Li Mingyue finished painting a picture, looked at the gradually darkening sky, and murmured: "Is the day about to pass?"
Xu Qing stood up and walked to Li Mingyue and said, "It's getting late, I should go back."
Li Mingyue picked up the robe from the clothes rack nearby and put it on Xu Qing. She helped Xu Qing arrange her clothes and said, "Well, it's not safe because there will be a curfew in the capital after it's late."
Xu Qing looked at Li Mingyue and said, "I'll come back tomorrow."
Li Mingyue looked at Xu Qing's back and pursed her lips, always feeling a little selfish...
Without even asking Sister Su's opinion, she played the role of the eighteen-day wife for her.
But... I only have eighteen days left.
Today is one less day, and she still has seventeen days left.
She wants to be willful just once...
When Xu Qing left the princess's house and walked towards her residence, at this moment, there was a sudden movement behind Xu Qing. Xu Qing immediately pulled out the blunderbuss placed next to his boots and pointed it back.
But he saw Li Xun dressed in black.
Li Xun looked at Xu Qing and said, "Brother Xu, let's talk somewhere else."
Xu Qing nodded, put away the firecracker and walked into a restaurant with Li Xun.
The two entered a private room and symbolically ordered a bottle of wine and a few dishes.
Li Xun sat in the private room and looked at Xu Qing sitting opposite him and asked: "Brother Xu has gone to see the bright moon, right?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "I have seen it. The emperor said that Mingyue should marry King Loulan."
Li Xun clenched his fists and said, "I won't just watch Mingyue marry to the Western Regions!"
Xu Qing said: "Neither can I. If there is no way to break the situation in the end, I will try to bring Mingyue and Brother Li to Chu State."
When Li Xun heard Xu Qing's words, his face suddenly relaxed: "I feel more relieved with Brother Xu's promise. I have always been worried that if the game fails in the end, Mingyue will also fall into a place of eternal destruction with me.
I feel more at ease with Brother Xu’s promise.”
Xu Qing heard the underlying meaning of Li Xun's words and asked, "Brother Li, do you mean that I will only take Mingyue with me?"
Li Xun smiled and said, "Brother Xu, do you know? In fact, Mingyue has always liked you."
Xu Qing nodded and said, "I know."
Li Xun said: "Brother Xu, do you know why she became like this?"
Xu Qing shook his head.
Li Xun said: "Actually, she has had no friends in this world except me since she was a child, and she was often bullied by others. No stranger has ever cared about her, let alone loved her. But now
In the Chu Kingdom, Brother Xu not only saved Mingyue, but also treated Mingyue's illness, and even cared for her. It can be said that Brother Xu is the only person who treats Mingyue well besides me. She will naturally be attracted to Brother Xu, and I believe that.
Brother Xu's behavior will give Mingyue a stable rest of her life."
Xu Qingdao: "I will be responsible for Mingyue's future life, but I want to know what Brother Li means when he asks me to take only Mingyue with him?"
Li Xun said: "I will stay."
Xu Qing frowned: "Why?"
Li Xun smiled and said, "What would I call myself if I followed Brother Xu back? It's called living under someone else's roof. Li Xun doesn't want to live under someone else's roof."
Xu Qing asked: "Brother Li should know that you, the elder brother, are the first in Mingyue's heart. How sad will Mingyue be if you stay to die?"
Li Xun looked at Xu Qing and said, "Then Brother Xu will replace me as the number one in Mingyue's heart."
Xu Qing looked at Li Xun in disbelief and said, "Brother Li stayed to fight against the imperial power just because he didn't want to be under someone else's care?"
Li Xun shook his head and said: "No, I want to replace him and ascend to the throne for the sake of Mingyue."
Xu Qing said, "But if Mingyue follows me back to Chu State, she will be safe."
Li Xun smiled and said: "Safety does not mean that you can live with confidence. It's not that I can't trust Brother Xu's character. I just want to provide a guarantee for Mingyue."
"If Mingyue doesn't have her natal family, she will have no way out. I can't place all my hopes on Brother Xu's character. Brother Xu also has a family. I don't know how the family is, let alone whether they will accept Mingyue, so I must stay.
After that, only if I become the emperor can Mingyue truly have the confidence to marry Brother Xu instead of being forced to live under someone else's roof."
Xu Qing said: "There are still seventeen days left before I take Mingyue away. Brother Li should know that if you don't leave, once Mingyue disappears, the emperor will not immediately suspect me, but he will definitely suspect me first."
I was suspicious of you for a moment."
Li Xun said in a deep voice, "So I have to start an attack in seventeen days at most. If I don't succeed, I will be benevolent."
Xu Qing knew that he could not persuade Li Xun, so he had no choice but to say: "If you have any difficulties, come to me at the delegation's residence."
Li Xun nodded and said: "Okay"
Xu Qing stood up and left, then returned to his residence.
Just as he was about to go back to the room, he met Xiao Ye.
Xiao Ye looked at Xu Qing in surprise: "Brother Xu, you have been here from morning to night."
Xu Qing coughed and said, "Some things have been delayed."
Xiao Ye patted Xu Qing's shoulder: "Go to bed early, otherwise you won't be able to get up tomorrow."
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Xu Qing arrived as expected on the second day, but still climbed over the wall to get in.
If the guests who come to visit the princess stay from morning to night, anyone will feel that there is something wrong.
Li Mingyue was still an unmarried young lady, so Xu Qing naturally had to worry about Li Mingyue's reputation.
After Xu Qing knocked on the door and came in, he found a slightly tired look on Li Mingyue's face.
There was a fire in the room, heating the whole house warm. Li Mingyue helped Xu Qing take off his robe and put it on the shelf nearby.
Xu Qing looked at Li Mingyue's slightly tired look and asked, "Is it okay if you didn't sleep yesterday?"
Li Mingyue shook her head gently, twisted her hands together, and said, "I slept a little late yesterday."
Xu Qing asked: "Are you worried?"
Li Mingyue shook her head and said: "If you go to bed early, time will pass faster. If you go to bed later and wake up early, time will pass slower."
Xu Qing hugged Li Mingyue and said: "Your health is not good to begin with. Don't tire yourself. Don't do this next time. Someone will feel sorry for you."
Li Mingyue leaned on Xu Qing's chest, nodded slightly, and closed her eyes slightly tiredly.
Xu Qing did not tell Li Xun's thoughts to Li Mingyue.
Once Li Mingyue knows what Li Xun is thinking, she will definitely be uneasy. She is afraid that she will spend these seventeen days in worry. If Li Xun fails and is unwilling to follow her,
So Xu Qing chose to hide it so that she could still enjoy the good time for seventeen days.
"Ahem..." Li Mingyue suddenly coughed twice and sniffed.
Li Mingyue suddenly realized something and opened her eyes from Xu Qing's arms, then pushed Xu Qing away and took a few steps back.
Xu Qing took one step forward, and Li Mingyue took one step back.
Xu Qing looked at Li Mingyue's behavior and wondered: "Mingyue, what are you doing?"
After Li Mingyue took a few steps back, she lowered her head and said, "Mingyue seems to have caught wind and cold last night. Don't get too close to Mingyue, you will catch it together..."