The Northwest desert was as cold as water, but Mu Chuyang still couldn't help but shiver while wearing the fox fur coat that the Prince's Wife Mo brought him.
Duan Yunfei was dressed in thin clothes as she stood at the entrance of the tent, looking at the moon in the sky.
"Thirteen, the wind is strong outside, let's go back to our accounts." Mu Chuyang walked out to straighten her collar and exhaled some hot air as he said to her.
Duan Yunfei regained her senses and could not help but laugh. She extended her hand out and pointed to the moon in the sky. Mu Chuyang, look at this moon, it's bigger and rounder than the one in the capital. "When I was in the capital before, I had never seen such a beautiful moon."
Tomorrow night would be the day Duan Yunfei and her army would send out their troops.
She was always like this. The more she wanted something, the more she pretended to not care. The more she feared something, the more she acted fearless.
This was the first time she had entered a battlefield. Mu Chuyang could feel the cowardice in her heart.
"Thirteen." Mu Chuyang turned his head around and looked at Duan Yunfei. She couldn't resist extending his hand out and stroking her hair. "The battlefield is dangerous, and you don't have the experience to lead soldiers in battle. It would be safer to have the soldiers from the army lead the troops."
Hearing Mu Chuyang's words, Duan Yunfei's expression slowly became serious. She shook her head and sighed softly. In fact, I am worried that the Golden Horde Kingdom sending troops to create trouble for us might have something to do with the Xiliang. "
"Xiliang? Are you joking with me? " Mu Chuyang couldn't help but wave his hand at Duan Yunfei. Furthermore, not to mention that the Golden Horde Kingdom and the Xiliang are very far from each other, coupled with the fact that the two of them have not been at loggerheads for a long time, this is something that everyone knows, how could the Golden Horde Kingdom be colluding with the Xiliang? "
Duan Yunfei shook her head lightly. She didn't even know why, but she had suspected that the entire matter was related to the Xiliang ever since she had scouted the capital.
"Alright, stop thinking about it." Mu Chuyang gently held her shoulders and pulled her into the tent.
He did not know when, but Mu Chuyang had built a stove inside the tent, and the firelight shined onto Duan Yunfei's face, making it especially beautiful.
Duan Yunfei spent the entire day wearing thin clothes, and Mu Chuyang was always afraid that she would not appreciate the cold.
"This place is not comparable to the capital, is Young Prince Mu used to living here?" Duan Yunfei had been very busy these past few days, and had not had a proper chat with Mu Chuyang before. Now that he was here, she wanted to exchange a few pleasantries.
"I am indebted to the Thirteenth Princess for your concern. Mu Chuyang imitated Duan Yunfei's tone, and jokingly bowed to her. However, seeing that you've worked too hard these past few days, I really can't bear to have you come up and kill the enemy. "
"Although I don't have the experience to lead troops in war, I still have a little more understanding of the Xiliang than them." Duan Yunfei walked in front of the stove, reached out his hand and made a grabbing motion in the air, then smiled at Mu Chuyang.
She took a cup of hot wine from the table, which she had just ordered heated.
It was cold in the northwest direction, and only with the help of alcohol, Duan Yunfei felt her heart warm up a little.
Mu Chuyang hesitated and refused to raise his head to look at Duan Yunfei. Even her tone was a little sour. Yes, back then you and Xiu Heng were close, and he is now Xiliang's crown prince. If we were to talk about her understanding of the country of Shu, naturally, there is no one in the army who can compare to you. "
Right after Mu Chuyang finished speaking, a clear and crisp sound came from Duan Yunfei's palm. She used a little strength and shattered the cup full of hot wine into pieces.
"Thirteen, are you okay?" Mu Chuyang knew he made a mistake and quickly came over to check on Duan Yunfei's situation.
Duan Yunfei clenched her fists tightly and could not help but clench her teeth. She was a little angry and refused to turn her head to look at Mu Chuyang who had a face full of guilt.
While regretting how his mouth was open just now, Mu Chuyang looked at the Duan Yunfei in front of him with a helpless expression. He seemed to plead: "Little Thirteen, you also know that I have a bad personality. I really didn't mean to do it just now, can you not be angry?"
"Get out!" Duan Yunfei answered bluntly, she was unwilling to speak another word with Mu Chuyang.
"Little Thirteen, I …" Mu Chuyang hesitated for a while, but still did not have the courage to finish what he wanted to say, nor did he have the intention to leave.
Duan Yunfei turned her head around and glared fiercely at him. It's getting late, Young Prince Mu, please get out! "
Duan Yunfei was probably annoyed with herself for showing such an attitude.
Mu Chuyang stood opposite to Duan Yunfei, with a sorrowful expression in her eyes. After a long while, she lightly nodded her head and said, "Okay!"
Mu Chuyang was about to leave, but he did not forget to tell her:
"Little Thirteen, don't cover up the tent too tightly at night.
"Little Thirteen, I saw that your quilts are old and worn out, I specially made a new one for you today, see if it suits your needs."
"Little Thirteen …"
Without waiting for Mu Chuyang to finish speaking, Duan Yunfei frowned and looked at him. Mu Chuyang, why do you have so much to say!? "
Mu Chuyang was normally good with words, but now he was at a loss for words.
After a while, he lightly nodded his head and walked out of the room.
The moon was bright and clear, with a jade plate hanging in the sky, but Mu Chuyang did not have the slightest hint of looking at the moon.
He turned his head to look at Duan Yunfei's tent. The fire in the tent was flickering, and burning in Mu Chuyang's heart at the same time.
He had travelled all the way from the capital to the northwest. He had said so many things to her, but the words that he wanted to say the most were those that he did not dare to speak.
He wanted to say: "Duan Yunfei, I've missed you."
All these years, no matter where Duan Yunfei was, Mu Chuyang would always rush here painstakingly to light a lamp for her.
The moon was like a bright sun, not dismissing the snow and ice as heat.
But so many years had passed, and Xiu Heng was still Duan Yunfei's reverse scale.
She did not allow anyone to bring up Xiu Heng's name, and had never truly forgotten about Xiu Heng either.
Thinking of this, Mu Chuyang couldn't help but shiver.
He bitterly smiled and walked out of the tent.
slowly relaxed when he was far away.
All these years, no one had ever dared to bring up Xiu Heng's name in front of her.
If not for Mu Chuyang purposely mentioning him, she would have thought that he had forgotten about him.
Duan Yunfei frowned, and slowly opened his palm. The shattered cup left a deep scar on her palm. Fresh blood continued to seep out and slowly covered her entire palm.
She quickly walked to the table and took out the Golden Sore Medicine she had brought with her from Beijing. She scattered it all over her wounds and wrapped some cloth around her wound to stop the bleeding.
Duan Yunfei sat at the table in a daze as memories of many years ago surfaced in her mind.