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The room fell into silence again. Su Ruirui wanted to hug her again and miss the faint fragrance of her body that was like chrysanthemum.

Mu Rousang blocked it with her small hand. For a moment, Su Ruirui didn't know what she meant and asked: "What do you want? Naturally, I have to bring you to the Duke's Mansion. "

Her burning hot heart quickly sank into the ice with his answer. Mu Rousang's mind started to turn as well. How should I treat him? "

"What gift you want!"

When Su Ruirui thought about how he had missed her even more after he returned, he did not want to keep her in the Shu City. He really wanted to grab her and bring her back to the Xiangyang to keep her by his side.

"If you divorce the Princess Xiangyang, please grant me the title of principal consort, and then go through the motions in three different ways. I'll agree to your request." She asked without hesitation, "Is it possible?"

Su Ruirui stared at her with narrowed eyes, he wanted to anger her but could not bring himself to get angry: "Are you deliberately trying to anger me? Your elder brother is only raising child, both royal father and matriarch will not agree to it. "

The matter at hand was too big, and with a single movement, even a strong and tyrannical person like Su Ruirui did not dare to act rashly.

Mu Rousang could no longer control herself, and retorted, "So what if it is the raising child, my brother received the imperial edict, and directly entered the Office of the Crown Prince, I still have to thank you for that."

She forced herself to calm down. Su Ruirui was an extremely dangerous and cold-hearted man, she shouldn't have lost heart to him. She didn't think that even if love came, it wouldn't stop it.

"I can't agree to this. I really want to ask you to be my wangfei, but now that you and I are husband and wife, given by my father, there's no possibility for you to request a rest as a prince."

After all, this was a man who would never give up his wealth and power for a woman. She forcefully endured the pain in her heart and gently smiled as she asked, "Then how many wives, concubines, and princesses do you have in your residence?"

Su Ruirui disdainfully lied, and then said honestly: "The two of you, like Madam, four concubines, Wang Ji, the concubine, and the lowly concubine have never counted. These were all bestowed by royal father and matriarch, the elders did not dare to say anything.

The words "elders grant but do not dare to say anything" had ruthlessly torn apart Mu Rousang's burning heart. Was this a difficult situation in his eyes?

Even though her eyes were filled with the tears of watery eye, she endured it. She stubbornly lifted her head and smiled sweetly: "Then what can you promise me?"

"Sang'er, as the prince, I have a lot of responsibilities. Not only can a single sentence solve this, you don't have to be so willful, even the prince can't do as he pleases, and most of all, you have to be cruel to yourself. Also, when your brother has a future, I will find an opportunity to raise your position."

Every woman that came into the palace was a move, and he could not do anything to any of them, even if it was just a concubine. This was the sorrow of a prince; some things were destined to be requests but could not be obtained.

Maybe Su Ruirui did not understand how important this relationship was to him, but he knew one thing, when he was acquainted with Mu Rousang, she had never asked him for anything, nor did he use the name of the Duke Palaces' savior to attract attention.

I just want to put her in my pocket and put her on my chest …

Mu Rousang shook her head and gave a sad and beautiful smile. There were some things that were hard to force, so she stood up and bowed to Su Ruirui.

He hurriedly stood up to support her, and said angrily: "Why do you have to pinch like this, why do you have to choke with me …"

Taking the opportunity while Su Ruirui was caught off guard, Mu Rousang extended his hand and pressed on her acupoint.

Her small, pale lips that she bit tightly were quickly dyed in a pink color, she was as beautiful as a cherry blossom. The only thing that came out of her mouth was the words that made Su Ruirui fall in love with her, but at the same time, his heart sank to the bottom of a cold valley.

"Sorry, I can't promise you that. Su Ruirui, let's part ways here. We won't meet again for the rest of our lives."

Su Ruirui would never understand the difference between their thoughts. His clear and melodious voice seemed to contain the determination and helplessness to cut people's hearts.

The tears that she shed burned the back of Su Ruirui's hand, silently soaking into his skin, condensing into a cinnabar mole that rested on his heart, every single night causing him to be unable to sleep, only feeling pain in his chest, as though someone had dug out his liver.

