The wind outside the pavilion was sunny, but Mu Huaiqian turned his head with the feeling of looking at death.

However, not only behind him, but even further away, there were no people at all.

Mu Huaiqian almost jumped out of his chest and fell back to his chest. It turned out that it was a false alarm. Mu Huaiqian suddenly turned his head, but saw that the little princess Taohua, who had looked extremely serious, had buried her face in her arms, and her shoulders were shaking. Mu Huaiqian's mood was extremely complicated at this time. He really wanted to beat up the little princess Taohua and said, "Princess, why are you lying to me?"

Hearing this, Ji Zishan showed half of her bright cheeks, and her eyebrows were bent: "You have been so nervous since you came into the pavilion. I just talk to you. I'm not sending you to the guillotine. You are always restrained. So, I'm just kidding, wanting you to relax."

"...I'm still relaxing, I was almost scared to death by you." Mu Huaiqian stroked his chest with lingering fear. After being frightened, his nerves finally stopped tense. Mu Huaiqian dared to complain about Ji Zishan in a casual tone. In the past, he only dared to think about it in his heart.

Ji Zishan said softly, "Don't worry, I touched your hand just now, you will be mine in the future. Even if my little brother sees it, you don't have to be afraid, I will protect you."

Mu Huaiqian had a green face and had a match with the bean paste bun, and muttered in a difficult tone: "...it should be that you are my talent, right?"

Ji Zishan had very good ears. In response to Mu Huaiqian's muttering and retorting, she only stretched out a small white claw, shook it at him and waved it again and again, and coaxed her softly: "Oh, do you want to touch it again?"

Mu Huaiqian looked vigilant and glanced around the pavilion first. Then he held Ji Zishan's little hand with great courage, touched and rubbed it twice, and quickly threw it away and showed a serious attitude of intercommunication: "Well, I've finished touching it."

Ji Zishan laughed and complained: "What a coward."

Mu Huaiqian swept through the surrounding environment again, then reached out and twisted Ji Zishan's nose, and whispered in a friendly tone: "Little bad guy, I was almost scared to death by you just now." Hun'er was almost scared away, okay? After thinking about it, Mu Huaiqian still emphasized seriously, "Princess, before getting married, we should abide by etiquette, otherwise..."

Ji Zishan groaned and said, "Are you afraid of being treated as a frivolous prodigal son?"

Mu Huaiqian nodded honestly and said, "Yes." When a man and a woman are suspected of being privately taught each other, whether the woman is not aware of the prosecution or the man is frivolous or erratic, this requires a specific analysis of the situation. For example, if he and the little princess of Taohua were seen by the fifth prince just now, it must be that he was called a shameless and frivolous person, and maybe he would have to be slapped two big mouths.

"Okay, keep your distance." Ji Zishan shook her head and then picked up the teacup and said, "Well, she told Mu Huaiqian that it was already done. Mu Huaiqian can still maintain rationality, very good, very good."

At the same time, Dingguo Duke's Mansion.

In the main courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, Duke Ding was wearing a homely purple-red spring dress. At this moment, he was sitting next to the bed with a sad face. In a moment, a maid's message sounded outside the door: "The third young master is here."

The Duke of Ding quickly calmed his expression and looked up at the door. After a while, a long handsome boy walked in. He was wearing a long robe embroidered with bat patterns in the sea water and a jade-laced ribbon tied with jade. The boy was born with beautiful eyes and a bookish aura. It was Ning Yuze, the third son of the Duke of Ding's Mansion. When the Duke of Ding saw his youngest son coming, the Duke of Ding hurriedly waved with a smile: "Brother Ze, come and sit."

Ning Yuze saluted his mother first, then sat on the other side of the couch and asked in a warm voice: "Is there anything wrong with my mother asking her child to come?"

The Duke of Dingguo's expression was slightly hesitant. After a while, he spoke slowly and said in a gentle voice: "Brother Ze, you are about to be seventeen years old and you are at the age of starting a family. In a while, my mother will hold a flower viewing banquet in the mansion and invite some famous Shuxiu to visit. Then..."

