The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 49 He has no other choice

Xu Rongrong endured the pain all over her body and got up to put on her makeup.

Mu Qianyin watched from the side, grinning involuntarily. "If you're not feeling well, don't go. It's the same if you come with me to pay your respects tomorrow when you're feeling better. The Queen Mother has never valued these empty formalities. During her time in the palace, she only allowed us to visit her on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month."

Xu Rongrong said with a gentle smile, "I was granted marriage by the Emperor at the Qixi Festival banquet. I haven't seen the Empress since then. Now that I have the opportunity, I should pay my respects."

Xu Rongrong was half-niece-in-law of the Queen, so it was reasonable for her to pay a visit now, so Mu Qianyin stopped stopping her.

After Xu Rongrong finished washing up, she stood in front of Mu Qianyin, a graceful and elegant lady, making her exclaim in admiration: "Brother Rong is so lucky!"

The two of them headed towards the main tent.

It was time for dinner, and the palace maids around the main tent were busy shuttling back and forth.

The Crown Princess and the Second Empress haven't arrived yet.

Mu Qianyin pointed to the red tent not far away and said, "That's the Queen Mother's tent."

He pointed to another yellow-roofed tent and said, "That's Father's tent."

Xu Rongrong nodded.

In the blink of an eye, Mu Rong and Crown Prince Wu Tianao came out of the emperor's tent together, talking about something as they walked.

Wu Tianao spoke in a cheerful voice. He smiled and patted Mu Rong. "Brother Rong, you have a plan. Just now, you suggested to father that we split into two camps tomorrow, the royal family and the military commanders. This is much more interesting than the two-person team in previous years. And father actually listened to you and no longer insisted on going into battle himself. I think your words are still effective! In previous years, when I saw father go into battle himself, I was really worried that he would fall... But brother Rong, you have to join our royal family team tomorrow. You know us brothers well. Except for my third brother who can barely stand up, the rest of us are definitely no match for those reckless men..."

Wu Tianao spoke loudly, but Xu Rongrong could not hear a word he said. Instead, she stared at Mu Rong with her eyes: He... actually changed the rules of the competition.

Mu Rong also saw Xu Rongrong. He showed a hint of surprise at first, but quickly calmed down.

He raised his hand to stop the prince from chattering and strode towards Xu Rongrong.

"Why are you here?" Mu Rong smiled gently, his tone normal, but only he knew how panicked he was at that moment.

Xu Rongrong stared at him, her eyes like sharp arrows as if she could see through him.

Seeing that she was silent, Mu Qianyin answered for her, "I went to visit Sister Rong this afternoon and told her about tomorrow's competition. I was so excited about it that I forgot to pay my respects to the Queen Mother. Coincidentally, Sister Rong also wanted to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, so I brought her along."

After listening to her, Mu Rong smiled and nodded, looking at Xu Rongrong tenderly: "Rongrong is so thoughtful, I will go with you."

He stood beside Xu Rongrong with his right hand behind his back, feeling mixed emotions.

He knew that Xu Rongrong must be thinking about her past life.

She was a calm and non-confrontational person, so it was impossible for her to come to see the Queen for no reason. She must be trying to use the Queen to dissuade His Majesty from participating in the Palace Hunting Competition tomorrow. Unexpectedly, her idea was the same as mine.

She used her relationship with the royal family to directly dissuade the emperor, but she arrived a step too late.

But it was this late step that made the doubts that he had finally dispelled from her heart after enduring for a while in Fanlou come back again.

At this moment, he was truly surprised and delighted, with mixed emotions. He was surprised because in his previous life, she had not participated in the Southern Suburbs Hunting and did not know the reason behind it, but she could keenly perceive the direction of the situation from a few words from others.

The good news is that although she died at the hands of the royal family in her previous life, she was still willing to save innocent people with her own strength.

But how should he face her?

He couldn't let Xu Rongrong know the truth that they were both reborn. Once she knew the truth, he would no longer be able to pretend nothing happened, and she would definitely part ways with him.

The six words "Never again shall we meet in this life or death" kept echoing in his ears, and he would never let it become reality.

