tip of the moon

The days have passed from summer to autumn, and the leaves are dyed brown, rendering a bleak look.

In the general's mansion.

"I heard that you and the cripple have been getting closer and closer in recent days?" Ji Shihua's tone was full of sarcasm.

"After all, he is a prince." Mu Qinghe had just returned from his military training and was already exhausted. Who would have thought that there was still such a thing waiting for him at home, and the smile on his always gentle face also disappeared.

"What prince." Ji Shihua clicked his tongue, "To be honest, he can't get out of the city even if he wants to. My father wanted to put him under house arrest for the rest of his life, but it was reported yesterday that the queen was colluding with the fox people. Hmph, With my royal father's mind, how long do you think you can keep them?"

Mu Qinghe's eyes flickered for a moment, and he remained silent.

"At the beginning, they brought the defeated fox family to our country. If they didn't take a fancy to the rare baby and the beauty of his sister, how could they take them in."

Seeing that Mu Qinghe didn't pay attention to him, Ji Shihua didn't care too much, and said with a weird smile: "I heard that Hu Feng is also an outlier in the fox clan."

Hearing this, Mu Qinghe finally looked straight at Ji Shihua: "How do you say that?"

Ji Shihua chuckled: "It is said that the fox people are the descendants of fox demons and humans. As long as the blood is pure, the fox people will have some spiritual power, and the purer the fox people, the higher the spiritual power. That's why they never call themselves human beings. And this A strange thing happened to the royal family of the fox family. The prince has no spiritual power. Instead, he and his sister have extremely powerful power. Ha, it’s like one person takes away the power of another person. I guess the fox family’s The decline has a lot to do with this, it's ridiculous that Hu Feng only learned some of our martial arts, and he can't even save himself, let alone the country?"

Mu Qinghe found that his fist had been clenched at some point, the third prince was too deceitful.

He forced a smile and said: "I said why he is so unsmiling. I thought he was born like this, so there is another reason."

Ji Shihua suddenly looked at Mu Qinghe seriously: "Qinghe, you are not really interested in that cripple, are you? If my father wants to kill the fox clan, he will definitely let you be his general."

Mu Qinghe's fingertips trembled slightly, and his chest felt inexplicably twitching. He comforted himself that it was nothing but guilt, but he still couldn't suppress it...

"You should know that if I save his life, he will give it back to me. He and I...I am responsible to him."

Ji Shihua sat back on the chair heavily: "It's your responsibility to him, bah, don't you have any responsibility to the emperor? Or do you think you have more responsibility to him than to me? Qinghe, don't go astray."

Mu Qinghe's heart turned cold, and after a while, he heard himself say: "The third prince can't believe me? Qinghe will definitely be loyal to His Majesty."

Hu Feng has recently visited the General's Mansion more and more frequently.Mu Qinghe's ardent invitation made him even neglect to visit Hooper.Hu Feng has gradually confirmed his feelings for Mu Qinghe, so does Mu Qinghe's overtures also mean that he has intentions for him?Every time Hu Feng thinks about this aspect, he will stop him in time. Isn't this too complacent?Shameless.

But Hooper's words lingered in his mind more and more frequently... Is it really possible to tell Mu Qinghe what's on his mind?

Seeing that the person walking in from the door was still in armor, Mu Qinghe couldn't help shaking his head: "Didn't you take it off yesterday, why did you put it on again?"

Hu Feng remembered Mu Qinghe's praise when he put on plain clothes yesterday, and his heart beat again.

"You don't have to worry, I scrub every night."

Mu Qinghe can't laugh or cry, Hu Feng's thinking is often different, he either thinks a little more or thinks a little less than ordinary people.

"I don't mean to dislike it, but why are you so stubborn?"

Hu Feng was silent for a moment, then said quietly: "This armor was given to me by my father. He said that he can keep me safe when I am in danger."

After finishing speaking, Hu Feng was suddenly a little dazed, and lowered his head, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.Heh, he is indeed alive, but the fox family has been broken... Now he is still worrying about his personal relationship...

