Xie Yanhe has been the proud daughter of the sky since she was born, and she is loved by her biological parents like a pearl. After the death of his parents, although his brother was young, he was in a high position, and he was even more responsive to Xie Yan and his only sister.

Later, King Yong ascended the throne as the emperor, and he also favored Xie Yanhe, and even Wei Jin was able to sit on the throne of the crown prince, partly because of his marriage contract with Xie Yanhe.

An abrupt man like Li Mu, Xie Yanhe met for the first time in his seventeen years of life. If it was once upon a time...... A man like Li Mu doesn't even have the qualifications to come in front of her.

A thick sadness welled up in his heart, and Xie Yanhe pinched his palm hard, and then he tried his best to suppress the displeasure in his heart.

If it weren't for Xie Yan and suspicion that Chen Rong still had a trick, even if this marriage contract was made by her own grandmother, she would never be tied up because of this.

"Master Li......" Xie Yan and Zhu said with a slight opening of their lips, and they wanted to say again.

Her eyebrows are frowning, her eyes are about to flow, and her sad expression is like an apricot blossom bathed in the drizzle in the spring of Jiangnan, with a sorrow like a light snow and a cold cold.

Li Mu's heart suddenly felt like a pinprick in his chest, and his chest was filled with dense pain. His anxious tone revealed a deep pity: "The county lord has something to say, just say it." Although I, Li Mu, am not talented, I will never let my future wife be embarrassed. ”

The expression on Xie Yanhe's face froze almost invisibly. However, in an instant, she regained her complexion.

Xie Yan and the red and moist cherry lips were shallowly hooked, and said with a smile: "The crown princess Chen is narrow-minded, and when she was in the boudoir, she regarded me as an enemy, and repeatedly framed me, I am only afraid of ......."

When she said the sad place, a crystal tear rolled down from the clear and soft peach blossom eyes, and slid down the snow-like cheeks.

Such a poignant appearance is only reminiscent of the apricot blossoms on the branches that are knocked off by the cold wind in the hazy fog and rain, and the fragrant buds of the new green tips are broken, and the pale red fades to white rouge.

Although Li Mu doesn't read much, people always have an infinite yearning for beautiful things, and he looked at the picture of the beautiful woman crying in front of him in a daze, and was so clumsy that he was speechless for a while.

It wasn't until a warbler's cry on the branches, like the illusion in the water that was suddenly broken, that Li Mu woke up like a dream, he quickly took out a snow-white brocade from his arms, and carefully handed it to Xie Yanhe, and even his breathing involuntarily lightened: "County Lord, I, Li Mu, swear, will never let you cry in the future." ”

The man's voice was low and slightly sandy, and the enthusiasm and sincerity in his words were like a hot current under the rolling magma deep underground, with the power to melt all things.

Even if Xie Yanhe was separated from Li Mu, he could still feel the hot temperature in his words.

Xie Yan and the whole person seemed to be splashed by sparks, her long eyelashes trembled, her sparkling eyes were filled with a faint layer of mist, and her soft voice revealed a slight coolness: "Master Li, marry me, even if your head is different, are you willing?" ”

Xie Yanhe's voice was thin and soft, as soft as catkins. Li Mu heard the murderous intent in it, and he looked at the woman in front of him with a suspicious gaze, never expecting her to say such a thing.

"The county lord...... Are you thinking too much? Li Mu asked with some difficulty.

When it came to proposing, my aunt went through the bottom with herself. Among them...... There is the meaning of the crown princess, and even the princess's mother took the initiative to mention it.

The county lord of Yonghe has always been loved by His Majesty, and his status is even more respectful than that of the royal daughters. talked about the crown princess, even the crown prince, he didn't dare to promise the county lord of Yonghe to a broken household. Otherwise, Your Majesty, how to explain it.

The crown princess disliked that the county lord of Yonghe was too much of an eyesore in the capital, so she wanted to marry the county lord of Yonghe far away; I don't want the county lord of Yonghe to be too proud, so I will choose a fourth- or fifth-grade official with a low family background.

It is also necessary to have the right age, a clean family style, and the family background should not be too bad, and the back house is clean, and there are no concubines and maids, in line with these points, in order to be fortunate to be on the list of the county lord of Yonghe.