Mu Rousang took out the purple jade pendant that was placed next to his body and placed it in Su Ruirui's palm. The jade pendant that was still warm to her body quickly gave birth to an indescribable feeling in his heart, but she could only stare at Mu Rousang.

She smiled sadly, "This jade pendant is back to you. I only saved you because of my kindness, but this cannot become the reason for you wanting me to enter the Duke's Mansion. Also, you will be able to move in two hours. "

After saying that, he no longer looked at Su Ruirui who could speak, but instead, had a struggling and furious expression.

Mu Rousang's heart felt as though it was stabbed by a knife, but she endured it. She dried her tears with the handkerchief and looked at Su Ruirui.

When he came out, Eunuch Fan was waiting by the door. Mu Rousang lowered his head slightly, looked around, and laughed: "Prince is a little drunk, he said that he wants to take a nap. You can go in two hours later to wake him up."

"Thank you, young lady. This servant will accompany you downstairs."

Eunuch Fan said carefully, but there was some doubt in his heart that Mu Rousang's voice seemed to be a little different from usual.

Mu Rousang knew that he was probing, and indeed, a person with some kind of servant by their side. She really missed the warm Yang Zixuan and Xiao Tong, who had a gut opening.

PS:

Being close to Su Ruirui was too selfish, and was shallow but also sad. It was only because in that kind of environment, he grew up within the imperial palace, and probably felt that it was natural for him to be involved in the matters of males, females, and concubines. That was why Mu Rousang was unable to accept it and chose to part ways with him.

Although Zuo Ren Xian grumbled a little, he was very happy that his little cousin had returned safely.

"It's my cousin's fault. Why are you two at this side door?"

It was only then that Mu Rousang remembered that she returned late. Logically speaking, Mu Jinzhi should have already returned to her room.

"little cousin, you haven't returned. Elder Cousin Jin isn't willing to return to her room, and she's also afraid of alerting Grandmother … … If the old woman isn't happy, she'll stay in the west corner's room and roast the fire. We two cousin brothers naturally have to accompany her."

Zuo Ren Xian had never been able to say anything in front of Mu Rousang, and furthermore, he was very worried about this little cousin who had a common interests.

"I can't do that. It's all my fault. I've implicated the few of you to stay by the door and eat the cold wind."

She then asked her two cousins who were with her, just as Zuo Renwen happened to come over: "They already secretly sent someone back to the room first."

He then handed over the cape to Mu Jinzhi and smiled: "It's good that you have returned safely. Today, there are too many people and it's very crowded, the servants are just a blur, and you're gone. Just as I was sending people to search for you, the King of Xiangyang sent someone over, and said that you were lost on the street, and invited us to enjoy the lanterns."

Mu Rousang had already heard the truth from the Eunuch Fan a long time ago, but she could only smile and feel extremely guilty.

Mu Jinzhi naturally understood her thoughts, and laughed: "Didn't little sister have the Osmanthus Dew? Big Cousin loves this item very much, so you should send it tomorrow when you pick it up as an apology to Big Cousin, scaring him so much that he would have to bear it together with you. "

"Big brother's words are reasonable."

Since Mu Rousang had gone, the rest of the older brothers were worried as well. Fortunately Mu Jinzhi had said that Mu Rousang would be fine later on, so her hands and feet were pretty good.

"Big Cousin, how about I send someone to your study room tomorrow? You can take it and send it to the Big Cousin. "

"Amazing, wonderful, wonderful. Brother, little cousin is truly intelligent, you can make me happy now by offering flowers to the Buddha. When that happens, can you ask the elder sister-in-law to make more osmanthus cakes for me?"

Due to the concern of his brothers, the aching pain in Mu Rousang's heart lessened slightly. He braced himself and asked: "Little cousin, what do you want this Gui Hua Cake for?"

Mu Jinzhi pointed to the person on the left and said: "Him, I heard that the day after tomorrow, there will be a competition at the Immortal Assembling Pavilion.

