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"Brother, there is something I really don't understand!"

Li You slowly turned his eyes away from Xiaoyue's face, put down the wine cup in his hand, and looked straight at Yi Xiaochuan: "As the heir of the Meng family and the younger brother of the master, why did you betray the Qin Dynasty? Have you forgotten the eight words 'loyalty and courage, bravery and martial arts'?"

Yi Xiaochuan's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he avoided Li You's sight with a guilty conscience. After a moment, he remembered the original historical trajectory and said confidently: "Of course I will not forget these eight words! But if you still remember, you should leave Xianyang with me!"

Li You looked disapproving. Seeing this, Yi Xiaochuan continued, "There is one thing you don't know. Before the First Emperor passed away, he entrusted his son to your father and Zhao Gao, the bastard, and issued a will, asking Fusu to inherit the throne. But what about now? Fusu is missing, but Hu Hai has inherited the throne! Why is that? Because Zhao Gao privately tampered with the will! Hu Hai usurped the throne, and these two people should be killed by everyone!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Li You shook his head repeatedly, his expression firm:
"Your Majesty's will has been verified by the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, and I have even heard your Majesty issue the decree to pass the throne to Hu Hai! Although Zhao Gao may have tampered with the will privately, the other officials will never go along with him!"

"Several ministers have verified it together? Impossible."

Yi Xiaochuan insisted that it was Zhao Gao who tampered with the will: "Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, you can ask your father, but I believe that he has been involved in it for a long time!"

Li You was silent for a moment, frowning: "In any case, even if what you said is true, the Great Qin cannot be without a master for a day..."

Looking at Yi Xiaochuan who was so stubborn and paranoid, Li You sighed: "Since Hu Hai is already the second emperor, we should obey him!"

"You mean..."

Yi Xiaochuan was furious: "Even if you believe that he usurped the throne, do you still have to be loyal to him?"

Yi Xiaochuan was almost amused by Li You's "foolish loyalty". He tried to suppress his anger and continued to persuade him: "The Qin Dynasty today is no longer the Qin Dynasty we swore allegiance to. If you still remember your oath, you should join me in eradicating the likes of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao...even killing your own relatives for the sake of justice!"

After a pause, Yi Xiaochuan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Li You, think about it carefully. The people of Daqin are now living in dire straits. The rule of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao will only make more people suffer. We can't sit idly by. We have the responsibility to stand up and resist for the sake of the people of the world and for the oath we once made!"

“People are living in misery?”

Li You looked at Yi Xiaochuan quietly, his lips moved slightly, as if a thousand words came to his mind, but he hesitated to speak. Finally, he sighed helplessly and waved his hand slowly:

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. I know very well that I can't persuade my brother, and my brother can't persuade me either. My brother wants to leave, and I can't stop him, but, Xiaoyue, you have to stay!"

Xiaoyue's eyes widened, her face full of astonishment: "Why?"

His eyes dimmed slightly, and Li You said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we are still husband and wife. If I want to keep you, you can't leave!"

Thinking of Xiaoyue's escape on the wedding day, which made him a laughing stock in Xianyang City, Li You's heart suddenly surged with anger. But when his eyes fell on Xiaoyue's beautiful face again, the anger in his heart was like being poured with a basin of cold water and quickly subsided.

"Well said!"

Xiaoyue smiled coldly, her eyes full of stubbornness and determination: "You can keep me, but can you keep my heart?"

Seeing Xiaoyue's resolute look, Li You felt a sharp pain in his heart. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his inner waves, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The spicy taste of the wine made him frown slightly. He gritted his teeth and gestured with his hand.

"Sir!" A guard in armor walked over quickly and bowed to Li You.

Li You nodded slightly: "Take Brother Yi away and take good care of him."

"promise!"

Guard A bowed again, turned around and gestured to Yi Xiaochuan: "Please!"

Xiaoyue watched Yi Xiaochuan being taken away by the guards, feeling angry and annoyed. She glared at Li You fiercely, puffing up her cheeks angrily, but said nothing.

"Woo~~"

When Liu Bang saw Yi Xiaochuan being taken away, he cried out in panic, but was hit on the back with a knife instead, and he dared not say a word.

"Take him down too!"

Li You waved his hand, turned around and looked at Xiaoyue's angry face, his heart full of bitterness. He pretended to be calm, filled the wine cup, stretched out his hand to signal Xiaoyue, with a hint of imperceptible expectation and loneliness in his voice:
"Could it be that Miss Xiaoyue is afraid of drinking with me?"

