Chapter Twenty-One: Tender and Sweet

  The sky was unusually clear, and the sun was scorching. Mengzhu pulled Zhu Yongxing's hand and walked to a small grove by the river. From here, you could see the wildflowers in the nearby grass, shining with their own colors, while the fragrance dissolved and wafted in the heat. Distant voices came from afar, making this place even more serene.

  Two people sat on a rock, leaning against the tree behind them, keeping a distance that allowed them to hold hands easily but not too intimately. Occasionally, the wind blew by, and the leaves rustled loudly, making one feel refreshed and carefree.

  "After the age of eleven, Ah Zhu and many sisters in the clan were no longer allowed to participate in the flower jumping field." Meng Zhu smiled wistfully and said with a tilted head: "They were all locked in the bamboo building, Father even sent someone to watch them, they could only hear the distant music and noise, it was really suffocating."

  "Azhu is good at singing and dancing, but can't show it off, what a pity." Zhu Yongxing casually comforted her with a sentence, but his mind was thinking about the situation after entering Yunnan. Searching through the data in his memory, he tried to intervene in the gaps of history, so as to get the most beneficial result for himself.

  Mengzhu blinked her eyes and jumped up mischievously, singing and dancing in front of Zhu Yongxing.

  "After sitting for a long time, I love to sing songs and write words with ink. Grinding the ink to write fine characters, singing songs to broaden one's mind. Listening to my sister sing, her husband also sings, listening to the wind blow, the wood also plays. Quick mouth catches up with the song, listening to the wind, don't follow the cool breeze... Accompanied by the gentle and soft singing voice, Mengzhu shows off her enchanting dance moves to Zhu Yongxing."

  Her dance was very beautiful, Zhu Yongxing temporarily put down his worries and nodded in praise. Mengzhu's palm facing upwards supported her body, while the other hand hanging downwards was about to flip over, accompanied by a movement of swinging one leg up. Her slender legs were extremely charming, and her figure was also elegant and graceful. The silver bangles on her wrists and ankles emitted a crisp sound when she danced, making it even more beautiful and extraordinary.

  "A good man gets a good woman, paired for a thousand years of longevity and ten thousand years of eternity; paired as mandarin ducks in the mountains and seas, forever entwined like phoenixes in heaven and earth."

  Meizhu's dance ended, she grasped Zhu Yongxing's hand, gazing at him with a bright smile, singing: "Listen to my song, husband also sing, what was cultivated in past lives is now fulfilled. If you don't open your mouth, I'll be anxious, fearing that fate won't pair us together."

  This girl, knowing I'm not good at it, deliberately uses a song to tease and test me. Zhu Yongxing smiled awkwardly, wanting to say some romantic words, but felt it would spoil the mood, too cliché.

  Mengzhu's eyes were clear and gentle, like the morning dew on the sea, which deeply attracted Zhu Yongxing. In the sound of running water, under the shade of trees, in the gentle breeze, her eyes had replaced language, making contact with his soul.

  Zhu Yongxing became somewhat flustered, he was not a saint who could remain calm in the face of temptation, and found it difficult to resist the magical power in those eyes. He felt that every cell in his body was trembling with joy under the impact of the waves. He opened his arms, and it was unclear whether Meng Zhu rushed into them or he pulled her into his embrace, but they hugged each other tightly.

  The warmth in his arms made the whole world radiant, of course, that should be Zhu Yongxing's spiritual world. A mysterious emotion was seeping into his veins. Embracing each other, whispering softly, Mei Zhu's beauty and tenderness seemed to purify Zhu Yongxing's thoughts and emotions, adding to his courage and strength, making him feel that struggling had more meaning.

  Struggle to the point of being magnificent and stirring, kill to the point of being thorough and merciless. Let love be passionate and unrestrained, without regrets! Life itself is a gamble, and so is love. No one can predict the future, no one knows whether their current choice will prove right or wrong after many years.

  But when love comes, the most important thing to do is to make yourself regretless, don't miss every opportunity, and don't lose the courage to pursue because love may hurt us. At least it will give us beautiful memories in old age, at least it will let us tell ourselves that I once loved.

  Zhu Yongxing held the pearl tightly in his arms, and made up his mind to be the guardian angel of this pure and beautiful girl, to make her happy for a lifetime, and to bring happiness to their future generations. Only by fighting for a free and joyful world could he, she, and countless people fulfill their wishes.

  Zhu Yongxing was not born with the ambition to change the world, but due to environmental pressures and personal safety concerns, his desire for happiness became linked to this goal, and his courage to turn the tide grew day by day, until it became the ultimate goal he would fight bravely for and never give up on.

  "Dear one goes to the flower space"

  Roses bloom, tender and charmingly beautiful

  Dear, open your mouth

  Intoxicated by the fragrance of flowers, feeling accompanied by flying rain

  In the blink of an eye, the rain flowers scatter.

  Dancing and fluttering in the mundane world without feeling tired

  No right or wrong, no worries

  Spring of love is filled with tears

  We two drunk in the flower shade fluttering wings fly

  Keep this spring light in the world of human beings

  Worry and sorrow have already gone away

  A lifetime of tears

  Let's face everything with a smile and joy

  We two get drunk under the flower shade, unaware of the red leaves falling.

  Don't waste this spring's radiance at whatever age

  In the mundane years

  Put aside worldly affairs

  "Come with me and drift away, without regrets."

  In the deliberately lowered thick male voice, Meng Zhu was infatuated and leaned into Zhu Yongxing's arms, her two big eyes shining with eager light. Her expression, her demeanor, her sly smile, her shyness, all showed the characteristics of a girl deeply in love.

  ………

  Warmth and ease are fleeting, in the grand situation where the future is uncertain and the road ahead is long, perhaps it's a kind of relief to alleviate Zhu Yongxing's heavy pressure on his mind, but it will never be his only pursuit.

  The further intimacy of the relationship made Mengzhu not only a reliable bridge for communication between Zhu Yongxing and the Miao people, but also an indispensable confidential secretary. Writing with a brush was currently a difficult task for Zhu Yongxing to overcome, and Mengzhu was the key to solving this difficulty, as well as the only person who could be trusted to hold the pen.

  Zong Shu's identity is extremely important, although Zhu Yongxing has a guilty conscience, he has a clear understanding and can only pretend to be brave. Time waits for no one, rising from the bottom layer is admirable, but the situation of the great hall about to collapse did not leave Zhu Yongxing with ample time.

  Up to now, Zhu Yongxing should be grateful that there are no court officials accompanying him. Otherwise, he would not know whether someone would expose him or whether he could bring himself to use murder to silence people in order to carry out his current plan.

  As for the eunuch Zhao Guowei, as a witness, he must exist. Zhu Yongxing deliberately let the clan leader Siwei arrange him elsewhere, trying not to have direct contact with him for the time being. The information given to Zhao Guowei was also what Zhu Yongxing hoped he would believe and pass on later.

  Heaven bless! Let everything start from the sword light and blood sword! A few days later, Zhu Yongxing left the village under the escort of a team of strong and sturdy Mangshan Kezu warriors. As he walked further and further along the mountain road, he couldn't help but look back and gaze out at the scenery, feeling a sense of nostalgia wash over him.