Lord Prime Minister

Mu Zihuai wanted to refuse, but seeing Long Xiu's firm attitude, he couldn't hold him back, so he had to compromise.The two sent Long Lei back to the Long Mansion, and promised him to visit him often in the future before leaving.

Mu Zihuai and Long Xiu walked side by side. At this time, the sun had already set, and the pedestrians on the street gradually decreased. After walking one more street, you will reach the palace. Thinking about the prince's attitude towards Long Xiu during this period, Mu Zihuai He stopped and turned to let him go back first.

"We'll be there soon, so we won't waste time." Long Xiu said, without stopping. He walked out two steps and saw that Mu Zihuai was still standing still, so he stopped too and looked back at him.

Mu Zihuai knew what Long Xiu was thinking, but judging from the prince's recent words, I am afraid that he has already thought of taking Long Xiu under his command. Long Xiu was an official in the court, and now he is a general of the emperor's bodyguard.When he was still in Qianhu, the prince mentioned it, now that his official position is getting higher, the prince has absolutely no reason to give up.It is enough for the palace to have him alone, why should they come to this muddy water.

"Do you remember what I told you back then?" Mu Zihuai looked at Long Xiu, who was two steps away, and his gradually recovering eyesight allowed him to clearly see a trace of sadness on Long Xiu's flat face, but he still said .

Long Xiu paused, thinking of what Mu Zihuai had warned him that night, he felt a little depressed for a moment. "Remember."

Mu Zihuai nodded and persuaded again: "In that case, let's go back."

Long Xiu's thick black eyebrows raised slightly, he opened his mouth and hesitated to speak.

"I'll go to the barracks to find you if I have something to do in the future. Don't come again." Mu Zihuai sighed and stepped forward. If it wasn't forced by the situation, he would not be willing to do so.I only hope that after this incident, the three of them can be preserved, this is the most important thing.

While talking, Mu Zihuai passed by Long Xiu, but was pulled back by him.

Mu Zihuai was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him, but saw Long Xiu lowered his head, his voice was very low, but he was determined. "I am willing to become the prince's general."

Mu Zihuai was shocked, he didn't expect Long Xiu to say such words, and he threw him away with his backhand. "Do you know what you are talking about? If you don't go to the shore, you will jump into the fire pit."

Long Xiu didn't speak, but lowered his head slightly, listened to Mu Zihuai's reprimand, waited for a while, and then whispered: "Aren't you there too?"

When Mu Zihuai heard this, he couldn't help laughing bitterly. "If I could go, I'd like to go, but I can't."

Long Xiu lowered his head and before he could speak, he heard another voice, rough and bold, with a slight smile.

"Brother Zihuai, where are you going?"

Mu Zihuai heard the voice behind him very familiarly, secretly thought it was not good, but he could only turn around with a smile. "Just came back from the barracks. Why is Big Brother Ren here?"

Ren Danfeng sized up the two of them, especially looking at Long Xiu. "It was the prince who knew that you went to the military camp today. He was afraid that you would come back alone, so he sent me out to pick you up. This is General Long Lang, right? When I was in the palace, I only saw you with extraordinary bearing, but now you are indeed in a brocade robe. Add body, blockbuster."

Mu Zihuai's face changed slightly, it seems that the prince knew that Long Xiu would come, so he asked Ren Danfeng to wait here. "Let the lord worry about it. Long Xiu had something to do, so he saw him off all the way. It's a bit late now and he was about to go back. Brother Ren just arrived."

When Ren Danfeng heard this, he looked at Long Xiu. "Long Jianglang finished his work? Why don't you come to the palace for a gathering? My lord is still thinking about the delivery he asked you to help last time."

Long Xiu looked at Mu Zihuai, saw him frowning behind Ren Danfeng, shook his head lightly, then turned his gaze to Ren Danfeng, and said, "Please ask Mr. Ren to lead the way."

Mu Zihuai's eyes widened. He didn't expect Long Xiu to agree after talking to him so much just now, and he became anxious for a while. "Long Xiu, you...don't you report the result back to the barracks first?"

Long Xiu seemed a little afraid to look at him, "It's okay to be later."

Mu Zihuai was in a hurry, he couldn't speak, he could only watch Ren Danfeng lead Long Xiu to the palace.

