Chapter 68 Southern Emperor and Northern King

While Gu Anxian was upset about being given a marriage, Yan Li and Mu Cang were having a relaxing and happy lunch at Jiuwang Mansion.

The lunch was very rich, most of which were Yan Li’s favorite flavors.

The people of the Southern Kingdom have strong tastes and do not like spicy food. Although Yan Li has been taught by the emperor since she was a child, she cannot easily show her preferences to others and cannot have any preferences in food. However, spicy food is generally eaten in the Southern Kingdom, so she has no dietary habits. Not much different.

Today, spicy food is the main dish on the dining table in Jiuwang Mansion.

Yan Li looked at the dazzling array of meat and vegetable dishes, and bright red chili peppers were floating on almost every dish.

After a moment of silence, she raised her eyes and looked at Mu Cang: "Do you like spicy food?"

"I can do it." Mu Cang's voice was low, and there seemed to be special emotions hidden in his deep pupils, "Do you like it? If you don't like it, I will have it removed and redone."

The corners of Yan Li's lips raised: "That's good."

Although she didn't say anything, she never mentioned it at any other time except that "Emperor of the South and King of the North, Prince of the East and Prince of the West" that the emperor asked Xiao Changhai to bring to him at the beginning of the marriage was like a riddle. What happened to her these days, and where did the huge changes come from.

Mu Cang never asked.

But at this time, she vaguely judged that Mu Cang probably knew her identity, so the reason why he was willing to marry her was that she was not the real Yan Li, but someone else he wanted to marry.

After all, when Xiao Changhai first came to the Ninth Prince's Mansion to convey the imperial edict of marriage, the Ninth Prince clearly refused once, and only changed his mind after hearing those eight words.

Yan Li couldn't help but think of what Mu Cang said last time, and wondered who the girl in his heart was. Was he willing to accept the marriage from the emperor because he guessed her identity, or was there some other reason.

"Is the Ninth Prince willing to believe that there are some unexplainable and mysterious things in this world?" Yan Li looked at Mu Cang, with a cold luster in his dark and clean pupils, "For example, I was completely different from what I am now. temperament?"

Mu Cang nodded slowly: "There are indeed many things in the world that cannot be explained."

Yan Li said: "Why did the prince give me a whip?"

"The whip is very useful. It can be used for self-defense or to teach bad guys a lesson."

Yan Li raised his eyebrows: "Didn't the prince say that I am powerless to restrain a chicken?"

Mu Cang raised the corners of his mouth, and his eyebrows glowed a little softly: "Are you?"

"I have been exercising these days." Yan Li spoke calmly, as if he was explaining the reason why he could knock Mu Wenxuan out with one kick, "Although I cannot be as invincible as the prince, I can teach the disciples a lesson. ”

Mu Cang reached out and rubbed her head with a very natural movement: "It's amazing."

Yan Li paused slightly and slowly looked up at his movements - like praising a child.

She has grown so big that almost no one has touched her head.

Not even her father and mother.

From childhood to adulthood, they treated her as a future king and trained her. Although they loved her, they always maintained the sense of propriety and etiquette expected of an imperial family.

This was the first time a man had made such an intimate move towards her.

"Sorry." Mu Cang narrowed his eyes, "I'm sorry."

Yan Li said it didn't matter, and her eyes fell on his hands. They had long fingers and clear joints. They were very beautiful hands. They looked a bit different from the generals who stayed in the military camp all year round.

In fact, after Mu Cang changed out of his military uniform, he looked different from those tall and thick men. But once he put on his military uniform, the battlefield became his world.

In those years, Yan Li had often heard of Mu Cang's fame, so even in front of Queen Mu, she could say with certainty that the prince was not worthy of being compared with the Ninth Prince.

Of the nine countries in the world, the four people who became famous at a young age are the Southern Emperor and Northern King, the Eastern Monarch and the Western Prince.

Xuanyuan Xihe, the empress of the Southern Kingdom, and Mu Cang, the ninth prince of the Mu Kingdom.

Jimo Han, the king of Yong State, and Feng Xiuyu, the prince of Zhao State.

After coming back to her senses, Yan Li lowered her head to take a bite of food, and her voice returned to its coldness: "I used to hate seeing women competing for power and jealousy. I felt that they were too short-sighted and wasting time. I didn't expect that one day I would be in this situation. ”

Mu Cang frowned: "You didn't."

"there is nothing?"

"There is no need to be jealous of them." Mu Cang said calmly, "They are indeed short-sighted and do meaningless things."

Yan Li raised his eyes, with a smile on his lips: "Ninth Prince."

"Um."

"Who is the woman you like?"

Mu Cang was stunned and pursed his thin lips: "Why do you suddenly ask this question?"

"curious."

"A person who once put me beyond my reach."

Yan Li's heart skipped a beat, she couldn't afford it?

The Ninth Prince of Mu State is such a noble person. He is powerful, arrogant and dignified. There is no one in this world who can make him feel that he cannot reach him...

Yan Li felt a strange throbbing in her heart, but she didn't want to think that she was that person, so she smiled covertly: "There is such a woman in this world, which makes even the ninth prince of Mu country feel that she is too high. Can't afford it?"

"Yes." Mu Cang frowned, as if she was caught in some kind of memory, "She is the most beautiful woman in the world. She has a stunning face, so radiant that she can impress people at a glance. In addition to her stunning appearance, she is also more beautiful. With powerful abilities and extremely noble status... the total of three thousand beautiful women in the world cannot match her beauty."

Yan Li was silent for a long time after hearing this: "Is she as good as you said?"

"have."

Yan Li smiled and locked her eyes with Mu Cang: "Your Highness, you praised another woman so much in front of your fiancée, aren't you worried that I will be dissatisfied?"

Mu Cang was silent, then smiled apologetically: "My fault."

Yan Li didn't say anything else. She finished her lunch in a slightly happy mood and drank a cup of tea. When she was about to get up and say goodbye, she noticed that Mu Cang seemed to frown very briefly.

She was about to distinguish carefully, but saw that his expression had returned to normal, and there was no difference.

Yan Li thought it was an illusion, and didn't think much about it, and quickly said goodbye and left.

Mu Cang only saw her out the door, stood on the stone steps in front of the courtyard, and watched her leave with Nanny An and two maids.

With waves of cramps rolling in his heart, Mu Cang turned and stepped into the palace door, and ordered Mo Yun not to let anyone in, and then closed the door.

However, Yan Li suddenly stopped walking in the front yard. After Nanny An asked, "Princess, what's wrong?", she turned around and walked back the way she came.

Soon she returned to the Liuli Courtyard and saw Mo Yun and several other men in black standing on the corridor. The door was closed. Yan Li felt even more strange: "Guard Mo."

Mo Yun looked at Yan Li in surprise: "Princess, is there anything else?"

Yan Li didn't say anything and walked to the door: "Can I go in?"

Mo Yun was startled and was about to reach out to stop her, but when he met Yan Li's cold eyes, he withdrew his hand: "...Princess, please."