couldn't do the entire capital, but he just barely made the princess's mansion, Xuanguo Mansion and the area around Quanyu Street.

Duanmu Fei was overjoyed, staring at the model from all angles without blinking, completely reluctant to look away.

After Duanmu Fei looked at it for a while, he gradually calmed down, and suddenly felt a little guilty in his heart: compared to the big gift given by Feng Yan, on Feng Yan's birthday last month, the string of "dogwood" that he casually made with pomegranate beads seemed to be a little perfunctory.

"Zhen ...... Fourth girl Duanmu, look here. Feng Yan stretched out his hand and pointed to one of the streets.

Duanmufei immediately said: "Quanyu Street." She has been living in Duanmu's house for a year and a half, and she is very familiar with the mansion on Quanyu Street and even the trees on the side of the road.

Feng Yan smiled slightly, his fingers walked along Quanyu Street, turning around familiarly, and soon came to Zhongchen Street, Duanmu smiled and said, "This is the princess's mansion." ”

While Duanmu Fei spoke, he curiously leaned his little face towards the princess's mansion.

Feng Yan is most familiar with the princess's mansion, so the houses and terraces, grass and trees are the most meticulous, and even the plaques of each pavilion are also hung......

Duanmu Fei wanted to see more clearly, so his head fell lower, and wisps of warm breath exhaled from his mouth and nose, and gently stroked Feng Yan's fingers like a feather.

Feng Yan seemed to be burned, and quickly withdrew his hand.

The amplitude of his movements was too large, which suddenly attracted Duanmu Fei's attention, Duanmu Fei blinked, looked at his right hand that he had just raised, and then looked at Feng Yan's retracted left hand, and couldn't help but think of the scene when she took his hand that day.

Don't...... Feng Yan thought she was going to "light" him again?!

Worst!

Duanmu Fei chuckled in his heart, as the saying goes, "Once you are bitten by a snake, you are afraid of grass ropes for ten years", looking at Feng Yan's appearance, it is obvious that he has not let go of that incident, so he is so excited.

Thinking about it, Duanmu Fei had a complicated emotion that she didn't know whether it was more guilt or more headaches, her unintentional actions seemed to have caused great "damage" to Feng Yan, and the saltpeter mine was probably not enough to make up for it......

What should she do?!

It seems that I still have to ask Han Xing, Han Xing knows a lot, and he will definitely give her ideas!

Her heart was heavy, as if she had pressed a small mountain, and she turned her depression into appetite, and feasted on it at dinner, eating a bowl of rice more than usual.

After leaving Changyue Palace that night, Duanmu Fei quietly went to Hanxing by eating and drinking, and the two cousins locked up in the house and talked secretly for half an hour, however, when she returned to Zhilan Pavilion, she seemed to be even more depressed.

Hey—

She looked up at Mingyue and sighed.

Because she was too entangled, Duanmu Fei didn't sleep well that night, and woke up after only sleeping for more than four hours, and when she opened her eyes and got up, it was just dawn.

"Quack!" The little starling had been waiting outside the window for a long time, and as soon as he saw Duanmu waking up, he flew in and hovered in the inner room, as if to say, why did you get up so early today like yesterday?

The little starling's cry made Zhilan Pavilion shake, and the maids of the two sisters knew that the four girls would sleep until three poles in the sun every day unless something happened, could it be that the sun came out of the west today?

Duanmujun almost thought that her sister was uncomfortable, and said anxiously that she wanted to find Duanmuxian to ask for a doctor, Duanmufei said that she finally coaxed Duanmujun to go to the hunting ground to play under the pretext that her leg was sore while riding a horse, and said expectantly that she was waiting for Duanmujun to give her a headhunter badger back.

After sending Duanmujun away, Duanmufei was left alone in a small study specially separated by a screen, laying paper and grinding ink by herself, and then drawing the firearm drawings she had seen in Old Lady Chu one by one.

Then she began to ponder the drawings she had drawn......

Although she had never seen a real firearm, Old Lady Chu had explained it to her in detail in front of the drawings.

She still remembered that at that time, she had said to the old lady Chu that Dasheng's firearm was indeed more sophisticated than the previous dynasty, and the gunpowder required was greatly reduced, but it was a pity that it was too clumsy, and one person must be responsible for the firearm bracket and aim at the target when firing, and the other person was responsible for ignition and shooting in the rear, and only one bullet could be fired at a time, and each time it needed to be refilled with ammunition, it was quite time-consuming, and it was not flexible enough on the battlefield, and the range was too short, less than sixty zhang away, so even if the firearm was not small, it had considerable limitations in actual combat. It's not as good as a repeater.

At that time, she saw the drawbacks at a glance just by looking at the drawings, and was praised by Mrs. Chu.

There are many flaws in the firearms, but it is not impossible to improve, if the firearms can be improved according to their weaknesses, Duanmufei believes that firearms will be able to play a powerful role on the battlefield that ordinary people cannot imagine.

Duanmu pondered for a while before picking up the pen again, and after dipping it in ink, he took the pen and scribbled on those drawings......

This retreat is a full two days, Duanmu Jun was coaxed by Duanmu Fei every day to go hunting with Wuyang, Hanxing, Yunhua, and them, and gradually got better, after hunting a wild badger on the first day, the next day hunted a wild badger, a pheasant, and brought some wild fruits to Duanmu Fei, which can be said to be a full load.

At noon on the third day, Duanmufei had just finished lunch, and when he was about to go back to the small study to continue drawing, he didn't expect Duanmujun to come back early, and he was sent back by Wuyang and Hanxing.

"Zhenzhen, I'm fine, it's just that my right arm was scratched a little by a stray arrow."

"Look, such a little skin trauma can be recuperated for three or two days."

Duanmujun took Duanmufei's little hand with his unharmed left hand and comforted his sister softly, and the wisteria on the side carefully untied the temporary bandage on Duanmujun's right arm, cut off the left cuff with scissors, and carefully cleaned her wound with water.

The wound was indeed not serious as Duanmujun said, it was about an inch and a half long, and the bleeding had stopped.

Duanmu Fei looked at the wound on Duanmu Jun's arm in a daze, and there was a dark darkness in his big black eyes, hiding a complexity that no one could see.

When she learned that Duanmujun was injured, she felt as if she had gone back to when she was seven years old, and her grandfather and grandmother told her that her father and mother had gone......

Duanmujun is her only relative now.

"Sister Wuyang, what's going on? How did my sister get hurt? Duanmu asked straight to the point.

Wuyang's gaze retracted from Duanmujun's wound, and he explained with a slight frown: "When we were in the hunting ground just now, when we were fighting with a few other girls for a deer, Ah Jun was accidentally injured by a stray arrow. ”

Between the words, Wuyang was still a little afraid, but fortunately, the arrow only grazed Duanmujun's arm, what if it was......

"Wuyang, I'm fine." Duanmu Jun showed a bright smile, obviously this incident did not cause any haze in her heart.

Duanmu Fei stared at Duanmu Jun's wound, and suddenly asked, "Sister Wuyang, cousin Hanxing, my sister was shot by a 'stray arrow' when she drew her bow?" Where was the deer at that time? ”

"yes." Wuyang responded, and Han Xing said, "The deer is probably in my position." ”

Duanmu Fei looked at Han Xing, and then at Duanmu Xuan, and his eyes suddenly burst out with a cold star-like light, "This is not a stray arrow, but more like a deliberate." ”