last time

Chapter 103
The hollow carved window panes let in the wind, and the incense smoke from burning in the house permeated everywhere. The candle flames exploded gently in the haze, and a pool of red tears silently shed.

Tian Wuruo leaned back slightly, he didn't understand the meaning of Chu Shiyu's words.Although some time ago he also thought that Dayu was about to die and the sky was unclear, so he could only follow the trend, but now the matter of Yi Dong and the bandits in Luocheng has become clear, and with the help of Li Yuchuan, he felt that there seemed to be a glimmer of life .

The time that Li Chengru and Chu Shiyu stayed was not short, and the two had talked for a long time a few days ago. It is understandable that Chu Shiyu was moved to find the former princess and kill her after hearing Li Chengru's words.

In the beginning, he knew Zhuo Ran's identity best.

"Come here." Tian Wuruo called out, bowed his head and folded the letter paper in his hand, rubbing the corner of the paper.

The attendant nodded, took the letter paper from Tian Wuruo's hand, and heard Tian Wuruo say: "Send this letter to the Imperial Prison, be sure to hand it over to Sisi."

***
At dawn, Li Yunchuan really relaxed.When he came back from Lianyue's school grounds, he pressed Zhuo Ran to sleep on the pretext of exhaustion, but he didn't sleep all night.

Left and right went to Yidong to investigate the matter for more than a month, and he was just an accompanying inspector. If things went well, he could come back anytime he wanted.However, Chu Shiyu's order was not to let anyone know that he had left the capital, so it was almost impossible to hide it from Zhuo Ran.

The later you know, the less lovesick you will be.

Not long after, the person in his arms frowned slightly, Li Yuchuan chuckled softly, raised his hand to cover Zhuo Ran's eyes, covered the light for her, and lowered his head to kiss her cheek.It's really wrong to have such ordinary thoughts about such a person that he would miss even if he left for a moment.

"Xiaqiu, are you awake?" Li Xunchuan half stood up, thought for a moment and asked slowly.

Zhuo Ran didn't wake up, just listened to Li Yuchuan's voice, rubbed his hand and replied: "Mmm..."

The dark blue drapes swayed, Zhuo Ran was afraid of the cold, and rubbed his slightly clenched hands into Li Xunchuan's arms. After waiting for a long time, a few words came from his ear.

"His Majesty ordered me to be an inspector, and go to Yidong with Wen Rongxi..."

"...Leaving early tomorrow morning."

After Li Xunchuan's words fell to the ground, needles could be heard in the house.He could feel that the person in his arms was stunned, and couldn't help but bury his head in her ear, the eyelashes covered by his palm trembled slightly, and a piece of wetness suddenly dispersed, and a silent stream slid down the corners of his eyes.

At this moment he remembered that his Xiaqiu was only 16 years old.

Li Xunchuan frowned tightly, and wanted to remove his hand to wipe away her tears, but Zhuo Ran grabbed her wrist, and then slammed into the quilt, pressing against Li Xunchuan's chest, not letting him see.

"I didn't want to tell you at first, but I was afraid that you wouldn't know where I was in a hurry and would be angry with myself..." Li Yanchuan tightened his arms, and pulled the quilt away a little bit, looking down at the top of Zhuo Ran's hair, which was extremely gentle Touched the ground, and said helplessly: "Now it seems that it is better not to say. I would rather you be angry than see you sad like this."

Zhuo Ran buried her face in Li Yanchuan's arms, squeezed the tears from her eyes hard, and wiped the snot all over Li Yanchuan's underwear. Even so, she still couldn't stop the tears from her eyes.

"Don't hold back, come out quickly." Li Yanchuan patted Zhuo Ran's back, reached out to fish him out, and said, "My clothes are wet, what should I wear?"

Zhuo Ran blinked her eyes full of water, and was hugged by Li Xunchuan holding her face in her arms. She reached out and held Li Xunchuan's, then sniffed like a cat, and said, "I didn't cry... Li Xunchuan wants to Going out, can I stop it?"

