Chapter 123: Self-blame
Xie Shurou's bizarre birthday cake really made the Mu family very interested, but although this thing looks strange, it is indeed ordinary to cut it and taste it, and it is not much different from the steamed cake on weekdays, but it is more soft and sweet.
The children of the Mu family thought that the taste of the birthday cake was not too unusual, but Mrs. Mu liked it very much, and felt that the softness and harmony were very suitable for her appetite.
Although the brothers of the Mu family were not interested in the strange birthday cakes, they were quite interested in the new birthday gifts that Mu Hongshang received.
Especially Mu Zhengyi, who took the bracer that Xie Shurou gave to Mu Hongsheng and turned it over to look at it, and praised while looking at it: "What a clever thought, this bracer is better than what I usually use, I want to make one according to it." ”
"Sister Xie is very smart," Mu Hongshang replied, "I can do a lot of things." Has Big Brother seen my stuffed bear and stuffy rabbit? It's all done by Sister Xie. The backpack I made for you was also thought of by Sister Xie, and I drew it for me to do it. Sister Gu is also very smart, her hands are very skillful, and she can do anything. Unlike me, I can't sew a backpack for my brother. ”
"But I think Hongshang is very good like this right now," Mu Zhengyi pinched Mu Hongsheng's nose in a good mood: "There are so many good female sisters in Beijing, and there is only one sister in Jingli who may use Tang Dao." ”
"So the eldest brother gave me a dagger?" Mu Hongshang asked with a smile: "Big brother, since I am so powerful, how about you take me to the north in the future?" I will go to the battlefield with you, and I will ensure that the Rongdi people will not hurt a single hair of your hair. ”
Mu Zhengyi was amused by Mu Hongsheng and laughed, but shook his head while laughing: "This can't be done." If I really take you to the north, my grandmother is afraid that she will punish me for kneeling in Wuyingtang for a month. ”
"One month isn't enough." Old Madam Mu heard the conversation between the two brothers and sisters, and immediately opened her mouth to take over the conversation: "If Zhengyi dares to indulge your sister to go to the north, I will punish you for kneeling for a year." ”
Before Mrs. Mu's words fell, the whole room burst into laughter, and the Mu Zhengyi brothers hurriedly pulled chairs away from Mu Hongsheng, and said with a smile while hiding: "Hongshang can stop a little, don't trick people." ”
Mu Hongsheng's thirteenth birthday passed in such a noisy manner, and what followed was another separation.
At the end of June, An Guogong said goodbye to his family and prepared to leave for the north. The day before he left, Mu Hongshang avoided his family and went to the study in the front yard alone.
An Guogong's luggage had already been packed, and he was currently in the study with several staff members discussing several important matters after arriving in the north. Seeing his daughter suddenly come over at this time, An Guogong was a little surprised, but he was still very happy.
Mr. Chen and Mr. Sun also smiled and rolled up the paperwork spread out on the table and stood up: "Grandpa Guo will leave tomorrow, the eldest sister will come over at this time, I probably want to talk to Grandpa Guo, so we won't bother for now." ”
An Guogong knew that his daughter would not run to the study in the front yard for no reason, but Mr. Chen and they had been away for a while, and Mu Hongsheng looked at An Guogong intently with a pair of big shining eyes, but he was silent and did not speak.
Mu Hongshang didn't take the initiative to speak, An Guogong had to ask by himself: "Hongshang came over at this time, did you have something to say to your father?" Or do you want to say goodbye to your dad in private? ”
"Daddy......" Mu Hongsheng lowered her head, stopped talking several times, and finally raised her head as if she had made up her mind, and asked the question she had always wanted to ask: "I...... Daddy, there's something I've always wanted to ask, but I don't know how to say it. Daddy is leaving tomorrow, and I don't ask anymore for fear that there will be no answer in the future. Daddy, I wonder if it's because of me that you suddenly decided to go to the North? ”
When the words came out, Mu Hongshang lowered his head, and An Guogong never expected his daughter to say such a sentence, he was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and touched the top of his daughter's head, and asked gently: "Why does Hongshang ask this?" What are you thinking about all night in your head! ”
"Daddy," Mu Hongshang glanced up at An Guogong, her eyes painful and self-reproachful: "I've been thinking about Daddy's words that day these days." Daddy, the five princes took care of me and invited me to drink tea and eat snacks, because he might want to start political affairs from the Ministry of War after opening the government on an errand, and because of the northern border, the affairs of the Ministry of War are currently on the cusp. ”
"That's it, what does it have to do with you as a girl?" An Guogong couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "What's the matter, could it be that your leopard has been too well-behaved recently?" Let you be so worry-free, into a daytime cranky thinking. ”
"I think it's my fault," Mu Hongsheng lowered his head: "Daddy, the two princes will soon leave the palace to open the mansion, and then they will take over government affairs." Daddy left Beijing to go to the north at this time, in fact, to avoid the five princes, right? It's because of me that I gave the five princes a chance to do favors, so I embarrassed my father, right? ”
"My daughter has really grown up! I also know how to think about this. An Guogong didn't answer his daughter's question for the first time, but touched the top of Mu Hongsheng's head again with emotion: "Daddy can no longer treat you as an ignorant child, and coax you to fool it over." Now that Hongshang has grown up, Daddy will treat you like an adult today and spread out these things. ”
"Some of the ones before the red clothes are right." An Guogong smiled at his daughter: "Daddy asked to go to the north at this time, although it is mainly for the military affairs and border situation in the north, but it cannot be denied that there is a little bit of avoidance of the princes, but this is not because of you." ”
"Isn't it?" Mu Hongshang raised her eyes and looked at her father: "Daddy doesn't need to comfort me like this, I have to admit that I did something wrong." ”
"It's not comfort." An Guogong shook his head: "Actually, even the fifth prince himself knows that he takes care of your favor, in fact, it doesn't matter, it's just a gesture of goodwill, I just pretend that it doesn't matter, it's not a big deal, and it makes our Mu family have to pay back." ”
"A few days ago, when my father went to court, the emperor had already asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare the title to the princes, and there will be a will in these days to let them go out of the palace and open the mansion, and the five princes and the six princes will start to officially go to the court after they are sealed." An Guogong continued without waiting for his daughter to speak.
"The princes enter the court, representing the official beginning of the battle for the throne, especially during the period when they have just taken over government affairs, in order to occupy a more active position in the future, they will spare no effort to expand their power, attract available talents, and will repeatedly test each other, trying to find out the details of the other party, so during this period of time, the situation between the DPRK and China will be more complicated. Do you understand Daddy's this? ”
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