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Chapter 298 Plan ahead
With the pride of her princess, she would not have asked such a question in person, but the two people in front of her were cunning, so she had to ask the bottom line before she was reconciled.

At this time, the three of them were on the same stage, and her people were all around them, which was a perfect opportunity.

"That's not the case. I just don't want to delay others."

"Oh?" Kunyu obviously didn't accept this rhetoric.The reason why she firmly believes in Zhuo Tianxin is definitely not a few words of rhetoric. When she lived in Zhuo Wang's mansion, no matter how she secretly pryed, Zhuo Yibai never revealed half of her heart, but her heart seemed to be as still as water.

Now that she sees the "unfeeling" person caring so much about a woman in the past, how can she not believe Zhuo Tianxin's words.

Zhuo Yibai glanced at Ye Zhaoyan lightly, and replied: "When I was young, I was sent away from Zhuo Wang's mansion. I was lonely and had to be taken care of by my mother to grow up. Now that my mother is ill, I want to repay her kindness next time, so I don't want to marry you. Wife. The princess is beautiful and intelligent, with a pure heart and a beautiful heart, and I am also sincerely convinced, I really dare not delay the beautiful woman's youth."

His speech was neither fast nor slow, and his order was so clear that people couldn't interrupt for a while. After he finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized.

Ye Zhaoyan's eyes widened in a daze, and a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart.It is rumored that Zhuo Yibai's life experience is mysterious, and even the theory of his biological mother is quite controversial, so that he has never received any inheritance from the palace. It turns out that this lady is really not Princess Zhuo.

But at that banquet, Ye Zhaoyan could clearly feel that King Zhuo didn't want to see his youngest son.

What is going wrong?
Seeing that the atmosphere had condensed, Lu Wenyuan hurriedly said: "It turns out that Mr. Zhuo has always been loyal to the Zhuo Palace, but he never competed for fame and fortune. This is the reason behind it."

Kun Yu chewed on these words, his eyes changed, "So, Mr. Zhuo is not for the other woman?"

"No."

Kunyu helped her water-soaked bun, her eyes sharpened, "Then why did you choose Ms. Ye when Bengong and Ms. Ye fell into the water at the same time?"

"Because when I arrived, Miss Ye happened to be surrounded by assassins and fell into the water, and the princess was safe, and Mr. Lu was there to protect her, so I went to rescue Miss Ye first." Zhuo Yibai said calmly.

Ye Zhaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, what he said was reasonable and watertight, even if Kunyu wanted to find fault, he couldn't find a gap.

She tilted her head and glanced at Kunyu, Kunyu's face was ashen, and she could see that she was quite angry, as if she was very angry at her inconsiderate calculation.

"Since the princess is safe and sound, let me take my leave." Ye Zhaoyan lowered his eyes and closed his eyelashes, turned around and left, and a moderate voice reached the ears of several people, "Thank you, Mr. Zhuo, for saving your life. Please also ask your son to help you investigate one or two."

Zhuo Yibai pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay."

Lu Wenyuan is also a smart and agile person. Hearing Ye Zhaoyan's words, he felt a little vigilance in his heart. Could it be that Ye Zhaoyan doubted this time...

He suddenly turned his head to look at Kunyu, only to find that Kunyu's face was stern and his eyes were as deep as a pool of ice.

When Ye Zhaoyan returned to the outskirts of the hunting ground, Ji Sinian had already been waiting for a long time.

"The man sent him to an inconspicuous tent. Outside the door was a nanny named Hui Gu. Dozens of people were guarding outside the tent. I stayed outside the fence for less than a quarter of an hour when someone Patrol, so I have no choice but to leave." Ji Sinian moved closer to her, and said in a low voice.

Aunt Hui?That was not the servant who used to serve Xue Qinshou.

Ye Zhaoyan understood, "Are the guards there far inferior to the Forbidden Forest Army?"

"Yes."

"It's Prince Qing's man." King Qing certainly didn't want to personally get involved in this matter, and Xue Huaidan, as a running dog who is familiar with the Ye family, is the most suitable to do this matter.Even if it is punctured, there will still be a "family thief is hard to guard against" to make the Xue family fight with the Ye family. What's even better, the Donglin Emperor, who is "difficult to judge family affairs by upright officials", can't do anything to Ye Zhaoyan's biological father Xue Huaidan.

What a rogue trick.

"King Qing came prepared, so he shouldn't give up easily." Ji Sinian also felt the difficulty.

"General Wang Shen is asking people to record the hunting quantity of each family." A voice appeared with the blue figure quietly approaching, "Where are the harvests of your hunting?"

Ye Zhaoyan raised his head and saw Zhuo Yibai walking quickly, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

It was only then that she remembered that after several encounters just now, she had already returned with a full load and lost her prey because of her panic, but she didn't intend to grab the top three in the first place. Wading in muddy water.

"Prince Qing should be number one." Zhuo Yibai reminded, "I saw him come out of His Majesty's tent just now, so I must have won."

Ye Zhaoyan's calm expression was a little shaken. She had expected the possibility that King Qing won the first class and begged Emperor Donglin for a marriage, and she had also figured out how to deal with it.For some reason, hearing Zhuo Yibai's reminder at this moment, her heart became tense for no reason.

"How's Mr. Zhuo's harvest?" Ji Sinian asked suddenly.

"Around the top five."

"I put my prey together with Mr. Zhuo, will I be able to enter the top three?"

Zhuo Yibai's eyes flickered, and he gave him a serious look, "If there is no accident, it should be second. It is precisely for this reason that I came to you."

Ye Zhaoyan also instantly realized their plan.

Soon, the two completed the delivery behind a hidden bush.The Ji family's participation in the hunt was originally invited by the Tang family, and they were not members of the Jindu family. Even if most of the prey was lost after private bartering, no one paid attention.More importantly, apart from being used by Emperor Donglin, the remaining purpose of this autumn hunting is just to provide an opportunity for the royal family and first-class aristocratic families, so that Emperor Donglin can use this name to make some icing on the cake.

On the surface it is a fair ratio, but in fact, which family would dare to compete with King Qing and Princess Nanyue.

Before it was over, everyone already knew the general result. Naturally, no one would have thought that there would be a Ji family far away in the south of the Yangtze River who would dare to join hands with the young master of the Zhuo Palace to win the second place.

Soon the top three of Autumn Hunting came out, followed by King Qing, Zhuo Yibai, and Kunyu.

As soon as the news came out, the entire hunting ground was in an uproar.

A little-known young master from Zhuo Wang's mansion actually squeezed out the Nanyue princess and took the second place.

While the crowd marveled at his bravery and ignorance, they also speculated that if it was purely about riding and archery, this young master of the Zhuo family seemed to be better than blue. After all, King Zhuo did not come from a family of generals, but he gave birth to such a son.

This small turmoil was quickly broken up by the appearance of Emperor Donglin. Under the summoning of Emperor Donglin, King Qing brought a group of subordinates to meet.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Donglin glanced around with a gentle smile, and finally his eyes fell on King Qing and Zhuo Yibai, "I see that this year's autumn hunting is quite abundant, and you two have made great contributions."

(End of this chapter)