Zheng Ying knew what Mu Hongshang really wanted to ask, looking at these bright eyes, he was silent for a moment, but he still decided to tell the truth.

"Want to hear the truth?" Zheng Ying asked.

Seeing Mu Hongsheng nodding, Zheng Ying smiled slightly: "I naturally believe you." Believe your words, I believe that there is no dissent in the Anguo Mansion at the moment. But in another ten or twenty years, who can say for sure, people will always change. So if you want me to trust the Mu family all the time, then it's best to repeat it to me every few days, as long as you have a clear conscience, I will believe it. ”

"What do you mean, do you believe me?" Mu Hongshang was a little surprised: "Why." I'm just a backhouse girl who doesn't know anything. ”

"I should only repay the trust you have placed in me today." Zheng Ying replied: "You are so uneducated, how many times have you been taught, and you are still willing to believe me, then I will naturally believe you." Believe you won't lie to me. ”

"But as you said, people always change." Mu Hongshang raised her head again and looked at the moon and sighed lightly.

"Yes." Zheng Ying nodded: "I don't know which day, the relationship of mutual trust between you and me will break down." But so what, instead of worrying about the future, you should think about how you can use the trust I have in you now. ”

"For your words today, I will not deceive you in the future." Mu Hongsheng replied without hesitation.

"You, don't look at it, it's already too late, you look like a big girl on the surface, but you're still the child who hasn't grown up on the inside." Zheng Ying couldn't help but shake her head: "Don't talk too much, who knows what will happen in the future." Perhaps in a few years, I will change and become less worthy of your trust than I am today. At that time, will you still be the same as today, stupid you will believe everything I say, and you will be willing to tell me whatever I ask? ”

"Yes." Mu Hongshang nodded: "The Mu family will do what they say, since I said it today, I will always count." Even if it's true as you said, if you have changed, then I won't lie to you. You can't change, I'll learn too, right? If everything changes, where does the trust between people come from? It's like fighting a war, two comrades-in-arms who can trust each other and watch each other don't have it, how can they survive on the battlefield? ”

"Time changes, people always change with the flow," Zheng Ying also raised her face, her dark eyes narrowed slightly: "Maybe in a few days, you will think of what you said today, and you will feel ridiculous." ”

"No, it won't." Mu Hongshang shook her head firmly: "Someone must insist on staying put." ”

"Are you standing still?" Zheng Ying turned her head and glanced at Mu Hongsheng and smiled: "Okay." As you said, let's make a bet, try to stay put, don't go with the flow, and see who can't hold on first. ”

"It must not be me." Mu Hongshang replied with great confidence: "I have been able to do what I have said since I was a child. My father used to say that I should be a soldier. If you receive the military order, you will definitely be able to carry it out well. ”

"Words must be done, deeds must be fruitful," Zheng Ying nodded: "You yourself are so confident, it seems that I did not believe in the wrong person." ”

"Our Mu family is like this," Mu Hongsheng blinked his big eyes and emphasized seriously: "Father, uncle and brothers, they all just want to guard the northern border, and they don't think about the side." ”

"Well, you said so." Zheng Ying smiled and nodded: "I also said that I believe you." ”

"I mean, my dad wouldn't lie to you." Mu Hongshang said.

"It's enough to have your assurance right now," Zheng Ying replied, "There's no need to ask for too much. ”

Mu Hongshang shook his head: "Actually, I want to say that when I get married in the future, there is no way to emphasize to the prince every few days that the Anguo Mansion has no dissenting intentions." Jiangnan is far away from the capital, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to have the opportunity to return to Beijing. But my father is also a man who does what he says, he won't lie to you, and the prince can also believe him. ”

"Jiangnan?" Zheng Ying was slightly stunned: "You have already booked someone?" Is the husband's family in Jiangnan? ”

"Nope." Mu Hongshang shook her head very frankly: "But I will marry Jiangnan in the future." Our Mu girls will marry far away! I told my grandmother that I was going to Gangnam. ”

"Oh? Why does it have to be Jiangnan? Zheng Ying asked, turning her gaze and looking forward, under the moonlight, the Anguo Mansion full of white paper lanterns looked so desolate.

"It doesn't matter where I get married," Mu Hongshang replied, "For me, I can't stay in the capital, I can't stay with my grandmother and mother, it's the same everywhere." I used to want to marry someone in the North, to be closer to my father and brothers, so that I might have the opportunity to see them often. But the brothers all said that Jiangnan was good, and they wanted to find a place with a pleasant climate to retire after taking off their armor. We said that I would marry Jiangnan first, help my brothers buy houses and land, and when they unloaded, they would go to Jiangnan to find me. ”

Zheng Ying turned her head to look at Mu Hongsheng's side face and didn't speak. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Mu clan has guarded the northern border for generations, and for so many generations, no Mu general has lived peacefully to the day when he unloaded his armor! If there is really General Mu who unloads his armor safely in the future, most of them will retire in Beijing, be with their children, and enjoy the joy of family, just like Mrs. Mu today.

Therefore, Zheng Ying knows very well that this place in the south of the Yangtze River is about the casual words of the Mu family's son when he coaxed his sister, Mu Hongshang is so smart, he should have a number in his heart. But she still kept this thing and this place firmly in her heart, and carried it out seriously.

Because Mu Hongsheng's "plan" is actually more of her wish, a unilateral contract between her and her brothers. She first promised that she could do what she said, so that she could convince herself that her brothers could also do what they said and live safely until the day when they were unarmed.

"Jiangnan is very good." Zheng Ying finally replied in a calm tone: "The climate is pleasant, and it is a good place to retire." ”

"That's what my brothers say." A wry smile appeared at the corner of Mu Hongsheng's lips: "It's a pity that it's far away from the capital." ”

"Actually, Yiling is not bad," Zheng Ying said in a light tone, as if she was casually making a suggestion: "Although it is not as rich as Jiangnan, the climate is warm and pleasant, which is very suitable for recuperation, and there is a palace over there, do you know?" ”

"Yes." Mu Hongshang replied: "The emperor has built a palace there, and the climate must be very good." ”

"Hmm." Zheng Ying nodded: "My fourth emperor brother has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he has been recuperating in Yiling Palace all these years, and the climate over there is suitable and much better. If you want to find a good place to retire your brothers, Yiling is also a good choice, not too far from the capital, at least closer than Jiangnan, and it will be convenient for you to go back to your parents' home in the future. ”

"Still can't." Mu Hongshang shook his head: "Brothers like Jiangnan, far away, it's okay for me." ”