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It was already dinner when we returned to the palace, and Xu Boyuan was about to go back to the main courtyard to find Ying Zhou, when Xu Jingluan ran out in a panic, shouting while running: "Brother! It's not good!"

Xu Boyuan stopped her in time, so that she didn't hit the screen wall directly, "What's wrong?"

Xu Jingluan panted heavily, shocked: "Ying Zhou ran away with someone else—!"

"..."

Naturally Ying Zhou would not run away, but he is indeed not in the palace at the moment.

In the afternoon when Xu Boyuan wasn't there, Xu Jingluan was out shopping, Ying Zhou was reading a storybook, when suddenly the East Palace sent someone to invite him, he thought about it, and then got into the carriage.

Xu Li asked him to be in a restaurant surrounded by deep flower gardens. The circular arc-shaped private room had windows on all sides, and outside were all kinds of flowers fluttering in the wind. The spring was full of beauty and beauty.

A table of dishes, neither of them moved much.

Xu Li poured him a cup of tea, filled a glass of wine for himself, and raised his glass: "Shall the national teacher and Gu have a drink?"

Ying Zhou nodded, and touched him, there was a crisp sound on the celadon cup, Xu Li raised his head, and drank the ten-year Tibetan pear blossom white with strong aroma, and drank it clean in one gulp.

"Come again!"

The two of them had one cup after another.It didn't matter that Ying Zhou drank a lot of tea, but Xu Li's eyes were already red.

When Xu Li was going to open the third jar of wine, Ying Zhou stopped him and said worriedly: "You are drunk, don't drink it."

Xu Li suddenly raised her red face, pressed Ying Zhou's hand that was on the wine jar, and said with a smile, "Is the national teacher caring about Gu?"

"Hmm..." Ying Zhou wanted to withdraw his hand, but Xu Li pressed it hard. The two fought hard, and the wine jar below fell to the ground with a thud, shattering into pieces.

"National teacher..." Xu Li stared at Ying Zhou who was close at hand, and simply took his hand and pulled it towards his heart, "On New Year's Eve, I never thought of giving you medicine."

Ying Zhou nodded, "I know it's not you."

Xu Li's eyes lit up, "National teacher believes me?"

Ying Zhou took the opportunity to pull out his hand, "I believe it."

Xu Li's eyes were bright at first, but he didn't know what to think of, and then quickly dimmed, staring at the hand that Ying Zhou withdrew, and murmured: "The national teacher still doesn't want to get close to me..."

Ying Zhou whispered, "Sorry."

Xu Li laughed at himself, "I don't know about the national teacher. I used to be indulged in the past. It was the first time I saw the national teacher in my cousin's mansion. Being a national teacher is as easy as those people before."

Ying Zhou didn't know what to say, he didn't understand mortals, he only knew that what he wanted was not what he wanted, it was a hard life.

Xu Li's drunken eyes were hazy, but his words were very organized, and he didn't know whether he was drunk or not. He continued: "Later, Gu was bewitched by a monster on Qiushui Mountain, and almost hurt the national teacher. Gu really regretted it... Regret it!"

"I didn't blame you," Ying Zhou said, "Don't take it to heart."

Xu Li looked at him deeply, "But Gu has already put the national teacher in his heart, and he can't let it go, so what should I do?"

The preface was wrong, but the postscript was affectionate and sincere. Ying Zhou paused for a moment and said, "Sorry."

Xu Li smiled apprehensively, "The national teacher has really made a decision?"

Ying Zhou said: "Yes, I have decided."

On Qingming day, Xu Li already knew about him and Xu Boyuan.Today when Xu Li made an appointment with him, he had a vague premonition that he should go to the appointment and give Xu Li an answer, so he was already prepared, but he didn't know whether what he said according to his heart was appropriate for ordinary people.

Xu Li was silent for a while, before saying: "Today, my father will give my cousin a marriage."

Ying Zhou smiled, "Well, I know. He won't marry someone else."

The certainty in the words made Xu Li speechless.

But if you don't say anything, you really can't be reconciled.

"...National teacher, how can I be inferior to my cousin?"

Ying Zhou shook his head, "You are already different, so there is no need to compare."

Xu Li mocked: "Many people say this to Gu, but in their hearts, they all feel that Gu is not as good as his cousin at all, and the national teacher is the same as them."

