Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Chapter 201 The Two Women Who Came at breakneck speed

Another half hour passed while they waited.

Chu Yi hurried back and whispered, "The Emperor and Empress's entourage are on their way and will be here soon!"

The Emperor is arriving!

Everyone has heard the news.

In an instant, everyone perked up.

Chu Xiaohe was sweating profusely with anxiety: "Ali, the Emperor is almost here, who are we waiting for?"

He vaguely sensed that Ali was indeed waiting for someone, but if the emperor arrived and that person hadn't come yet, then even if they did come later, it would be disrespectful to the emperor, and whether they would be qualified to enter the hunting grounds was another matter.

Suddenly, two hurried footsteps came from outside.

Chu Yueli's eyes lit up, and she immediately stood up: "Big brother, they've arrived!"

"Them?" Who exactly is Ali waiting for?

Just outside the forest entrance, two people rode in on horseback; they were both women.

One of them, in his thirties, was dressed like a married woman and was rather robust.

The other person looked to be in her early twenties, but was dressed as a young woman.

However, both of them rode horses with great agility.

He stood out somewhat among the group of men, yet his presence was by no means weak.

People from the Duke's mansion?

The two horses came galloping towards Chu Xiaohe and Chu Yueli. Just when everyone thought the horses were about to hit them, and even Chu Xiaohe quickly stepped forward to protect Chu Yueli behind him, the two horses neighed and stopped immediately.

Fast as lightning!

This horsemanship is not to be underestimated!

"Second Aunt?" Chu Xiaohe immediately recognized that the person walking in front was his second uncle's wife, Miao Yucui.

After her second uncle died in battle six years ago, her second aunt lived alone in the courtyard of the second branch of the family. She rarely left the house and, like Madam Ning, lived a life of quiet contentment.

My second aunt had also fought alongside my second uncle in the war, but she wasn't well-known; she was always just the woman behind my second uncle.

Chu Xiaohe was surprised that Ali had actually brought out his second aunt.

"This...is that you?" Walking behind Miao Yucui was a woman in her early twenties. Although she was dressed as a young woman, she had no makeup on her face and her eyes were very indifferent.

There was still a hint of unease in him.

“It’s Sister Qing.” Chu Yueli walked over and took Huo Qing’s hand.

"Ah Li still remembers me." Huo Qing's voice was very soft, and she was still somewhat uneasy.

"It really is you." Chu Xiaohe had met Huo Qing before, but only a few times.

Huo Qing was a girl that Uncle San met outside. There was no matchmaker or parental consent for their marriage; they secretly pledged their lives to each other.

Originally, Third Uncle planned to propose to the Duke that he would marry Huo Qing after returning from that battle, but unexpectedly, that battle took Third Uncle's life on the battlefield.

Chu Xiaohe and Chu Yueli first met Huo Qing on the day of their parents' and second and third uncles' funeral.

Huo Qing, dressed in plain clothes, came to help carry the coffin. She said she was her third uncle's fiancée, but the Duke would not allow it.

After that, Huo Qing came twice more, kneeling outside the Huiyan Pavilion each time, saying that she was born a member of the Chu family and would die a ghost of the Chu family, begging the Duke to let her stay in the mansion.

Chu Xiaohe remembers it clearly: the girl cried her heart out, saying that she would be content as long as she could live in Sanlang's courtyard and watch the place where Sanlang had lived day and night.

The old Duke still ordered his men to drive her away.

After being driven away twice, Chu Xiaohe never saw Huo Qing again.

I thought she was married and had children, living her own life, but I never expected that Huo Qing would still dress like a young girl.

She is past the ideal age for marriage.