sbdcsierra Chapter 848: Surrender
Chapter 848: Surrender
Li Mingyue finished drawing a picture, looked at the gradually dimming sky, and murmured: "Is the day going to pass?"
Xu Qing stood up and walked to Li Mingyue's side and said, "It's getting late, I should go back."
Li Mingyue picked up a coat from the hanger at the side and draped it over Xu Qing's body. She helped Xu Qing tidy up her clothes and said, "Well, it's not safe to be curfew in Beijing when it's late."
Xu Qing looked at Li Mingyue and said, "I'll come back tomorrow."
Li Mingyue looked at Xu Qing's back and pursed her lips, feeling a little selfish...
Without even asking Sister Su for her opinion, she acted as the eighteen-day wife for her.
But... I only have eighteen days left.
Today is one day less, and she has seventeen days left.
She wants to be willful once, just once...
After Xu Qing left the Princess Mansion, she was walking towards her residence. At this moment, there was a sudden movement behind Xu Qing. Xu Qing immediately pulled out the firecracker placed next to her boots, and pointed back.
Instead, he saw Li Xun in black.
Li Xun looked at Xu Qing and said, "Brother Xu, let's talk in another place."
Xu Qing nodded, put away the firecracker and walked into a restaurant with Li Xun.
The two entered a private room and asked for a jug of wine and a few dishes of food symbolically.
Sitting in the private room, Li Xun looked at Xu Qing who was sitting across from him and asked, "Brother Xu, have you gone to see the bright moon?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor said that Mingyue will marry King Loulan."
Li Xun clenched his fists and said, "I won't just sit and watch Mingyue marry to the Western Regions!"
Xu Qing said: "I won't either. If there is no way to break the situation, I will try to bring Mingyue and Brother Li to Chu."
When Li Xun heard Xu Qing's words, his face suddenly relaxed: "With Brother Xu's promise, I feel more at ease. I have always been worried that if I fail to break the game, Mingyue will also fall into a place of eternal doom with me. With brother Xu's promise, I feel much more at ease."
Xu Qing heard the meaning behind Li Xun's words, and asked, "Brother Li, you mean that I only take Mingyue with me?"
Li Xun smiled and said, "Brother Xu, do you know? In fact, Mingyue has always liked you."
Xu Qing nodded and said, "I know."
Li Xun said: "Brother Xu, do you know why she became like this?"
Xu Qing shook his head.
Li Xun said: "In fact, since she was a child, she has no relatives in this world except me, and she is often bullied by others. No stranger has ever cared about her, let alone love her, but now Brother Xu in Chu State not only saved Mingyue, but also healed Mingyue, and even cared and took care of him. It can be said that Brother Xu is the only person who is good to Mingyue besides me. She will naturally be tempted by Brother Xu. I also believe it. Brother Xu will give Mingyue a stable life for the rest of her life."
Xu Qing said: "I will be responsible for Mingyue's future life, but I want to know what Brother Li means by asking me to take Mingyue with me?"
Li Xun said: "I will stay."
Xu Qing frowned: "Why?"
Li Xun said with a smile: "If I go back with Brother Xu, what will I call it? I'm called Jirenlixia. Li Xun doesn't want to be sent to Renlixia."
Xu Qing asked: "Brother Li should know that you are the elder brother who ranks first in Mingyue's heart. If you stay to die, how sad will Mingyue be?"
Li Xun looked at Xu Qing and said, "Then Brother Xu will replace my number one in Mingyue's heart."
Xu Qing looked at Li Xun in disbelief and said, "Brother Li stayed to fight against the imperial power just because he didn't want to be dependent on others?"
Li Xun shook his head and said, "No, I want to take the throne instead for Mingyue."
Xu Qing said, "But Mingyue will be safe if she returns to Chu with me."
Li Xun said with a smile: "Safety does not mean that you can live confidently. It's not that I don't trust Brother Xu's character. I just want to protect Mingyue Bo."
"If Mingyue doesn't have her natal family, there will be no way out. I can't pin all my hopes on Brother Xu's character. Brother Xu also has a family. I don't know what's going on at home, let alone whether they will accept Mingyue, so I have to stay. Come down, only when I become emperor can Mingyue truly have the confidence to marry Brother Xu, instead of being forced to live under someone else's roof."
Xu Qing said: "There are still seventeen days, and I will take Mingyue away. Brother Li should know that if you don't leave, once Mingyue disappears, the emperor will not suspect me at the first time, but he will definitely be the first Suspected you for a while."
Li Xun said in a deep voice; "So I must rise up in seventeen days at most. If it doesn't succeed, it will be a benevolence."
Xu Qing knew that Li Xun couldn't be persuaded, so he could only open his mouth and said: "If you have any difficulties, come to the residence of the mission to find me."
Li Xun nodded and said: "OK"
After Xu Qing stood up and left, he returned to his residence.
Just as he was about to go straight back to the room, he ran into Xiao Ye.
Xiao Ye looked at Xu Qing in surprise: "Brother Xu, you've been here from morning to night."
Xu Qing coughed and said, "Some things are delayed."
Xiao Ye patted Xu Qing's shoulder: "Go to bed early, so as not to wake up tomorrow."
...
On the second day, Xu Qing arrived as scheduled, but he still got in through the wall.
If the guests who came to visit from the princess' mansion stayed from morning to night, everyone would feel that there was a problem.
Li Mingyue is still an unmarried young girl, so Xu Qing naturally has to think about Li Mingyue's reputation.
After Xu Qing knocked on the door and came in, she found that Li Mingyue's face was slightly tired.
There was a fire in the room, making the whole house warm, Li Mingyue helped Xu Qing take off his coat, and put it on a shelf beside him.
Xu Qing looked at Li Mingyue's slightly tired appearance, and asked, "Did you not sleep well yesterday?"
Li Mingyue shook her head lightly, squeezed her hands together, and said, "I slept a little late yesterday."
Xu Qing asked: "Do you have something on your mind?"
Li Mingyue shook her head and said, "If you go to bed early, time will pass quickly, if you go to bed late and wake up early, time will pass slowly."
Xu Qing hugged Li Mingyue and said: "Your health is not good, don't tire yourself out, don't do this next time, someone will feel sorry for you."
Li Mingyue leaned against Xu Qing's chest, nodded slightly, and closed her eyes slightly tired.
Xu Qing did not tell Li Mingyue what Li Xun thought.
Once Li Mingyue knows what Li Xun is thinking, she will definitely feel uneasy. She is afraid that even these seventeen days will be spent in worry. Once Li Xun fails, she will not want to go with her.
So Xu Qing chose to hide it, so that she could still enjoy the seventeen days of good time.
"Ahem..." Li Mingyue suddenly coughed twice and sniffed.
Li Mingyue suddenly realized something and opened her eyes from Xu Qing's arms, then pushed Xu Qing away, and took a few steps towards retreat.
When Xu Qing took a step closer, Li Mingyue took a step back.
Seeing Li Mingyue acting like this, Xu Qing wondered, "Mingyue, what are you doing?"
After Li Mingyue retreated a few steps, she lowered her head and said, "Mingyue seems to have caught wind and cold last night, don't get too close to Mingyue, you will catch it together..."