Chapter Seventy-Five: Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Snow
Cangyun Kingdom has a pivotal position in the Qianxu Continent, and Chu Muchen, the king of Chen, is the most valued brother of Cangyun Emperor, and now he comes to Luoxi Kingdom as an envoy, which naturally makes the Luoxi royal family feel supreme glory, and Luoxi Emperor and hundreds of civil and military officials received him ceremoniously.
Foreign envoys to other countries should have stayed in the embassy, but Chu Muchen insisted on living in the Luoxi Palace, although he was suspected of having other plans, but Luo Keluo didn't say anything on the surface, so he immediately greeted him with a smile and cleaned up Yilanxuan, which symbolized his noble status in the palace, and let him move in.
Chu Muchen could enter and leave the Luoxi Palace at will, although he knew that there must be eyes staring at him from behind, but he didn't care, and the next day, he went to Mu Mansion to take Mu Zhiyu, which is now Xiangyu, to the palace.
After they left, Mu Ke didn't come to his senses for a long time, he didn't expect Xiangyu to know King Cangyunchen, which made him even more interested in her identity, and after asking Mu Zefeng many times to no avail, he fell into a state of confusion.
The sudden return of his eldest son, who had been missing for five years, and the sudden return of an unidentified woman with whom he must have had a very strong background, made him feel faintly uneasy, and always felt that things were going to turn against him.
He finally climbed to his current position, above 10,000 people under Luo Xiguo, combining wealth and power, he would never allow anyone to endanger the one he had now, even if that person was his favorite son.
As the prime minister, in addition to those guards in the palace, he also secretly cultivated a lot of dead soldiers, otherwise, how could he survive until now in the mixed officialdom.
Standing in the secret room with his hands behind his back, his eyes were shrewd, looking at the two leaders of the dead soldiers in front of him who he had carefully cultivated for many years, he said lightly, "You two, you are secretly monitoring the movements of the eldest young master and Yi Lanxuan in the palace, if there is anything abnormal, report it to me immediately." β
In the corridor of Yilan Xuan, there was a wonderful shadow, looking up at the snowflakes that kept falling, crystal pure white, with a faint smile on his lips.
It was the first snow of the winter, and the first snow she had experienced when she came to this plane.
Stretching out your arms, you can feel the temperature of the snowflakes falling on the palms of your hands, cool, white and flawless, probably the purest beauty in the world.
The cool breeze blew slightly, allowing the snowflakes to blow on her sable cloak, and she always had an indifferent smile on her face.
Suddenly, a pair of hands gently patted the ice slag on her shoulders, and when she turned around, she saw Chu Muchen, who was dressed in purple, standing quietly behind her, with a smile in her narrow Danfeng eyes, which was extremely enchanting.
It's rare to see him so quiet, but it's also very harmonious.
The folding fan in his hand shook gently, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and a nice voice came faintly, "I remember when I was a child, my favorite thing was the snowy weather, only at this time, the air was filled with a clean breath." β
Mu Zhiyu raised his eyes, and saw a trace of bitterness and desolation from his expression, under his uninhibited appearance, what was hidden was helplessness about the life of the royal family.
"Xiao Yu'er, do you know, sometimes, I really wish I was just an ordinary person, there was no calculation, no killing, no bloodshed around me."
looked into the distance through the goose feather snow, and said softly, "When I was a child, I saw too many harem battles, and they did not hesitate to frame other concubines and even princes and princesses in order to compete for favor, at that time, I even felt that the sky was filled with the smell of blood, and only when it snowed, could I breathe a trace of fresh air."
In order to protect me, the mother concubine was persecuted to death, and even Concubine Jing, who cared for and loved me, was framed and was sent to the cold palace, and finally a fire turned into ashes, and the whereabouts of the little princess she gave birth to before her death were unknown.
Those dark times have carved a permanent imprint on my heart, and if it weren't for the protection of my royal brother, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to grow up safely......"
Mu Zhiyu had never seen such a Chu Muchen, his voice sounded so sad, and the whole person was immersed in sadness, saying that the harem is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, it seems that this is indeed the case.
"In life, there will always be some unsatisfactory things, no matter what, those are in the past, I think your royal brother must have dealt with it, if you are unhappy because of those things now, how can you be worthy of those who once loved you and protected you."
