Make peace with the Lord of the Prairie

Tuoba Hong didn't speak for a long time, Ming Heng was a little anxious, squeezed his fingertips, and urged: "Speak up."

The corner of Tuobahong's mouth was raised slightly, showing a very light and very faint smile, and asked quietly: "What do you want me to say? Admit it or deny everything?"

Ming Heng opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak, not knowing how to answer.

Tuobahong asked again: "What about you, do you wish who saved you back then?"

"I..." Mingheng hesitated for a long time, shook his head slowly, and said in a low voice, "I don't know. To be honest, my mind is very confused now. I have many questions to ask you, but I don't know where to start Start asking."

Tuobahong suddenly smiled, put his backhand on the back of his hand, and said calmly: "You can think slowly, ask slowly, I... I will tell you whatever you want to know."

With his guarantee, Ming Heng calmed down instantly, nodded, and thought for a while before asking the first question: "Who was it that saved me?"

This time Tuobahong didn't talk about him, and admitted frankly: "It's me."

Ming Heng was stunned, although he had several guesses about the truth in his heart, he was still greatly shocked, after digesting this answer in his heart for a long time, he finally asked the second question, with a somewhat anxious tone: "But... But you were only ten years old at that time. Didn’t you say that you were separated when you were very young? You said that you were rescued by your father’s old army, but Zexi was taken back to Anling by He Xiao by accident. You obviously just met each other not long ago, how could you appear in Anling as Zexi?"

Tuobahong patted the back of his hand unhurriedly, signaling him to calm down first, and said calmly: "Obviously, because I lied then."

Ming Heng was completely stunned, staring at Tuoba Hong in a daze, trying to analyze the meaning of his words.

Tuobahong stroked his belly, feeling a little guilty in his heart, he didn't dare to look into Mingheng's eyes, so he lowered his eyes to look at the hands they held together: "Mingheng, forgive me, I have no choice but to lie to you, because the truth involves It wasn’t just me and Zexi, but also many innocent people.”

Ming Heng was not angry, but was a little puzzled: "Then why did you agree to say it now?"

Tuobahong smiled softly, sat up with the armrests, and faced Mingheng face to face: "Because, I don't want to lie to you anymore. We still have decades of rest of our lives, and I don't want to see you kept in the dark."

However, hearing what Tuoba Hong said, Ming Heng suddenly didn't want to know much.Perhaps it was the struggle and embarrassment under Tuobahong's indifferent eyes that made him feel a little distressed, and he didn't want to force him anymore.

Tuoba Hong was determined to tell him.

In fact, he was betting, he was betting that Ming Heng would not betray him.

Tuoba Hong raised his head, saw Ming Heng's worried eyes at a glance, smiled slightly, and felt a little more confident in his heart.He collected his thoughts and spoke slowly: "The story I told you before is not entirely true, but it is not entirely false. Zexi and I were indeed born to Father Khan and a man from Anling, and that Anling The person is none other than He Jinnian, the second son of the late General He. That's right, Zexi and I are born men."

Tuoba Hong's tone was very calm, as if he was telling a very ordinary story, but the shock of the story itself made Ming Heng open his mouth, and kept a dazed look on his face for a long time, unable to regain his senses.

When he first learned that the Tuoba Hong brothers were born of Tuoba Rongyu and a Central Plains native, he was indeed surprised. After all, the Central Plains and grasslands at that time were far less peaceful than they are now.Grassland pays so much attention to blood, if others know that the future heir of the grassland has half of the enemy's blood in his body, it will inevitably cause an uproar. It is no wonder that Tuobahong has been using a gilded mask to cover up his true face after he succeeded to the throne.

Overall, the appearance of the two brothers still leans towards the appearance of Anling people, with exquisite and small features, and their bodies are not like the traditional majestic and majestic Yerou people.It's no wonder that He Zexi has been in Anling for so many years, and no one has ever doubted his background.But if you look closely, you can still find that the facial features of the two brothers are much deeper and more upright than those of ordinary Anling people, their pupils are not pure black, but light amber, and even their stature is taller than that of Anling men Many, with long hands and long feet, stood out from the crowd.

