Drunk Bamboo

The rain stopped, but Hua Qinfeng was still wearing his raincoat, leading his horse, walking on the empty street.

The damp air and the starless night give one a desolate feeling.

Just like Hua Qinfeng's heavy and complicated mood at this moment, he couldn't let it go for a long time.

In the past, I felt that Chaoyang was always nagging around me, but now that Chaoyang is guarding the ginkgo trees and not saying a word to me, I am not used to it and feel even more empty.

Just then, a familiar and gentle voice came from the front.

"Your Majesty."

Hua Qinfeng raised his eyes and saw Xie Yuzhu, dressed in white and holding a lotus lantern, standing on the carriage.

It was pitch black all around, and she was like a ray of light in the darkness, bringing warmth and pointing the way.

The cold heart suddenly felt warm.

"...Yuzu." Hua Qinfeng called her name blankly.

"Why is your hair wet?"

Xie Yuzhu walked quickly towards him, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped his wet hair.

Yunling took out the prepared cloak from the carriage and handed it to her, then took the raincoat she took off from Hua Qinfeng, silently led the horse, and followed behind them with Lao Liu who was driving.

With the cloak on, a warm current instantly swept over the whole body.

Seeing that she was wearing thin clothes, Hua Qinfeng hurriedly tried to take off her cloak.

Xie Yuzhu saw his intention and covered his big hand with her small hand. "I rode in the carriage all the way, my hair didn't get wet, my clothes and shoes didn't get wet, and I wasn't cold. My hands were warm."

After touching it twice, he smiled and asked, "Are you warm?"

The little hands caressed him, soft and warm, and Hua Qinfeng felt a tingling sensation in his heart.

"warm."

Xie Yuzhu withdrew his hand and walked slowly towards the palace.

She went to the west of the city to detoxify Ginkgo for the last time, and met the impetuous Gu Suiyi at the gate of Prince Feng's mansion.

He was alternately angry, excited, and surprised, and he recounted what had happened in the palace.

After hearing this, Xie Yuzhu was surprised at what Hua Qinfeng had done and was also worried about him.

He went back home, took Hua Qinfeng's cloak, and went out to meet him.

Sure enough, when I saw him, he looked distraught.

"Everything is done, why is Your Majesty so listless? Are you tired after running around all night?"

"You know everything?" Hua Qinfeng looked unusually calm.

"Gu Suiyi told me everything. The prince went in and out of the palace, trying to persuade the prince and getting the ministers to leave the palace before he calmed down the chaos tonight. He told me everything."

Xie Yuzhu was alert and spoke to him enthusiastically.

But Hua Qinfeng looked confused.

“Did I do all this?”

"Your Majesty is amazing tonight!"

Xie Yuzhu praised him with stars in her eyes.

Generally speaking, if you praise him, he will be happy.

This time, it didn't have much effect on Hua Qinfeng.

"But why do I feel like I just had a dream? Now that I've woken up, nothing has ever happened."

"If Your Majesty says it's a dream, then it is a dream. It is just as Your Majesty said, it has all passed. If Your Majesty doesn't want to remember, then we will all forget it. I will only remember that Your Majesty was both wise and brave, and that he could bend and stretch himself."

Xie Yuzhu agreed with him in everything, hoping that he would be happy.

Hua Qinfeng suddenly stopped, his expression gloomy.

"Today I finally understood that the Crown Prince's grievances and distress were no less than mine. He said he envied my lack of affection for my father. It sounded ridiculous and pathetic."

"The prince understands it in his heart, so when the prince was sent to the Ministry of Justice, you couldn't help but enter the palace. You wanted to protect the prince and the prime minister and other ministers." Xie Yuzhu comforted.

He shook his head helplessly, with a forced smile on his face as if he was mocking himself.

Hua Qinfeng: "Because I know how cold and ruthless my father's heart is."

Xie Yuzhu felt distressed.

In the six months in Zhongdu, I have experienced many things, big and small, concerning the emperor, the queen, the prince, and King Wen...

