Chapter 53: A Visit to the Prince

"I thought that Ning would come to see a bedridden patient, but I didn't expect the prince to be stronger than I imagined! Don't you care about being framed? Or don't you care about the crown prince? Xu Mengmeng looked at the young man who was leaning on the soft floor and reading quietly, his eyes darkened, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and he asked with words.

"I am a person who has lived for a short time due to illness, so why should I let myself be burdened by those mundane things, reputation and rights, General Ning said yes?" Sima Ze didn't take his eyes off the book, said lightly, and couldn't help but cover his mouth and cough low after speaking.

"In this way, it was Ning who disturbed the peace of His Highness!" Xu Mengmeng put away some of the inquiring look in his eyes, picked up the water cup on the table, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Sima Ze.

It seems that he really didn't feel sad about this matter, would such an indifferent person covet that position?

"Thank you!" Sima Ze took the teacup and took a sip.

"These days when Ning came to Beijing, he didn't like anything else, so he liked to go to the teahouse to drink some tea and listen to some short chats among the parents, and I also heard a lot about His Highness, does Your Highness want to hear it?" Xu Mengmeng sat down at the table, poured herself a cup, picked up the teacup and blew lightly on the floating tea leaves, the expression on her face was a little blurred in the thick mist.

"General Ning can say whatever he wants!" Sima Ze is still indifferent, he knows that this person has always been arrogant in the court, and he has never had any friendship with him, although his words are mixed with temptation, but if he really doubts himself, he doesn't, and he really doesn't understand Xu Mengmeng's intention to come to the door for a while.

"Does Your Highness know why I want to join the army? I grew up in Yizhou, I have a lovely and strong sister, Yizhou has been attacked by Beiwei all the year round, she has witnessed too many tears on the face of the mother who lost her son because of the war, the crying face of the wife who lost her husband because of the war, and the painful and weeping face of the child who lost her father......

Xu Mengmeng emptied her consciousness and poured out the most true heart of the original body to her, the only friend in the world, who wanted to share these inner words with the crown prince Sima Ze when the original body came back from Yizhou, but unfortunately she never had the opportunity.

Now Xu Mengmeng has fulfilled this wish for her, so she should repay her for the future!

"And what about your sister now?" Although Sima Ze's face did not change, the hand holding the book tightened slightly, and there was a trace of sparkle in his nostalgic eyes.

"Brother Ze, now that I am being bullied by them, you protect me, when I grow up and you become the emperor, I will put on armor to protect this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains for you!" At that time, the nine-year-old girl stood in front of him and said with a proud face.

Xu Mengmeng didn't notice Sima Ze's abnormality, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then turned his head to look at Sima Ze.

"I heard from the market that His Royal Highness has a great relationship with Miss Bai Wanchu, the second daughter of General Bai, the former generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and I must know something about the eldest lady of the Bai family, right? Have you ever known about the matter between her and Mu Jingyun, the prince of Beiwei? ”

"Although I have a good relationship with Xiao Chu'er, I haven't had much contact with Bai Wanyu, I only heard that she has always had a good relationship with her fifth brother, and the matter between me and Mu Jingyun is not clear." Sima Ze looked down at the book in his hand, and his tone was still as calm as ever.

Although Xu Mengmeng also learned from the memory of the original body that the truth was indeed as Sima Ze said, she was still a little disappointed when she heard this expected answer, and it seemed that she could only find a breakthrough from Sima Xi's side!

"Oh, by the way, Ning has always been curious about something, why did His Highness send medicine to Ning in the first place?" After Xu Mengmeng finished speaking, he looked at the teacup in his hand.

"General Ning, I think you may have misunderstood, it was not my idea to send medicine at the beginning, I knew that my weak body was not suitable for that big position, so I didn't have the idea of wooing you, the reason why I sent medicine in the first place was my father's intention." Sima Ze did not change in either his movements or his expression.

"Your Majesty?" Xu Mengmeng's brows furrowed slightly, and doubts flashed in his eyes.

"Ahem~ General Ning, I'm a little tired, general, please take care of yourself!" Sima Ze covered his mouth and coughed lowly, then got up and walked to the inner room.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Ning will definitely return your innocence!" Xu Mengmeng also got up when he saw this, and said firmly to his back.

"I heard that the general's injuries this time are not light, but now there are better? The general is a rare genius who cares about the people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so it is better to take care of his body in the future! Sima Ze paused and turned to look at her.

"The minister's injury is no longer serious, thank you for your concern! Your Highness should also take care of your health! Ning...... Hey? ”

"General Ning, what's wrong?" Sima Ze raised his head and looked at her who was suddenly speechless.

"It's okay, Ning Mou won't disturb His Highness's tranquility, farewell!" Xu Mengmeng withdrew his gaze from Sima Ze's waist, shook his head, and turned around and walked outside.

Hey? Why not? Isn't it always around your waist and played with it in your hand? Did you forget to wear it today?

Originally, Xu Mengmeng thought that in such a small place as the capital, she would soon be able to find Liu Jiang's illegitimate son, but until the day before Liu Jiang's execution, her people still hadn't found any clues, which made her a little uneasy.

In the afternoon, Xu Mengmeng rode out of the city with a jar of wine and headed towards a barren mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, where many lonely souls were buried.

"Brothers, I've come to see you! I didn't bring you the money, but there is a jar of high-quality bamboo leaves! Xu Mengmeng sat down next to the high grave bag, took off the wine stopper, and whispered while slowly pouring the wine on the grave while holding the jar.

"Don't think I'm stingy! There are too many of you, and I can't remember the names of most of them, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to receive the money I burned for you, so I'd better let Lixing send it to you one by one!

As for wine, it's not a good thing, drinking too much hurts your body, you are all young or drink less! If you really want to drink, I'll come to drink with you again during the New Year's holidays, forget it today, I can't get a wound on my body, and I still have something to do when I go back to the city in a while.

Speaking of which, you guys are also quite unlucky, not long after they were assigned to me, they were first pitted by Qi Shuhong, and they didn't wear new clothes, and then they were cheated by me, an unreliable one, and their lives were lost, why do you think I'm so stupid? Catching a private soldier actually brought only you people......" Xu Mengmeng said as tears fell straight down.

Xu Mengmeng kept talking for a long time before he took out the ocarina in his arms and blew it gently. Speaking of which, it was the only instrument she had learned in her previous life.

When she first came to this world, it was more than a month after the fall of Baifu, she and Bai Junning had just been taken by the twelve horsemen to Yongcheng Fengshan not far from Beijing.

She still remembered that when she was ready to take it back, her dazed heart had only settled down a little, and now this little thing had become her dependence.

"I'm sorry! Actually, I wanted to be a good general, but I didn't do a good job of being a general. In the next life, you must wipe your eyes together, or you won't join the army, and if you join the army, you must never meet a general like me again! Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Xu Mengmeng put away the ocarina, got up and bowed to the tomb bag and rode away.

Xu Mengmeng did not return to the house after entering the city, but rode directly to the prison of the Criminal Department.