From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 221

The fire burned the sky red, making the dusk even more sad and deep.

The pursuers disappeared without a trace, but the fire caught up with them. Fortunately, it was going to snow in the evening. At the moment when dusk fell, heavy snow fell like goose feathers.

Tiredness, hunger, coldness, and pain all mixed together, making the weak Princess Qinshui confused. Finally, she couldn't stand the sleepiness, put down her hands, hugged Zhou Yuan's neck, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but I felt very sweet and very comfortable.

When she woke up, it was pitch black in front of her eyes. There was nothing but coldness.

"Ah!"

Princess Qinshui exclaimed, she was really scared, and she couldn't help shouting subconsciously.

"Zhou Yuan! Zhou Yuan, where are you!"

In this wilderness, how should she do it alone!

"What the hell are you yelling about!"

Zhou Yuan's voice came from a distance. In the dark night, he only had rags on his body to bandage his wounds. He strode over with a sword in his hand. There seemed to be blood on the sword.

The night was too dark to see clearly. Princess Qinshui trembled and said, "Did they catch up? Did those people catch up?"

"No, the killers have retreated."

Zhou Yuan threw the hare in his hand on the ground and said lightly, "It's winter, it's really hard to find food. There are no wild fruits, and the animals are hiding deep. I've been looking for a long time."

Reminded by this, Princess Qinshui realized that she was very hungry. She seemed to have never been so hungry before.

But after careful observation, she saw that she was still wearing Zhou Yuan's thick official uniform. No wonder she didn't feel a bit of cold when sleeping here.

The heavy snow in the cold winter night is not something that ordinary people can bear.

"Ah, Zhou Yuan, are you cold!"

She suddenly found that Zhou Yuan was not wearing any clothes. He gave her all the warm clothes.

"I told you to stop screaming!"

Zhou Yuan sat down, leaned against the tree next to him, took a long breath, and whispered: "The opponent set fire to the mountain, but there may be other killers following. We are still not safe. Don't shout and attract people."

"Well..."

Princess Qinshui nodded obediently. She found that Zhou Yuan seemed very tired and kept panting against the tree.

Yes, he fought with so many people along the way, got injured, carried her for so long, and gave her clothes...

Princess Qinshui's nose was sour, and she quickly handed him the clothes and whispered: "Put them on quickly."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said: "Put them on and have a good rest. Only when you recover your internal strength can we be truly safe."

"I have the Pure Yang Wuji Gong to protect my body, so this little bit of cold is nothing."

Zhou Yuan sat down cross-legged and slowly practiced the Gong method.

Princess Qinshui was still worried and couldn't help but said, "But you are so badly injured."

"Don't bother me, shut up."

Zhou Yuan was too lazy to argue with her, so he closed his eyes and meditated quietly, letting his inner strength sweep through his body, suppressing his injuries on the one hand and resisting the cold on the other.

Princess Qinshui gritted her teeth, and her eyes were inexplicably wet again.

Looking at Zhou Yuan's thin body, she blinked hard, held back her tears, and stood up.

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

Princess Qinshui whispered, "I'm going to pick up some dry firewood and branches to see if I can make fire by drilling wood, so that I can warm up."

"Stop!"

Zhou Yuan said unhappily, "Do you think I can't think of making a fire? You're making a fire in the dark day, are you afraid that the assassins in the dark can't find us? Stupid!"

"I..."

Princess Qinshui opened her mouth, but couldn't refute it, so she could only pout and sit down aggrievedly.

Holding her knees with both hands, I don't know what she was thinking.

She had just woken up and was not sleepy at all. She was finally feeling better from her tiredness. The wound on her abdomen was itchy and seemed to be getting better.

But the weather did not go as planned. The snow was heavy, and the forest fire made it even bigger.

The wind started to blow again, whistling, as if the world was roaring.

So the snow from the sky, on the trees, and everywhere fell together, making the two of them miserable.

The wind was too strong, and the coldness increased sharply. Zhou Yuan sat cross-legged naked in the wind and snow, motionless.

But Princess Qinshui's internal strength had not yet recovered. Even with Zhou Yuan's clothes, she was still shivering with cold, and her face was pale.

Zhou Yuan sighed helplessly and said, "Come here."

"What?"

The wind was too strong, and Princess Qinshui did not hear clearly for a while.

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "I told you to come here! Hurry up!"

"I know, don't yell at me..."

Princess Qinshui felt a little wronged. No one except her father had ever yelled at her like this.

But she couldn't say anything. After all, Zhou Yuan had pulled her out of the abyss of death.

She came to Zhou Yuan'sNext to him, standing stupidly.

Zhou Yuan was helpless and couldn't help but said: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Why are you standing there stupidly? Sit next to me and give me your hand."

"Oh, I... I know."

Princess Qinshui sat next to him, not knowing what to do, so she handed her hand to Zhou Yuan.

She was born in a noble family, and her slender hands were naturally delicate and white, as beautiful as green onions.

