Madam General, please run slower.

Outside the cold palace, Yu Xun squatted on the tree for several days. He went to the palace to attend court during the day, and then went back to the palace through the secret passage after court.

If Tanghulu hadn't tricked him into saying that there was a contract between him and Li, and that it could sense that Li was fine, Yu Xun would have wanted to search the cold palace thoroughly.

"When will she come out?"

"I don't know!" Tanghulu, who was questioned hundreds of times by Yu Xun every day, was almost going crazy. "The master has his own opportunities. He will come out when the time comes."

"Can't you use the contract between you two to ask about her situation?" Yu Xun, who had searched the cold palace again without success, could not wait any longer. Li disappeared completely out of thin air like before, which made him think of her resolute back as she left in his dream again.

"I don't want to be beaten to death by my master yet." Tanghulu smiled politely. It would not disturb its master when she was doing something, especially when its master didn't want it to know. If it was pushed into a corner, it would really kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of its own.

"Or there is some way for me to contact her, even just a word will do." Yu Xun became more and more flustered the more he thought about it. He was also tired of himself being like this, but he couldn't control himself.

"There is a way, but you are not at that level yet to do it." Tanghulu found a comfortable position for himself while lying on the branch, stabbing Yu Xun's heart without any hesitation.

Yu Xun was speechless for a moment. He leaned against the tree trunk, closed his eyes and suppressed the emotions in his heart.

Tanghulu felt sorry for him when he saw him like this, "The master is very powerful, what are you afraid of?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm just afraid that she's too powerful..."

"Huh?" Tanghulu didn't quite understand these strange thoughts of human beings. The general's train of thought was even more difficult to understand than Li's.

"It's precisely because she's so powerful that I feel she won't need me." Yu Xun laughed at himself, "It's like... a toad falling hopelessly in love with a white swan."

Well, this is the first time Tanghulu has seen someone compare himself to a toad. "Is it possible that this is just your perception? Who knows, under the skin of the white swan, there may actually be a crow."

"Crow? That's a good omen, even more remarkable than a swan."

Seeing that Yu Xun had misinterpreted its meaning, Tanghulu rolled its eyes at him speechlessly. It was also this glance that made it notice the person who was tearing off the invisibility talisman not far away.

Tanghulu received the hint and looked away calmly, saying calmly, "So do you want to let go? In my opinion, it's better to let go early, so that the master won't have to worry about you."

"I don't need it!" Yu Xun clenched his hands tightly, and that strong feeling of inferiority came over him again.

He was able to connect with the Northern King because of Li. Even now in the court, when the Duke's Mansion was secretly targeting him, the little emperor would inadvertently help him change the topic. He knew that all this was because of Li.

It was already a sad thing that he couldn't be her support, but in the end he still needed her to pave the way for him, which made Yu Xun feel like a complete waste.

Tanghulu didn't expect Yu Xun to react so strongly, and it also got angry, "Don't be so ungrateful, if it weren't for the master in the past few years, your Yu Family Army would now be just old and weak soldiers, and there would be no basis for them to stand in the court."

"I would rather go back to my hometown and farm than to be a hypocrite in the court."

Tanghulu was so angry that he kept saying "you" for a long time but couldn't respond. He really felt sorry for his owner.

"So the general has always thought this way." Li interrupted their conversation with a chuckle, "It's my fault for pushing the general to this position."

"Owner!!"

Li reached out and caught the candied haws that hurriedly jumped down from the tree.

Tanghulu lay on Li's shoulder and rubbed her cheek affectionately, "I'm so angry at this guy that I feel dizzy. I'm going to take a nap first."

"Go to sleep." Li rubbed Tanghulu's head and turned to look at Yu Xun who was a little bewildered. "Thank you for the past few days, General. As a thank you, from now on, any item that the general likes will be sold to him at 70% off the final transaction price."

"You..." Yu Xun was suddenly flustered and didn't know what to say.

"Hmm? General, are you still not satisfied with a 30% discount? How about 40%? It can't be any lower. Our auction house has to make a profit, too." Li acted as if he couldn't see the nervousness in his eyes and walked towards the tunnel while speaking.

"That's not what I meant." Yu Xun hurriedly caught up with her, "I just..."

"General, there's no need to explain. I don't really want to know what you think."

Li interrupted him directly. She would never do this under normal circumstances. This kind of Li made Yu Xun feel inexplicably scared.

"Please listen to me." Yu Xun took two quick steps and stood in front of Li. "You helped me a lot. I am very grateful and I don't mean to blame you. I was just blaming myself just now."

"So what?" Li looked indifferent, as if he really didn't care what he said.

"I just lost control of my emotions and said something I shouldn't have said. Can you please forgive me?"

Yu Xun reached out to hold Li's hand, but Li dodged by leaning to the side. "I have never blamed the general, so how can I forgive him? Let's go. This is not the place for small talk."

What Li said made sense, and Yu Xun had no choice but to follow her into the secret passage.

The gatekeeper Wei Yi saluted Yu Xun before closing the door and leaving. Seeing his master's worried look, he was afraid that Yu Xun would not be able to listen to him even if he reported the mission.

"Li'er." After Wei Yi left, Yu Xun couldn't wait to call out, "We can talk here now."

"It just so happens that I have something to inform the general." Li stopped and turned to look at Yu Xun who was following her like a tail.

Hearing Li's words, Yu Xun immediately perked up, "Whatever you say, I'm listening."

"It's not a big deal, I just want to leave." Li naturally did not ignore the panic on Yu Xun's face, and chuckled: "I promised you that I would tell you when I leave."

"Where are you going?" Yu Xun pursed his lips, as if he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

"In theory, I have no obligation to answer your question, but since we are still relatively happy together, I can tell you that I want to go back to the place that belongs to me."

"Will you come back?" Yu Xun's voice became smaller and smaller.

"Does it have anything to do with the general?" Li stretched out his index finger and poked Yu Xun's chest unceremoniously. "I guess the general has always felt that I don't belong here. Then it's as you wish."

"No!" Yu Xun grabbed his hand and pressed it tightly against his chest. Li could even feel his pounding heart from his palm. "I will wait for you. I said I will wait for you."

Li took a few steps towards Yu Xun, closing the distance between them. He looked up at him with a playful expression, "Wait? It's just a joke, General. Why take it seriously? You are in the foundation-building stage and have a lifespan of only two hundred years at most. I'm afraid you are not qualified to say the word "wait."

"I'll wait for you." Yu Xun said relentlessly.

"Give up, we are indeed not from the same world."

"I will wait for you..." Yu Xun shook his head, not listening to what Li was saying at all, just kept repeating this sentence.

Li looked at Yu Xun, who had already fallen into a state of paranoia, and sighed helplessly. How could her damn charm make people so deeply fascinated?

Li's right hand was restrained by Yu Xun, so he could only stretch out his left hand to touch Yu Xun's face, and said softly:

"Axun, look at me."