The air seemed to have frozen.

Xie Changgeng's face looked a little ugly, but in just a short while, he returned to normal.

He got up and tidied up his clothes.

This time, he did not sit on the couch again, but his tone of speaking was not irritated. He seemed to have no mind at all the offensive actions she had just exerted on him.

"It's right that you're angry," he said.

"It is extremely hard for you to serve my mother every day in the past six months after you arrived at my Xie family. My mother's original intention was to repay the kindness of her old friends, but it was indeed inappropriate to make her own decisions and intend to take a concubine for me. It is indeed inappropriate to be virtuous and reasonable..."

"Xie Changgeng, you're thinking too much!"

Mu Fulan interrupted him, climbed down from the beauty couch, barefoot with a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes with embroidered orchids placed on the ground in front of the couch. Under his gaze, he walked to the mirror and sat on the couch on the floor.

She held the tortoiseshell comb, looked at the mirror, combed her long hair that had been messed up by him, and said, "I am neither virtuous nor reasonable. The reason why I served your mother before was just to follow the teachings of my father, thinking that even if I marry, I must do my duty no matter how unwilling I will do my duty."

Xie Changgeng looked at her back for a moment, walked over, stopped behind her, stared at the sweet-looking face in the mirror, and said, "Mu, what do you want to do to follow me back?"

He said this sentence almost word by word, his tone no longer as gentle as before.

Mu Fulan's hand holding the comb stopped.

She also raised her eyes and looked at the man in the mirror who was standing behind her and staring at her tightly.

He began to lose patience. She felt it.

A smile appeared on her lips.

"Xie Lang, you are obviously very dissatisfied with me. Why do you have to pretend just now? Isn't it better to just explain it directly?"

Xie Changgeng looked at her expressionlessly.

She put down her comb, stood up from the mirror, turned around, and faced her.

"Since you asked directly, I will tell you bluntly. I will not go back to your Xie family again. It was all out of the intentions of my father, so I had to marry you. Now I have changed my mind."

"Life is short, and you should have fun in time. Why should I be so wronged?"

A faint and invisible look flashed across Xie Changgeng's face.

He stared at her, and gradually his expression became stern.

"Mu, let me remind you that the marriage was what your father promised. In the past few years, I have asked myself to keep my promise and have no way of breaking the contract. Even though my mother offended you, it has never really happened. Besides, I have accused you and made a promise. Your brother and sister went back on their word, broke the contract for no reason, and acted childishly, like a child's play! I thought I, Xie Changgeng, would let your brother and sister control it?"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to notice his disobedience. He glanced at her and his tone became eased when he spoke again.

"Mu, are you sixteen? You are young and ignorant, and it is understandable. But you should know who is more trustworthy and who is more trustworthy in the hearts of the people of Changsha. When the engagement was first made, your brother was prejudiced against me, and now he must be urged to break the contract. But you think, no matter how good your brother is, can you rely on as a woman for the rest of your life?"

"You should follow your father's arrangement and follow me back. I will not treat you badly in the future."

Mu Fulan looked at the man in front of her who was patient and coaxing her, and felt infinite emotion in her heart.

If he had not been a couple with him and knew who he was, and who could be unwavering in the face of such a husband?

She shook her head, and a pair of small Jihong coral earrings wearing on her white earlobes also shook, appearing and looming between the hair hanging down on her shoulders.

"You don't have to use my father to suppress me. I ask you, what was your purpose in the first place you came to propose marriage? Have your purpose been achieved now? Since you have achieved your goal, the marriage with Changsha has lost its original value for you, so why should you be persistent?"

Xie Changgeng said nothing.

"I am willing to believe that you want to keep the promise you made with my father back then. But you know more about what it is for yourself than me."

"Because of this engagement, my father, he realized what he wanted and sought benefits for the people of Changsha. You are even more so, and you have made huge profits. If it weren't for your father's appreciation, how could you have successfully entered the official career and then gained the opportunity to become a prosperous person?"

"You and my father have their own gains because of this marriage. But what about me? Who have ever thought of me for a little bit?"

She stared at the man in front of her.

"Xie Changgeng, let me tell you the truth. When you came to propose marriage that day, I actually had a person I liked. He is the kindest person in the world and the most beautiful person who smiles. But you came to propose marriage. My father promised me to you for the sake of Changsha."

Xie Changgeng seemed to be stunned, his brows frowned slightly.

