A few streets away from the side entrance of the palace is a rather noisy downtown. The downtown is centered on a main street, with various shops lined up on both sides, and occasionally filled with many food stalls.

The weather is already hot at this moment, and it is a good time to go out before the evening, and the small stalls on the side of the road are full of people of all kinds, all wanting to have a bowl of hot noodle soup or small wontons at dusk.

In front of the most inconspicuous stall in the corner, a handsome young man ate three bowls of wontons in one go, and it seemed that it was not enough.Just when he was about to order the fourth bowl, he was suddenly pulled up by a man by the neck.

"Eat, eat, eat, don't wait for me, just eat by yourself!" Liu Li dragged the person up and threw it aside, ran to the chair where the boy was sitting, and took a bite with the bowl and chopsticks , and then reluctantly smashed his mouth, it seemed that he was not very satisfied.

Zhao Xiaowu was not annoyed either, he stood beside Liu Li and said, "Hey, how about a bowl for you too?"

Naturally, Liu Li didn't want to eat, so he hurriedly said in distaste: "Is there anything to eat, I'm short and you can't eat it when I go back. If your third brother sees this, he will think I'm starving you every day!"

"No, the third brother said today that it's good to let me follow you." Zhao Xiaowu said hurriedly.

Liu Li looked a little better when he heard this, and pointed to the seat next to him for Zhao Xiaowu to sit down, then beckoned to the stall owner and asked for two more bowls of wontons.

"Then how did you answer?" Liu Li asked.

"I said, no matter where the third brother goes, I will follow." Zhao Xiaowu said again.

Liu Li frowned upon hearing this, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Xiaowu said: "Third brother wants to go back, I can't leave him alone."

"You want to go back to die with him?" Liu Li frowned more and more, looking very unhappy.

Zhao Xiaowu has never been able to read people's faces, but now he turned a blind eye to Liu Li's anger, and continued to add fuel to the fire: "I don't know if I will die, but I can't leave him to live on."

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the chopsticks in Liu Li's hand fell to the table with a "slap" sound!Zhao Xiaowu looked at Liu Li in bewilderment, as if he didn't realize that the other party was angry.

"What did you tell me before? It hasn't happened yet, and you turned around and ran towards him again? You treat me like this is an inn, and you can come and go whenever you want?" Liu Li said.

"I..." Zhao Xiaowu wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start.

"Don't eat, I'm full!" Liu Li said, got up and left.

"Hey...you wait for me..." Zhao Xiaowu hurriedly caught up.

The stall owner's wonton had just come out of the pot, seeing that the two of them were about to rush up to grab Zhao Xiaowu, Zhao Xiaowu took out a piece of broken silver and slapped it in the owner's hand, and then hurriedly chased Liu Li away.

Liu Li was faster than Zhao Xiaowu, and disappeared at the entrance of the alley after only a few steps.Zhao Xiaowu followed to the entrance of the alley, and then heard footsteps behind him, before he could react, he was strangled by someone around the neck.

Zhao Xiaowu was very familiar with the faint smell of soap locust on the person behind him, so he didn't struggle, and let the person walk forward with his arms around him in an extremely uncomfortable position.

"I really want to strangle you so as not to make me angry." Liu Li said.

Zhao Xiaowu chuckled, but he didn't know what he was laughing at.After getting along with this young man for a long time, Liu Li already knew his temper well. He is simple-minded, straight-forward, and usually doesn't turn around when thinking about things.

The young man was taciturn when we first got along, but he talked a lot after a long time, but he still didn't know how to act according to people's faces.Liu Li was originally a master who made others suffer everywhere, but when he met this stunned boy, he was often scratched in anger.

Thinking of this, Liu Li was a little discouraged, so he let him go.

The young man followed him and said: "Don't be angry, I didn't mean that, if you are in danger, I am willing to die for you!"

"Fuck off, who cares about you 'willing to'!" Liu Li said.

"I'm serious, I didn't lie to you." Zhao Xiaowu chased Liu Li like a follower.

The two chased each other away, and Zhao Xiaowu said something that should not be said, and was kicked by Liu Li.The young man was not angry either, he still stuck to Liu Li's back, until they turned a corner and then disappeared.

Before nightfall, Zhao Xun left the palace before the key was released.

After Zhao Xiaowu came here today, Zhao Xun tried to communicate with Li Yue about Daxia's taking back the proton, but Li Yue was very irritable today, and lost his temper before Zhao Xun finished speaking.

Since the two met, Li Yue has been quite gentle in front of Zhao Xun. Even after taking office, he almost never put on a show in front of Zhao Xun, let alone lost his temper.

Today Li Yue suddenly lost his temper with Zhao Xun, not only Zhao Xun, but even Li Yue himself was startled.The pressure of the past few days almost crushed him, but he was unwilling to tell Zhao Xun, which resulted in his almost collapse now.

Zhao Xun didn't say anything after the incident, he only said that he wanted to stay in the Hakka Mansion for two days, but Li Yue's anger hadn't subsided, so he didn't stop him.

So, Zhao Xun left the palace that day.

It was night, Li Yue tossed and turned in the first half of the night, and had nightmares again and again in the second half of the night.

In fact, during this period of time, he often had nightmares, dreaming of all kinds of terrible pictures.The nightmares made him restless when he was awake, and the restlessness made his nightmares worse.

