Rong Tang and the other person left the palace with Ke Hongxue, but they lost time because Yuanyuan jumped on the carriage and changed the route. When they changed route to the Mu Mansion, Mu Jingxu had already wiped his body and was lying on the bed applying medicine.
Hearing someone coming, Mu Shaoqing was slightly startled, then he put on an outer robe, straightened his collar and sat up.
His fair skin was exposed from his collar, and his pale face carried a certain nobility and pride that could not be desecrated. When Yuanyuan saw him, her eyes lit up and she whispered, "Another handsome brother..."
Su Huaijing had always disliked this brat, and when he heard this, he was furious. He bent down and pulled his shoulders to ask, "You call me big sister when you're sixty, you call me brother when you're twenty, and you call me brother when you're almost thirty. Why do you call me uncle?"
Yuanyuan hid behind Rongtang and said stubbornly, "Because you are fierce."
Su Huaijing wanted to beat up the kid for a moment, but Mu Jingxu frowned when he saw this, interrupted them and asked, "What's wrong? Who is this kid?"
Su Huaijing turned his head and said unhappily, "What a little thief."
"No way!" Yuanyuan poked her head out from behind Rongtang and shouted.
Su Huaijing glared at him, feeling extremely angry and suffocated. His voice turned cold: "Are you lying again?"
When the villain showed his temper, Yuanyuan dared to argue with him and make trouble with him; but when Su Huaijing spoke calmly, with only calmness and majesty on his face without any anger, the child's stubbornness withered back, lowered his head and quietly defended himself, while saying, "I gave the money..."
"Where does the money come from?" Su Huaijing asked again.
Yuanyuan stopped talking.
Su Huaijing glanced at him coldly and looked away. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became very depressing.
Mu Jingxu frowned, looked around, and let out a low cry of pain.
Su Huaijing immediately became alert, walked quickly to the bedside, bent down and pressed his shoulder to check the wound, but Mu Jingxu immediately raised his eyes, looked at him, and asked him silently without letting him look at the injury on his back.
Su Huaijing held out for a while, but finally gave in and whispered, "The prince of Dasui."
Yuanyuan felt like she was thrown into an ice cave for a moment and looked at Su Huaijing in disbelief.
Rong Tang put his arm around his shoulders and comforted him slowly.
Master Ke, who had been watching for a long time without saying anything, suddenly smiled, breaking the silence. He walked to Yuanyuan, squatted down and said with a smile: "It's just a little silver, what's the big deal? Tell uncle where you took it and who it belongs to, and I'll help you pay it back."
[… Spoiling!] The system complained angrily.
Yuanyuan's eyes were almost swollen from crying. After a long while, she realized that her disguise had failed in front of these people from the beginning, so she whispered, "Fifth Prince..."
Ke Hongxue was stunned: "Ah?"
Yuanyuan: "It was the lame prince... He was the only one who brought a purse, no one else did."
He paused after he finished speaking, and couldn't help but comment in a low voice: "How petty..."
The system jammed immediately. Rong Tang was slightly confused for a moment, then he silently took a few steps away, turned his head and laughed silently.
Su Huaijing was originally standing in front of Mu Jingxu's bed with his head down, looking uncomfortable and frustrated as if wondering "how could eldest brother's son grow up to be a gangster at such a young age?". He was stunned for a moment when he heard what was said, and an incredible expression appeared on his face for a moment. He looked at Yuanyuan in surprise.
The child had been scared by him the whole night and immediately gasped, then grabbed Ke Hongxue's clothes and hid behind him, not daring to look at Su Huaijing, as if he had been badly bullied.
After Master Ke realized what was happening, he laughed for quite a while.
If this was his own child, he would have praised the child for having good vision and being able to rob the rich and help the poor at such a young age; but this was the only child in his senior's family, and if he didn't say anything well, he would be suspected of leading the child astray. Master Ke decided to keep silent and just looked at little Yuanyuan with a smile, his eyes full of admiration.
So in the whole room, the uncle squatting is a good guy, the brother standing is a good guy, the handsome brother leaning on the bed is a good guy, and only the uncle standing at the head of the bed is fierce.
Super fierce.
Very, very fierce.
What kind of polite adult is a mean child
Yuanyuan was indignant, and looked at Su Huaijing with a look that showed aggrieved, wronged and resentful.
After listening to the whole story, Mu Jingxu finally understood the current situation. For a moment, he didn't even care about the injury on his back. He frowned and looked at Su Huaijing with hesitation.
Su Huaijing was depressed and said, "Brother, just speak frankly."
Mu Jingxu was silent for a moment, then said implicitly, "When you were a child, I never hurt you even when you stole your fourth sister's cakes."
"… "
The implication is that Su Huaijing was too harsh on the child. The villain felt extremely aggrieved for a moment, but this was his own brother, and that was his own nephew. He could neither hit nor confront him, so he could only shut up and digest it silently.
Rong Tang stopped smiling, walked up to him, held his wrist, and said softly: "It's not that Huai Jing is too fierce. If a child is not taught from a young age, it will be troublesome if he can't change his ways when he grows up."
Mu Jingxu nodded: "That's right."
But in the blink of an eye, he saw the little ball-like kid standing in his room, crying so hard that snot bubbles were coming out of his nose. He frowned and changed his tone: "But you can't be... too fierce."
Su Huaijing: “…”
Su Xiaoqi wanted to go back to Yong'an Lane as soon as possible!
