Chapter 501: Chapter 502: A Generation of Sickly Beauty Falls into the Hands of a Hunter

“Who is that?”

Qingyu immediately said, “It looks like Miss Zhen is causing some trouble again. Madam, the path over there is a gravel path and hard to walk on, better you take this middle road here.”

As she spoke, Qingyu led her toward the middle road away from the courtyard wall.

Remembering what Mama Ma had said that day, Qi Yue smiled faintly.

“This way is a detour, but I just want to see how the orange trees over there are doing, so let’s go this way!”

As she spoke, Qi Yue took the lead on the gravel path.

“Madam, slow down, let your servant help you!”

Qingyu, anxious as anything, immediately followed and protected her from one side.

She was sent by Shen Yu to attend to Qi Yue and dared not make any mistakes.

Fortunately, she was relieved to see that Shen Zhen, who had been peering over the courtyard wall, did not appear again.

“It’s alright,” said Qi Yue, but still let Qingyu help her.

She was pregnant now, and Shen Yu wished she could stay by her side 24 hours a day to take care of her personally.

It was after her repeated refusals that care was transferred to Qingyu.

The young servant was very diligent; Qi Yue needed to reassure her.

“Madam, the lady said, for your first child, you simply cannot be too careless…”

They talked as they walked and soon reached the orange tree beneath the courtyard wall.

The oranges of this season were small and green, completely inedible.

While looking at them, Qi Yue suddenly wanted to smell them and reached up to pluck one.

Just then, something green flashed by and with a “snap,” it fell in front of her on the ground.

A snake?

“Madam, be careful!” Qingyu shouted and directly kicked the snake away.

Qi Yue took a cursory glance, utterly unconcerned, and casually continued picking the green orange from overhead and toyed with it in her hand.

“Qingyu, you’re quite brave to kick a snake with your foot.”

Qingyu, her face red from fear, looked around frantically.

Seeing Qi Yue’s smiling face, she suddenly felt embarrassed.

“Madam flatters me, I am actually very afraid of snakes,” she said.

“Yet you still kicked it?” Qi Yue smiled as she glanced at her and peeled a segment of the green orange, immediately releasing a sour, tart fragrance into the air.

“I must protect madam, even if I’m scared, I have to kick!”

“Well done,” Qi Yue said with a satisfied smile, pointing at the snake in the distance, “Your kick was good, you killed it with one strike.”

Qingyu walked up for a closer look and stood stunned.

“…I just randomly kicked it, and it died?!”

“That’s why I said your kick was powerful!”

Qi Yue smiled faintly, producing a Poison Avoidance Pill.

“Qingyu, you have earned a reward for your protection; this is for you.”

Qingyu quickly accepted it and tucked it away into her bosom.

She did not know much, but she knew that Qi Yue’s miraculous medicines were famous worldwide and highly coveted.

“Why tuck it away? Eat it now!” Qi Yue fixed her gaze on her.

“Oh oh…”

Qingyu paused, not understanding why Qi Yue wanted her to eat it right away, but immediately popped the pill into her mouth.

In the following days, when she realized she was immune to all poisons and that venomous beasts fled at her sight, only then did she understand what a great gift Qi Yue had given her.

Of course, it was only later that she realized retrospectively.

The snake had not died from her kick but was killed by Qi Yue’s use of poison to fight poison.

The poison was the green orange she held in her hand at that moment.

“Qingyu, are there many snakes on this mountain?”

“This is a mountain forest, so naturally, there are more snakes and insects, but it’s rare to see them in the yard.”

“Oh. Are there people around here who are good at catching snakes?”

“Sure, there are quite a few! One of them is a well-known hunter here, named Feng Ba. He used to come often looking for Liao Ruyan, even bringing game…huh, I haven’t seen him recently…”

“Oh, is that so?”

Qi Yue slightly hooked her lips and glanced at the woods beside the road.

Everything else had arrived; how could the people not come!

However, Feng Ba probably hadn’t studied medicine and didn’t know that this type of green-skinned, red-streaked snake was most afraid of acid.

Additionally, there were oranges and bamboo in the woods, as well as a flower called Ghost Infant.

The combination of these scents could fatally repel this type of snake.

Death upon smelling!

The two talked as they walked along.

They could hear rustling in the woods along the stone path, but the sound quickly disappeared, as if something had been obliterated.

On the other side of the wall, Shen Zhen Niang was putting her ear against the wall, straining to hear any movements.

Liao Ruyan was following her closely, incessantly asking questions.

“How is it, have you heard anyone fall yet?”

“Not yet! But they’ll probably fall, right? With so many snakes, just one jumping out could scare her to death…”

“Stop talking; just listen if that woman has fallen yet…”

“I’m listening, huh, why isn’t there any sound…”

The two, crouching low, pressed against the wall and continued forward, completely unaware of the white-robed monk standing not far away on the wall.

“Foolish!”

Yunzhu sighed, flicked his sleeve, and vanished.

After delivering Qi Yue, he had bid farewell and left.

But worrying that Huangfu Nan might follow, he had secretly stayed for two days and arranged some affairs.

He had come today to take one last look before returning to report to Zhao Xiyan, but he had not expected to witness this scene.

Although he was a monk, he was well aware of the clashes between women.

After all, his previous job as a bodyguard had allowed him to observe the actions and characters of many nobles.

However, he hadn’t expected Zhao Xiyan to have such a foolish and malicious cousin.

“Fortunately, the lady is formidable! It’ll be good to report back.”

Yunzhu took one last look at Qi Yue’s retreating figure and drifted away.

Shen Yu learned of Shen Zhen Niang’s snake-releasing incident on the same day.

It was Qi Yue who had told him.

As Yunzhu had seen, Qi Yue was no pushover.

For most people, she would act rather than speak.

But dealing with Shen Zhen Niang required no action from her.

If her suspicions were correct, once Shen Gong’s matter was resolved, Zhao Xiyan would bring Shen Yu and others to Longnan County Government for a family reunion.

Considering face, Shen Zhen Niang might also be invited.

If she tagged along, there was no reason to keep Liao Ruyan.

Although this woman’s presence wouldn’t necessarily amount to much, she was irritating.

She simply didn’t want to see this kind of person.

Indeed, just a day later, Liao Ruyan was found in a compromising embrace with a hunter named Feng Ba, her clothes half undone.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yu flew into a rage and immediately on behalf of the Shen Family banished Liao Ruyan from the Shen Household and betrothed her to Feng Ba.

Thus, a famously delicate beauty fell into the hands of a hunter, causing an uproar across Youyun Mountain.

After all, the women of the Zhao Family were renowned for their beauty.

From the very first day, many people had their eyes on them.

But they soon dared not entertain such thoughts.

After all, they knew what kind of family the Zhao Family was.

But now, to their delight, Liao Ruyan, such a great beauty, was actually married off to Feng Ba, stirring up the young men on the mountain.

Others started considering pursuing Shen Zhen Niang.

After all, Shen Zhen Niang was already seventeen or eighteen and had been overlooked for too long.

Shen Zhen Niang was truly terrified and knelt before Shen Yu for an entire night before she was reluctantly allowed to stay.

But this matter was far from over.