Being infected by him, Ying Zhou also felt a little sad, and said, "I've never thought about it this way."

The world is too vast, in his eyes, a flower and a leaf are no different from a monster and a person, let alone how to distinguish between people.

It's just that his relationship with Xu Boyuan is different, he is the closest existence, but with Xu Li, he can't get to that step.

Ying Zhou picked up the third jar of Lihuabai from the fragments of a wine jar, opened the seal, and filled it up for Xu Li and himself, "I don't drink well, so I can only drink this one, I will respect you."

"Ha!" Xu Li let out a desolate laugh, covered his forehead, shrugged his shoulders, but his eyes were not half open, "National teacher! Ying Zhou! How long can you stay together!"

Ying Zhou clinked wine glasses with him, and said softly: "As long as I am here, there will be me and him."

Xu Li was laughing again, she didn't know when she started to cry, drinking one cup after another, Ying Zhou couldn't stop him, and also realized that Xu Li's sadness at the moment was not entirely due to him, so he simply stopped persuading him and sat aside to watch quietly. He continued until Xu Li was so drunk that he fell unconscious.

There was the inner eunuch of the East Palace waiting outside, Ying Zhou called people in to look after Xu Li, got up and left.

When he walked outside the flower garden, Xu Boyuan was wearing a long black gown and stood with his hands behind his back. He turned sideways when he heard footsteps. He was handsome and gentle in the twilight. He smiled at Ying Zhou and said, "Have you agreed with Your Highness?"

Ying Zhou raised the corners of his lips, and walked over quickly, Xu Boyuan took a natural step, and continued to walk out together with him, Ying Zhou said: "It's done, are you here to pick me up?"

Xu Boyuan held the hand under his loose sleeve, "Well, I'm afraid His Highness will be so angry that he forgot to ask for a carriage to take you."

Ying Zhou ticked his palm, "Don't even ask what we said?"

Xu Boyuan also smiled, clenched his troubled hand, and interlocked his fingers, "Then why don't you ask, what did I say to the emperor?"

Ying Zhou's smile deepened, he trusted Xu Boyuan, so he didn't feel the need to ask, so it turned out that Xu Boyuan was the same.

Outside the restaurant, Fushuang was waiting.

Xu Boyuan pulled him onto the horse, and Ying Zhou noticed that there was a bag on the back of the horse, so he turned to look at the person behind him, Xu Boyuan said, "I'm taking two days off, and I'll take you to a place."

"Well, where are you going?"

There was a constant flow of people on the road, Xu Boyuan didn't shy away from it, and kissed him lightly on the side of the cheek, "I'll know when we get there."

The reins shook off, Fushuang neighed, and ran wildly on all fours, carrying the two of them out of the capital before the city gate was locked.

In the restaurant, Xu Li slept for two hours, and when he woke up, there was only Sitong beside him.

"Your Highness is awake?" Si Tong was making tea, which was very strong, just in time to sober up.

"Hmm..." Xu Li straightened up slowly, leaned on the back of the chair, and stared at the beams on the roof in a silent trance.

"The son and the national teacher have already left the city," Si Tong said, "just after the national teacher left."

Xu Li closed her eyes.

"Your Majesty heard that the crown prince has asked for a two-day leave, Your Highness, don't miss this opportunity."

Xu Li opened his eyes, blood red in his eyes, staring at him without saying a word.

Si Tong said: "His Royal Highness said that he would see the national teacher again, and he would make a decision after meeting. Now that we have met, but have you changed your mind?"

Xu Li's lower lip was almost bleeding, hesitation, struggle, pain, sadness, unwillingness, countless emotions mixed in his eyes, making him look like a trapped animal, unable to find a way out.

After a long time, he closed his eyes again, "... I know."

Sitong curled his lips silently.

Xu Li said: "Go and prepare, we will do it in three days."

Sitong pushed the teacup in front of him, "Do you want to inform the emperor?"

Xu Li endured a headache and shook her head, "Father is sick now, this kind of thing can be done alone."

Sitong got up and saluted respectfully, "I understand."

The author has something to say: I put the preschool car from the day before yesterday in the last chapter, and then it was locked. In fact, I didn’t do anything... I had to delete it again, crying

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