Chapter 819: Protecting Shortcomings (2)

"Your Highness Prince Rui." Su Mingfeng said.

Prince Rui didn't say anything. Su Mingfeng calmed down. With Shen Miao here, he felt less afraid. He almost forgot that Shen Miao was now the Princess of Rui. At the moment, Shen Miao and Prince Rui had a good relationship. If Prince Rui really had murderous intentions towards him, Shen Miao would not sit idly by because of what happened to Xie Jingxing.

Although it was a bit strange to think about it this way, Su Mingfeng still mustered up the courage to ask, "Mingfeng came here today to ask something."

"explain."

The simpler Prince Rui's words were, the more anxious Su Mingfeng became. He said, "Your Highness Prince Rui bears a strong resemblance to an old friend of Mingfeng's, but that friend has disappeared for many years. Mingfeng dares..." He steeled his resolve and said, "Mingfeng dares to beg Your Highness to take off your mask and let Mingfeng resolve the doubts in his heart!"

After saying this, Su Mingfeng lowered his head, anxiously waiting for the other party's answer.

After a moment's silence, a voice was heard. It was still faint, as if the voice didn't care much. It was low, deep and pleasant to the ears, but every word weighed a thousand pounds on Su Mingfeng's ears.

Prince Rui asked, "Is the old friend you mentioned called Xie Jingxing?"

Su Mingfeng's heart skipped a beat, a wave of ecstasy washing over him, but he quickly forced himself to calm down. Prince Rui had been in Mingqi for several months, and Xie Jingxing was quite famous, considered a hero in Mingqi. He and Xie Jingxing were childhood friends, so perhaps someone had mentioned this to Prince Rui.

He said, "Exactly!"

"Xie Jingxing is dead," Prince Rui said, his voice unrecognizable as either emotion or anger. "You said he disappeared?"

"Everyone says he died fighting in the Northern Frontier, and I've even seen his body myself." Su Mingfeng gave a wry smile, "But I just don't want to believe it. Now that Your Highness has appeared, Mingfeng knows his condition is abrupt and unreasonable, but... there are always some things in this world that must be accomplished with all your heart and soul." Su Mingfeng didn't hide anything from Prince Rui. He looked at Prince Rui, and he didn't seem to be a pushover, but rather a reasonable person. Perhaps he would be touched by his words and treated him with extra leniency.

The white tiger on the ground whimpered softly, and Prince Rui stood up from the stone bench.

He turned around, half of his mask gleaming coldly in the wind. Su Mingfeng then realized that when Prince Rui stood up, he was actually half a head taller than him.

Xie Jingxing was also half a head taller than him.

Back then, young men were dressed in fine clothes and rode horses, and they loved to compete with each other. Su Mingfeng, for this small difference of half a head, even begged Madam Su to give him an extra half bowl of rice every day, hoping to surpass Xie Jingxing. Xie Jingxing was quite disdainful at the time, saying, "You want to be the next Su Minglang?"

Time passed by in a trance, and it seemed that nothing had changed. However, all the changes in the world had finally passed.

Shen Miao hesitated to speak, and King Rui said, “Do you want to see this king’s face?”

Su Mingfeng nodded.

King Rui stretched out his hand to cover the silver mask and slowly took it off.

His slanting eyebrows, his affectionate peach blossom eyes, his nose like a hanging gallbladder, and the lazy smile on his lips were almost the same as yesterday. His appearance had indeed changed slightly, from a beautiful and mischievous boy to the mature, wickedly handsome young man in front of him.

But it's still him.

Xie Jingxing curled his lips and smiled, his tone disdainful: "Are you stupid?"

Su Mingfeng suddenly felt his eyes sore. He stepped forward and suddenly punched Xie Jingxing on the shoulder, just like they often did in the past. He cursed, "Asshole, you've been lying to everyone all day, even to me. You have no loyalty!"