Chapter 641 Someone Will Accompany You for the Rest of Your Life

When Nan Xi saw this, her eyebrows raised slightly: "What?"

"I love hearing what you say." Rong Yu said with a bit of nostalgia in his voice, "I haven't heard you preach to me like this for a long time."

"This is not a lecture, but a discussion." Nan Xi stopped grinding and pinched his cheek. "My current level is no longer qualified to lecture you."

Rong Yu held her hand, put it to her lips and kissed her softly: "If you are qualified, you will always be enough."

Nan Xi had a smile on her lips, her eyes filled with water.

Rong Yu sighed softly: "I originally planned to keep the remaining 118 gentry disciples and no longer accept gentry guards in the future."

"Why don't you accept it?" Nan Xi smiled faintly, "It is a fact that children from poor families can endure hardship, but relatively speaking, they are affected by their background environment. Most of them have little knowledge and narrow vision, and they are easy to satisfy their desires. But once they are born, Greed is no more lovely than those corrupt officials in the court."

Rong Yu didn't say anything, just stared at her quietly, the color in his eyes gradually softened.

"If you replace all the imperial guards with children from poor families and exclude the children of noble families, not only will it offend the noble clan officials, but it will also create a situation where the poor families dominate. This will not be beneficial to either the nobles or the poor families. Nan Xi chuckled, "There are also some nobles who are willing to endure hardship, or who are upright. It would not be fair to them to be beaten to death like this."

Rong Yu frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded slowly: "What Xi'er said makes sense."

"Today, the nobles look down on the children of the poor families. If the poor families are really allowed to dominate in the future, the poor families will also look down on the noble families." Nan Xi said, "So we need to balance and set rules to let them compete with each other, and the capable ones will be at the top. Strength speaks for itself.”

Human nature is the most unpredictable thing. Excessive favoring of any one party will lead to natural arrogance. Over time, it will be harmful to everyone but not beneficial.

Rong Yu's lips curved up and his voice was much softer: "In this case, from now on, the imperial guards will not distinguish between nobles and poor families, only their abilities."

Nan Xi smiled and said, "You know these principles better than me, so I don't need to say anything."

"No, I will never know as much as Xi'er." Rong Yu was humble, "Don't forget who I learned from. In the years to come, I will always need Xi'er's guidance to prevent me from taking the wrong path."

Nan Xi raised her eyebrows: "In that case, call me 'Master' and listen."

Rong Yu followed Shan Ruliu and said: "Master."

"Call 'aunt'."

"aunt."

"Call 'sister'."

"elder sister."

Nan Xi's mouth twitched: "You are really easy to talk to."

Rong Yu held his chin, his voice soft and smiling: "Xi'er, do you want me to shout 'little ancestor' like Xuanyuan Qi?"

Hearing this, Nan Xi's eyes flashed slightly: "Rong Yu, can't you tell that you understand Xuanyuan Qi and Chu Hongyi so thoroughly, and even understand the couple's little interests?"

"There is no need to deliberately understand." Rong Yu said calmly, "Some secrets are often discovered inadvertently."

Nan Xi shook her head: "The way Prince Qi and Chu Hongyi get along has never been a secret."

Rong Yu hummed: "So there is no need to bother to understand."

I guess what he said makes sense.

Nan Xi raised her eyebrows and changed the subject: "Rong Yu, do you still remember the secret guard next to my mother?"

"Secret guard?" Rong Yu raised his eyebrows, then nodded, "Remember."

"My mother fell in love with him."

Rong Yu remained silent, "As expected."

He had already asked someone to find out the details of the secret guard, and there was no problem.

"It's quite strange." Nan Xi sighed, "This secret guard actually arrived at the Princess Mansion before my mother left Dongling...that is, before my mother left the palace. He was not very old at that time. He secretly guarded my mother. Maybe the guard was indifferent and had a humble status, so he never had any thoughts. During the years when my mother went to Dazhou, he followed her closely and did not dare to get too close due to the rules. He always stayed cautious. Do your duty.”

It should be said that this situation never changed until her mother returned to Dongling from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Her mother was Princess Dongling. Although she left voluntarily back then, in the end it was still because of the relationship between the throne and destiny, so the emperor inevitably felt a little guilty, so he arranged powerful secret guards to protect her safety.

The seventeen years of Da Zhou's life did not cause much trouble. Whether the master's life was good or not was not something that the secret guards could interfere with, so he never showed up.

It's just that the golden period of the secret guard's life is too short. After returning to Dongling, the secret guard was already in his thirties. In terms of physical fitness and skill, he could no longer compare with those younger people. According to the rules, he should have retired.

"Perhaps it's like some people have always been accustomed to air and water and never thought that air and water are important. However, when they are about to lose it, they suddenly realize the importance of air and water in life." Nan Xi rarely felt emotional, After saying this, he even laughed, "I guess the secret guard had feelings for my mother and became panicked when he was about to leave, so that was the reason for the assassination incident last year."

Whether the assassination was a coincidence or designed, the secret guard's amnesia must have been arranged in advance, but this arrangement was actually a bit clumsy. After all, the secret guard had only trained in martial arts since he was a child, not scheming, so his ideas were relatively simple.

Fortunately, he had no ulterior motives, otherwise he would have been torn into pieces by now.

The serious injury that time hurt his lungs, Xuanyuan Xi sent a doctor to treat him with medicine. At first, he was a little wary, but as he investigated in depth, he found that there was nothing wrong with the secret guard. Xuanyuan Xi would go to see his injuries whenever he had time. After a while, he didn't have any feelings for him, but at least they became closer than before, which made Xuanyuan Xi face the existence of such a person around him.

The secret guard's body got better day by day, but he was injured after all. Xuanyuan Xi made him the leader of the guards in the princess's mansion so that he didn't have to stay in the dark all the time. At the same time, the secret guard's memory recovered. After some questioning, Xuanyuan Xi quickly figured out the whole story.

After leaving the royal family for more than ten years, Xuanyuan Xi had lost a lot of the airs of the royal family. She was not very angry about being deceived and calculated - although the same thing was an unforgivable capital crime for the secret guard.

But she didn't order him to be killed, so the other party didn't have to die.

Later, the two of them often got along. Although the secret guard was introverted and dull, his excessive respect and gentleness made Xuanyuan Xi feel interesting. People's feelings are actually very strange. They often start with interest and then develop naturally.

"My mother is at this age. It's impossible for her to be in love all day long like a little girl." Nan Xi smiled lightly, "But I think it's good to have someone to accompany me for the rest of my life."