Ning Yuze was listening quietly and meekly. When the Duke of Dingguo mentioned that he wanted to hold a flower-welfare, he suddenly turned pale and said incredibly shocked: "No...no, mother, didn't you say that I can marry a princess cousin in the future? Why..." Why did he suddenly change his mind? Ning Yuze guessed with a nervous expression, "Is it because I haven't passed the Jinshi exam this time?"

Seeing that his son looked unresolved and panic, Duke Dingguo hurriedly comforted him: "No, no."

The youngest son has always been excellent in his studies, but this time he was not named. This is naturally a pity. She knew that after her son failed the exam, he was in a bad mood. At this time, he shouldn't have mentioned this matter again, which made him feel worse. But his son is about to be seventeen years old, so how can he keep going on with his marriage? He always has to make it clear.

"Why is that?" Ning Yuze asked impatiently.

A long time ago, whenever he went to the palace to go to school, his mother would remind him to study and practice martial arts well in the palace, get closer to the princess' cousin and play with her more. The princess' cousin was as cute as a flower, lively and cute as he loved her. As he grew up, his mother quietly mentioned to him that Ning Mansion was the home of the Empress Dowager, and he was the cousin of the princess, and he was also the love of childhood sweethearts. As long as he was excellent in his studies, he would be able to get along with the princess' cousin...

He was willing to be with his princess cousin for the rest of his life, so he studied hard while waiting for her to grow up.

But why did the words from my mother's mouth suddenly change?

In Ning Yuze's unacceptable gaze, the wife of Dingguo pulled the veil in her hand and explained in a low voice: "Brother Ze, you heard from your mother that the Queen Mother and Your Majesty both saw you well, but... the princess was unwilling, and her mother and your grandmother had begged in the palace. The queen mother said--the princess was reluctant, and she could not force the princess to marry."

"When did this happen?" Ning Yuze calmed down and asked calmly.

The wife of Dingguo Duke said with a kind face, "It was last spring. At that time, my mother thought that the princess was still young and might have room for improvement. She also wanted to refer to the autumn examination in the next half year. My mother didn't want to disturb your thoughts, so she never mentioned it to you..." As she said that, she sighed softly before continuing, "This delay has come to this point. During this period, when my mother entered the palace, the queen mother did not mention a word or half... Brother Ze, don't think about the princess, mother chooses a good girl for you."

Ning Yuze frowned and said, "The princess said, why didn't she want to?"

"I heard from the Empress Dowager that the princess only treats you as her brother, and there is no other meaning." The wife of Dingguo Duke twisted the handkerchief in her hand, and said with a slight annoyance, "The princess has no eyes to recognize gold and jade. Could it be that my son can't marry a virtuous wife?" Anyway, the Ning family is the empress dowager's mother's family and the uncle's family. With this relationship, most famous families want to marry the Ning family.

The wife of Dingguo looked at her silent young son, gently held his hand, and whispered to comfort her: "Brother Ze, your age is extremely delayed. Follow my mother's words, let's choose another marriage. As for the princess... just think she is a sister." Although she was a little angry that the princess looked down on her son, she did not have the courage to turn against the princess. The princess is the bead in the palm of the queen mother and his majesty. If she resented the princess, wouldn't she be an enemy of the royal family? She has not lost her mind yet.

After hearing the earnest words of the Duke of Dingguo's wife, Ning Yuze replied stubbornly: "No."

The wife of the Duke of Dingguo was shocked and hurriedly said, "Brother Ze, the princess is not an ordinary girl. You are not allowed to do anything randomly. If one of them is not done well, it will make the Ning family and the royal family get along with each other." If the youngest son dares to cause such a big disaster, I am afraid that her husband will not spare the young son.

Ning Yuze's heart was ups and downs, but he replied: "Don't worry, mother, my son is responsible."
Chapter completed!