Chapter 55: The Flying Arrow Injures Someone

  Chu Qiyan's face didn't look too good, she glanced at Chu Youyang and Yanling Jun who were following slowly at the back of the group with the corner of her eye, saying: "What's wrong?"

  This sentence is naturally said to Chu Lingyun.

  "What's wrong?" Chu Lingyun asked back.

  "Are you still hiding from me?" Chu Qiyan said, suppressing the fire in her heart. "You suddenly decided to follow me today, just because you knew he was here?"

  Chu Lingyun has always been very proud of herself. While others see this trip to the imperial palace as a rare opportunity to broaden their horizons, she doesn't think so.

  Chu Qiyan's ability to see through worldly affairs made Chu Lingyue somewhat apprehensive, her expression slightly uneasy as she turned her head to glance behind her, saying coldly, "This Lord Yanling has only been in the capital for a few days. Don't you think the relationship between these two is quite subtle?"

  On horseback, Chu Xiangyang and Yanling Jun rode side by side, the scene was extremely harmonious, but in her eyes, it was unbearably piercing.

  Although Yanling Jun's care for Chu Jiongyang was indeed a bit too much, these words came from Chu Lingyun's mouth.

  How could Zhu Qiyan not know this, it's just an excuse she uses to comfort herself?

  "Just then he didn't say anything else, just said 'Let's go! This person's background isn't clear yet, things like today, it's better to avoid them in the future.'"

  Chu Lingyun let out a cold laugh through her nose, seemingly unconvinced.

  Seeing Zuo and Yang approaching on horseback, she deliberately slowed down her horse's pace to wait for the two to catch up.

  Chu Qiyan turned around and saw that she had to put on a smile and chat with Chu Xiangyang: "How is it? Is there any chance of winning this competition?"

  "Looks like Su Junzhu is determined to win, I'll just do my best. " Chu Jinyang casually flicked the horse whip in his hand and then looked up, shifting his gaze to Chu Lingyun, "Anle sister doesn't often ride horses, be careful when we enter the woods later."

  "Isn't Yanling also not familiar with this place?" Chu Lingyun raised an eyebrow, her tone laced with a hint of provocation as she suggested, "If you're worried that you might not be able to take care of yourself later, why don't the four of us travel together? It would be convenient for us to look out for each other."

  "No need!" Chu Youyang shrugged, his bright eyes darting to the side as he glanced at Yanling Jun beside him. "We agreed on pairs, if we team up, it wouldn't be fair to others, let's just go our separate ways!"

  Having said that, he cracked his whip and rode off first.

  Yanling Jun and Zhu Qiyan exchanged a slight nod with each other, then mounted their horses and followed.

  As two people entered the woods one after another, the person in front had already dispersed and walked away.

  Chu Youyang didn't rush either, strolling along a small path in the woods at a leisurely pace.

  Yanling Jun walked alongside her, about half a horse's length away, and asked on his own initiative, "Have you had any conflicts with those two brothers?"

  The trees in this area are sparse, and it's autumn, with fallen leaves all over the ground. The fine golden sunlight filters through the branches and shines on the two people, casting a warm and mottled glow.

  "It's not worth it!" Chu Yan said, raising his hand to receive some sunlight in his palm, and pouting his mouth. "It's just that the opposing stance is destined from birth, so we'll just maintain a superficial harmony, both of us knowing what's going on in each other's hearts, why bother wasting more time and energy?"

  Chu Qiyan and her father have ambitions to seize power, they are their own political enemies, one day it will be a life-and-death struggle between the winner and the loser.

  Indeed, Chu Xiangyang's dislike of Chu Qiyan was also mixed with factors from their past lives, but these were things she couldn't speak to others about.

  Yanling Jun heard the perfunctory tone in her words, but didn't pursue it further.

  The two of them chatted about Chu Yi Jian's illness as they walked a bit further, when Chu Mo Yang suddenly changed the subject, his expression serious. "What are you following me for? You've just entered the imperial court and your foundation is unstable. If you recklessly wade into this muddy water, it would be easy for people to label you as being in league with the Eastern Palace. This isn't a good thing for you."

  "It doesn't matter, I wasn't expecting to be enfeoffed or appointed as a high-ranking official anyway." Yanling Jun said in a soft voice, his tone completely nonchalant. "If the Emperor and the Imperial Harem become wary of me because of this and prohibit me from entering the palace gates to take their pulse and ask about their illness, I would instead be grateful to you."

  Chu Youyang's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he turned his head to look at him, "Earlier you said you came to visit Old Lady Chen, but now you've entered the Imperial Medical Office. Is this your plan to stay here for an extended period?"

  She asked casually, with a straightforward expression in her eyes.

  Two people, four eyes meet.

  The expression on Yanling Jun's face, which had always been carefree and natural, suddenly became awkward at this moment.

  "Chu Nanyang——" He opened his mouth, and his Adam's apple moved up and down slightly. A hint of tension also seeped into his tone, "Actually I——"

  Just as they were halfway through their conversation, they heard Su and Wei's excited screams coming from the depths of the forest in front of them. "Quick! Run that way! Chase after him, quick!"

  A snow-white nine-tailed fox suddenly darted out from the chaotic scene.

  That little thing is also extremely agile, seeing someone blocking the way, it immediately flashed into a bush on the left.

  Horses' hooves were in disarray, trampling on the withered branches and leaves on the ground, as they gathered from afar, occasionally accompanied by the sound of cold arrows piercing the air.

  "Here!" Yanling Jun's eyes narrowed, just about to lean over to protect Chu Jiongyang, but Chu Jiongyang was a step ahead of him, already grabbing the bow and arrow quiver hanging from the saddle.

  At the same time

  From the dense forest in front of him, a cold arrow with a chilling glow was already flying towards him, swift and powerful, with precise direction, straight at Chu Jianyang's heart.

  Unexpectedly

  It was an outright assassination.

  Chu Youyang's eyes turned cold, and he slid down from his horse.

  Yanling Jun was also decisive and resolute, with a steady hand he grasped the arrow that came at him with great force in his palm.

  The residual force of the arrow tail shook his hand back, and the blue veins burst out, but it gave Chu Jinyang a crucial counterattack time.

  Chu Youyang had already spotted the assassin's exact position as he fell to the ground, and shot an arrow back in the direction of the incoming dark arrow.

  The archer hiding in the tree let out a muffled groan, fell from high above, and thudded to the ground with a splat, quickly staining the ground beneath him with a large patch of blood.

  Yanling Jun dismounted and turned around, just in time to hear Chu Yuanyang calling out to him from a distance, "Give me back that arrow!"

  Yanling Jun's reaction was extremely quick, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she already understood her intentions, throwing the feather arrow in her hand far away.

  Chu Youyang drew his bow and shot again, the movement swift and decisive. He fired a second arrow at the horsemen rushing towards him!

  It's nothing new for someone to be secretly injured by a stray arrow on the hunting ground. Whoever encounters it can only consider themselves unlucky.

  That group of people was led by Su Wei, and Chu Sunyang's archery skills were not inferior to those of Yanling Jun.

  This arrow will not be shot in vain.

  She has good luck in Zhoucheng Yang's fortune-telling.

  Jiangsu and Anhui are inseparable!

  Digression

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