Chapter 1066 Question

Chapter 1066: Question Chapter 1066: Question Editor: Atlas Studios “Why are you in front of me?” Qi Xiuyuan reined in his horse and glanced behind them.

He couldn’t remember when these two had surpassed him and come here.

Qi Haoran said smugly, “Ah Ling took a detour and brought us here.

Royal Brother, seeing as it’s getting late, let’s exit via another route.

It’ll be about time when we return to the camp.” Seeing his smug look, Qi Xiuyuan could not help but ask, “Was it a fruitful hunt?” “Of course.” They had been walking deep into the mountains along the way.

There were more prey than in the periphery, and they were also larger.

Naturally, it was a fruitful hunt.

Qi Xiuyuan was the Emperor, so he didn’t have to compete with his subordinates and merely hunted according to his mood.

He took out a pocket watch from his pocket and looked at the time before agreeing to return to camp.

Qi Haoran looked at the pocket watch in his hand with his mouth agape.

Qi Xiuyuan couldn’t help but look down on his brother.

“This is from your factory.

Don’t say that you don’t have one.

This one was given to me by your wife.

I heard that it cost a lot of money.

In the entire Great Qi, no one else has a pocket watch of the same design.” Mu Yangling immediately said, “Of course, the one presented to Royal Brother has to be unique.

This design was designed by Royal Sister-in-law.

Hers has the design of a phoenix, which makes a nice pair with yours.” Li Jinghua had commissioned the factory to customize this.

Mu Yangling didn’t want to accept the money, but Li Jinghua said that this was her birthday gift to the Emperor.

If she didn’t accept it, it would be difficult to tell who the gift was from.

Seeing that she was the type who was happy spending money, Mu Yangling got someone to quote a high price.

Li Jinghua was very happy when she heard that and used her own dowry to pay for the watches.

However, this pair of pocket watches was indeed very laborious, with the engraving of the dragons and phoenixes on the back alone taking half a year.

It took a full eight months to make this pair of pocket watches from start to finish.

During this period, all the defective prototypes were destroyed.

When Qi Haoran heard that his Royal Sister-in-law had gone through so much trouble to give Qi Xiuyuan a gift, he couldn’t help but look at Mu Yangling.

Even though he also received gifts from Ah Ling on his birthday every year, she’d never put so much thought into a gift before.

He couldn’t help but feel jealous.

Seeing that he kept turning to look at her on the way back, Mu Yangling couldn’t help but ask curiously, “What’s wrong?” Qi Haoran sounded dejected.

“I’m fine.” Qi Xiuyuan pursed his lips at the side.

He usually showed off his affection all the time, but now he was looking dejected and all?

Amused, Qi Xiuyuan lost interest in hunting.

Seeing that his sister-in-law was chasing after prey, he pulled Qi Haoran aside and spared no effort in telling him how considerate the Empress was and how well she treated him.

Qi Haoran pursed his lips and said, “Big Brother, I know that Sister-in-law treats you well, so you should treat her even better.

In the future, if the courtiers ask you to hold an Imperial Concubine selection again, you ought to reject them.

Otherwise, no matter how magnanimous Sister-in-law is, she will still be sad if she keeps having to take care of your mistresses.” Qi Xiuyuan: “…” Seeing that it was finally quiet, Qi Haoran was about to heave a sigh of relief when he saw Qi Xiuyuan nod seriously and say, “You’re right.

I won’t hold an Imperial Concubine selection anymore.” Startled, Qi Haoran stole a glance at him and asked softly, “Big Brother, are you angry?” Qi Xiuyuan glanced at him and let the horse slowly move forward.

“Why should I be angry?

I have six sons and a daughter now.

That’s enough.

With more women in the harem, there will be more disputes.

At my age, it’s enough to have your Royal Sister-in-law accompany me.” Qi Haoran pursed his lips.

“Big Brother, you’re not even 40 years old.

If you call yourself old now, what will happen in another ten years?” Qi Xiuyuan glared at him and provoked him.