"Yes," Li Yanchuan smiled softly, and said, "Let Li Yanchuan go if he wants to go, I will stay with you, you can do whatever you want."

"Then when Chi Yue will come back, I have the final say?" Zhuo Ran wiped the tip of Li Yanchuan's nose with his forehead, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "...Forget it, I don't want to commemorate people who are full of ruthlessness. "

Li Xunchuan kissed the wetness remaining in the corners of Zhuo Ran's eyes, and said, "That's impossible. My Xiaqiu can't tolerate sand in my eyes, and Li Xunchuan doesn't care. If Li Chiyue goes out, he has to take care of it, or he will be fascinated by some lady." ,That……"

Zhuo Ran closed her eyes, and Li Yanchuan didn't say any more when she saw this, and saw her shaking her head slightly, and said: "I know I shouldn't do this. I just went to Yidong to investigate the matter, and I am afraid that I will meet those assassins. We have no clue about the matter, and if there is any news, we will not inform each other in time, and I will also..."

Li Xunchuan didn't hear the second half of the sentence, but he didn't ask any more questions, and just patted Zhuo Ran's back lightly to express his comfort.He once mentioned to Chu Shiyu about sending Zhuo Ran away from Gaodu, on the premise that he could also leave Gaodu, but now the time is not ripe, he can only give up temporarily.

Yan Chengxuan suddenly stopped the original plan, and because Yi Dong's matter was blocked this time, Li Yuchuan could only wait patiently for the next opportunity.With Zhuo Ran not around, he might let go of his work, and because of this, he had to worry about something all the time.

"Let Songzi and Ruofei stay here this time," Li Xunchuan stroked her blue hair, and said softly, "Songzi is clever, so let Ruofei send me a message if you need something."

Zhuo Ran didn't answer, and fell asleep in Li Xunchuan's arms for a long time.When I woke up again from a long dream, the warmth of that person was gone by my side.

"Lord Si Ye..." The maid brought in warm water for washing and food, and called for someone. Seeing that Zhuo Ran didn't respond, she approached and called again.

"What time is it?" Zhuo Ran lowered her head and put on her shoes, her voice hoarse.

The maid handed Zhuo Ran a clean cloth towel and said, "It's time to go back to Mr. Si Ye."

"En." Zhuo Ran nodded, took a handful of water to cleanse her face, she felt more powerless after sleeping for a long time, she looked outside the door, she wanted to ask where Li Yuchuan had gone, but after thinking about it, he didn't leave a trace when he left Xin'er, simply wait for him to come back and settle the matter together.

But where is it worth it?

"Just now Liu Jijiu sent someone to look for Mr. Si Ye, saying that he will go to the Imperial College when he wakes up." The maid refilled the tea and said.

Zhuo Ran glanced at the food on the table, took a sip of tea, and said, "Since there is something to do with the wine, let's go to the Imperial College first."

***
"Sacrificial wine." As soon as Zhuo Ran stepped into Liu Yulin's room, he shouted at the top of his voice. Liu Yulin leaned on the table and looked at Zhuo Ran without saying a word.

He poured a glass of water slowly, pushed towards the seat opposite, and said, "Drink some water before calling, you're all dumb."

Then Zhuo Ran sighed, went to sit down opposite him, and said, "What do you want me to do for the sacrificial wine?"

"No, isn't Li Yuchuan so inhuman?" Liu Yulin raised his eyebrows and said, "One night and one more morning, he..."

"What are you thinking about!" Zhuo Ran put the teacup on the table, cleared his throat and said, "What is it?"

Hearing this, Liu Yulin leaned back on the chair, frowned and said, "Actually, I called you to ask you something. Women always have something to say, can you go see Yan Zhi?" one side?"

"Rouge?" Zhuo Ran smiled slightly, and said, "What did you do with her for offering wine?"

"You must be like a bright mirror in your heart about these things, Xiaqiu, you naturally know the importance of rouge." Liu Yulin said: "With her, you can always know more."

