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?Everyone woke up the next day, only Minxuan and Yao Ziyu came late, but they just glanced at each other, and no one mentioned what happened last night.

After eating breakfast, they continued on their way.

The so-called hustle means that Min Xuan was eager to return to the palace, and led the crowd to the capital non-stop, but with Song Leyu among them, it turned into half hustle and half rest.As a result, the group walked for more than ten days before arriving outside the capital.

At this moment, Chen Pu looked at the city gate in the distance, he couldn't help but sighed, and after going around for a while, he came back again.

Suddenly, a horse galloped in front of them. As the horse got closer, they could see the person on the horse clearly, and finally the horse stopped in front of them.

Song Leyu and Chen Pu exclaimed at the same time: "Cousin//Brother Mo!"

It was Mo Huichuan who came, he smiled slightly at the two, and then said to Min Xuan: "See the fifth prince."

"Guard Mo, what are you talking about?" Min Xuan looked at him warily.

"The villain learned that the two younger brothers had returned to the capital, so he came here to welcome them."

"Young Master Song is His Royal Highness' guest, so you don't need to trouble Guard Mo."

Song Leyu was "invited" by Min Xuan himself, and he would never let Song Leyu have any chance to join Nuo Xu's side.However, he should be clear that if Nuo Xu intends to ask Song Leyu, why is it his turn to take him back to the palace today?

Mo Huichuan looked at Zhao Tianbao, and thought to himself, it seems that the Song family's family precept - not to get involved in officialdom, is precisely for this day. Should we say that Song Leyu values ​​love and righteousness or is a prodigal?

"Cousin, I'm sorry." Song Leyu didn't want to get involved in it at all, and he didn't want to be enemies with Nuo Xu and others, but until now, he could only apologize.

"I understand." Mo Huichuan didn't blame Song Leyu, nor did he come here for Song Leyu, he said to Minxuan: "Wang Wang heard that Chen Zhonglang returned to the palace, and wanted to invite him to the Shangyang Hall first."

Chen Pu, who was named, looked at Mo Huichuan in surprise, and the next moment, he heard Min Xuan answer a good word in disbelief.

It was not his turn to think about it, so Mo Huichuan said, "Chen Zhonglang, please."

Chen Pu rode his horse slowly to Mo Huichuan's side, and when Mo Huichuan pulled the rein, the horse turned around, then he yelled, waved his whip, and the horse galloped towards the city gate.Seeing this, Chen Pu immediately caught up with Mo Huichuan.

Looking at the two people leaving in Juechen, Pang Zhan asked inexplicably, "Isn't Chen Pu the one His Highness wants?"

Min Xuan pursed his lips, but did not answer.

Song Leyu who was behind him laughed wantonly, and said instead: "His Royal Highness knows that A Pu and Wang Wang are old acquaintances, and A Pu goes to see the Wang first, His Highness will not mind."

Min Xuan glared at the talkative Pang Zhan, waved his horsewhip, and said sharply, "Let's go!"

In a blink of an eye, Chen Pu and Mo Huichuan had arrived at the gate of the palace. Mo Huichuan ordered the two horses to be dragged away, and he took Chen Pu to Shangyang Hall.Along the way, the two who hadn't seen each other for three years became more restrained, until Mo Huichuan sighed and said, "Pu'er, you shouldn't have come back."

Looking at Chen Pu's profile, he vaguely said this sentence to another person, who was somewhat similar to Chen Pu.

When he returned to the palace three days ago, Nuo Xu first greeted him with a few words: "Back to Sichuan, you will have to work in boats and cars along the way, so you have to run around." Then, Nuo Xu didn't ask about Song Leyu, nor about Chen Pu. , but smiled and said something that neither of them wanted to happen: "Shao Qian is back."

As a result, at the end of the day, there was no room for anything else in Mo Huichuan's mind, only one question and one sentence.

——Shaohan, why did you come back?

—— Shaoqian, you shouldn't come back.

Now that he brought back Chen Pu who was personally sent out of the palace three years ago, could it be true that what Nuo Xu said: "In the end we are all played by fate."

So by fate, they all came to this palace.

"Brother Mo." Chen Pu recalled Mo Huichuan Piaoyuan's sanity, "I don't want to come back either," he paused, and laughed mockingly, "He is the only one who wants me to come back."

"After all, he still has you in his heart..." Before he finished speaking, Mo Huichuan suddenly stopped walking, and he held Chen Pu again, looking at his face in surprise, "Your jaw, you have been injured ?”

"It's just an accident." After thinking about it for a while, Chen Pu didn't want to bring up the grievances in this matter, and he didn't intend to pursue Min Xuan who was determined to put him to death.

Mo Huichuan let go of Chen Pu's hand, and the two continued to walk side by side. He asked again, "How have you been these few years?"

Probably this is a question that everyone who reunites should ask, but Chen Pu, who resolutely left at the beginning, will only have one answer no matter what.

He smiled and said, "Okay."

"Then will you go again?"

Chen Pu looked around, saw the winding vermilion lacquer corridor, trees were planted on the left, with green leaves forming shade, and on the right was a pond with a group of carp.

This place is still beautiful in his memory, but everything in the palace has long been inferior in his memory.When he returned to the palace gate, he knew that no matter how majestic and beautiful the palace was, it was nothing but a prison, because he had seen the world outside the palace.

Huai Jun wanted him to come back, but when they lost the opportunity to stay together, he was no longer the Chen Pu who was willing to stay in Zhaohe Hall forever.

"I'll go." He replied firmly.

"But His Highness let you go once, and he won't let you go again."

