Spring goes to winter, and in the blink of an eye, Ye Ningxiang has been living in Ruiguo for five years, and her son, who is very upset to her, has grown into a little adult, not only eccentric, quick thinking, but also able to act as an elder and play with his younger brother.

In the past few years, many things have changed in addition to her son. With the joint efforts of Xiao Qingyu and Mu Bai, all the people of Rui who had suffered from the war have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the originally empty treasury has become rich and full.

Ye Ningxiang originally thought that Mu Bai was going to completely betray her and switch to Xiao Qingyu, but she didn't expect that over the years, Mu Bai had always secretly sent her information that was closely related to the ministers of the court and the central government or the famous families in the rivers and lakes.

Although Ye Ningxiang has never been able to participate in the government, she knows the trends in the court, the likes and dislikes of officials, and even the handles of officials' mistakes.

Ye Ningxiang studied the art of politics and the country every day, and her husband, Xiao Qingyu, the emperor of the Rui Kingdom, had deteriorated due to her hard work over the years and the fact that she had been absorbed by the Ecstasy Gem, and even to the point where it was difficult to walk.

Seeing that the body of such a young emperor who was just in his early thirties had reached the point of running out of oil, the subjects of Rui Kingdom not only admired Xiao Qingyu's proud political achievements, but also talked about the position of the prince who had always been unresolved.

This prince, whether it is Lichang or Liyan, should be her son Xiao Chengxuan of Ye Ningxiang. Ye Ningxiang didn't understand why Xiao Qingyu, who had always pampered her, hesitated for so long and still didn't make a decision.

After being distressed for a long time, Ye Ningxiang no longer bothered to think about the matter of Lichu. Just like she has always thought, power is only called power in her own hands, she must rely on herself if she wants to seize power, and the power given to her by outsiders is not credible and not easy to use.

In the early spring, everything recovered, a piece of vitality, Ye Ningxiang rarely stood in the courtyard of Changle Palace and admired the small garden built by the palace maid, breathing the fresh air mixed with the fragrance of flowers. After basking in the sun in the courtyard for a while, Ye Ningxiang returned to her dormitory.

But when she returned alone to her bed in the back room, she was so frightened that she almost screamed. Because Mu Bai didn't know when she had sneaked into her bedroom, she was sitting leisurely on a delicate sorbashi chair at the moment, with Erlang's legs crossed, looking like she was graceful and wandering.

"Mu Bai, can you inform me in advance next time, if I can't control my shouting, I'm afraid you should go to Tingwei Heavenly Prison for the night. ”

Mu Bai has appeared in front of Ye Ningxiang quietly more than once, and Ye Ningxiang has already known that Mu Bai is a master of the world who knows some techniques, and the art of escaping through the wall is not difficult for him. Therefore, although Ye Ningxiang was frightened when she saw Mu Xize appear in front of her, she didn't say a word, completely covering up Mu Bai's existence.

It has been more than two months since she last saw Mu Bai, and Mu Bai seems to be a lot younger in these two months, although he is still wearing a mask, Ye Ningxiang can clearly see that this Mu Bai in front of her is more than thirty years younger than Mu Bai she met for the first time.

"Mr. Mu, Ning Xiang has something that I have always wanted to ask you, but I haven't opened my mouth for one reason or another. ”

Looking at Mu Bai's younger appearance and stronger body day by day, Ye Ningxiang finally couldn't hold her breath and couldn't help but ask Mu Bai questions.

"What kind of question, Queen Ye just opened her mouth to ask me. ”

"You...... How old are you?"

Probably didn't expect that Ye Ningxiang had been holding back in her heart for a long time and hadn't asked what she said, Mu Bai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, that kind of doting, loving eyes almost made Ye Ningxiang's heart melt.

Mu Bai stabilized his mood, got up, and walked in front of Ye Ningxiang very presumptuously, and the distance was so close that he could almost stick to Ye Ningxiang's body. He bowed slightly, the corners of his mouth rose, revealing an obvious arc, and then opened his mouth with a bit of ridicule: "You want to know?"

If it was Ye Ningxiang in the past, her face would be flushed immediately, her heart was pounding, and she looked like she had been successfully provoked. However, at this time, Ye Ningxiang didn't eat Mu Bai at all, and immediately became angry, took a few steps back and roared: "Mu Bai, you are so bold!"

Hearing Ye Ningxiang's scolding, Mu Bai's smile suddenly disappeared, his peach blossom eyes were full of melancholy, his head was slightly lowered, and he stopped talking for a long time.

Ye Ningxiang didn't expect that her voice didn't feel too harsh, and Mu Bai had such a big reaction, and she felt a little embarrassed for a while. After the two were silent for a moment, Ye Ningxiang opened her mouth first in order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere.

"Why did Mr. Mu come to me today?"

Mu Bai barely showed a smile, but his words were full of concern.

"I heard that Xiao Qingyu will take the harem concubines and the two princes to Anyou Temple to pray for blessings in three days, and by the way, go on a tour along the way. Now that his body has run out of oil, good deeds will definitely seize this opportunity to cause some trouble, I came to remind you that you must protect Cheng Xuan's safety. ”

It turned out that he didn't give her any information, but told her to protect her children. Mu Bai mentioned her child more than once during her contact with her, and even Mu Bai cared more about her child than her biological mother.

