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It has been two months since the new emperor ascended the throne. During these two months, the Daxu dynasty has been developing in an orderly manner, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment.The period of war and chaos when the emperor first took office has also passed.

At this time, Rui'an City ushered in another happy event, the emperor was going to marry the queen.This empress was the main wife of the new emperor when he was still the prince. Her family heard that she was a general in the northwest. When the emperor led the army in the northwest, the empress was by her side in every detail, and she also gave birth to a four-year-old eldest prince. .

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, there will definitely be no lack of conferring gifts that a regular wife should have.

First, it was announced to the world a few days in advance, and then the emperor and empress went to the Taimiao to worship together in a car that morning.

When the chariot passed by the streets of Rui'an City, the common people rushed to watch from the side of the road. Although the curtains of the chariot were tightly blocked, it did not hinder the high enthusiasm of the people.

Li Chi looked at it from a distance, and said to the person next to him who was wearing a bamboo hat to cover his face, "Let's go."

The man let out a "hmm" and followed Li Chi back to their residence.

Back at the place where Li Chi lived now, the man took off his bamboo hat and revealed his appearance. It was Zuo Xuan who should have died two months ago.

The two sat down, Li Chi poured two cups of tea, and handed a cup to Zuo Xuan, "Give up?"

Zuo Xuan held the cup and nodded, "Give up."

After drinking tea for a long time, Li Chi still couldn't understand how Zuo Xuan made himself so hard, and asked him again: "Didn't you send him a letter every month? Didn't you say anything about helping him? "

Zuo Xuan was silent for a moment, then said with a smile, "He probably has never seen it, and maybe he can't understand it even if he wants to."

"What do you mean?"

"A little trick, the acrostic has embedded our birthdays, maybe he has long forgotten."

Li Chao also understood, he was afraid that something bad would happen if he was robbed halfway.Now Li Chi didn't know what to say, "Didn't you say that you two had a deep friendship before? How could you be so hard-hearted..."

"No matter how deep the friendship is, it can't be compared to not seeing each other in eight years, let alone in the face of power, what is friendship?"

"Besides, he didn't do it on purpose. In his view, I'm just a stranger. It's not his ruthlessness that hurts people, but his indifference."

"I'd rather he be ruthless and torture me than to put Zuo Xuan's name in front of his eyes and ask who it is."

Zuo Xuan looked calm on the surface, but in fact the wound in his heart had already festered.He couldn't wait to vent his boredom, even though he knew it was not appropriate to talk to Li Chi, he still confides to him sentence by sentence.

"Sorry for talking so much."

"It's okay."

In Li Chi's view, Zuo Xuan is a bloody lesson, telling others that if you are not free and easy, don't provoke the royal family.

After talking so much, Zuo Xuan was a little tired. Although he had talked for two months, his body had not fully recovered.

Supporting the table, Zuo Xuan stood up, and said politely to Li Qu: "I want to do one more thing and go back to my hometown, and I will bother Brother Li again in the next few days."

"Brother Zuo has helped me so much, I don't mind giving it back once."

Zuo Xuan went back to the guest room and lay down, his eyes scattered casually on the top of the bed.This guest room in his house has existed for four years, and he never thought that he would be the first to live in it.

He thought about it for a long time, but he never realized that his life would become such a failure. He almost died in the dungeon because of a small wind and cold, and his house was not his own when he came back.Not only that, but he also made himself look like a ghost, wearing his previous clothes, but he couldn't stand up no matter what.

Zuo Xuan didn't know what he was drawing.

Just thinking so wildly, Zuo Xuan gradually sank into a dream.

The one who treated Zuo Xuan was a friend of Li Chi's. Originally, Zuo Xuan was not recommended to travel long distances at this time, but Zuo Xuan insisted on leaving Rui'an. Go back to the hometown with Zuo Xuan until Zuo Xuan fully recovers.

The last thing Zuo Xuan wanted to do was to ask Li Qu to give Pei Yi the picture of Pei Yi's uniform that he had drawn before, and he also wanted to take one last look at Pei Yi, as an end to his longing for these years.

So that day when Li Chi came down from court, he went to visit the emperor, saying that in order to thank the emperor for the left house, he wanted to invite Pei Yi to the humble house, and he also wanted to give Pei Yi something.

Pei Yi had been helpless with this confidant's nonsensical request, so he agreed to the request.

The next day Pei Yi came to Li Chi's residence, and when he entered the yard, he saw the tall plane tree.He couldn't help but stop, and vaguely remembered that Li Ju said "the left house on Dingyuan Road" before, he probably knew whose house it was.I just don't know how Li Chu got involved with him.

Under the guidance of Li Qu, Pei Yi sat in the main hall. He looked all the way, except for the sycamore tree, there was no special arrangement that could arouse his memory.

Li Qu ordered his servants to serve Pei Yi good tea, and then Li Qu went to the study to get the scroll.

It was only a short distance, and it didn't take too long, but when he came back, Pei Yi was no longer there.In the main hall, only Zuo Xuan was sitting there, drinking tea.

Li Qiu asked, "Where is Your Majesty?"

"gone."

"gone?"

"The attendant next to the eldest prince came to report and left."

Li Chao sat down a little discouraged, "What's the matter?"

Zuo Xuan smiled, "I'm sorry for making Brother Li busy."

"You... hey, that's all."

