When the night wind was blowing, Rong Xi heard Mu Huai's claim that he had changed from me to an orphan, and when he was a little bit stunned, he knew that he was no longer the king of Jin, but the prince of the East Palace of Daqi.
Before she left Bianjing, she heard the news that Emperor Zhuang had appointed Mu Huai as the heir apparent of the Eastern Palace.
The cold aura on Mu Huai's body had already enveloped her, and after only a few days of not seeing each other, Rong Xi felt that the man in front of her had become a little strange to her.
Something seemed to have changed, but she couldn't tell.
Rong Xi ran away just now because of her instinct to avoid things that made her feel terrified. Now that she was rational, Rong Xi was just sober, and she couldn't ignore Huan Niang's body.
Mu Huai stared at the petite woman who looked like a frightened rabbit in her arms, her gaze never leaving her, and she was about to rein in and ride her horse.
Rong Xi begged him at this moment: "Please Your Highness, put this slave down... This slave will never run away again, and I won't be able to."
Mu Huai was silent, and in response to her request, he first ordered Rong Xi to sit firmly on the horse's back. After he got off the horse and landed on the ground, he raised his arms and carefully carried the woman off the horse's back.
After Rong Xi's feet landed on the ground, her calves were a little cramped due to fright, but she held on to the painful strength and limped to the side of Huanniang's body.
Mu Huai followed behind her with dark eyes.
After reaching Huanniang's corpse, Rong Xi finally sat down on the ground. She held Huanniang's body in her arms with great effort, and wiped the blood flowing from Huanniang's forehead with trembling hands.
Except for her younger brother Rong Hui, who is missing, Huanniang is her only relative.
Originally in Hongdu, there were also relatives of the Rong family, but that family was a white-eyed wolf. When Rong Bing was an official in Bianjing, their family often went to Bianjing Rongfu to eat and drink, but after Rong Bing's accident, the family did not want to take her and Huanniang in.
She shouldn't have thought of running away because of her timidity.
If she doesn't escape, Huanniang will sell sugar water in Bianjing, how can she die halfway
The more Rong Xi thought about it, the more sad she became. Up to now, she saw that Mu Huai still cared about his heir.
She is so stupid.
A tiger's poison does not eat its children, although Mu Huai's attitude towards her is bad, but it may not be bad for his own child.
She is a weak woman with no relatives, if she can't even protect herself, how can she protect the child in her womb.
The original idea was still too naive.
In the current situation, she can only go back to Bianjing with Mu Huai first, because she wants to bury Huanniang's body first, and also wants to give Huanniang's family an explanation.
Mu Huai's status was too high, and her status was too low. Even if she was found, she would not be able to escape.
Unless, someone with comparable power to Mu Huai can help her escape.
But this kind of idea is really whimsical.
Rong Xi was sobbing, almost fainting.
Seeing this, Mu Huai frowned deeply. It's not that he has never seen her cry, but he has never seen her cry in such a miserable state.
After living a new life, his woman was crying so pitifully in front of him, Mu Huai clenched his fists, he was still a step too late.
If he could arrive in time and save the woman's life, the woman would not be crying so pitifully.
Just as Mu Huai was about to ask Rong Xi to get up from the ground, Rong Xi let go of Huan Niang's body at this moment, and almost crawled in front of him on her knees.
When Mu Huai was slightly stunned, Rong Xi's head had already fallen to the ground, and after she kowtowed heavily, her soft voice was slightly hoarse, and she begged bitterly: "The corpse on the ground is the relative of this servant, and this servant begged Your Highness to take her Bring the body back to Bianjing for burial. No matter how you punish the servant, the servant has no complaints, I just ask you to let her be buried."
Seeing her body shaking from crying, Mu Huai ordered in a cold voice, "Get up from the ground first."
Rong Xi wept softly: "Your Highness, please agree to the request of this servant first."