Ming Heng had studied the appearance of the two brothers after Tuoba Hong told them their backgrounds. At that time, he was still guessing what kind of beauty the mother of the two brothers must be in order to have such a beautiful son born from Tuoba Rongyu's lineage. You know, Tuoba Rongyu was also a famous handsome man on the grassland back then.

However, he never imagined that their "biological mother" turned out to be a man!Identity is still so scary!

He Chang is the general who protects the country of Anling, and has made great contributions to the stability of Anling.In Anling, everyone knows that everyone knows him, and the people regard him as a patron saint one after another, and they can't wait to build a temple to worship him.

He Chang's two sons are also well-known. The eldest son, He Xiao, is a genius and won the true biography of He Chang. He followed his father in battle at a very young age, and his demeanor as a young general is still praised by people to this day.As for the second son, He Jinnian, although he is average in martial arts, he is not so smart. He can read and recite poems at the age of three, and he is extremely intelligent. He was even named a child prodigy by the late emperor.The two brothers complement each other perfectly.The people in Anling at that time were most envious of He Chang.

Other than that, the most talked about is the appearance of the two brothers. The elder brother He Xiao is majestic and calm, while the younger brother He Jinnian has a face like a crown jade, innocent and innocent. Honey, sweet and soft, anyone who sees it will be very happy.It's a pity that the heavens are jealous of talents, He Jinnian suffered from a serious illness that year and died young.

Thinking of this, Ming Heng couldn't help wondering: "Didn't He Jinnian die of illness?"

Tuobahong explained: "It was just a scam set by my grandfather to hide it from the outside world. Dad was already pregnant at the beginning, and he had a private life with his father Khan. Regardless of the dissuasion of his family, he insisted on following him to the grassland. Grandfather Lei Ting was furious, and even said that if he dared to leave the house, he would no longer recognize him as a son. However, in the end, Dad followed his father and left. Grandfather was so disappointed that he really severed the father-son relationship with him, but he actually I still cared about my father in my heart, and worried that he would be recognized after he went to the grassland, so he set up a fake death for him, so that He Jinnian's identity completely disappeared from this world."

Ming Heng listened very carefully, and when Tuoba Hong spoke, his brows were furrowed all the way, and his brows and eyes were full of deep worry.

Naturally, Tuoba Hong didn't miss the complex look in his eyes, his heart warmed up, he smiled slightly, and simply told him the acquaintance of the two fathers, and how they arrived in Anling afterwards.

Mingheng didn't speak for a long time after listening, so Tuobahong continued on his own: "My brother's original name was Tuobaqi. We brothers didn't have the name of Anling at that time, we only had a nickname. My brother's name was Han Yi, and I His name is Han Huan, which only his father can call him. As for He Zexi... He was originally our cousin, that is, the son of my uncle. When he was five years old, my cousin died of smallpox. Our two fathers wanted to kill us both brothers. In order to protect us, my grandfather adopted us to my uncle, my elder brother took the place of my cousin, and I could only hide myself."

Tuoba Hong said with a faint wry smile: "At that time, in order to protect our brothers, grandfather and uncle even dismissed all the servants in the general's mansion, leaving only a part of their confidantes. After my brother changed his name to He Zexi, I also gave him a I changed my name to He Hanhuan. As we all know, General He has only one son, so I had to hide at home and not be known by outsiders."

Ming Heng felt a little distressed when he heard this.

Tuobahong's mood was still very calm, and he even thought of laughing: "I'm not as pitiful as you think, I just can't show up as He Hanhuan, but I can go out as Zexi, we brothers exchange The ability of identity was also developed at that time. On the day you fell into the lotus pond by mistake and was rescued by me, our family had just returned to Kyoto, and the holy decree summoned our family. Unfortunately, my elder brother caught wind and cold that day. So I begged my grandfather to take me into the palace. When they were talking in the study, I got bored and ran to the back garden for a stroll. Unexpectedly, I heard someone calling for help from a distance. When I walked in, I found that a child had slipped and jumped into the pond , and there were many maids and guards standing around at that time, but they all had indifferent and indifferent expressions. I don't know why, but I rushed to the top of my head in a gust of anger, and jumped into the water without thinking."

