"Zhou Lang, you are here..."
After not seeing each other for more than ten days, Xun Caiwei had lost a lot of weight. Her originally beautiful face was now a little pale, and her overall appearance was very poor, as if she would soon fade away.
"Miss Xun... why are you doing this..." Zhou Zhenwen also felt a little uncomfortable and sighed.
"Mr. Zhou, do you still remember the story you told me?" Xun Caiwei's eyes were bright, as if light were shining, and she looked at Zhou Zhenwen expectantly, waiting for his response.
"Which story are you talking about?" Zhou Zhenwen asked.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Xun Caiwei's eyes, and she whispered: "The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai..."
Hearing this, Zhou Zhenwen's heart trembled, and he somewhat understood what the other party meant.
"The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai... ultimately has a tragic ending... I don't like tragedies." Zhou Zhenwen took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and tried to make his words sound calm.
"Yeah, I don't like tragedies either. Why do two people who love each other end in tragedy?"
Xun Caiwei smiled slightly, her pale face even more cold, "Besides, you are not Liang Shanbo, I am not Zhu Yingtai, and the second son of the Yuan family is not Ma Wencai... Sometimes, I wish I was Zhu Yingtai, at least I have Liang Shanbo who belongs only to me, but you are not... you are the unique Zhou Zhenwen..."
"I can't be so selfish, let alone occupy you alone...let your future be completely ruined..."
"If you offend the Xun family, you will have difficulty in officialdom, but if you join the Xun family and become the son-in-law of the Xun family, you will also not be able to reach the highest level..."
"Zhou Lang, I know your ambition and understand your goal."
"You can't marry a Xun girl, whether it's me or my third sister..."
"The imperial court can tolerate Xun's fourth generation and three princes, and can also tolerate Xun's becoming the head of the family, but it cannot tolerate Xun's son-in-law continuing to be a very popular minister. Today's His Majesty is a proud, domineering, and powerful emperor. He can tolerate this. The greed in the court can also tolerate party disputes in the court, allowing treacherous ministers, powerful ministers, and loyal ministers to fight against each other, but he will not tolerate the Xun family's appearance again..."
"Ahem..."
Having said this, Xun Caiwei coughed twice, and scarlet blood coughed up and fell on the handkerchief.
"Caiwei, are you okay?" Zhou Zhenwen's expression changed, he held Xun Caiwei's hand and asked with concern.
"I'm fine, I just feel a little uncomfortable." Xun Caiwei had a blush on her pale face and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid, and I don't like tragedies, so I want to wait for a good ending. "
"What do you want to do?" Zhou Zhenwen frowned slightly, a bad premonition flashing through his heart.
"I plan to practice Buddhism, always with the Ancient Buddha of Green Lanterns, to kill the unrealistic feelings in my heart..." Xun Caiwei chuckled and took her hand out of Zhou Zhenwen's.
"It's time for you to hit the road to fulfill your ambitions and fulfill your ideals!"
"When you and I have become better versions of ourselves, we will meet."
"Perhaps one day, I will really see through the world of mortals, and I might actually become a nun."
"Or maybe, I can never forget you, then I will reappear... stand in front of you and chase you again!"
"That's right, I'm chasing you!"
"Make you really fall in love with me!"
Zhou Zhenwen's mood was extremely complicated. He didn't know what his feelings were for Xun Caiwei.
Love?
Probably not!
Originally, he had always regarded her as a brother and friend, and had never thought of her at all.
Even if he knew that she was a girl, Zhou Zhenwen didn't think about it, but just regarded her as his sister.
But if it was said that Zhou Zhenwen hated the other party, that was not the case. Seeing her so sad, Zhou Zhenwen couldn't bear it.
"Why are you doing this..."
Zhou Zhenwen wanted to persuade the other party, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to persuade him.
"Actually... you think of me too well. I have no ambitions. I can accept an ordinary life..."
Xun Caiwei shook her head gently: "But I can't accept it. I can't accept that the person I love is a man who compromises for women and chooses mediocrity. You should be a person who shines brightly and is admired by everyone in the world. You should be a People who are destined to leave their names in history, who are destined to be born extraordinary..."