After entering the palace, he saw the prince sitting in the front hall, as if he was waiting for Long Xiu.

"General Long Lang, long time no see." Seeing several people walking in, the prince stood up, did not step forward, just stood where he was and smiled.

"I've met the prince." Long Xiu clasped his fists in salute, and sat down on the right seat following the prince's words.

Mu Zihuai sat down next to Long Xiu, looked at Ren Danfeng opposite and the prince who was smiling but not smiling, and felt as if he was facing an enemy.

"The last time I was recuperating in the palace, I asked General Long Lang to help me send things out of the palace. I have never thanked you. Now that I think about it, I am really neglectful." Huangfu Yunhua called someone to bring snacks and tea, and it was exactly as Ren Danfeng said before. Speak up.

"Long Xiu is just a little effort, the prince doesn't need to take it to heart." Long Xiu said modestly, he glanced around from the corner of his eyes, and found that all the servants and maids had been sent away.

"Since the two of you brothers moved out of the palace, I haven't had a good time with you. Today, I finally got the chance. Why don't you have a banquet tonight?" The prince glanced at Mu Zihuai, seeing that he was nervous, knowing As he thought about it, it was inevitable that he felt a little unhappy, but he still smiled to keep people away.

This time, Long Xiu didn't look at Mu Zihuai, and shook his head directly to answer: "Long Xiu has something important to do, and he needs to go back to the barracks, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time. However, Long Xiu has something to ask for."

Mu Zihuai was a little happy when he saw that Long Xiu was leaving, but he became worried when he heard it later.Thinking of what he said just now, I was worried that he would do something stupid, but Long Xiu didn't even look at him, and he was powerless to stop him.

Huangfu Yunhua's original intention was to let Long Xiu switch to him. He thought that Mu Zihuai's help would definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Unexpectedly, after a few trials, Mu Zihuai not only had no intention of helping, but seemed to be obstructing it. He wanted to let the Long family The two brothers stayed out of it.Now that Long Xiu has something to ask for, it is an excellent opportunity from heaven. Huangfu Yunhua took a look at Mu Zihuai, and he saw the worry on his face.

"General Long Lang, please follow me to the backyard." Huangfu Yunhua stood up and led Long Xiuwang to the Green Bamboo Garden.

Mu Zihuai followed behind, separated from Long Xiu by Ren Danfeng, I don't know whether it was intentional or not, he didn't have any chance to contact Long Xiu at all, so he had to follow into the prince's study.

"My lord, Long Xiu is willing to join his family, but there is one thing I want to ask."

Sure enough, what Mu Zihuai was worried about happened.After entering the door, Long Xiu folded his fists and bent down, and said to the prince.

Huangfu Yunhua hurriedly stood up, and said with concern: "Even if Long Jianglang says it, I will definitely do it."

"I beg the lord to clear up my father's grievances." Long Xiu bowed deeply and said his request.

Fifteen years ago, General Zhenbei, a general in the DPRK, was accused of embezzlement and deduction of military pay. It was just after the war, and General Zhenbei was still in the frontier.In just a few days, a series of evidence was verified, and witnesses emerged one after another. Emperor Guangcheng was furious. Before General Zhenbei could return to Beijing, he sent people to check the general's mansion, and found a large number of official names printed on them from the underground of the firewood room. military pay.

unambiguous evidence.Emperor Guangcheng ordered on the spot, just wait for General Zhenbei to return to Beijing, take it down immediately, and interrogate and kill the generals.

As the news spread, everyone in the world knew that as long as they entered the capital, they would be sentenced to death. At this time, the capital city was like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and once they came, they could not get out.Everyone waited for five days, but they didn't see General Zhenbei coming back, so they thought they had fled.On that day, the emperor came in person, and at three quarters in the afternoon, the executioner sprayed spirits on the shining blade, and more than twenty people in the general's mansion knelt down one by one, waiting for the knife to rise and fall.

Long Shi, who was seven months pregnant, knelt with the crowd, stroking her swollen belly with her palms, feeling ashamed, and the three-year-old Long Xiu was naturally among them.It was the cold winter at that time, and the blood flowed out by the beheaded people dyed the ice and snow on the ground red, and the fluttering and falling snowflakes merged with the fresh blood, forming a bloody water that flowed slowly.