Tuobahong laughed dryly while talking, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I regretted it as soon as I jumped down, the water was so cold, it was so cold that my teeth were chattering after I rescued you. "

Ming Heng muttered in a complicated mood: "Then you still threw the fox-fur cloak to me. I saw that you were dripping wet, but with your fangs and claws, you thought you were not cold."

"How could it not be cold?" Tuobahong suddenly clenched his fists, and said coldly, "I'm just annoyed that those people are so indifferent, standing on the shore with their hands in their hands and refusing to save them."

Ming Heng waved his hands indifferently, "Those are the prince and the second prince, they were the two who pushed me into the water at the beginning, how dare those people go against the master's will and go into the water to save me."

Tuobahong hated iron but said: "How can you be so calm, are you not angry at all?"

Mingheng smiled lightly: "I'm used to it. They have always liked to bully me since I was a child."

Tuoba Hong became more and more angry as he thought about it, he ground his teeth, couldn't help poking his forehead with his index finger, and said angrily, "Why are you so useless, you're really a little sheep born in the wrong place!"

Mingheng smiled and said nothing, afraid that he would get angry and angry again, so he quickly helped him to lie down, stretched out his hand to gently stroke his stomach, and said: "Didn't you tell me to leave that wolf den earlier? Since then I have never considered them my brothers, nor have I considered that cold palace as my home."

Tuobahong felt that there seemed to be something in his words, so he didn't interrupt and listened quietly.

Sure enough, Mingheng continued to say: "Father never really liked me, or he never saw me as a son at all, and my elder brothers are also the same as the former and the latter, and never regarded me as a son. He treats him as a brother. I am not a saint, and I can’t repay grievances with virtue. They don’t treat me as a family member, and I won’t treat them as a family member. I know you must have made a lot of determination to confess to me, I I'm glad you trust me so much, and I can assure you that I won't tell anyone a word about your family's secret. After tonight, let this secret rot in our stomachs forever. In my heart you The monarch who will always be a tease——Tuoba Hong."

Tuobahong's eyes suddenly became hot: "Mingheng..."

Ming Heng held his hand: "The He family has been loyal for generations, and General He is loyal to the emperor and patriotic to the country. This is obvious to all the people in Quan'an Mausoleum. As the prince who rings the bell, I must not be ungrateful and cruel to Zhongliang."

He knew in his heart that with his father's suspicious nature, if he knew the truth, he would definitely not let it go. He was afraid that the loyalty of the He family for many years would not be able to offset the anger in his father's heart, and he might do something. will arouse public outrage.Ming Heng did this not only to protect the He family, but also to stabilize the hearts of the people.

Tuobahong remained silent for a long time, and solemnly promised: "I, Tuobahong, promise you that I will not fight Anling with swords in my lifetime."

Ming Heng shook his head slowly, and said calmly: "Then you can't be so honest, what if An Ling insists on confronting Ye Ruo Dao Jian?"

Tuobahong looked at him in surprise, unable to speak for a moment.

Ming Heng raised his head and thought for a while: "You only need to promise that I will not take the initiative to send troops to An Ling."

Tuoba Hong slowly raised the corners of his mouth, showing a rather helpless smile, but he was extremely moved in his heart.

Mingheng gave him a way out, and also gave him the dignity of being the king of a country.

After confessing the mystery of his life experience, Tuobahong finally breathed a sigh of relief.And knowing that Tuoba Hong was the "He Zexi" who saved him back then, Ming Heng also heaved a sigh of relief.

It is difficult for Mingheng to describe that feeling, like a treasure that has been lost for many years suddenly found one day.

