Chapter 109.1 – How About Rabbit Meat?
That night, the Emperor stayed up almost all night, and the lights in the imperial tent also stayed lit until morning. On the contrary, Qi Yang and Lu Qipei seemed like they had let go of a heavy burden after sharing the matter with the Emperor, and had a good night’s sleep.
The next morning, everything started running again. King Wei, who had been rescued in the middle of the night, naturally became the focus of everyone’s conversation.
When Qi Yang and Lu Qipei finished sleeping and went out, they received a lot of praise. Setting aside whether they were sincere or not, almost everyone praised her for being courageous and resourceful, and at the same time praised her for her sibling affection and her willingness to take risk late at night for her brother.
Now, they all seemed like positive words, so Qi Yang accepted them willingly and also gave the credit to Lu Qipei. She said that it was all thanks to the latter tracking down the trail to find him that she was able to find the fallen King Wei at the bottom of the steep slope.
When they heard this, the others also praised her prince consort, saying that she was young but promising, worthy of her background in the Court of Judicial Review.
After hearing a round of praise early in the morning, Qi Yang naturally felt in a good mood. Especially when the others praised Lu Qipei, she felt even more proud and happy than when she was being praised herself, so much that she almost couldn’t stay reserved.
Lu Qipei looked a bit amused, and ignoring Qi Yang exchanging pleasantries with the others, she turned to inquire about other news.
As expected, someone mentioned King Wei’s exotic this morning. By now, another group of people had entered the hunting ground to search for the horse. The search this time was clearly aimed to verify something – at this time, the search for the horse was clearly aimed at verifying something, and they didn’t take King Wei’s fall as merely an accident.
But regardless of what the person proposing to search for the horse was thinking, the matter did not develop beyond Lu Qipei’s expectation. Now that the Emperor had personally intervened in the matter, there was no need for them to worry about anything.
So, she just listened calmly to what happened this morning and didn’t express any particular opinion, while Qi Yang on the other side was confronting Nanping who had appeared at some point.
Lu Qipei was about to go there when she saw it, but she suddenly heard a voice behind her saying, “What exactly happened last night?”
The voice came from the Crown Prince, who had appeared behind Lu Qipei at some point and had just finished listening to her chatting with the others. It wasn’t clear what he was thinking right now, to suddenly ask such a thing.
Lu Qipei turned around when she heard this and saluted at the Crown Prince before saying, “If Your Highness wants to know, why don’t you ask Her Highness The Princess?”
The Crown Prince remained silent, his brows that were as sharp as a sword frowned slightly, giving out a slightly intimidating aura.
Lu Qipei remained calm after saying that, as if she didn’t expect the Crown Prince to do anything. Seeing that he didn’t leave, she told him everything about last night’s search for King Wei, including the poisoning of the exotic breed horse and how it was lured away with the aromatic herb.
After hearing this, the Crown Prince’s brows frowned even more, and he said, “King Wei’s horse was poisoned… Did you find out what kind of poison it is?”
Lu Qipei shook her head and said, “At that time, I was in a hurry to find King Wei, so I only gave it a quick look. How could I find out much? Besides, I’m not proficient in this field either.” After saying that, she suddenly smiled and said, “But Your Highness, don’t worry. Sir Head Minister is the best at this thing.”
When he heard this, the Crown Prince was slightly taken aback, then immediately understood something. He asked, “Last night, you and Qi Yang already met Royal Father and told him all this?”
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince was slightly stunned and immediately understood something. He asked, “Did you tell your father and emperor all this last night when you saw Qi Yang late at night?” He turned to look at the direction of the hunting ground and asked again, “Did you also bring back the horse’s dead body.”
Lu Qipei nodded without concealing anything from him, “His Majesty listened very well, everyone can rest assured.”
After finishing this sentence, Lu Qipei didn’t say anything more to the Crown Prince, and went off to find Qi Yang. This was the first time she had treated the Crown Prince so lightly, but the Crown Prince didn’t intend to take into heart her impoliteness and frowned as he contemplated her words.
Those who searched for the horse in the hunting ground naturally ended up with nothing, and no one had the time to wait for them to slowly continue the search.
A fierce tiger had unexpectedly broken into the hunting ground. Coupled with King Wei’s severe injury from falling from his horse, this year’s Autumn Hunt was destined to end hastily. Fortunately, other than those, it didn’t affect anyone else, and most people also gained something from the half day of hunting.
The Emperor did not want to stay in the hunting ground any longer, and King Wei also needed better treatment and medicinal herbs to treat his injuries. So, he decided to end the Autumn Hunt early and return to the capital. As for the Autumn Hunt’s evaluation, it was naturally based on yesterday’s gains.
With that being the decision, Qi Yang and Lu Qipei were undoubtedly the ones who benefited the most from this Autumn Hunt.
The two hunted the only fierce tiger in the hunting ground yesterday, and the Autumn Hunt always used the value of the prey as the criteria for judgment. As long as there were no other tigers or leopards to be found, it was impossible to compete with them.
Plus, the Emperor also said yesterday that those who found King Wei would be heavily rewarded. And in the end, if was this young couple who found him!
No joke, after returning to the capital, the two of them would definitely receive a lot of rewards, and many people looked at them with a sour gaze. Who knew just how many generals were waiting to show their faces and how many heroes were waiting for the chance to become famous. But in the end, all the commotion had nothing to do with them, and all the spotlight was taken by the young couple. And why did a prince consort who’s also a civil official joined this excitement anyway!?
But in the end, those envy and jealousy were all useless. The tiger was hunted by someone else, and King Wei was also found by someone else. What else could they say? In the end, everyone could only drop their heads and return to their own camps, and instruct their servants to pack up and prepare for the trip back to the capital.
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