Wishful Things

It felt sudden and abrupt.

Two people who are clearly irrelevant...

Upon closer inspection, the facial features are not alike.

Probably because they are all handsome young men with excellent riding and shooting skills?

Seeing that the young man hit another object with his arrow, Duke Zhen came back to his senses and praised generously: "Well, not bad!"

The hunting in the forest was still going on, and outside the forest hunting ground, some civil servants who did not participate in the hunting were standing in front of Emperor Qingming and replying respectfully.

After all, it was Chunshou, and what he was talking about was not any important political affairs, but just chatting with the emperor to relieve boredom and pass the time.

Cao Lang is also among these civil servants, but he rarely speaks on his own initiative.

Not long ago, he was the champion of the "Double Happiness" in Beijing, but within a short period of time, the originally planned marriage suddenly changed, and he became the object of many people's secret discussions and even ridicule.

Strange to say.

This change was not a good thing for him.

But for some reason, he secretly felt relieved...

Especially when he thinks about that day on Xiyi Street, his fiancée was chased and beaten by vultures.

To be honest, since that incident happened, he has had nightmares for several days.

Although being angry with a bird seems to have nothing to do with harming people, but seeing the big from the small, he realized at that time that this fiancee's character was worrying, and... her brain didn't seem to be very easy to use.

Or because of this, when he heard that she was going to destroy the innocence of Miss Zhenguo's mansion, after he was shocked, he had an inexplicable feeling that "it is indeed something she can do, and this matter must not have wronged her".

He values ​​his hard-won fame and future, but he is not a person who will do anything for the sake of his future. He agreed to this marriage at the beginning because he could not refuse it. Now that he is freed in this way, he is even lucky in his own heart.

But it is not appropriate to show this kind of luck.

Therefore, he has become more and more reticent in front of people recently.

Because of this, His Majesty even comforted him a few words.

The other two adults also snooped on him in private, vaguely intending to find a new marriage for him after this turmoil is over.

The girls from the two families mentioned seemed to be here today as well.

But he is really not interested in this, and it is more about weighing the forces of the parties. When he first entered the imperial court, he didn't know much about many things, what he was most afraid of was standing in the wrong position, not to mention that although the marriage with the Xia family was over, Xia Shoufu had sent someone to look for him...

Therefore, he is very disturbed now, not knowing how to take the next road.

Listening to the voices of the ministers around the emperor, Xu Mingyi glanced at it from time to time through half a dozen green bamboo curtains.

And every time she looked, she could see that the young Zhuangyuan Lang seemed absent-minded under his reticence.

Not far from her, there were several other wives and ladies who paid special attention to Cao Zhuangyuan, as if they were secretly looking at each other.

Thinking of some news he heard recently, Xu Mingyi tried to judge Cao Lang's current situation in his heart. Or rather, a dilemma.

Glancing at his friend's thoughtful look, Princess Yufeng yawned out of boredom and covered his mouth with a fan.

"Zhao Zhao, I'm a little sleepy, can you go back with me?"

Xu Mingyi shook his head lightly: "You go, I'll wait for grandfather and Mingshi to come back."

"That's right, I forgot, you have someone to wait for..." Princess Yufeng teased her friend, and stood up while supporting the maid's hand.

After saluting with the empress, Princess Yufeng left.

The hunting is not over yet, so leaving at this time is said to be against the rules, but talking about the rules with a princess with a face, isn't that playing the piano with a cow?

Seeing Princess Yufeng leaving, Ji Wanyou also wanted to find an excuse to return to the palace.

Although her father was relieved that day, she still forbade her to meet Mr. Zhan privately, and at this time, her father went hunting in the mountains and forests, which was a rare and good opportunity...

But now only half an hour has passed.

The time for each hunt is one and a half hours.

Moreover, Princess Yufeng had just left, and it seemed too coincidental that she said she would leave right after her, so let's wait.

Thinking like this, Ji Wanyou whispered to the maid beside her: "Go to Miss Zhou, and invite her to sit with me and talk."

It's strange to say that since Xia Xi's death, Zhou Wei hasn't come to look for her once.

He didn't ask for credit, didn't complain, and didn't use it to ask her for any benefits.

After thinking about it, she concluded that the other party should have been frightened by Xia Xi's affairs and wanted to avoid the limelight at home.

She disdained to deal with such a cheap person, but the facts proved that this kind of person is often easy to use - father and Mr. Zhan still have a lot of important things to do in the future, and it is not a bad thing for her to have more people available.

Not long after, the servant girl turned back.

But Zhou Wei did not follow him.

"Girl... The girl from the Zhou family said that she is busy eating, so she won't be free right now." The servant girl said in a low voice.

Ji Wanyou frowned.

What do you mean by busy eating?

She looked in Zhou Luo's direction, and she saw that the girl with round cheeks was eating snacks seriously with her head down, without even looking at her.

"Didn't you tell her that I also have food here?" Ji Wanyou asked the servant girl.

"The servant girl said..." The servant girl's tone was a bit complicated: "But Miss Zhou said that she only wants to eat her own food, not other people's..."

No matter how you hear this, it makes people feel stupid and brainless.

Ji Wanyou frowned slightly.

At this time, there were suddenly low exclamations from all around.

"Ah, what's going on..."

"Why is someone hurt!"

"Did you encounter some kind of beast?"

"Which adult is this..."

"It looks like Ji Shangshu..."

Hearing her father's name, Ji Wanyou hurriedly looked at the place where everyone's eyes gathered.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but look horrified, and stood up almost immediately: "Father!"

She walked out from the short back, raised her skirt and walked quickly towards the person who was supported out of the forest by two imperial guards.

"Ji Shangshu is in serious trouble!"

When a group of civil officials saw the man in a mess with blood on his face, they hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

Emperor Qingming also got up from his chair: "Quickly pass on the imperial physician—"

The accompanying imperial physician quickly stepped forward, and Ji Xiu was temporarily placed in a tent beside him to inspect the injury, clean up and bandage the wound.

After roughly finishing the treatment, Ji Xiu was supported and walked out, and replied to Emperor Qingming.

"Why did Ji Aiqing get hurt so badly?"

Could it be that there really are some incredible beasts in this forest?

And what about Ji Aiqing's horse? Why is it gone?

Ji Wanyou on the side also watched her father closely and waited for the answer—what happened to her father? !