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On the other side, in the palace of Prince Zhou.
Li Yu was tied to the couch and unable to move. He tried to break free many times, but to no avail.
After staying up all night without eating or drinking, Princess Zhou finally couldn't bear it anymore and came over to visit him.
Princess Zhou asked her servants to put the meals on the table and then dismissed them. She raised her head and looked at Li Yu, who was getting thinner with red eyes. She slowly shook her head and said, "Ah Yu, live well and don't go there again." You’ve provoked Princess Shengling, okay?”
Li Yu looked at her and said softly: "Mother, I have figured it out."
"Figure out... what?"
"I won't provoke her anymore." Li Yu lowered his head and said.
When Princess Zhou heard this, she was startled and said, "Is it true?"
Li Yu nodded and said "Yeah".
However, Princess Zhou was still dubious, "You want to leave here... right?"
"No." Li Yu lowered his head and laughed lowly, with a bit of sarcasm in his voice, "I understand, but I'm just a girl, so it's nothing."
Princess Zhou frowned: "You can't talk like that, she is Princess Shengling after all."
"She keeps saying that she likes her, but she can't just give it to others casually." Li Yu's eyes were extremely cold, staring at his feet, "In this case, I have nothing to be sad about."
"Ayu..."
Li Yu suddenly raised his head and closed his eyes, took a slow breath and said in a hoarse voice: "Mom, I'm hungry, please untie me."
Princess Zhou saw that he looked indifferent and no longer struggled hysterically like before, so she hesitated and said, "Then... you promise to be my mother and never go to Princess Shengling again."
Li Yu said "ok" without thinking.
Therefore, Princess Zhou stepped forward and carefully untied him while whispering: "Don't think too much about it. You and Princess Shengling are not destined to be together, so... forget it. Your father has a lot of connections. In the future, let him help you find other good girls for you to meet... "
After Princess Zhou helped him loosen the ties, she discovered that both of Li Yu's hands were bleeding. Without thinking, Li Yu must have struggled too much before. Princess Zhou's eyes turned red again, and she was about to raise her head and speak. What, but the next moment, Li Yu pushed her away violently, stood up and walked out.
Princess Zhou's expression suddenly changed, and she chased her out shouting, "Ayu! You can't go!"
The soldiers of the royal palace rushed over quickly, and even Prince Zhou rushed over in time and said angrily: "Ayu, how long are you going to keep going? Princess Shengling is already engaged to the young master of the He family!"
Li Yu stopped and stared at Prince Zhou for a long time, then slowly closed his eyes, then opened his eyes coldly, and said calmly: "I will not act recklessly, harm myself, or surrender to the emperor. , give me a day, can you?"
"Ayu, can't you believe what my mother says? Princess Shengling really doesn't like you anymore, please stop causing trouble to her, okay?" Princess Zhou almost cried and begged him not to do anything wrong.
Prince Zhou endured the pain, stopped her, and said in a deep voice: "Let him go, he will give up only after he goes. Only by going this way will he fully understand that Princess Shengling's heart is no longer with him. "
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The wind was extremely cold at night, and the snow was getting heavier little by little.
Li Yu, wearing thin clothes and facing the wind and snow, stopped outside the princess's mansion.
He said that he wanted to see Sheng Ling.
The people in the mansion thought that Ayan was back. They knew that the princess had attached great importance to Ayan in the past, so they hurried to report it. However, not long after, Manager Chen came out in person to tell him: "Ayan, the princess said that I won't see you."
"Please go and inform her again. I really have something to say to her."
Manager Chen was very hesitant. He didn't ask why A Yan could speak. He just went in to report again because of his previous superficiality.
But this time he came out faster. Manager Chen was very embarrassed and said to Li Yu: "Ayan, the princess said that she is a person who is about to get engaged. It is not appropriate for her to go out to meet a strange man in the middle of the night. She told you not to come again. .”
Li Yu looked at Manager Chen for a moment, then withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes silently, stretched out his hand to pull off the jade pendant hanging from his neck, and handed it to Manager Chen, "Please give this to the princess."
"this… "
Snowflakes fell, and Li Yu smiled and said, "Consider this my last request."
Two days later.
Shengling heard some news from Qingzhi that He Ruochen seemed to have had a fight with someone.
Sheng Ling had a bad premonition at that time. When she rushed to the military camp, He Ruochen was still dealing with military matters. When he heard that she was coming, he quickly put aside what he was doing and came to find her.
That was also the first time that Sheng Ling took the initiative to come to him. He Ruochen herself was a little flattered, but the wind and snow outside were too heavy, so He Ruochen took her hand and led her back to his tent, and took her to the stove to hold her hand. He held her hand to warm her and asked with a smile: "Why is the princess here?"
Sheng Ling frowned and took out her hand, and looked at his face carefully. She only saw slight scratches at the corners of He Ruochen's eyes. She frowned and asked, "Who did you fight with?"
He Ruochen was silent for a moment after hearing this, and replied truthfully: "He came to see me."
Sheng Ling looked as if this was the case and said angrily: "Then he caused trouble for you?"
He Ruochen smiled: "No, I beat him."
Sheng Ling was a little stunned.
He Ruojin still said calmly: "I didn't have the right to beat him before, but now the princess is my fiancée, and I won't give him any chance."
Sheng Ling looked at He Ruochen, pursed her lips, and after a while, lowered her head and said, "If he... said something..."
He Ruojin reached out and gently pushed the hair from her forehead behind her ears, "Don't worry, princess, I only believe in your words."
Sheng Ling raised his head slightly and hesitated to speak, but in the end, he just said "hmm" very softly.
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Prime Minister's Mansion.
Gu Chengxuan had just persuaded Prince Zhou and Princess Zhou to go back. When he returned to the room where Li Yu was staying, Li Yu had been drinking all day and night with a bruised nose and swollen eyes.
But at this moment, Li Yu suddenly stopped drinking. He sat slumped beside the couch, lowered his head and looked at a bell bracelet woven with colorful ropes in his hand carefully over and over again.
He thought for a long time before he remembered that it was when he and Sheng Ling were out playing in Xuecheng. They passed by a small stall and wanted to find something new and fun, so they sat on a small bamboo stool and knitted a hand rope together.
Gu Chengxuan looked at his disheveled appearance and said in a deep voice, "How long are you going to keep doing this?"
Li Yu carefully put on the bell bracelet on himself and raised his eyes. His expression was very pale, but his eyes were clear and indifferent. This was the first time in two days that he looked at Gu Chengxuan soberly and calmly. Said: "Uncle, can you do me a favor?"
Gu Chengxuan stared at him and asked, "What are you busy with?"
"I want to go to southern Xinjiang."
"What do you mean? You don't know how difficult it is in southern Xinjiang? Besides, the cold winter is coming, and wars break out all year round in southern Xinjiang. Do you want to die?"
"No, I just want to atone for my sins."
Gu Chengxuan frowned and looked at him. At that time, he still didn't understand the meaning of Li Yu's words.
(End of chapter)