There were dangers lurking everywhere among the collapsed forests, and the bumpy roads made it very difficult for people to walk.

"Look, there seems to be a secret passage here."

After walking for two days on such a desolate road, my feet were rubbed by the falling snow and blisters formed. This is originally a desolate mountain, and the inside of the mountain is even more barren. You can't see a single person, and even flying birds and walking animals are only seen occasionally.

Of course, the one or two that occasionally appeared were caught by people and eaten. Without the occasional calls of animals, this mountain seemed even more desolate.

Of course, after nearly two days of carpet search, not to mention Luo Xuening, even those rough guards were secretly complaining. At this moment, they looked at the secret passage with joy in their eyes.

"Master, Miss Luo, I am willing to go and explore the way."

A joyful voice was heard, and the person who spoke was An Weijing.

Last time, he was saved by Long Moshun and finally got his life back. After that, he actually thought a lot. As a secret guard, he knew the gap between himself and others, so he was more willing to seize every opportunity to train himself.

In the past, he thought that strength was related to talent and physical fitness. Now, he is more willing to study hard and practice diligently. Without the talent, he will be the slow bird that flies first.

Therefore, during the carpet-style, high-intensity search over the past two days, An Weijing was the only one who did not complain at all.

Long Mosun noticed his efforts and energy. In the past, he did not believe in An Weijing's ability and never assigned him any important tasks. It was only because this man had followed him since he was a child and was loyal enough that he was able to use him easily.

For the secret guards, Long Moshun values ​​their loyalty more than their martial arts skills.

"Okay, go ahead."

Long Moxun said in a deep voice. He was willing to give An Weijing a chance to perform. At the same time, having such an An Wei could also serve as a spur to others.

"yes."

The joy in An Weijing's eyes was beyond words. He nodded heavily, and with a quick move, he entered the secret passage.

Not long after, An Weijing came out of the secret passage. His head was black and his face was covered with a layer of carbon ash. It seemed that he had suffered a lot in the secret passage. However, his eyes were bright, revealing a bit of stubbornness and joy.

"My Lord, Miss Luo, there really is a secret passage inside. Following the secret passage, there is an underground river. There is a village over there. It looks quite desolate, but when I went to check, I found tobacco, so there must be people living inside."

Long Moxun was delighted and said, "Go and take a look."

In order to avoid being seen, Long Mosun only brought five secret guards with him on this trip, all of whom were needed for daily tasks. Among them, the weakest was Secret Guard Jing. However, there were also open and secret struggles among the Secret Guards. Seeing that Long Mosun now attached so much importance to Secret Guard Jing, everyone felt a little dissatisfied and had to follow him awkwardly.

Luo Xuening took a look and saw that there was no obvious struggle between the secret guards. She raised her lips slightly and approached Long Moxun: "Prince, I can't tell, but you are good at controlling your subordinates."

Long Moxun raised his eyebrows, with a hint of pride in his eyes: "From now on, you should learn more. I will leave our palace to you to manage."

From the day he confirmed his thoughts, he had been silently planning that the palace would be handed over to Luo Xuening for management in the future, and his palace would only have one mistress forever.

As for ascending the throne in the future, it would be natural that the princess would become his empress, and there would always be only one such intelligent woman in his harem.

Luo Xuening remained silent. It was still uncertain what would happen in the future. She did not think that she had the qualifications to become Long Moshun's legitimate princess. At least now, this assumption was not true.

"What's wrong with you? Don't you believe me?"

Long Moxun was dissatisfied with Luo Xuening's attitude of ignoring him, and when he became unhappy, he called her "King".

"My Lord, I don't disbelieve you."

Luo Xuening's voice sank slightly, and a hint of disappointment flashed across her eyes. However, this kind of disappointment, in Long Moxun's eyes, made him inexplicably nervous.

He was afraid that Luo Xue Ning would not believe him. He was also afraid that when he fell completely in love with her and could not live without her, Luo Xue Ning would not dare to face her feelings for various reasons.

"Then why do you have such an attitude? Don't you want to marry me? Or are you worried about the emperor?"

Long Mosun turned Luo Xuening's body over and looked directly at her. He cared about every slight frown of hers and her hidden thoughts.

He just wanted her answers.

"The latter."

Luo Xue Ning uttered two words, and Long Moxun finally breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his lips slightly, with a bit of complacency: "If you are worried about the latter, then you are really thinking too much. After returning, I will ask my father for permission. The only princess of Prince Jing's Mansion can only be you."

"Do you think it's possible, Lord?"

Luo Xuening didn't want to ruin Long Moshun's interest for nothing. She was not such a boring person. It's just that she was not that optimistic about their relationship.

Last time, at the palace banquet, the words of warning from Emperor Nan Shao were still fresh in her ears. In an imperial society, the ones who were dissatisfied with her happened to be the people who held the highest power.

Moreover, even if Emperor Nan Shao had no opinion towards her, Luo Xuening would not think that Long Moshun's marriage could be decided by him.

If Long Moxun wants to inherit the throne from Emperor Nan Shao, his marriage must be matched with the corresponding power. Once marriage is tied to interests, there is no such thing as true love.

Luo Xuening didn't disbelieve Long Moxun, but she didn't dare to rely on a man for her whole life.

She loved him, so she was willing to go through fire and water for him, but she had to think about herself.

This is also her most contradictory point, but she will not say these words explicitly. Long Moshun should see it more clearly than her.

"Hey, it seems that you still don't believe me."

Long Moxun sighed, his eyes filled with resentment. The loss he unintentionally revealed made Luo Xuening's heart tighten, and she almost spoke out to comfort him.

However, she knew very well that Long Moshun was sincere to her now. If he was willing to marry her, he would naturally plan this matter. If he was not willing, he would just talk about it, and she would just leave it at that.