Whenever it involves people he has contact with, he always feels sad afterwards.

Those who are too sentimental will hurt their mind and body.

"The prince has many relatives in Zhongdu, but everything you encounter is related to them. You are always unhappy."

"Maybe you'll get used to it after experiencing it a few times." Hua Qinfeng said naively.

Xie Yuzhu took a step forward, stopped, and faced him.

"I don't want you to go through this again. You helped my father this time, and he will definitely reward you. Can you ask for a chance to return to the West?" Her eyes were firm, and she said, "I will go with you."

Hua Qinfeng nodded slightly, "...Okay, let's go together."

"Is the prince happy?"

"Happy."

Xie Yuzhu pouted and looked up and asked, "Why isn't the prince smiling?"

"I laughed." Hua Qinfeng twitched the corners of his mouth.

Perhaps it was because she smiled at the emperor for too long at night, so her smile became a little stiff and unnatural.

Xie Yuzhu said angrily: "You are lying. You are not happy at all when you laugh. How about I tell the prince a joke?"

Hua Qinfeng patiently coaxed her, "Can you tell jokes?"

"Your Highness, do you know what kind of wine makes you drunk most easily?" Xie Yuzhu asked with a smile.

After thinking about it carefully, Hua Qinfeng answered seriously:

"It's still the strong liquor from the west that makes you drunk easily."

"No, it's the eternal love between me and the prince."

Hua Qinfeng was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Xie Yuzhu's smiling eyes. He reacted instantly, his ears turned red, and he felt secretly happy.

"Is it funny?" Xie Yuzhu blinked, a little playful.

Hua Qinfeng turned his head and walked forward.

"…Not funny. Not funny at all."

"Your Highness is saying one thing and thinking another, but he must be very happy in his heart." Xie Yuzhu trotted over and shook her head, "Your Highness, do you want to hear more? I have a lot of jokes like this."

“…A lot?” He stopped, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Your Majesty, do you know which god I like the most?"

"What god?"

"Your Highness, look at my eyes!" Xie Yuzhu stared into his eyes, "They are gentle and delicate, shining and beautiful like the stars in the sky."

Hua Qinfeng blushed.

This is more blushing than "I like you".

"Ahem..." He coughed lightly and pretended to be serious. "Where did you learn these words? Some of them..."

"What is it? Your Majesty doesn't like it?" Xie Yuzhu asked, standing on tiptoe.

Hua Qinfeng was worried that she would fall, so he reached out and gently touched her forehead, and Xie Yuzhu landed on her heels.

I was secretly happy, but I said, "It's a bit frivolous."

"Okay, I understand." Xie Yuzhu lowered her eyes and responded obediently.

Hua Qinfeng thought she was unhappy and was about to coax her, but the next second, she raised her eyes pitifully again.

"Your Majesty, I'm short of money lately. Can you lend me..."

"You can spend the money in the mansion as you like. Who stopped you from spending the money?"

Hua Qinfeng really believed it.

Xie Yuzhu spread out her palms, "Can I borrow your hand to hold?"

The heat on Hua Qinfeng's face had just subsided when heat surged up again.

He took her hand openly and muttered:

"Let's hold hands, why wouldn't I let you hold hands?"

The eyes are full of light, like flowing light.

Xie Yuzhu: As long as you are happy.

Yunling and Lao Liu were also grinning from ear to ear behind them.

"My Lord, did I tell a good joke?"

"...Ahem, just normal." Hua Qinfeng warned seriously, "Don't tell anyone except me!"

"Who else can I tell this to except you?"

Xie Yuzhu's eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, and the shadow of Hua Qinfeng was reflected in her pupils, only him.

Hua Qinfeng's heart skipped a beat.

He realized that at this moment, he was thinking of nothing but Xie Yuzhu.

All the pain, coldness, and entanglement are not so important when talking and laughing with her.

Her thin lips were slightly raised and her bright eyes were sparkling.

Hua Qinfeng smiled.

"My Lord, you are smiling so happily."

Holding her hand tightly, Hua Qinfeng said, "Let's go back home!"