Chapter 263
writer:Yuzu In May      update:2022-08-09 18:05
  After Zhou Qinghe left, Empress Zhou asked Lu Chen and Qiao jinniang, “Why did the two of you come to this palace today? where is Xi’er? Why didn’t you bring Xi’er with you?” Qiao Jinniang explained the purpose of her visit to glutinous rice in a few words. After Empress Zhou heard that, she said, “So Qian Yi’s daughter is still alive. It seems that the heavens have pity on her.” Qiao Jinniang cupped her hands and said, “Mother, Zhou Qing and she were able to do that to glutinous rice back then. If she were to know of glutinous Rice’s current identity, I believe that she would definitely not let glutinous rice off.” The empress said, “There is no evidence of what happened back then. It has not been long since I learned of this matter. Qian Yi did not pursue Zhou Qing he face to face because there is no evidence. The midwife that she bribed has long lost her life.” When Lady Qiao heard this, she said, “Are we going to let her continue to be so carefree?” Lu Chen held Lady Qiao’s hand and said, “There’s always a way to deal with Zhou Qing he. But, mother, just now Zhou Qing said that you replaced her life. What’s going on? “When father was young, was he really so blind that he could fall in love with her?” Empress Zhou reprimanded softly, “Chen ‘er, how can you say such things about your father?” Lu Chen lowered his head and said, “I admit my mistake.” Empress Zhou did not want to talk about the past in front of the younger generation. She only said to Qiao jinniang, “If you want to take revenge for glutinous rice, you don’t have to worry about me.” “Thank you, mother,”Qiao Jinniang bowed and said. …… The date of the autumn clothing was set on the 10th day of the 8th month. The hunting enclosure was in the royal enclosure of Mount Baiyun. There were many ferocious beasts here. Once the date was set, all the princes and princes were in high spirits. The Hui Lin Emperor led the officials of the harem to go hunting. It was very lively at the foot of Mount Baiyun. Many people had never come to Mount Baiyun before. The first time they came, they were all in high spirits. The enclosure was divided into beast areas and hunting areas for women to play. Lu Chen led the Eastern Palace to deploy the generals to hunt. Qiao Jinniang, Consort Qi, Consort Chu, and the others led Little Lu Xibao and the others to shoot some hedgehogs and rabbits with slingshots. At noon, they found a clean place and sat on the ground. The palace servants placed some pastries and other things on the big rocks. Princess Qi sat down and said, “The scenery on Mount Baiyun is really beautiful. It makes people forget to return. I wonder what kind of beautiful poems Zhou Qing and he can write on such a mountain peak?” Princess Chu said, “That’s true. Today is such a beautiful scenery. It would be a pity not to have a good poem.” “Princess consort, it’s not good.”The servant girl beside Princess Fu Lu rushed over and bowed to Qiao Jinniang. “Princess consort, Princess Fu Lu and Princess Yuquan entered the ferocious beast zone after a hunting competition.” The Fierce Beast Area Today was a real fierce beast. It was not like Chang ‘an, where there were bears and tigers for the princes and grandchildren to hunt. There were Beast Tamers at the side. “Where is Aunt Shou an?” “Princess Consort, the eldest princess is not feeling well this time, so she and the prince consort did not come to the hunting ground. The princess and Princess Yuquan went together. There were no guards with them. I’m afraid……” Lady Qiao comforted the servant girl, “Go back and wait for Fu Lu. I will send guards to inform Ah Lui and the crown prince. I will also send guards to the beast area to look for Fu Lu.” In the Beast area, there were fierce tigers and black bears. If one was not skilled in archery, one would not dare to enter. After all, beasts were inhumane. They would not show mercy when hurting people. Fu Lu did not understand why Zhou Shihui, who did not know martial arts, dared to enter the Beast area with her. However, since they had already entered, she definitely would not admit defeat to Zhou Shihui. Zhou Shihui sat on the horse and pointed at the yellow fur that was revealed in the Green Forest. She said to Fu Lu, “Fu Lu, look over there!” From Afar, Fu Lu looked at the huge creature with yellow and black stripes squirming in the distance, like a fierce tiger. Fu Lu drew his bow and nocked an arrow, shooting it out abruptly. Zhou Shihui, who was at the side, smiled slightly as she looked at Fu Lu. Fu Lu felt that something was wrong. He rode his horse forward and saw a familiar-looking woman lying on the ground. She had a tiger skin draped over her body and an arrow had been shot through her heart, causing blood to flow. Zhou Shihui rode his horse closer and shouted loudly, “Not good, Princess Fu Lu accidentally killed Xie Xiangxiang!” Fu Lu glared at Zhou Shihui. “You? You set a trap for me to get in?” Zhou shihui said, “How do you say that? You shot the Arrow!” Princess Fu Lu lowered her body and touched Xie Xiangxiang’s breath. She found that she was not breathing. Why would Xie Xiangxiang come here for no reason? And why was there a piece of tiger skin on her body? Zhou Shihui had deliberately provoked her and brought her here. There must be something strange. Xie Xiangxiang was about the same age as her. She had lost her life at such a young age. It must be Zhou Shihui’s doing! Fu Lu whipped the whip hanging from his waist at Zhou Shihui’s body. Very soon, the cries here attracted the attention of others. When everyone rushed over from all directions, they saw Fu Lu holding a whip and lashing Zhou shihui fiercely. “Zhou Shihui, you are shameless and heartless. You harmed me today, and I Will Never Forgive You!” Zhou Shihui also did not expect that Fu Lu would actually disregard everything and beat her like this. She simply did not have the ability to fight back. Zhou Siming went forward and grabbed Fu Lu’s whip. King Huai hurriedly helped Zhou Shihui up. Zhou siming exerted force, causing Fu Lu to stagger and have no choice but to shake off the whip in his hand. He glared angrily at Zhou Shihui. Zhou shihui cried out, “Princess Fu Lu killed Xie Xiangxiang, the only granddaughter of great scholar Xie! Although it was originally just a mistake, she was actually afraid that the matter would be exposed and implicate the death penalty. She even wanted to kill me to silence me!” Zhou Siming glared angrily at Princess Fu Lu and said, “Fu Lu, how can you be so unreasonable for a man? It’s not enough to kill one person, but you still want to kill a second one!” Princess Fu Lu said with a dark face, “I don’t have one!” The crown prince of the Cheng en bo mansion walked up to Xie Xiangxiang and pulled out the arrow feather on her heart. “This arrow feather has the mark of your Fu Lu on it!” “Uncle, even you are helping this Zhou Shihui, Don’t You Trust Me?”Princess Fu Lu felt that she could not defend herself. Qiao lui dismounted from his horse and walked to Fu Lu’s side. “I trust you. You will never kill people casually.” Although Xie Xiangxiang was not the daughter of a high-ranking official or noble family, her identity was more troublesome than that of some princess. She was the only granddaughter of great scholar Xie. Great scholar Xie was already at this age, and his only descendant was gone just like that. If they did not find out the murderer and give great scholar Xie An explanation, Qingming Academy would not give up either. Fu Lu hugged Qiao Lui and cried out in grievance. “She was wearing a tiger’s fur. I thought it was a tiger, so I shot her. I had no idea she was Xie Xiangxiang. Qiao Lui, I really did not kill her on purpose.” Qiao lui hugged her and comforted her. “Yes, I know you didn’t mean to kill her. Don’t be afraid.”