Chapter 72
After dinner, Su Musong and Xiao Luochen took a walk in the mansion to digest the food. The cold winter wind, wrapped in snowflakes, blew towards them, and a chill went straight into their lungs.
“Ahem…”
"It's cold outside, let's go inside."
Although Xiao Luochen's cold had healed, Su Musong couldn't help but worry again when he saw him coughing and thought of the past.
Xiao Luochen shook his head
"I want to walk again. After being imprisoned for over a month, I feel like my legs are getting weaker and weaker. I wonder if it's because I haven't walked for a long time."
Su Musong supported Xiao Luochen. Although he was worried about Xiao Luochen's health, he still comforted him.
"You're just weak. You'll be fine after some rest. I'll ask Chen Qian to come over tomorrow and prescribe a prescription for you. I think you'll be fine."
"Let's wait for another day to prescribe the prescription. Tomorrow I want to go and thank Grand Princess Jingyang and Princess Duanmin, as well as the brothers in the alliance who followed me all the way to Kyoto. I should also give them an explanation. I should also go to Zhongling Mausoleum to pay my respects."
"There's a long way to go, let's take it one step at a time."
"I don't want to stay in Kyoto for too long."
With just this one sentence, Su Musong immediately understood.
Kyoto, where Xiao Luochen grew up, was also a place of sorrow. Xiao Luochen's current state of mind was similar to Su Musong's when he returned from Luzhou. Traces of the past could be seen everywhere in this city; walking around, it felt as if he could see his loved ones.
"Okay, once we've settled the matter in Kyoto, I'll go wherever you want to go."
"I'm afraid there won't be any results for a while, so I plan to leave for a while."
"Okay, whatever you say."
The north wind blew even harder, whistling and blowing up snowflakes, like heavy snow waves that were about to sweep people away.
Xiao Luochen stopped, put his hands to his mouth and blew a few breaths, but it didn't help. He was still very cold. An idea flashed in his mind, and he turned sideways and put his hands into Su Musong's arms. He lifted up Su Musong's clothes, put his hands against his inner clothes, and placed them on Su Musong's chest to keep warm.
"It's still warm here."
"You."
Su Musong smiled and hugged Xiao Luochen in his arms, wrapping him up with his black fox cloak.
"Do you want to keep going?"
"It's too cold, let's go back."
Xiao Luochen said he was going back, but he didn't take any action.
Su Musong glanced at the head buried in his chest, and instantly understood what Xiao Luochen meant. He picked up the person in his arms, used his lightness skills, and after a few jumps, he arrived at Xiao Luochen's residence.
The charcoal fire in the room was burning brightly, and as soon as Xiao Luochen entered the room, he felt as if his whole body had thawed.
It was still early, not yet time to go to bed, so the two of them continued the conversation they had been having while walking.
"What are your plans for the future?"
What Su Musong asked about was naturally the matter of rehabilitation.
"Although the Right Prime Minister has fallen, it will be difficult to move against the Wang family. I am determined to overturn the injustice of that year. If we want to identify the Grand Tutor, we must start with the Right Prime Minister."
"The Empress Dowager saved Li Bocheng as a condition set by the Wang family, implying that the Right Prime Minister should bear all the blame and not implicate the Grand Tutor. Given this, it's unlikely that the Right Prime Minister will be able to testify against the Grand Tutor."
"Xiangping law doesn't provide a provision exempting a person from the grave crime of confiscation of property and extermination of their clan simply because they're a county lord. If the Right Prime Minister had solely taken the blame for the treasonous conspiracy with Qingning, then Li Bocheng wouldn't have been saved. It's just that the case hasn't been fully investigated yet, and the Empress Dowager has forced Li Bocheng to be saved. This has given the Right Prime Minister the illusion that as long as he doesn't involve the Wang family, he can save his son. But if the censors find this loophole and manipulate public opinion, the Empress Dowager will no longer be able to protect Li Bocheng, and the Right Prime Minister will only have the option of testifying against the Grand Tutor to mitigate his guilt."