This is why Mo Huichuan thinks that Chen Pu should not come back - Huai Jun is a stubborn person, he always wants to have both feelings and power, and he never wants to give up on Chen Pu.

Chen Pu didn't answer, but his heart was bitter, he thought sadly, if Huai Jun let him pass once, there would be a second time, because they both chose to separate when they should keep their mutual affection the most.

But at this moment, Chen Pu didn't understand that it was enough for some things to happen once.

When he came to the gate of the hall, Chen Pu smelled the familiar fragrance of tea.He raised his slightly trembling hand and pushed open the door of the hall, and the person in the seat was indeed making tea, and he was dividing the tea soup in the teacup into fine porcelain cups.

"See King Wang." Chen Pu lowered his head, bent down, and said respectfully.

"Pu'er, you're back." Nuo Xu turned his head and smiled kindly at Chen Pu, "Come, come and sit."

"Villains dare not exceed the rules."

"You and I don't need villains to look at the queen." Nuo Xu raised his eyebrows, "What's more, you are the distinguished guest of His Royal Highness, if you don't sit down, I will treat the guest poorly."

Chen Pu hesitated for a while, and finally sat down on the seat.

"Biluochun, taste it." Nuo Xu pushed one of the cups of hot tea in front of Chen Pu, and said leisurely, "You must be curious about the reason why I asked Huichuan to intercept your coming."

Chen Pu picked up the delicate cup with trembling hands, and attached it to his lips, the faint tea fragrance rushed into his nose, he took a sip, Wang Wang's tea is the best in the palace, and the tea is still good tea.

He put down his glass cautiously, hesitated for a while before saying: "I am willing to come, Wang Wang must be very curious."

"Haha!" Nuo Xu laughed loudly, "Pu'er, I haven't seen you for three years, and you have become eloquent." He suppressed his smile again and stared at him deeply, "This is a good thing."

"You have to," Chen Pu held his slightly trembling left hand, "you have to protect yourself."

He told himself repeatedly in his heart that he had indeed returned to the palace, and he was going to see the people from back then again, so he had to face it bravely!

"The prince will not let anyone hurt you." He slowly said the answer: "I have threatened him, using his only weakness to threaten him. Pu'er, I have met you before he will compromise."

Nuo Xu was talking about Boss An, no matter what means Huai Jun used to weaken the influence he cultivated, he would not want to see it.

"Unfortunately, I am not the only weakness of His Highness." Chen Pu let go of his right hand holding his left hand, and his left hand finally stabilized.

Nuo Xu shrugged and didn't answer. He didn't need to save this relationship for them.But he said to Chen Pu in his heart—you are, you will always be his only weakness, otherwise he would not want you back.

Chen Pu stared at Nuo Xu, stared at him with his clean but sad eyes, and said his answer: "I want him to let me go, and we will never see each other again from now on."

Knowing Nuo Xu was a little surprised. His relationship with Chen Pu was a thorn in Huai Jun's heart. Unexpectedly, Chen Pu wanted to use this relationship to force Huai Jun to give up this relationship.

He laughed and said, "So we are using each other?" He added: "You think he hates you, but this is not a good way..."

Before he finished talking, he was interrupted by Chen Pu: "Wang Wang, I have no other choice."

Nuo Xu pondered for a while, and then said: "Pu'er, you are very lucky to see the best side of Huai Jun, but you don't fully understand him, do you?"

All of a sudden, Chen Pu's left hand trembled again, and the events of that year vividly resurfaced in his mind, and these events were enough to subvert the gentle and kind third prince he had known in the past.

In the end, Chen Pu, who grew up with Huai Jun, could only nod in response to Nuo Xu's question: "Yes."

"Among the few of us brothers, he is the most similar in character to the father." Nuo Xu said bitterly, "Even if he hates you, he won't let you go."

After listening, Chen Pu bit his lower lip tightly, and clasped his trembling left hand tightly with his right hand.

After a long time, he asked, "Then what can I do?"

"You're back, you still have a way to go." Nuo Xu, who was outside the situation, easily saw what was going on in the situation.

However, Chen Pu, who was in the game, was not confused, he shook his head, and said the way Nuo Xu said: "Love him?" He asked feebly, "Is this another good way?"

He has always loved him, but whether it was three years ago or three years later, he could not accept that Huai Jun would take over the imperial decree. From then on, their love must be mixed with another woman. This kind of love is just torture and entanglement. .

In the past few days, what he thought was that it would be better to break each other cleanly and neatly.

However, Nuo Xu thinks this way - the best way for people who love each other is to continue to love each other.

But to those who are fascinated by the authorities, he said to him like this: "I don't want to choose any path for you, Pu'er, and I don't mind being used by you." He took a sip of tea and said in a gentle tone: " I'll use you too."

Chen Pu smiled sadly, got up and left.

Before leaving, Nuo Xu stopped him: "Pu'er, is your injury serious?"

"It doesn't matter."

He glanced at Nuo Xu and Mo Huichuan in the hall again, then turned around and strode away.He knew that he had indeed returned to the imperial palace where there were constant struggles for profit.

As soon as he stepped out of Shangyang Hall, a guard stopped him and asked, "Are you Mr. Chen Pu?"

"Ok?"

"His Royal Highness ordered me to fetch you."

He looked up at the blue sky, but the sun was so bright that he could hardly keep his eyes open.Back then when Huai Jun held the coronation ceremony, the sky was always so good, who would have expected that this would be the beginning of a nightmare.

He reluctantly followed the pace of the guards. At this moment, he longed to escape unscathed, but from the moment he was involved, it was doomed to be just a delusion.