Detective Ghost Empress

359 A valiant hunt

Zhai Tianyu did not say anything regarding this weird habit of his wife, he was sure that the queen had her own reasons for digging that grave which was hidden in the forest. But what made him wonder was whether the attack happened on Liu Hui Ying because she was the queen of the imperial family or did it happen because she was digging that rabbit’s grave but why would anyone care for a small rabbit’s grave?

Behind him, he heard Yu Lingyun say in a terrified sort of voice, ” I feel like there is a chance that the queen is thinking of throwing the throne off with an army of dead rabbits.”

His words caused Zhai Tianyu and Zhai Heng to turn around and look at him with matching expressions of disbelief on their face.

” Are you serious? Lingyun, rabbit army really?” Zhai Heng mused as he looked at his dear friend who looked like he was simply terrified of the idea of an army of dead rabbits.

” You have no idea how vicious, rabbits can be!” Yu Lingyun insisted as he looked at Zhai Heng and Zhai Tianyu. ” There was this one time a rabbit attacked me and it almost tore my finger off, just think what will happen if an army was to attack us? Don’t you remember it too Zhai Heng? Your toe was also clipped by that rabbit!”

With a reminiscent look on his face, Zhai Heng nodded and agreed with a hesitating voice, ” You are right, rabbits can be rather scary as well.”

” You see?” Yu Lingyun pointed at Zhai Heng causing Zhai Tianyu’s expression to turn even more sullen.

Zhai Tianyu continued to stare at the courageous general of his army and chuckled before turning to look away with a sobbing expression. ” This is the people that I raised and I dream of taking over the imperial city with them…” It would be good enough if these people do not sell his pants off if they get threatened by rabbits!

Maybe he should just stick close to Liu Hui Ying even if she was raising an army of dead rabbits, he will cling to her thighs asking her to make him, the general of her army. And the first thing he will do will be send that army after these two idiots!

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Liu Hui Ying on the other hand did not know that suddenly the three men came up with a ridiculous theory. With Nanny Gong and Little Ai, she arrived at the hunting grounds where the hunting ceremony was going to be held.

She looked at the small stage that was fixed in the middle of the hunting grounds and then turned her eyes to look at the burning torches that were sitting on the stand made of bamboo sticks on all four sides of the stage, a small staircase was situated in front of the stage.

From the looks of it, it did look like it was some solemn ceremony.

She turned to look at Nanny Gang and asked, ” What do I need to do here?”

Now that she was going to do this thing, she might as well do it properly such that she will be able to get a comfortable bed in her bedroom. Her back was still aching from the last night’s activities, throughout the entire time she was rolling on the ground after being kicked out by Witch Mao from the bed when she tried to sneak into her bed at the last moment!

” You just need to read the speech with all your vigour after his majesty hunts a deer valiantly, your majesty!” Nanny Gong told Liu Hui Ying with a smile on her face, seemingly looking rather happy that the young miss was finally willing to listen to her.

She paused and then added with a solemn voice, ” And please do not do that vulgar dance on the stage, it’s a very solemn ceremony.”

” All right, all right,” Liu Hui Ying waved her hand to wave aside the worry of Nanny Gong who was harping at the. Top of her head which made her slightly annoyed, she might be a bit unserious about the entire thing but she was not going to do anything shameful when the ceremony looked like it was rather serious.

She still knew what tact was!

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The ceremony of the autumn hunt was said to be held because it was believed that this ceremony blessed the imperial city with a vast and abundant amount of food in the winter when the number of grains was lacking.

This was why everyone was rather solemn while preparing for the ceremony even Liu Hui Ying was info teed by their solemn attitude and straightened up her spine as she waited for Zhai Tianyu to come such that the ceremony could begin.

Zhai Tianyu took his sweet time before arriving but then again, he had to change his clothes which were dirty from the ride. Seeing him like change his clothes and his golden crown which looked heavier than hers after arriving at the hunting grounds, Liu Hui Ying turned to look at Nanny Gong and asked in a rather sullen voice, ” Why couldn’t I have done the same?”

Nanny Gong only glanced at her with a soft expression and then said in a slightly cold voice, ” Because you are a woman, your majesty. You will have to jump down in the yellow river if one was to peep at you while you were changing your clothes here, which is why it is better to be safer than sorry.”

Liu Hui Ying looked at the woman speechlessly, this woman even sent her to her bath with a transparent robe on her body, was this woman saying that she would have to jump in the yellow river just because someone saw her bare ankles or maybe wrists? Because there was no way anyone was seeing anything more!

She stayed silent for a long time and then stated” Man, you all are hardcore, aren’t you?”

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