At night.

The celebration in Fengyuan City lasted throughout the day, and it was only then that it became slightly calmer.

On the contrary, the Xinfeng Palace under the moonlight began to slowly become lively.

After a great victory in the national war, Xu Suisui naturally wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate.

Although they had just experienced a war and the new treasury was already empty, it was still possible to hold a banquet.

Just like that, the lanterns were decorated and the dragon flag was hung high.

Starting from the end of the Youshi period, nearly a thousand officials, big and small, celebrities, wealthy businessmen and gentry filed into the brightly lit Linde Hall, which was specially used for banquets, and then sat down at the food table one after another.

Although the banquet has not yet begun, there are already dancing girls and prostitutes performing in the palace.

The voice is clear and melodious, dancing with the song, and graceful.

Nearly a thousand people were enjoying this pleasant scene that they had not seen for a long time, laughing and chatting in a low voice, and all they said were nothing more than words of congratulations.

For most people, although Xinfeng's reign was short, they may not have a strong sense of "national identity."

But no matter what, no one wants to experience the pain of "national subjugation" again.

Therefore, the smiles on everyone's faces at this moment are all sincere, and they are sincerely grateful that Wei Changtian can lead his army to help.

After all, everyone knows that without these 300,000 Ningshu reinforcements, Fengyuan City would have turned into a sea of ​​blood.

Thinking of this, many people would turn to look at Wei Changtian who was sitting on the high platform, with a hint of admiration in their eyes.

However, the latter just urged Xu Suisui to hurry up and start eating with an impatient expression.

"When will the food be served? Hurry up."

"you......"

Sitting in the middle of the high platform, Xu Suisui was dressed in gorgeous robes, and the gold ornaments in her hair were extremely complicated. She looked exactly like the empresses or empresses in previous movies and TV series.

Well, if we have to find any difference, maybe Xu Suisui is too young, which makes her lack a superior temperament.

But it can be considered dignified.

"It will take about half an hour."

She turned her head slightly and asked in a very low voice: "Are you hungry?"

"nonsense."

Wei Changtian rolled his eyes, picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth: "I'm almost full after eating this thing."

"..."

Looking helplessly at Wei Changtian, Xu Suisui hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand to summon a young eunuch to his side.

"Go, tell us to go down and have a banquet now."

"Your Majesty, there is still a long way to go..."

"Just do it."

"...Yes, I obey your order."

With a short body, the little eunuch quickly bowed his head and retreated, running to deliver the order to start the banquet.

And during this gap, Xu Suisui asked Wei Changtian softly:

"Where are Chu Xianping and the others?"

"..."

After holding the pastry with his chopsticks for a moment, Wei Changtian didn't say anything after hearing this. He just raised his eyes and looked at the first row of food tables under the high platform.

Yang Liushi, Han Zhao, Liang Zhen and others, and even Tang Chen are already sitting on their seats. Only Chu Xianping and Li Zimu have not shown up yet.

"I guess...he won't come."

"..."

...

On the east side of the palace, in a certain guest room.

When the banquet was held early at the Linde Hall because "Wei Changtian was hungry," Li Zimu was sitting opposite Chu Xianping.

"Xianping, it's almost time, let's go there."

Looking at Chu Xianping who was dressed in gray across from him, Li Zimu urged softly: "It's hard to make the young master wait for us."

"I won't go."

With calm eyes, Chu Xianping slowly shook his head without changing his expression: "I have something to do later."

"Something to do?"

Li Zimu was stunned when he heard this: "What's the matter?"

"We'll talk about this later."

Chu Xianping smiled and did not answer Li Zimu. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject and asked: "You and Tang Chen... how are you doing now?"

"I....."

Li Zimu's eyes darkened, and he lowered his head slightly: "I have made my words clear to him."

"Is it?"

Chu Xianping didn't seem surprised at all: "Then he is leaving?"

"yes."

Li Zimu buried his head even lower: "I don't want to do this, but I can't lie to myself anymore."

"Um."

Nodding, Chu Xianping did not make any comments on this, but after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked an extremely direct question:

"Is it because of me?"

"..."

Raising his head suddenly, Li Zimu stared blankly at Chu Xianping's calm eyes, and his heart was turned upside down because of these words.

Of course she understood what she meant, but...

The evening breeze slowly blew in through the window, blowing the clothes of the two of them, and it seemed to be mixed with the sound of palace music from the Linde Hall.

Li Zimu bit his lip and lowered his eyes, as if it took a lot of courage to finally say a word after a long while.

"yes......"

Everything is quiet and the night is dark.

A trembling "yes" made Chu Xianping's expression finally change.

He looked at Li Zimu who lowered his head with complicated eyes and did not dare to look at him, and then asked softly:

"Then you want to come with me?"

Come with me......

If it were a costume romance drama from a previous life, this sentence would actually sound quite Qiong Yao-style "romantic".

But at this moment, Li Zimu couldn't feel any romance at all, and his eyes suddenly widened with a look of extreme astonishment.

Because these three words undoubtedly mean that Chu Xianping still wants to "rebellion".

Of course, Wei Changtian already knew about this last night.

But Li Zimu didn't know, so he was naturally stunned at the moment.

"First, Xianping, where are you going?"

She asked subconsciously, hoping to get an answer like "It turns out that I thought too much."

But unfortunately Chu Xianping didn't give her any false hope, he just said truthfully word for word:

"I already talked with the young master last night."

"The two of us have different ambitions, so we will go our separate ways from now on."

"If you are willing to come with me, then we will leave Fengyuan tonight."

"By the way, you don't have to feel guilty. I will leave something behind that will definitely repay the young master's life-saving grace for you."

"And if you don't want to come with me, then just pretend that I never said these words, and we will meet again in the future."

"Whether you want to stay or go, you decide for yourself."

"..."

After saying the last sentence, Chu Xianping stopped talking and just waited silently for Li Zimu to make his choice.

The latter's thinking was like a ball of mush at this time, and it took a long time for him to slowly start to function again.

His lips trembled and his eyes were hard.
To be continued...