It will only remind people of the darkness that it is already deep winter in Kunming City. I don’t know when it started, but light rain fell in the sky and the weather became even colder.

Duan Xueheng hugged her arms, still keeping her original pace, walking aimlessly along the street. If she encountered this difficulty in normal times, she would quickly find a solution; but if she didn't know what happened today, she simply wanted to do nothing.

In the past, Duan Xueheng often had activities alone at night, but she never felt that way. Perhaps at that time, she knew who she was and what she was going to do, and her mother would always miss her more or less.

So now Duan Xueheng occasionally feels a little bit lucky, and is glad that she did not kill Mrs. Duan in anger for a moment. At least until now, she has never regretted her decision.

As night fell, it was raining again in the sky, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street.

Duan Xueheng looked around for a while and could no longer recognize the way. He didn't know where he had walked to the city. The street was pitch black, and the cold wind mixed with rain poured in from the air outlet. The sound of "whimpering" sounded, adding to the terrifying aura.

She didn't know what she was going to do in the future. Maybe she died on the roadside now and no one would ask about it anymore.

At this moment, a carriage with lanterns slowly drove from behind, and the road was briefly illuminated by lanterns. Duan Xueheng looked back and looked at it, his eyes were so stinged by the light of the lanterns that it could not be fully opened.

The carriage slowly stopped on the road. Duan Xueheng squinted his eyes and saw a tall shadow walking out from it. It took her a moment to see clearly that it was King of Han Zhu Gaoxu!

A few bright lanterns have made the wet and dark old streets shine brightly. Duan Xueheng, who often lies out at night, suddenly feels that the bright light can be so good.

Duan Xueheng said in surprise: "Why is Your Highness here?"

Zhu Gaoxu came over with an umbrella and covered Duan Xueheng's head. He said in his voice: "I'm here to pick you up. If you don't come in person, I'm afraid you won't want to come back."

Then, without saying a word, he put a fur coat on Duan Xueheng. On the night when the rain was flying, the fur was really soft and warm.

Duan Xueheng couldn't say a word, but he had no intention of refusing.

"Let's go, let's go back to the house." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Duan Xuehen responded boldly, "Yeah". Her face suddenly turned red slightly, she buried her head, and somehow suddenly showed a hint of embarrassing smile.

Zhu Gaoxu was holding an umbrella and walked towards the carriage with her. After a short period of time, Duan Xuehen felt a little dazed, as if she was dreaming, because she never expected that she would meet the King of Han in the middle of the night.

In a trance, she turned her head quietly. Only by raising her head could she look at Zhu Gaoxu's side face. She felt a vague feeling in her heart that this figure seemed to be the father mentioned by her mother, and also seemed to be Mu Chun from the Mu Mansion... But when she came to her senses, she realized that the man around her might be a little younger than her.

Zhu Gaoxu walked to the carriage door first, pulled the wooden door open, and helped Duan Xueheng go up first. Duan Xueheng looked up and hit something soft, and then he realized that he had touched Zhu Gaoxu's hand; the wood that was about to hit on her head was blocked by Zhu Gaoxu with his hands.

"Bang!" Zhu Gaoxu put away his umbrella with great force, then jumped onto the carriage, and said, "Go back to home."

The man riding a horse outside replied, "Get orders!"

Duan Xuehen kept lowering her head and said nothing at all. She suddenly felt a little uncomfortable because the only person close to her was either beat or scolding her. She was also used to it. Now she felt she was protected all of a sudden, and it was so strange that she was not very smart all over.

This carriage is an ordinary felt carriage, but it was cleaned up inside and there was a soft blanket under his feet. Duan Xuehen walked in the rainy mud for most of the day, and his shoes and legs were covered with mud, which made the blanket dirty all at once. Zhu Gaoxu didn't pay attention to these things at all.

"Prince..." Duan Xuehen finally spoke, "What's the use of me now? I'm worth the prince treating me like this?"

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a moment and said, "I am willing to give up anything and can do anything for the person I care about."

"Caring?" Duan Xuehen asked a little confused.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "I care about you, and you will care about me too."

... Zhu Gaoxu was in a good mood after taking Duan Xuehen back to the Han Palace. After asking someone to settle her down, it was already late at night, so he went straight to the harem.

Charcoal burned in the bedroom, and he felt much warmer as soon as he came in. The legendary Spring City still has cold times, not only looking at the seasons, but also the weather. It feels chilly at night when it rains one after another.

Princess Guo Wei and several palace maids stepped forward and took off Zhu Gaoxu's robe, boots, and socks tied to his feet.

When the palace maids came in, Guo Wei asked them to retreat and come in to serve Zhu Gaoxu in bathing and changing clothes.

"It's so late. Is the prince going out to pick up Duan Xuehen?" Guo Wei asked.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "This person is very capable. Today I asked the brothers from the defence station to look at her. Sure enough, I found that she had not entered the Mu Mansion. At the time of You, I received the news and prepared to take her back to the royal mansion."

Guo Wei whispered: "The prince went to pick her up in person, it's so nice to treat her..."

Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at Guo Wei's face: "Weier seems to be jealous?"

