After a long sentence, the hall was still silent.

The shock on everyone's faces added another three points, and many people showed dumbfounded expressions, and they quickly looked at the center on the right side of the main hall.

That place is where the mother and son of the lord of Zhen'an County are seated.

After showing a hint of surprise at first, the county lord of Zhen'an lowered his eyes, and his face was calm, and he did not make eye contact with anyone in the hall.

Li Huaizhi, who was sitting beside his mother, ignored the various meanings of the eyes around him, and only glanced up at Mu Qing, who was sitting with the two little princes at the head of the palace.

The two princes also looked stunned and inexplicable, while Mu Qing looked down at the crystal clear white jade wine cup in his hand, and no one could see this look clearly.

Emperor Longwu slowly frowned, and glanced at the position of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother's figure did not move at all.

"The hour is almost up, please return. Emperor Longwu spoke in a deep voice.

Looking at each other, everyone got up and said goodbye, and they dispersed in a moment.

The Queen Mother also slowly got up, holding the hands of the palace people, and walked out slowly.

After the queen mother left, the eldest prince tugged at the corner of Mu Qing's clothes, Mu Qing looked at the palace, the thin figure of the eldest princess still knelt down for a long time, hung her head, and did not look at others again, Mu Qing walked out silently.

The two princes chased out, and among the groups of guests, Mu Qing was no longer visible.

"Let the queen go back and rest. Emperor Longwu spoke.

The queen glanced at a few people, saluted, and left with the palace people.

There are only a few people left in the hall that can accommodate thousands of people, revealing a kind of cold emptiness after the hustle and bustle.

Mu Dongheng's sitting posture has not changed, and his sight has not changed.

Emperor Longwu glanced at it, looked at the eldest princess and said in a deep voice: "The imperial sister got up and spoke." ”

The eldest princess knelt down for too long, and got up a little slowly, but her movements were still soft and elegant, and she only stood up straight for a moment, her body shook slightly, but the next moment she straightened her back.

Standing in the empty hall, the straight back looks more and more thin, like a thin green bamboo, weak and tough.

"Thank you, Brother Huang. The eldest princess spoke calmly.

"Ru Xiang is decided?" After staring at it for a long time, Emperor Longwu asked.

"The decision has been made. The eldest princess whispered calmly, "Even if she is reduced to a commoner, Ru Xiang is willing." If the general is unwilling, the 10,000 fiefdoms in Yunzhou under the name of the original minister's sister can be used as compensation. ”

Emperor Longwu's eyes deepened a little, and his eyes fell on Mu Dongheng.

Mu Dongheng looked at the eldest princess, stood up at an extremely slow speed that was almost almost sluggish like never before, and said slowly: "I don't allow it! Don't say 10,000 households, even if the whole world rewards me, I will never allow it!"

In just a few sentences, sonorous and low, to the point!

When he heard Mu Dongheng's sentence "It is to reward me with the whole world", Emperor Longwu's eyes couldn't help but flicker, but Mu Dongheng only stared at the eldest princess, and he didn't feel that such words were almost equivalent to disapproval in terms of his own identity.

The eldest princess didn't seem to hear Mu Dongheng's words, and looked at Emperor Longwu calmly as if she had turned a deaf ear: "Please ask for the emperor's permission." ”

Emperor Longwu lowered his eyes and raised his eyes, and glanced at Gonggong Yu slightly.

When he was in the public office, he beckoned, and the only remaining palace people in the palace also retreated.

In the main hall, there were only three people left.

"Ru Xiang, there are no outsiders at this time, and the imperial brother will not lie to you. Emperor Longwu asked in a deep voice: "You and Dongheng are the first emperor's marriage, and now after the great disaster, it is the time of reunion and happiness for the family, why do you talk lightly and leave? You are my eldest princess of Dali, the most noble blood of my Li family's royal family, your family affairs are also related to state affairs, and everyone in the world is paying attention to them-Ru Xiang, what the imperial brother said, do you understand?"

Ru Xiang understood. The eldest princess smiled faintly, and there was a hint of sadness in her understanding, "It is precisely because she understands that Ru Xiang in front of the palace said so." If I were the daughter of an ordinary family, I would rather die than recognize her son as a son in court. Brother Huang, don't I understand enough?"

Emperor Longwu's expression paused slightly, and his eyes changed a little, but he did not speak again immediately.

Emperor Longwu looked up at Mu Dongheng.

Mu Dongheng's face, which had always been like a sculpture, finally collapsed and shattered at this moment, his face was gray in an instant, his body was almost invisible and trembling, and in just a breath, the whole person seemed to be taken away from his life, and his expression was dead.

Emperor Longwu was silent for a moment and asked, "You are the same mother...... Can you negotiate it?"

The eldest princess hung her head.

Emperor Longwu sighed slightly, his eyes fell on Mu Dongheng's face, which had lost his vitality in an instant, and the next moment he simply retracted it neatly, got up and stepped out slowly.

Mu Dongheng raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and said in a hoarse and dry voice: "It's me who is wrong...... But I only have you in my heart, and I once thought that I had other people in my heart, but then I thought about it and thought, I only had you in my heart...... I have been deceived by myself for 20 years, and I have been wrong for 20 years, and I will spend the rest of my life to pay it back, if I can, the next life, the next life...... I'll pay it back. Ru Xiang, don't be reconciled - you don't want to see me, I won't enter your yard, whatever you want, as long as you can do it! Punish me as much as you want, don't leave ...... You don't blame me for all the mistakes I've made before, this time, the last time, you forgive me again, okay?"

"That's because I like you—" The eldest princess turned around slowly, her bright and pure white face was unpleasant, and her cold eyes were as quiet and deep as a winter lake, "If you like it in your heart, you will be happy, and you will not be blamed." But now I don't like it, I don't like it, every day, every breath is uncomfortable, unbearable, if you and I change places, can you still settle?"

The eldest princess's voice was calm, not a word was unpleasant, and there was not even half a point of resentment.

Mu Dongheng's heart was like a hammer, and in the almost gentle words of the eldest princess, the atrium seemed to be split inch by inch by an invisible blade, and then slowly crushed inch by inch, oozing dense and sharp pain!

"You hate me?" Mu Dongheng said with difficulty, his voice so low that he could barely hear me.

"It doesn't matter anymore. The eldest princess watched calmly.

"Tell me—" Mu Dongheng closed his eyes in pain, "one last time...... Tell me!"

The eldest princess looked at him fixedly, and after a moment she spoke: "I hated it...... I hated you when you were angry at my bedside, accusing me of deceiving you about your immortal life, when you shook my immovable body and accused me of not being generous enough, and when you accused my mother of harming your woman, I hated you, and when I heard the maid say that Mama Hu killed the palace and killed the palace Ya Xiuzi and was almost whipped to death by you...... For a whole month from the time I was awakened by your anger until I left the General's Mansion, I heard your voice, the voices of the maids, the words you said, the words they said, every word made me want to die, and I never woke up—"

There were traces of water in Mu Dongheng's closed eyes, and the eldest princess was unmoved, and she didn't even pause her words, and continued to go down.