"Today, Xiaoyue will drink with you until you are drunk!"

Xiaoyue's eyes flickered slightly, and there seemed to be a hint of determination in her eyes. She looked at Li You who was a little surprised, and said in a deep voice: "But before drinking, I have something I want to ask for your help!"

Li You raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes full of confusion: "What's the matter?"

"I would like you to tell Lord Zhao for me,"

Xiaoyue gritted her teeth, as if she had made a great determination, and said, "Thank you for taking care of me before!"

Li You thought for a moment, then nodded: "No problem, I will definitely help you get the message!"

"Thank you, sir. I'll drink this cup first as a token of my respect!"

Xiaoyue picked up the wine cup, raised her chin slightly, and drank the wine in one gulp. Her movements were quick and decisive, with a special kind of carefreeness.

"Okay! That's refreshing! I'll have a drink with you too!"

Li You picked up the wine cup and drank it without hesitation. The wine flowed down his throat with a hint of heat, as if it was also burning his inner emotions.

The two of them drank from dusk to sunset.

The afterglow of the setting sun gradually faded, and the sunset glow on the horizon gradually dimmed like a burning flame, until the moon quietly hung on the treetops, casting a silvery glow.

Xiaoyue was lying drunk on the stone table, her hair was a little messy and scattered around her cheeks. Her cheeks were rosy, like a blooming peach blossom, with an intoxicating beauty.

Li You quietly looked at Xiaoyue's face under the moonlight, his eyes full of obsession. He sighed softly, his voice full of helplessness and attachment:

"Why does time pass so quickly? How can I ever see enough of you? Seeing you so beautiful, how can I bear to let you go? ... I can't bear to do that!"

"Haha, I never thought that Prime Minister Li's son is such a lovesick person!"

A cold voice suddenly sounded beside Li You's ears, with a hint of chill. Li You shuddered all over, and instantly sobered up a lot. He shouted:
"Who?!"

Li You looked up in panic, and saw a masked man in black standing in front of him. He seemed like a ghost walking out of the darkness, exuding a dangerous aura.

"Someone is coming!!"

Li You was horrified and instinctively grabbed the wine jar on the stone table and smashed it at the man in black with all his strength.

However, what made his heart sink suddenly was that the man in black just raised his hand lightly and caught the wine jar. Then, he threw it casually, and the wine jar fell steadily to the ground without making a sound. There was silence all around, as silent as death.

Li You's heart sank to the bottom in an instant. He called out to his men again, but the only response he got was suffocating silence.

"Who are you? Did you kill them?"

Li You stared at the man in black, his eyes full of anger. A layer of fine beads of sweat kept oozing out of his forehead, gleaming faintly in the moonlight.

"Haha, I'm just a passerby."

The man in black said in a hoarse and old voice: "No need to shout, all your men are asleep, they should wake up in two hours."

Li You clenched his fists tightly, trying to keep himself calm: "What do you want to do? You dare to attack the Qin soldiers, you deserve to be killed!"

"Hahahaha~, who in this world can convict me?"

As if he heard a joke, the man in black laughed a deep laugh. After a moment, he stopped laughing and said, "I didn't come here to be your enemy. I just happened to pass by and saw your infatuated look and found it interesting. If you like this girl, why don't you take her back and keep a close watch on her?"

It felt like the man in black had some serious illness. He was awake in the middle of the night and came here to meddle in my relationship problems.

But when he thought of Xiaoyue, Li You felt bitter in his heart and helpless on his face. He even confided his true feelings to the strange man in black: "Her heart is not with me, what's the point of keeping her?"

"A forced melon is not sweet, but it quenches thirst!"

The man in black shook his head slightly: "Women, love grows over time. As long as the two of you spend enough time together, feelings will naturally develop."

Shaking his head, Li You said bitterly: "But she doesn't love me, what can I do?"

The man in black laughed, his eyes deep: "Love is not achieved overnight. You have to use your sincerity to influence her and prove your love with your actions. Time will prove everything. As long as you persevere, one day, she will see your goodness."

Li You smiled bitterly and said, "But...she already has someone else in her heart and there is no room for me anymore."

The smile was full of bitterness and helplessness, his eyes had lost their former luster, and were dull and lifeless, and his heart was in pain.

After a pause, Li You looked at the man in black and said, "Senior, are you here just to tell me this?"

"The affectionate are always annoyed by the heartless!"

The man in black laughed and said, "Since you choose to let go, I will take her away!"

"What??"

