Chapter 175: Shangxiang
"Why did Yoi Jinwei send you?" Listening to Mu Zhengyi's words, the smile on Old Madam Mu's face suddenly froze: "The prince goes to investigate the case, and it won't take a few months to come and go?" You went back to Beijing to marry a blind date, a foreign military attache who was idle in Xiaojinwei, and he was not a serious guard, how could such an errand send you? ”
"That's what I said," Mu Zhengyi shook his head: "It's not an order from Yu Chengqi, the commander of Xiaojinwei, it's King Yi who personally found me, it's not like an order, but like a request, just asking me to escort him to Zhending Mansion, and he can return to Beijing when everything is arranged." He's so polite, I can't shirk it. ”
"Humph!" Old Madam Mu snorted coldly, and brought out her famous sentence that was often on her lips: "What am I talking about? The two sons of the emperor are both characters who take one step and count ten steps. ”
"Can the prince still lack a guard?" Duchess An Guo also frowned: "What do you have to ask Zhengyi to accompany him to Zhending Mansion." The more he did that, the more uneasy it made me feel at ease. ”
"When I write a reply to your father-in-law, I will tell you about it by the way." After thinking about it, Mrs. Mu replied: "Regardless of the rest, Zhengyi, you will come back when you arrive at Zhending Mansion, if King Yi finds an excuse to keep you, he will push it directly." Whatever his purpose, we ignore it. He wants to compete for the crown, so he is naturally willing to make more friends with Zhengyi, and the tiger talisman is in our Mu family, so it's strange that these two don't stare at us. Isn't it the same with the other one? A dignified son, I invited my granddaughter to tea and snacks at the end of three days, hum! No one is better than the other. ”
Mu Hongsheng's lips moved, she really wanted to explain for Zheng Ying, she really thought that Zheng Ying was a very gentle and good person. But in the end, Mu Hongshang still didn't say anything, anyway...... When I said it, my grandmother wouldn't believe it.
It was Mu Zhengyi, who glanced at his sister when he heard Mrs. Mu mention Zheng Ying. Mu Zhengyi knows that her sister really can afford the comment that her heart is like glass, her mind is clear, but she is very keen, she actually believes in the intuitive judgment of King Xin.
Of course, Mu Zhengyi would not think that King Xin was a good person in the ordinary sense, but he believed that King Xin must have no ill will towards his sister and the Mu family, and he must have made friends with some purpose of using them, as his grandmother said.
Because King Yi obviously has no ill will towards the Mu family, to him, or to his sister, but his little sister ...... Isn't it interesting that he is very wary of this gentle and humble son?
King Yi has no ill will towards the Mu family, but he can make the little sister so vigilant, in addition to the influence brought by Miss Xie, I am afraid that because the purpose of King Yi to make friends with the Mu family is stronger, so the little sister can't be at ease intuitively, right?
"Anyway, I will leave about the day after tomorrow, and it will take at least twenty days to come and go," Mu Zhengyi said: "Early tomorrow morning, I will send my little sister and third uncle to Jinghui Temple first, and I will definitely not be able to pick them up when they come back, so it is better to let Tsing Yi go."
"That's fine." Old Madam Mu shook her head: "Whoever goes, your third uncle and mother are not children anymore, in fact, it doesn't matter if you send them or not." Jinghui Temple is in the suburbs of Beijing, the road is not far away, there are a lot of nobles who go up the mountain to listen to the lectures on weekdays, the cars and horses that come and go on the road are also lively, very safe, our grange is farther than Jinghui Temple, on weekdays, your mother and they have something to go to Zhuangzi, and they are not to take the maid and the coachman to go. It's not to go to the wilderness, but to prevent a robbery. ”
"Yes," Mu Hongsheng agreed: "We can actually go by ourselves, and the coachman doesn't know the way, there are maids, there are servants, and there is no need for my brother to escort him personally." Besides, even if you encounter a robbery, what about me! I can protect my third aunt. ”
"You can put up with it!" Old Madam Mu couldn't help laughing: "Fortunately, in the Gyeonggi area, you don't have much chance to be a hero." In this realm, no one dares to rob the chariots and horses of our Anguo Mansion, even if they are thieves, they are not willing to provoke ten or eight generals in one go. ”
"That's right," Mu Hongshang nodded vigorously: "Who dares to mess with us!" And I'm going to take Biying with me, and ...... then."
"That's not going to happen." Before Mu Hongshang finished speaking, Old Madam Mu and Duchess An Guo glared together: "You can't take your leopard with you to the temple." Do you still have to feed meat to the leopards in the temple? It is taboo for those who practice this. ”
"Can't you?" Mu Hongsheng looked disappointed, but nodded obediently: "Okay then."
The promise was quite well-behaved, and then ...... Early the next morning, Mu Zhengyi saw a neatly dressed little girl in the stable, leading her horse, standing near the carriage with a smile.
"Redcoat, you want to ride a horse?" Mu Zhengyi asked in surprise, "Does grandmother know?"
"Grandmother didn't say that you weren't allowed to ride a horse," Mu Hongsheng replied with a smile: "Biying can't go out with me, so let Chiying go with me." When I went out shopping with my brother a few days ago, wasn't it also horseback riding! Why can't you ride a horse when you go out with your third uncle? Could it be that there is no stable in Jinghui Temple. ”
"Yes, yes," Mu Zhengyi asked, "But you accompanied the third uncle and aunt to the incense, isn't it good to ride with her?"
"But ......" Mu Hongsheng glanced at the carriage at home, and looked a little hesitant: "The third aunt's face has been ugly since yesterday, and she probably hasn't rested well, and she set off early today." I thought, let's leave a maid in the car to wait, and the rest of the maids and servants will sit in the back car, and I will ride with my brother. ”
Mu Zhengyi immediately understood that his little sister, who was very careful, wanted to make a quiet space for the third uncle and aunt who were not in good spirits.
Mu Zhengyi nodded happily. Because what Mu Hongshang said was right, it was common for the girls of the Mu family to go out to run horses, and there were many particularities like other families in Beijing. Mu Zhengyi took Mu Hongsheng out by himself, all on horseback, he wanted Hongshang to take the carriage this time, but in fact, he just wanted her to sit in the car and accompany the third uncle.
However, the little sister is also reasonable, at the moment the third uncle is not in good spirits, and the road to Jinghui Temple is not close, it is better to let her recuperate quietly in the carriage, and it is not bad for the little sister to ride a horse to accompany her outside, if the third uncle and mother want to talk to them, just open the car window directly.
As she was talking, Mu Jinyi had already accompanied Mrs. Mu out of the back house, she hadn't slept well all night, and her face still looked ugly. Mu Zhengyi looked at the face of the third lady, and also felt that the third lady should be allowed to rest quietly in the carriage.
Mu Zhengyi personally helped the third lady into the carriage, and Mu Jinyi grabbed Mu Hongsheng: "Sister, my mother has asked you." I wanted to go along, but my grandmother wouldn't allow me. ”
"Don't worry," Mu Hongsheng patted Mu Jinyi's arm: "You stay at home well, don't delay practicing martial arts and reading military books, I will comfort the third uncle and aunt."