Both followed Shen Mushi to Ningbo Pond.

The sun was not shining on a winter afternoon, and the back of Shen Mu was still squinted when he looked at him against the light.

Shen Mushi stood on the corridor of Meixue Pavilion and looked back at her.

The sun caressed away the coldness of his whole body, and his eyes were as light as the azure robe on his body, and like the cloudless and windless sky in the middle of winter.

If it weren't for witnessing the ruthlessness of his hot hands, Shuangshuang would have felt that Shen Mushi was a clean and warm man, and people couldn't help but want to get close to him.

But now, she always felt very cold, as if the snow-white cold blades on the surface of the lake kept stabbing at her, but she had nowhere to hide.

The two were relatively speechless.

"Afraid of me?" Shen Mushi was the first to speak to break the deadlock.

Both hesitated at first, then nodded lightly and answered "yes".

"Do you think I'm ruthless, and even my favorite concubine can be ruthless?"

Shen Mushi asked again, his voice was as light as the frozen condensing pond in front of him, without a trace of ups and downs.

"Hmm." Again, they were honest with each other.

Shen Mushi looked back at her fixedly, and after half a sound, he turned around and looked at the lake without saying a word.

Time passed minute by minute, her frozen little faces were red and she kept rubbing her hands to keep warm, Shen Mushi was still standing by the pond in a daze, and he didn't say anything to let her go.

Just when she thought that the two had nothing to talk about and was about to retire, Shen Mushi threw out a bloody sentence.

"In this palace, there is no room for betrayal, and with what she did, she should have been killed directly."

Both of them choked, she naturally knew that Xiaoshuang was guilty of heinous crimes, and the person who harmed her was herself, so she shouldn't plead for her. But since he has decided to help her, he can't give up halfway.

Slowly walked to Shen Mushi's side, looked at the cold lake side by side with him, the expression on his face was contradictory and painful, and finally decided to fight for Xiaoshuang again.

"Even if she dies innocently, but the sixty boards are really too cruel, and she will die of pain. Human lives ......"

"Human life is at stake? If you were to be under the same sword as her, would your life matter, or would it matter to hers? You have to make a choice, so will you choose to let her live, or let yourself live? ”

Shen Mushi didn't promise her directly, and asked Shuangshuang directly.

"This ..........."

Shuangshuang didn't know whether to answer or not, everyone had selfish intentions, and she was willing to take the initiative to save someone, but it didn't include taking her life.

That's not kindness, that's stupidity.

Shen Mushi looked sideways at her frozen red nose, and called lightly:

"Come closer."

Both hesitated and didn't dare to move, but finally couldn't stand his burning gaze, and slowly approached his body.

Shen Mushi stretched out his hand to hold her white and tender soft wattle, gently wrapped it in his palm and rubbed it slowly.

Surprised that her hands were so cold, he raised his eyes to look at her, and felt a little regretful in his heart.

insisted that she personally order the cane to scold Xiaoshuang, was it too tight?

But just one concubine dared to murder the crown princess, which shows that her behavior in the East Palace is too weak and everyone can be bullied.

Today is Meixiang, but what about tomorrow?

If Shuangshuang no longer knows how to advance and retreat and protect herself, sooner or later someone will take her life, including those people in the Lu family, and none of them will be able to escape.

Shen Mushi pulled open the placket of his clothes, grabbed Shuangshuang's fingers and stroked them under his front ribs, the scar protruded slightly, which was where Shuangshuang had already touched.

"That's the price I pay for my soft-heartedness."

Shen Mushi said lightly, and then clenched his fingers to his chest and warmed up: "This time, others can drug your robe, and next time they will directly poison your meal." I don't want any accidents on you, and I don't want you to have any scars on your body. ”

"If you want to live in the palace, cruelty is a way of survival that you must learn."

Shen Mushi's voice was very low, but his tone was extremely firm.

Do you have to learn to be cruel? Both asked themselves silently.

In fact, if the Lu family can have today's status, it is inevitable that there will be a struggle for power. Especially my father, the court is treacherous, and the people are unpredictable, if there is no good ability to be ruthless and calculating, how can my father sit in a high position and look down on the ministers?

There are also uncles and uncles, all of them are ruthless characters to keep the Lu family evergreen for a hundred years, and she still doesn't know the world after living for more than ten years, and she is innocent.

Being born in such a family is both her blessing and her destiny.

Despite this, the elders in the family always protected her tightly and did not pour any sewage into it, so that she still didn't know what calculation was and what conspiracy was, just to protect the only daughter of the Lu family who had a peaceful and happy life.

She was sure that her grandfather, father, mother, and everyone in the Lu family didn't want her to lose her heart and become ruthless and unrecognizable after entering the palace.

I still remember the day before she got married, her mother took her hand and wrote a sentence in the palm of her hand: Don't lose your original intention, you have to always. She knew that there was something in her mother's words, but it was inconvenient to break it. Later, on the way to the palace, she suddenly opened her mind and really understood the meaning of her mother's words.