Long Xiu clearly remembered that he was sticking to his mother's stomach, while feeling the movement of the unborn little brother in his stomach, while listening to his mother's gentle whispers.

"Xiaoxiu, your father won't do this kind of thing, you have to trust your father."

Long Xiu believed it all the time, until he was pushed on the beheading platform by the executioner, and he looked sideways at his mother being dragged by the two, crying to come over.

Long Xiu didn't understand at that time, he just wanted to go forward to comfort him, but he was held firmly by someone, that's why he became flustered and afraid.Watching the hideous executioner raise the big knife high, he closed his eyes in fright.

After waiting for a while, there was no movement, and then opened his eyes, the executioner behind him had fallen several feet away.In the back, a tall horse, General Zhenbei was wearing black light armor, the cross knife in his hand was shining with cold light, his resolute face was frowning, and he was looking at the emperor on the high platform from a distance.

Long Xiu fell to the ground, speechless.General Zhenbei discarded his weapon, got off his horse and knelt on the ground.Loudly said: "Your Majesty, there will be something at the end, please forgive my wife and children."

Sitting on the high platform, Emperor Guangcheng looked at General Zhenbei who was kneeling on the ground, fighting for him and regaining the country, and knew in his heart what he was talking about. "A gold medal, how many lives do you want to exchange?"

General Zhenbei scanned the execution ground, all the servants and maidservants in the family were already here, and half of them had been hacked to death.His eyes fell on his pregnant wife again.

"The last general only asks the emperor to protect my wife and children, and asks the emperor to fulfill him."

"The gold medal I gave you back then could only save one person's life, but now there are three people, how can you spare them?"

General Zhenbei folded his fists and knelt on the ground. He was originally dull, and he only wanted to let his wife and children live, and he would die when he died. Unexpectedly, the emperor would not miss the old love and would not let it go.

"Your Majesty." Under the stalemate, a soft voice sounded, the voice was not too loud, but it reached everyone's ears.Long Shi knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face. "I beg the emperor Xu Longshi to give birth to a child, only to save the lives of one pair of children, and Longshi is willing to go with her husband."

General Zhenbei was shocked, and looked up at Long Shi who was also kneeling on the ground. Feeling sad for a moment, he opened his mouth several times, and finally just changed his wife's name slightly.

Emperor Guangcheng looked at the two people below, he had always cut grass and rooted out the roots, if he left heirs behind, it would be a serious disaster in the future.But now that General Zhenbei has the gold medal in his hand, the emperor's words are always consistent, not to mention the officials present, and half of the people in the capital are surrounded by the execution ground, so how can you go back on your word?

When General Zhenbei saw the emperor’s hesitation, he shouted: "Your Majesty, the last general will spend his whole life fighting for the country. I didn’t expect that he will be framed by others. He is a dull general. Now I just ask the emperor to grant me the lives of a pair of children. Save your own life."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he grabbed the big knife from the executioner's hand, and swiped his neck with his backhand.

This series of changes happened only in an instant, and everyone was caught off guard. They only reacted when the blood sprayed out and splashed on the snow.

Long suddenly knelt down on the ground, cried and crawled a few steps forward and was held down by the guards again. She couldn't break free, so she had to roll on the ground. After a while, her face changed drastically, and she curled up clutching her stomach, her legs curled up. There is faint blood flowing out.

The guard was startled and didn't dare to touch her, Long Xiu was still on the spot, looking at the corpse on the ground, as if he had lost his soul.

Emperor Guangcheng looked at the mess on the ground and rubbed the center of his brows. The gold medal of General Zhenbei happened to be presented.He picked it up and looked at it, sighed, and said slowly: "Send Long and his children back first, and the others will be executed on the spot."

Long Xiu was escorted back to the dungeon together with his mother, and while pushing and shoving, his eyes stayed on the armored and helmeted corpse, and he didn't shed a single tear.

A month later, Long Xiu and Long Shi were sent out of the dungeon and lived in a small courtyard outside the city, guarded by guards everywhere.A few days later, Long's gave birth to a son named Long Lei.On the second day, when Long Xiu hugged his younger brother to find his mother, he only saw a cold corpse hanging on the beam of the house.