Said softly, reached out and pulled his arm, let him look at her face, and smiled, "Actually, I'm no better than you, I've never seen my mother, my father doesn't love me, Erniang and they all bully me, but I still live a very happy life, I will never let myself be unhappy because of other people's faults." β
As he spoke, he opened his palm and put it on the top of his head, and made a grimace at him, "In the past, we were weak and couldn't protect ourselves, but now, if we have to bleed, that person will definitely not be us." β
Chu Muchen was amused by her movements, and gently tapped her forehead with a folding fan, "Xiao Yu'er, it turns out that you have such a cute time." β
"How do you speak?" His eyebrows were twisted, his mouth flattened, and he was slightly dissatisfied, "Am I such an unlovely person?" β
"Yes, yes, Xiao Yu'er is the cutest."
After Chu Muchen was persuaded by her, he quickly resurrected with full blood, the enmity between the mother concubine and Concubine Jing, he and the imperial brother had already avenged, he had been casual for many years, away from secular disputes, in fact, he gradually forgot those dark pasts, but I don't know why, when he saw Mu Zhiyu standing in the snow just now, he couldn't help but think of the past that he was most reluctant to mention, especially feeling that her back image was very much Concubine Jing's mother.
Shaking his head, what was he thinking?
"Xiao Yu'er, it's cold outside, go, come into the house with me, and I'll let you taste the tea made by my son."
Chu Muchen's smiling eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and the corners of his mouth were still floating with an evil arc, and he took her hand and walked towards the house, as if the person who was sad just now was not him at all.
The snow was still falling outside, and a thick layer had accumulated on the ground, and it was snow-capped and quiet.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house, and water was boiling on the small stove, and after boiling, Chu Muchen took the purple clay pot from the stove and made two cups of tea respectively.
handed it to her, blinking her big eyes flickering, her narrow phoenix eyes smiled into peach blossom eyes, looked at her and drank lightly, and asked with a little expectation, "How is it, how is it, my craftsmanship is not bad." β
The fragrance of tea overflowed in his mouth, and he had to admit that his level of tea making was first-class, squinting his eyes lightly, and nodded, "Very good." β
"That's natural, ordinary people can't drink the tea made by Ben Gongzi." said with his eyebrows fluttering, and he was about to fly into the sky.
"Did you praise you and almost don't know what your last name is?"
Mu Zhiyu looked at him funny, his eyes rolled twice, and then asked, "Chu Muchen, Luo Keluo actually agreed to let you live in the palace, and let you come and go freely, and also allowed me to live in Yilanxuan together, with you." β
"That's, I don't look at who Ben Gongzi is, such a trivial matter can't bother me at all."
As he spoke, he leaned over to her, leaned in front of her and said with a smile, "When are you going to steal?" β
"Poof!" A mouthful of tea squirted out of his mouth, giving him a blank look, "How can you speak, how can this be called theft, I am taking back what belongs to me." β
"Yes, yes, it's not called stealing, it's called taking, call me when the time comes, the amethyst jade pendant is a rare thing in the world, and I want to open my eyes."
Although Chu Muchen said this, there was a lot of confusion in his heart, the amethyst jade pendant was indeed rare, and there were only three pieces in the entire Cangyun Country at the beginning, all of which were in the palace, and the father gave them to the mother concubine, Concubine Jing Niangniang and the current queen mother, I don't know what other countries look like, and whether it is similar to the one in his hand.
"I can take you with me, but don't pull me back when the time comes." Drinking tea leisurely, it seems that he likes the tea he brews very much.
The corners of Chu Muchen's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he pulled her hind legs, did he look so weak?
"You've come to the palace and handed over all the affairs of Mu Mansion to that guy who is out of the woods, aren't you afraid that he will mess things up for you?"
put down the teacup and rolled his eyes, "The master is much more reliable than you, okay, you are here to provoke our master-apprentice relationship, I will sue Master SΓΉ when I turn around, and let him clean you up." β
"Whatever, it's not sure who's going to clean up whom." snorted disapprerovingly, he had already seen him unpleasantly, and there was just a reason to fight with him.
"The master's carrier pigeon said that Mu Qinglin is back, and I don't know who beat him, and he is now bedridden." I laughed out loud, it must be Che's masterpiece.
"You seem to be gloating, but he should be able to stop a little these days."
I drank the tea, picked up the teapot and planned to pour another cup, and after wandering for a long time, I was stunned that not a drop came out.
"Mu Zhiyu, I didn't expect you to be so able to drink......"