Seeing that the snow was getting heavier and heavier, Zuo Renwen indicated for the servant to go and give the people who sent Mu Rousang back a reward, and said to his brother and sister: "Hurry and enter the house, grandmother probably still hasn't slept yet. Let's go and pay respects first, then we'll each go back to our own rooms."

Zuo Ren Xian purposely lagged behind and walked beside Mu Rousang, giving her a wink: little cousin, why are you thanking your little cousin? I waited in the snow for you for more than half an hour, and you see how my hands are frozen. "

Mu Rousang turned her head and thought for a moment before nodding towards him. She was saying that she would borrow his new book, The Talking About Talents between Talents.

Zuo Ren Xian did not think that Mu Rousang would agree so easily, she only thought that Mu Rousang had agreed so easily, because she left and caused everyone to worry, causing them to feel guilty, and did not continue messing with her.

Because they were afraid that the elder was worried sick, they did not say anymore and went to the west gate and sat in the sedan. Mu Rousang sat in the sedan in a daze for a while, then she heard the Wives's voice, so she had already entered the Old Madam Zuo.

At this time, Chunyi put up the curtain, and Chunyi reached out to help her up. The spring wind had already put down her wooden clogs for her.

"Miss, you scared the servants to death. Fortunately, everything was fine, and the madame still did not know about this. She had only sent a few groups of people to ask if you were back, but the young masters hid it from you."

Chun Yi helped her out of the palanquin, and then whispered into her ear. Her voice was so low that Mu Rousang almost couldn't hear her clearly.

"Un, got it!" Let's go inside. "

At this time, Old Madam Zuo was in her room, sitting next to the Rohan's bed and dozing on the fire. Upon hearing the footsteps, she opened her eyes slightly and asked Xia Yu who was patting her legs: "Send someone to take a look, did the little monkey from our house come back?"

Then he said: "Come back, let that Dong Mei who was newly brought up go take a look."

Dong Xue and Spring Apricot had already picked up their clothes on the second day of the new year and moved into Mu Jinzhi's and Zuo Ren Xian's room to serve them.

Qiu Ju, who was waiting at the side, saw that the Old Madam Zuo was a little depressed, and laughed: "The old mistress is missing Big Sis Chun Xing and Little Sister Dong Xue. If not, this servant would have gone to the two young masters' rooms tomorrow to invite them."

Old Madam Zuo sighed: "You have served me for many years already, and now that you are all old, you can't just stay in front of me like an old lady. If you don't get it, you will blame me for not dying."

"Madam is too serious. The servants have been blessed by their past lives to have the chance to serve the madame. They dare not complain at all. They have lived a good life with the madame all these years."

Qiu Ju had her own plans and plans, so she naturally knew how to make the old lady happy.

"Forget it, forget it, as long as you and Xia Yu don't blame me, as long as you and I, the old granny, are fine, among the four girls, only Dong Xue was bought from the outside, the other three are all sons of my family, but because Gui'er is my biological grandson, I was afraid that the two siblings would be worried, and so I gave Dong Xue to him. Originally, I wanted to keep her for you, but in the end, I wronged you and Xia Yu."

The older Old Madam Zuo was, the more unwilling she was to see the little girls who had served her for a whole round. Qiu Ju immediately advised: "Eldest Young Master is even better.

"It's good that you can think like this. It's also good that you're in front of me. This old woman can still live for a few more years, and I can still look after you a little."

The Old Madam Zuo knew very well that Yu Xiuzhu was not someone to be trifled with. When her elders spoke, she would do it out of respect, and only hoped that Qiu Ju and Xia Yu's stomachs would work harder, so that they could take advantage of their young age to have a baby.

"Madame, Biao xiaojie is back!"

Dong Mei's crisp voice came out, following that, the curtain was lifted, and a group of girls escorted a girl with skin that was as white as snow in.

"Aiyo, you heartless little monkey, why did you only come back after playing for so long? You're freezing, why are you so pale?"

With his experience, Old Madam Zuo could easily see that Mu Rousang's expression had changed.

"Grandmother, it's still warm here, but it's freezing my granddaughter to death." With that, she bid her farewells, and followed after Zuo Renwen and the others to bid farewell as well.