The ice and snow had already melted, and the weather was getting warmer. Long Xiu sat at the door with his sleeping brother in his arms all morning, until the baby in his arms started crying, and then left in a hurry.

A few days later, the Long family brothers disappeared from the small courtyard without a trace.

At this time, Long Xiu proposed to let the prince clean up his grievances in the corruption case of his father, General Zhenbei.

Huangfu Yunhua frowned slightly, as if he was in some difficulty. "The matter of General Zhenbei was indeed wronged. The emperor must have known about it. Otherwise, he wouldn't let you go, and he wouldn't use it for you now."

"I know." Long Xiu looked up, his eyes were even brighter. "I want the world to know that General Zhenbei has served the country all his life and has never done anything like embezzlement of military pay. General Zhenbei was wronged."

Mu Zihuai looked at Long Xiu. When he found out about Long Xiu's life experience, he also went to check it out. Although there are very few words in the historical materials, judging from the emperor's subsequent actions, he has indeed found out the truth. He did not announce the unjust death of a loyal minister, and perhaps deliberately destroyed the evidence at that time.

I didn't know that Long Xiu still had such thoughts, that's why I wanted to enter the battlefield wholeheartedly. Did I follow the princess' son-in-law because I felt the same way?

"This matter can't be done right now." Huangfu Yunhua frowned slightly, and said after thinking for a moment.

Long Xiu was not in a hurry, and said: "Long Xiu only asks for a guarantee from the prince."

Huangfu Yunhua stared at Long Xiu closely, as if trying to discern his words, and then raised his fingers to swear: "I, Huangfu Yunhua, promise you that in the future I will bring to light the case of General Zhenbei 15 years ago, so that everyone in the world will be ashamed." know the truth."

"One word from the emperor, it's hard to chase after a horse." Long Xiu stood up, looked at the prince and said.

The rest of the people were shocked, Huangfu Yunhua's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "It's hard to catch a four horse."

In this way, Mu Zihuai sent Long Xiu out of the palace, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.Take all precautions, I didn't expect that Long Xiu originally wanted to join the prince's family, but he was a little redundant.

"You had this plan in the morning?"

Only then did Long Xiu look at Mu Zihuai, and said bluntly, "Yes."

Mu Zihuai couldn't help laughing, "That's really my trouble."

"No." Long Xiu said quickly, but he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth. Like his father, he was stupid. Can't say it.

How could Mu Zihuai not know what he was thinking in his heart, and it was just a pity in his heart to say that, but he couldn't take back a lot of words. "I know that you are devoted to clearing up your father's grievances, but it is really not wise to seek refuge with the prince, so why jump into this pit of fire by yourself."

Long Xiu didn't take it seriously, with warmth on his face, na na said: "There is you in the fire pit." Seeing that Mu Zihuai's face was a little abnormal, he quickly added: "You are also in the palace, I will not have any accidents ,"

Mu Zihuai was still a little worried, so he just sighed and stopped talking. "Go back to the barracks and be careful in the future."

Long Xiu nodded, thought for a while and asked expectantly, "Will you come to the barracks again?"

"The errands assigned by the Hanlin Academy have not been finished yet, and I may have to go there tomorrow."

As soon as Mu Zihuai finished speaking, Long Xiu laughed, "Then I'll wait for you in the barracks."

Mu Zihuai felt that this was a bit weird, but he still agreed. "Just do your own thing, always wait for me to do something."

Long Xiu didn't return, and there was a bit of joy on his face.

Sending Long Xiu away, Mu Zihuai went back to the mansion, the prince and Ren Danfeng were still in the front hall, and stopped Mu Zihuai who came back.

"Long Xiu went out from the palace, and now he returned to the prince's subordinates, and he came back after a circle." Ren Danfeng called him to stop, and said something without beginning or end.

Mu Zihuai didn't speak, and he didn't want to talk to him.

Huangfu Yunhua sat in the back, and said: "Today, the king went to see his mother, and he has chosen the princess."

Mu Zihuai finally cheered up and asked, "Is it the daughter of the Xu family?"

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, "Tomorrow the empress will talk to the emperor about this matter, and in a few days the palace will welcome a princess."

Mu Zihuai pursed his lips, and finally clasped his fists together. "Congratulations to the prince, the princess will definitely be a good housekeeper."