Zhuo Ran shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty handed over this matter to the governor earlier, meaning that he did not want people other than the governor to intervene, and the sacrificial wine required me to see Yan Zhi. Isn't this against the holy will? Besides, Yan Zhi's body There are still clues of the princess from the previous court, so meeting in private like this is too suspicious."

Liu Yulin nodded, and said, "Of course I know. It's just about the princess of the previous dynasty. Didn't it be said that Taifu Han has been taken back to the palace? As long as the Taifu admits it and wholeheartedly submits to the loyal Dayu, it can be regarded as a true love." The truth has come to light."

"Jijiu, it's been a few days, and there's no news from the palace." Zhuo Ran looked outside the door, pulled down his long sleeves a little, and said, "The Grand Tutor doesn't know about it, and we have nothing to do with it." It's irrelevant, isn't it? Besides, why did Jijiu think of this?"

Liu Yulin pinched open the folding fan on the table, looked around, and said, "The current situation is unstable, so we need to make preparations in advance."

Zhuo Ran reached out to take the folding fan, and said, "Is the sacrificial wine intended to be tied to Xia Qiu with a rope? Aren't you afraid that some disaster will come and bring us both together?"

"Isn't there still Yan Ershao here?" Liu Yulin said: "Everything that has happened recently shows that we must stand on the united front. You can also tell Li Yuchuan when you go back. The past grievances will be wiped out. most important."

Zhuo Ran knocked on the corner of the table with her folding fan, one after another, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said, "Jiujiu knows the current affairs, but it may be difficult for Yan Ershao and Li Xunchuan to shake hands and make peace."

"So I want you to neutralize it." Liu Yulin said with a smile.

Zhuo Ran said: "Jijiu really knows how to find someone. Li Yanchuan got close to me just because of my face. Now let me neutralize the two of them. Isn't this embarrassing me?"

Liu Yulin couldn't help shaking his head, how can I put it, Zhuo Ran's appearance is indeed good, but his temperament is not very reserved, not only in the matter of appearance.

"Leaving nothing else aside," Liu Yulin pointed at the table and said, "You know a lot of things. If Li Cheng doesn't achieve his goal, he will definitely make a comeback. We can only cooperate."

Zhuo Ran said nothing.

"You are also a smart person, and you know the pros and cons." Liu Yulin said, "Xiaqiu, if Dayu can't lose at this time, we shouldn't just wait for death."

Zhuo Ran's eye feathers shook slightly, and she tilted her head, showing a little cunning: "If Xiaqiu messes up such a difficult task, it's no wonder that he sacrificed the wine."

Liu Yulin raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Success."

***
"What you said just now is for the purpose of wanting me to kill Zhuo Xiaqiu." Chu Shiyu glanced at His Highness, the man's expression could be seen in full view, the ink brush calmly left marks on the paper, Dip it into the ink cartridge again, and a cloud of vermilion will come out.

The emperor looked embarrassed and said, "It's just that I promised someone that I would send Zhuo Xiaqiu away at the right time, so naturally I can't kill her."

However, Li Chengru laughed out loud. He shook his head and said, "Will His Majesty really keep his promise? If His Majesty wants to let Zhuo Xiaqiu go, it won't be an old slave who comes to the temple right now."

"You know?" Chu Shiyu looked up at him.

"Attack the heart first." Li Chengru said with a smile, "Teacher Han and that Zhou Yu are just shields for His Majesty, and Zhuo Xiaqiu's real goal is not."

Chu Shiyu sighed, frowned slightly and said, "You can actually know what I mean? In the past, the one here should be the right minister."

Li Chengru said: "Your Prime Minister is highly respected and has a lot of knowledge. He knows what His Majesty is thinking, so whether it is about Zhuo Xiaqiu or Yi Dong, you can't hide it from the Right Prime Minister. According to Your Majesty's opinion, the Right Opinion is right. It is fully supported.”