Ye Ningxiang couldn't love this child, but she didn't want an irrelevant person to love her child more than herself, so she said coldly with a straight face: "The safety of the eldest prince is not bothered by Mr. Mu's memory, I will protect the eldest prince as a mother." ”

Hearing such an answer, Mu Bai seemed to be even more sad, and his words were so low that they seemed to have changed their tone.

"Yes...... It's me who is overthinking. ”

Then, Mu Bai didn't even leave a word of farewell, and suddenly disappeared in front of Ye Ningxiang without disguise.

Outside the Changle Palace, Mu Bai, who had just revealed his figure, looked around cautiously while walking towards the palace gate. As he walked quickly, his legs seemed to hit something soft.

"Oops. ”

A childish child's voice sounded in his ears, followed by the sound of a four or five-year-old boy falling to the ground.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. ”

The child was too small, Mu Bai, who had been looking around with eye level, didn't see his existence at all, and when he knocked the child to the ground, Mu Bai rarely panicked, and quickly pulled the child up, and kept apologizing.

"The eldest prince, the eldest prince, where are you?"

As soon as the children got up, before they could speak, the voices of eunuchs and palace maids came from behind them.

"Shhhhhh

Xiao Chengxuan stretched out his right index finger and gagged it in front of his mouth, with a cautious expression. Mu Bai's eyes widened, and he didn't understand why this great prince wanted to hide from these eunuchs and palace maids. However, time was urgent, and Mu Bai did not ask Xiao Chengxuan about the reason, so he hugged him very recklessly and hid in an excellent secret place.

At this time, the two of them were sitting a little embarrassed at the root of the palace wall of an abandoned palace, obviously they were both held in Mu Bai's arms, Xiao Chengxuan was still panting, and complained: "I'm tired, I'm tired." ”

"The eldest prince, you don't seem to have run at all!"

"Heh, hehe, this is not for Mu ......"

Xiao Chengxuan heard from the palace people that the man in black who could enter and leave the palace freely was an old man named Mu Bai, but at the moment, the real Mu Bai was not as old as they said, although he wore a mask, he felt that Mu Bai did not seem to be too much older than his father. Is it called Grandpa Mu or Uncle Mu?

After secretly struggling for a while, Xiao Chengxuan continued to speak: "Isn't this tired for Uncle Mu!"

"Great Prince, why are they chasing you?"

As soon as he heard this question, Xiao Chengxuan immediately pursed his lips, as if he was very aggrieved.

"The queen mother recently invited Master Taifu to give me a lecture, but this lesson* is really boring, so today I ran out early before Lord Taifu arrived. ”

Oh, it turned out to be a skipping class, but it was exactly the same as when he Mu Bai was a child! Mu Bai smiled, patted Xiao Chengxuan's little shoulder and said, "Just run away, how old are you, you should have fun at this age!"

I have seen so many people, and there are many eunuchs and palace maids who revolve around him every day, but there has never been one who can completely stand on his side like Mu Bai before.

"Uncle Mu, you are so good, you are so good!

Xiao Chengxuan didn't recognize his life at all, and hugged Mu Bai, and his white and tender little face kept rubbing against Mu Bai's clothes.

Mu Bai didn't avoid it at all, and touched Xiao Chengxuan's little head lovingly, and his voice became soft.

"Okay, when you come back from Anyou Temple, I will talk to Queen Ye and let me be your teacher. ”

"Uncle Mu, you have to be a talker!"

"That's natural, when did your Uncle Mu deceive someone!"

This big and small chatted happily, and they ignored the group of eunuchs and palace maids who tirelessly sought Xiao Chengxuan's whereabouts, and when the eunuchs and palace maids found their traces, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

"The eldest prince, please hurry back to Changle Palace, Lord Taifu has arrived. ”

The chief steward and eunuch knelt respectfully on the ground, panting as he spoke, with drops of sweat still running down his cheeks.

Mu Bai shrugged his shoulders and said that he himself could not take Xiao Chengxuan away from the eunuch and palace maid, looking at Mu Bai's powerless expression, Xiao Chengxuan pursed his lips again, drooped his head and reluctantly followed the eunuch and the palace maid in the direction of Changle Palace.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to look back at Mu Bai who was standing aside, as if he was very reluctant.

"Uncle Mu, when I come back, you must be my teacher!"

Mu Bai nodded heavily, and then watched Xiao Chengxuan leave. He has been in and out of the Darui Palace for nearly five years, which is not a long time, but it is definitely not a short time, he has never seen this child, and now this chance meeting is the first time the two of them have met.

If it is really related, this child's temperament is very similar to that of him when he was a child, greedy for play, and does not like to be bound, and even this appearance seems to be more like him.

If there was no such thing as slaughtering the village back then, if Ye Ningxiang hadn't hated him because of the hatred of killing his father, this eccentric child, would he be able to live happily in Yishui Village with him and Ye Ningxiang. There is no unstoppable killing, no treacherous conspiracy, just tranquility, comfort, and endless love.

But there is no if in the world, and their family of three will not have such a peaceful and peaceful life after all.