Huangfu Yunhua laughed, looked at Mu Zihuai full of banter, waved Ren Danfeng to go down first, waited for only the two of them left in the hall, then stood up and walked towards Mu Zihuai. "Are you throwing a tantrum?"

Being so close to him, Mu Zihuai suddenly took a step back, and quickly said, "Zihuai dare not."

Huangfu Yunhua raised his hand to press on top of his head, holding him down to prevent him from retreating, half-jokingly said: "Why don't you dare? If Long Xiu hadn't come by himself, I still don't know what you're thinking? "

There was a hand on Mu Zihuai's head that was gently pressed down, and he didn't dare to move or speak.

"This marriage was forced by the empress, don't worry, I won't touch her." Huangfu Yunhua said with a smile when he saw him lower his head, the smile in his eyes deepened.

Mu Zihuai only felt his heart being gently touched, his whole body trembled, and he forcibly broke free from the prince's hand.But a little uncontrollably, he began to think wildly, and the prince made an inexplicable guarantee, as if he had a very close relationship with him.

Why did your lord say that?Is this guarantee true?The more he thought about it, Mu Zihuai felt his ears burning slowly, and he stuttered a bit: "I...Zihuai knows this, and I will tell this...to Kongqing's words. .”

"I'm talking to you, what did you say to him?" Huangfu Yunhua laughed, squeezed his palm and retracted it.

Mu Zihuai stopped talking again, and now the prince gave him a strange feeling, somewhat beyond his previous cognition, and even made him a little at a loss.

Seeing that he was silent, Huangfu Yunhua usually talked in the same way, but when he encountered this kind of situation, his mouth was tight like a clam, his ears were so red that he was about to bleed, and his face was also stained pink, but He refused to say a word.

But what he said before did remind one thing, Kong Qing, the young man who was sent in to deceive others, if Mu Zihuai hadn't mentioned it at this time, he would have almost forgotten the existence of this person.Now that the new princess is about to enter the mansion, should he continue to stay or drive him out?

It's better to keep it, that Xu Caicai doesn't know how to behave, so if you leave Kongqing alone, you can also check each other so that the backyard won't catch fire.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Yunhua said: "Zi Huai, go to the courtyard where Kong Qing lives, call him, and say that this king is looking for him."

Mu Zihuai was still thinking about the meaning of the prince's promise just now, and hearing that he wanted to see Kong Qing, he didn't know what to do with him, and didn't dare to ask more, so he had to go out of the front hall to find someone.

The Qingli Courtyard where Kongqing lives is on the west side of the palace, with lotus flowers and willows, red bricks and green tiles, it is the largest courtyard in the palace besides the green bamboo garden where the prince lives. Some maids said that when the palace was built, it should have It is the courtyard where the princess lives.

Now that the palace is about to enter the palace, I am afraid it will also be moved out.

Ask the boy at the door to report, and report that Mu Zihuai is not very good at letting Mu Zihuai go in by himself.Mu Zihuai was not angry, but felt a little strange, remembering that Kong Qing's attitude towards him was not the same last time, how could it change after a few days of seeing him.

After entering the courtyard, in the red pavilion in the middle of the lake, Kong Qing was playing the piano, his fingers were plucking on the piano, but there was no sound.Seeing Mu Zihuai approaching, he stood up and greeted him: "Brother Zihuai, why are you here?"

Mu Zihuai walked in with a smile, took a look at the qin, and found that the qin hadn't been stringed yet, no wonder there was no sound. "My lord called you, I just came to run errands."

Kong Qing's face lit up when he heard it, and there was a bit of hesitant surprise on his face. "The prince is looking for me?" How long has he not seen the prince?I couldn't help asking myself, Kong Qing couldn't figure it out, so I threw it aside again.Before Mu Zihuai could reply, he had already looked up and down at his attire.

Seeing him so happy, Mu Zihuai couldn't bear to remind him, so he just nodded. "The prince is in the front hall, you go quickly."

Kong Qing stepped over and leaned in front of Mu Zihuai, "Should I change clothes?"

Mu Zihuai looked him up and down, at this time he was wearing a blue loose robe, the wide sleeves almost hanging down to the ground, without makeup on his face, he looked quite beautiful. "No, it's fine now."