If it weren't for that, let alone His Majesty today, even the eldest princess wouldn't have been able to pass the level.

When the Chen family picked themselves, it took a lot of thought at first, and it took two full years to put themselves in front of the eldest princess of Ping'an.

The county lord she ...... How could you think that the crown princess wanted to kill her?

Li Mu is not a scheming person, but most of the people in the military camp are reckless and straightforward, and Li Mu has been alone for so many years, and he can be said to have no understanding of the twists and turns of the women in the back house.

Therefore, Xie Yanhe's words, Li Mu not only did not have the slightest sense of crisis, but felt funny.

In this way, such a fairy-like beautiful and noble woman turned out to be so cute.

"Master Li, do you think I'm being alarmist?"

Xie Yanhe is not a person who is good at observing words and feelings, she was pampered and raised by the lord of the world, and she doesn't even have this skill.

But everything Li Mu thought in his heart was written on his face, and the smile in his eyes was even clearer.

Xie Yanhe was even more dissatisfied with Li Mu in his heart, his appearance was average, his family background was average, and his ability was average, and even he was not very smart.

Such a person, even if he is not acting, but really holds a sincere heart in front of him, Xie Yanhe is not uncommon.

"Lord Li, I have known the crown princess for many years, and even if I don't have a ten-percent understanding of the princess's personality, there are ninety percent."

Xie Yanhe's long, curly eyelashes drooped slightly, leaving two rows of shadows as thick as small fans on her white, quiet countenance, and she stared down at her nails dyed with red kodan, the bright red like flowing blood.

She said softly: "Lord Li is far away in Liaodong, so he must not know much about the affairs of the capital. East Palace...... Even if the crown prince presses it, it is not impregnable, and some news will still come out. The crown princess has a weak temperament...... This is the impression of most people's families, but the East Palace will carry out the corpses of palace maids every three or five times, as few as one or two, and as many as six or seven, and the death is miserable. As for the cause of death of these palace maids......"

Xie Yanhe looked at Li Mu's discolored face, and said slowly: "They all died of unbearable punishment." What does Master Li think, what is the truth? ”

Li Mu was born in Liaodong and grew up beating since he was a child, and his reverence for imperial power was not as profound as that of the officials in the capital. When he heard the Yonghe County Lord criticize the East Palace, he was not frightened or disgusted, nor did he feel that the Yonghe County Lord was rebellious.

But when Xie Yanhe talked about the dead palace maid in the East Palace, Li Mu's scalp was numb, and his whole body was filled with a chill from top to bottom.

Li Mu has killed people on the battlefield.

Liaodong is close to Goguryeo, although since the accession to the throne, Goguryeo was almost destroyed, and it has long been feared by Emperor Jianyuan.

But every winter, when Goguryeo was short of food, there would always be a small army knocking on the barrier. Li Mu is strong in martial arts, and he is very majestic on the battlefield. He has long been numb to the matter of killing.

But the crown princess is a weak woman, rumored to be weak, pure, and even bullied by the slaves and maids below, just a year ago, the prince was furious for the slave to commit a crime, and killed a five-grade eunuch in the East Palace.

is such a crown princess, but her subordinates have lost so many lives. And those palace maids are not murderous barbarians on the battlefield, but weak women raised by their fathers and mothers, how did the princess do it.

"Is it really the hand of the crown princess?" Li Mu's throat was so thirsty that he didn't feel like he had drunk water for days.

Xie Yan and Mei's eyes bent, the smile in the peach blossom eyes flashed away, and she said abruptly: "Yes." Does Master Li believe it? Still can't believe it? ”

Li Mu looked at the smiling face of Yonghe County Lord Yingying, knowing that he was being ridiculed by a little girl, he took a deep breath and said with a toothache: "The princess is so careless about people's lives, doesn't His Royal Highness the prince care?" ”

Xie Yanhe's curved lips pursed, and the smile on his face dissipated invisibly like melting ice and snow in the sun. She said coldly: "Since ancient times, there have been close relatives, and for the crown prince, the lives of those palace maids are probably not even comparable to a single hair of the crown princess." How? Master Li, are you afraid? ”

Xie Yanhe's eyes turned slightly, he looked at Li Mu with a smile, and said in a light tone: "Lord Li, when you continue to suffer from it, it's still too late for you to retreat now." ”

When Xie Yanhe squinted at people, her extremely bright eyes seemed to crush the stars in the sky, and thousands of rays of light gathered under her eyes, blooming with sparkling light.

