Chapter 109: Can Rescue (Second Update)

In the midst of the cold winter, even the rising sun offers no warmth.
These flimsy huts cannot shield against the mountain wind, and the strong cold breeze gently tousled Gu Yanfei's hair, causing a few strands to fall onto her eyes.
Gu Yanfei seemed oblivious.
How did Yu Chaoyun arrive in the capital at this time?!
Yu Chaoyun is Fang Mingfeng's cousin, the niece of the British Lady Yu's family.
In the last life, Yu Chaoyun arrived in the capital in February of the following year and specifically went to the Marquis Dingyuan's mansion to pay respects to Lady Gu.
At that time, Yu Chaoyun took the initiative to show kindness, saying that she had no sisters and felt an instant connection with Lady Gu.
The big maidservant of Yu Chaoyun whispered to herself that Yu Chaoyun lost her mother when she was one year old. Her father remarried and outsiders thought her stepmother was virtuous, but in reality she was sarcastic and cruel, making Yu Chaoyun's life difficult.
When I was younger, I thought I shared the same suffering with Yu Chaoyun and regarded her as a close friend. However, I never expected that when I finally managed to free my seriously injured older brother from the hellish Gu family, Yu Chaoyun would ruthlessly stab me in the back, completely cutting off my last escape route...
The pain experienced in the previous life surged again and hit Gu Yanfei's face, and he felt his heart beating fiercely like boiling water. His eyes became bloodshot.
"Miss Yu." Someone called out to Yu Chaoyun.
Yu Chaoyun turned her head at the sound. The pair of pearl earrings the size of lotus seeds on her ears swayed with the movement, while the butterfly necklace made of red gold and inlaid with precious stones on her neck shimmered in the sunlight. The two pairs of delicate butterfly wings, inlaid with seven treasures and as thin as cicada wings, trembled slightly as if a pair of real colorful butterflies had landed on her shoulder.
Wen Jiaoniang, Lu Qin, and others watched this scene dumbfounded, and there was no movement for a while.
"Wow!" The girl in blue exclaimed softly, pointing at Yu Chaoyun's hairpin, "The necklace she's wearing is the signature piece from Jinpin Zhai this season!"
"And her clothing fabric should be Yunjin!"
“……”
"Look, the tea bowl she's using should be a Jiaoyu black-glazed rabbit hair cup..."
The girls gathered and chatted incessantly, while the young men couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Wei Jiaoniang frowned her delicate eyebrows and whispered disdainfully to Gu Yanfei, "These so-called prestigious families love to put on airs!"
"Dressed like this, how could they look like they're here for hunting?"
"If we are not hunting, what are we doing in the hunting ground?"
"You watch, they will definitely complain about the strong bloody smell and criticize us as coarse and cruel, going on and on."
The touch of blood in Gu Yanfei's eyes has been suppressed, restoring its original clarity and transparency. His gaze lightly swept over those elegant and graceful high-born ladies.
They were engrossed in their conversation, not once glancing at the people around them or appearing to care about the gazes directed at them.
Some people were whispering, some were burning incense, some were pouring tea, and others were complaining about the strong wind here and instructing their maidservants to fetch a folding screen...
Among the other young men who were dressed in flashy attire, these few elegant and refined young ladies stood out from the crowd like they had accidentally wandered onto the wrong stage, not fitting in at all.
"If you want to divide the tea, go home and do it. Why bother with such extravagance in this remote forest!" Wei Jiaoniang couldn't help but mutter again.
"Jiaoniang, you just don't understand." The girl in blue pulled Wei Jiaoniang over and whispered, "The drunken man's intention is not in the wine."
A few shrewd individuals nearby also detected a hint of flavor from these noble ladies of prestigious families. They exchanged meaningful glances in pairs, biting their lips and laughing discreetly.
"Oh right!" Road Qin, who had been dispirited for a while, quickly perked up again, raised her index finger, and crisply said, "There's one more thing you all don't know, right?"
"The third prince Bai Liyin from the country of Yue will also come today."
The little girl waited to see the surprised expressions of everyone, but once again, she was disappointed.
The young man in cyan clothes clicked his tongue and almost said it out loud, is this it?
Lu Qin looked listless again, Wei JiaoNiang laughed heartily and said, "Forget about them, let's just do our own thing."
"So, how do you guys want to compete this year?"
Every winter, they would come to Shanglin Park for winter hunting, it can be said to be a tradition. However, this year there are suddenly more noble women who didn't come in previous years.
"How about hunting wolves?" The young gentleman in a green robe swung his whip and eagerly expressed his interest.
"Wolf meat is too tough." Lu Qin objected, "What about bears? I want to eat bear paws."
"Hunting bears is too dangerous, not good, not good."
"Let's hunt tigers..."
Everyone expressed their opinions lively and enthusiastically.
Finally, Wei Jiaoniang decisively slapped the table and said, "Tigers come first, wolves come second."
That is to say, whoever hunts down a tiger is the leader of this winter hunt. If no one hunts a tiger, then the leader is the wolf hunter.
Everyone has no objection. Then, Luqin continued with great enthusiasm, "What is the bonus..."
Halfway through the conversation, it abruptly stopped.