Kong Qing opened her eyes wide, joy was about to overflow from her eyes. "Thank you, brother Zihuai, Kong Qing will take a step ahead."

Mu Zihuai nodded with a smile, watched him out of the courtyard, and then walked slowly to Yixiang Garden where he lived.

Qingyi knew that Mu Zihuai would come back earlier today, so he had already prepared the daily soup and meals.After Mu Zihuai finished using it, Qing Yi cleaned up the table and said, "I've finished the medicine I caught this time. Before, Miss Su said that she would change the prescription in the future, so I asked you to check it again."

Mu Zihuai nodded, changed into light clothes, took some accessories that he had bought before, and told Qingyi not to wait for him, but went to find Su Ye.

Su Ye's room is in the southeast corner of the backyard, a small room, very quiet.The treated herbs were drying at the door, and Su Ye was squatting in front of the dustpan to sort them out.

Mu Zihuai opened his mouth to call her, and when he approached, he saw that she was picking medicinal materials, so he put down the things and came over to help.

Seeing him coming, Su Ye picked out the withered weeds from the medicinal materials one by one, and said with satisfaction: "Mr. Mu's eyes have improved a lot, and it seems that they will recover soon."

Mu Zihuai smiled, put away the arranged medicinal materials, wiped his hands and handed her the things he brought. "I picked these things up at random when I went out, but you seem to have already had them." He pointed to the cyan hairpin on Su Ye's head that fixed the bun. At that time, a jade hairpin inlaid with gold ornaments seemed to be expensive. Fei.

Su Ye raised his hand and touched the jade hairpin on his head, feeling a little shy. "Mr. Mu sent it, there is no reason why I don't like it." While taking the things and putting them away, he took out the golden needle.

Mu Zihuai closed his eyes and asked Su Ye for acupuncture treatment.I only felt sore eyes, and the symptoms were much lighter than the first acupuncture.

Thinking of the last unbearable experience, Mu Zihuai suddenly remembered one thing.

After a while, sure enough, the unstoppable tears began to flow out of the eye sockets like money.

Mu Zihuai cursed inwardly, but he could only endure it.Suddenly a rough and wild voice sounded through the air, startling him.

"Brother Zihuai, why are you crying?"

Ren Danfeng came in with an oiled paper bag, and saw Mu Zihuai sitting on a chair crying. He hadn't seen it during the first treatment, and was shocked.

Su Ye laughed, and took the golden needle carefully, saying, "I cried more than this last time."

Mu Zihuai smiled awkwardly, "Brother Ren is here too?"

Ren Danfeng sat down on a chair and put down the oiled paper bag. "I asked someone to go to Jialulou to buy some vegetables and send them to Miss Su."

At this moment, Su Ye put away the golden needles, and gave instructions for things to pay attention to, and said shyly to Ren Danfeng with a smile, "I didn't say you don't need to bother, I'll just go to Dongchu for that."

Ren Danfeng smiled and opened the oiled paper bags one by one, and retorted with a smile: "The servants of Dongchu, if you don't tell them, they won't do it. They are all bullying."

Su Ye went to wash her hands again, seeing that Mu Zihuai still didn't dare to open her eyes, she said, "Mr. Mu is here too, let's eat together."

Mu Zihuai shook his head, opened his eyes slightly, the two of them were full of love, what did he say here.Yi fumbled to stand up, and said goodbye: "I'd better go back, I won't be able to go back later with my current eyes."

Su Ye smiled and shook his head, persuading him: "Brother Ren will send you off at that time, there is no reason why you can't go back."

Ren Danfeng didn't speak, obviously he didn't want Mu Zihuai to stay.Mu Zihuai naturally understood what he was thinking, shook his head and refused again, bid farewell to the two and walked slowly to Yixiang Garden.

On the way, I met Kong Qing who was about to come back from the front hall, the joyful expression on his face was indeed different from what Mu Zihuai had thought before.

Kong Qing seemed to be in a good mood, and sent Mu Zihuai back to Yixiang Garden with joy on his face, until the excitement on his face was still sitting in the hall.

Mu Zihuai blinked, and wiped the corners of his eyes with the towel Qing Yi handed over. "Why is Brother Kongqing so happy?"

