Tracing Office

The palace is still exactly the same as before, but Zhou Yuyun can't remember the relaxed mood here when he was a child. Looking at the high steps and pillars covered with gold leaf, he only feels strange and cold.

He took a deep breath.Sooner or later you have to face it.

Zhou Yuyun was led into the inner hall by Lin Lun. He stood outside the curtain, didn't go any further, and didn't raise his head. Instead, he knelt down and bowed all over the ground: "Caomin Zhou Yuyun has seen His Majesty."

When Qin Youyuan heard Zhou Yuyun's voice, he immediately walked out from the curtain. His steps were fast. If he didn't remember the people around him, he might have run out directly: "Quickly."

Lin Lun had already signaled the people around him to go down with a wink.

After Lin Lun closed the door, Qin Youyuan walked up to Zhou Yuyun and looked greedily at his face: "Brother Yun, I wanted to pick you up at the gate of the city, but I was afraid of causing trouble for you, so I let Lin Lun go. You will You won't blame me?"

"Grassmen dare not."

"Brother Yun, are you angry with me? I will definitely pick you up next time, okay?" Qin Youyuan circled around Zhou Yuyun cautiously, flattering him and said, "Brother Yun, sit down and I'll pour you tea. I specially prepared Your favorite refreshment."

"Grass people will die." Zhou Yuyun immediately knelt down again.

"Brother Yun, do you have to do this?" Qin Youyuan watched Zhou Yuyun knelt down, as if someone had poured a basin of ice water over his head and face, and the joy of reunion after a long absence suddenly froze.

Zhou Yuyun didn't speak.

Qin Youyuan also knelt down, and he went to pull Zhou Yuyun's hand, and slowly opened Zhou Yuyun's tightly clenched fingers: "Brother Yun, do you know how much I miss you? I haven't seen you for three full years. "

Zhou Yuyun's hand moved slightly.three years?

"After you left the capital, I sent someone to follow you to the south of the Yangtze River. Firstly, to protect you, and secondly, I wanted to know some news about you. At first I thought that as long as I knew you were doing well, it would be fine. But I was too Missing you, I couldn't take it anymore, so I looked for an opportunity to visit you in Jiangnan. I didn't dare to see you, so I had to stay where you passed by every day, and secretly glanced at you. Until three years ago, the situation became very tense, and I was afraid I'm hurting you, so I never dared to go there again."

"Three years, I think you are going crazy, I dream of you every night. What about you? You haven't seen me for six years, don't you miss me at all?"

Zhou Yuyun's fingers trembled a little, but she still pulled her hand back firmly: "Your Majesty, things have changed for a long time, let the past be completely over."

"I can't make it through, in my place, I have never passed it."

Zhou Yuyun raised his head and looked directly at the person he once loved so much and later planned to be with him for the rest of his life: "But, with me, it's long gone. Your Majesty, on the day I get married, for me, all of this will be over." gone."

"Now, I have a gentle wife and well-behaved children. And your majesty has also become the master of the world, and his words and deeds are related to Chao Gang. The youth and frivolity of the past should not be mentioned again."

"Your Majesty, Zhou has little talent and learning, and he dare not and does not want to enter the imperial court again. Please be sympathetic and allow me to return to the south. My wife is still waiting for me in the south of the Yangtze River."

Qin Youyuan tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, it had been a long time since no one dared to give him such anger.But he still remembered that this was not someone else, this was the person who had been protecting him and taking care of him.

"Brother Yun, you are tired after this journey, go and rest first. I have prepared a place for you and let Lin Lun take you there. If you need anything, just ask him directly."

"Your Majesty, Zhou is a foreigner, so it doesn't make sense to live in the palace." Seeing Qin Youyuan's face turn livid, Zhou Yuyun softened his voice: "The Zhou family's house is in the inner city. If Your Majesty wants to summon Zhou So, it's just a matter of a while."

This was the first time that Zhou Yuyun softened his attitude when they met this time, and Qin Youyuan couldn't help being happy again, and he didn't want to argue with Zhou Yuyun again.

"Okay." Qin Youyuan asked again worriedly: "No one has lived in these years, should we repair it first?"

"No." Zhou Yuyun immediately said: "The house has been taken care of by the Zhou family's old servant."

"If there is something wrong, you must tell me, and I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to fix it for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En. Zhou will leave."

Lin Lun was a little surprised that Zhou Yuyun resigned and left so quickly, and even went out of the palace. After all these years, he understood the master's mind best, and really couldn't understand why the master would let Zhou Yuyun go.

However, the emperor's fate was difficult. After he arranged for someone to send Zhou Yuyun away, he heard His Majesty's voice calling for someone from the room, so he hurried in.

"His Majesty."

Qin Youyuan looked at the exquisite refreshment on the table: "Go and send this to the Zhou Mansion. This kind of refreshment is not easy to make. Zhou's house has not been lived in these years, so I am afraid that it will not be able to make it for a while. By the way, you go to the imperial dining room. Prepare his favorite dishes, and send them over when they are ready."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will get colder when the food is delivered to Lord Zhou's house. Why don't you invite Lord Zhou to eat in the palace?" Lin Lun has been by Qin Youyuan's side for these years, and he has a clear understanding of Qin Youyuan's temper, and gradually understands what to do. How to say what should be said at the right time.

"He doesn't want to eat with me." Qin Youyuan laughed at himself: "If he is asked to eat in the palace, I'm afraid he would rather eat cold food. Stop talking, go. What he likes to eat, you know, you Stare at the Imperial Dining Room and do it yourself.”

"Yes."

Over there, Zhou Yuyun came out of the palace, returned to Zhou's house in a carriage, and heaved a sigh of relief after seeing off the person sent by His Majesty to escort him.

In the middle of the night, Zhou Yuyun was lying on the bed, not feeling sleepy.

The moonlight is very good tonight, and it shines in through the small lattice of the carved window, keeping the room from being completely dark.

Zhou Yuyun couldn't help thinking about what happened during the day.

He originally thought that when he saw Qin Youyuan again after six years, those accumulated emotions would explode again.Maybe he will be moved because of seeing him again; maybe he will resent and resent because of his giving up; maybe he will be at a loss because of the long separation.

But no.The moment he saw Qin Youyuan, he only felt strangeness and alertness—strangeness to someone he hadn't seen for a long time, and the involuntary alertness to an emperor.

Maybe it was Yang Zichen and his group's earnest efforts that finally paid off, maybe it was time that finally smoothed everything over, but no matter what, it finally passed.

It turned out that it was really just like what I said, all the love, pain, and resentment caused by him had completely passed away.

In these years, Zhou Yuyun has never had a moment as relaxed as it is now.

In the past few years, the sweetness brought by this relationship disappeared as early as the day he got married, leaving him only the betrayal of his lover, his own weakness, and the guilt of not being able to treat his wife wholeheartedly. The pain cut his heart like a knife, and he couldn't sleep at night.In the end, he could hardly remember Qin Youyuan's appearance, leaving only long-term pain, and the resulting fear and anxiety.

He was afraid of seeing Qin Youyuan, and even more afraid that he still loved him.

Fortunately, it's all over.

After six full years, he finally came out of this hopeless and painful love.