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Chapter 296 Winter Hunting

Ning Wang held her slender jade fingers, looked at the palace maid again, and asked, "What's your name?"

The palace maid raised her head slightly, revealing a face that was exactly the same as that of the palace maid Wanting beside Jun Yuanxi, and whispered with her eyebrows and said softly, "I am Yu Liu."

King Ning looked at her a few times, barely sharing a hint of mind to remember the appearance and name of the palace maid, and then waved her impatiently: "No one is needed to serve her here, please retreat."

There were only King Ning and Su Qing in the room.

Ning Wang held Su Qing's finger and was a little surprised - the other party rarely acted like this.

But Su Qing did this suddenly, and he guessed that Su Qing might have something to ask him for.

Su Qing looked at King Ning with beautiful eyes, and her eyes were filled with some uneasiness that she didn't usually have, and she said softly: "Prince, I have something to ask for the prince's approval."

King Ning felt inexplicably moved: Su Qing looked very pitiful like her first wife.

Of course he had no reason not to agree: "Madam, please speak."

Su Qing looked at him in the eyes and told the story of what she wanted to ask King Ning for help: "I don't know if the prince still remembers my adoptive mother? She has no children and always feels restrained when she stays in the Prince Ning's Mansion. I think of buying a house for her in the countryside and giving a girl a favor, which is more free than she is always in the Prince Ning's Mansion."

This was a trivial matter, so Ning Wang naturally agreed: "This matter is easy to deal with, just let the people in the mansion prepare."

He groped Su Qing's palm, and the warm and delicate touch made him feel dazed. Only Su Qing's soft voice continued to say slowly: "Actually, I have found this house. Although it is a little remote, it is still pure. It is just that the butler in the palace said that I had to ask the prince for instructions before I could buy property in the name of the palace."

Su Qing is selfish. If she took out money from her pocket to buy a house for her adoptive mother, the neighborhood residents would inevitably discuss it. But if she bought it in the name of the Ning Prince's Mansion, then the people around her would be afraid of the power of the Ning Prince's Mansion and would not make things difficult for the old nanny.

King Ning nodded: "Yes, after a hundred years of this nanny, the house can be recorded in legitimately under the name of Prince Ning's Mansion, so as not to have someone bad ideas for your adoptive mother."

King Ning thoughtfully, and Su Qing quickly saluted and thanked: "I would like to thank the prince for my nanny."

King Ning quickly helped her up and smiled and said, "You and my husband, why bother thank you? You are thin, get up quickly."

Su Qing was helped by him to sit down next to the table, then poured a cup of tea for King Ning and started chatting: "I heard that the emperor is about to do winter hunting. Will I need to accompany the prince at that time?"

King Ning took a sip of hot tea and thought for a while: "It's snowy and cold, you're in poor health, so it's not convenient to go."

Su Qing's fingers placed under the table immediately curled up nervously.

She was about to speak, but she heard that King Ning teased her again and looked at her with a smile: "But winter hunting is indeed a different kind of fun. I believe my wife has never been there before. I will give you a long experience for you. I just need to send someone to arrange the carriage and tents warmer, so that my wife will not be frozen."

Su Qing angrily said, "If the prince still teases me like this next time, I will go with him."

But the big rock in her heart fell down, and her fingers that pinched the fabric on her knees also loosened.

Winter hunting is a tradition after the first snow in Chu State.

When the ground was covered with thick snow and animals in the forest had to show up to feed, Emperor Wen would lead concubines, children, royal relatives, and capable ministers to hunt at the Xuming Mountain Winter Hunting Ground.

The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and the carriage had no way to walk on the snow, so everyone could only ride a horse and follow him. Even Su Qing had to get off the carriage and instead rode with King Ning.

Emperor Wen was in high spirits, and walked in front of him with a sweat-blooded horse. He looked at the plain-covered mountains and land on Xuming Mountain Road, and praised: "It's good snow, and the people's harvest will definitely be good next year."

Jun Qingli grabbed the reins, only a few feet away from him, and clearly put Emperor Wen's words into his ears. He couldn't help but smile: "The father cares about the people, and God will know that it will give the people a good harvest. Moreover, the snow is rare and thick. There must be a lot of prey in Xuming Mountain today. I wish my father a full load first!"

His words reached the heart of Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen laughed out loud, and he had to say a few humble words: "Hey——I can't speak too much. What if I hunt less wild animals today than you, wouldn't it be yourselves?"

Jun Qingli smiled: "How can a son minister compare with his father?"

Jun Yuanxi, not far away, was wrapped in a fox-haired cloak. Her face was as bright as peaches and plums, and she had no clear snot shed. While dealing with the cold wind that kept slapping on her face, she couldn't help but turn black when she saw the scene of a father and a son filial piety in front of her, and cursed in a low voice: "The meaning of the word is pleasing to you, vulgar!"

Jun Yuanxi immediately turned his face, but when he saw Su Qing, who was being held in Ning Wang's arms and rushing to the wind, buried her entire face in Ning Wang's arms, and could not see any face, and probably could not blow the cold wind.

Jun Yuanxi suddenly felt that he was in a worse mood.

Her knuckles that she pulled the reins crunched out of the moment because of anger.

Wanting was beside her and saw that the other party was very unhappy now, so she rode a horse and came to Jun Yuanxi and whispered: "Princess, don't be divided by other things. Our main purpose is not winter hunting..."

Jun Yuanxi glared fiercely at Su Qing, who looked much more comfortable than her, withdrew her gaze and said reluctantly: "I understand!"

Wanting continued to persuade: "And the princess must always follow the emperor, otherwise why would she be kidnapped in front of the emperor later?"

Jun Jiuning looked at Emperor Wen and Jun Qingli, which was simply riding on horseback, pursed her lips and looked unhappy, but in order to complete the plan smoothly, she still grabbed the horse's belly and quickly chased after it.

She tried her whole life to squeeze a smile out of her frozen face: "Father, Prince, what are you talking about? So happy?"

Because her teeth were so cold that she was trembling a little, her facial muscles were tightly tense together, and her eyes and mouth couldn't bend naturally, so this smile looked more or less strange.

At least Emperor Wen was scared, but he still covered up the embarrassment that appeared on his face at that moment: "Xi'er, I and the prince are just talking about some state affairs, nothing."

Jun Yuanxi tried his best to make himself look smiling: "What state affairs are there? Xi'er is willing to listen carefully."
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