At the same time as he made his decision, Mu Zirong, who was summoned by the emperor, had also come to the emperor's study at this time.

"Father, you summoned the child, but you have something to order?" After a long and complicated series of prostrations, Mu Zirong stood up and respectfully took the lead in asking his father, the emperor of this country.

The father and son of the emperor's family are also monarchs and ministers, and there are absolutely few places to salute.

The emperor glanced at Mu Zirong who was standing in front of the desk, and he couldn't see any joy or sorrow in his eyes as deep as the sea, he only looked at him with a faint expression, "How is the emperor doing lately?" How's the marriage with that gentle ruyi going? ”

came up with such straightforward words, which made Mu Zirong's heart chuckle.

Really! This old guy called himself into the palace because he was angry in the mansion, what a good old plan, is it really ginger or old spicy, is it to install eyeliner in his mansion?

In a few breaths, Mu Zirong's mind has turned a thousand times, but he never dares to show his true self in front of the emperor, once it is revealed, the consequences will ...... Disastrous.

"Thank you for your concern." Lowering his eyes, Mu Zirong neither said good nor bad, but came to such a sentence, and his face also looked like he was avoiding the important and light.

His answer made the emperor snort coldly, looked at him with burning eyes, and threw the things in his hand directly in front of him, "It's all this time, are you still acting with me?" If you don't explain it truthfully, why do you want to torture innocent people in the house? How dare you detain envoys from all over the world who came to watch the ceremony? You're a little too bold, isn't it? ”

The crisp voice made Mu Zirong couldn't help but be slightly startled, and the words containing anger came immediately, after listening to the emperor's words, Mu Zirong was even more convinced that he had planted eyeliner in his mansion, although he was angry in his heart, but it was not yet time to tear his face.

Smiled meaninglessly, Mu Zirong gave his own answer: "Since Father and Emperor you know everything the child has done, why do you have to ask again?" ”

"You! Don't...... Can't I, as a father, care about my children? And I can't even ask about the things you did? The emperor glared angrily, staring at Mu Zirong's eyes with fake concern, and the anger in it was real.

And these false concerns had already appeared when Mu Zirong was a child, thinking of those, the smile on his lips widened a little, and he raised his head and looked directly at the emperor's gaze without fear, "Oh? The boy was really grateful to his father for his concern. ”

Enigmatical? Who wouldn't, although he tried his best not to conflict with the emperor, he inevitably couldn't help but say these words.

"In that case, then the emperor might as well tell me what's going on with your new princess? What is the matter with your blatant detention of the messengers who have come to watch the celebrations? I don't know if the emperor heard Mu Zirong's yin and yang weirdness, but his tone was a lot more relaxed.

Mu Zirong smiled and waved with him, and then said, "Father, please ask Rong Erchen to be careful......

Next, he summarized everything at the wedding, but hid the incident of the assassin's attack and the two beads, and simply described Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze as elopements, magnifying Chu Hongze's excessive snatching of his princess on the wedding night, Wen Ruyi was just coerced by him and had no choice but to do so.

After his description, the emperor who was already sitting at the desk fell into deep thought, when his son said that he wanted to marry Wen Ruyi, he was not very supportive of his father, this Wen Ruyi was Chu Hongze's Rui princess, such a woman actually made Mu Zirong so lost and depressed, it was not that she didn't marry, it was like a demon, and now it was finally revealed?

"Emperor, when you first wanted to marry that woman, I didn't support you very much." The Emperor sighed and spoke leisurely, "Now that things have come to this point, I don't want to say anything, you also know that among your many brothers, you are the smartest, listen to me, stop it." For the sake of peace and friendship between the two countries, don't go on, if you don't listen, don't blame me for being a father who doesn't care about his relatives. ”

When the emperor said the last sentence, there was already a threat in his tone, although the threat was not very serious, but it was still noticed by Mu Zirong, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Erchen...... Yes, sir. Even if he was unwilling, even if he was unwilling, in this case, Mu Zirong could only agree verbally first, "Please rest assured, son...... Just promise you. ”

Even the superficial promise, he agreed extremely reluctantly, but it is amazing that the emperor actually believed his superficial promise.

"The emperor has to do what he says, don't let his father worry too much." The emperor touched the beard on his chin and said this thoughtfully, and his eyes became deeper and deeper.