Just as she has to make a choice now, she still chooses to save Xiaoshuang.

After saying so much, Shuangshuang still had a noncommittal expression, Shen Mushi knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to convince her for a while, so he sighed lightly and said: "The people of the Discipline Palace should be both graceful and powerful, and they should not be in vain to be able to establish their authority." What's more, if you are impulsive, you will replace Xiaoshuang with twenty canes in one sentence, and in the long run, the palace maids and eunuchs will not take your words seriously, and after making mistakes, they will also know how to pinch your weakness and exploit loopholes, and how to make them obey you if the rewards and punishments are not clear? ”

Shen Mushi talked so much endlessly, every sentence was heartfelt, and both of them were smart and naturally listened to it.

She was a little embarrassed and asked dejectedly, "If that's the case, then why didn't you stop me just now?" ”

"Because we are the closest husband and wife, we can't disagree in front of outsiders, and we won't let people take advantage of it. You know what I mean? ”

Shen Mushi has never had such good patience to teach a person, and every word he said made Shuangshuang's heart suffocate.

Especially the sentence: We are the closest couple.........

Both shyly pursed their lips and smiled, with a faint sour feeling in their hearts, but there was a trace of honey.

She liked him, so such calm words always seduced her thoughts.

"I don't want you to be cruel and vicious. Even if you want to kill someone, just let me come alone, and your hands must not be stained with blood. ”

Shen Mushi smiled after saying this, and his smile was hidden with pampering and bitterness.

He couldn't help but hold her hand and press her chest hard, wanting Shuangshuang to feel his distress, his true feelings, and his vague love.

Both expressions condensed slightly, the palms of her hands were hot, and the heat flowed directly from the palms to her heart, making her heart hot and warm, and even her brain was dizzy like falling into the clouds.

Shen Mushi saw that her expression was slightly relaxed, and her body was not as stiff as before, she was happy in her heart, and her face was still impassive.

tentatively took her into his arms, touched her forehead with her forehead, put the tip of her nose against the tip of her nose, and continued in a dumb voice: "If you sympathize with those people, don't be a weak person, so that people can't do it, it is also a kind of mercy. ”

When they both heard Shen Mushi's words, they were suddenly enlightened and suddenly realized.

She understood what he meant, but she still couldn't bear the fear in her heart, when she raised her eyes to look at Shen Mu, she clenched her fists and asked hard: "Then will you ....... in the future, will you treat ......me like you did with Frost Waiter?"

Shen Mushi was stunned for a moment, let go of her hands and looked down at her face, only to see that she was slightly timid and pretended to be strong, she really looked like a little milk cat with teeth and claws, a hearty laugh bloomed in her throat, and she couldn't help but hug her into her arms: "So afraid of beating?" Well? ”

"Hmm......" both leaned stiffly into his arms, buried their faces deep in their warm chests, and refused to answer the question.

She is not afraid of being beaten, she is just that after seeing Xiaoshuang's tragic situation, she is afraid that one day she will fall to this point.

Shen Mushi sensed the resistance of the person in his arms to him, and knew that today's events had a big impact on her, and he didn't want to force it. After letting her go easily, he pinched her smooth little face and said with a smile:

"Then don't make a mistake and be your crown princess honestly."

"As for your twenty rods, you owe them first."

Shen Mushi guessed that she was still worried about being beaten, and his hand gently stroked Shuangshuang's back, gently comforting her.

The petite body in his arms shook again.

However, she was obviously scared but insisted on not opening her mouth to beg for mercy, which is commendable.

is worthy of being the daughter of the Lu family.........

Shen Mushi couldn't help but praise in his heart, and thanked Lu Chexi for raising him a good princess, and even looked at them with the Lu family.

Shuangshuang was actually afraid of being beaten, but if he opened his mouth to plead with Shen Mushi to ask her to be exempted from his punishment, it would seem too despicable. She always did what she said, but she couldn't be scared away by the little twenty rods.

She frowned tightly, her face crumbling like a bitter gourd.

The corners of Shen Mushi's mouth curved a little, and it was rare to make an exception to find her a step down: "Or, you can exchange it for something else." ”

"No need."

Shuangshuangzai thought about it carefully, but still felt that it was inappropriate. If you encounter something, you will be afraid, how to gain a foothold in the palace in the future?

Shen Mushi raised his eyebrows, his eyes were full of smiles: bright, brave and unyielding, very good, he really didn't look at the wrong person.

I was more and more satisfied with Shuangshuang's temperament, and laughed lightly and joked: "Don't regret it." ”

Shuangshuang glanced at him: I can't help but underestimate me Lu Shuangshuang, you don't inquire, I used to be at the entrance of the light market, I was a street bully!

"When did you start? I'll wait! ”

The righteousness on Shuangshuang's face was awe-inspiring, and people who didn't know thought she was going to the guillotine.

"It's not too late to wait until I think about it."

Shen Mushi smiled even deeper, stroked her cheeks, and hooked the wind-blown filaments of her sideburns behind her ears.