Kong Qing's eyes are bright, his face is pink, and his whole body is filled with a strong sense of happiness. "Just now the prince told me that the princess will enter the palace soon."

Mu Zihuai was taken aback for a moment, and looked carefully at Kong Qing, to see that the joy in his brows was sincere, not like he was having fun in bitterness, but he didn't understand what was going on. "So, are you so happy?"

"No." Kong Qing shook her head, her face full of excitement. "My lord let me continue to live in Qingli Courtyard, and also rewarded me with many things. Brother Zihuai, do you think the lord likes me?" As he spoke, he leaned forward, leaned closer to Mu Zihuai, and asked expectantly.

Mu Zihuai was at a loss for words for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer.So the prince really loves Kongqing so much that he would rather let the concubine who has not yet passed the family be in the lower position than let him be wronged?

Mu Zihuai didn't believe it.According to the prince's temperament, he can use all the people around him for his great career in the future, and the ones he cares about will often be hidden by him.Just as he has always been Ren Danfeng's shield, then whose shield is Kong Qing at this time?

Thinking of this, Mu Zihuai couldn't help feeling sorry for Kong Qing, he might still be kept in the dark, full of joy thinking that the prince was kind to him.

Just like myself back then...

Mu Zihuai tightened his fingers holding the towel, and the tears that were too late to wipe rolled down his cheeks and dripped down his chin onto his clothes, staining the light blue fabric deeply.

Only then did Kong Qing see Mu Zihuai's strange behavior, and hurriedly asked him, "Brother Zihuai, why are you crying?"

"No." Mu Zihuai was taken aback, wiped his eyes with a towel, his voice was a little muffled: "Please treat the eye disease with a doctor, I can't stop crying after every acupuncture."

"Brother Zihuai suffers from eye disease?" Kong Qing was taken aback, and looked into his eyes carefully, this is the first time he heard of it.

Mu Zihuai nodded with a smile, and wiped his eyes again, feeling a little helpless.

At this time, Qing Yi came in with a basin of hot water, and took a new towel, soaked in hot water, and applied it to Mu Zihuai's eyes.I learned a lesson last time, and my eyes were swollen like walnuts for two days.

Seeing that the two were too busy to take care of her, Kong Qing said goodbye and left happily.

Mu Zihuai only waited for Kongqing to leave before he sighed deeply. Qingyi twisted a new towel and put it on, and then asked him, "Why are you sighing, sir?"

"It's nothing, I just lamented that the falling flowers are intentional and the flowing water is ruthless." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but sighed, which seemed to be innumerable melancholy.

Two months later, in the middle of winter, a happy news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

After the marriage was bestowed by the emperor, after the alliance was made and the engagement was completed, the day of welcoming the bride was set on a day of severe cold.A heavy snowfall fell from the sky, and the entire capital was covered with silver overnight.

A year ago, His Royal Highness the Third Princess returned home in triumph and got married. Today, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, a well-known dude in the capital, married the Princess.

For a prince to marry a wife, it is naturally extremely luxurious, let alone Prince Minqing, who is usually convenient and spends a lot of money.

Long before dawn, people were sent to distribute broken silver at the door, and the running water mat behind the courtyard was also set up. Anyone with neat clothes can enter.

Mu Zihuai heard the noise coming from outside the yard early this morning, so he didn't feel sleepy, so he got up, washed his face and went out.

Because he was worried about the lack of manpower, Qingyi was called to work in the front hall before dawn.While arranging the tables and chairs according to the housekeeper's request, he wondered whether Mr. Mu got up and whether he had eaten.Just thinking about it, I saw Mu Zihuai walking in, and hurried to meet him.

"Have you eaten, sir?"

Mu Zihuai nodded, looked around the front hall, and found that it was almost furnished, so he asked him, "Where is the prince?"

Qing Yi spread a bright red tablecloth on the table, straightened the word "Happy", and said, "I just saw the prince, and I've already got up, but I don't know where I went down now."

Mu Zihuai let Qingyi continue to work, and walked to the backyard by himself.Compared with the hustle and bustle in the front hall, the courtyards in the backyard seemed quieter.Since all the maids and servants were called to the front to help, it seemed even more deserted.