"The Emperor was able to capture the Right Prime Minister in the enclosure this time, most likely because of the surprise attack. After all, the treason case still lacks solid evidence from Qingning. If we give them a chance to catch their breath, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen."
"In fact, I have sent people to Qingning to investigate over the years. However, not long after the Tusang tribe fought with Xiangping, civil unrest broke out. Their leader was killed, and they split and merged several times. Even though Xiaozhen is capable, he really has no clue what's going on."
Speaking of Ning Zhen, Xiao Luochen's doubts came up again.
"That day in Xizhou City, after Wang Zheng took me away, what did you and Xiaozhen say?"
"Just tell him to hide the news of your detention from Buyi. If we don't return in two months, we will send Buyi to Wanhua Castle. That's all."
"It's exactly as I guessed. But Xiaozhen disappeared for some reason."
"That's strange. He's clearly deeply in love with you, and he doesn't look like the kind of person who would abandon you and run for your life when disaster strikes."
Xiao Luochen was a little surprised. Ning Zhen had been by his side for ten years, but he only knew of Ning Zhen's feelings for him when Ning Zhen confessed his feelings to him before leaving for the alliance. Mu Song had only been in Qingzhu Village for a month, so how could he know?
"Do you see that he is deeply in love with me?"
Su Musong held Xiao Luochen's hand helplessly. The man in front of him was very smart, but he was sometimes slow to realize things when it came to emotions.
"My Lord Alliance Leader, don't you notice that there are two knives hidden in his eyes when he looks at me? If looks could kill, I would have died countless times. I have no past or present grudges against Qingzhu Village, and he is so dashing and unrestrained. Except for him, everyone in the village is friendly to me. What else could possibly be the reason for him to be so hostile to me except you?"
Xiao Luochen recalled it briefly and found that it seemed to be true. He looked at Su Musong's speechless expression and found it interesting. He wanted to tease him and said with a smile:
"Perhaps it's simply because you look hideous."
Hearing this, Su Musong held Xiao Luochen's face with both hands and looked into his eyes.
"Take a good look at this face. Is it hateful?"
Xiao Luochen followed his instructions and looked around carefully. As he looked, a smile appeared on his face, which made Su Musong confused. His cheeks felt a little hot, and he didn't know if it was because the fire was too strong.
"Is there...is there something on my face?"
Xiao Luochen shook his head lightly in denial, took Su Musong's hands that were holding his face, held them in his hands, rubbed his forehead against Su Musong's forehead, and uttered a lazy and gentle
"No, I just think this face is cute."
Then he left a kiss on Su Musong's thin lips. When he returned to his seat, his eyes swept over Su Musong's throbbing Adam's apple, and he couldn't help but lean over and pecked it lightly, then quickly sat down and drank his tea as if nothing had happened.
The two had been frank with each other countless times, but such a simple and intimate act made Su Musong blush inexplicably and his heart beat like a drum.
Su Musong wanted to calm down, but when he looked at Xiao Luochen who was so close to him, his heart started beating faster and faster, and his head felt a little dizzy.
Xiao Luochen had just come out of prison and needed to rest properly. Su Musong knew that he could not stay here any longer, so he had to get up and say goodbye.
"It's...it's late. You...should go to bed early. I'll accompany you to the Grand Princess's residence tomorrow."
After Su Musong finished speaking, without waiting for Xiao Luochen to answer, he took two steps at a time, opened the door, and flew away with his Qinggong.
"Hey... why are you running..."
This time, it was Xiao Luochen's turn to feel baffled. This guy had the nerve to flirt with her in public, and even do such a shameless thing under the covers. How could he have fled after just a simple kiss from him? It made him look like a playboy who had teased a decent girl.
Xiao Luochen closed the door and suddenly remembered that he seemed to be talking about Ning Zhen's whereabouts just now. As a result, the two of them had been playing for a long time and forgot about the important matter.
"Alas, beauty can lead to misleading people..."
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