He already took good care of Tuoba Hong, but since then he has become more and more careful, and he doesn't even want to do things like serving tea and water.

Tuoba Hong was naturally happy, but also distressed.After three days like this, he finally took his hand with pity, and persuaded: "You don't have to do this, you have never done anything to serve others when you grow up. I married you here to let you do the job. It's not for you to serve others."

Ming Heng was so moved and embarrassed that the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little stiff.He smiled nonchalantly, and said, "What's the matter? We're already married, and it's only natural to serve you. Besides, those servants don't know about your pregnancy. What if your rough hands and feet hurt you? Anyway, I Idle is also idle, happy to serve you."

Tuobahong raised his head and smiled at him, raised his eyebrows, and joked: "My queen is worth marrying."

Ming Heng suppressed the twitching corners of his mouth, and said solemnly: "I am your husband, you are me... well... you are also my husband." He originally wanted to refer to his wife, but the word wife was still in his throat. Before he could say it, he saw Tuoba Hong showing a half-smile expression, and quickly changed his words.

Tuoba Hong frowned, very satisfied with his performance of understanding current affairs.

Mingheng took the opportunity to make a request: "You see, we are both men, and we don't like the title of wife and husband, so can the title of queen be changed?"

Tuobahong didn't refuse, and asked instead, "What do you want to change it to?"

"Whatever, as long as it's not the queen." Ming Heng asked with a flash of inspiration, "By the way, what did your father Khan's subordinates call your father?"

Tuobahong's smile gradually faded, and he explained: "At the beginning, the relationship between the grassland and the Central Plains was tense, and the grasslands did not welcome people from the Central Plains, so Daddy did not marry Father Khan, nor did he have an official status. Father Khan was only a prince at that time. In order to protect Daddy, when he first arrived on the grassland, he was asked to show others with a mask, which is the gilt mask I always wear. Father Khan said to the public that he was a counselor he invited from outside, so they always called Daddy Mr. Those who stayed in the royal court were not fools. The relationship between Daddy and Father Khan was quickly discovered by them. Fortunately, those people were all Father Khan’s confidantes, so no one exposed what was behind Dad. Later, Father Khan became the throne, but the surrounding people With wolves around and the throne unstable, he didn't dare to announce his father's identity rashly. So until they passed away, father was still just a counselor."

This matter is also a great regret in Tuobahong's heart.His father followed his father Khan so anonymously with his lonely courage, and he has received so many supercilious glances over the years.Although Tuoba Rongyu loves him very much, and never hides his love for him in front of others, but if he is not married, he is unknown, and even Tuoba Rongyu can't stop others from discussing behind his back.When he was a child, Tuobahong often heard servants secretly calling him and his elder brother wild wolf cubs and calling his father a shameless coward.Tuobahong has a violent temper, every time he hears such words, he picks up a big knife and chases people down, and finally calms down under the comfort of his father.

For a while, Tuobahong hated his father Khan, thinking that he was useless, he could neither give his father a title nor protect him, and even secretly thought about taking his father back to his grandfather's house in Anling.However, Dad never cared about the rumors outside, and was still by his father's side, loving each other forever.

When Tuobahong was just pregnant, he often thought of these things, and when he thought of his father's helpless smile and those people's disdainful eyes, he couldn't sit still anymore.So under the pressure of the officials, he was so stubborn that he went to Anling to ask for a marriage, and he was so stubborn that he wanted to marry a man and come back to be the queen.All he did was to not want his child to be called a motherless wild wolf cub behind his back, and he didn't want his sweetheart to be scolded as a skinless and faceless husband by poking his spine.

Thinking of these past events, Tuoba Hong suddenly lost his mood.

At this moment, Mingheng is also regretting why he brought up this topic, and is scratching his head thinking about how to remedy it.After much deliberation, he was afraid that the more he said, the more he would make mistakes, so he simply changed the subject.

"By the way, shouldn't it be time to leave for the Muda Grassland tomorrow?"

Tuobahong also pulled his thoughts away from the past, changed his mind, and nodded: "Yes, we will leave early tomorrow morning."

