After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Chapter 177: Not Enlightened

"So, the fall of the Su Mansion is only a matter of time. The Rong Junwang Mansion, which has formed an alliance with the Su Mansion, will not get any good results. Is this why you asked me to remain calm in the Rong Junwang Mansion?"

Murong Jingyan just smiled and said nothing, as if he agreed.

Just as Shen Muxi expected, Murong Jingyan only included her as part of his plan.

She lowered her eyes and quickly hid the disappointment in them.

Then Murong Jingyan said, "You have been holding back your anger in the Rongjun Prince's Mansion. Now you don't have to hold it back. Just do what you have to do. If the sky falls, we will drag Prince Xian down to hold it up."

There was a hint of cynicism in his tone when he spoke, but Shen Muxi felt that when he said "If the sky falls, drag King Xian to hold it up", it didn't seem like a joke.

For a moment, she couldn't guess what Murong Jingyan would do next.

I had to emphasize what I thought.

"I will not let Gu Shi and Su Liuxi and her daughter go."

That was what they owed her and her daughter.

Seeing Shen Muxi's serious expression, Gu Shi put away the smile on his face and regained his usual composure, "I understand. Today, I asked King Xian to cooperate and said that I was suddenly assassinated and ill in bed. The talks between the two countries will be discussed at another day.

During this time, I will take He Xuan and Prince Xian out for a trip, while He Hong will stay behind to assist you with some trivial matters and protect your safety. This trip will take at most ten days, at most half a month. If anyone comes to investigate..."

"Why did you leave so suddenly?" Seeing that he explained everything in such detail, Shen Muxi couldn't help but ask.

"Over in Huijiang, it seems that some people who advocate peace have quietly arrived within the borders of Beichen.

This time, I am traveling here to negotiate with the Hui people along with King Xian. King Xian and I share the same viewpoint, neither of us advocates war."

Shen Muxi couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, whether it's Nanyuan or Beichen, once a war breaks out, it will cost the people money and manpower, and in the end, the people will suffer."

In a blink of an eye, she repeatedly assured Murong Jingyan, "Just focus on taking care of things outside. I will cooperate with He Hong and will not hold you back."

In her opinion, since Murong Jingyan could tell her everything without reservation, it meant that there was no room for error.

Murong Jingyan continued, "If you encounter any troubles, just let He Hong handle it. During this period, if Gu Shi comes to visit..."

"If Gu Shi comes, I will meet him in person." Shen Muxi blurted out without thinking.

Murong Jingyan was about to speak to tell her not to do so, but he heard Shen Muxi say, "Gu Shi and I are almost done with each other, but before that, I want to take back all the hard work I put into him."

Not to mention anything else, just think of Gu Shi’s arm that was injured to the point of being crippled. She had spent a lot of effort to find the recipe to nourish his arm.

Gu Shi deceived her and killed her and her daughter, so she naturally had to take back his arm that was about to be crippled.

The hatred in her eyes was too strong.

Murong Jingyan was silent for a moment, and finally stood up and said, "It's getting late, go back and wash up and rest."

The setting sun in the sky is as red as blood.

It took less than two quarters of an hour from the time the two of them had their meal to the time Murong Jingyan left.

Shen Muxi clearly felt that Murong Jingyan's mood became extremely depressed when he stood up.

But she couldn't understand why he was so depressed out of the blue?

She took revenge on Gu Shi, but it didn't seem like she had provoked him...

Could it be that they were worried that King Xian would cheat during his long journey?

As if he had figured out the key, Shen Muxi's face was full of understanding.

Indeed, given their position and what they do, even the slightest mistake would lead to their downfall.

Considering that Murong Jingyan and she are still on the same boat.

Shen Muxi also lost his appetite. He said a few words to Xia Chan and went back to his room to look up medical books.

...

That night.

Murong Jingyan asked He Xuan anxiously.

"Did she really just stay in the room reading and never come out?"

"Yes."

After receiving He Xuan's affirmative answer, Murong Jingyan felt indescribably disappointed.

He had clearly hinted at it, but she seemed to be refusing to understand...

Sometimes he really wanted to tie her up and torture her to find out what she was thinking.

But when I think about her being poisonous and needing her help to recuperate my body...

Forget it.

Murong Jingyan tossed and turned all night long.

It was not until the next morning that he explained something to He Hong with dark circles under his eyes.

Shen Muxi also came to him with a pair of dark circles under her eyes.

The moment their eyes met, they quickly looked away from each other.

