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The two returned to Zuo's house, Zuo Xuan was dull and didn't say a word along the way.And Pei Yi didn't dare to say anything lightly, for fear that he would inadvertently make Zuo Xuan angry again.

Arriving at the gate of the mansion, Zuo Xuan got off his horse and looked up at the plaque. He didn't expect to come back less than two hours after leaving this time.

On the side, Pei Yi handed over the horse to the doorman, and led Zuo Xuan into the door.

On the way back to the room, Zuo Xuan stopped in front of the sycamore tree in the yard. This sycamore tree has grown stronger over the past few years, but it is still much smaller than the one in Rui'an City.

Zuo Xuan tugged Pei Yi's hand, "I want to go to the plane tree."

Pei Yi naturally agreed to Zuo Xuan's proposal, so the two people who had just entered the door went out again.

They didn't come to the sycamore tree very quickly, maybe it was already evening, and there were no children playing around in front of the tree.

Zuo Xuan asked again, "Take me up."

Pei Yi jumped up with Zuo Xuan in his arms, and sat on a branch.

After sitting down, Zuo Xuan turned his gaze to the street below.The scene in the distance and near is somewhat similar to before, but it seems to have changed a lot in detail.The child who was greedy for candied haws held his mother's hand and got the candied haws he wanted, and the woman who picked out the jewelry wrapped her hairpin in her arms with satisfaction; there were bowls of soup on the small stall in the distance Wonton, the old man carrying the burden nearby shook his head and staggered back home.

This city is still alive, but Zuo Xuan no longer has the fresh joy of before.This place has nothing to do with him, he is not a commoner living in a certain corner of the city, but just a traveler with a bag on his back.

Zuo Xuan let out a long breath of the dullness in his chest, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or to Pei Yi.

"I used to come here often when I was alone."

Pei Yi knew when the other party was talking.

Zuo Xuan chuckled, "Seeing the children playing here, I'm too embarrassed to climb up the tree."

Pei Yi listened quietly to Zuo Xuan's words.

"When I'm alone at home, I can only stay in the study, but I can't help but want to write letters."

"But after writing the letter and knowing that there would be no reply, I had to write it and burn it."

"Sometimes I really think too hard, so I have to go out for a walk, and when I get here, I look at the parasol tree from a distance."

"I'm really happy when you come back. I want to take a closer look at that great general whom the courtiers are full of praise for."

"Entering the prison was what I expected, but what I didn't expect was that I went in but came out sideways."

"Waiting in the prison for several months probably exhausted all the optimism in my life. Now I don't know how to be sure that you will come back to find me."

Zuo Xuan turned his head and looked directly at Pei Yi, but at this moment Pei Yi was afraid to look at him.

Zuo Xuan held Pei Yi's face in both hands, forcing him to look at him.

"Do you know what life is like in the dungeon?"

"All the cells are empty, I am the only prisoner, and even the jailer asks me from time to time if I have committed some heinous crime."

"Tell me, what crime have I committed?"

Pei Yifang seemed to be under a curse, unable to speak a single word.

Zuo Xuan let go of the other party and smiled lightly.

"Thinking about it later, I'm glad I was stupid and naive back then, otherwise I would have collapsed and died in the prison, right?"

"Facing the dirty weeds and the terrifyingly quiet prison cell every day, the only joy is the high windows above my head to see if there will be sparrows perched on it."

"When I didn't come out, I thought you hated me because you misunderstood me. Only after I came out did I realize that I was thinking too much."

"Why do you hate me? You even remember me, Zuo Xuan, so stingy."

Zuo Xuan looked at Pei Yi, his eyes were full of regret and pain that was about to overflow.

"No," Zuo Xuan choked up, "Don't think... I'm pitiful."

"I did everything voluntarily. I might resent you for forgetting, or I might accept your apology and your overtures."

"However, I alone will not accept your mercy."

The sky had darkened at some point, but the two of them were still sitting on the plane tree, looking at each other.

