Before he finished speaking, Mu Zirong suddenly deducted the tea cup in his hand, and the crisp voice was particularly abrupt in the quiet hall, but he still raised his head unfazedly, and looked at him coldly: "Enough." ”

Chu Hongchen's heart also jumped with the teacup on the table, and he faintly felt that something was wrong, but he felt that he had nothing to offend Mu Zirong, but he was still thinking about him, but Mu Zirong was ...... at this time He was a little unsure of Mu Zirong's current attitude for a while.

Mu Zirong didn't look at him, but said coldly: "If you want to return to your hometown, you should go to my father and the emperor, instead of saying these nonsense in front of me, His Royal Highness the Prince, you can do it yourself." ”

Chu Hongchen couldn't help but stiffen when he heard this, his face suddenly turned blue and red, and there seemed to be a fire pressing in his heart, but he couldn't vent it.

Mu Zirong didn't care about him, a deposed emperor who had lost his power and had a bad reputation, so Chu Hongchen was even more annoyed in his heart, and he almost couldn't even maintain his politeness on the surface, so he said goodbye with a cold face.

Looking at the back of Chu Hongchen leaving, Mu Zirong snorted disdainfully, but suddenly thought of something in his heart, and the hand that was about to re-serve the tea cup stopped, with a mysterious smile on his face.

……

Wen Ruyi didn't know what was happening in the court, but she had too many worries about her now, and even if she knew, she might not be in the mood to pay attention to it.

Chu Hongze has been more idle than before these days, and the two of them can see each other from time to time, but for Wen Ruyi, he is even more uncomfortable than before.

On this day, when Chu Hongze was sent away to the early dynasty, Wen Ruyi was listless and stuck in the chair, not knowing what he was thinking.

When Yingchun came in, he saw such a scene, so he quipped: "Niangniang, what do you want to do?" ”

Wen Ruyi, who was interrupted from his thoughts, came back to his senses a little, glanced at Yingchun lukewarmly, then sat up again, and asked, "Yingchun, what do you think...... How does Your Majesty treat me? ”

Yingchun couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, since the last time she talked to Wen Ruyi about the emperor, Wen Ruyi was not very happy, she avoided mentioning such a topic again, but she didn't expect Wen Ruyi to take the initiative to ask herself this time.

Yingchun thought that maybe the unhappy thing between the husband and wife was gone, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty treats you very well, and you will think of Niangniang first in any good thing, and as long as you have free time, you will come to accompany you." Look at the slave maid, if it weren't for the fact that the harem couldn't interfere in politics, His Majesty would want to take you to the morning court when he goes out in the morning. ”

Such words made Wen Ruyi's heart feel cold, and there was an invisible sense of oppression pressing her body and mind, and she could only wave her hand weakly: "I know." ”

Yes, can she still not know Chu Hongze's temperament? What do you need to ask others for?

She disappeared for so long before, which made Chu Hongze red-eyed and went to save her, so there were many things behind, this time she had already stayed by Chu Hongze's side, how could Chu Hongze allow her to leave again?

Wen Ruyi died of heart, and decided that she was leaving, and she must not let Chu Hongze know about it, nor let him notice it.

And in such a restless day, the previous dynasty also changed.

The deposed emperor who escaped from the border appeared and became active with a grandiose attitude, which made the ministers of the Longteng Kingdom very uneasy.

Chu Hongze also felt upset after receiving the news, if it wasn't for Mu Zirong's momentum, how could Chu Hongchen dare to be so arrogant?

As soon as he thought of Mu Zirong, Chu Hongze was a little disgusted, after all, they were destined to be hostile, no matter which aspect.

In the court, Chu Hongze watched the people below chattering non-stop, and his heart was even more unhappy, so he said: "Jiedu envoy goes to the imperial study with me, and if the others have nothing to do, they will retreat." ”

After leaving the court, Chu Hongze saw a cadre of ministers and one or two generals in the imperial study.

As soon as Chu Hongze sat down, he said straight to the point: "Everyone, now our Longteng Kingdom is in ruins, many things that need to be solved are in front of us, and it still needs time to recuperate, so it is best not to be able to conflict with other countries at this time, what do you mean, do you understand Aiqing?" ”

Hearing this, the others immediately echoed: "Yes, the ministers understand." ”

Chu Hongze is right, now that the internal worries are just in his hands, he can't create external conflicts at this time.

That...... Since the problem cannot be solved by force, it is only possible to send diplomats to negotiate in the hope that it will be resolved smoothly, or at least it is necessary to delay time.

A month later, the envoy sent by the Longteng Kingdom arrived in Mu Zirong's country, but was stopped outside the imperial city.