Seeing Rong Xi's stubbornness, Mu Huai frowned and hugged her behind him, bowed his head and replied, "I'm sorry, don't cry anymore."
After saying that, Mu Huai ordered his attendants to put Huanniang's body in a cold voice, and they will return to Bianjing with them tomorrow.
Rong Xi was pregnant and was already weak, but just now she experienced shock and extreme grief, and passed out not long after she was in Mu Huai's arms.
After getting up again, she found herself lying on Mu Huai's body.
And Mu Huai was frowning, untiing the tie of her rough coat a little clumsily.
It was only then that Rong Xi realized that she was already in the hotel guest room.
She was slightly flustered, afraid that Mu Huai would have sex with him at this moment,
Mu Huai noticed that the woman had woken up, and saw that she had just seen the king of Hades just after waking up, and said a little displeased: "You are covered with blood and dirt, you are so dirty, you don't have the heart to touch you, you Why are you so nervous?"
When Rong Xi was slightly stunned, Mu Huai said again in a deep voice: "You have soiled this bed, I have ordered someone to prepare hot water, and I will throw you in after a while to wash your dirt."
Rong Xi was a little embarrassed, gently pushed Mu Huai's hands away, and whispered back: "Then slaves can come by themselves...don't bother Your Highness."
Mu Huai didn't let go, seeing the woman's pale face gradually turning crimson, he knew that the woman was shy.
He can't understand the rough clothes on Rong Xi.
It used to be that in the palace, the clothes of the maids of the palace were only one kind of clothes every season, and he got used to it.
Moreover, after nightfall on weekdays, he often asked Rong Xi to wear obscene clothes to enter the palace to serve him, and when he was emotional, he often tore them up with his hands, how could he be so cramped.
Thinking about it, Mu Huai complied with Rong Xi's request.
Seeing Mu Huai's deep black eyes staring at her, Rong Xi begged softly, "Your Highness...can you avoid it for a while?"
Mu Huai snorted coldly, he had never seen anything on this woman, even her belly was enlarged by him, and she had to avoid him to change her clothes.
Although I thought so in my heart, I still turned around and ordered: "Change quickly, don't dawdle."
Rong Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and seized the time to find clean pajamas from her luggage and change into them. Before the buckle was fastened, the man carried her to the bathroom.
The bath barrel of this posthouse also has medicines of Asarum, Gansong, Panbaicao and Nepeta in advance.
It is filled with dense heat and the fragrance of herbs.
Mu Huai wanted to help her take a bath on the grounds that she was pregnant and inconvenient.
Rong Xi doesn't really believe in Mu Huai's willpower. In the past, when she waited for him to take a bath, the two of them would have to spend time together in the water.
But she couldn't refuse, so she had to carefully immerse in the water, not daring to move at all.
The water in the bucket was a bit deep, and Rong Xi's body was too petite, so Mu Huai had to lift her arms up at any time.
Rong Xi was also afraid of sinking, so she could only wrap her slender arms around his neck.
What surprised her was that Mu Huai was really taking care of her tonight. Although his movements were a little clumsy, he knew how to avoid her belly.
Seeing his actions, Rong Xi felt a little bit set.
After all, what is in his belly is his own flesh and blood, so he has to look at the Buddha's face even if he doesn't look at the monk's face.
After washing off the dirt on her body, Mu Huai fished her out, and personally wiped the water stains on her body with a towel.
Mu Huai held her head with both hands, and when he brushed her hair with rough movements, he saw that her changed appearance hadn't changed at all, and knew that the things she used to change her appearance could not be removed with just water.
Although her face was not as beautiful as it used to be, the current Rong Xi looked a little girlish and naive.
He lived a whole life again, only then did he realize that when this woman followed him, she was still young, only sixteen or seventeen years old.
The little girl in the cardamom age hides her stunning appearance all day long, and wears the most common court maid clothes all day long.
He, Mu Huai's woman, absolutely can't live such a miserable life.
