Volume 1 The Orphan Girl of the Imperial Capital Chapter 89 The Spring Hunt Begins
After learning part of the truth about the deaths of Mu Zhengmin and Lin, Wu fell ill that day, and Mu Yunlan couldn't lift his spirits.
Lin Ye saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart: "Sister, I know that you are resentful in your heart, and the second brother is eager to kill the Qi family directly and destroy the bastards in the big house, but if you want to hurry, you have to stutter the food, and you have to do things one by one, now is not a good time." β
Mu Yunlan half-crouched on the railing by the water pavilion, looking at the koi swimming leisurely in the pool, and her empty eyes gradually returned to her senses: "Second brother, don't worry, I understand all these truths, but I am a little uncomfortable for a while." β
Mu Zhengmin's experience reminded her of her previous life, which was also leading troops to fight, and also serving the country, but finally ended up being suspicious and framed and died.
Military generals are not afraid of death, and dying on the battlefield is the supreme medal of every general, but dying in the intrigues of their own people is extremely chilling.
Lin Ye stood beside her, and when she heard this, she reached out and rubbed her head: "Since it's uncomfortable, then the second brother won't say much, allow you to be uncomfortable for another day, and you will start cheering up tomorrow." Now, you have an extra layer of burden, not only to get out of the marriage, protect yourself, but also to manage things, support the third room, and now, plus avenge your aunt and uncle. β
"Okay, thank you, second brother."
Mu Yunlan tilted her head to look at Lin Ye, and the sun fell in her eyes, with a warm color, making her whole person more and more soft, like a boiled round and soft glutinous rice ball, which looked itchy and wanted to poke it.
The next day, Mu Yunlan's whole person returned to his usual appearance, at least on the surface, there was no difference between normal days.
She first went to visit the Wu family, and after Bizhu confirmed that she was fine, she put her mind at ease to prepare for the March Spring Hunt.
Since she wants to withdraw from the marriage, she can't be famous, otherwise, the royal family can't afford to lose this face, and she doesn't want to become a laughing stock because of this divorce, so she has to plan carefully.
For the next period of time, the Mu family was exceptionally quiet.
Especially Qi and Mu Qingyao, they completely disappeared, and they had no sense of existence in the mansion at all.
This kind of tranquility did not make Mu Yunlan feel at ease, but had a sense of crisis that was about to come.
In late March, Mu Qingyao packed up for the last time. Under the eyes of Wu and others, he got on the horse with Lin Ye and went out of the imperial capital with the spring hunting team.
Rebirth came to the Dayong Dynasty for a few months, this is the first time Mu Yunlan left the imperial capital, this season, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the trees return to green, the wheat fields are wild, and everywhere is full of vitality.
Her identity is a countryman, and she is qualified to ride a carriage alone, but she prefers to ride a horse, so she simply did not let people prepare the carriage.
Lin Ye glared at the heroic white horse again, and snorted dishappily: "Sister, I have a horse chasing the wind in Lingcheng, fast as lightning, but it can travel thousands of miles a day, and when you go to Lingzhou, I will give it to you." β
"Okay." Mu Yunlan nodded happily, who has too many good horses, she still wants to build a cavalry like in her previous life!
"When you go to Lingzhou, this white horse can't be brought over, after all, Lingzhou is in the south of the Yangtze River, this horse grew up in the north, and it is definitely not used to going to the south, it is enough for you to chase the wind." Hmph, I want to please people with the help of horses, King Ning'an is so naΓ―ve, what does my Lin family have?
"Ah......" Mu Yunlan hesitated, she regarded Dabai as a relative, no matter where she went in the future, she would take it with her, but it was too early to discuss these things now, let's talk about it later.
Tianshu rode over and said respectfully: "Mu Xiangjun, the prince invites you to the front." β
"Oh, I'll go." Mu Yunlan walked directly with Tianshu, making Lin Ye jump to his feet angrily on the side.
Mu Yunlan rode to the side of the carriage, and the carved car window was lifted, revealing Yue Jingxuan's handsome and incomparable face: "Yunlan." β
"The Emperor...... Lord, are you looking for me? β
Mu Yunlan leaned on the side of the car, slightly lowered her body in the direction of the carriage, her clear eyes were crystal clear, and she almost blurted out just a sentence from Uncle Huang, but fortunately she saw that so many people around her converged in time.
Yue Jingxuan's eyes brought a shallow smile, like a microwave lake: "I'm bored alone, how about coming up and playing chess with me?" β
"Playing chess?" Mu Yunlan's eyes lit up, "Okay! β
Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she has a headache when she sees three of the four things, but she has a soft spot for chess, and even her father and eldest brother are not opponents. A few days ago, I grabbed the second brother and played a few games, and then the second brother never played chess with her again, saying that it was not interesting to always lose.
Entering the carriage, Mu Yunlan looked around in amazement: "Uncle Huang, your carriage is specially built, right?" β
"Well, iron plates have been installed on the walls around the car, and the space has been widened a bit."
Mu Yunlan saw the two fluffy soft pillows placed on the side, and happily carried them one by one, leaning on one and hugging the other, which was extremely comfortable.
Seeing that she liked what she had prepared, Yue Jingxuan's heart became happy.
Playing chess was just an excuse he made at random, but as soon as he really played with Mu Yunlan on the chessboard, he immediately became serious.
