Zhu Yin lowered his head and murmured: "My lord, are you doubting...that the princess is your lord?"
Li Tongguang chuckled: "It's not that she is suspicious, she is."
Zhu Yin frowned in confusion: "But..."
Li Tongguang interrupted: "There is no but, appearance can be fine-tuned, habits can be disguised, but intuition can't deceive people!"
"What's more, I already know that Master is still alive."
"As long as she lives, that's fine."
Zhu Yin thought that his master was stunned and did not respond for a long time.
After a while, he obeyed Li Tongguang's wishes and said again: "Then why doesn't your Majesty want to recognize you?"
Li Tongguang sighed, with a hint of guilt in his eyes: "Let's not talk about the internal situation of the Wu Kingdom Mission. Even among the people we brought, there are also informants of the two princes."
"Master naturally has his reasons for acting like this. Her identity cannot be exposed to others in Anguo."
"In the end, I made a wrong move and almost put her in danger. She didn't recognize that I was right."
When Zhu Yin heard this, he felt that it made sense.
He was almost convinced that the princess was the emperor.
Li Tongguang raised his hand and stroked the Raoming Sword in his arms: "It's just that I can't understand this Miss Xiao Er."
"What is it about his unrestrained temperament that makes him even pretend to be a woman?"
Zhu Yin froze and slowly raised his head to look at Li Tongguang.
He has been with Li Tongguang for many years, so he naturally knows who the "him" Li Tongguang is talking about.
Just now, Zhu Yin still believed his master's words.
At this moment, he was almost certain that his master was absolutely crazy!
A stunning little lady like Miss Xiao Er doesn't look like she's pretending to be a man!
Zhu Yin hesitated for a moment, and finally mentioned the name that was a secret to Li Tongguang: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yu..."
Li Tongguang turned to look at him: "What?"
Zhu Yin hesitated, still not daring to say the last four words "dead".
I was afraid of irritating Li Tongguang again.
He really understands his master's thoughts and temperament very well.
Six years ago, Mr. Yu disappeared.
Zhu Yiwei found Prince Yu's blood-stained clothes in the countryside.
Zhu Yin still remembers Li Tongguang's crazy appearance.
A year later, Ren Xin died in a sea of fire again.
Li Tongguang lost all his vitality and looked like a walking corpse.
It was Zhu Yin who pulled out a sentence from the paper in the study. It was written by Li Tongguang himself, and it was also the last sentence left by Mr. Yu.
“He who has a full heart is as good as a crowd when he walks alone.”
Maybe it was the support of this sentence, and maybe it was Li Tongguang who had deceived him.
He did not believe that the two men were dead, so he locked himself in the study without eating or drinking for three whole days.
When he came out, he no longer looked like the high-spirited young man he had been before.
"I have nothing to lose," he said.
He said: "Only those in high positions can control life and death, and decide whether people should stay or go."
He said: "I have to go up there and take a look."
In this way, while Li Tongguang acted maturely, his methods became more ruthless.
For him, everything is available, including himself.
As he said, he climbed to his current position step by step.
Seeing that Zhu Yin didn't answer, Li Tongguang stopped asking questions.
He lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the sky through the window.
A ray of glow crept up on the horizon, and a line of swan geese chirped and lingered for a long time.
Li Tongguang looked at both sides of the street, and the towering eaves kept retreating in the dusk.
A smile gradually appeared on his face.
The aura exuding around him was rarely so peaceful and peaceful.
Li Tongguang murmured in a low voice: "This is already good, just come back."
"There's no rush for anything else. Take your time. I have plenty of time."
After he finished speaking, his voice changed: "By the way, drive out all the Zhu Yiwei in He County."
Zhu Yin was stunned for a moment and replied: "Yes."
"My lord, may I ask what the reason is for this move?"
Li Tongguang's voice was cold and he said nonchalantly: "There is no reason, just say that I don't like them."
"If they don't comply, just take action!"
Zhu Yin's mouth twitched and he replied again: "Yes."
…
That night.
Yang Ying woke up and remembered Zheng Qingyun's insulting words to her.
She couldn't think about it for a moment and wanted to hang herself.
Ren Ruyi didn't tolerate her, so he moved a stool over to her and explained the horror of hanging to death.
Yang Ying's eyes turned red: "Sister Ruyi, you look so much like Yu Xi."
It was the first time she went on a hunger strike to seek death, but Xiao Yuxi didn't ask or dissuade her.
Instead, after he had eaten and drank well, he deceived her and threatened her with the lives of the people in the mission.
She later learned that Ning Yuanzhou and others had received word from Prime Minister Zhang that even if the mission failed, as long as they did not die in Anguo, Wuguo would not hold them accountable.
Ren Ruyi put a hand behind his back: "I'm not threatening, let alone deceiving."
"Your life is your own, it's up to you whether you want it or not."
"It's just that before you die, I have to tell you three things."
"First, your brother Danyang Wang doesn't want to kill you."
"Secondly, the envoy introduced is the Marquis of Changqing, Li Tongguang, who captured your imperial brother alive."
"Thirdly, in order to save you, Yuanlu would have been seriously injured even if he had not been protected by what Yu Xi left behind. You owe him an apology."
After Ren Ruyi finished speaking, he patted Yang Ying on the shoulder and turned to leave.
Yang Ying lowered her head and thought for a moment, then finally gave up the idea of committing suicide and dragged her sick body to find Yuan Lu.
In Genroku's house.
The door of the room was wide open, Yang Ying and Yuan Lu were sitting side by side on the floor, talking a lot between you and me.
The words of the two children were a little childish, but they did not lose their meaning.
During the conversation, Yang Ying finally smiled again.
On the roof opposite Yuanlu's room, Xiao, Xi and Ren Ruyi were also sitting side by side.
They looked at the two people in the room from a distance.
Warmth spreads on every step filled with moonlight, and also permeates every tile that touches the breeze.
Ren Ruyi raised his head and took a sip of wine before speaking.
She commented in a low voice: "Both of them have grown a lot."
Xiao Yuxi held a bottle of wine and raised their eyebrows lightly: "One is talking about Yang Ying, who is the other talking about?"
"Yuanlu or Jiu'er?"
Ren Ruyi replied: "Yuanlu is a child raised by Yuanzhou. He is sensible enough."
She didn't mention anyone by name, but the meaning was clear.
Xiao Yuxi smiled and handed the wine bottle to Ren Ruyi.
Ren Ruyi raised his hand and touched Xiao Yuxi.
The flasks collided.
A few drops of cold wine, carrying a bit of coolness, splashed on the backs of their hands.
Ren Ruyi asked: "What do you think of Yu Shisan's words?"
Xiao Yuxi replied: "Jiu'er's nature is quite good, but it may be crooked."
Ren Ruyi raised his eyes to look at her, with an unclear look in his eyes.
She obviously wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it.
Ren Ruyi pondered for a while and reminded: "You used to be a man."
Xiao Yuxi didn't pay much attention and responded casually: "Well, what's wrong?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed Ren Ruyi's eyes and felt a chill down her back.
When their eyes met, Xiao and Xi instantly understood what Ren Ruyi meant.
She was startled: "No way! I won't bear the blame!"
Ren Ruyi took a deep breath and said no more.
Xiao and Xi felt uneasy when they thought of Li Tongguang's differences.
Neither of them spoke anymore, only the sound of the wind howling by.
They drank together under the moonlight and sat on the roof, but their shadows fell on the ground and were stretched very long.