Mu Fulan smiled like a self-deprecatingly.

"I am the princess, I have my responsibilities, I cannot refuse, I must agree."

"But now, I have changed my mind. I have done what I should do for Changsha, and in the future, I should consider myself. I dare not claim to be a contribution, but I did fulfill you at the beginning. You should not deny this. I hope that you can fulfill me again today. If so, I will be grateful."

Xie Changgeng's expression was a little stiff, he stared at her without saying a word.

Mu Fulan stopped talking.

The room was silent, but the atmosphere was a little depressing.

"I'll talk about this later. Now you'd better go back with me first!"

After a while, he finally spoke and said coldly.

"When will it be in the future?" Mu Fulan asked him.

He shouldn't.

"When you reach the top of your achievements?"

Xie Changgeng's face changed slightly. He suddenly raised his hand and pressed on one side of her shoulder.

As if suddenly a heavy burden was pressed on, Mu Fulan tilted and she fell onto the floor felt in front of the mirror box.

He followed, slowly squatted down and squatted in front of her.

"Mu, what were you talking about just now?"

"Where did you hear this?"

His tone was extremely gentle, as if he was coaxing a child, but the hand never left her and slowly moved along her shoulders to the side of her neck.

As if caressing, her fingertips with a thin calluse gently stroked her tender and smooth neck skin.

"tell me."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Mu Fulan's eyes. The hand suddenly increased its strength and held her thin neck.

It seemed as if a swan was about to be broken by a hunter's neck, Mu Fulan passively raised her head, but did not make any struggle. She just looked at the two gloomy gazes that were so close that they were smiling.

"Xie Changgeng, could I really guess that you want to kill me?"

Xie Changgeng slowly let go of the five fingers that were clamping her neck.

Mu Fulan frowned, brushed his hand away, stroked his neck, and put on the cloak that had just slipped down, and said, "You have achieved the purpose of marrying me. For you, this marriage has lost its original meaning, at most it is useless. But you endured humiliation and spitted on your face. You endured the humiliation of my brother Wang, and forced me back. If you don't have any other intentions, what is it?"

"Now you are one of the best people in the court. With your current status, if you still have some plans, the rest will be that position. With such a simple truth, what's hard to guess?"

Xie Changgeng looked at her for a moment, stood up from the ground, and said coldly: "Mu, I have seen many self-righteous people, and those people often have no good endings. I don't want you to end like that."

"In marriage, you, Mu, cannot be willful. You are my wife of Xie. Since I am here, you will follow me. As for what you think..."

He paused.

"I will decide on the situation in the future."

Mu Fulan followed him and stood up from the felt.

"After saying this, why do you still have to be so stubborn? If this matter is really inconvenient to let outsiders know, why don't you and I make a compromise? I can hide the matter for the time being, including my brother and sister-in-law, and I will not reveal a word. In the future, you will walk on your Yangguan Road and I will keep my Changsha Kingdom, and claim to be ill from the outside."

"Don't worry, I don't care what you are trying to do, I have nothing to do with me. Just as you said, it's just my random guess. Although I want to break away from you, I won't be stupid enough to create an enemy for Changsha."

Xie Changgeng's eyes flashed slightly, and he did not answer her.

"There is one thing you don't know yet, but I don't want to hide it from you anymore."

Mu Fulan took a deep breath.

"I have had other men who are not perfect."

Her tone was calm, as if she was talking about something very ordinary.

Xie Changgeng's eyes twitched slightly, and a haze suddenly surged from his eyes.

But she seemed to have not realized it, but instead smiled, her smile was so beautiful that she didn't care.

"I heard that a man can tolerate the humiliation under his crotch for his great ambition. Xie Lang, I have told you that I have no hidden any privacy matters that even my parents and family members know. If you can understand this and don't care about it, and allow me to be your wife of the Xie family and serve your mother, I will be fine. I will go back with you."

After she said that, she walked over from him, returned to the beauty couch, climbed up, bent her legs and knees together, as if he was when he came in at first, sitting there, slightly raised his chin, looking at him.

The room was quiet, as quiet as if even a needle could be heard falling to the ground.

Xie Changgeng stood there for a moment, then suddenly took steps, step by step, and walked towards her.

He walked to the beauty couch, stared at Mu Fulan coldly, bent down, stretched out a hand, and reached out to her pomegranate skirt.

Mu Fulan was still sitting, motionless, slowly closing her eyes.
Chapter completed!