After hearing Rong Sui's answer, Rong Ming couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He stared at him with blank eyes. In addition to a hint of confusion, there was also a hint of inquiry that could not be concealed.
Rong Sui raised his lips and smiled softly. There seemed to be some deep meaning in the silent and light smile. It seemed light and breezy, but it was endlessly memorable, "Why don't you think about it, Your Highness, He Qinghaiyan of Dongchen Kingdom? Isn't this the best answer for things to be safe and for the people to live in peace?"
Listening to Rong Sui's profound words, Rong Ming couldn't help but have a look of contemplation in his eyes. After a moment, he nodded in realization and sighed: "Being able to manage the Dongchen Kingdom in an orderly manner in just a few years is so impressive. All the officials are sincerely convinced and all the people support him, and they have even raised the Dongchen Kingdom to a new level. No wonder his father's eyes are filled with admiration every time he mentions Emperor Jing Ren. It seems that he is indeed someone not to be underestimated. Character."
He turned to look at Rong Sui, his eyes became a little subtle, as if there was a hint of deep meaning hidden in it, and then changed the subject and said with a smile: "I had known this, when you were with him in Fomalhau, you should have Take the opportunity to make acquaintance with him, it might not be a bad thing for you to be friends with such a person."
Rong Sui took a deep look at him, his eyes suddenly condensed, and his usually harmonious eyebrows now had a "wilful" tendency, appearing solemn and cautious, "Although my brother was young at that time, he also understood a truth. , since he is Dongchen’s prince, he will definitely stand on Dongchen’s side in the future, and my younger brother is Beiming’s prince, so his heart will naturally be towards Beiming. Since we have different positions, how can we be friends?”
Rong Ming was stunned when he heard the words, and his expression suddenly became a little weird. His lips were pursed tightly, as if he was trying his best to suppress the smile in his eyes. When Rong Sui finally noticed the clue, he laughed uncontrollably. Voice.
"Look at your righteous speech. Compared with usual, you are a little less cloudy and a little more smoky. Brother, I am just joking with you. Why do you take it seriously?" Ming laughed as he spoke, his expression looking very happy.
Looking at Rong Ming's brilliant and pure smile, Rong Sui's expression relaxed, his brows and eyes returned to their former warmth, and a faint smile rippled gently from his cheeks. At this moment, the two seemed to have become close friends who had known each other for many years, and the usual sense of distance had disappeared.
Seeing Rong Sui gradually opening up his heart, Rong Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in his heart. He then suppressed a smile and said reproachfully: "There are no outsiders here. It doesn't feel awkward for you to speak to His Royal Highness. Do we, brothers, still need to be so open to each other?"
Rong Sui was silent for a moment and glanced at Rong Ming with an unclear meaning, a light smile on his face. That seemingly casual glance revealed a sense of alienation that could repel people thousands of miles away. "Since ancient times, there have been differences between kings and ministers. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is the heir apparent. How noble is his status? How can a younger brother dare to go beyond the rules?" Indifferent?"
The smile on Rong Ming's face froze slightly, but he still managed to keep the smile on his lips, and said with a wry smile: "My father often said that I am a cautious brother, and he is too disciplined in doing things. He is not as calm and relaxed as you, Lao Qi." , but I didn’t expect you, Lao Qi, to be so cautious in front of my brother.” He paused, his eyes became a little dazed, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes, and he asked faintly: “Brother I don’t understand, what is the seventh brother? Have you become more formal, or are you still brooding about what happened back then?"
Rong Ming's words seemed to touch a sensitive corner of Rong Sui's heart. He immediately calmed down his expression, nodded and lowered his eyebrows and said, "I don't dare, brother."
"If you have a grudge, Brother Wei will not blame you. Brother Wei has been repenting for these years." A touch of sadness quietly spread out from the corners of Rong Ming's eyes and eyebrows, making him look even more lonely and sad. "Back then, you were bullied by them in the palace. If Brother Wei was not too cowardly and did not have the courage to stand up, why would you have left Beiming and wandered alone in a foreign land for nine years? Brother Wei is indeed ashamed. You, it is reasonable for you to resent your brother in your heart."
He closed his eyes sadly, then turned to smile at Rong Sui. The smile was full of self-deprecation, but also contained a touch of unspeakable sadness.
Rong Sui looked at him calmly, with a calm look in his eyes that had seen all the glitz and glamor, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is overly worried. Although my brother has been in Beiluo School for many years, there has been nothing." My friend, I have never been treated badly. Not only can I practice martial arts with a chivalrous man like City Master Shen, I also learned a lot from him and gained a lot of enlightenment."
He looked out the window quietly, and the wind and snow in the sky reflected into his tranquil eyes, but they did not look cold or messy at all. Instead, they had a calm look that had weathered the wind, frost, rain and snow for a long time, which made him not stained by the worldly world. , making people suddenly feel like a spring breeze, like a shining moon, "Destiny can only be met, and the cycle cannot be found. In life, grass grows in spring, coming like wind and rain, and going like dust. I have long forgotten what happened back then, who is who?" No, it is no longer important, life has arrived like dew in the morning, so why should His Highness cling to the past?"
Hearing this, Rong Ming couldn't help but feel a look of disappointment on his brows. He stared at him closely, as if he wanted to find something in his calm eyes. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and asked concisely. : "Can you really let go of the past and forget what happened back then? Even if you are willing to let them go, will they let you go?"
Rong Sui's eyes moved slightly, but his expression remained reserved. There was a hint of caution in his eyes, "I am very curious. How can His Highness be so sure that what happened today must be their fault? All along, My brother only sticks to his own territory and doesn’t take an extra step. He only hopes to find peace in a small corner, and he has never fought with them for anything, so what reason do they have to harm me?”
"Even now, don't you understand?" Rong Ming sighed silently, and a sad look gently passed through his eyes, showing his loneliness and sadness, "As princes, we are born with In this whirlpool of clouds and waves, there are thousands of pairs of eyes staring at us all the time. They are lurking in the dark, like invisible and heavy shackles, holding our throats, ready to wait for opportunities at any time. And move. Do you think we still have a choice? The fourth child, Rongzhi, has a cruel temperament and is unkind; the eighth child, Rongyu, has a perverse temperament and is domineering. Even if you are stuck in your ways and are willing to build fences and plant chrysanthemums, do you think they will Will I let you go? The tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop. This struggle is inevitable after all."
Rong Ming moved his gaze out the window, and his gloomy face revealed a melancholy and helplessness at the withering of all things. Between his slightly frowned eyebrows, there was loneliness and sadness that was difficult to resolve.
"Brother Wei thought that after experiencing this, you would understand why you can't help yourself when you are in your position, but I didn't expect you, Lao Qi, to be so naive."