Li You's eyes widened, and before he could react, he felt a strong gust of wind suddenly blowing in his face. The wind was as sharp as a blade, and instantly blew Li You's cheeks and caused a slight pain.

Li You subconsciously raised his hand to block it, but at that moment, the man in black stretched out his palm with lightning speed and accurately cut towards Li You's neck.

"what!"

Li You felt a sharp pain in his neck, and the scene in front of him began to blur. His body swayed slightly a few times, trying to keep his balance, but the sharp pain and sudden dizziness made his legs go limp, and he fell to the ground with a dull sound, and his consciousness gradually fell into darkness.

...............

After an unknown amount of time, Xiaoyue woke up slowly and felt a splitting headache, which was a strong reaction to a hangover.

"Ah...Brother Yi!?"

Xiaoyue frowned and gently rubbed her temples, trying to ease the pain. She turned around and saw a person lying next to her. She was startled and sat up quickly. She looked at the person carefully and found that it was Yi Xiaochuan. She was surprised and happy.

"Brother Yi...Brother Yi?"

Xiaoyue gently pushed Yi Xiaochuan and called his name softly. But Yi Xiaochuan did not respond at all and still lay there quietly. A sense of worry surged in her heart. She reached out to feel Yi Xiaochuan's breath and felt the faint breath, which made her feel relieved.

I stood up and looked around, only to find that I was in a simple thatched hut with a roof made of dry straw. The sunlight shone through the gaps, casting mottled shadows.

Looking around, the house was very simply furnished, with only a worn-out wooden table and a few equally worn-out chairs. It was quiet, with only the occasional chirping of birds breaking the silence.

Xiaoyue tried hard to recall what happened before, but she only remembered that she drank with Li You and then lost consciousness. She had no idea how she got here, nor did she understand why Yi Xiaochuan was here.

Her eyes accidentally fell on Yi Xiaochuan who was still sleeping beside her, and Xiaoyue's cheeks instantly flushed. A complex emotion surged in her heart, with shyness, surprise, and a hint of indescribable joy. Biting her lips lightly, her eyes revealed a little panic, and she carefully stretched out her hand, wanting to touch Yi Xiaochuan, but she retracted it at the moment she was about to touch him.

Xiaoyue stood up gently, her movements were extremely gentle, for fear of waking up Yi Xiaochuan. She walked to the window of the thatched cottage and slightly opened the window, and a fresh air blew in. Outside the window was a lush forest, and the leaves swayed gently in the breeze, making a rustling sound. Xiaoyue looked at the scenery outside the window quietly, with a lot of thoughts in her mind. She didn't know what would happen next, but at this moment, she felt an inexplicable sense of stability in her heart.

At this moment, Xiaoyue, who was filled with joy, had already forgotten about having a companion.

...............

Xianyang, Zhao Mansion.

The sunlight shines on the vermilion gate, reflecting a solemn color.

Inside the palace, the corridors are winding and the flowers and trees are lush.

A maidservant, about thirteen or fourteen years old, came to Qiuju's side, gently took Qiuju's hand, and asked with a smile: "Sister Qiuju, who is the guest today? Is it a relative of Prime Minister Zhao?"

Qiu Ju smiled slightly, gently rubbed the maid's head, and asked, "Why do you ask that, Xiaoxue?"

Xiaoxue blinked her eyes and smiled, "Look at how shabby they are. If they are not relatives of Prime Minister Zhao, how can they enter the Zhao Mansion? You know, those officials have to send invitations in advance if they want to see Lord Zhao. Brother Zhao hasn't received any invitations in the past few days. Moreover, Prime Minister Zhao even came to greet them in person."

"You little girl, you are young, but you have a lot of thoughts." Qiu Ju stretched out her finger and gently tapped the maid's forehead, her eyes full of pampering: "No matter if they are relatives or not, as long as they are guests, you just need to serve them carefully. Don't look at people and treat them differently. If you cause trouble, Lord Zhao may be generous and may not punish you, but Steward Lu will not let you go."

As she spoke, Qiu Ju's tone was serious, reminding the maid not to act rashly.

"Okay, I get it. I'm just curious." Xiaoxue stuck out her tongue, shook Qiuju's arm coquettishly, with a flattering smile on her face.

"Okay, let me go in and take a look."

Qiuju shook her head helplessly, turned and walked towards the living room, her steps light and her skirt fluttering slightly in the wind.

Xiaoxue looked at Qiuju's back with a hint of envy in her eyes, and secretly wondered when she could be as steady and decent as Sister Qiuju.

(End of this chapter)