Mu Huai looked at Rong Xi's eyebrows, and stroked the small freckles on her face with his fingertips. In fact, he quite liked these freckles, and thought they were cute.
But he still said to Rong Xi: "After you go back with Gu, you don't need to hide your appearance anymore."
Rong Xi didn't understand Mu Huai's intention, but still nodded.
Late at night, Mu Huai hugged Rong Xi in his arms. Since her body was ironed by hot water, she was warm when hugged, and she was no longer as cold as before.
Even though the woman was in his arms, she felt warm.
But Mu Huai still didn't feel the reality, and he still remembered the picture of him hugging her corpse in his previous life.
Rong Xi leaned quietly in Mu Huai's arms, but felt that Mu Huai was a little different today.
After making love to him, he would hug her to sleep.
But that hug, full of absolute possession, made her breathless.
Today, he still uses his tall and muscular body to hug her tightly, but this embrace carries a strong sense of protection.
It made her feel safe.
I haven't seen him for a few days, but this man's demeanor has become much deeper and more stable.
Rong Xi felt strange.
Perhaps because he became the crown prince, his personality changed a little.
Although living people are different from dead people, they have breathing and heartbeat, but Mu Huai still feels that there is no reality.
He opened his eyes suddenly and said in a low voice, "Say a few words with Gu."
Rong Xi was slightly stunned, but still obeyed, and said to Mu Huai: "...the slave is wrong, the slave should not have escaped."
The woman in his arms quickly replied to him, Mu Huai calmed down a little, and hugged her a little tighter, only then did he confirm that he finally had her alive again.
Mu Huai's voice was cold, and he replied: "Let's forget this time, there will be no next time. In the future, be more calm and follow Gu's side."
Rong Xi nodded in his arms, and under the current situation, he had no choice but to go back to Bianjing with him.
She was thinking about Huanniang, so she asked him again: "Your Highness...will we be able to return to Bianjing tomorrow? I want Huanniang to be buried as soon as possible."
Mu Huai never knew about Rong Xi's background, so he took advantage of this to ask, "Then what kind of relative is Huan Niang?"
Rong Xi listened to the strong heartbeat of the man, and replied: "Didn't Father Shunfu check the details of the slaves before he came to His Highness's place to do business?"
Mu Huai thought for a moment, then replied to her: "Yes, I have checked. I know that you were a servant girl in the household servant's house before entering the palace."
Rong Xi said yes, Mu Huai tonight made her feel very reliable, and she felt that there was no need to hide her identity from him, so she whispered her life experience to Mu Huai.
Mu Huai listened patiently. Originally stroking her soft black hair, when he heard that she had been reduced from an official lady to a slave, her movements paused slightly.
Think again about what he said to her before.
A slave is a slave.
Mu Huai's heart looked like it had been twisted by someone.
He thought, no matter how others respect and fear him in the future, he will also let the woman in his arms receive the same treatment.
It doesn't matter if she is the daughter of a criminal minister, when he ascended the throne in his previous life, he was pardoned.
Furthermore, if there is a problem with Empress Yuzhen's tomb, it will definitely not be the fault of a fourth-rank Taichang Temple minister alone.
Mu Huai's voice was low and mellow, and his tone was a little lighter, and he said in Rong Xi's ear: "Don't worry, Gu will send someone to take care of Huanniang's family."
Rong Xi nodded gratefully, and replied, "Thank you, Your Highness."
She thought that after Mu Huai caught her, he would punish her severely, but instead of not, he also promised to help her take care of Huanniang's family, so her heart was naturally warm.
After closing his eyes, Rong Xi remembered the gangster's words.
Who wanted her life and indirectly killed Huanniang
If she can't find the instigator, she will never feel at ease.
As the night grew darker, Mu Huai's energy seemed to be taken away in an instant. He hadn't been like this night for many years, and he was deeply sleepy. He hugged the woman in his arms and went to see Duke Zhou.
