Under the candlelight, in the boudoir, Mu Lan's mother quietly came to sit down next to the couch and looked at her sleeping daughter gently.

Mu Lan felt light, and in the haze, she heard a soft sound of Suosuo, and opened her eyes slightly.

Seeing that his mother Ying was sitting in front of him, he looked at him with a kind face, sat up busily, and said, "Mother, when did you come over, why don't you tell me." ”

Ying's eyes flashed slightly, afraid that her daughter would see it, so she gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her cuffs, and said with a smile: "Tell you what to do, I just want to see more of how you are asleep, although my daughter has grown up, but the way she is asleep is still exactly the same as when she was a child." ”

It is said that mothers and daughters are connected, and every move of a mother, as a daughter, how can she not be aware of it.

Mu Lan immediately smiled like a flower and said: "Mother, my daughter will not grow up, and she will be by your side for the rest of her life." ”

Ying Shi burst into tears and said with a smile: "Silly child, how can a daughter grow up and accompany her mother to the end of her life." When a girl grows up, one day, she will get married! ”

Mu Lan pursed her mouth and said unhappily: "My father is far away in the capital, and my mother only has one child, so I don't want to grow up and get married!" I just want to guard my mother every day until I am old. ”

Ying sighed: "When you were young, my mother wanted you to grow up quickly. But now that you have grown up, my mother wants you to grow slower and slower day by day. ”

After that, he lowered his head and put his daughter's hand in his palm, and kept stroking it.

Mu Lan's gaze extended her mother's gentle hand, inch by inch against the current, quietly staring at her mother's kind face.

But suddenly realized that the hair on her mother's forehead turned white overnight, and blurted out: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Ying Shi hurriedly lifted his spirit, forced himself to hold the pathos in his heart, and said politely: "Nothing." Mother is ...... I can't bear you. ”

Mu Lan was puzzled: "Mother, what happened at home?" ”

Ying raised his head, stared at Mu Lan deeply, and said, "Lan'er, today your father came with a letter from the capital. The letter said....."

"Say what?"

......

"Did my father have an accident in the capital?"

......

Ying Shi paused, and forced a smile on his face: "It's not your father's business, it's Lan'er's happy event." ”

Mu Lan was slightly stunned: "My happy event? ”

Ying calmed down his emotions and said, "Yes, Lan'er, it's your happy event." Be...... In his letter, your father said that he hoped that you would be able to go to Beijing today so that he could prepare for this year's draft. ”

Mu Lan's heart was suddenly shocked, a kind of bitter sadness like the extreme cold, as if he wanted to freeze his body inch by inch, and then burst one by one.

The Father's command cannot be disobeyed.

Mu Lan quietly looked at her mother, who had been bald overnight, and spit out softly: "Mother, don't cry, Lan'er is willing." ”

Ying watched his daughter grow up, and knew her daughter's temperament, her daughter was smart and assertive since she was a child, with many ideas and willfulness, but she knew right from wrong, knew the general situation, and did not let her eyebrows be shaved at all. This child looks like a clear spring of still water, but inside, there is a sword spark.

Although I usually always have broken thoughts. Mu Lan, why don't you listen to this. Mu Lan, why don't you listen.

Thinking about it carefully, one by one, one by one, who else in this life can be as intimate as his daughter......

If you knew today, why didn't you think about it early, and simply raise your daughter to be stupid, so that maybe you will not be separated for the rest of your life.

When Mu Lan was a little older, she looked at her daughter's little face as clean as a gardenia tonight, and she thought about it infinitely.

She was still young at the time, and she could feel good and imagine beautiful when she closed her eyes.

At that time, when she closed her eyes and thought about it, it seemed that she could really see such a picture.

Under the blessing of heaven, a good man came on a colorful auspicious cloud and took her daughter from the palm of her hand to his palm.

From then on, she will not be upset, she will be displaced, she will be lonely, she will not be lovesick, and she will be safe for the rest of her life.

However, now, I am afraid that my lifelong wish will never be realized.

A letter from the lord broke the best dream of her life, the best day.

And in the Forbidden City, which is thousands of miles away, except for an emperor who is high in the rain and dew, and a group of claustrophobic eunuchs in the city, where can there be any good men?

Thinking of this, Ying smiled sadly, unable to open another sentence, only wishing to be a dumb girl for the rest of her life.

A line of tears endured and burst out. In a panic, I couldn't lift my hand, and I didn't have time to wipe it off.

A small hand like a warm jade gently stroked his face.

was deeply comforted by her daughter's hand, and there was also a heart for her mother.

Mu Lan didn't cry.

I just talked to my mother word by word.

......

"Mother is relieved. Father wanted to find a good future for Lan'er, so he made such a plan. ”

"Mother is relieved. The child knows that the palace is extraordinary. In the future, Lan'er will be cautious in her words and deeds, and she will definitely be able to take care of herself. ”

"Mother rest assured, my father has been an official in Beijing for several years, and he will definitely be able to know the powerful people in the palace, find a good backer for Lan'er, and ensure that his daughter is safe and stable."

......

The earnest "Mother rest assured" burned Ying's heart.

In her eyes, her daughter is far from growing up, how can she be allowed to comfort herself like this, sentence by sentence.

It was her Lan'er who was going to be sent to the palace, not herself.

The news was so earth-shattering that it was too helpless.

originally planned to pass the scorching heat, so he wrote a letter to the master, asking the master to think of a way to let Lan'er go through the motions, and then come to her side.

Mu Lan saw her mother's sad expression, her heart was sad, and she said softly: "Mother, Lan'er is going to the mountains and rivers here, and she can still go to her father after arriving in Beijing, but from then on, she will be far away from her mother." The mother only has one child, Lan'er, and when Lan'er goes, the most reassuring thing is the mother. I also hope that my mother will take care of her body, and wait for the day when Lan'er will come back to see you. ”

When Ying Shi heard this, two lines of hot tears rolled down, provoking the tears that Mu Lan had never dared to fall, and at this time, they were like mussel beads, silently flowing to his cheeks, and were hurriedly wiped away.

Ying wiped away his tears, carefully took out a crystal clear emerald jade jade bracelet from the handkerchief, and gently gave Mu Lan to wear it on the white and round little hand.

Said softly: "Lan'er, this is what your grandmother left me." Now I'll give it to you. From now on, you wear it every day, as if your mother is by your side every day......"

After that, I couldn't cry anymore.

Mu Lan's tears were also like the water that broke the embankment, wetting his eyes.

In order not to let her mother see it, she gently leaned on her mother's arms and silently burst into tears.