Guo Wei refused to comment and asked carefully in a tentative tone: "Will the prince blame me for being jealous?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and shook his head and said, "I just feel a little strange. There are so many women in the palace who are close to me, some of whom can serve me in the bath and some who are sleeping. Weier doesn't eat their jealousy and cares about what a female assassin does? I didn't even touch her with my fingers."

Guo Wei murmured: "I don't care how the palace maids get close to the prince, how to serve the prince... It doesn't matter who gets close to you. The thing I don't want to see the prince is good to other women. The prince likes their bodies, caresses them, and says something nice to them. At that time, even though I know that being jealous is wrong, I can't help feeling uncomfortable."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Guo Wei awkwardly and said thoughtfully: "So that's it."

...

Within two days, the rain stopped, and the sky immediately showed blue sky and white clouds. The weather in Yunnan Provincial Administration and the change was very sudden.

A manager in Mu Mansion wearing a cloth robe and a matte head was talking to Mu Sheng: "The Marquis' cousin Geng Qi has been waiting in the living room for two hours, saying that he would like to see the Marquis no matter what."

Mu Sheng walked a few steps and blurted out, "What can I say when I see him?"

The manager bowed and stood in the room, saying, "Yes." After a moment, he clasped his fists and said, "Younger, go now, and find a way to send him away."

At this moment, Mu Sheng thought of the old lady and said, "Slowly. No matter what, I still can't be too kind and honest. I should always let him meet."

The manager said again: "Yes."

Mu Sheng walked out of the room and went straight to the living room in the front hall.

Geng Qi looked haggard and saw Mu Sheng kneeling on the ground. Mu Sheng was shocked and quickly walked up, holding Geng Qi and said, "How can this make me? Isn't this great gift for me to lose my birthday?"

Geng Qi lowered his head and frowned and said, "Brother Yu is here to apologize today!"

"Get up and talk, get up and talk." Mu Sheng lifted his arm up vigorously and asked Geng Qi to sit on the chair.

Geng Qi turned his head, looked unspeakable and difficult to face, and clasped his fists and said, "I am really stupid. I only learned about the rebellious son not long ago!"

Mu Sheng didn't want to be too polite and said straight: "Geng Hao was young and frivolous, and he was inevitably making mistakes, but the mistake he made this time was a bit too big."

"Oh!" Geng Qi cursed, "This thing that is ignorant of the world! It's all spoiled by his mother. Now it's too late to regret it."

Mu Sheng said quietly: "I know very well my cousin's character. Knowing this is definitely not my cousin's intention. Now, I want to help the Geng family again, but... my cousin should probably know the current situation. At the moment, Mu Mansion is also a clay Buddha crossing the river, and I can't do anything about it!"

Geng Qi said: "The Marquis treats us kindly and kindly protects our family to settle in Yunnan. But the rebellious son did such an ungrateful thing, so how can I blame the Mu family? I came today, one to apologize and the other to say goodbye."

After hearing this, Mu Sheng asked immediately: "Have Hu Yi found a cousin?"

Geng Qi said: "Not yet, but it should be soon. Now the stranger has been taken away. There are people from the Jinyiwei staring at him day and night near the manor. Someone will follow me when I go to the city today. It seems that our family is over!"

Mu Sheng sighed.

Geng Qi said again: "Thank you for your long-term care of my cousin. I want to see the old lady for the last time, can I?"

Mu Sheng came to his senses at this time: Geng Qi said he was not here to ask for help, but if this is the case, what is the use of him? It turned out that he remembered Mu Sheng's biological mother, the old lady of the Geng family; only the old lady cares about the people of the Geng family the most!

Although the Mu Mansion itself is difficult to protect itself at this time and is no longer as good as before, the only one who can help the Geng family is indeed the Mu Mansion... Geng Qi must be very clear about this.

Of course, my cousin is much more experienced than his son Geng Hao, and Mu Sheng was almost led by his cousin just now.

Mu Sheng sighed sadly and said, "My mother is in poor health recently and everything goes wrong. She is sick with anger. If I hear the situation of the Geng family, I am afraid... It is best not to tell my mother about this. I hope my cousin understands it."

Geng Qi's face changed suddenly, and he started crying soon. He finally begged: "Please don't wait for death if you don't save me! My brothers are all dead or imprisoned. Now that our family returns to Beijing, the palace will definitely not let us go... I don't ask for anything from my cousin, I just want my cousin to arrange for our family to leave here, and to go to the deep mountains and forests, as long as we can leave a back for the Geng family..."

Mu Sheng also looked sad when he heard this, but he still said helplessly: "Cousin, do I still dare to do such a thing now? Yunnan is not the territory of the Mu family, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty. I really have no choice."

After hearing this, Geng Qi raised his head and looked dead.

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(Xifeng apologizes to all book friends, and the two updates cannot be restored for the time being.

Because from the 12th to the 20th of this month, I will attend the annual meeting of Zongheng. The location is abroad and I will definitely not be able to write or update the Internet. In order to try my best to update, I will save some manuscripts recently. I only hope to ensure one update every day this month.
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