"No matter what, I still have to keep my promise." Chu Shiyu continued to bow his head, and said in this posture of criticizing the memorial: "Do you understand what I mean?"

"The old slave knows." Li Chengru bowed his head, and when he straightened up, he showed another expression.

***
Governor's Palace.

Xiyu and Gu Zhao were busy packing their bags, talking to Li Xunchuan about their plans on the road, but they didn't notice that Wu Song hid in the porch alone, complaining about something with folded arms.

"Master, this is the roster of officials from various places in Yidong sent by Lord Si Ye. Do you want to bring it?" Xi Yu handed a booklet to Li Yanchuan, feeling that if he didn't tell Li Yanchuan, he would disappoint Zhuo Ran's intentions, but also felt that It would be a little superfluous to say it, so I said: "If you want to come to Mr. Wen, it will be prepared."

Li Xunchuan sighed slightly, held the booklet in his hand, and said, "When did she send it?"

Xi Yu thought for a while and said, "Earlier, it was a maid, and Master Si Ye didn't come."

"Forget it, keep it." Li Yuchuan didn't know what to think about Zhuo Ran, but suddenly felt that his ears were much clearer, so he looked to the side and found that Wu Song was not with him, so he asked, "Where are the pine nuts?" ?”

Gu Zhao packed the things in his hands and said, "Master, don't worry, he is throwing a temper tantrum when he knows that the master wants to keep him."

"Yidong is not a good place, it's inappropriate for him to go." Li Xunchuan stuffed the booklet into the bag of his own clothes, and said, "It's safer to ask him to follow Xiaqiu."

Xi Yu and Gu Zhao looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

Li Xunchuan looked out and said, "I will come back later at night, so I don't need to wait, just rest earlier."

"Yes, master."

Wu Song picked up the small stones under the porch, and threw them one by one to hit the big stones on the ground.The little man had tears in his eyes for the first time, Li Yuchuan patted his head lightly, and said, "If you grow taller, I'll take you back to Beili."

The little man lowered his head and did not speak.

"What?" Li Yanchuan smiled and said, "Don't you believe me?"

"No……"

Li Xunchuan squeezed the back of the little man's neck again, and said, "I promise, when I come back, I will take you back to Beili, and take you to find Yier to play. But before that, I have a task for you. "

Wu Song poked his eyes out from the crook of his arm and said, "...to protect Mr. Si Ye?"

"Why are you so smart?" Li Yuchuan nodded and said, "It's mutual protection, and Ruofei will stay with you. There are Chang Yinyu, Fu Sisi and Tianshi in Gaodu. I won't worry too much about you."

"Oh." Wu Song buried his eyes in again.

"Okay, pine nuts," Li Yanchuan stood up, looking at the getting darker sky, he could only secretly sigh at the speed of time, knowing that he could not delay any longer, and said, "Get up, I will do what I promised you, and what I entrusted to you will be done." You have to do it too."

Wu Song nodded and said in a muffled voice, "Okay."

***
"My lord, the governor has been waiting outside for a long time." When the maid came back to remind Zhuo Ran for the third time, it was already dark.

Zhuo Ran still didn't move, staring at the dishes on the table lost his appetite, he just looked outside and said, "How long is it, the room is still bright."

"Little Junior Sister, give me something to eat." Someone was lying on the door, only showing his head, looking at Zhuo Ran with a smile.

"Come in if you want to eat." Zhuo Ran looked at the bowls and chopsticks on the opposite side, and said, "Let the governor go back first, and don't delay the matter tomorrow morning."

Chang Yinyu walked in in small steps, ate the food on his own, and said: "The governor used to use the trick of climbing over the wall before, what happened today."

"You eat yours." Zhuo Ran pushed the bowl and chopsticks away and said, "According to my words, besides, his medicine can also be boiled."

The maid nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

"What's the matter, Junior Sister?" Chang Yinyu tilted his head and looked at Zhuo Ran and said, "You were fine yesterday, did Li Er make you angry? I heard from them that you didn't eat properly today."

Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "I'm not angry. Take the medicine quickly, go back to your room to drink it when you're done, and go to bed earlier."

"You really don't want to eat?" Chang Yinyu blinked and said, "It's a waste..."

"You talk too much." Zhuo Ran said, "I'm going back to my room first, and I have something to tell you tomorrow morning."

"Oh..." Chang Yin took two mouthfuls of food depressed, and then thought of something, and said: "By the way, junior sister, I heard from the person I sent out to report that Li Chengjin met Yanzhi today, and His Majesty approved it."

Zhuo Ran really didn't have the heart to think about it at the moment, so she said: "I know, tell me more about it tomorrow morning."

Zhuo Ran has a habit. The lights under the eaves of the corridor are sparsely arranged, so that the road can be seen clearly, unlike other houses where there are lights every step of the way.

The light in the room was on, Zhuo Ran sighed faintly, covered his aching stomach with one hand, and gently pushed open the door.

At this very moment, she suddenly felt that someone was holding her from behind, the door was knocked open, was hooked and closed by that person's long legs, and turned directly in the person's arms, with her back pressed against the wall, and she still hadn't responded. Came over and took a kiss.

Zhuo Ran's eyes widened, she pushed the person away forcefully, and said between the kisses, "Li Yanchuan...you... let go..."

Li Xunchuan ignored her, held Zhuo Ran's face and continued to kiss, almost crazy.He was indeed an asshole, but it was reasonable. He originally climbed over the wall to come in, so at least he made a report in advance this time.

Biting the tip of Zhuo Ran's tongue as if venting, she couldn't stop until the person in her arms cried out in pain.

"Don't be angry, little lady." Li Yuchuan hugged Zhuo Ran lightly, and said, "I will be back soon, trust me."

Zhuo Ran put the wristband around Li Yuchuan's waist, and said softly, "I'm not angry, I just think about your departure tomorrow and want you to rest early."

"So you have the heart to let me sleep alone?" Li Yanchuan touched the back of Zhuo Ran's neck and said, "Xiaqiu, can you be alone?"

Zhuo Ran nodded in his arms and said, "Yes."

Li Xunchuan carried him to the couch without letting go of Zhuo Ran, and said, "Stay with me for a while longer, I want to miss you very much."

Zhuo Ran silently huddled into a ball, Gao didn't care about anything, she didn't want to tell Li Xunchuan now, leaving tomorrow, any more talking would be just an annoyance, it would be better to talk sweetly.

I don't know how long it was like this, Zhuo Ran finally couldn't bear the aching stomach from hunger, so he could only pretend to be hungry, but Li Yanchuan didn't dare to scold, and sneaked to the kitchen with someone in his arms.

"If you dare not to eat in the future, I won't come back. Let's see who cooks noodles for you in the middle of the night." Li Xunchuan took a piece of noodles with chopsticks, let it cool down, and brought it to Zhuo Ran's mouth, and said, "Open your mouth."

Zhuo Ran snorted, ate the noodles, and said, "Then I'll starve myself to death, see if you come back."

"It must be crawling back." Li Yuchuan smiled and said, "Do you know when was the last time I cooked noodles?"

Zhuo Ran shook her head, and took a sip of soup from Li Yunchuan's hand.

"Keep it for now, and I'll tell you a story when I come back from Yidong." Li Yuchuan handed over the noodles again, and said, "No matter what, you have to eat on time, don't worry me."

"I see." Zhuo Ran licked the corners of her lips, stared at Li Yuchuan, and said, "Don't cook for anyone on the way, even men."

Li Xunchuan froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of order."

Sure enough, she felt drowsy after eating and drinking, Zhuo Ran faced the bed, Li Yuchuan covered her with the quilt, put one hand on Zhuo Ran's belly lightly, and hugged her.

Before dawn, the side is empty.

The person huddled in the quilt hummed a few words, and was kissed on the forehead. After everything calmed down, the tears from the corners of his eyes fell into the pillow.

(End of this chapter)