An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1403 Hunting

In the end, there were a lot of things for Qian Zhuo to prepare. Although most of the things were trivial,

it did take her a lot of time to organise and implement.

It was not until the forth of September that Yun Shang memorised all the documents brought to her by

Qian Zhuo.

With a thoughtful grin on her beautiful face, Yun Shang handed the pamphlet to Qian Zhuo. In the past

a few days, Qian Zhuo was really impressed by Yun Shang's speed of memorising things. Now she

was very calm when she saw the pamphlet coming her way. She simply asked in a low voice, "As

usual, I shall burn it, right?"

"Yes."

She fetched a fire pot, burned the pamphlet in front of Yun Shang. Then she quickly stirred the ashes

with a stick, poured a cup of water into the pot, and then handed the whole thing to Pei Lan for

disposal.

"I haven't heard anything about Xia Houjing recently," she said to Yun Shang, her voice was rather

concerned. "His majesty and your majesty are leaving Jin City with many officials soon. Shouldn't Xia

Houjing take this opportunity to walk around and warn his spies in the court?"

Yun Shang took another book in her hand. Hearing what Qian Zhuo said, she slightly smiled and

replied, "Well, he might have done it already, we just don't know yet."

Seeing Qian Zhuo's confused look, she explained patiently, "Last time, because of the poison attack,

his whereabouts were exposed in the brothel, along with the officials who went to see him that day. He

definitely didn't dare to use them anymore. Now his power is getting weaker, so he has to be cautious.

His majesty is still in Jin city. Xia Houjing is afraid that he will expose himself and doesn't dare to go out

easily. Even if he wants to meet someone, he will definitely choose a more suitable place. A place

where accidents happen anyhow, he will be able to suppress them without any mistake."

Qian Zhuo thought what Yun Shang said was reasonable, she nodded, "You're right, your highness."

Yun Shang picked up a rasin from the table beside her and casually put it into her mouth. She then

continued, "It doesn't matter. He is afraid of the emperor now, so it's normal for him to be cautious. As

soon as his majesty and I leave the city, he will probably start to act boldly and presumptuously."

Qian Zhuo nodded, but there was a bit of worry in her eyes. She murmured, "I just don't know what will

happen to Jin city if his majesty and your majesty are not here anymore."

Yun Shang replied with a smile, "Let him mess it up. I should be more worried that he doesn't take any

action once we depart. I don't want him to think that we leave the city on purpose to deal with him.

It's a good thing for us if he actually tries his best to fight for his survival. It will be absolutely a good

chance for us to kill him and his alliance in one go. However, if he doesn't take the bait, our efforts will

be in vain."

Yun Shang lowered her head and thought for a while. She also felt that such a situation was unlikely to

happen. She looked at Qian Zhuo, her voice was quite confirmative, "He has prepared for so long and

failed so many times. It's not easy for him to get this rare opportunity. If he doesn't take any action this

time, I'm afraid that he will never have such a good opportunity in the future. Therefore, he will seize

this opportunity at any cost."

Qian Zhuo agreed with a determined nod, "I think so, too."

On the ninth of September, Luo Qingyan took Yun Shang with him and they paid a visit to His Former

Majesty and Her Former Majesty. They had a pleasant small get-together. On the morning of the

second day, they left Jin city with a lavish parade of servants.

"What are you looking at? Something nice? You've been looking out of the carriage since we departed."

As Yun Shang gently lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out of the window, she heard Luo

Qingyan's voice behind her. He sounded rather bitter.

Yun Shang didn't put down the curtain, instead, she turned around and smiled at Luo Qingyan, "It

suddenly occurred to me that I rarely looked at the scenery of the State of Xia in such a leisurely way.

It's interesting to enjoy the scenery in this way."

Of course, Luo Qingyan understood what Yun Shang meant. She had left Jin city before and went to

other part of the state, but every time she had something serious to deal with, she always came and

went in a hurry, leaving no time for herself to enjoy the views along the way. Occasionally, she had to

be on guard against someone scheming in the dark, she didn't have time to care about the beautiful

scenery of the state.

Although she had to leave for the State of Yelang this time, she still had some free time for herself from

Jin city to the temporary imperial palace.

"What do you mean?" Luo Qingyan asked, he didn't realize that his voice was too gentle.

Yun Shang cast a profound glance out of the window before she put down the curtain of the carriage.

She then sat straight and gave him a gentle smile, "On this day, I saw yellow leaves along the way out

of Jin City."

Before Yun Shang could finish her words, Luo Qingyan nodded and said, "It's already September. The

leaves should turn yellow."

Yun Shang rolled her eyes at Luo Qingyan and chuckled, "Your Majesty, if you want to ask me what I

saw, you should listen to me carefully."

Luo Qingyan grinned, "Ah, you are right. What else did you see besides the leaves?"

"I also saw a flock of birds flying in the middle of the sky, heading to the south. People busy with

harvest in the field, cattle eating grass leisurely on the grass, and small children flying kites, their

laughter could be heard miles away."

Luo Qingyan nodded. 'It is indeed getting cold, naturally, the birds should fly south, ' thought he. It was

the season of autumn harvest. It was normal for farmers to collect crops. However, the cattle and

sheep wouldn't enjoy the grass much. After all, the grass had begun to wither, so it must not be

delicious for the herd. He agreed with her that the weather was good, clear and windy, indeed suitable

for flying kites.

However, Luo Qingyan still didn't understand why Yun Shang had been watching these things so

carefully.

As if she could read his mind, Yun Shang smiled and continued, "Life is good. I just feel that it is so

wonderful that our people live and work in peace. I don't know if it's because this is the first day I leave

Jin City."

Luo Qingyan remained silent for a moment and said in a low voice, "Under the nose of the emperor,

officials don't dare to go too far. The citizens living around Jin City are usually the most comfortable

people in the State of Xia."

Yun Shang nodded, "I thought so. I think we should observe the well-being of our people all the way

south and see that once it's getting farther and farther away from Jin City, their lives are still equally

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Once we are farther and farther away from Jin City and the people's life is obviously getting worse,

then we should reflect on ourselves and find a way to solve such a problem."

Luo Qingyan lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea from his cup and replied, "Yes."

His agreement made Yun Shang smile, she playfully lifted the curtain again and asked, "The sun is

about to set and it's almost dark. Where are we going to rest tonight?"

"Tavern." Luo Qingyan replied casually, "I've sent someone to do the set up. We'll arrive in half an hour

and can check in straight away."

Yun Shang was happy with his arrangement, she smiled sweetly and replied, "Good."

Just as Luo Qingyan had told her, half an hour later, they arrived at a well-decorated tavern by the

road. Luo Qingyan helped Yun Shang get off the carriage and she instantly saw a lot of people kneeling

by the gate, greeting her warmly, "Your Majesty, welcome."