Chapter 556: Pleasing Her Majesty (11)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Junjue suddenly cowered in fear . It was too scary . Should he just choose to kill her instead?
The warmth in his arms caused him to throw away this idea . To his surprise, in the blink of an eye, the thought disappeared .
Junjue was stunned for a moment . After that, he gave up and hugged Ming Shu .
Ming Shu took the chance to put him down, but Junjue didn’t let her go . She could only lie against his chest .
“Can you let go of me?”
“No . ”
Ming Shu: “…”
Ming Shu pulled out the blanket that he was lying on and covered both of them with it . Junjue shifted to hug her waist .
Ming Shu couldn’t take it anymore . She didn’t want to play with him any longer and fell asleep on his body .
Junjue knew that she had fallen asleep . Her breathing was calm . She was such a small girl, yet her aura was so huge .
His fingers slowly moved upward and reached her neck .
He just needed to use a bit more force and he could…
Junjue’s heart pounded quickly . His fingers started shaking and his breathing got erratic . The air froze, as though waiting for him to make a decision .
The time passed .
A quiet sigh sounded in the night .
Junjue didn’t have a good sleep . He was really tired the next day . When Ming Shu brought him to the hunting ground, he just lowered his head and didn’t look at anyone .
When she woke up this morning, she gave him a strange look . He didn’t know if she knew what happened last night .
There was another person that was very tired too . It was Ning Furong . She stood guard outside the palace the whole night .
As for the other youngsters, they were very excited . They pulled their horses and stood below . Some officials entered the hunting too while others watched them from the platforms that were built beforehand .
After the complicated opening ceremony of the autumn hunt and after Ming Shu promised a reward for the one that hunted the most animals, the autumn hunt officially started .
The youngsters rode on their horses and rushed into the woods excitedly .
“Don’t you want to try?” Ming Shu looked at the weary Junjue .
Everyone in the Purple Moon Nation knew how to ride a horse and shoot arrows . However, the Afterglow Nation was different . Besides those people who learned martial arts, almost no one else knew how to do it . They advocated studying .
Hence, of course, Junjue didn’t know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows .
“Will you take me?”
Ming Shu smiled . “I can ask General Meng Liang to take you . ”
Junjue looked toward Meng Liang . Meng Liang looked over too and their eyes met . Sparks seemed to appear in the air .
Junjue sneered in his heart and looked away . He took the glass of wine on his table and drank it quickly .
Ming Shu suddenly said, “Fellow subordinates, why are you all sitting here? If you want to have a chat, you can resign and go back home to do it . This is not the place for you to have a conversation . ”
The ministers: “…”
Why were they targeted when they didn’t do anything!
For this autumn hunt, people above the age of 50 were banned from coming . Hence, all the officials present were people that were able to ride a horse and participate in the hunting .
However, some of them were old officials from the Afterglow Nation . Even if they could ride a horse, they didn’t know how to hunt… Was the Empress trying to shame them?
“Prime Minister, why don’t you lead the way . ” Ming Shu looked at Ning Furong .
Ning Furong: “…”
She controlled her anger . “Yes, Your Majesty . ”
Ning Furong walked to the horse that the horseman brought over and flipped onto the saddle . Her handsome posture won a round of applause .
“Your Majesty, shall we have a competition?” Ning Furong threw a challenge at Ming Shu .
“No . ” Ming Shu waved her hand, not caring about her image at all . “Tonight’s dinner depends on you, Lady Prime Minister . All the best!”
Ning Furong: “…”
Junjue: “…” What the hell!
Such a quick rejection .
What happened to your dignity as an empress! Was your dignity eaten!
Ning Furong was a subordinate . If she still continued after Ming Shu had rejected her, she might be charged for being disrespectful .
Once Ning Furong left, the other officials had to get onto the horses no matter how unwilling they were . They held their complaint towards Ming Shu and entered the forest .
The surroundings quieted down .
Ming Shu pulled at Junjue who was drinking wine and ordered people to help him onto a horse . She then sat behind him .
“You all don’t have to follow me . ”
“That is not possible, Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty! You can’t act alone . ”
Lianxin and Meng Liang rejected her at the same time .
“Jia!” Meng Liang kicked the horse’s side and the horse rushed out . Meng Liang had no way of stopping her .
Meng Liang turned and got onto a horse . He shouted hurriedly, “Hurry up and catch up with the empress!”
Lianxin got onto a horse too and chased their empress along with Meng Liang .
It was easy for Ming Shu to lose them . Within a short time, there were no sounds behind them .
After galloping for some distance, Ming Shu slowed down .
The trees in the forest had turned yellow and the autumn breeze was refreshing .
Junjue was still thinking about how to improve their relationship when Ming Shu suddenly pulled her arrow and fired it .
A pheasant was hit . It struggled for a while and then died .
Junjue though that she was here to hunt but after hitting two pheasants, she washed them with spring water and then started a fire to barbecue them .
What!
She even brought seasoning!
The meat of pheasants was delicious . After adding in the seasoning, the fragrance floated far and wide . Little Beastie popped its head out of Ming Shu’s chest and stared at the barbecued bird on the fire .
Poop-picker!
I want to eat too!
“What is that?” Junjue pointed at the ball that popped out of Ming Shu’s chest .
Ming Shu took Little Beastie out and placed him at her side . Little Beastie jumped toward the fire .
Junjue didn’t get any reply from Ming Shu and wanted to catch Little Beastie . Little Beastie immediately stared at him angrily and its fur exploded . It rolled to the side and even roared furiously .
Junjue: “…”
What the hell is this!
It is not in the storyline!
Junjue looked at Ming Shu and the angry-looking creature as they fought for the barbecued pheasant… My life feels so dark .
Let me go back!
“Don’t move!”
Junjue froze on the spot . “Your Majesty?”
Ming Shu grabbed Little Beastie from the ground and rolled it up . Then, she threw it at him .
Little Beastie did a somersault in the air and struck the grass patch beside Junjue . Immediately after that, Junjue heard a weird scratching sound .
Ming Shu took two steps and grabbed Junjue .
Junjue looked behind him . He saw a colorful snake entangled around Little Beastie . Little Beastie’s fur stood up like needles and pierced into the snake’s body .
The snake twisted its body in pain and slowly died . Little Beastie jumped down from the snake and ran into the spring water . It jumped inside . Water splashed everywhere .
Junjue was very calm . However, when Ming Shu looked over at him, he immediately started acting and showed a scared expression . “Your Majesty, I am afraid . ”
Ming Shu smiled brightly . “I will cook it for you . Then, you will not be scared . ”
Junjue: “…” This is a f**king venomous snake . Why don’t you eat it? Why is there such an evil woman? Why am I supposed to like her? Why!
If I like this kind of person, I will die .
Before Ming Shu could do anything to the venomous snake, Little Beastie, who finished bathing, rolled over and grabbed the snake in its mouth . It then ran into the woods .
Ming Shu: “…”
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