"I don't want you to regret the choices you made when you were young..."
"I don't want to hear that one day, you will say, if I had persisted, would there have been any difference?"
"I don't want to see such a passage recorded in the history books in the future. Zhou Zhenwen, the most talented person who won six yuan in a row, ended up being forgotten by everyone because of a woman. He was a hero and a beauty."
"This shouldn't be your future!"
"I can't let you be like this!"
"I would rather die than see you like this..."
Listening to Xun Caiwei's words, Zhou Zhenwen was speechless for a moment.
He doesn't quite understand the other person's love.
Human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same.
I can never empathize with it.
Just like Zhou Zhenwen at this moment, she doesn't understand the other party's burning love...
"Let's go!"
"Get out of here!"
"Zhou Lang, you don't belong here, go and radiate your own light!"
Xun Caiwei smiled lightly and looked at Zhou Zhenwen calmly.
"Don't do anything stupid!"
"If one day you figure it out and are willing to marry me, I will marry you."
"wait for me!"
"Sooner or later, no one or any force in the wilderness will be able to stand in my way!"
"Including the Xun family and the imperial court..."
Zhou Zhenwen left.
...
"How was the conversation with you, sister?" Xun Cailing walked out from the wall.
Zhou Zhenwen said: "Miss Xun, I have already persuaded her, and she promised me that she will not do anything stupid, but you still have to keep an eye on her to prevent accidents."
"I know this kind of thing." Xun Cailing nodded, "Actually... I'm quite satisfied with you, but it's a pity! The second sister has fallen in love with you and won't marry you unless you are the one. Now it seems , you won’t marry me either!”
"The two of us are destined to be inseparable!"
"I'm sorry, Miss Xun." Zhou Zhenwen could only apologize. At this point, it was impossible for him to marry Xun Cailing again.
Just as Xun Caiwei said, he cannot marry a daughter of the Xun family. If he wants to gain the emperor's trust, climb up, or do something, he cannot get too close to the Xun family or the aristocratic family.
It was impossible for the emperor to support someone close to the family.
Only lonely ministers can reassure the emperor.
"It doesn't matter, I plan to leave anyway." Xun Cailing said nonchalantly.
"leave?"
"Is it because of me?" Zhou Zhenwen was also stunned. He didn't expect Xun Cailing to leave?
"It has nothing to do with you!" Xun Cailing waved her hand and explained: "I plan to go to Jiuyou Country to study and continue to learn martial arts. I don't have a brain as good as my second sister. I can study and be admitted to Qingyun Academy. I still think practicing martial arts is more suitable. I!"
"Since there is no chance of getting married, that's good. I can go to school without any worries."
"Being a husband and raising children is not suitable for me either!"
"Miss Xun, I'm sorry." Zhou Zhenwen saluted.
"Okay, I keep apologizing, it doesn't mean anything. Let's go, let's go. It's annoying to look at you. Don't come to Xun's house again. Daddy doesn't have a good attitude toward you now." Xun Cailing waved her hand, indicating that Zhou Zhenwen could leave. .
...
Beijing, Dongcheng District, a courtyard.
"So, the second lady of the Xun family is still practicing in the temple?" Yang Fu asked.
Zhou Zhenwen nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I went there once last year, but she didn't see me."
"It seems she hasn't come out yet!" Yang Fu sighed, "There are millions of words in the world, but the word love is the most hurtful..."
"I'll go see her again in a few days." Zhou Zhenwen said softly, "Now I don't need to worry about anything."
"Go if you want." Yang Fu did not stop him, although he knew that Zhou Zhenwen was too close to the Xun family and could easily arouse the emperor's wariness.
"Yeah." Zhou Zhenwen hummed lightly and continued to add a cup of tea to Yang Fu.
On the other side, in the Purple Orchid Palace where the eldest princess is, the empress Liang Zhao is chatting with the eldest princess Huaizhen about home affairs...
