"Okay, okay, okay, since you remember everything, then now you come and tell me, are you willing to shoulder your responsibilities and shoulder the mission of the Du clan for thousands of years?" Du Heng forced himself to look at Du Rong's embarrassed appearance at this time, and his voice was deliberately lowered a lot.

Only then could no one hear the trembling in his words.

Du Rong raised his sleeve and indifferently wiped the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Du Heng with the sharp pain inside, his eyes were firm and unquestionable, "I don't want to, father." ”

He was never willing, he never wanted to be since he was born.

He never understood why he had such a responsibility. He is obviously the same as others, the same as everyone in the clan, with only one head, one pair of hands, a hundred generations of family, thousands of years, such a heavy responsibility that others can't bear, why should he afford it?

In the past, he did not dare to express the doubts in his heart, nor did he dare to raise any objections, because his father and mother had spent too much effort on this family, and he did not want them to worry about him anymore.

But it wasn't until she broke into his own world, into his own dry and barren world, that he suddenly had the urge to rebel against everything.

She let him see the light.

Obviously, her fate is so sad, so unfair, in this world, she has almost no people to rely on, but she is still willing to work hard to break through everything, try to live, and live her own appearance.

Perhaps, fate has doomed her to a bumpy life, perhaps, fate has destined him to meet her, so maybe, can he redeem her, or let her redeem herself?

He really wanted to live for himself once.

"You son of a!" Du Heng was really angry this time, he raised the rattan whip and was about to be beaten, but Mu Sheng on the side couldn't hold back anymore and pounced on it to block Du Rong.

"City Lord, be merciful!"

Everyone outside the study knelt down one after another, pleading with Du Heng, "The young master is young, please be gracious to the city lord." ”

Du Heng looked at the people kneeling inside and outside here with a dark face, and his sanity, which was overwhelmed by anger, finally recovered a little.

"Go to the kneeling ancestral hall, when you think clearly, come out when you come!" Du Rong dropped the rattan whip in his hand and walked away angrily.

"Young master, are you alright?" Mu Sheng helped Du Rong up and asked anxiously.

Du Rong shook his head, but he couldn't speak.

"Hurry up and invite Dr. Yuan to come!" In a hurry, Mu Sheng yelled at Xiao Si outside the door.

"Don't embarrass them." Du Rong frowned, pushed away Mu Sheng's support without a trace, and stood up straight.

After accumulating a little strength, he wiped the cold sweat from his face with his sleeve and walked out of the study as usual.

The servants and maidservants outside the study retreated one after another, prostrate on the ground, and respectfully saw him off.

"Young master, where are you going?" Mu Sheng saw Du Rong walking forward without looking back, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed.

"Ancestral Hall."

Since his father wants him to kneel, he just kneels, if the Du family is the only one in his generation who has a "traitor" like him, then he kneels to the ancestors of the Du family, which can be regarded as "atonement".

At least in the future, he won't feel guilty about his decision today.

Mu Sheng went to beg the city lord, but the city lord was unmoved, until it was dark, the city lord had no intention of letting the young lord get up, and no one in the house dared to ask the young lord for a doctor, there was no way, he could only carry a few bottles of medicine in his arms, and sneaked into the ancestral hall in the dead of night.

"Young master." Mu Sheng suppressed his throat and called Du Rong.

Du Rong was originally holding a pen and writing something, but when he heard Mu Sheng's voice, he immediately put the pen away.

"You're here." Du Rong didn't look back at Mu Sheng, but stacked the papers that were spread on the ground in front of him one by one.

"I'm here to deliver medicine to you, young master." Mu Sheng walked around to Du Rong, and put all the wound medicine brought by the medicine hall on the ground in one go, "Young master, hurry up and pick, I have to take the rest back, so as not to be discovered by the city lord." ”

Du Rong didn't look at the bottles and cans on the ground, but reached out and handed the stack of paper to Mu Sheng, "This is a new recipe I wrote, you prepare the materials according to the above, and I will use it tomorrow." ”

"What are these? New recipe? What's the new formula? Mu Sheng was curious, so he looked at the top one, "Mu Shenglian is one or two, Bai Qiu is half a tael, and citric gall is three taels...... Wait, why is this so similar to the recipe for Su Kee's dim sum? ”

Du Rong shook his head helplessly and smiled, and casually picked up an inconspicuous white porcelain bottle from the bottles and cans on the ground, "I'll keep this, and you can send the rest back, it's too late, Doctor Yuan is going to come to you for trouble." ”

"Oh, I don't want to be nagged by that old man, I'll go put the medicine first." Mu Sheng was reminded by Du Rongyi, and he didn't care about the doubts in his heart, so he immediately packed the medicine bottles on the ground, and jumped out of the window like the wind.

Du Rong watched Mu Sheng leave, his eyes flickering.