“I’m saying that going forward, I’ll leave the task of adding more offspring to the Qi family to you.

Do you want me to bestow you with a few beauties…” “Big Brother!” Qi Haoran looked around nervously.

Seeing that Mu Yangling was not back, he lowered his voice and said, “Big Brother, I have four sons now, and they’re all legitimate sons.

Which family in the capital has more legitimate sons than me?

I refuse to take concubines!” “Then behave yourself.

If you cause trouble again, I’ll bestow upon you a few beauties.” When Qi Haoran thought of his and Mu Yangling’s plan, he involuntarily shrunk his neck.

He couldn’t help but lay the groundwork.

“Big Brother, the three armies have already formulated a plan.

However, if we can form a special army and cross over from the west side of Taihang Mountain to directly take down their Governor’s Residence and open the pass, we can at least reduce the time by 50%.” Speaking of serious matters, Qi Xiuyuan also became serious.

He thought about the topography there and nodded.

“But as it’s sparsely populated there, it’s very difficult for the soldiers to pass through there.

If they get lost in the mountains, the consequences will be unimaginable.” Qi Haoran said, “We can just find a good guide.” Qi Xiuyuan glanced at him and said, “If there was really such a guide, Great Jin wouldn’t have had to spend so much effort when they attacked Great Zhou back then.

Haoran, don’t think of taking a shortcut.

Since the situation now is advantageous to us, it’s more important to do it the slow and steady way.

Although launching a surprise attack can work wonders, it depends on luck.” Qi Haoran nodded.

Although he had this plan, the battlefield was still focused on the front.

Otherwise, even if their elite troops reached the back of Great Jin, they would still be surrounded.

Unless he was confident, he would not do such a thing.

Relieved, Qi Xiuyuan pointed at the commotion in front and said, “Let’s go.

Ah Ling has caught quite a few prey.

By the way, the two of you have to count your prey separately.

Otherwise, it will be too unfair to others.” Both of them were very aggressive, especially Mu Yangling.

Along the way, she did not miss her shots, and none of the animals she caught up to managed to escape.

The two brothers met up with Mu Yangling in front and returned to the camp together.

In the afternoon, it was time to count the prey.

Mu Yangling returned to the tent to take a shower and change into clean clothes.

Qi Haoran was sitting cross-legged on the blanket and sulking.

Mu Yangling, who was about to pick up the children, stopped in her tracks and sat down beside him.

She asked, “Why are you suddenly unhappy?” Qi Haoran opened his mouth but couldn’t say anything.

Surely he couldn’t outright ask her why she didn’t give him a unique and meticulous gift like Royal Sister-in-law did?

Qi Haoran shut his mouth and turned around gloomily, ignoring her.

Mu Yangling knew that he was upset with her.

If there was a problem between husband and wife, they had to resolve it immediately.

Otherwise, as time passed, a small problem could snowball into a big problem and sow the seeds of suspicion in one’s heart.

No longer in a hurry to see the children, Mu Yangling turned to sit opposite Qi Haoran and cupped his face.

“Master, tell me directly if you’re upset about something.

You know that I’m carefree and am not thorough in my considerations at times.

If I did something wrong, don’t keep it to yourself.

Else, I wouldn’t know why.

If you keep everything bottled up, you’ll be depressed for nothing.

In the end, I still won’t know what I did wrong.” Mu Yangling seriously thought about her actions today, and came to the conclusion that her shortcoming was socializing.

Could it be that her etiquette wasn’t on-point today and she accidentally offended someone?

She probed, “Is it because my etiquette wasn’t up to standard today and someone took offense to that?

Tell me so that I can change.” Sulking, Qi Haoran, “Why would your etiquette be not up to standard?

Even if that’s the case, who here dares to pick on you?” “If not that, then what did I do wrong today?” “It’s not that.” Qi Haoran glared at her.

“Sister-in-law even knows to customize a unique pocket watch for Big Brother.

At your factory, to boot.

Where’s my customized pocket watch?”

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