Marquis Mu touched her little face, whispering, "Xin He, I’m not going to give you the chance to leave me, not even a little bit."
Xin He had been sleeping lightly, and it seemed that his movements woke her up. With sleep in her eyes, she opened her eyes before clearly seeing the person in front of her and asked, "Are you back?"
Marquis Mu straightened the messy hair on her forehead: "Why did you fall asleep on the couch?"
"I wanted to wait for you. I got sleepy while waiting. Have you eaten? I was angry in the morning, but after a day, I had forgotten all about it. I was only concerned that you hadn’t eaten when you left."
"I have eaten." Marquis Mu felt a warmth in his heart. He had never felt this kind of home warmth since he was a child. Coming home to someone waiting for him, someone who cared if he had eaten, was an experience he had never had.
The first day of their marriage was good, indeed.
"Xin He, we will leave tomorrow." Marquis Mu said.
Xin He nodded her head: "I know." Then she sat up, hugging his arm and said, "Whether I go with you sooner or later is fine."
Marquis Mu smiled: "Indeed, as long as we are together, it doesn’t matter where we go."
"Marquis Mu, will we ever come back?" Xin He suddenly asked.
The smile on Marquis Mu’s face faded a bit as he stroked her cheek: "If we ever do come back, something big must have happened."
Xin He felt a sudden chill in her heart. He didn’t say it, but she understood. The only possibility was that he was leading troops to attack the Capital.
"Xin He, don’t think too much about it. I will be there for you no matter what, protecting you okay?" Marquis Mu whispered.
"Okay." Xin He nodded, resting her head on his arm, "With you by my side, I’m not afraid of anything." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
The night outside was pitch black, and even if they looked up, there was no light to be seen. With him by her side, she was not afraid of anything. Everything had changed. They were now husband and wife, two inseparable individuals, facing any situation together.
And she liked this feeling.
Xin He gently lifted the corners of her mouth. Yes, this was good.
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Early the next day, the entire Xiang mansion was bustling with activity, packing up things, preparing to evacuate the capital.
Apart from a team of secret guards that Marquis Mu took with him, the rest of the Household staff were either sold or left at home to guard the mansion. His luggage was minimal, making Xin He doubt whether this was his home or just a temporary post station he was staying in!
It was the few servants carrying out boxes of books that Xin He found surprising: "You read books?"
Marquis Mu pinched her little face, "What else? What do you see me as? A psychopath who only knows how to kill?"
Xin He laughed: "Your reputation in the capital is so impressive that I almost forgot that you used to be a scholarly youth."
By all rights, he should be considered a scholar. But he doesn’t have the slightest bit of scholarly atmosphere about him. The only time he seemed a bit scholarly was back in the small countryside of Yang Luo Wan, where his sharp edges were somewhat subdued. Dressed in coarse clothes and seeing only his handsome face, he really looked like a scholar.
Not only Xin He tends to forget, the people in the capital, whether courtiers or common folk, probably also tend to forget. After all, how could a person with such a domineering and ruthless reputation fit with the refined temperament of a scholar?
"What are all these books? So many of them." Xin He couldn’t help but ask.
"All kinds. The Four Books and the Five Classics, military books, or martial arts secrets." Marquis Mu said indifferently.
Xin He nodded her head, touching her chin: "No wonder."
No wonder this man was so disgustingly powerful. He had been learning so many things since he was a child. Wasn’t he tired?!
Marquis Mu raised an eyebrow, "Otherwise? How do you think I passed the imperial examination?"
Xin He couldn’t help laughing: "You now seem like a spoiled little boy who’s showing off after receiving a piece of candy."
Marquis Mu touched his nose and realized it was the first time he had been ’showing off’ because of his scholarly youth status.
In fact, not only others but even he himself had forgotten. He was once a scholar.
Heh.
"I’m curious, how can a person like you bear to read the Four Books and the Five Classics? Don’t you find them boring?" Xin He wondered.
A man so incompatible with the temperament of a scholar, yet managed to become a scholarly youth at the age of sixteen, the two people above him were only there because they cheated their way in by being nobles!
Marquis Mu nonchalantly said, "There’s no book I can’t bear to read."
Ever since he was a child, his one and only goal had been to take revenge and take back everything that belonged to him, but with his current status being a commoner, the only way to get involved in the politics was through studying. Ten years of hard study for overnight success, he felt it was worth it.
Just as they were talking, Ling Feng walked in and said, "Master, everything is ready, can we set off now?"
Marquis Mu put down the teacup in his hand, "Let’s go."
He then took Xin He’s hand and left.
Outside, a hundred secret guards were lined up on both sides, walking next to a horse carriage, the luxurious carriage in the middle was especially conspicuous.
Ling Feng asked: "Master, do you want to ride a horse or take the carriage?"
Marquis Mu directly helped Xin He into carriage: "No need to prepare a horse."
"Yes!"
All the secret guards around could feel their eyelids twitching. Although they tried to maintain their composure, their hearts were already stirred. They had always heard that their master spoiled his wife excessively, but today, they got to see it for themselves.
The master used to hate riding in a carriage, it was slow and boring. But with his wife around, the default mode of transportation had become a carriage.
Xin He noticed the stares from the people around and could not help but blush. "I should learn how to ride a horse in the future, it’s strange for you to accompany me in the carriage."
Marquis Mu lifted his lip: "You don’t have to wait for the future. I can teach you while we’re on the road."
Xin He shook her head vigorously, "No thanks!"
With all the people around watching, how could she dare?!
The carriage started slowly, and the common people on the side of the road once again crowded around to see them off. It’s not so much that they couldn’t bear to see Marquis Mu leave. After all, according to the formal definition, he was a ’traitor’ and wasn’t popular among the people.
The key was that he, in any case, was a top figure in the capital. When such a big figure suddenly decided to leave the capital, naturally, it stirred up a lot of attention, and people came to watch.
But no one could guess the real reason behind this.
When the carriage got to the city gate.
They saw the carriages and horses of Le Yuanhou mansion already waiting there. Xin He saw her father from afar and jumped out of the carriage when they got there, "Dad, why are you here?"
Le Yuanhou’s old eyes were somewhat red: "Now that you’re leaving, I don’t know when I’ll see you again. Naturally, I had to come and see you off. Your grandmother is not feeling well, so she didn’t come. She wanted me to check on you."
There was a warmth in Xin He’s heart: "Thank you, dad."
"Take good care of yourself, and remember what I said before, don’t let yourself feel wronged." Le Yuanhou looked at Marquis Mu and said solemnly.
Xin He hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "Dad, remember one thing I said."
"What is it?"
"Beware of Lady Sun." Xin He said in a low voice.
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