After a long time, Pei Yi raised his hand and touched Zuo Xuan's head, then pulled him into his arms.

"Our little Xuan is not pitiful."

Zuo Xuan smiled and patted the other party's hand, "Coax me again."

The two hugged and looked at the night, the breeze was blowing.It was quiet all around, only the indistinct laughter from the distant people.

Pei Yi asked him, "It's getting late, are you going back?"

"Well, go back."

Pei Yi jumped up again around Zuo Xuan, got off the tree, and the two walked back to Zuo's house side by side.

When we arrived at Zuo Zhai, when we passed the hall, we saw a figure sitting inside.Pei Yi stopped and took a closer look. It was the little emperor Pei Xu.

Pei Xu walked up to the two of them, called "Royal Father" and then fixed his eyes on Zuo Xuan who was beside Pei Yi.

"Who is this? Don't you even salute me when you see me?"

Pei Yi frowned, grabbed Zuo Xuan, and scolded, "Pei Xu!"

Zuo Xuan broke away from the opponent's hand, and wanted to kneel down, but Pei Yi grabbed him.

"Hurry up and go back to me!"

But the little emperor seemed to be stubborn, "Father, you don't want the queen mother, you don't want me, is it because of him? A lowly painter, an unforgivable traitor?"

Pei Yi was furious, "Pei Xu! Who taught you these bad words? Hurry up and apologize!"

And the little emperor only looked at Zuo Xuan with the eyes of a saboteur, and then left angrily with a snort.

"Children are easy to be seduced by others and say some hurtful things." Pei Yi turned to look at Zuo Xuan, "Don't worry about Xiao Xuan, next time I will call him..."

Pei Yi was frightened by Zuo Xuan's cold eyes, "...Xiao Xuan?"

Zuo Xuan smiled, "I forgot, are your children so old?"

"Xiaoxuan..."

"Children at this age really need their parents to accompany them, so go back quickly."

Only then did Pei Yi realize what it was like for Zuo Xuan to reject him, but he was irrefutable.

Zuo Xuan walked forward on his own, but Pei Yi could only follow, he was afraid that once he walked away, Zuo Xuan would really not forgive him.

But Zuo Xuan didn't look at Pei Yi who was following behind him, went to eat by himself, washed up, went back to the room, and lay down quietly on the bed.

There was a lamp burning in the room, Pei Yi sat down by the bed, and looked at Zuo Xuan who had his back turned to him.

Pei Xu was probably the most unclear point for him, so even though he cared about Pei Xu very much, he still tried his best not to let Pei Xu and Zuo Xuan meet.It's just that he came out of the palace in a hurry today, probably to let Pei Xu know.But even so, that's not the reason for him to speak ill of Zuo Xuan, not to mention how bad words that woman taught Pei Xu.

"Pei Yi, I don't blame you." Zuo Xuan's muffled voice came from under the quilt, "I just want to know, did I destroy your family?"

Pei Yi's heart tightened suddenly.

"I saw the empress dowager ceremony back then. It was very grand. It can be seen that you two have a very good relationship. If it was because of me, then I..."

"No."

"It's just an agreement, it's my reward for her. I don't have any relationship with her. As for Pei Xu, it was an accident. Don't think too much about it. I don't have any emotional entanglements with others."

There was a rustling sound from under the quilt, and Zuo Xuan turned over, facing Pei Yi, revealing a pair of red eyes from under the quilt.

"Really? Don't lie to me."

Pei Yi patted Zuo Xuan's head, "I'm not lying to you, it's just a deal."

"Well then, I... I'll trust you one last time, it's really the last time."

"Okay, for the last time. I will confess anything to you in the future."

Zuo Xuan retracted into the quilt again, and said in a low voice: "You didn't know that I liked you back then, and it was your freedom to marry a wife and have children."

Pei Yi hugged Zuo Xuan through the quilt, rescued him from the quilt, and looked directly at him, "Freedom that will make you unhappy, don't worry about it."