Seeing that Mu Huai was already in a deep sleep, Rong Xi wanted to break him away.
But even though she had already fallen asleep, Mu Huai's arms still held her tightly.
Rong Xi had no choice but to close her eyes in his arms.
*****
Early the next morning, when Rong Xi got up, Mu Huai was no longer by his side.
There were beautifully embroidered women's clothes beside the bed, and a servant girl knocked on the door, saying that she would come to help her wash and wash.
When Rong Xi heard the words, he called the servant girl into the room.
After seeing Rong Xi's real appearance, the maidservant of the post house was amazed in his eyes.
She had never seen such a beautiful little lady.
Since she is a beauty, she should try Daqi's most popular drunken makeup.
The maid used Dai inkstone to draw Rong Xi's half-smoky horizontal eyebrows, and after applying some pearl powder, she added some light lotus root pink under her eyes with rouge made from quinoa and floral dew. Then ordered Fan Su's sip with the Rouge halo product called Pomegranate Jiao.
Rong Xi's appearance was originally pure and charming, but after putting on makeup, his appearance was even more beautiful.
It can be described as a stunning beauty that kills the Quartet.
When she came out in a smoky purple crepe skirt, the servants of the post house saw this and broke the cups and saucers on the tray, even the thick and sturdy servants in the post house were stunned.
The beauty in front of her eyes has black hair on her temples, her sleeves are full of fragrance, she looks like a fairy coming to the world, making everything around her look eclipsed.
Her ears swayed slightly, and everyone's hearts also swayed slightly.
Seeing the young man tidying up the broken porcelain on the ground, Rong Xi was a little embarrassed, secretly thinking that maybe his makeup was too bright.
The servant girl led Rong Xi to the room where Yin Cheng lived, the Eight Immortals' table had already been served with vegetables and food, and Mu Huai was discussing business matters with Yin Cheng.
When Yin Cheng saw Rong Xi, he was startled.
Then he smiled at the corner of his mouth, to avoid suspicion, he stopped looking at that stunning beauty. It turned out that Mu Huai had been hiding in the golden house all along, hiding the beauty of this court lady tightly.
After Mu Huai felt Rong Xi, he looked at her who was standing at the flying cover, and ordered: "Come here."
After Rong Xi answered, he took small steps to Mu Huai's side, picked up the serving chopsticks and began serving dishes for Mu Huai.
Seeing this, Mu Huai glanced at her, and said displeasedly: "Didn't you see the armchair on the side? Did Gu Ke say that you were asked to serve Bu Cai?"
Rong Xi shook his head, with a humble look, and replied: "Your servant... I don't know."
Mu Huai squinted, and ordered: "Sit down and eat."
After Rong Xi sat down in fear, Mu Huai looked at her for a while, then frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The face is painted with something messy, no makeup is allowed in the future."
Rong Xi nodded obediently.
She also felt that the makeup was too heavy, but the servant girl was very interested, and she didn't want to brush her face.
Yin Cheng silently observed the two people on the opposite side. Although Mu Huai was not forgiving, he treated this woman with special consideration.
He personally served Rong Xi a bowl of porridge made of ham crumbs and pine nuts, and placed it in front of her.
Seeing Rong Xi frowning and covering his heart, Mu Huai said in a low voice: "If you want to vomit, rest and eat again, at least you should use up the porridge that Gu has served for you this morning."
The tone is not light, but it has a coaxing meaning.
Yin Cheng had a guess in his heart, and looked at Mu Huai for a moment.
Mu Huai would express Yin Cheng's intentions, and after nodding his head, the corners of his lips were slightly drawn, and the two words he said confirmed Yin Cheng's conjecture—
"Yes."
After saying that, Rong Xi bowed his head, his ears were so red that they seemed to bleed.