A few words have already made Mu Qinghe understand most of it, Hu Feng must still have no sense of security in the city, and his father probably died in the war long ago...

Mu Qinghe's heart softened suddenly. Although Hu Feng was a real man, every time he lowered his head, he would lose a lot of his heroic spirit.The furrowed black eyebrows and slightly curled eyelashes tickled his heart.

"Why don't I send something to the wind?"

Hu Feng looked at Mu Qinghe with light eyes, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Mu Qinghe immediately asked someone to prepare paper and ink, and began to draw on the rice paper.The hand holding the pen walks on the paper, as skillfully as he holds a sword on the battlefield.In just three cups of tea, the fox with light-colored eyes jumped onto the paper, and his expression was somewhat similar to that of the expressionless Hu Feng.

Hu Feng's heart moved: "I'll give you one too." After saying that, he took the pen from Mu Qinghe's hand, and another piece of paper.

He was not used to human pens, so he wrote very slowly, every stroke seemed to be deeply embedded in the paper, the ink smudged on the rice paper, and soon blurred, but Hu Feng didn't care.Mu Qinghe's heart skipped a beat when he saw his eyes and flushed cheeks, but he couldn't tell what he saw or what he understood.

Finally finished, Hu Feng put down the pen, didn't say whether he was satisfied, but just took a deep look at Mu Qinghe, and nodded slightly.

Mu Qinghe was dazzled by his translucent eyes for a moment, and looked at the writing again, not to mention the unique characters of the fox clan, the ink had already spread everywhere, making it difficult to distinguish clearly.

Even so, Mu Qinghe still smiled and put away the words: "Thank you, Feng'er."

Hu Feng's eyes dimmed slightly, but he didn't say any more, silently putting Mu Qinghe's painting away carefully.

Mu Qinghe seemed unhappy to see him: "I don't know what Feng'er wrote just now?"

Hu Feng's eyelashes fluttered a few times.

"Ku, Luo, Duo, De." The deep voice was a little hoarse, and he spit out each word from his mouth. The language of the fox clan seemed to be woven into a net with magical power to bind Mu Qinghe.

Seeing Mu Qinghe staring at him in a daze, Hu Feng had the illusion that he understood for a moment, stood up in a daze, and quickly walked away from the door. The words of the wind and the crisp clang of metal as it collides...

For several days, Hu Feng did not come to the General's Mansion, and Mu Qinghe did not invite him again.

Hu Feng began to seriously consider going out of the city. Although he is not good at stratagems, he is not a fool either.At that time, the Fox Clan was almost wiped out by the Great Moon Kingdom, so they had to flee here to pray for protection.However, all the clansmen were dismissed and were not allowed to communicate with each other, and Hooper was accepted as queen.Hu Feng didn't believe in loving him and respecting him.Now the fox family is just in name only, the best way is to open up another piece of land and build a new home.

As for Mu Qinghe... Hu Feng's expression changed.I lost my composure so far that day, how can I explain it when I see you again.What's more, the tribe is in such a situation, as a prince, it is not appropriate to talk about personal affairs.Hu Feng rubbed the cold lines on the copper-colored armor carefully with his hands, and the once dark blood stains coagulated drop by drop. The ones of family members, friends, subordinates... can't forget the pungent fishy smell when wiping, so how can they live up to it? Father's expectations...

Mu Qinghe, it's still gone...

Hu Feng closed his eyes.The autumn wind penetrated his thin clothes and swam through his hair, bringing a little coolness.

He pulled the skirt of his body, still put on the armor, prepared his horse and rode towards the palace alone.

At this moment, Hooper was leaning on the carved wooden bed, half-draped in a fox-fur cloak.Her cheeks were much thinner than a month ago, and her once gorgeous appearance was haggard like a pond full of lotus flowers.However, there is still aura and majesty in those light-colored eyes like Hu Feng's.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hu please see me." A maid came to report.

The light-colored eyes revealed brilliance, and the tone was still cold: "Send him to come in."