Her appearance is weak, with white jade-like cheeks, big eyes, red lips, and when she looks up at people, she has a pair of willow eyebrows that are curved, and she doesn't seem to have a trace of lethality, but her chess style is extraordinarily sharp and domineering.
Yue Jingxuan didn't take it seriously at first, but when he got serious, he had already been killed by Mu Yunlan and didn't leave a piece of armor.
"Another game?"
"Okay."
In the second game, the two lined up their troops, and the black and white sons were like two hostile armies on the criss-crossing chessboard, and it was difficult to separate.
It took nearly half an hour for the two to end the second game, and they looked at each other with a sense of evenly matched and hearty.
Just as the third game was about to start, there was a commotion outside.
Mu Yunlan only heard two bangs outside, and something hit the carriage, causing the carriage to shake for a while, and just as she was about to go out to check, she was stopped by Yue Jingxuan.
"Don't worry about it, it's just a small thing."
Soon, Tianshu reported in a low voice: "Lord Wang, someone startled the horse and hit your carriage, and it has been resolved." With that, he passed a tray through the curtain with a swarthy dagger on it.
Mu Yunlan's eyes widened: "Startled the horse, how can there be a dagger, or is it quenched with poison?" β
"The frightened horse is just an excuse to take the opportunity to assassinate him." Yue Jingxuan's tone was flat, as if he was just talking about an innocuous trivial matter, "With today's incident, it's already the twenty-third time." β
"Uncle Huang, who have you offended, how do you feel that there is a lot of danger around you?"
"Scared?" Yue Jingxuan looked at her and gently threw the white jade chess pieces aside.
"I'm going to be scared?" Mu Yunlan tilted her head slightly, looking like you looked down on people, "I'm worried that you will be accidentally assassinated and successful, and you will waste my efforts." β
Uncle Huang's life was saved by her, and she still wanted to ask for a favor in the future, but she couldn't let people accept it easily.
"Don't worry, my life is very big, and Lord Yama won't accept it." Since he returned to Beijing, I don't know how many "accidents" he has experienced, from carefully planned assassinations to falling flower pots on the upstairs...... There is everything, but I have grown a lot of knowledge.
"Uncle Huang, who wants to harm you?"
Yue Jingxuan smiled and took out a food box from under the small coffee table next to him.
Mu Yunlan pinched a piece of pineapple cake, took a bite against the soft pillow, and narrowed her eyes slightly: "Say, can't even I know?" β
"Can't you guess?"
"I'm a bit of an eyebrow." Mu Yunlan sighed softly, Uncle Huang is the prince of the dynasty, and he has a huge influence in Yunnan, which is eye-catching enough, coupled with his disrespectful attitude several times, it is strange that the emperor does not stab in his heart today.
Yue Jingxuan looked at her seriously, not letting go of the slightest expression, and after confirming that he didn't see the intention of being scared or retreating, his hanging heart gradually let go: "You have to be more careful in this spring hunt." β
"Huh? What clues did Uncle Huang find? β
"The Qi family looks at you very unpleasantly now."
"Haha, Concubine Jin wishes I would die quickly, so as to make room for Mu Qingyao, naturally I don't like it. Uncle Huang, you should pay more attention, now it is just a startling horse, and when you reach Tanglin Mountain, maybe there will be stray arrows that don't have long eyes. β
"That'...... How do you protect me? β
"Okay, it's not a problem, you are my imperial uncle, how can you let others bully you!" Looking at Yue Jingxuan's gentle and smiling appearance, Mu Yunlan felt a little unsure of how to react, recently Uncle Huang has become more and more strange, and even infected her, as soon as she looks at those eyes, she feels that her heart and brain are not controlled.
"Then it's up to Yun Lan." The coldness in Yue Jing Xuan's star-like eyes retreated, replaced by a little gentleness, which made people can't help but indulge in it at a glance.
Mu Yunlan became more and more at a loss, and even played chess a little absent-mindedly, so that she lost three games in a row.
The small incident did not stir up a wave in the large procession, as if it was normal for a well-trained horse to be suddenly frightened, but the person who rode the horse crashed into the carriage and disappeared silently.
On the plain at the foot of Tanglin Mountain, rows of camp tents are set up.
As soon as Mu Yunlan set up her things, she met Yue Jingxuan as soon as she got out of the tent: "Fourth sister, where are you going?" β
"Eldest sister is looking for me?"
"My sister is now a noble person, and the tent is specially built, and my side is ...... I want to share a tent with my sister, I don't know if you can say yes. β
"A tent with me?"
"Yes, my sister shouldn't still suspect me because of what happened at the previous banquet, right?" Mu Qingyao grabbed her arm tightly, and she was about to shed tears when she spoke, which attracted many people around to look at her.
"Eldest sister, don't be like this, I don't know if you think I bullied you."
"It's really that my tent was broken for some reason when it was transported, and I couldn't live there, otherwise I wouldn't dare to trouble my sister."
"I don't like to share my stuff with others, big sister, you find someone else to ......"
"Yun Lan!" Yue Xiaohan strode over, "Qingyao's tent has a problem, let her live with you temporarily." β
Mu Yunlan's eyebrows were furrowed, and her eyes looked at him coldly: "The tent is broken, just change it, what are you doing just squeezing around me?" "A new love and an old love together?
"Yun Lan, I am in charge of the tent scheduling this time, something went wrong in the middle, Qingyao really has no other place to arrange, you are sisters, what can you do if you stay for a few days temporarily? That's it! After speaking, without waiting for Mu Yunlan to say anything more, he strode away directly.