Zuo Xuan was taken aback by the words, stared blankly at each other, and when he realized he slapped the other person's face with his palm, "Don't listen to sweet words, go to bed quickly, aren't you tired?"

Pei Yi smiled and smoothed Shun Zuoxuan's messy hair, "Of order."

Then Pei Yi turned off the lights, closed the door and went back to his room.

But Zuo Xuan couldn't help but hold his heart after watching the other person's figure leave.

Too many things happened today, and he felt that he was about to be unable to bear it.

Zuo Xuan didn't know that he was taking a huge risk, just to see if he could go to the end with Pei Yi, and whether it was worth it.But his heart told him that he could try it, and if he didn't do it, then he felt that he would definitely regret it in the future.Therefore, he gave Pei Yi the opportunity to hurt himself. If he didn't succeed, it would be just another collapse.

However, I just found out today that the twists and turns are still there, and the contradictions are still there.He has been working hard to relax his mentality, and he only hopes that Pei Yi will work hard with him along the way.Otherwise, if he gets to the end and finds that he is alone again, then he may never open his heart to others again.

Pei Yi, I hope you don't let me down.

Zuo Xuan closed his eyes and fell into a dream.

The next day, the two woke up and ate together as usual, forgetting the unhappiness of the previous day as if it hadn't happened.

After eating, Pei Yi went into the palace, while Zuo Xuan stayed in the mansion with nothing to do.He probably knew what Pei Yi was doing in the palace, so he couldn't pay attention to anything.

He is willing to try it with Pei Yi, but it doesn't mean that he wants to see their father-son relationship break down, even if the existence of that child does make him uncomfortable.

At noon, Pei Yi took the little emperor back to Zuo Zhai.I don't know what Pei Yi said to him, but the little emperor's attitude was obviously much better than the day before, even though he was still a little reluctant, he still apologized in front of himself with the courtesy to his elders.

Zuo Xuan was a little awkward, but he still nodded as he accepted his apology.

After all, he was still a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. Seeing that Zuo Xuan forgave himself for his rudeness, he immediately smiled.Then he took out a book and asked Zuo Xuan a question.

Zuo Xuan took the book and found that it was a book he had written and annotated before.Zuo Xuan looked at Pei Yi puzzled, but Pei Yi just motioned for him to explain the confusion first.

Zuo Xuan didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to be a teacher once, and taught the little emperor for an hour. Occasionally, Pei Yi would make some additions.When it was over, the little emperor's reluctance at the beginning disappeared completely, and all that appeared in his eyes was admiration.

After the little emperor left, Zuo Xuan tortured Pei Yi and asked him what was going on.

Pei Yi said: "Naturally, Saburo Zuo has a good homework, so I will teach my son with it."

Zuo Xuan was surprised, "That's just my family's opinion, are you afraid of teaching bad children?"

"It's okay, Pei Xu has always admired the great Confucian who annotated the book, so I told him that you wrote it, and asked him to apologize to you."

Zuo Xuan was silent, and after a while he said, "Are you afraid that he will be prejudiced against me?"

"Yes. After all, children are easily influenced by others, and his mother has an extreme personality. No one knows what bad things will be said, just like yesterday."

Zuo Xuan nodded, "I understand."

Pei Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "Xiaoxuan, don't blame me. I do want to be with you, but son, I don't want to give up either."

Zuo Xuan got a little angry, "What are you talking about? Am I such a narrow-minded person? Don't I understand that children are innocent?"

"My fault is my villainous heart, don't be angry."

Seeing Pei Yi's aggrieved appearance, Zuo Xuan laughed out loud.

"My lord has a lot of adults, so I'm not angry with you."

"Thank you Mr. Zuo." Pei Yi also smiled.

The two just looked at each other quietly, with a tacit smile on their lips.

After a while, Zuo Xuan approached the other party, wrapped his hands around the other party's neck, moved his lips closer, and kissed him.

Zuo Xuan said in a low voice, "You are so good, I will reward you with a kiss from my son."

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It's been so decadent this week didn't make it to the end...