Yin Cheng repeatedly congratulated, he is a few years older than Mu Huai, and had a wife a few years earlier, but his wife has never been able to conceive.
Yin Cheng knows very well that heirs need fate, and he also respects and loves his wife and does not want to take concubines.
As for Mu Huai, he was only twenty-one years old.
The supreme power, the beauty, and the heirs are all there.
Although Yin Cheng was sincerely happy for Mu Huai, he also sighed deeply that the fate of people is really different.
After breakfast, Mu Huai asked Rong Xi to go back to rest first. He said that he had business to deal with in the morning, and he would bring her and Huanniang's corpse back to Bianjing in the afternoon.
Mu Huai sent people to summon the local Fuzhou military supervisor, Tongpan, and the county magistrate of the place where Rong Xi's accident occurred in Hongzhou to the post office.
After the death of Rong Xi in the previous life, Mu Huai has always wanted to suppress the bandits.
And this bandit suppression will naturally start from the territory of Hongdu.
But the matter of suppressing the bandits dragged on for several years.
There are three reasons -
One: Townships and counties in Qi State are often governed by local clans, and it is hard to tell whether they are peasants or bandits, and often the peasant associations are coerced by bandits.
Second: The local soldiers in prefectures and counties often do not have much strength, and those who are brave and good at fighting are often stationed in the frontier and Biandu. The most powerful army in Daqi is the four armies of Tianwu, Pengri, Longwei, and Shenwei, collectively referred to as the Shangsi Army ①.
Third: This is also the most important reason. Most of the strongholds of those bandits are in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult to find them. In his previous life, he spent a lot of manpower and time to find these bandits' lairs.
But the situation in this world is completely different.
After Mu Huai summoned those officials, he first scolded those redundant officials who were sitting on a vegetarian diet, and said threatening words, telling these officials to restrain themselves and not to deduct taxes from the common people and peasants.
Knowing that the local officers and soldiers were not as capable as the Fourth Army, he said that after a while, he would send someone from the head of the army to supervise these soldiers' martial arts training and prepare for the suppression of bandits.
Relying on the memory of his previous life, Mu Huai spread out the yellowed parchment, drew circles on the map of Hongdu, designated several locations, and told the Hongdu military supervisor the location of the bandit's den in detail.
The officials of Hongdu couldn't believe it, they didn't dare to doubt face to face, why is this prince who is always in Bianjing so familiar with the boundaries of Hongdu, and can even tell the important points of Hongdu's remote places one by one .
They respectfully obeyed the order of the prince.
At a quarter to three, the important officials of Hongdu came out of the post. They didn't have lunch, they were hungry and tired, and cold sweat oozes from their foreheads.
Such a desperate state was naturally frightened by Mu Huai.
The young prince of the East Palace is still working hard and has great knowledge.
But the energy is also too strong, the eyes are sharp when discussing politics, a little aggressive, and they don't let people rest for a moment, only let the servants bring some tea, as if they are not tired.
Mu Huai came to Hongdu this time in a hurry. Although he had explained the reason to Emperor Zhuang before he came, he also knew that he had just succeeded as the reserve, so it was not appropriate to leave Bianjing for too long.
After the officials left, the attendants had already prepared a spacious Xuan car and a flat-headed car where Huanniang's body was placed.
Mu Huai and Rong Xi sat in the carriage, Yin Cheng rode in front, and when they returned to Bianjing, everyone walked on the imperial road, the road was smooth, Rong Xi was not happy, and fell asleep in Mu Huai's arms.
After arriving in Bianjing, Mu Huai accompanied Rong Xi to the narrow alley house where Huan Niang's family lived. After hearing the news of Huan Niang's death, Huan Niang's two sons and daughters threw themselves into Rong Xi's arms, crying sadly.
Looking at the two young children, Rong Xi couldn't stop crying.
Huanniang's husband couldn't accept the news that she had passed away. He was not a man of ordinary intelligence. After being hit by this, he suddenly became insane.
