"Red ......" Zheng Ying looked down at the bluestone paved ground, and was silent for a long time before speaking: "It's better to marry earlier." Married early and went to Jiangnan, far away from the capital, and lived a simple life. You can rest assured, no matter what happens to me in the future, I will try my best to protect the Mu family for you. ”

"What is Your Highness talking about?" Mu Hongshang shook her head at Zheng Ying: "This is my home, and I am the one who should try my best to protect my family." No one else should bear this for me. I don't deny that if His Highness ascends to the throne, I will have high expectations for His Highness, because His Highness said before that you trust the Mu family. ”

Zheng Ying's original words were that he trusted Mu Hongsheng, as long as it was what Mu Hongsheng said, he believed everything. But Zheng Ying did not correct Mu Hongsheng, but asked rhetorically: "In this case, what are you worried about?" Could it be that you don't believe me. ”

"Of course I believed." Mu Hongshang replied, "I have always trusted His Highness. But my surname is Mu, and this is my home, how can I ask His Highness to guard my family for me. It's my responsibility, I'm supposed to do it. Your Highness, why are you saying that things in this world are always so unfair? Because I'm a girl, there's a lot of things I'm not allowed to do. I can't go to war, I can't go to the north with brocade, I can't even stay at home for the rest of my life, guarding my grandmother, my mother, and my uncles, I can't understand why all this is. What exactly am I doing wrong? ”

"You're not wrong." Zheng Ying replied very quickly: "It's someone else who is wrong, it's He Wenmao, it's Zhao Zhiliang, it's Li Xiang, it's me, it's my father." The matter of the sixth prince can be blamed on many people, but not you. You're not wrong. ”

"Nope! I have! Mu Hongshang looked at Zheng Ying, her eyes were complicated: "I am my sister, my martial arts are much stronger than Jinyi, I should go to escort military funds instead of him." It shouldn't be him, it shouldn't be his! He is the youngest of our Mu family, I'm fine, how can he have an accident! ”

Looking at Mu Hongsheng's eyes full of grief, Zheng Ying suddenly felt as if his heart was wrapped in a handful of silk threads, which became tighter and tighter, causing a dull pain in his chest for a while, he stretched out his hand as if struggling, and grabbed Mu Hongsheng's wrist, but it quickly released as if it was burned.

Zheng Ying quickly put his hands behind his back to cover up his gaffe, but he was actually very flustered, because he was eager to hide his true emotions, so the tone of his speech to Mu Hongsheng was very stern: "Don't talk nonsense!" Don't let your grandmothers and mothers hear you say such things, they will be very sad. ”

Zheng Ying regretted it as soon as he said it, he felt that he shouldn't have reprimanded Mu Hongshang like this. Zheng Ying knew that Mu Hongshang would not say such a thing in front of her family. The heavy sense of guilt pressed on her heart for a long time, and she didn't dare to speak, for fear of adding more burden to her family.

This time, she finally mustered up the courage to reveal her true thoughts in front of herself, but she was reprimanded so harshly by him, which made Zheng Ying start to be afraid, afraid that Mu Hongshang would be even more sad, and afraid that she would never be willing to be so relaxed and frank in front of him.

Although Zheng Ying regretted it, somehow, her face became more serious. He hurriedly opened his mouth to make up for his previous mistake: "I'm sorry, I was in too much of a hurry. You're in front of me, of course, you can say anything. But ......"

"I understand." Mu Hongsheng raised her head and showed a faint smile towards Zheng Ying: "I know that His Highness has no malicious intent. In fact, His Highness is right, this is not allowed to be known by the elders, they will be very sad. I'm just talking about it in front of His Highness, after all...... Never mind...... It's me who is bad. ”

Hearing Mu Hongsheng say this, Zheng Ying stopped, he stood in place, looked at Mu Hongsheng's eyes very intently, and said, "If you want to speak, I am willing to listen at any time." In front of me, you don't have to hide anything. I've known you for so many years, and I have a little friendship with you, and listening to you can be regarded as a friend. ”

This is not good at all, and even has a bit of condescension and reluctance, but somehow, Mu Hongshang just has a strange intuition, she always feels that Zheng Ying's words are actually very sincere, and the letter to the prince, who is usually cold and rarely talkative, is now trying to comfort her.

Sure enough! Mu Hongshang couldn't help but think that the prince was a gentle and careful person.

If she wants to speak...... Does she want to? Mu Hongsheng carefully tilted his head and thought for a moment.

Yes, I want to. She hopes that she can say the words that are suppressed in her heart, even if it is an undoubted complaint, it is good to say it to Zheng Ying as if she is venting, maybe it can make her more relaxed.

There were some things she didn't dare to say to her elders, and she didn't want to mention them to Gu Yilan and Xie Shurou, because she was afraid that they would worry. But in the face of Zheng Ying, it seems that she has no such concerns. Probably because the distance between Zheng Ying and her is far and close, they are very familiar with each other and can trust each other, but the relationship is not close, and they are not close friends.

Such a delicate distance made Mu Hongsheng feel both relieved and reassured, so those words that were difficult to say to relatives and friends seemed to be easy to say in front of Zheng Ying. But, do you really want to drag Zheng Ying to listen to her nagging?

Mu Hongshang still shook her head: "Actually, I don't have anything ......."

However, before Mu Hongsheng finished speaking, Zheng Ying opened her mouth first: "This king has been to the yamen of the criminal department today, and he has seen Sun Shangshu before, and he didn't bother to drink tea after a busy day." When you get to the study, Mr. Chen and Mr. Sun in your family are afraid that they have accumulated a lot of things to discuss with the king, and they still can't be idle for a moment. ”

"Then ......" Mu Hongsheng looked left and right at the vasive door not far away: "It used to be a small hall over there, my father used to play chess with gentlemen here, why don't Your Highness go over and take a break, I'll let Sister Lotus Leaf bring some refreshments." ”

"Okay." Zheng Ying nodded and took the lead in the direction of the Aquarius Gate. He was neither tired nor thirsty, he just wanted to find an excuse to sit down, even if Mu Hongshang still didn't want to say anything, he also hoped to sit with her for a while.

Mu Hongshang beckoned Lotus Ye to approach, whispered a few words, Lotus Ye nodded, and quickly ran to find someone to serve refreshments. Mu Hongshang turned around and walked behind Zheng Ying, walking in the direction of the Aquarius Gate. Zheng Ying turned her head and looked at Mu Hongsheng who was following him, the serious expression on her face began to slowly melt, and there was a faint tenderness between the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

But it was only for a moment, and he quickly turned around again and continued to stride forward.