Ming Heng asked curiously: "Will the entire royal court go?"

Tuobahong shook his head: "Ashnahan will stay at the royal court with a team of troops."

Mingheng looked at Tuobahong's stomach worriedly: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the cloak and cape will soon be unwearable. Can you still hide your belly? What if you are discovered?"

Tuobahong was not very worried, he touched his chubby belly and said: "A thinner cloak should be able to barely cover it. Don't worry, I will start to leave the royal court after the New Year is over."

Speaking of this matter, Ming Heng was still a little worried: "Is there really no problem, after all, this trip will last four or five months."

Tuobahong patted his hand comfortingly, and pulled him to sit by the bed: "I am only leaving the court temporarily, not letting go of political affairs. Wumeng will regularly report to me about the situation of the court, and The people pretending to be me are also my confidantes who have followed me for many years, and they imitate my voice and behavior perfectly, and they will not pass through."

Ming Heng was persuaded a little, nodded with a frown, and sighed: "I hope so."

Tuobahong pushed his hands behind his back, and said with a lazy smile: "You can think about these things later, the most important thing now is the New Year. Now I just want to spend your first New Year happily with you .”

Ming Heng looked into his shining eyes, his heart softened, all the restlessness disappeared miraculously at this moment, and he couldn't help looking forward to it.

It's the first New Year in Yerou...

It sounds like a lot to look forward to.

When he was in Anling, Emperor Qianyuan paid great attention to major festivals, especially the New Year. Every time they were held grandly and grandly, dances and music continued for three days, and there were various celebrations. The palace was so lively in those few days.But Ming Heng never looked forward to it, the festivities with lights and festivities never belonged to him, and the coldness of a room was his normal state.

However, at this moment, he is so looking forward to a New Year belonging to another country.The sense of belonging that he had never felt in Anling, but here, when he embraced Tuoba Hong, he clearly felt it.

On the second day, Ming Heng woke up early in the morning, eagerly waiting to go to Muda Grassland with Tuoba Hong.

However, all his expectations were shattered by a letter from the far south.

At that time, Ming Heng was helping Tuoba Hong to change clothes and wash his clothes, when Wu Meng hurried into Wang's tent, and said in a serious tone through the curtain in the inner room: "Khan, something happened."

As soon as these words came out, the two people who were still whispering with their heads together were stunned and raised their heads to look at each other.

Tuobahong restrained his face and said in a deep voice, "Come in and say."

As soon as the words fell, the curtain was pulled open, and Wu Meng walked in with a dignified expression.

Seeing this, a bad premonition flashed in Mingheng's heart.Tuobahong couldn't help but become serious: "What is it?"

Wu Meng took out a carrier pigeon from his arms and handed it over.

Tuobahong saw the expression on the carrier pigeon's face change instantly, and quickly took the carrier pigeon, untied a thin bamboo tube tied to his leg, and took out a note from it.

Ming Heng turned his head to look, and was stunned.He saw two lines of text written on the letter paper two fingers wide. He couldn't understand it, but he could tell from Tuoba Hong's increasingly ugly expression that something serious had happened.

He asked cautiously, "Who wrote you this note? What happened?"

Tuobahong put the note next to the candle and burned it, and told him solemnly: "The note was written by Zexi, and we usually use Feige to send letters for communication."

Mingheng was startled: "Zexi sent you a letter to Feige at this time, could something have happened?"

Tuobahong didn't refute his conjecture, and said with a gloomy face: "Zexi was ordered to go north to handle some errands a few days ago, but he was chased and killed by the fourth prince's men on the way, and was seriously injured."

Ming Heng was greatly shocked, and even suspected that he had heard it wrong, and dared not say anything: "Brother Four Emperors chased and killed Ze Xi? How is it possible! Doesn't he like Ze Xi?!"

Could it be that Brother Sihuang was unable to do so because of love, and eventually became hate because of love? !

The author has something to say: Ming Heng: Good guy, I call him good guy!

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