After this incident, Zuo Xuan seemed lifeless, as if he had lost interest in things around him.Even the obsession not long ago is so far away as if it was a matter of the previous life.

After a few days, Zuo Xuan bid farewell to Li Qiu and set foot on the road back to his hometown.It sounds like returning home, but Zuo Xuan has been living in Rui’an since he can remember, and he doesn’t know what his hometown looks like. He only remembers that his parents once said that it is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the scenery is particularly beautiful.

Along the way, Qiu Bie took Zuo Xuan's pulse from time to time to see if there was any abnormality in his body, and regularly gave Zuo Xuan the prepared pills.

Just like that, I arrived at the place smoothly and without any danger. It was a small town named Chixi.

A few days earlier, Zuo Xuan had already sent a letter to his parents saying that he would come back, so when he arrived at his home address, he saw his parents and two elder brothers standing at the door waiting for him.

Zuo Xuan was a little apprehensive on the way back. He always felt that he would disappoint his parents if he came back with nothing.But when he saw this scene, he couldn't hold back his tears. After getting out of the car, he stood in front of his family and called out in a hoarse voice.

Papa Zuo looked at his youngest son, who had been spoiled by his family since he was a child, and became so thin.

"Just come back."

Zuo Niangqin took out Zuo Xuan's luggage from the car, and expressed her gratitude to Qiu Bie for her treatment.Then several people surrounded Zuo Xuan and went back to the yard, and Qiu Bie followed behind with her medicine box.

The second brother Zuo who was walking in front suddenly stopped and called Qiu Bie, "Xiao Bie."

Qiu Bie was stunned, "Brother Zuo?"

"Thank you for helping my brother."

Qiu Bie smiled, "Brother Zuo, be polite, this is the duty of a doctor."

Zuo Han nodded and continued walking forward.

Zuo Niangqin led Zuo Xuan to the small courtyard they carefully prepared for him, every part of the courtyard looked extremely comfortable.Zuo Xuan hasn't felt such warmth for a long time, and it seems that his heart has calmed down a lot. Looking at the layout of every place, he smiled and said to Zuo Niangqin, "Thank you, mother, for your hard work."

Zuo Niangqin also smiled and said, "It's not hard to prepare for Xuan'er, but Xuan'er has worked hard all alone in Rui'an these past few years, look at this thin body."

"It's nothing, it's all over."

"If you don't like to talk, the mother won't ask. You must be tired from the journey. Lay down and rest for a while."

After speaking, he dragged Zuo Xuan to lie down.

Zuo Xuan closed his eyes and began to take a nap before Zuo Niangqin left the room.As soon as the door was closed, Zuo Niangqin couldn't help but began to wipe her tears. Everyone knew that Zuo Xuan must have a very bad life, but no one dared to ask Zuo Xuan, so they had to say goodbye to Qiu, who didn't know much. , Let him know how much he knows and how much he exposes.

Qiu Bie was also very envious of Zuo Xuan having such a warm family, and told everything he knew. Although it was not much, it also made the Zuo family roughly guess some things.While feeling sorry for Zuo Xuan's stupidity, at the same time resenting Pei Yi's inhumanity.

But in order for Zuo Xuan to recover well, everyone unanimously decided not to mention Pei Yi's name from now on.

Zuo Xuan in the room originally wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while, but he hadn't been in such a comfortable environment for a long time, and fell asleep unknowingly.

When he woke up, it was already dark, and the room was pitch-black, which gave him the illusion for a moment that he was still in the prison.He got up abruptly and ran off the bed before he could even put on his shoes.He couldn't tell where the door was, so he ran casually, yelling indiscriminately, "Pei Yi...Pei Yi...let me out! I want to see Pei Yi!"

He touched the wall with both hands, and then desperately hit it with his fists.

After a while, the voice in the room spread outside, alarming the second brother Zuo who was already next door.

The second brother Zuo came to Zuo Xuan's room in a hurry, and quickly lit the oil lamp in the room, and the light finally illuminated the whole room.Looking around, he saw Zuo Xuan huddled against the wall, holding himself tightly with both hands, his eyes full of panic.

Zuo Han hurried over, hugged the little brother in his arms, and comforted him softly, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, little brother, don't be afraid, we're out, don't be afraid."

After a long time, Zuo Xuan came out of his emotions. He finally saw clearly that it was Brother Zuo who was holding him, and asked him in a doubtful voice, "Second Brother, why did I become like this?" Falling, tears dripping from the eye sockets.

Zuo Xuan is so old, Zuo Er Ge has never seen such a fragile little brother, his heart is almost broken, but he can't even do real help, he can only pat the little brother on the back, "It's not Xiaoxuan's fault, Don't take it to heart."

Zuo Xuan blinked, "Really?"

The second brother Zuo replied very seriously: "Really."

"Then... I believe in my second brother."

"Well, Second Brother won't lie to you."

Saying that, Zuo Han carried him back to the bed, and carefully covered him with the quilt.

"Lie down for a while, the second brother won't bother you anymore."

"When you leave, don't turn off the lights."

"Well, don't put it out."

Zuo Han came out of the room, couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and punched the courtyard wall.

The conversation was divided into two parts. That day when Li Qu sent Zuo Xuan away, he was called into the palace by Pei Yi.

Pei Yi sat behind the desk in the imperial study, staring at Li Qu with piercing eyes, and asked him nonchalantly.

"Tell me the truth, who did you send away today?"