"Your Highness, the matter has come to this, even if I don't want to..." As soon as Fang Zilan opened his mouth, Li Qiyou intercepted the rest of his words, "As long as you say you don't want to, I will take you away."
Fang Zilan was stunned and looked at Li Qiyou subconsciously, "What do you mean by your highness?"
"I'll take you to escape from the marriage." Li Qiyou's eyes were blazing, and he finally uttered the most unseemly word, but the only solution in his mind, "elope."
Fang Zilan laughed dumbly, "Your Highness, are you sick? Are you confused..."
As she spoke, she reached out to touch Li Qiyou's forehead, trying to confirm whether he was having a fever or talking nonsense, but he took his other free hand and said, "I'm not sick, and I'm not confused. "
"Your Highness, do you know that if I agree to your promise..." Fang Zilan calmed her expression and said seriously: "After tonight, the world is so big, but there will be no place for you and me."
"So what?" Li Qiyou's voice was more urgent, "We can find a remote place to live in seclusion..."
"Remote place?" Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, "There is nothing in the world but the royal land. Where do you think we can escape to, Your Highness?"
Li Qiyou was stunned for a moment, and then Fang Zilan continued, "Besides, the prince has a family. If he elopes with me, where will he leave the two princesses?
"I..." Li Qiyou opened his mouth, and without waiting to defend himself, Fang Zilan continued: "Today, the prince can completely ignore the two princesses for me. In the future, he can also give up for someone else. I."
"I can't!" Li Qiyou couldn't help but take Fang Zilan into his arms, "Except for you, I can't..."
"Your Highness, you are King Yucheng of Dajing. And I am the third young lady of the Fang family of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Fang Zilan turned cold and pushed Li Qiyou away, "People like us are destined to be unable to control our own behavior from birth. Even if you don’t want to bear the honor and reputation of the Li family, I can never abandon the Fang family.”
After she finished speaking, she straightened her sleeves and said resolutely: "Your Highness, please leave here."
"Master Fang, you don't have to be polite." Zhong Yao quickly stood up and bowed respectfully, "This case has many implications. If it weren't for Master Fang's support, I would not be determined to investigate thoroughly. Master Fang taught me a lesson yesterday. What's more, if you are seeking your position in your position, and the lower official is in the position of the governor of Yanzhou, even if you have to weigh the pros and cons, you must not be restrained and shrink from moving forward. In the long run, it will only make the unscrupulous children of the rich families more arrogant, and the common people will It won’t be easy.”
Fang Zilan sighed softly, "I know your concerns. After all, you are from a commoner background, and it is not easy to be in today's situation. You are naturally walking on thin ice, for fear that if you make the slightest mistake, you will be pushed into the abyss. But people in high positions , no matter how good the family background is, who is not like this? From the one in Qiankun Palace to me, the Lord of the North, we are stared at all the time, just waiting for those of us in high positions to step into the spotlight. If we fall, they will step on us again, and we will never be able to stand up again."
After she finished speaking, she sat back down, and Zhong Yao also sat back, "Master Fang's words are good. But I see Master Fang's face is deep, but what else is on his mind?"
"I was just thinking..." Fang Zilan paused and changed her voice, "Has Mr. Zhong ever seen cobblestones?"
Zhong Yao was stunned by her question, but he still nodded and said, "I've seen it before."
Fang Zilan then asked: "Does Mr. Zhong think the cobblestones are good-looking?"
Zhong Yao was a little confused, "What does Mr. Fang want to say?"
"I don't know what's going on. I suddenly have some strange thoughts in my heart. I feel a little uncomfortable holding them back. I wonder if Mr. Zhong would like to hear them?" Fang Zilan's expression and tone were all inquiring. Zhong Yao sat upright and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"When I mentioned being in a high position just now, I was thinking that no matter who it is, they can choose to be a silent puppet with a glamorous appearance and let the people around them dress up until they become what everyone is satisfied with. That's it. You can choose to hold up your sword and be a brave man who goes forward without hesitation. No matter what the people around you do, you only have one belief and will to the end."
Fang Zilan looked at the tea smoke curling in front of her eyes and suddenly smiled, "Master Zhong, do you think it's funny when I tell you this?"
Zhong Yao didn't speak, he just looked at the indifferent but determined woman in front of him quietly through the tea smoke.
Her face was not beautiful, but she had the outline of an ordinary person, but he traced it in his mind for a long time, feeling that he had never seen such a person among all kinds of people.
After a while, he spoke again: "Which one will Master Fang choose?"
"I want to choose the second one." Fang Zilan answered without hesitation, but when she finished she smiled a little embarrassedly, "But it's just a thought. Mr. Wang Quanzhi told me before that the more you get, the better." The more choices you have, the less room you have. I know it in my heart, but I am still not convinced. Who would have expected that so many things have happened? I am afraid that even if I am not convinced, I have to admit that what he said is right."
"It's one thing to know, but it's another thing not to be convinced." Zhong Yao smiled slightly and added another cup of tea for her, "No wonder Master Fang wants to ask Xiaguan Pebbles. Before I became an official, I heard General Jing from Shangguan say However, he said that when people are young, they have a lot of ambition. It is not until they grow older and encounter many things that they realize that even the youthful ambition cannot be accomplished. In the end, their temperament is worn away, and they become the pebbles in your mouth, Mr. Fang."
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and continued, "The former one in Mr. Fang's mouth is like this pebble. But if everyone in the world is like this, it will be really boring."
Fang Zilan couldn't help but asked curiously: "What kind of person is Mr. Zhong?"
Zhong Yao's face became more smiley, "Xiaguan is the same as Mr. Fang. He once wanted to find his own way with determination, but he couldn't help but let the waves go, just to be here. Stand in the whirlpool. But..."
He raised the tea cup in his hand and said, "I am ashamed. If it hadn't been for Mr. Fang's words today, I might have forgotten that I had chosen the second option. I only hope that Mr. Fang will not be convinced today and in the future." Don’t give in and truly become the second kind of person you say you are. I would like to offer you tea instead of wine, and I would like to offer you a glass of wine, Mr. Fang.”
As if her thoughts were being read, Fang Zilan burst out laughing, "Let's all wait for our own destiny to come! After stepping on the stage, no matter who we are, there will be times when we want to be alone."
Her eyes fell behind Zhong Yao. There was a void in front of her, but it seemed like that was all. "When you enter there, as a character, you have to start an endless performance. But at least, there are some things we can make our own decisions."
