When Wei Changtian rushed back to the palace, everything that happened here had been settled.
"Ms. sir."
Yang Liushi had been waiting outside the palace. When she saw him, she immediately came up to him and said, "It's Lu Hongji. He led people to find Miss Xu's hiding place half an hour ago, intending to kidnap the latter."
"But Li Zimu was pretending to be Miss Xu, and Lu Hongji couldn't tell."
"Is it?"
Continuing to walk into the palace without stopping, Wei Changtian turned his head and asked, "What happens next?"
"After that, Lu Hongji took Li Zimu away."
"But before they could sneak out of the palace...Chu Xianping led someone to stop them."
Yang Liushi's tone was very soft in the last half of the sentence, and she was observing Wei Changtian's expression while speaking.
However, the expected look of surprise did not appear on the latter's face, and Wei Changtian just sighed lightly.
"Oh, I knew it...go on."
"yes."
Yang Liushi nodded lightly: "Later, Chu Xianping rescued Li Zimu. Lu Hongji noticed something was wrong and wanted to escape, but it was too late. The people brought by Chu Xianping used a burst of magic to trap him."
"By the way, although I have never seen it with my own eyes, according to Li Zimu's description, I feel that the formation is somewhat similar to the one we saw Yan Huanwen perform on Bailing Mountain. I don't know if it is the same one."
"It does not matter."
Wei Changtian didn't pay attention to such small details: "What about Lu Hongji? He's dead?"
"The slave family doesn't know that when the slave family came, there was no one at the place where the two sides met."
Yang Liushi answered truthfully: "I only knew this after asking Miss Xu and Li Zimu."
"Well...Chu Xianping is still in the palace now?"
Wei Changtian asked again: "Or have you said you have left?"
"I haven't left, I'm still in the palace."
Yang Liushi answered truthfully, and then he had time to ask about the situation outside the city: "Ms. sir, the battle outside the city has been finished?"
"The fight is over."
Wei Changtian raised his head and glanced at the moon that was no longer flickering by the Moon Sword: "After you left, a big explosion occurred inexplicably in the enemy formation. It was much more powerful than black powder."
"Then the enemy troops fled."
"this......"
Yang Liushi's eyes froze, and she asked blankly: "What's going on?"
"What else could be going on?"
Wei Changtian smiled bitterly: "It must have been arranged by Chu Xianping, who else could it be besides him?"
"..."
After finishing the sentence, the two of them were silent for the time being.
Xiu Mei frowned slightly, and Yang Liushi was silent for a while before he softly probed:
"My lord, in that case, Chu Xianping is really a fake rebel?"
"Who knows."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "Maybe, maybe this is still just his plan."
"No matter what, he is helping us no matter what. We will talk about everything after I see him."
"Um."
Yang Liushi nodded slightly after hearing this, and it was obvious that she thought it would be better to wait until Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping met and talked before making a judgment.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but speed up her pace slightly, and the two of them quickly walked outside the Jinhua Palace.
The lights in the palace can be seen through the window, but no sound can be heard.
Stopping outside the palace door, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi looked at each other and were about to open the door and go in.
But at this moment, Yang Liushi suddenly remembered an unimportant thing.
"By the way, Mr. Tang, Tang Chen was seriously injured when trying to save Li Zimu. It was Miss Xu who used mica to save him."
"Okay, I get it now."
He nodded nonchalantly. Wei Changtian obviously had no time to care about Tang Chen at the moment.
After he responded, he looked away, took a breath, and then opened the palace door.
...
...
The lights in Jinhua Hall are like daylight, layers of gauze curtains fall from the sky, fragrant breeze and jade mist, orchid pillars and carved beams, all the furnishings can be considered luxurious.
However, everyone sitting or standing in the hall was very silent at this time, and their expressions did not change until Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi opened the door and came in.
"You...finished the fight outside the city?"
The first person to greet her was Xu Suisui. She obviously wanted to say something else, but in the end she couldn't say it in front of so many people.
"Well, the fight is over."
On the other side, Wei Changtian simply replied, his eyes swept over Han Zhao, Li Zimu and others, and then...
"Son."
Lowering his head and cupping his hands, Chu Xianping's demeanor and tone remained the same as before.
Wei Changtian, on the other hand, looked at him silently and didn't say a word for a long time.
"..."
The candlelight flickered, and there was deathly silence in the hall.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping, and their expressions were very complicated.
It's been almost a month since Chu Xianping left for Qingzhou until now.
Some people only know a little bit about what happened in this month, while others know the whole story.
But no matter how much they know, everyone understands that the relationship between the two men in front of them will never be the same again.
"Let's talk alone."
Looking at Chu Xianping calmly, Wei Changtian only said this sentence after a long while.
Chu Xianping didn't say anything more, and just as calmly bowed his hands.
"Yes, sir."
"..."
Just like this, after more than ten breaths, the two of them walked around a screen one after another and walked into the side hall under the gaze of everyone.
The reaction of the two people after meeting again can be said to be both normal and weird. Although everyone is very curious about what they will say, all they can do at the moment is wait.
You look at me and I look at you. There are worries, doubts, and uneasiness in my eyes.
In fact, the war outside the city has just ended, and there should be many things that these people need to deal with at this time.
However, everyone still chose to wait in the Jinhua Palace tacitly, waiting for the outcome between Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping.
In addition, there are some relationships that are now in need of a decision...
"Master Tang..."
Not long after Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping entered the side hall, Li Zimu, who had hesitated for a long time, suddenly walked to Tang Chen and said softly:
"Let's go for a walk..."
"..."
As if he had had a premonition, Tang Chen's expression was very calm at this time.
Although Xu Suisui treated his injury with mica mushroom, which "can cure all diseases", he still had little blood on his face and his voice was weak due to excessive blood loss.
Looking at Li Zimu who lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, Tang Chen's eyes flashed with pain, but it quickly disappeared.
"Okay, let's go."
"..."
He stood up and walked out of Jinhua Hall with Li Zimu.
The cool night breeze carries a bit of the lingering chill of late spring and a bit of the subtle fragrance of crabapples.
The two of them walked side by side down the long steps outside the palace, walking in the long corridor soaked in the night, without speaking.
For Li Zimu, she may not know how to speak.
For Tang Chen, he might not know what to say.
Thinking about the past has been empty for a while, the bright moon is ruthless, and tonight there is a smoke.
On this night when the flowers and the moon meet and the war ends, the stars in the sky seem to be a little brighter than usual.
However, now this starlight is particularly heavy for the two of them.
Although silence is sometimes better than sound, many things need not be said but are actually self-evident in silence.
But since the story has a beginning, it must eventually have an ending.