"Yang Muyun ----" The princess called his name in the room.

"Your lady is calling you, come over quickly!" Lei Zhen smiled at Yang Muyun at him.

Yang Muyun smiled bitterly, went over and pushed the door into the room.

"Gong ......, what's wrong? What happened? As soon as Yang Muyun opened his mouth, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he accepted the title in time.

"People's feet ......" the princess just wanted to say it, but her face was flushed.

"What's wrong with the foot?" Yang Muyun squatted down in the past, stretched out his hand and lifted the princess's slender jade feet, the princess was embarrassed, and her toes curled up tightly, like shy petals. The princess's ankles are soft and soft, and they are as smooth as jade in her hands.

"Ah, your feet are blistered." Yang Muyun was stunned, no wonder she was embarrassed: "You bear with it, I'll help you break it with a needle, otherwise you won't want to walk tomorrow." ”

Yang Muyun helped the princess pick up the blood blister, and gently blew it with her mouth. When I looked up, I saw the princess's eyes watery, and tears were rolling in her eyes.

"What's wrong? Did I hurt you? Yang Muyun was a little confused in his heart.

"It's okay, you can keep picking." The princess wiped the corner of her eye with her sleeve.

Yang Muyun ---- "The princess wanted to speak and stopped.

"Gong ...... What do you want to say? Yang Muyun felt that her expression was very strange.

"I --- my name is Zhu Xiyuan, if it's inconvenient for you to call me, just call me Xiyuan." The princess bit her red cherry lips and spoke up bravely.

"Xiyuan---" Yang Muyun called softly, not understanding what the princess meant.

"My grandfather, like you, is a hundred households of Jinyiwei, so my mother's background is not noble......" Zhu Xiyuan said eloquently, as if talking to herself, and as if she was talking to Yang Muyun.

Yang Muyun didn't interrupt her, and listened quietly on the side.

“...... Until the ninth year of Xuande, my mother was just an ordinary noble concubine because she did not give birth to a child to her father, and this identity was until the death of my father on the first day of the tenth year of Xuande. According to the practice in the palace, the concubines who did not have children with their father were to be martyred for their father, and it was at this time that the female officials in the palace found out that my mother was pregnant, and it was my timely appearance that allowed my mother to escape the catastrophe. Zhu Xiyuan was silent for a moment.

"This kind of system is so inhumane, how can human life be treated as a mustard." Yang Muyun was indignant.

Zhu Xiyuan's eyes lit up, and I really didn't misunderstand him.

"When I was born, my father was already gone, and after my brother ascended the throne, he canonized my mother as a concubine, and canonized me as the princess of Yongqing of the Ming Dynasty......" Zhu Xiyuan said slowly, without a trace of joy on her face.

Zhu Xiyuan glanced at Yang Muyun: "Outsiders think that I am a golden branch and jade leaf, but in fact, I am just a golden silk bird in a cage." The Forbidden City is very big, but you can't move around in it at will, there are a lot of eunuchs and palace maids everywhere you go, and there are a lot of rules to bind you at any time, staying in such an environment, I feel like I'm going crazy at any time......" Speaking of this, an unspeakable pain appeared in her eyes.

Yang Muyun stood up, sat next to her and held her hand, her hand was soft and cold.

Zhu Xiyuan's cheeks flushed, and her little hands trembled slightly.

"Actually, I secretly came out with Brother Wang, and I was discovered by the emperor after I came out, and he had no choice but to issue an edict to let Brother King Yu take good care of me." Zhu Xiyuan looked up at Yang Muyun: "I don't want to go back, I don't want to go back to that cage." I envy the lives of ordinary people, if God makes me choose again, I don't want to be in the emperor's house again. Her voice sounded a little poignant.

"At least the palace is safe, no one will kidnap you, and no one will hurt you." Yang Muyun comforted her.

"You rescued me from Trevet Villa, do you think I'll thank you?" Zhu Xiyuan's small hand was withdrawn from his palm, and the gaze looking at him became sharp.

"Will you hate me?" Yang Muyun smiled bitterly.

"Yes, I hate you. Because your presence brought me back to that cage. Zhu Xiyuan's pink fist hammered Yang Muyun's shoulder twice.

Yang Muyun was silent, what Zhu Xiyuan said may be right. Because when he first met her in the room of the young master of Cuiwei Villa, she was not afraid, afraid, or sad at all, but giggled and called the young master a little goblin, because the young master was exactly like her. Exactly the same, right? Yang Muyun suddenly became a little nervous.

