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Li Xi Ruo pondered for a long time, sighed, and said: "The minister knows."

"Just figure it out." King Jiulan twirled a chess piece, tapped the chessboard lightly, and after responding to the chess casually, there was a sly smile on his face: "What you originally wanted to talk about is not this matter." Bar?"

Li Xiruo's hand holding the chess froze in the air.

King Jiulan turned the chess pieces with his fingers, looked at him contentedly, as if waiting for him to speak with infinite patience.

A moment later, Li Xiruo put the chess piece back into the chess box, the "da" sound when the chess piece fell was very abrupt in the silent room, and it was like a knock, shattering the thick layer of ice.

Li Xiruo said: "I know, he never thought that he could grow old with me forever."

King Jiulan raised his eyebrows, looking a little surprised: "You mean..."

"He always thought that one day I would abandon him in order to leave the country, and even...kill him."

"That's right..." King Jiulan rested his chin with one hand, put the other on his knee, and tapped his fingers a few times, with an intriguing expression on his face.

After a long time, he asked: "Has Feng Chen personally said these words to you?"

"No." Li Xiruo looked at the ground, shook his head lightly, his slender eyelashes covered his pupils, leaving only a small shadow under his eyelids: "I know some things without him saying them."

King Jiulan looked at him, then looked out of the window, and after a long time of contemplation, he said: "The widow has heard such an anecdote - when Feng Chen was still the prince, he favored a woman, and later he was ordered to guard Yanyue City all year round. , the night before he set off to leave Baike, the woman asked him 'Are you sincere?', do you know how he answered?"

Li Xiruo nodded and continued, "He asked 'what is sincerity?'"

King Jiulan smiled and said: "Yes, the fourth prince back then didn't even know what 'sincerity' is, but now, he not only gave his sincerity, but also gave it willingly, without complaint or regret. National teacher." King Jiulan is very happy. Shi sighed with emotion: "Once a person has a heart, he will know sorrow and joy, love and hate. People who used to be fearless will also start to worry about gains and losses, especially people like him who have lost a lot of things. The more he cherishes you now, the less he can bear the pain of losing you. Therefore, he may think that instead of being unable to keep you after giving everything, it is better to treat you as a fairy in the mirror from the beginning."

"As for what you should do..." King Jiulan looked at Li Xiruo: "National Teacher, just imagine, if today instead of you asking the widow, but the widow told you—there is a person whom the widow loves, I don’t believe that I have such deep affection for him, but I always think that I will put Jiulan Kingdom and the world as the most important thing, and I will even leave him in the end, how do you feel?”

The chess pieces flipped gently between his slender fingers, like dancing jade butterflies, and his eyes were as warm and bright as jade, as if he could see through everything in the world: "Do you think it is him or the widow who is wrong?"

Li Xiruo raised his head, and the two looked at each other for a moment, Li Xiruo obviously understood what he meant, bowed his body respectfully, and said: "The minister understands."

King Jiulan hummed, as if he felt that private matters were being pryed into, and it was time to get down to business, so he straightened his sleeves and looked a little more serious: "You said in your letter that someone revealed to Lin Qingyan that you and Feng What happened seven years ago, but you have been unable to find out who the leaker is, the widow thinks, maybe the problem is not from your side."

Li Xiruo looked at him.

"Lin Qingyan once sent people to Yanhan Mountain. After the people he sent arrived at Yanhan Mountain, as long as they asked around on the grounds of looking for famous doctors, they would definitely be able to find out something. After all, the Di people lived in seclusion for many years and didn't know anything about the world. Noticing the strangeness of this, and because Li Qi's medical skills are so superb, they may really think that Li Qi is a famous doctor who travels all over the world, and then they will tell those people that you left with an army that suddenly appeared. Feng Chen's appearance It is so special, and the time of his appearance in Yanhan Mountain is so coincidental. With these and the uniforms and weapons of the army, it is not difficult for Lin Qingyan to guess that that army is the feudal army that was trapped in Qin State in the Western Expedition, and he will take you away The person in question is Feng Chen."

"How did Lin Qingyan know that we have been to Yanhan Mountain?"

"It's not difficult to find out. When Li Frame sent you away back then, it was quite hasty, so the arrangement was not leak-proof. At that time, Shuji thought you were dead, so she didn't go through a lot of trouble to track down, so you escaped. But Lin Qingyan is different. He knows that you are not dead, so he knows that you must have been hiding somewhere, and there is no eyeliner all over Shuji in that place, and no one can easily identify you as Li people. Only Beibei meets these requirements. Border four countries——Feng, Yu, Qin, and Xun. Then he only needs to check again, which country has the closest relationship with Li Jia, and he can naturally guess where you were sent to in the first place. Using this as a clue, one step If you continue to search, you will always find Yanhan Mountain."

Li Xiruo looked down at the chessboard on the table, looking thoughtful.

King Jiulan picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, and continued: "As for why Lin Qingyan knew Feng Chen's whereabouts, I don't have a clue yet, but I am quite at ease with the people on your side, but I am worried about King Suyou's whereabouts." People..." King Jiulan hesitated to speak, and after a long silence, he sighed and said, "After Shu Ji died, King Suyou became less and less interested in political affairs." King Jiulan paused, then gently Shaking his head: "Perhaps for him, the entire country of Li died five years ago."

Li Xiruo looked up and looked at King Jiulan, King Jiulan sighed softly: "I will try my best to help you with this matter, and I will take care of King Suyou, so you don't have to worry."

"Thank you sir."

"The widow will send someone to you in a few days. If you need it, you can ask them to do something for you. They are all smart people and will know what to do."

"Yes."

As soon as Li Xiruo finished speaking, there was a sudden noise outside the house, mixed with the sound of horseshoes.

Li Xiruo glanced out the window, then turned to look at King Jiulan.

King Jiulan smiled knowingly: "Go and pick him up."

Li Xiruo stood up and left.

Outside the post station, horseshoes kicked up billowing dust, covering the sky and covering the ground.

Feng Chen got off his horse, threw the whip on the postman, and walked into the post with no expression on his face.

The soldiers behind him dismounted one after another and followed him in.

A group of people came menacingly, and all of them changed their colors badly. They held halberds and knives. At first glance, they didn't look like an army at all, but they looked more like a group of mountain bandits who had no kings and laws and ran amok.

Standing in front of the main building, Li Xiruo almost laughed out loud when he saw the ugliest-looking bandit leader.

Feng Chen stepped in front of him, pinched his face hard: "Why are you laughing?"

Li Xiruo suppressed a smile, turned around and led him into the building, but before he could step out, Feng Chen stretched out his hand and pulled him back, and the two walked side by side.