Suddenly, he seemed to be involved in a whiplash wound on his back, and his whole body trembled, and dense cold sweat dripped from his forehead, which instantly wet the clothes on the placket.

"Qingzhi, if Gu Yuancheng had opened up with you first, would you have promised him......" 678

The good moon is silent, only the cold wind hunts, like a knife to seal the throat.

A few days later, Qizhou, the city lord's mansion.

"Young master, how long are you going to stay inside? I've been standing outside for most of the day! Mu Sheng walked back and forth irritably, and finally he could no longer bear the endless waiting, so he boldly approached the door and peeked inside as he asked.

"If you take a peek again, this young master will be unkind." Du Rong opened the door with a "bang" and looked at Mu Sheng who was hurriedly dodging backwards with an expressionless face.

"Less... The young master ......, "Mu Sheng was so embarrassed that he couldn't do it, and it took a long time before he suddenly remembered what he wanted to say, "Madame is looking for you, saying that you are busy with the kitchen, so you will go to the Meditation Pavilion to find her." ”

Du Rong frowned slightly, and closed the kitchen door with a wave of his hand.

"You're guarding here, no one is allowed to let them in." Du Rong ordered at Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng's face immediately fell, and his face was full of unwillingness, "Young master, can we change someone to stay here?" I'll go with you to Madame's, and I'll be able to stand in your way if there's anything going on." ”

Du Rong ignored Mu Sheng and walked along the path between the bamboo forests.

"Young master!" Mu Sheng wailed.

When he confessed his heart to his father that day, Du Rong knew that he would not only face betrayal of the entire Du family, but also betrayal of his parents who gave birth to him and raised him.

But he has no regrets, no fear, he has made all the preparations, about the family, about the parents......

As long as he can hold on to the end.

As long as she can come.

Through the layers of gauze curtains, Du Rong calmly stepped into the meditation pavilion and raised his hand to knock on the door of the wing room.

There was a "squeak", and the door was opened by the maidservant.

Du Rong walked into the room and bent down through the bamboo curtain to salute the half-lying woman in the porch, "Mother." ”

"Rong'er is here?" The woman's voice rose slightly, as if she did not expect him to come so soon.

"Mother looking for me?" Du Rong raised his head and asked.

"I heard that in the days when I was away, your father punished you for kneeling in the ancestral hall?" He Qing seemed to smile, "I remember that in the past, when Qingzhi was here, you and her always had to enter the ancestral hall every few days." She's very naughty, and you're just as unruly as her, jumping up and down all day long, and I can't wait to find fresh fun every day. ”

Du Rong lowered his head, ashamed, "It's the child who worries his mother." ”

He Qing shook his head slowly, and sighed, "Rong'er, I like Qingzhi very much for my mother, and I like it so much that I hate that she is my mother's own child, which is why she can enter our Du family ancestral hall." ”

His eyes lit up in an instant, Du Rong couldn't hide his emotional turmoil, and he asked excitedly, "Mother, are you willing to Qingzhi and her to be my ......?"

"Rong'er!" He Qing suddenly interrupted Du Rong's words, and his tone, which was originally relaxed and soft, suddenly became serious.

Du Rong was stunned for a moment, and the cold wind soaked in the bone marrow suddenly blew in from the gaps in all directions, which completely cooled his heart in an instant.

"Yes, I like her for my mother, and I hope you can have a future together, but Rong'er, you have to remember that she is no longer the simple and only green branch she used to be, she is now the prime minister of Qinguo, and she is the person who has to give three points of courtesy when Pei Lu sees her, how many people are involved in the interests of the imperial power behind her? She can't escape, and neither can you. ”

He Qing got up from the couch, brushed open the bamboo curtain and walked in front of Du Rong.

"Tell Weiniang, even if all of us let you go, how do you care about her?"

Du Rong lowered his eyes and said softly, "I don't understand what my mother meant. ”

"You know Qingzhi more than you know yourself, you should know who is the most important person to her, right?" He Qing looked at Du Rong with a sharp and penetrating gaze, as if she had already seen all his secrets.

Du Rong subconsciously avoided He Qing's gaze.

"I can take her mother and ...... with me"

"Mrs. Wei Yinghou and Wei Yinghou have always had a deep relationship, and it has been a good story for a long time, do you think Mrs. Wei Yinghou will leave Wei Yinghou and go with you?"

Du Rong clenched his fists, and his whole body tensed up in an instant.

"Okay, even if Mrs. Wei Yinghou is willing to leave everything behind and go with you, where can you go?" He Qing opened his hand and faced the world outside the attic, "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, why do you think that you can take the prime minister of a country and the wife of the Hou Mansion to wander to the ends of the earth and be alone?" ”

"I can." Du Rong suddenly said, "I can do it, I will definitely do it, no matter what." ”

He Qing was shocked by Du Rong's firm answer, but she quickly regained her expression.

"Rong'er, things in this world are never something you can do, it can go on with your heart." He Qing sighed.