"Why doesn't Rongrong leave?" Mu Rong asked.

Xu Rongrong was also feeling very confused at this moment.

Is he Mu Rong from his previous life?!

But how could it be?

Hadn't he already verified it? He could eat Yunhua Cake, and he didn't know Duan Chuanchao.

But today...what happened?

Her mind was suddenly filled with a thousand thoughts.

The hands hidden under the sleeves were shaking uncontrollably.

Who is he...?

"Rongrong, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Mu Rong asked.

"I suddenly feel a little tired. I want to go back to the tent first and pay a visit to the Queen another day." It was meaningless to pay a visit to the Queen at this time, so she turned around and left.

Mu Rong looked at her back, and a sour feeling welled up in his heart.

He was a martial artist, and he could see her trembling body at a glance, and he could also sense her unstable breathing.

He could sense the girl's anxiety and panic, just like himself. She must be afraid, afraid of his entanglement.

But she really wanted to know the truth, only in this way could she find a way to get rid of herself.

But no matter what emotion she was in, it was all to escape from herself.

Haha... Looking at her lonely back, he didn't feel sad for himself at all.

He just felt heartbroken.

If he hadn't made so many mistakes in his previous life, why would she be so entangled in this life?

He hurt her so badly in his previous life, how could he expect her to trust him again in this life?

Confessions without trust are nothing but a pile of loose sand before the trial of death.

He sighed and followed.

Xu Rongrong tried hard to restrain herself in order to remain calm.

But after returning to the tent and closing the door without saying a word, she slowly sat down as if she had lost all strength.

As soon as he arrived at the tent door, he isolated Mu Rong outside, and his heart was filled with endless sorrow.

If he were given another chance, he would still give advice to the emperor.

This hunting in the previous life changed the fate of too many people. Xu Rongrong didn't know the truth, but he was the one who experienced the whole process.

Recalling that day, the Crown Prince was drawn to be on the same team as Liao Feng, General of the Southern Camp. Liao Feng accidentally shot the Emperor's mount, causing him to fall. Although rescue was timely and the Emperor was not seriously injured, what a serious matter it was to have an emperor fall from his horse!

In the end, General Liao was dismissed from office and exiled, and his entire family died on the way to the border.

The Crown Prince was also implicated and confined to the Eastern Palace for six months. Upon his return, the Second Prince had largely taken over the reins of power. A year later, a murder occurred in the Second Prince's residence. The incident involved a brawl between two of the Prince's retainers, sparked by a dispute over his favor. One of them was beaten to death. While seemingly a simple murder, its subsequent developments were truly shocking. After the murderer's imprisonment, his home was raided, and officers discovered a secret letter linking him to the Second Prince and Liao Feng.

The letter described how they planned to disturb the emperor's mount during a hunt and put the blame on the crown prince; it also described how, after the plan was accomplished, the second prince would help General Liao and his family fake their own deaths and escape; the second prince also promised that after he ascended the throne in the future, he would reinstate General Liao and grant him the title of first-rank military marquis.

The emperor hated brothers fighting each other the most in his life. The second prince even attacked his own father in order to frame his brother, which was an unforgivable act.

Although the second prince cried out that he was innocent, everything was settled after Liao Feng was captured and brought back from Jiangnan.

Eventually, the Second Prince was demoted to a commoner and died of illness while imprisoned. The Crown Prince became frightened and suspicious of his brothers, even plotting to kill them.

Everything stemmed from this hunt, and the real mastermind behind it all was the Fourth Prince, Wu Tianqi.

He did not have the emperor's favor like the crown prince, nor the powerful maternal family like the second prince, nor the talent like the third prince or the knowledge like the sixth prince, but he knew how to exploit everyone's weaknesses.

He hid in the prince's camp, instigated the prince and the second prince to fight each other, then took advantage of the third prince's weakness to force him to raise an army, and finally used conspiracy to get rid of the sixth prince. He killed all the princes for the throne. The Great Zhou was weakened by internal strife and had no peace surrounded by powerful enemies.

He couldn't let this matter go, even if it would rekindle Xu Rongrong's suspicion of him.