princess is everywhere

"Your Highness is out of the palace today, and there are quite a few people with him." Xu Mu randomly searched for a topic to talk about, but after speaking, his ears turned even redder.Because Anyang brought a lot of people, there were even more people who saw their situation just now.

Xu Mu knew her identity, and Anyang knew her identity, but the hug just now caused ripples in her heart.

Anyang heard the words and subconsciously looked back, but only ordered the guards to follow from afar, and even Dong Ling didn't allow her to get close.Then she naturally took Xu Mu's sleeves and led her into the peach forest.

Xu Mu hesitated to speak, but seeing Anyang's frank expression, he swallowed back the words.While following Anyang forward, she pulled her arms calmly, trying to break free from the eldest princess's grasp... It's a pity that she moved too lightly and Anyang didn't pay attention, or Anyang sensed it and refused to let go. I didn't leave after entering Taolin.

There are many fewer people in Taolin, and they don't gather in one place.Because this forest has not yet reached the time when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, there is not even a bud on the branches, so only tourists hang some colored paper to decorate it to appreciate the red.

Anyang also didn't care to appreciate these things, and took Xu Mu into the Taolin before responding to her previous words: "The capital is also troubled now, I will bring more people when I go out of the palace, so that the emperor can rest assured."

Xu Mu's eyes flickered when he heard these words, but he said: "At the foot of the emperor in the capital, His Highness must be worrying too much."

Anyang turned around when he heard the words, looked directly at Xu Mu with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said suddenly: "I heard that King Xin returned to Beijing a few days ago."

When Xu Mu heard this name, his originally clear eyes darkened instantly, but he pursed his lips and did not speak.

Anyang couldn't see Xu Mu's forbearance and stubbornness. Thinking of what she had encountered, he immediately felt sorry for her.The hand that was holding Xu Mu's sleeve, but this time it accurately grasped Xu Mu's palm, and what he touched was a clenched fist as expected.So without waiting for Xu Mu to say anything, she got straight to the point: "I heard that General Xu has enmity with King Xin?"

When Xu Mu heard this, she didn't even twitch her eyelashes—she had experienced a lot in the past seven years, and she had grown from that young general to the calm but cold and sharp temperament she is now.She remembered all those hatreds, but she would never show them outside.

Anyang didn't wait for her to answer, and unfolded Xu Mu's clenched fist as if he was familiar with it: "It just so happens that I also have a grudge against him."

These words were slightly unexpected to Xu Mu, she unconsciously frowned slightly and let go: "What is the grudge between Your Highness and King Xin?"

Anyang was not willing to let go, and did not raise his eyes: "Revenge for murder!"

Xu Mu was amazed, but immediately understood, just like when the king believed in the enemy and betrayed the country, the assassination on New Year's Eve did not leave any evidence.But this does not mean that King Xin is innocent. Anyang blocked the sword for the emperor that day, so naturally he has enmity with King Xin.

But what Xu Mu didn't know was that the revenge that Anyang referred to did not refer to the assassination on New Year's Eve, after all, she survived that knife for the emperor's brother.What she was referring to was the last arrow that King Xin shot at Xu Mu seven years ago, which also replaced him with his body, but that arrow pierced Anyang right through.Naturally, Anyang would never forget that kind of pain, not to mention that it was only a few hours since she suffered all of this.

Anyang's hatred for King Xin is real, and Xu Mu can naturally see it.Even if she didn't feel the same hatred with her because of the princess's few words, but she didn't say anything about holding her hand.

Left and right... no one sees it now, right?

Xu Mu blinked, avoiding Anyang's holding her hand intentionally, and asked solemnly: "What does Your Highness mean by telling me this?" Your Majesty will settle the matter."

Anyang was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then looked up at her: "Can you tell me about what happened seven years ago?"

Xu Mu's breath was stagnant when he heard the words, and the warmth in his eyes cooled down in an instant.She finally withdrew her hand and said with a cold face: "If Your Highness wants to hear a story, you can ask someone to tell it to amuse you. Why do you need to ask me this?"

As soon as An Yang heard this, she knew that she had misunderstood, and she also regretted her abruptness, as if she was exposing Xu Mu's scar.It's just that, as a former bystander and witness, she subconsciously felt that she was on Xu Mu's side, and she didn't know how to be tactful when she asked.At this moment, I bit my lips in frustration, and hurriedly pulled Xu Mu again: "I don't want to hear the story, I just, I just care about you!"

This is absolutely true, Anyang even said "I love you", but it seems to add a bit of ambiguity to the situation.

No matter what others think, at least Xu Mu is at a loss for this sudden concern, especially when she meets An Yang's eyes and finds that the concern in the other's eyes is not fake.So she took a step back subconsciously, unable to maintain her original cold face, and said incoherently: "Your Highness, Your Highness doesn't have to be like this..."

Anyang, however, held her and did not let go: "I want to know, can you tell me to listen?"

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The past seven years ago seemed very far away to Xu Mu, but it was still firmly entrenched in her mind, and the color never faded even a day.And Anyang was the first person to ask. Although Xu Mu was touched, he didn't know where to start.