Old Madam Zuo immediately beckoned for her to come over. When Mu Rousang entered, he reached out and pulled her into his embrace, an old hand gently stroking her small hands.

"Why are you so cold? How did your little girls serve you? None of them are easy to deal with. They asked you to serve them, not to play around with them."

When the Old Madam Zuo saw her pale face and cold hands, his old face immediately fell and he attacked the who was serving the little girl.

"Grandmother! It's none of their business, Grandmother, you don't know, the lanterns on the street are really beautiful, there's that carp type, and there's also that flower fairy type. Ah, my granddaughter also saw a lot of lanterns that are different from the ones in our house, and all of them have Eight Immortals crossing the Sea, and there's a nymph dancing in red silk, Mother of Mount Hua, really beautiful. "

Seeing that the Old Madam Zuo was angry, Mu Rousang immediately pulled her to the lantern. So it was her fault, how could she be tired as well?

He could only point his finger and point at her forehead hatefully, "You, Little monkey must be a playboy, aren't you just going to leave your brothers behind just because you saw the lanterns and the others?"

"Well, grandmother, how do you know?"

Mu Rousang was truly shocked, but after some thought, she realized that Su Ruirui would never let anyone know. She did not have the permission of his elders to meet with a foreigner, and if word of this spread, it would ruin his good name.

Old Madam Zuo didn't notice the difference in her gaze, as she smiled at the Rohan's bed and invited the little girl to serve tea to the young masters. Seeing this, the few of them knew that Old Madam Zuo was going to say something else, so they happily accompanied him, coaxing him.

"Sigh, not only does my Sang girl look like your mother, even this monkey's temper looks ordinary. Back then, your mother loved watching lanterns too much. Every year on the Lantern Festival, she would cause a ruckus while your grandfather took your sister and brother out to admire lanterns. "One year, the county also hosted a lantern festival. Your grandfather originally did not want to go, but after being unable to handle your mother, he had no choice but to bring two people along with him."

Zuo Ren Xian drank a few mouthfuls of tea and asked with a smile, "But my aunt is the same as the little cousin, she's fascinated by the lanterns."

"Hmph, you still have the nerve to say that I asked you big brothers to take good care of Family sister, what happened in the end? "I, as an old woman, have seen it. You are the one who is the most fascinated by it."

Old Madam Zuo choked on his words, causing everyone to laugh out loud. Zuo Ren Xian was already used to Old Madam Zuo scolding him and did not care about it at all.

"Back then, your mother was lost, but it frightened your grandfather, and that person pushed left and right, and even carried your uncle. Luckily, your mother was smart, and stayed at the entrance of a shop, and when the waiter chased her away, she cried at the top of her lungs."

Mu Rousang suddenly felt that it was a bit embarrassing, was this really her mother? After thinking about it a bit more, her mother was truly a prodigy. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to preserve that small portion of their family's fortune for the siblings after her death.

The few of them talked and laughed a few more times, but Mu Rousang was still depressed in her heart because of Su Ruirui, so she forced herself to smile and suppress her worries. It was only when Qiu Ju opened the curtain to urge them that it was getting late, did everyone get up and return to their own rooms.

Just as she was about to lean against the bed, she raised her head and stared blankly at the flickering candlelight, lost in thought.

"Miss, did you lose your way at night?"

Chun Yan's question was soft yet urgent. It was not difficult to see the worry in her heart.

Mu Rousang said with a smile, "Nothing."

When she raised her head to reply, she found that the girls had surrounded her and their eyes were red and swollen. She said, "I am not blaming you."

Chun Yi said guiltily: "Miss, it's all my fault. I went out to see the lanterns, so I didn't want to be separated from the girls by myself. I must have been frightened."

The Spring Wind saw that Mu Rousang seemed to shiver unnoticeably at this point, and quickly brought up the warm hand stove that she had prepared earlier, and said: "Miss, there's a Calm Incense placed here. The reason why the ladies hold warm hands is because the servants are too greedy, they shouldn't let the lady see the lanterns by herself, and cause trouble for the girl …."