Mu Zirong raised his head slightly and glanced at him, reassuring him, "Yes, Erchen knows!" ”

The two, who were both father and son and monarch and minister, chatted for a while, and the emperor signaled Mu Zirong to retreat on the grounds that he was tired.

After Mu Zirong saluted him, he retreated with his fists, walked out of the emperor's study, and looked at the unattainable blue sky outside, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Do you want this prince to be captured and obediently be your puppet?" It is absolutely impossible, if you get something that belongs to this prince, this prince will never let go, and you will get it back by all means. ”

He sneered in his heart, straightened the court clothes that were crumpled by the salute, and walked out of the palace under the bowing of the palace guards and maids.

The crimson palace wall stretched infinitely, as if there was no end to it, and looking inward from the palace gate where he was currently located, the overlapping cornices seemed to be shining in the sunlight, and everything seemed so magnificent and magnificent.

"Over the years, this place has attracted countless conquerors who want to compete for this great river and mountain, but they don't know how many innocent souls are buried here." After stopping in front of the palace gate and saying this, Mu Zirong took one last look at the place, and turned around and rushed towards his mansion without any nostalgia.

Gradually moving away from the palace, Mu Zirong's whole mood seemed to be a lot easier, all the people living in the city were dignitaries, including himself, but the inner city was far less prosperous and lively than the outer city, and people also liked to hang around in the outer city more, even if the entry and exit in the inner city was not rigorous.

This time, Mu Zirong also came to the outer city, not because he didn't want to go back to the palace, but from the moment he left the palace, he found that someone was following him!

As for who the person who followed him was, he didn't need to think about it to know, it must be someone sent by the emperor.

When these two words popped out of his heart, Mu Zirong felt a little sad, he looked up at the cloudless sky, and suddenly felt that his heart was full of infinite haze, and his mood also fell to the bottom, "What if...... If I was born into a common people's family, would there not have been so many strife? Isn't it a lot easier? ”

Standing in front of a bookshelf, Mu Zirong pretended to be selecting books, but in fact he was secretly observing the people who were following him.

Since he was sent by the emperor, there was no need for him to go up and find him out, just as if he didn't see anything, otherwise he didn't know what the emperor would think of to follow him.

After flipping through a few old books, he chose a random one, paid a silver tael, and went to the next stall to wander around.

Taking advantage of these opportunities, he noticed that there were about a dozen people following him, and with these people firmly in his mind, he ended his wandering and turned to his home.

"Father, father, you are ...... to your sons It's really close! No one heard the grief and indignation in Mu Zirong's heart, the world always thought that the people in the royal family could cover the sky with one hand, but they didn't know what kind of open and secret battles and rivers of blood were hidden behind this hand covering the sky, even the closest relatives could not fully believe in each other, the only person you could trust was yourself.

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In the thatched house, Wen Ruyi, who finally moved Chu Hongze to the bed with all his might, sat on the ground, panting like a dehydrated fish, and reached out to wipe the sweat on his head.

"Hey, it's finally time to take a break." glanced at Chu Hongze, who was still in a coma, Wen Ruyi simply lay on the ground, anyway, he was wearing a wedding dress, which was already dirty, and he was not afraid of any worse.

After resting for a while, feeling that his strength was almost recovered, Wen Ruyi got up from the ground, untied the tight wedding shirt of the bag, and took out the herbs and apples inside.

There was no water around, so she wiped it on the clean part of her skirt, and took a bite of the flesh of the fruit, and suddenly the sweet and delicious fruity fragrance filled her lips.

"Delicious!" I never knew that the most ordinary fruit that grew in the mountains could be so delicious, and all this was just because she had been hungry for too long, and whatever she ate at this time would be delicious.

After eating three fruits to quench her hunger and thirst temporarily, Wen Ruyi began to grind and mash the herbs she had gathered, and the herbs that were enough for the two of them soon turned into slimy juice in her hands.

The fragrance of grass medicine wafted in the air, she sniffed deeply, and immediately disliked her skirt, and then looked down at the injured place, only to see that on her two legs, which should have been smooth and delicate, the calves were already bloodstained, and her wounds could not heal after a long time of running, if it wasn't for the hot summer now, her wounds would probably suppurate, and then it would become more serious.

"Well, if only this were in modern times." Once again, disgusted with the backwardness of this era, Wen Ruyi did not tremble in the face of the blurred picture of flesh and blood, but simply pasted the herbs in his hand on the wound with a calm expression.