Anyang held Xu Mu's hand, found a clean boulder in the forest, and sat down side by side with Xu Mu.

Xu Mu was a little uncomfortable, feeling that the two of them were too close, and it was not suitable for etiquette.But before she struggled to move away, Anyang grabbed her sleeves, and finally, under the insistence of the eldest princess, she could only sit upright awkwardly.

Anyang was very satisfied with this. If she hadn't been concerned about Xu Mu's current status, she really wanted to keep him by her side and never leave her. When did this idea arise, Anyang himself couldn't explain.But it is undeniable that those experiences in the "dream" made her not only close to Xu Mu, but also gave birth to some hazy feelings that she didn't realize.

However, the eldest princess was born as the proud daughter of heaven, and she can get whatever she wants.So even if she doesn't understand her own intentions, it is not difficult to get close to people and draw them to her side.

The two were sitting side by side at the moment, Anyang thought for a while, and suddenly took out a small bag of snacks and looked at Xu Mu: "Do you want some?"

Seeing this, Xu Mu was startled at first, and then laughed dumbly: "No, there's no need."

The originally serious atmosphere became more relaxed because of Anyang's act of taking out snacks.Although Anyang's behavior was really like listening to a story to relieve boredom, but for some reason, Xu Mu at this time was no longer annoyed as before.She looked at Anyang's smiling eyebrows, and felt a rare sense of relaxation in her heart. She even thought of the majestic princess, why did she still carry snacks on her body?

But when he was distracted, Anyang stuffed a pastry into Xu Mu's mouth, and the milk cake the size of a finger was very sweet.She was startled, wrapped the tip of her tongue around the milk cake, and finally asked, "What does Your Highness want to know?"

Anyang's first concern was of course what happened after the failed ambush. She could block Xu Mu's cold arrow from King Xin, but she couldn't help her hug herself afterwards——Emperor Xian was not a wise monarch, but he was not a worthy one either. How stupid.He can keep King Xin out of selfishness, or he can dislike King Xin because his ambitions are exposed, but he will never tolerate others assassinating his son, especially outside the capital!

After thinking for a while, Anyang said: "I heard from the emperor that the father was unfair, and you went to trouble the king yourself?"

The emperor didn't say anything about it, he just summed it up lightly with King Xin biting back.As for the fact that the first emperor was unfair, they are really easy to say as children.Secondly, he also helped Xu Mu when he recovered, and he always felt a little inappropriate to say it.

But Xu Mu didn't know this. Hearing what Anyang said, he admitted without thinking: "Yes. At that time, I was young and vigorous. I believed in the king, colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country and sent someone to assassinate my father. I wanted to seek revenge from him. It was unfair, so I took revenge myself, so I ambushed King Xin on his way from the capital to the domain. Unfortunately, it didn’t work, and afterward King Xin was rescued by the defenders of the capital, and I was questioned by the late emperor.”

She was downplaying but was quite honest. After hearing this, Anyang nervously tied up his sleeves, and asked anxiously, "And then? Assassinating the prince is a felony. Since you were found and questioned, how did you get away?"

At this time, Anyang's face was full of concern and tension, and there was no falsehood. How could he really feel comfortable eating snacks and listening to stories?Seeing this, Xu Mu didn't know why, so he put on a double smile, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty helped me." After a pause, he continued: "It was also the late emperor who cared about face."

Anyang was a little puzzled by what he said, but as Xu Mu explained, he soon had an explanation - it was the first emperor himself who ignored the evidence in order to protect King Xin.When Xu Mu's ambush of King Xin happened later, Xu Mu was not caught, and the prince helped mediate, so it was naturally not good for the late emperor to convict Xu Mu at will.

Double standards are fine, but double standards on the bright side will be criticized.

The first emperor didn't want to leave the reputation of being a faint king, so this is a story of suffering from being dumb.King Xin killed Old General Xu on the front foot, the Xu family suffered from being dumb, and Xu Mu ambushed King Xin on the back foot, King Xin could only swallow that breath back.

But the emperor is the emperor after all, how can the first emperor be willing to suffer as a king?The first emperor hated Xu Mu because of this, and the young general who had a bright future was kicked out of the capital after that incident.And in the next seven years, wherever there is war, where the battle is difficult to fight, Xu Mu will be sent there.Thanks to Xu Mu's good skills, he didn't die in those dangerous battlefields.

Xu Mu is not a person who can complain and gain sympathy, so she didn't say anything about what happened in the past seven years, and only answered Anyang's previous inquiries.But Xu Mu's name of Changsheng General, Anyang, has long been heard, and her deeds over the years are not difficult to inquire about.

Thinking about it, Anyang felt heartbroken. She had thousands of words, but it was not the time to speak.In the end, she just picked up another piece of milk cake and fed it to Xu Mu, and then asked her, "Is it sweet?"

Xu Mu was fed twice, somewhat embarrassed, but still nodded under Anyang's gaze: "Sweet."