Li Mu had never seen such a beautiful scene in the world, a wheat-colored face gradually appeared a dark red, he lowered his eyes in a panic, and coughed lightly before hiding his gaffe.

"County Lord, on the battlefield of the sea of corpses and blood, I, Li Mu, have never been afraid; Now, he will not fear a woman. ”

Li Mu's eyes seemed to be burning with raging flames, and his scorching gaze lit up his still handsome face, which looked tough and charming at this moment.

A slight crack appeared in Xie Yan and the flawless mask.

Li Mu...... It is very different from the young Wuling in the splendid capital of sorghum, and of course it is also different from the noble and elegant scholar raised in the south of the Yangtze River, and his body has a unique blood of the northland boys, like the wind and snow in the north, straightforward, warm, and even killing......

Xie Yanhe felt a little shaken in his heart.

There is no need to be more probing, Xie Yanhe has already developed an intuition close to the truth: this man, even if he appeared on his grandmother's list at the beginning, was a conspiracy that began with the crown princess and the Chen family, but this man's heart for himself is true and hot.

But really for her now, what a luxury.

Xie Yanhe's lips and teeth were filled with a thick bitterness, she was silent for a moment, and then her red lips were slightly opened, and her light voice seemed to be ignorant of Li Mu's true feelings: "Lord Li, with all due respect, the whole world is not the king's land, and your net worth and life are just between the thoughts of the superiors." ”

Li Mu was a little confused about the woman in front of him.

If the county lord of Yonghe does not agree to this marriage, then why do you want to meet yourself today? After meeting, he didn't bluntly withdraw from the marriage, but said so much to himself?

But if the county lord agreed to this marriage, Li Mu would definitely not believe it.

The woman at the border pass is hot and bold, although Li Mu is not enough to see in the capital, but in Liaodong, he is the golden beetle son-in-law favored by many families.

There are many women around Li Mu who admire him, so Li Mu can easily see that the county lord of Yonghe has no thoughts about him. As for the content of the conversation between the county lord of Yonghe and himself, every word seemed to persuade him to retreat.

Li Mu was at a loss.

After a while, he smiled bitterly and said resignedly: "County Lord, I am a rough person and I don't understand a woman's delicate thoughts. If the county lord is not satisfied with this marriage, I will find an excuse that does not affect the reputation of the county lord and withdraw from the marriage. ”

When the last sentence came out, Li Mu clenched his teeth tightly, and the pain of his heart tightening even made him forget to breathe, until his face was swollen, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Mu thought: What's more sad than gaining and losing. No! He never got it. When will the moon fall to the world?

"What does Master Li mean, are you ready to retreat?" Compared to Li Mu's heart being soaked in boiling water, Xie Yanhe's eyes were calm and calm throughout, she was like a bystander who stayed out of the matter, always awake and ready to withdraw at any time.

The woman's cool voice did not contain half a point of mockery, Li Mu felt even more sad in his heart, and he said lightly: "County Lord, you may not believe it. If I, Li Mu, can marry you, I will not hesitate to break my bones. ”

The enthusiasm was poured down by many buckets of ice water several times, and Li Mu finally woke up from his wishful thinking.

Because of this sobriety, he could even see the almost invisible ridicule in the corners of the eyebrows and eyes of the county lord of Yonghe.

The man smiled bitterly in his heart, he and her were indeed the difference between cloud and mud.

"Master Li, I believe you."

Just when Li Mu was discouraged and desperate, the woman's gentle and soft voice made him feel like a fairy sound, and a heart immersed in stagnant water instantly came to life.

Although he didn't know why the county lord of Yonghe changed his mind, Li Mu still couldn't hide the excitement and joy in his eyes, and he said incoherently: "County lord, if you are willing to believe me." Thank you, county lord......"