After becoming a concubine, she lived a miserable life every day.

Chapter 181 Winter Hunting

"He seems to be doing well. Besides, His Royal Highness Prince Rui treats our daughter well. It's not like what's said outside that he ignores our daughter. I feel that he treats our daughter a little cautiously, but our daughter doesn't care much about Prince Rui and seems to be indifferent. Yesterday, His Royal Highness Prince Rui came to give You'er a birthday gift, but the mother and son treated him very coldly and didn't even try to keep him for dinner. Oh, it must be the previous incident that chilled my daughter and You'er. These father and son don't seem like father and son, just, oh."

Hearing this, Qiao Yunshan's frown relaxed a little, but after hearing the next few sentences, he snorted coldly, "It's all his own fault. No matter how partial he is to his other sons and concubines, You'er is also his biological son. It's right to ignore him." Having said this, Qiao Yunshan began to feel worried.

This is of course unreasonable between father and son, and it's not even a good thing for You'er. Prince Rui has many children, and if he wants to have more things in the future, the relationship between father and son must be eased. However, such a thing happened not long ago, and it's normal for the daughter and mother to have some resentment in their hearts. They can only mention it again after a few days.

And, the palace.

Emperor Jingyuan, who had just finished his court session, was reviewing memorials. After hearing the secret guard's report on yesterday's events, he looked at him with a rare look of surprise.

"My martial arts skills are better than yours?"

This is so shocking. Is there such a master around Xiaowu’s biological mother?

"Yes, I am no match for this man."

"Okay, I'll keep this to myself."

"My subordinate understands."

"Go down."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Then the man in black disappeared in an instant.

After the people left, Emperor Jingyuan said calmly, "Li Jin, tell me, was it You'er's biological mother who hurt Chen so badly that time?"

Hearing this, Li Jin's face suddenly became serious. He didn't know what to say. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "Well, I heard that Concubine Qiao is a very gentle woman. She doesn't seem like someone who would do such a thing."

Having said that, Li Jin also suspected that it was Concubine Qiao who did what happened to Chen. After all, a mother is strong, and no matter how gentle a woman is, it is impossible for her to be without temper when her child is almost killed. It is normal to teach her a lesson.

If something like this happened to his family, he would grind them to dust.

Emperor Jingyuan glanced at Li Jin and knew that he was thinking the same thing as he was, but he spoke very smoothly, "You old bastard!"

Li Jin: …

Emperor Jingyuan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, with a rare smile in his eyes.

I'm afraid my fifth son doesn't know that there is such a capable person around his concubine.

However, when he knew that it was the Qiao family who did it, Emperor Jingyuan was not angry, but very happy.

It was a great thing for You'er to have such a protective mother. And from this incident, it seemed that Qiao was not a stupid person. At least she knew that he would not let Chen die, so even if he took action, he left room for her and did not let Chen die.

Having a mother like this would definitely not hold her grandson back, so Emperor Jingyuan pretended not to know.

"I just kept this to myself."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Jin knew that His Majesty was not going to pursue the matter.

……

The days passed slowly, and Prince Rui came to Yunshen Pavilion more and more frequently. However, he did not only come to Yunshen Pavilion, he would occasionally stay overnight in other courtyards. However, today he told Qiao Rongjin directly that the annual winter hunting in the palace was about to begin.

The autumn hunting was not carried out this year because of the numerous affairs at court, so Emperor Jingyuan directly cancelled it. Everyone thought that the winter hunting would also be cancelled this year, but unexpectedly, the emperor said that the winter hunting would proceed as usual.

Qi Heng naturally knew that the purpose of his father's trip was certainly not simply to go winter hunting.

Something would definitely happen during this winter hunt, but it shouldn't be dangerous, so he planned to let Ajin go and watch the fun.

After all, Ajin was often bored staying in the palace, so he took this opportunity to take her out for a walk.

"Winter hunting? Can I go?" After hearing the news, Qiao Rongjin was very interested. Her eyes were flashing with excitement and anticipation. She stared at the person in front of her, as if she wanted to get a positive answer from him.

She had never seen the scene of an ancient emperor taking his ministers and family members out for winter hunting. She knew without thinking that it would be very lively and exciting, and she wanted to go.

Seeing the sparkling eyes of the little woman in front of him, Qi Heng's eyes became more doting. These days, A Jin was no longer as resistant to him as before, and would occasionally smile at him. This was something he had worked hard for for a long time, so he cherished the days he spent with her now.

"Of course Ah Jin can go. How about bringing You Er along as well?"

He knew that Ajin would not feel comfortable leaving Xiaowu alone in the house, and he would only feel at ease if he took her with him.

Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin nodded, "Yes, take him with me."

Then Qiao Rongjin thought of something and immediately asked, "My Lord, who else will go with you in the mansion besides the princess?"

As the principal wife of Prince Rui, the princess must go.

Hearing this, Qi Heng carefully glanced at the woman in front of him and said, "... Chen will also go, but, Ah Jin, you just need to stay by my side. Don't worry, I will protect you and You'er."

Qi Heng is now used to calling him You'er.

Qiao Rongjin laughed out loud, turned to the side, and said nonchalantly, "Your Highness, you don't have to be so cautious. I am not made of clay anyway. If anyone wants to bully us mother and son, I will not let her go. I was not there last time, otherwise... Humph, I just hope that Your Highness will not favor others when the time comes."

After saying this, Qiao Rongjin looked at Qi Heng with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Qi Heng immediately hugged the person into his arms, sniffing the fragrance of the person in his arms, and said in a low voice, "No, if I have to be partial, I will only favor Ah Jin. Ah Jin is the person I care about the most."

After what happened last time, he had been tortured by A Jin for so long, and now their relationship had finally eased a little. If it happened again, he was afraid that he would really not be able to get along with her like this anymore, and how could he bear to make A Jin sad again.

Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin remained silent and wanted to tease him, so she said with a wronged look, "Oh, so you are the one who cares about me the most, not the only one who cares about me. I knew it... well." The last word was sealed by Qi Heng before she could say it out loud.

After a good struggle, Qi Heng hugged Qiao Rongjin tightly, with deep affection in his eyes. He buried his head in her neck, panting slightly and said, "Ajin is the only sweetheart that Qi Heng cares about."

Qiao Rongjin was so tired that he had fallen asleep long ago and didn't hear these words at all.

The days passed one by one, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye it was the day for winter hunting.

Early that morning, the sun shone through thin clouds, and the cold air was filled with the smell of ice and snow.

Qiao Rongjin got up early, put on thick clothes, and prepared for this grand hunting event.