After Rong Tang comforted the younger one, he went to comfort the older one. He pinched Su Huaijing's wrist, signaled Ke Hongxue to take Yuanyuan out, and said to Mu Jingxu in a gentle voice: "Yuanyuan jumped into our car, and some of his words were hard to tell whether they were true or false, but it's always good to be more careful. Huaijing and I want to keep him by our side for two more days."
Rong Tang: "But he and Huai Jing don't get along well, so it's not convenient for us to stay with you all the time, brother. And you're a patient now, Master Ke is already exhausted taking care of you alone, if there's another Yuanyuan, I'm afraid it won't be convenient."
Mu Jingxu hesitated. In fact, he would be much better if he stayed at home. Now he could get out of bed. Except for the slight pain of changing the dressing, he could bear everything else. But once he left the house to work at the Dali Temple, he would be exhausted and his injury would inevitably relapse.
Rong Tang saw what he was thinking and breathed a sigh of relief. He took advantage of the situation and advised, "It's the Emperor's Birthday Festival now, and all officials have a three-day holiday, but after this time is over, brother still has to go to court. I was thinking, can you ask for leave and rest for ten more days or half a month?"
Rong Tang said, "If you are worried about being disrespectful to Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. My brother attended the birthday banquet tonight, and all the officials saw it. And your wound bled and stained your white robe at the banquet. Even if no one said it, someone in the palace would have seen it and reported it to Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty is a person who hates and believes in omens the most. Seeing blood on his birthday may be a bad omen. Besides—" Rong Tang paused, glanced at Su Huaijing, and after receiving a tacit look from him, he said, "Besides, Your Majesty may have been frightened tonight."
He stopped there, and Mu Jingxu was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Wu Kangbo?"
Su Huaijing nodded.
Rong Tang said, "Then let Huai Jing do some work to mediate and make His Majesty feel that you, my brother, are actually his benefactor. He had warned him before the banquet ended, but he didn't take it seriously, and then the assassination happened. In this way, even if His Majesty doesn't believe it completely, he will be more or less afraid of you, and hope that you can stay at home and take good care of your health."
Su Huaijing had a gloomy face, and no one knew what he was thinking, and he never said a word.
This matter is quite risky, but the benefits to be gained after it is accomplished will be long-term. Mu Jingxu knows this, and while he is tempted, he is also a little worried. He looks at Su Huaijing hesitantly.
The latter finally spoke, "The child said that his uncle wanted to send him to marry Princess Duanyi."
Mu Jingxu was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened, and he looked at Su Huaijing in disbelief, as if to say how could this be possible.
Su Huaijing: "Maybe it wasn't a marriage, there might be other arrangements, he didn't hear it all, but tonight he definitely slipped out and jumped on our carriage, begging us to take him away."
Yuanyuan didn't have a good life in Dasui, and even the position of crown prince might have other mysteries.
No king would allow the crown prince to die on the way to a foreign country when he has only one son in the harem.
It is also impossible to allow a child of only ten years old to marry the widowed Princess.
There are a lot of mysteries surrounding this little brat, and Su Huaijing can't just ignore him.
Similarly, Mu Jingxu couldn't just ignore it.
Hearing this, Mu Jingxu frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"
He was asking about the arrangement Rong Tang mentioned, linking his physical condition with the emperor's fortune.
Su Huaijing nodded: "Sixty percent."
"That's enough." Mu Jingxu said, "Don't leave any evidence. I will ask for leave after the birthday celebration."
60% means a huge risk, but Mu Jingxu believes in Su Huaijing. Even if he believes in him, he will tell him not to leave any evidence, thinking that if something goes wrong, he will take all the blame on himself.
Su Huaijing didn't agree, but nodded anyway.
He insisted on checking Mu Jingxu's injuries, so Rong Tang did not stay in the room and turned around and walked out.
Ke Hongxue was sitting on the steps in front of the eaves, holding an empty bowl in his hand. The child, who was tired from crying all night, fell asleep on his lap.
Seeing someone coming out, Ke Hongxue put his index finger to his lips and made a "hush" gesture, worried about waking up Yuanyuan.
Rong Tang raised his eyebrows, showing a rare lack of understanding.
This kid knew to run away and change into Dayu's clothes. He also knew to hide his identity. Logically, he should be very alert and vigilant. How could he fall asleep on Ke Hongxue here
Does Master Ke have any magical tricks for coaxing children
Should we let the big villain learn this as well
Rong Tang was thinking this when Su Huaijing came out from the inner room after a while. His fingers had been washed and were slightly whitened by the water. It seemed that he had applied medicine to Mu Jingxu again.
Seeing the two people sitting on the steps, his eyes moved slightly, and he turned his head and snorted coldly.
Rong Tang was almost killed by his cuteness. He walked over and held his hand, smiling so hard that his eyebrows curved: "Go home?"
Su Huaijing nodded: "Okay."
Rong Tang rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm a little hungry. How about going to the street to eat a bowl of wontons later?"
Su Huaijing then nodded: "Okay."
The two of them walked out along the courtyard path. When they were about to leave the Moon Gate, Rong Tang caught a glimpse of Su Huaijing turning his head back without saying a word, and behind him there was a "creak" sound, and someone wearing a moon-white robe walked out.
Both inside and outside, all eyes fell on the sleeping child in front of the steps. Their eyes were gentler than the moonlight, full of emotion and nostalgia.
Rong Tang felt soft in his heart and shook his head silently, feeling more and more that the villain was the one who said one thing and thought another.
But when he turned around, Su Huaijing looked at him very seriously and said, "Tangtang, we don't want to have children. It's too bad."
Rong Tang: “…?”
Do you want to listen to what you are saying
(End of this chapter)