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 honest, the incomparable Chu Xianping was indeed the most perfect lover Li Zimu could imagine.
If what Tang Chen did only moved her, then what Chu Xianping left in her heart was worship and admiration.
Obviously, the latter is what the "right one" should be like, so Li Zimu undoubtedly wants to marry Chu Xianping.
But if the price is to leave Wei Changtian...
"Okay, I understand."
After seeing the subtle change in Li Zimu's eyes, Chu Xianping slowly stood up before the former could even speak.
"Take care, see you soon."
"..."
Under Li Zimu's eager gaze, Chu Xianping quickly clicked a few times without hesitation and sealed all the former's acupuncture points in the blink of an eye.
His energy and blood became stagnant, and Li Zimu immediately slumped down on the wooden chair. Only his eyes were wide open, still staring at Chu Xianping.
There is no doubt that she originally wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it at this time.
And Chu Xianping just looked at her deeply for the last time, then turned around and opened the door and left without saying a word.
"Squeak~"
As the door opened and closed, a breeze blew on Li Zimu.
The moonlight was vast, dizzying among the shadows of flowers outside the window, touching the crystal bead curtain hanging outside the door, and finally drifting deeper into the courtyard under the woman's gaze.
...
"Master Chu."
A quarter of an hour later, when the Linde Palace was filled with singing and dancing, Chu Xianping had already left the palace and stood beside a carriage.
Zhuang Zhiming and several people from Kuilong had been waiting here for a long time, and their words and deeds were somewhat respectful.
On the other side, Chu Xianping glanced at Zhuang Zhiming and asked calmly: "Master Zhuang, have you ever gotten what you wanted?"
"got it."
Zhuang Zhiming's eyes couldn't hide his excitement: "Thank you, Mr. Zhuang. I am deeply grateful!"
"Master Zhuang, you're welcome."
Nodding, Chu Xianping asked again: "What about my things?"
"It's right here."
Zhuang Zhiming did not dare to be negligent. Hearing this, he immediately took out something from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Xianping.
Under the moonlight, the ghost-faced dragon carved on the front of the token was lifelike, exactly the same as the Kuilong token that Chu Xianping had previously handed back to Wei Changtian.
There is no doubt that this must be the Huangtai Elder Token that originally belonged to Lu Hongji.
After Lu Hongji died, this thing naturally belonged to Chu Xianping.
And what Zhuang Zhiming got is probably the Moon-Challenging Sword Manual...
"Well, let's go."
After looking at the token and putting it in his sleeve, Chu Xianping walked to the carriage.
A man named Kui Long had already diligently opened the car curtain for him, but Chu Xianping looked back before getting in the car.
There are two phoenix towers in Yunli Imperial City, and tens of thousands of people live in spring trees in the rain.
The Xinfeng Imperial Palace in the night is like an entrenched dragon, its body towering in the darkness, with little flames like scales.
For some people, this is a symbol of wealth and power.
For some, this is a cruel and dangerous quagmire.
But no matter what, this is the center of power in Xinfeng and the most important heart of a country.
But if you look at the whole world...what does a mere new offer mean?
Looking away, Chu Xianping stepped onto the carriage. After sitting down, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms.
He was silent for a moment, then gently pulled out the cork and poured a black elixir from the bottle into the palm of his hand.
If Wei Changtian was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this object.
Because this was a brand new puppet pill, and it was the same puppet pill that he thought Chu Xianping had already taken.
"Tick..."
Internal force surged into his fingertips, forcing out a drop of blood.
Blood drops fell on the surface of the puppet pill, and instantly melted into it and turned into threads of blood, adding a bit of a weird feeling to the entire pill.
Looking at the pill in his hand, Chu Xianping suddenly sighed for no reason.
But when he remembered what Wei Changtian said last night, he no longer hesitated, and finally raised his hand to take the puppet pill into his mouth.
"Click..."
There seemed to be a subtle cracking sound deep in the soul, and some kind of restraint or connection completely collapsed.
The sound of "gululu" wheels melted into the silence of the night and slowly disappeared into the distance.
...
...
Just like that, Chu Xianping left.
And just two hours after he left, Tang Chen also led his horse out of the Xinfeng Palace step by step.
Both of them chose to leave tonight, but what they did before leaving was completely opposite.
Chu Xianping left quietly and saw no one except Li Zimu.
But Tang Chen left with the "Great Light" and actually said goodbye to everyone except Li Zimu.
To be honest, everyone actually didn't get along with Tang Chen for a long time, so we can't say we have a deep relationship with him.
However, many people know more or less the inside story about him and Li Zimu, so it is inevitable to feel some sympathy and sadness now.
"Mr. Tang, take care. If I have a chance in the future, I will go to Guigu Sect to have a drink with you."
"Brother Tang, please listen to my advice. Men should never miss their ambitions because of their children's affair!"
"What General Liang said is that as the saying goes, there is no grass anywhere in the world. There are so many women in the world, and Mr. Tang will definitely find a good match."
"Okay, okay, don't mention Mr. Tang's sadness again."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Tang, take care of yourself!"
"..."
Faced with the "babble" from Shen Ran, Liang Zhen, Han Zhao, Yang Liushi and others, Tang Chen just smiled and kept responding with his hands. During the whole process, he never asked where Li Zimu had gone, as if he had really gone. Let everything go.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then, he led a horse out of the palace alone and walked out of the bustling Fengyuan City until there was no one around him.
He walked silently in the night, with only a little light on the inn around him.
And in this inn, Wei Changtian quietly looked at the people and horses walking on the official road not far away, making the final decision in his heart.
There is no doubt that as long as he thinks about it, he can kill Tang Chen effortlessly, earn 1500 system points and gain a powerful magical power at the same time.
And if he kills people here, no one, including Li Zimu, will know.
So, should we kill or not?
He held his hand on the hilt of the sword, but his body did not move.
Wei Changtian just watched helplessly as Tang Chen walked through the inn step by step from far to near, and then from near to far, and finally silently let go of his hand.
Damn, I finally relented.
Cursing secretly in his heart, Wei Changtian realized that he still couldn't be a complete bad person.
At the same time, he also felt a little sad about the ingenuity of things in this world.
Although the whole thing was undoubtedly due to Li Zimu being ashamed of Tang Chen.
But without Li Zimu, Tang Chen would not have been able to survive until now. He would have been killed by himself as early as in Liangzhou.
Thinking about it this way, Li Zimu's deception actually saved Tang Chen's life?
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Wei Changtian was too lazy to think about these nonsense anymore, and once again his eyes fell on Tang Chen's back.
It seems that these stars are not last night, for whom the wind and dew set the midnight sun.
Fengyuan City behind him was brightly lit and bustling with joy.
The official road in front of me was pitch black, and I didn't know where it led.
At a certain moment, the maroon horse seemed to be a little impatient, and suddenly stopped walking, panting heavily and raising its head and stamping its hooves as if in anger.
Tang Chen didn't rush it, he just stood there and patted the horse's head very lightly.
The bright moonlight fell on one person and one horse, like the cleanest white snow in the world.