Author: Taishang Buyi

"Huh? Why don't you drink, Princess?"

Xu Heng looked at Zhu Shuqi in surprise, and said in a sly and strange manner: "Is this official no longer worthy of drinking with Her Highness the Princess?"

"I'll just have a drink. If you like it, I'll give it to you." Zhu Shuqi responded calmly and stopped touching the wine glass.

"Alas, it seems that the official has ruined the princess's happiness. The official understands in his heart that with such a humble and low status, how can he be qualified to drink wine with the noble princess?

"I should have understood this truth long ago, but it's a pity that I was stupid and didn't think it through earlier. I hope that Your Highness the Princess will forgive me.

"The lower official felt that it was shameless to stay, so he resigned first."

After a series of bitchy words, Xu Heng put down the flask, stood up, and took the opportunity to sneak away.

"Sit down." Zhu Shuqi said calmly.

"Your Highness, don't try to persuade her to stay. I'm not worthy of being here." Xu Heng replied, minding his own business, and turned around.

"I want you to sit down." Zhu Shuqi's tone was a little colder.

"You are not worthy of being a low-ranking official!" Xu Heng shouted sadly.

"Sit down or die."

"boom!"

Xu Heng suddenly turned around, jumped, and sat back.

"Do you know why I invite you to drink?" Zhu Shuqi asked calmly.

"I don't know." Xu Heng replied with his head lowered.

"Because you saved my younger brother, restored his sanity, returned to the capital, and reunited with my father and us." Zhu Shuqi said calmly.

"Your Highness, you are so polite. Your Majesty is just a chivalrous and warm-hearted person. He draws his sword to help when there is injustice. He is naturally righteous..."

"That's why I gave you poisonous wine, so you shouldn't meddle in other people's business."

"???" Xu Heng's eyes widened.

"I lied to you." Zhu Shuqi smiled immediately. For a moment, her pale and delicate face seemed to have a little more rosy color, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, as if she was very satisfied with Xu Heng's stunned expression at the moment.

She habitually picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Then the smile on her face suddenly froze, as if she had realized something, her beautiful eyebrows suddenly frowned.

"..."

She raised her other hand to cover her red lips, lowered her head slightly, and then put the wine glass back on the table without changing her expression.

Xu Heng glanced at it. Not only was there no less wine in the wine glass, there seemed to be a little more, and there was a little foam floating on it.

"What are you looking at? Close your eyes." Zhu Shuqi also saw the situation in the wine glass, her face immediately changed, and she shouted loudly.

"oh!"

Xu Heng was very persuaded and closed his eyes.

Isn't it just spitting the wine in his mouth back? What's not allowed to see?

"I asked you to come drink because I like this younger brother. He is different from other princes. But if I like him, it does not mean that other people will like him, so you saved him and made many people very unhappy.

Do you understand?" Zhu Shuqi said coldly.

"Understood." Xu Heng nodded.

This is nothing more than other princes feeling that there is another rival for the throne. It is normal to be unhappy.

"Just understand. After Xiao Lao Shi returned to the capital, he also mentioned you to me, saying that you were an interesting person and asked me to help find your whereabouts."

Zhu Shuqi continued: "However, I ordered people to search for several months, but there was no trace of you. On the contrary, several outsiders appeared in Yihong Pavilion today, and you also appeared suddenly, and appeared without any warning. So, what are you doing?"

Who is he?"

"Ah?" Xu Heng was stunned by the question.

The other party's question made him feel confused.

Zhang San and others are outsiders, but I am not regarded as an outsider?

"Your Highness, is there a possibility that I am also an outsider?" Xu Heng frowned, feeling that something was not right.

"Of course you are an outsider. I also know that you are with them, and the little old ten also knows." Zhu Shuqi nodded, "But what I am asking is, who are you?"

Xu Heng was even more confused instantly. What the hell is this question? Why can’t I understand it?

"Your Highness, I don't quite understand what you mean." Xu Heng looked puzzled.

"You don't understand?" Zhu Shuqi frowned and her expression gradually darkened.

"No, Your Highness, I really don't understand what you mean. I am an outsider just like those people just now. Otherwise, who else could I be?" Xu Heng asked hurriedly.

He always felt that the princess' words seemed to treat him differently from Zhang San and others.

But the other party just said that he knew he was an outsider. Isn't this inconsistent?

"If I know better, do I still need to ask you?" Zhu Shuqi's eyes turned cold and she stared at Xu Heng.

Then, he shook his head and said: "That's all, since you don't understand, then get out."

"Wait a minute, Your Highness Princess, I..." Xu Heng opened his mouth and wanted to ask more questions.

However, Zhu Shuqi waved her hand gently.

Xu Heng's vision suddenly blurred, as if he was trapped in a mist, and his body continued to fall.

In the blink of an eye, his vision returned to clarity, and he appeared directly at the stairs on the first floor.

When I looked up again, the stairs leading to the top were gone, and the second floor was silent and deserted.

"Xu Heng?"

At this time, Li Wanqian exclaimed.

Then a group of people ran over and looked at him in surprise.

"What did you do up there? Why did you suddenly appear here?"

"And as soon as you showed up, why did everyone else disappear?"

Zhang San and Zhou Chong asked one after another.

Only then did Xu Heng realize that something was wrong. Apart from a few of them, there was no one else on the first floor.

The two strong men guarding the stairs, including Su's mother, were all gone.

"I don't know either. My mind is like a ball of mush right now. Don't ask me questions. Let me sort it out myself first..."

Xu Heng waved his hand, feeling that his mind was in confusion.

He didn't bother to figure out the situation in front of him, and kept thinking about Zhu Shuqi's words just now in his mind.

I am an outsider, I am in the same group as Zhang San and others, but who am I?

This question is illogical and I have no idea what I am asking.

Xu Heng couldn't help but think of the dream he had during the college entrance examination simulation battlefield.

In the dream, young Lao Xu said that he would send them all out.

"Did I really enter the simulated world and then be sent out by Old Xu? Was it when I was a baby and had no memory?" Xu Heng frowned and thought, but couldn't figure it out.

Even if you really entered the simulation world as a baby, it would be nothing!

At most, it’s just that I entered the simulation world earlier than others. What’s so special about it?

It can’t be that I’m originally from the simulated world, right?

"kindness?"

When Xu Heng came up with this idea, he was instantly startled.

But this guess is still wrong and inconsistent.

Because Zhu Shuqi also made it clear that he was an outsider.

"No, I really can't think of anything. I have to find a way to contact my senior sister later. My senior sister was already six years old when I was born. She might know something."

Xu Heng thought hard to no avail, so he could only suppress his inner doubts and wait to talk to Fu Yongqing.

"It's strange. You can't go up to this place. There are no stairs. You can only go up to the second floor."

"The key is that everyone on the second floor is gone."

At this time, Zhang San and others also walked up the stairs and noticed something strange.

"Go outside as well. This door seems to have become a false door, completely integrated into the wall." Li Wanqian also pointed to the door, a little surprised.

After all, she and Xu Heng had passed through this gate just now.

"I know, the solar term pollution outbreak seems to be over, and the Qingming solar term is decreasing."

At this time, a girl spoke.

She is a senior student at Dishu University, a Qingming Festival master, and is very sensitive to Qingming solar terms.
To be continued...