The sound of shallow and deep footsteps landed on the ground. Seeing his younger brother's attire, which was half helpless and half pity, Hooper yawned, squinted and smiled lazily: "Why, finally remembered to see my sister?"

When Hu Feng saw her scene, he felt a little bit shocked and angry, and a little bit guilty.Immediately kneeling on the ground: "Hu Feng..."

Hooper waved his hand to signal him to shut up. There was nothing wrong with his younger brother, but sometimes he was so rigid that he couldn't even crack a joke.

"I heard that your relationship with General Mu is getting closer."

Hu Feng's face was warm and cold, and he was not in the mood to joke with his sister. Seeing Hooper's state, he became more determined to leave.

"Please sister leave the palace with Feng'er."

"where to?"

"Look for another land to house my Fox Clan."

Hooper shuddered, looking straight at Hu Feng.She thought her younger brother had settled down, but she didn't expect to bring up the old matter again.

"This matter must not be mentioned again."

"Please listen to Feng'er, Feng'er thinks..."

"Bold," Hooper slammed on the bed board, his eyes widened angrily, "Did Feng'er ignore my sister's words?"

Hu Feng bowed his head, but there was no trace of fear on his face.

Hooper let out a long sigh, rubbed the center of his brows, and said in a calm tone: "It's better for Feng'er and sister to go out for a walk."

Hu Feng knew that there was no rush for this matter, so he could only agree.

The two siblings sent their servants away and walked all the way in the garden, each with their own thoughts and not much to say.

There are only stumps left in the flower ponds of the past, and the road turns and is quiet and deep.Hu Feng suddenly felt sad, but also warm. Hu Po was the only relative he could rely on in the world.Since Hooper became the leader, he was no longer as close as she was when she was a child. The things on Hooper's shoulders forced her to become decisive and majestic, but he knew that his sister was still his sister, and this had never changed.

"It's very pleasant to come here for a walk when you have nothing to do."

"Indeed."

During the conversation, a series of laughing words broke the silence, three or four children ran over from the path, yelling something, holding something in their hands, and one of them bumped into Hu Feng directly.

Hu Feng frowned slightly, and helped the child who had fallen to the ground. The child made a grimace, and hurried away with his companions.

This is probably a child of a servant in the palace, who has not been strictly disciplined and ran into the garden.

The corner of Hooper's mouth curved: "What does Feng'er think of those children?"

"You haven't entered the world deeply yet, so you have no taboos in your words and deeds." Hu Feng thought about it and replied.

Hooper chuckled: "Feng'er has grown up."

"Feng'er is naturally the same age as my sister."

"I forgot that," joked Hooper, "the wind is much less windy."

Seeing Hu Feng's embarrassment, Hooper asked again: "Does Feng'er think he understands human affairs?"

"I only know a thing or two."

"Feng'er must really want to grow up, and you have indeed reached this age..." Hopper continued, "It's just that I often imagine that it's a good thing to be like those children."

"I have seen a lot, and I have been in this world for a long time, and I feel that whether people are good or us, there are shortcomings everywhere, and conspiracy and tricks everywhere. I think I am superior to others, but in fact, I am just like others. What's the use of being taller, but I'm always trapped inside and can't escape. By now, I'm a little tired. Feng'er, you said that the group of children were playing and laughing foolishly, isn't it also a kind of happiness?"

Hu Feng understood what Hooper meant, he didn't like to talk around, and he simply pointed out: "Feng'er has a heart to quit, and there must be an explanation for my remaining clansmen and my father's spirit in heaven."

Hooper's hands trembled, and his eyes were covered with sadness, but the child didn't know...well, it's not time to make it clear.

"I'm also tired today, you should step back first."

Unexpectedly, Hu Feng was still standing where he was, with a rare stubbornness on his face: "This time Feng'er can't do what my sister wants."

Hooper stared at the person in front of him, and was about to speak, when a maid trotted over and saluted hurriedly: "The emperor hastened to announce the empress to enter the palace."