"If not Fourth Sister? Then what should I call her?"
Jing Zhe stared at Liu Jinghong expectantly and asked.
Liu Jinghong opened her mouth, glanced at Su Mochen beside her, and then closed her mouth again, seemingly hesitant.
"Mo Chen..."
Su Mochen was incredibly clever. As soon as Liu Jinghong opened her mouth, before she could speak, she smiled and said, "Sister Jinghong, I have been to Mangshan several times. Chief Lu has been very kind to me. This time, Lin Wenyao led his troops to attack the mountain because Chief Lu saved me. I am very grateful."
Then, as if pleading, he said, "If we leave like this, Mo Chen will feel bad. So, could we stay on the mountain for the night and return to Jingzhou early tomorrow morning?"
"..."
Actually, this was what Liu Jinghong originally wanted to say.
Lu Li is her older sister. They haven't seen each other for many years, and they finally met today. They really have a lot to talk about.
As for Jing Zhe, needless to say, the little follower she had been dreaming of suddenly appeared in front of her. If there weren't so many people around, she would have loved to cup his face and take a closer look.
With such a mood, how could I possibly want to continue my journey?
However, being bound by imperial orders was a difficult task for General Jinghong, who always acted according to imperial decrees.
That's why I hesitated and didn't know how to bring it up with Su Mochen.
But to her surprise, Su Mochen was so understanding and took the initiative to take care of the matter. As for her wish to stay overnight on the mountain, Liu Jinghong did not believe it. How could the dignified Princess of Anguo be willing to spend the night on the dangerous Mangshan Mountain?
It must be to accommodate her!
He then bowed to Su Mochen to express his gratitude.
Then he said to the Iron Cavalry, "Wang De, you take the men and lead the team back to Liangzhou. Tomorrow I will escort Princess Mo Chen back to the capital. We will meet up with His Majesty's personal guards on the way and then return to Liangzhou! If anything happens in the city, you can make the decisions for me!"
Wang De appeared to be the deputy general of the Jinghong Iron Cavalry. He hesitated for a moment and said, "General, is it necessary for me to leave a troop of men to accompany you?"
Liu Jinghong glanced at him, the gentleness she showed when speaking to Jing Zhe completely gone. "What, do you think I'm not enough on my own?"
"Forehead…"
Wang De immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Sure enough, the general was still the same general.
"Your subordinate obeys!"
After saying that, Wang De stopped talking nonsense, pulled on the reins, turned his horse around, and directed the iron cavalry to escort Lin Wenyao, who was like a walking corpse, away quickly.
A team of soldiers is needed to escort the princess back to the capital.
But for Liu Jinghong, one person was indeed enough.
...
Lu Li sent the Mangshan people, who had originally planned to go down the mountain for a fierce battle but ended up watching the show for a long time, back up the mountain.
In broad daylight, if ordinary people pass by here and see them, they might mistake them for bandits coming down from the mountains to celebrate the New Year, and they might get scared.
Soon, only Lu Li, Liu Jinghong, Jing Zhe, and Su Mochen remained at the foot of the mountain.
"This humble woman greets Your Highness."
At this moment, Lu Li stepped forward, bowed, and said...
"I am also grateful to Chief Lu for saving me yesterday, and I would like to thank Chief Lu as well!"
Su Mochen nodded and said something polite.
Before today, every time she met Lu Li, it was like a clash of titans, and they didn't get along very well.
Especially yesterday, when it was said that he "saved her," it was only to save Jing Zhe, and she was just a side effect—or rather, it couldn't even be called a side effect, because she herself asked to go with Jing Zhe, which is how she escaped.
Now, Lu Li came over and bowed to speak to her.
Although she seemed to have won, she wasn't really at ease inside.
Winning in this way is dishonorable and not what she wanted.
"This humble subject greets Your Highness!"
Jing Zhe also stepped forward and said in a muffled voice.
Su Mochen gave Jing Zhe the biggest surprise.
Moreover, the surprise outweighed the joy.
First, he underwent a dramatic gender transformation, and then he turned from a nobody into a phoenix. Luckily, he had a strong mental fortitude; otherwise, most people would have been terrified.
Su Mochen looked at him, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "No need for formalities, Young Master Jing Zhe!"
The last four words were pronounced heavily, as if the speaker was gritting their teeth.
The four then prepared to go up the mountain.
Actually, Liu Jinghong wanted to leave with Jing Zhe; she had many questions to ask. However, judging from Su Mochen's eyes, she seemed to feel the same way.
Just as she was hesitating, Lu Li took her hand and walked ahead.
Jing Zhe and Su Mochen lagged behind.
"Jing Zhe? Heh, you've been lying to me for so long, Young Master Kun!"
Su Mochen stomped hard on the rocks beneath his feet, as if stepping on Jing Zhe's face, and said through gritted teeth.
"How can you say I'm deceiving anyone? Ah Kun is just my pen name."
Jing Zhe shook his head, unconvinced.
"pen name?"
"hold head high."
Jing Zhe said seriously, "In my hometown, if you write something, you need a pen name. My name, A-Kun, is already considered pretty good. Some people even use food as pen names, like Banana, Pork Knuckle, Potato Tomato, and so on!"
"..."
The pen name was strange enough, but to use food as a pen name? Especially the ones Jing Zhe mentioned, Su Mochen had never even heard of them.
Before, Su Mochen might have believed it, given the many strange things that had happened to Jing Zhe. However, after the current "name deception" incident, his trust in Jing Zhe plummeted, and he no longer dared to trust him easily.
She snorted coldly again: "If your fourth sister hadn't come here, how long would you have kept lying to me? If I had returned to Jingzhou first and only remembered the name A-Kun, it would have been difficult to find you later!"
At this point, Su Mochen became even more furious. He stopped walking, turned around, and stared intently at Jing Zhe, wanting to hear his explanation.
Jing Zhe remained completely unfazed, sneering repeatedly: "Your Highness, according to you, if my fourth sister hadn't come, I would never have known you were a princess! You say I'm lying to you, but haven't you been lying to me as well?"
After a pause, Jing Zhe put his hands on his hips, looking very angry: "And you didn't just lie to me this time. Weren't you lying to me when you disguised yourself as a man before? Weren't you lying to me when you said your name was Chen Mo? There's an old saying that once is enough, twice is enough, but three times is not enough. Well, you lied to me three times! I wouldn't have said anything, but you're the one who's accusing me first! What, you officials are allowed to set fires, but we common people aren't allowed to light lamps?"
"..."
Jing Zhe was very good at using one's own words against one's own, and this rebuttal was brilliant. Su Mochen remained silent for a long time after hearing it, unable to respond.
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