That night, Li Yue dreamed of the scene he was most afraid of.

In the dream, in the vast snowy field of Beijiang, Zhao Xun rode a horse and fought bloody battles, and then he was cut off from the horse, and was surrounded by Dayu's soldiers, killing him to the bone!

Li Yue woke up from the dream, and there was no one around him.

He lay on the couch covered in cold sweat, and couldn't fall asleep until dawn.

In the morning court the next day, Li Yue said he was sick and absent.

After Prince An learned of this, he went to the palace to meet Li Yue early in the morning.He knew Li Yue's thoughts towards Zhao Xun, and thought that Li Yue's move was to avoid someone in the court forcing him to make a decision. After meeting Li Yue today, he realized that Li Yue was really sick.

The young man who was still high-spirited before became pale, with dark circles under his eyes, and looked exhausted.

"Why did you get sick so well?" Prince An asked.

"I broke out in a cold sweat in a dream last night, probably because I didn't cover myself with a quilt, so I caught a cold." Li Yue said.

"Where is Zhao Xun? I don't know how to take good care of you." Prince An said.

"He left the palace last night and never came back." Li Yue said.

When Prince An heard this, he knew that Li Yue's illness probably had something to do with Zhao Xun, so he immediately felt a little displeased.Although he also admired Zhao Xun quite a lot, and even reminded Zhao Xun not to let Li Yue down, but now, his heart is naturally more toward Li Yue.

This matter cannot be delayed any longer, and Li Yue must make a decision as soon as possible.

"Big Xia, we can't keep dragging on." Prince An said.

"I won't agree, there is no need to persuade Uncle Wang on this matter." Li Yue said.

"You have just been in charge now, and the whole country is looking at you. If you don't let people go, then when the Great Xia sends troops, Zhao Xun will become a sinner who will bring disaster to the country and the people." Prince An said.

Li Yuedao: "Big Xia's actions are clearly provoking me. Even if I let Zhao Xun go back, Da Xia will not let it go. He will only laugh at me for not being able to protect a person next to me."

Li Yue understood this in his heart, how could Prince An not understand?

"You and I both know the truth, but the common people don't think so." Prince An said.

"Then let them discuss it!" Li Yue said.

"Have you ever thought about how Zhao Xun will deal with himself if this day really comes?" Prince An said.

Yes, Zhao Xun is a man after all, he did not do anything before, Zhao Xun has taken a lot of blame, now if there is a war because of this matter, even if it has nothing to do with Zhao Xun, Dayu and the whole country will definitely not Let go of Zhao Xun.

Of course Li Yue couldn't bear to let Zhao Xun suffer such grievances.

But what can he do?

"Then Uncle Wang told me, what should I do?" Li Yue said.

"For now, the only way is to let go!" Prince An said.

Li Yue said firmly: "Impossible."

Prince An also wanted to persuade: "Your Majesty..."

"I'm tired, Uncle Wang, please go back." Li Yue said coldly.

"Perhaps Your Majesty should have an open and honest talk with Zhao Xun. This matter is not your Majesty's business alone. Zhao Xun should have his own plans." Prince An said.

Li Yue understood Prince An's advice in his heart.It's just that he keeps avoiding this matter, which makes Zhao Xun in a dilemma now.

Zhao Xun knew Li Yue so well, naturally he could think of what Li Yue could think of.Now if Zhao Xun said he wanted to leave, he would have betrayed Li Yue's will, if he didn't leave, he would have fallen into injustice with himself and Li Yue.

But in everything, there is always a solution.

At noon, Zhao Xun went to Liu's Mansion with the guards Zhao Qingming sent him.

Liu Li was right, Liu An and Liu Jing really planned to go back to Lizhou, and they would start their journey only after everything in the capital was settled.After Zhao Xun arrived at the Liu Mansion, he found that the servants had already started preparing things for the road.

Liu An didn't seem surprised by Zhao Xun's arrival, maybe he had expected that Zhao Xun would meet him, but he didn't expect that he came alone.

"Your Majesty is so relieved to let you go out alone, so you are not afraid of running back to Daxia on a fast horse?" Liu An said.

Zhao Xun laughed: "Mr. Yang is joking, even if I want to leave, I will definitely leave in a dignified manner, so I won't just sneak around without even saying hello."

"It doesn't make any difference to His Majesty, so you still have to leave?" Liu An said.

What Li Yue cares about is whether Zhao Xun will stay in the capital or not. If the result is not, it really doesn't matter to Li Yue how he goes.

Zhao Xundao: "I'm going to Beifang, but I'm not going, I'm going. Now I'm Li Yue's person, Daxia and I only have old grudges, not old feelings."

"Oh?" Liu An raised his eyebrows to look at him meaningfully.

Zhao Xundao: "I would like to invite soldiers to fight for him, and give advice to the master."

The corner of Liu An's mouth unconsciously raised a smile, thinking in his heart that Li Yue was right.

Daxia and Dayu will eventually have a battle, and whether Zhao Xun is returned as a proton or held by Li Yue, it will be hard to say in the end.But if Zhao Xun played for Li Yue, it would be regarded as a solid slap in the face of Da Xia.

A prince who was about to be put to death by them in the past is now forced by them to lead their troops to fight back. It makes me happy to think about it.

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