Chapter 1311: He’s Awake?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
As Xue Wufu stared at Fu Ying’s sleeping face, he slowly felt sleepy and drifted to sleep.
The next day, Fu Ying wore archery attire. Xue Wufu also changed into clothes suitable for riding a horse and doing archery. They planned to go out and play at the hunting ground outside the city.
Xue Wufu was jumping for joy. He did not plan to wait for Fu Ying. Once he put on his clothes, he wanted to rush out. However, Fu Ying pulled him back and gave him a silver mask.
“What are you doing?” Xue Wufu did not understand.
“Put it on. You’re Ni Dingyuan now.”
“Oh, oh.” Only then did Xue Wufu hurriedly put on his mask, covering most of his face. His figure was similar to Ni Dingyuan’s. Even if those who knew Ni Dingyuan saw him, they would not be able to recognize that he was not Ni Dingyuan.
It was not until he tightened the strap on the mask that Fu Ying was willing to let him run around like a monkey.
The moment Xue Wufu rushed out of the bedroom, he mounted a horse.
“Stinky girl, hurry up!” Xue Wufu waved. The moment he mounted his horse, he shouted at Fu Ying, who had yet to come out of the room.
Fu Ying was not in a hurry to come out. Instead, she ordered her men to pa.s.s down the imperial edict that all the civil and military officials should go to the hunting ground immediately.
When they left the palace, Xue Wufu found out that the civil and military officials of Beicheng wanted to play together.
After Fu Ying ascended the throne, her first decree was from a last-minute idea she had. She asked the civil and military officials to put down the national affairs at hand and accompany her and her male consort to the hunting ground as required. It was a ridiculous decree.
When Fu Xu heard this decree, he was overjoyed. He felt that everything was developing according to his plans.
Just as Fu Xu received the decree, he changed into his attire, and mounted his horse. Before he could leave, a servant suddenly came to report. “Your Highness, there’s some bad news. The beggar locked in the woodshed is missing. The lock has been broken. Someone must have rescued him. He has an accomplice!”
“Preposterous! I’ve been fooled!” Fu Xu was furious. “Search everywhere for him! Find who took him and tear them into pieces!”
The servants hurriedly agreed and brought people to look for the beggar. However, they could not find the figure of the beggar no matter where they looked, let alone the beggar’s accomplices whom they had never seen before.
The Empress’s first decree was something as silly as this. In just a short while, the Imperial City was in an uproar. Without anyone coming to report the news, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan already heard about it from commoners around the place.
When they were eating in the inn’s lobby, they heard the other guests talking about it with relish and delight.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan just looked at each other and did not say anything.
After having breakfast in the lobby, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan went out of the inn for a stroll.
After strolling on the street for a while, one of their people, disguised as a commoner, pa.s.sed by them and said to them in a voice that only they could hear, “He’s awake.”
Knowing that the beggar had woken up, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan acknowledged the man and walked ahead. Then, they turned at the fork in front and went to the courtyard where the beggar was hidden.
When the beggar heard that they had saved him, he immediately wanted to get off the bed and express his grat.i.tude, but they quickly stopped him.
Xue Yan helped him lie back down.
“When you recover, our people will send you out of the city,” said Jiang Yue.
“Alright, alright. Thank you, thank you.” The beggar quickly agreed, feeling grateful. He also knew that Prince Xu would not let him off. Only by leaving the city could he live.
“We have some things we want to ask you. We hope you can tell us honestly.”