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Chu Zhiyi's eyes turned cold as he gripped his sword, preparing to face the wild boars' attack. He whispered to Li Mufeng, "Uncle, are you still capable? We must do everything in our power and find a way to break through."

Li Mufeng nodded, forcing himself to stay alert. The two stood back to back, warily watching the wild boars around them.

Suddenly, Chu Zhiyi noticed a large tree not far away, and an idea came to him.

"Uncle, I'll distract the wild boar while you climb that big tree."

Having said that, Chu Zhiyi charged towards the wild boar herd. His swordsmanship was as fierce as a whirlwind, temporarily halting the boars' approach. Li Mufeng seized the opportunity to climb a tree, while Chu Zhiyi fought and retreated, moving closer to the tree.

When Chu Zhiyi reached the tree, he leaped up, grabbed the trunk, and climbed up.

The wild boars lingered under the tree for a while, unwilling to give up, and even rammed their bodies against the tree several times.

But the tree was too big for them to move, so they could only groan and leave helplessly.

Chu Zhiyi and Li Mufeng rested briefly in the tree until all the wild boars had disappeared before slowly climbing down. Then they dragged a dead wild boar out of the forest.

Chu Zhiyi helped Li Mufeng onto the horse, then put the wild boar on it, and then led the horse slowly toward the shelter where the Duke of Ningguo and his men were staying.

Chu Zhiyi and Li Mufeng remained silent throughout the journey.

Li Mufeng remained silent because he was utterly exhausted. Chu Zhiyi, on the other hand, kept quiet, wanting Li Mufeng to conserve his energy.

Chu Zhiyi secretly rejoiced, thankfully managing to escape danger this time. He looked back at his uncle, who was emaciated from the ordeal on horseback, and a bitter feeling welled up in his heart.

On the way back, because they couldn't ride horses, it took them longer, and by the time the two returned to the shelter, it was already dark.

Xun Yan lit a fire a little further away from the shelter so that they could easily find it when they returned.

"Your Highnesses, you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, I was planning to go looking for you!" Xun Yan said to the two as she hurried to greet them upon their return.

"My uncle ran into a herd of wild boars. Luckily, I got there in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. Xunyan, quickly help me get my uncle inside."

With Xun Yan's help, Chu Zhiyi carefully helped Li Mufeng down from his horse. Then together they helped get the wild boar off the horse.

"This wild boar is really big, it looks like it weighs two or three hundred pounds, enough to feed us for a long time!" Xun Yan said excitedly. He felt that nothing was more satisfying than eating meat when you were hungry.

Chu Zhiyi nodded in agreement upon hearing this. Despite having experienced a perilous battle, he knew that this wild boar could help the Ningguo Duke's family escape danger and overcome the crisis.

Next, Chu Zhiyi and Xun Yan carried the wild boar to a place closer to the sea, and then handed it over to Xun Yan to handle.

Xun Yan skillfully drew the knife from his waist and quickly shaved and butchered the wild boar.

Thinking about the delicious roasted pork he would soon be able to eat, he was full of energy. In less than an hour, he had cleaned the wild boar, cut it into small pieces, and put it on the fire to roast.

Meanwhile, at the shelter, Chu Zhiyi was helping Li Mufeng treat his wounds. Fortunately, he had some medicine with him, which came in handy at this moment.

The wounds on Li Mufeng's body, torn open by the wild boar, were still bleeding, making him look extremely gruesome.

Although the Duke of Ningguo and his wife had taken the pills given by Chu Zhiyi, their bodies had been severely damaged in recent days, and they were still in very poor spirits due to lack of food and water.

"Yi'er, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been so willful and reckless in breaking off my engagement with Cui Jintang, perhaps none of this would have happened, and you and your mother wouldn't have been implicated!" Li Mufeng was filled with remorse as he faced Chu Zhiyi.

“Uncle, how can this be blamed on you? You have the right to decide your own marriage.” Chu Zhiyi quickly comforted him. “I have thought about everything these past few days. Perhaps your engagement with Cui Jintang is a conspiracy. Even if you don’t break off the engagement, she will find a way to do so. Because the Duke of Xingguo’s goal has always been my father, the Emperor.”

"What do you mean?" Upon hearing this, Li Mufeng's previously calm face turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with disbelief, clearly shocked by the matter.

However, due to his overreaction, he accidentally aggravated his wound, and a piercing pain made him gasp, and fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

“I overheard her talking to someone, and it seemed that my grandfather had intended for her to enter the palace, but she refused, so she begged her family to arrange a marriage between you and me.”

In this way, my grandfather could no longer have designs on her. Later, seeing that you had taken a liking to her, she deliberately killed a servant in front of you to arouse your resentment and make you break off the engagement with her.

Later, as expected, you refused to marry her because of this matter. And she, after returning to the capital from the border town, pretended to visit my mother in the palace, but ended up in my father's bed and became his woman.

"Damn it!" Li Mufeng pounded his chest and stamped his feet in anger. "I never imagined that the Cui family would be so treacherous and cunning!"

"Uncle, please calm down. Taking care of your health is the most important thing." Chu Zhiyi quickly helped him up. "The most urgent thing now is to recover your health before we can discuss this further."

Duke Ningguo also woke up at this time and chimed in, "Yes, Feng'er, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. As long as our family is safe and sound, that's more important than anything else."

It must be said that Cui Jintang is indeed lucky. In the second year after marrying Chu Dongchen, she gave birth to a son, who is now the Second Prince Chu Zhisheng, and is now ten years old.

"The Cui family's schemes are nothing more than hoping that their second brother will inherit the throne in the future."

Li Mufeng nodded, a determined glint in his eyes. "Yes, I understand. I will definitely find a way to return to the capital and will not let the Cui family's scheme succeed!"

Just then, a sea breeze carried the aroma of grilled meat in, making everyone's stomachs rumble. Immediately afterwards, Xun Yan walked in carrying a stone piled high with grilled meat.

Xunyan shared the roasted meat with everyone, and the family sat together to enjoy this rare delicacy.

However, since the three members of the Ningguo family had not eaten for many days, Chu Zhiyi was afraid that they would have difficulty digesting if they ate too much at once, so he did not dare to give them much food.

"Tomorrow morning, we'll head back to the nearest town," Chu Zhiyi said to Li Mufeng after they finished eating the roasted meat.

"Alright. By the way, Yi'er, was anyone tracking you when you left the capital? Ever since the Second Prince was born, the Cui family has been trying to get rid of you. They probably won't let such a good opportunity pass them by."

“Uncle, you’re right. As soon as I left the palace, I was targeted. On the way, when they realized they couldn’t beat Xunyan and me, they resorted to dirty tricks and secretly bribed the innkeeper to poison me. I almost died on the road.”

Fortunately, they later arrived at Qiufeng Town on the border and were saved by a female doctor. Uncle, can you guess who that female doctor was?