"What is that young master doing pretending to be you?" Yang Muyun asked nervously.

"How do I know? Maybe it's fun. Zhu Xiyuan didn't think too much.

"She tried to tie you up with His Royal Highness King Yu, is it just to pretend to be you for fun?" Yang Muyun reminded her not to be too naïve.

"That'...... So what do you say she's for? Zhu Xiyuan also felt that something was wrong.

"I don't know, but I can infer that, first of all, they are a group of anti-court people, otherwise they would not have kidnapped you and His Royal Highness. When I followed them to Lijin Village, they asked His Royal Highness King Yu to agree to the conditions of the young master, but I don't know what the conditions were. Yang Muyun glanced at Zhu Xiyuan.

"Is that young master about the same age as you?" Yang Muyun asked.

"That's right! Like me, she was born in Xuande for ten years. Zhu Xiyuan said.

"She imitates the way you look, your mannerisms, your demeanor. Also, did you tell her about your life, the people around you, and all the stories in the palace? Yang Muyun's tone was very serious.

"Yes, she asked me a lot about the palace, and I only told her a small part. And then you're here......" Zhu Xiyuan also felt the seriousness of the matter.

"If she controls everything about you, then can she replace you as the princess of Yongqing and return to the palace?" Yang Muyun didn't continue, and at that time, there would be no need for the real princess to exist.

"You said she would pretend to be me to the palace?" Zhu Xiyuan exclaimed.

"At that point, His Royal Highness King Yu is probably also controlled by them, with the cooperation of His Royal Highness King Yu, she can approach and control the emperor as a princess, including everyone in the palace." Yang Muyun nodded.

"Ah----" Zhu Xiyuan exclaimed, "what do they want to do?" ”

"Control and subvert the entire Ming Dynasty." Yang Muyun sighed: "Your Royal Highness Princess, you were born in the royal family, so you have to take on the responsibility of a royal child to the entire dynasty. You can't act arbitrarily like a common man. Sometimes one of your inadvertent actions can cause harm to many people. ”

Zhu Xiyuan stopped talking, and Yang Muyun's words spoke deeply in her heart.

"If you don't go back, she'll appear as you and take your place, and then ......"

"Don't say any more!" Zhu Xiyuan raised his head: "I will go back, and I will go back soon." ”

"It's getting late, Your Royal Highness the princess should rest early, and we will have to leave early tomorrow morning." When Yang Muyun went out, he didn't forget to close the door by the way.

Yang Muyun slowly paced in the courtyard sprinkled with moonlight, he didn't have the heart to sleep. How to go tomorrow's journey, he has to think about it first. The nearest county seat from here is Huoshan, so what should I do next when I get to Huoshan? Show your identity and let the government escort you? Or is it a quieter city to a larger city? He had lost contact with the Jinyi Guard's brigade and had lost his way in the mountains. Mountainous areas are places where government control is weak, and it is not safe to talk about less than a larger prefecture city. After thinking about it for a long time, his mind was still very messy, Yang Muyun sighed, simply closed his eyes, and took one step at a time!

At dawn the next day, Yang Muyun knocked on the door of the princess's room, Zhu Xiyuan's eyes were red, thinking that she hadn't slept well all night.

After breakfast, Lei Zhen packed up yesterday's tiger skin and some other animal skins, and was about to lead Yang Muyun and Zhu Xiyuan out. Suddenly, the second tiger son next door ran over and said, "Brother Lei, you don't have to go all the way to Huoshan to sell your animal skins, there is a caravan from the south to buy furs and medicinal materials." ”

"That's great," Lei Zhen turned to Yang Muyun and said, "Engong, your wife can't walk the mountain road, so she can take a ride on the caravan's horse." ”

Yang Muyun couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, and he looked at Zhu Xiyuan for a while, and both of them showed joy on their faces.

"You rest here first, I'll go and tell the people of the caravan, and I'll pick you up when I'm done." Yang Muyun said excitedly.

Zhu Xiyuan listened and nodded.

It was a caravan of about fifty men, driven by about a hundred and ten mules and horses, almost all of which were loaded with stuff on their backs.

Coming to the col where the hunters lived, the caravan stopped. The hunters took out their own hides and medicinal herbs to trade with the caravans.

The col was bustling with activity, and some mules and horses carried grain, salt, iron tools, and cloth were also urgently needed by the mountain people, and the hunters and caravans surrounded the city, shouting and bargaining for the goods they needed.