Her love allowed her to selflessly follow him to the place where crouching tigers and hidden dragons were, but her dignity did not allow her to ask a man for a promise.

Because, if a man really loves you, these promises will definitely not be just talk.

"You are so cruel."

Long Moxun felt helpless, but he held Luo Xuening tightly in his hands, fearing that she would really leave.

"When I return to the palace, I will ask my father to arrange a marriage for me. He is not such a heartless person, otherwise, he would not allow me to go out to look for my mother this time. If you are worried about other things, then there is no need to worry. Since I want to seize the throne, I have never thought of using marriage as a way to win over others. I do not need and hate such practices. A woman cannot maintain any interest relationship at all. This is my promise to you, whether it is now or in the future."

Luo Xuening understood how much sincerity was contained in these words. Long Moshun was really planning for their future.

Luo Xue Ning stopped making trouble, her expression became more relaxed, and she said with a slight smile, "I know."

Long Moxun glanced at her with a hint of doting in his eyes: "You have no conscience. You dare to get angry with me even though you know it's happening."

Luo Xuening raised her lips, a sly look flashed in her eyes: "If I was so obedient every day, wouldn't it be very boring?"

Long Moxun stroked her hair, his lips curled up slightly; "But you seem to have never been obedient."

Luo Xuening laughed, is she that bad?

"Then it depends on your performance."

She raised her head and looked at Long Moxun with her clear eyes fearlessly.

The cunning look in her eyes made Long Moxun fascinated. He reached out and touched the tip of her nose. "I will train you well in the future."

"no."

Luo Xuening refused as a matter of course: "You have such a bad temper, of course you want me to discipline you."

Long Moxun frowned: "Do I really have such a bad temper?"

Luo Xuening threw him a look, letting him understand for himself: "Prince, please don't forget how you treated me before. The first time, you watched me die without saving me, leaving me lying there injured and bleeding. The second time, you beat me to death when I refused to help you, and even injured me. Later, I helped you investigate the case, and I suffered a lot from your cold eyes and bullying. Tell me, your temper has become so bad, which woman can stand you? Tell me, why were you so bad to me at that time? With your temper, do you need me to discipline you?"

Luo Xue Ning gently poked Long Moxun's chest with her fingertips, causing his chest to vibrate violently. Long Moxun was scolded by her and broke out in cold sweat.

If he had known at the beginning that Luo Xuening was such a vengeful woman, he really would not have dared to treat her like that.

"Yes, yes, you are right. I do have a bad temper. I will correct it in front of you in the future."

Long Moxun raised his hands in surrender, he was really afraid of this woman.

That was in the past. Ask yourself, does he still dare to lose his temper with Luo Xuening now? Of course not. He must hold the future princess in his hands and protect her.

"Um."

Luo Xuening raised her eyebrows, a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You are very sensible. If you try to hide from me like this again, I will not let you off."

"Yes, yes, I dare not, I dare not..."

Long Mosun surrendered and could only nod his head in agreement in front of Luo Xuening.

Luo Xuening then glanced at him with satisfaction; "This young man is teachable."

Long Moxun breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, let's go first. Be careful, there are potholes on the road."

Hearing these gentle words, the secret guards trembled three times and looked at each other in disbelief. Oh my God, is this still their prince? The prince who is so cruel in front of outsiders is just a little cat in front of Miss Luo. Isn't the contrast too big?

Please wake me up, this is definitely not our aloof prince, I, I, I didn’t hear anything.

The guards secretly complained, but their prince was not the one who cared about so many things. He was now concentrating on coaxing the girl.

Sweet words simply fell on deaf ears, it was so disgusting, the secret guards held their breath, dug all the way, and finally found the exit.

Finally, I don't have to endure the vicious words from my own prince anymore. It feels so good to be out.

The secret guards came out and let their ears, which had been damaged by their own prince, have a good rest before they dared to disturb the prince's love talk time.

"My Lord, Miss Luo, we have found a way out, come here quickly."

When Luo Xue Ning heard this, she was delighted and ran forward in small steps, leaving the prince with a puzzled look on his face. What was wrong with what he said? That girl doesn't like to hear sweet words. Well, Ning'er, you must be shy.

If Luo Xue Ning heard Long Moxun's criticism at this moment, she would definitely open her eyes wide in surprise and express helplessness, "My Prince, it's true that girls like to hear sweet words, but please don't keep talking, I will be nervous."

Coming out of the dark secret passage, Luo Xuening rubbed her sore eyes. What she saw before her eyes was a paradise on earth.

Women and children are weaving and farming here, while the elderly are lying under the eaves of their homes, watching everything with contentment.

The scene before her eyes was so desirable that Luo Xuening took a step forward, but was grabbed by Long Moxun, who spoke nervously.

"careful."

"What's wrong?"

"Look, that woman is walking lightly."

Long Moxun pointed at a woman who was carrying water. The weight of two buckets of water did not seem to be a problem for her. Her steps were brisk, as if she was not carrying any weight at all.

Luo Xuening glanced at him in surprise, and when she caught a glimpse of Long Moxun's solemn expression, she accidentally thought of something wrong.

"You mean, they're not human."

Long Moxun turned around and looked at her in surprise. Finally, he couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand and touched Luo Xuening's head: "Little fool, who said they are not human? What are you thinking?"

The dark guards tried their best to hold back their laughter. Suddenly, Luo Xue Ning became the target of everyone's teasing. She rolled her eyes at Long Mo Xun and said, "What did you mean by what you just said?"

It was rare for Long Moxun to see Luo Xuening so confused. He tried hard to hold back his laughter, but he couldn't help laughing. After a while, he said with a smile: "They, regardless of gender, age or status, all have martial arts skills."