He Hong tactfully withdrew.

"that..."

Shen Muxi cleared his throat and said, "Aren't you going on a long trip? Take these."

After she finished speaking, she stuffed two purses, one white and one green, into his hands.

The pattern on the purse is incompatible with Murong Jingyan's overall temperament.

On the white purse is embroidered a red plum blossom standing proudly in the snow, and on the red plum blossom there is a brightly colored magpie.

On the green purse is a lotus blooming in the lotus pond, and under the lotus are two koi carps happily playing.

The two embroidery pieces were so lifelike that at first glance, Murong Jingyan seemed to be able to smell the fragrance of plum blossoms and lotus flowers.

He gently stroked the stitching on the purse with his fingertips.

The patterns on the purse are not like those you can buy outside, and the fine stitching is neither like the craftsmanship of Beichen nor Nanyuan.

Shen Muxi saw Murong Jingyan looking at the two purses, his eyes filled with emotions that she could not understand.

She felt extremely uneasy - could it be that he disliked the roughness of her work?

There was no way. When she came here, she had never thought that she would use these two purses one day. Before Gu Shi returned to the capital, when he saw her drawing this pattern, he made fun of her tacky painting and said that if she gave it to him, he would not accept it no matter how good the meaning was.

It's really devaluing his worth and vision.

Unexpectedly, after embroidering this pair of purses, I couldn’t give them away.

The arrival of people from the capital was too sudden.

When we set out from Danyang, people from the capital kept urging us.

She was so busy packing Xiaoxiao's clothes that she forgot about her purse.

After her rebirth, before she met Xiaoxiao again, she made a special trip to Danyang to contact her old acquaintances.

When she returned to her old home, she discovered the purse she had spent many nights embroidering.

At that time, she was truly sincere to Gu Shi, even when she was embroidering the purse, she was full of piety...

Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, she casually handed the pair of purses to Murong Jingyan.

Fearing that Murong Jingyan might misunderstand, Shen Muxi quickly explained, "Your Highness, please don't misunderstand. This is just a temporary storage for your things. It has no other meaning."

"The white purse embroidered with red plums contains heart-protecting pills, detoxifying pills, and some spices for calming the mind. The green sachet embroidered with lotus flowers contains some aphrodisiacs and the Five Poison Powder. Your Highness must not take any of them by mistake."

She originally thought of just leaving a note on the bottle.

But when I think about it, if the note falls and the wrong medicine is used, it could be fatal.

She simply put the tonics and poisons into her purse, separated them by pieces of paper, and embroidered the words "good" and "bad" on the knots of the purse.

He also pointed out to Murong Jingyan, "If Your Highness forgets for a moment, just look at the knotted cord on the purse and make sure you don't make a mistake."

"The calming spices are meant to keep you awake at all times. Sometimes, when you encounter impulsive situations and can't think of a solution right away, Your Highness, don't worry. The key is to stay calm. If you're well, everything will be fine."

She chattered on and on about a lot of things to Murong Jingyan.

She's just like a young wife who's worried about her husband who's away on a journey without realizing it.

Murong Jingyan held two sachets in his hands, which contained several small bamboo tubes. He didn't dare to use too much force, for fear that he would burst the small bamboo tubes in the sachets in a moment of excitement.

The feeling of being valued became concrete at this moment.

Does Gu Shi know what kind of treasure he has lost?

No, Gu Shi will never know.

His gaze towards Shen Muxi became increasingly scorching.

After Shen Muxi finished her long and rambling explanation, she looked up at Murong Jingyan's eyes, which were so bright that even a dog could look at them with deep affection. Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and she even stuttered when she spoke.

"What...what happened? Did I say something wrong?"

She had just opened her mouth when Murong Jingyan hugged her tightly in his arms.

The force was so strong that it seemed as if he wanted to embed her in his arms.

"You're not wrong, Shen Muxi, you're very good, really very good."

His voice was slightly choked and hoarse, and when he spoke, the breathy sound of each word sprayed between Shen Muxi's neck and earlobe.

The slightly warm breath seemed to have life, flowing along Shen Muxi's neck and earlobe and straight to Shen Muxi's cheek.

Her cheeks became hot uncontrollably.

"Ahem... Ahem... Your Highness, please be gentle, be gentle, I can't breathe."

She pushed Murong Jingyan over in a hurry.

Murong Jingyan woke up as if from a dream, and looked at Shen Muxi in annoyance, who had retreated several steps and almost stuck to the beam and merged into one with it.