Lu Qin's gaze fell straight ahead, her eyes roving around, and she grinned as she clapped her hands, suggesting, "Darling, how about getting the Crown Prince to decide the theme?"
Everyone was startled, and then heard an excited whisper in front:
"It's the Grand Prince, Your Highness."
There was a commotion around, followed by a silence.
All the sounds seemed to be sucked away, and everyone's gaze turned to the sound at the same time.
Just as the direction where the sun rises, a group of around seventeen or eighteen people is galloping towards this side with great momentum.
The most prominent figure among the group is the young nobleman riding a white horse at the forefront, who is none other than Chu Yi.
The radiant sunshine poured down, coating him with a faint golden halo, enhancing his elegant and ethereal temperament. He was as refreshing as a gentle breeze and as sparkling as the moonlight.
Chuyi was dressed in a silver-thread embroidered moon-white riding suit. As he galloped on his horse, his gleaming garments fluttered in the wind, creating a heavenly appearance as if they were riding on clouds.
Together with Chu Yi, there is a young man in his twenties, with a handsome face and a dark complexion. He has broad shoulders and a narrow waist, wearing a narrow-sleeved blue robe with a turned-down collar. He is riding a sleek black horse with four white hooves.
The sound of galloping hooves of "dede" echoed in the mountains, startling a group of birds in the forest, with a few feathers floating down occasionally.
The people on the open ground all stood up and respectfully greeted.
Under the intense gazes of the crowd, Chu Yi and his team got closer and closer, finally pulling the reins tight when they were just a dozen yards away, and the horses stopped neighing incessantly.
"Ah." Behind, Prince Kang, Chu You, stopped his horse about half a horse's length away from Chu Yi.
Chu You had been gazing at Chu Yi, his expression calm, stern, and solemn, except that his slightly tense hand back revealed that he was not as calm as he appeared.
The black horse under him seemed to sense its owner's mood, breathing heavily.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
The people in front bowed respectfully to Chu Yixing, their voices in unison, causing three or five birds to flutter and make noise.
其中一只麻雀展翅在顾燕飞的头上飞快地掠过，一侧翅膀似乎轻轻地擦过了她的发髻。
马上的楚翊一眼就看到了人群中的顾燕飞，唇角翘了翘。
Today, Gu Yanfei is wearing a lavender embroidered purple wisteria high-neck narrow-sleeved riding outfit, with deer skin short boots. Her thick and fluffy green hair is styled in a simple bun, with only a white jade plum blossom hairpin inserted diagonally on top, without any other accessories. The two red plum blossoms at the end of the hairpin are vibrant and dripping under the touch of sunlight.
Chu Yi's gentle gaze fell on the plum blossom hairpin, lingering and gently turning, becoming even warmer in his eyes.
Gu Yanfei flashed a bright smile at Chu Yi, with a shallow smile in her eyes, as a way of greeting.
Chu Yi lifted his right hand, as if responding to something, and said lightly to the crowd, "No need for formalities."
Chu You followed Chu Yi's gaze and also saw Gu Yanfei. He squinted his narrow hawk-like eyes, and his gaze was fixed on the white jade plum blossom hairpin on Gu Yanfei's head.
What is this...
Chu You's pupils contracted slightly, and his gaze gradually became deep.
Others may not recognize this plum blossom hairpin, but Chu You does.
This hairpin is called "Plum Blossom Hairpin" and was carved by the Emperor Taizu himself, presented to the Empress Taizu. When the late Emperor married Empress Yuanhou of the Liu family, the Empress Taizu presented this Plum Blossom Hairpin to Liu.
When Chu You was six years old, he saw a portrait of the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace, wearing this Tilting Plum Hairpin on her head. The expression of loss on her face deeply engraved in Chu You's young heart at that time.
Chu You knows that the Queen Mother also wanted the Qingshan Hairpin, but the Qingshan Hairpin was already given to the Crown Prince Chu Qi by the deceased Princess Liu.
Obviously, Chu Qi passed it on to Chu Yi.
But Chu Yi actually gave it to Gu Yanfei?!
Chu You's brow twitched and unconsciously pulled on the reins.
The horse paced with iron hooves, emitting a low neigh.
Chu You suddenly realized it and couldn't help but think of the last time he was with Yuan Zhe, when he saw Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei together in Qiongfang Pavilion's elegant seat on the street.
He originally thought that the most between Chu Yi and her would be something like "adding fragrance to the red sleeves, going out with beauty", but Chu Yi unexpectedly gave away even the possessions of the Empress Dowager.
Could it be that there is more to their relationship than meets the eye?!
Chu You scrutinized the girl in front of him, whom he had once despised.
After a moment, his gaze shifted from Gu Yan Fei to Chu Yi, and his expression changed, showing a touch of understanding, a hint of disdain, and a trace of contemplation.
At this moment, when thinking about what Jinger had told him, Chuyou suddenly felt a clear understanding. Certain scattered pearls finally connected together...
A storm surged in his eyes as veins bulged on the back of his hand, and his body tightened.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, you have arrived just in time," Wei Jiaoniang stepped forward with a smiling face, and courteously bowed to Chu Yi.
As a member of a prestigious family, even in the presence of so many people, she still carried herself with grace and dignity.
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