Lei Zhen took the tiger skin and said to a caravan leader in his thirties with a pointed face and a beard: "Here is a good tiger skin, can the boss give money?" ”

The man narrowed his eyes and glanced at the tiger skin carefully, and twisted his beard: "Of course, but I have to take a good look at the goods." ”

Lei Zhen handed over the tiger skin, and the man touched the color of the fur on the skin with his hand, looked through it a few times, and nodded: "Okay, there are no scratches on the skin." The price is sixty taels of silver. ”

Lei Zhen's eyes widened: "Boss, I want to take this tiger skin to the city, and it can be sold for at least one hundred taels." ”

The man smiled: "Little brother is right, but the nearest county town from here is a hundred and ten miles away, if the little brother walks back and forth, I'm afraid it will take a few days, and the energy and financial resources spent in the middle, let's not talk about it, whether we can get rid of it quickly when we get there, it is still unknown." Since the little brother went to the city to buy and sell, he had to pay taxes to the government, and the tiger skin could not be sold for a while, so he had to eat and live in the city. This item accumulates to the point that even if you can sell it for a hundred taels of silver, you won't know how much you can take home. It's as easy as you sell at this door, and give you sixty taels, which is already a lot. ”

Lei Zhen scratched his head, he didn't read much, and he couldn't calculate the relationship between so many accounts, but he felt that people seemed to be saying well, so he said: "Boss, you can add ten more taels!" In order to hunt this tiger, I almost didn't take this life. ”

The man shook his head, about to say a few more words. Suddenly, someone in the crowd on the other side shouted: "Feng Quan? Steward Feng! ”

The man's face changed, and he followed the prestige, only to see a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy coming out of the crowd. When the man saw it, he was not only dumbfounded: "Are you?" Uncle, why are you here? ”

The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was Yang Muyun. And the leader of the caravan was his father-in-law, Zhou Bo'an, and Feng Quanfeng, the chief steward of the central land.

Feng Quan said to a person beside him, "You help me tell them the price first." Then talk to Yang Muyun to a no-man's land.

"Uncle, I finally found you, Miss has been worried about you?" Feng Quan's face was very happy.

"Mengnan? Where is she now? Yang Muyun asked.

"After Lord He came back from Nandu, he went to the mansion to find Miss, and said that Uncle, you have been left in Nandu by his boss and have been injured. The young lady was worried about her uncle, so she wanted to rush over. The lord was not at ease, so he asked the villain to accompany the young lady and the aunt's two ladies to Nandu. Who knew that after arriving in Nandu, my uncle and everyone in Nanzhen Fusi went to handle the case......" Feng Quan told everything in one breath.

"Then why are you here?"

"My uncle didn't know, Miss wanted to wait for my uncle to come back in Nandu, but there were some things in Nanchang Mansion that Miss needed to deal with, so Miss took a boat to Nanchang. Before going to Nanchang, the young lady asked the villain to purchase some fur medicinal materials, and the villain organized a team of mules and horses to come to the mountains to buy. By the way, Miss Ning Xin is also in the villain's caravan. The villain will call her to you. ”

"Ning Xin is here too." Yang Muyun's eyes lit up: "I'll go with you." ”

Feng Quan led Yang Muyun to the middle of a group of people, only to see a very handsome young man wearing a narrow-sleeved round-necked green shirt asking about the medicinal materials sent by the hunters.

"Ning Xin----" Yang Muyun shouted.

"Sir? It's really you! The handsome young man couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at Yang Muyun, and then stepped forward with a cheer and hugged Yang Muyun tightly.

The people around him were dumbfounded.

"Let's talk." Yang Muyun took Ning Xin's hand.

Ning Xin wiped the tears of happiness in her eyes, blushed and followed Yang Muyun out of the crowd.

"How did you end up in Grand Steward Feng's caravan?" Yang Muyun asked.

"Miss wants me to help her take care of some business matters, so let me follow Steward Feng to familiarize myself with the trading of medicinal herbs and leather goods." Ning Xin's autumn-like eyes stared at Yang Muyun: "I didn't expect to meet the master here." As he spoke, the corners of his mouth hooked up a crescent moon.

"Is it hard to trek through mountains and rivers with a team of mules and horses?" Yang Muyun asked with concern.

"I didn't suffer much, and Steward Feng took good care of me along the way. Discuss everything with me. Her words were true, and the entire Zhou Mansion knew that she and Su Yue were Mrs. Ru by her uncle's side, so Steward Feng treated her like a master.

"There's something I want to tell you and Grand Steward Feng." Yang Muyun said to her very seriously.