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure for a moment."

Shen Muxi grinned at him foolishly, "It's okay, it's okay, Your Highness is nervous about going on a long journey, I understand, I understand."

Murong Jingyan took a step forward and wanted to apologize, but Shen Muxi stopped him as if she had seen a ghost, "Your Highness, that...men and women should not touch each other, let's just talk like this, it's good that you can hear it."

Murong Jingyan stopped where he was obediently.

He looked at Shen Muxi with a complicated look, and after a while, he slowly said, "I will come back safely."

His light tone was firm.

It seemed like he was making a promise to her.

Shen Muxi couldn't help but stutter, "Okay...Okay, I'm here, waiting for Your Highness to come back safely."

The two were only three steps apart, yet they seemed as if they were worlds apart.

Murong Jingyan tightly grasped the two sachets given to him by Shen Muxi and was about to say something when he was interrupted by He Xuan who came after him.

"Your Highness, we can set off now."

Murong Jingyan sighed imperceptibly and said to Shen Muxi, "You must take good care of yourself while you are here."

In response to Murong Jingyan's concern, Shen Muxi nodded hurriedly.

"The same goes for Your Highness."

Until Murong Jingyan had left and walked away.

Shen Muxi seemed to have been drained of all his strength as he slowly squatted down, leaning against the beam behind him.

"Die heart, why are you beating so fast? Dead face, why are you blushing? Spring is over, it's summer now, don't think about spring."

After cursing for a while, Shen Muxi raised his eyes solemnly and looked at the square sky in front of him.

The hug just now made her understand the emotions in Murong Jingyan's eyes.

Can...

It is enough for a person to fall once in the same place.

...

Outside the capital.

King Xian, dressed in disguise, looked at Murong Jingyan, who arrived late, with dissatisfaction.

"Why are you so late?"

Murong Jingyan, dressed as a chivalrous warrior and riding a shiny black Ferghana horse, has changed his usual gloomy expression. Today, even King Xian looks particularly pleasing to the eye.

"How did you know that my Crown Princess couldn't bear to leave me and even specially gave me two purses?"

I have never seen Murong Jingyan look so "pleasant" before.

It's like being possessed by a ghost.

Prince Xian quickly drew his sword and pointed it at Murong Jingyan, "Who are you? Why did Murong Jingyan want you to be his stand-in? Where are the others?"

He Xuan, who was following behind Murong Jingyan, coughed twice awkwardly.

"Um... Your Highness, this is indeed our master. It's just that our master is in a good mood, so he might have talked a little too much..."

Before he left, he interrupted his master and Miss Shen.

Having offended his master, he tried every possible means to persuade him, and even analyzed everything Miss Shen did to prove that she was indeed interested in him. Only then did his master's expression change from being overcast to being as bright and cheerful as it is now.

He absolutely would not allow King Xian to "make trouble".

To this end, he almost used up all the best eloquence he had in his life.

"...If King Xian can't even give us this little bit of trust, then our cooperation can't continue."

All along, in Beichen, King Xian has been in contact with He Xuan.

He also has some trust in He Xuan's character.

After hearing He Xuan's repeated assurances, he slowly put away the sword in his hand.

"I don't care who gave you what, just remember what you promised me, otherwise I will..."

"what!!"

Before he could finish his words, the red horse under his crotch suddenly went crazy and carried him forward at full speed.

Not far away, a small group of guards dressed as martial artists hurriedly caught up.

During the bumpy ride, people with good eyesight could clearly see the fist-sized stone dust mark on the horse's buttocks.

Murong Jingyan snorted coldly and carefully placed the two purses in his arms, "Shut up."

Some people really don't deserve his kindness.

Shen Muxi is still the best. As long as he is a little more friendly, she will smile at him.

He didn't even dare to hope that for the rest of his life, if he could always see such a refreshing and soothing smile whenever he felt down, what a happy thing it would be...

happiness...

When Murong Jingyan thought of this word, the first thing that came to his mind was the scene of him and her holding Xiaoxiao's hand and walking in the sunset...

Ok.

I really want to go back to Nanyuan as soon as possible.

Damn Beichen, damn Huijiang!!

And that damn Gu Shi!

He hates!

Even though he was cursing in his heart, Murong Jingyan raised the whip with an expressionless face and hit the horse's buttocks hard.

The galloping horse raised a cloud of dust that blinded He Xuan's eyes.

"Your Highness, please wait for me!"

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