Zhou Yuan sat opposite her, holding Princess Qinshui's cold hands tightly with both hands, and the inner force of the Pure Yang Wuji Gong, which was extremely yang and strong, was continuously poured into her body. The warm current seemed to completely eliminate the coldness, and Princess Qinshui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The incomparable warmth swept away her fatigue and made her spirits better.

She sat obediently, motionless, quietly looking at Zhou Yuan, who was close at hand, with his well-defined face, his resolute facial features and his closed eyes.

For a moment, Princess Qinshui was a little dazed.

At that moment, she even wanted to throw herself into his arms and cry.

But Princess Qinshui didn't dare to do so. She was afraid of being scolded by Zhou Yuan and afraid that Zhou Yuan would be angry and hit her.

She was not afraid of her father, but she was afraid of this lowly fifth-rank official in front of her.

The wind gradually stopped, the snow stopped, the sky in the east turned pale, and soon the morning glow filled the sky.

Princess Qinshui felt that time passed so quickly. How could it be dawn in just a moment? If she could stay with him for a while longer, it would be so nice.

Hey, Chen Peixian, Chen Peixian, what are you thinking about.

It will be warm when it gets light, why should you stay a little longer.

Just when she was thinking about it, she found that Zhou Yuan let her go, picked up the hare on the ground, cut off its head, and began to skin it.

The bloody scene made Princess Qinshui dare not look at it any more, but just lowered her head gently.

After skinning, removing the internal organs, and cutting off the toes, Zhou Yuan chopped the hare into three or five pieces and strung them up with branches.

The sun rose and it finally got warm. He took two branches, dug holes with a sword, put dry weeds in them, and drilled wood to make fire.

This was a very troublesome thing, but it was nothing for Zhou Yuan. People who practice martial arts still have this physical strength.

Soon white smoke rose and the dry grass was ignited. Zhou Yuan protected the fire, put dry firewood on the rack, and the fire rose.

He made two racks as quickly as possible, put the rabbit meat on them, and slowly roasted it.

This skillful action made Princess Qinshui's beautiful eyes ripple.

After a while, Zhou Yuan handed her the roasted rabbit meat and said lightly: "Eat it all."

At the same time, he also picked up a piece of rabbit meat and gnawed it. It was dry and light, without saltiness and with fishy taste. It was really fucking unpalatable.

"I... I can't bite it..."

Princess Qinshui said, "It's too hard and tasteless."

Zhou Yuan glanced at her and said, "If you can't finish it within a quarter of an hour, I will strip you naked and beat your ass!"

"No! No!"

Princess Qinshui was shocked and said quickly, "I can't eat it."

She ate it with difficulty. It was really unpalatable, but she was also really hungry.

Gradually, the pure fragrance of the meat rose, and she felt that it tasted better. Unconsciously, she ate such a big piece of meat.

She looked up at Zhou Yuan and saw that Zhou Yuan had eaten four pieces, and he held a lot of snow in his clothes, and the clothes were stretched on the wooden frame.

Then, he chopped down a big tree with a sword, took out a piece of wood, dug out a hole, and put it under the clothes.

"What are you doing?"

Princess Qinshui asked curiously.

Zhou Yuan pointed to the ground and said calmly: "There is still a piece of meat, eat it."

Princess Qinshui said: "I'm full."

Zhou Yuan frowned and said: "Eat it!"

"Okay..."

Princess Qinshui was startled and quickly picked up the meat and started eating.

As she ate, she found that the snow in her clothes melted under the sun, and the snow water flowed through the clothes into the wooden groove.

Zhou Yuan picked up the wooden utensils filled with water and handed them to Princess Qinshui, saying: "Drink it up."

"Oh..."

Princess Qinshui was so thirsty that she couldn't help burping after drinking it all in one breath.

This not-so-elegant action made her face turn red, and she carefully handed the wooden utensils to Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan continued to take water, and then said: "Your body needs food and water, otherwise it will be difficult to recover from the wound. Although this thing tastes bad, it can save lives."

"In difficult times, throw your inexplicable pampering."

Princess Qinshui nodded, listening to Zhou Yuan's patient explanation, her heart was warm, and she said softly: "Zhou Yuan, how do you know so much?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Common sense."

Princess Qinshui sighed and murmured: "I don't know what happened in this day and night.How did you manage to hold on?"

"Fighting and getting injured, carrying me on your back to escape, and there was a heavy snowstorm..."

Zhou Yuan said calmly, "It was just a little bit of wind and frost."

Princess Qinshui was shocked, looking at Zhou Yuan who was calm and composed, his deep eyes seemed to contain endless power and indestructible will.

Her heart was pounding, and she subconsciously had an idea - this is a man.

For some reason, her face was flushed, and Princess Qinshui lowered her head, feeling shy and nervous, with a chaotic mind.

Zhou Yuan took a sip of water, and then said, "Why are you in a daze? Let's go!"

Princess Qinshui woke up as if from a dream, and found that Zhou Yuan had squatted down and motioned her to lie on top.

She quickly lay on Zhou Yuan's back, and her hands naturally hugged his neck.

"Can you be gentler? I'm going to be strangled to death by you. "

Zhou Yuan complained.

Princess Qinshui loosened her grip a little, but a shy and sweet smile appeared on her lips.