Bypassing the emerald green bamboo grove covered with large flakes of snow, Mu Zihuai walked step by step, and saw the prince, all dressed in snow-white fox fur, sitting on a reclining chair, with a pot of hot tea on the bamboo table in front of him, in the cup A thin curl of smoke drifted out.

"My lord, why don't you change your wedding robe?" Mu Zihuai approached, and saw the lord's expression of satisfaction, as if the wedding that was so busy in the front yard had nothing to do with him.

Hearing Mu Zihuai's voice, Huangfu Yunhua opened his eyes, and there was a smile in his bright black eyes. "It's just that there are new people in the mansion. It's enough to have them busy. Come and drink tea with me and enjoy the snow."

Mu Zihuai was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, he stepped forward and sat down on another chair.

Huangfu Yunhua raised his hand and poured a cup of hot tea for Mu Zihuai to drink, then slowly closed his eyes, seemingly sleeping.

Mu Zihuai drank hot tea and felt warm all over. Looking back, the prince had closed his eyes, and his beautiful side face was very handsome against the white snow.

Exhaling a breath of hot air, Mu Zihuai relaxed his body and half-lyed down, the yard became quiet for a moment, as if he could hear the slight sound of snow pressing on the bamboo forest, and the small sounds of small animals hiding in the bamboo forest.

Neither of them spoke until Mu Zihuai was so comfortable that he was about to fall asleep. Ren Danfeng walked in suddenly, holding two pieces of printed red silk in his hands, walking across the large snow field, and saw the two lying comfortably on the recliner. Drowsy, suddenly laughed angrily.

"The front yard is so busy that I can't wait to give birth to four hands. It's good for you to sleep here with the prince." Ren Danfeng came over to wake them up, complaining a little.

Mu Zihuai rubbed his eyes and started to do it, feeling a little ashamed by Ren Danfeng's words, so he didn't speak.

Ren Danfeng unfolded the two pieces of red silk, and asked the prince with clear eyes: "My lord, which of these two pieces should I choose as the hipa on the bed?"

Huangfu Yunhua glanced casually, then moved his eyes away. "You can just pick a piece at will, and ask me about it."

Ren Danfeng smiled and put away the red silk. "It's natural for the prince to choose when he gets married. How can anyone else choose?"

Huangfu Yunhua waved his hands and said indifferently: "You can do whatever you want."

"There has been a message from the palace. Later, the emperor and empress will come over. Please prepare your lord. At that time, His Royal Highness, the second prince, the third princess, the seventh princess and the eighth princess will also come over."

Huangfu Yunhua sat up straight, raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you all here?"

Ren Danfeng nodded, and the first prince who was grounded came out. Didn't all the princes and daughters come to the scene?

"How is the arrangement of the front hall?" Huangfu Yunhua finally stood up and tidied up his clothes, as if he was about to start preparations.

"It's all set up, just waiting for you." Ren Danfeng nodded slightly and said with a smile.

"Then let's go, what are we going to do next? Accepting a sign? Greeting guests?" Huangfu Yunhua walked out as he spoke, as if he was not going to get married, but to attend someone else's wedding.

Ren Danfeng followed behind and hurriedly said: "My lord just needs to try on the wedding gown. You have never tried whether it fits or not since you made it."

Huangfu Yunhua nodded and stopped, "Then let's try it in the Green Bamboo Garden and ask them to bring the wedding robe over."

Seeing that the two were busy, Mu Zihuai followed Ren Danfeng and wanted to go to the front hall to see if he could help, but he was stopped after he walked a few steps.

"Zihuai, don't go, help me try on my clothes."

Mu Zihuai stopped and walked back to the prince again.But I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. There are so many servant girls who don't want to be ordered, but let him come.Recently, the prince's behavior has become more and more strange.

After waiting for a while, two servant girls came in with wedding clothes.Huangfu Yunhua sent the two away, and only called Mu Zihuai into the house.

Mu Zihuai looked at the two little maids who were leaving while talking in a low voice, and suddenly his face became a little hot. The prince entered the bedroom, and when he saw that Mu Zihuai hadn't come in, he yelled again.

"Zihuai, come in and change my clothes."

The two little maids coaxed away, and the sound of laughter spread far away.

Mu Zihuai's face became even hotter, he responded, looked back at the half-closed door, took a deep breath and walked in.