Compared to the scorching sun, the messenger had already traveled a long way to get here, and at this time he was even more dizzy from the sun, and now he was directly turned away, although he was annoyed in his heart, but he really didn't have the strength to care, and he couldn't lose his demeanor and let the people of his country laugh at him, so he had to stop the team and avoid the sun in the shade of a tree.

At this time, in the palace, Mu Zirong stood in the study with his head down, and said word by word: "Father, please let your sons send envoys to Longteng Kingdom." ”

The emperor was a little incomprehensible, after all, Mu Zirong used to be the proton of the Longteng Kingdom, and then he finally came back, why did he take the initiative to enter that fire pit?

"Longteng Kingdom has already sent people over, our purpose of borrowing Chu Hongchen to negotiate with Longteng Kingdom has been achieved, let's just send envoys, why do you need to go to Longteng Kingdom in person?"

Mu Zirong lowered his head, teaching people to not see the look on his face clearly, and still said: "Erchen thinks it's not enough, if you let the envoy come in now, he asks us for people, father, do you say we give it or not?" ”

Hearing this, the emperor hesitated for a moment, and with an embarrassed expression on his face, he muttered to himself: "It's not impossible to delay......

Mu Zirong shook his head and said: "Chu Hongze is not a fool, it is impossible not to see what we are thinking, instead of waiting for the other party to come to the door to question, it is better for us to take the initiative and take the lead." Father, let the sons go. ”

The emperor thought about it, saw that Mu Zirong's expression was firm, and he had high hopes for this son, although he still disagreed with it in his heart, but he was unwilling to save his son's face, so he nodded: "Okay." ”

The envoy basked in the sun outside the imperial city for about two or three hours, and when the prince Mu Zirong came out in person, the envoy's anxious heart was also comforted a little, thinking that although he had waited for so long, the other party's prince could come out to greet him in person, and his face was quite passable.

It's just that before he put on a posture of asking for guilt, Mu Zirong directly explained his intentions, and the envoys were stunned.

The envoy was dumbfounded for a long time before he looked at Mu Zirong uncertainly, and asked tentatively, "What did the prince say...... Want to go out to our country? ”

Mu Zirong smiled on his face, his attitude was also humble, and he said very patiently: "Father thought about it again and again, and felt that I still need to go to rest assured, then there will be a hard journey for Lord Lao, so I will let the adults take them to the post station to rest." ”

The envoy was a little dizzy in front of him, the so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Mu Zirong's attitude was good, and it was not good for him to make trouble directly, so he had to nod reluctantly.

After resting for a day, the envoy immediately returned with the personnel and relayed Mu Zirong's words back.

Chu Hongze, who received the excerpt, couldn't help but sneer, sure enough, the drunkard didn't mean to drink, from the beginning of knowing that Chu Hongchen was there with Mu Zirong, he had such a guess in his heart, Mu Zirong is not a good person who helps the Quartet, and there must be some plot to contain Chu Hongchen by his side, that is, Chu Hongchen's idiot thinks that he is an important role for Mu Zirong, but in fact, I am afraid that he is not even a chess piece.

Chu Hongze didn't care about Chu Hongchen's careful thinking that couldn't be put on the table, what he minded was Mu Zirong's stalking and ulterior motives, Wen Ruyi is now his queen, what else does Mu Zirong want to do?

Chu Hongze's heart held his breath, resulting in not having a good face when he dined in Feng Palace at noon.

Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze have been together for so long, it is impossible not to see his little emotions, and Chu Hongze is not a person who likes to be angry with others, no matter what troubles he encountered in the court and politics before, he would not show it in front of her, and he would comfort her, but he looked like this directly in front of her today, it seems that what he is worried about is still related to himself.

Wen Ruyi thought so, took the initiative to serve Chu Hongze a bowl of soup, and asked softly, "Upset?" ”

Chu Hongze took the soup, and when he heard her words, he couldn't help but pause, then returned to normal and didn't speak.

"Because of me?" Wen Ruyi saw his small movements, and asked again with more certainty in his heart.

Yingchun on the side was startled, of course she could see that His Majesty seemed to be in a bad mood today, but she didn't expect Niangniang to say it so directly, so scared that she almost couldn't hold the things in her hands.

Chu Hongze didn't expect Wen Ruyi to say this, although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't want Wen Ruyi to be unhappy, so he hurriedly said, "No." ”

Wen Ruyi smiled, seeing that his expression that he tried his best to hide was completely confirmed, and said, "The two of us have been together for so long, can't I see if you are in a good mood or not?" I can see it, you don't have to hide it from me, is it because the court has an opinion on me, the queen, or is my family causing you trouble? ”

Thinking about it, Wen Ruyi could only think of these two possibilities, after all, she was now in the palace, and the only people who could have anything to do with her were those people who had anything to do with her, but she didn't feel that there was anything she couldn't say, so she simply mentioned it herself, all of which was not something she minded.