Chapter 556 - Pleasing Her Majesty (11) (1/2)

Junjue suddenly cowered in fear. It was too scary. Should he just choose to kill her instead?

The warmth in his arms caused him to throw away this idea. To his surprise, in the blink of an eye, the thought disappeared.

Junjue was stunned for a moment. After that, he gave up and hugged Ming Shu.

Ming Shu took the chance to put him down, but Junjue didn't let her go. She could only lie against his chest.

”Can you let go of me?”

”No.”

Ming Shu: ”…”

Ming Shu pulled out the blanket that he was lying on and covered both of them with it. Junjue shifted to hug her waist.

Ming Shu couldn't take it anymore. She didn't want to play with him any longer and fell asleep on his body.

Junjue knew that she had fallen asleep. Her breathing was calm. She was such a small girl, yet her aura was so huge.

His fingers slowly moved upward and reached her neck.

He just needed to use a bit more force and he could…

Junjue's heart pounded quickly. His fingers started shaking and his breathing got erratic. The air froze, as though waiting for him to make a decision.

The time passed.

A quiet sigh sounded in the night.

...

Junjue didn't have a good sleep. He was really tired the next day. When Ming Shu brought him to the hunting ground, he just lowered his head and didn't look at anyone.

When she woke up this morning, she gave him a strange look. He didn't know if she knew what happened last night.

There was another person that was very tired too. It was Ning Furong. She stood guard outside the palace the whole night.

As for the other youngsters, they were very excited. They pulled their horses and stood below. Some officials entered the hunting too while others watched them from the platforms that were built beforehand.

After the complicated opening ceremony of the autumn hunt and after Ming Shu promised a reward for the one that hunted the most animals, the autumn hunt officially started.

The youngsters rode on their horses and rushed into the woods excitedly.

”Don't you want to try?” Ming Shu looked at the weary Junjue.

Everyone in the Purple Moon Nation knew how to ride a horse and shoot arrows. However, the Afterglow Nation was different. Besides those people who learned martial arts, almost no one else knew how to do it. They advocated studying.

Hence, of course, Junjue didn't know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows.

”Will you take me?”

Ming Shu smiled. ”I can ask General Meng Liang to take you.”

Junjue looked toward Meng Liang. Meng Liang looked over too and their eyes met. Sparks seemed to appear in the air.

Junjue sneered in his heart and looked away. He took the glass of wine on his table and drank it quickly.

Ming Shu suddenly said, ”Fellow subordinates, why are you all sitting here? If you want to have a chat, you can resign and go back home to do it. This is not the place for you to have a conversation.”

The ministers: ”…”

Why were they targeted when they didn't do anything!

For this autumn hunt, people above the age of 50 were banned from coming. Hence, all the officials present were people that were able to ride a horse and participate in the hunting.

However, some of them were old officials from the Afterglow Nation. Even if they could ride a horse, they didn't know how to hunt… Was the Empress trying to shame them?

”Prime Minister, why don't you lead the way.” Ming Shu looked at Ning Furong.

Ning Furong: ”…”

She controlled her anger. ”Yes, Your Majesty.”

Ning Furong walked to the horse that the horseman brought over and flipped onto the saddle. Her handsome posture won a round of applause.

”Your Majesty, shall we have a competition?” Ning Furong threw a challenge at Ming Shu.

”No.” Ming Shu waved her hand, not caring about her image at all. ”Tonight's dinner depends on you, Lady Prime Minister. All the best!”

Ning Furong: ”…”

Junjue: ”…” What the hell!

Such a quick rejection.

What happened to your dignity as an empress! Was your dignity eaten!