He kept muttering: "It's all my fault... I shouldn't have told that man that you went to Hongdu... If I hadn't told you, Huanniang... Huanniang wouldn't have died."
Just as Rong Xi wanted to ask Huanniang's husband who asked him about Huanniang and her whereabouts, Huanniang's husband suddenly sat on the ground, crying like a child.
Mu Huai heard Huanniang's husband crying in front of the house, and immediately rushed into the room to protect Rong Xi.
Rong Xi suppressed her tears and slowly clenched her fists.
Yin Cheng had no children, so he adopted Huanniang's two children as adopted sons and daughters.
Although Huanniang's husband is not mentally normal, he is still physically fit. Yin Cheng plans to transfer him to the camp Cao under his jurisdiction after he is a little more mentally healthy. Salary.
If you want to see his children, you can also discuss the time with the steward and come to Yin's mansion to visit.
Although Huanniang's family has made arrangements, but the instigator has not been found, Rong Xi is still worried.
Before returning to the palace, because Mu Huai and Yin Cheng didn't eat any food at noon, they decided to have some food and drink at the newly opened Huixian Restaurant in Yujie.
It was getting late, the lights were just coming on, and the guests in the restaurant were noisy.
Biandu people are very extravagant about food, even ordinary people's homes will choose not to open fire every few days, and the whole family will go to restaurants for dinner.
Wazi Zhongshi is easy to buy rare things from all over the world, and the human relationship is harmonious, which is quite a scene of prosperity.
With something on her mind, Rong Xi sat in the private room above the restaurant and looked at the bustling scene outside the window.
Mu Huai sat beside her, silently looking at her bright and beautiful profile.
He thought, with her here, it was the first time for him to feel that this country was very beautiful, and everything suddenly became full of vigor and vitality.
It is no longer the same as in the previous life.
In his eyes, all people and things are cold, gray and dark.
Seeing the woman's loss of appetite, Mu Huai was just about to pick up chopsticks to serve her food, Rong Xi covered her heart at this moment, and told Mu Huai that she wanted to go out of the room and vomit.
Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Mu Huai knew that the woman had no face, and didn't want to lose her composure in front of Yin Cheng, so he complied with Rong Xi's request and asked his attendants to follow her.
When she entered this Fairy Restaurant just now, all the men's eyes fell on her.
Mu Huai felt a little regretful, but the big words had already been uttered. He told her last night that with him around, she no longer had to hide her appearance.
But now, he regretted it so much that he should have let her wear a gauze at that time.
Her appearance was so eye-catching that he really wanted to gouge out the eyeballs of those men just now.
After Rong Xi left, Yin Cheng clearly felt that Mu Huai was obviously absent-minded when drinking with him.
It seems that he really cares about this woman.
Yin Cheng smiled lightly, and picked up a chicken leg for each of Huanniang's sons and daughters.
Mu Huai waited for a while, but the woman still didn't come back, and he felt a little nervous.
Then he left the private room with a heavy face, determined to find her by himself.
At the ring corridor of the Huixian Tower, there was a cold sound of a sharp knife coming out of its sheath.
Mu Huai's eyes changed slightly when he heard the sound.
When he looked at the voice, he found that his attendant had already drawn his sword and stood in front of Rong Xi.
A well-dressed young man from an aristocratic family grabbed Rong Xi's sleeve, saw the attendant drew his knife and pressed it against his neck, but he didn't show any fear.
The boy's appearance was very good, his bones were clear and strange, and he even looked a little flirtatious. When his brown eyes turned slightly, he could be said to be watching a wolf.
There are attendants behind him, but those attendants don't look like people from the Central Plains.
The two sides confronted each other, and there was a faint tendency of swords drawn.
Mu Huai's eyes darkened slightly, and he strode towards the crowd, and when he saw the young man's appearance clearly, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
It turned out to be this wolf cub.