After several days of violent storms and rains, the sky over the Imperial City of Yeyu finally cleared.

It makes people feel that the warm sunlight is evenly sprinkled on the ground after a long time, as if to illuminate all the dark corners of this world.

Under this warm clear sky, everything is competing in its best state.

###夜禹皇城, a side courtyard in the Protector's Mansion

A young girl wearing a long green cloud-sleeved dress sat in an octagonal pavilion standing in the center of the huge lotus pond with a dignified posture.

"Hahahaha." The girl laughed heartily, and did not shy away from calling him by his name in the face of the handsome and extraordinary man beside her. "Xuanyi, this matter is so interesting, why didn't you share it with me earlier?"

This girl is the granddaughter of Gu Changtai, the protector of Yeyu Kingdom, Gu Yanran, who is holding it in the palm of her hand.

The man who was called 'Xuanyi' by Gu Yanran was the son of Yeyu Kingdom who was least treated by the Holy Nangong Yunde...... The second prince Nangong Xuanyi.

"Whew...... Yan'er, you're finally smiling. Nangong Xuanyi exhaled with relief.

She laughed, she finally smiled.

If you count it, he hadn't seen her with a smile on her face in nearly a month.

"......" Gu Yanran obviously restrained her smile, biting her lower lip with her upper teeth, and the sadness in her eyes finally spread again.

Nangong Xuanyi moved to sit beside Gu Yanran and looked at Gu Yanran with concern. "You've been in a very low mood these days, what's going on?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Yanran raised a bitter smile towards Nangong Xuanyi. "Since you've already asked, Xuanyi, promise me one thing."

"What?" Nangong Xuanyi curiously raised his dashing sword eyebrows.

Not to mention agreeing to one, it is ten pieces and hundreds, and he will take care of it.

"Suck ......" Gu Yanran took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and couldn't bear to look at any expression that was about to appear on Nangong Xuanyi's face. See you soon, stranger. ”

'See you again, stranger', these six words...... It can be said that she has said the most cruel and heartless words she has said in the seventeen years since she was born.

"Yan'er!" Nangong Xuanyi's eyes widened in disbelief, did he do something wrong to make Gu Yanran angry? "Did I bother you in something?"

"It's not." Gu Yanran shook her head, but her eyes were still closed.

It's not that she doesn't want to open her eyes, but she can't, because she's not ready to open them.

If she opened her eyes now, she was sure that her true emotions would definitely be seen through by Nangong Xuanyi.

She can't change Nangong Xuanyi's current situation and future just because of her reluctance.

She would be too selfish to do that.

When Gu Yanran opened her eyes again, she had completely suppressed the emotions under her eyes.

Although he didn't want to hurt Nangong Xuanyi, he still had to say what he had to say.

"In three days, it's your wedding." Gu Yanran looked at Nangong Xuanyi, her eyes full of helplessness. "Although we are confidants, there is a difference between men and women after all."

Nangong Xuanyi grabbed Gu Yanran's weak and boneless hands in a panic, wanting to explain the reason to Gu Yanran. "Yan'er, this parent is not my intention, it is my father and the emperor's ......"

"Xuanyi, the saint is for your good." Gu Yanran stood up, broke free of Nangong Xuanyi's warm palm, walked to the corner near the lotus pond, and quietly looked at the dark green pool water in the lotus pond. "Besides, Miss Du is a knowledgeable person, and it is your blessing to marry her."

"I'm ruthless with her!" Nangong Xuanyi dodged, jumped to Gu Yanran's side from the round stool, restrained her emaciated shoulders, and yelled at her uncontrollably. "I'd rather marry you if I could."

Nangong Xuanyi's words are equivalent to asking Gu Yanran for marriage.

Since he was born, he has had the idea of 'holding the hand of the son and growing old with the child' for any woman.

It's not that there's something wrong with him, it's in love...... He was not willing to be perfunctory.

What he longs for is a woman who makes him fall in love, a woman who can stay with him for a long time, and a woman who doesn't care about his status and is willing to retreat to the countryside with him.

If he can't find such a woman in this life, he would rather stay away from this red world and die alone.

"Xuanyi, don't be rash." Gu Yanran did not have the joy of an ordinary woman after being courted, and raised her head and looked at Nangong Xuanyi, who was handsome and extraordinary. "Although you are ruthless with her, you are only friends with me, and there is no relationship between men and women, how can you talk about marriage?"

"Why not?" Nangong Xuanyi's mood was on the verge of collapse, shaking Gu Yanran's slightly thin delicate body. "Yan'er, is it better to compare your heart than your heart?

You said that you have no relationship with me, so you don't marry me, I can understand.

But I have never met Na Du Mengyao, I have never had a deep friendship, and I don't even have the slightest friendship.

Why did you persuade me to listen to my father and marry her? ”

"Xuanyi, calm down." Gu Yanran put her hands on Nangong Xuanyi, and a wave of clear eyes looked into his eyes, she didn't want to watch Nangong Xuanyi disobey the emperor's orders, so she could only try her best to persuade Nangong Xuanyi. "The Holy God gives marriage, it is reasonable, don't rebel."

This family business, Nangong Xuanyi can only accept it no matter what.

Yu Qing, the saint is Nangong Xuanyi's father, as a child, he must not disobey the orders of his parents.

Yu Li, Nangong Xuanyi is the prince of the dynasty, that is, a minister, a courtier, and must not disobey the king's will.

"......" Nangong Xuanyi gradually calmed down, and when he couldn't be calmer anymore, he suddenly laughed at himself. Heh, am I being too cowardly? ”

"Xuanyi, you're not cowardly at all." Gu Yanran shook her head gently, the Nangong Xuanyi she knew was never cowardly. "You're just too kind and filial.

But it's because of your kindness and filial piety that I became a good friend with you, didn't I? ”

After listening to Gu Yanran's words, Nangong Xuanyi was more helpless in his heart, helpless why he wanted to be so kind and filial.

If he had been stronger, would the situation be very different now?

Unfortunately, everything is just a luxury.

In this life, I'm afraid he can't change his cowardly character that is so submissive, right?

"Yan'er, in the future, is it really just a stranger?" Nangong Xuanyi asked Gu Yanran with the last glimmer of hope.

However, he knew Gu Yanran too well, so he was sure that the answer she gave must be the one he didn't want to hear.

"Hmm." Gu Yanran hooked her lips and smiled freely. "From now on, it's really a stranger."

Although she is also worried that she will only be strangers to Nangong Xuanyi in the future.

But if her gloom can be exchanged for his white prime minister with Du Mengyao, it will be worth it.

Nangong Xuanyi could see that Gu Yanran was actually forcing a smile.

Looking at her like this, he was really distressed.

"Yan'er, if there is an afterlife, no matter what kind of love is between the two of us, is it okay to marry me?"

Gu Yanran didn't expect Nangong Xuanyi, who had always followed the rules, to say such impolite words, and was slightly stunned.

But immediately, Gu Yanran also shook her head with a smile. "Okay, in the next life, whether there is mercilessness or not, I will marry you."

"Then you remember, no matter how many hardships and dangers you encounter in the next life, I will marry you." Nangong Xuanyi was ecstatic and promised Gu Yanran the next life, and felt that the oath didn't seem to be enough, so he added. "Even if you lose all the people in the world, you will never be disappointed, and you will be spoiled alone."

However, even if Nangong Xuanyi made a poisonous oath, the meeting would only be in the afterlife.

The present life of the two of them...... is destined to end in parting.

The smile on Nangong Xuanyi's face disappeared in an instant, and he reluctantly said goodbye to Gu Yanran. "Yan'er, cherish, I'm leaving."

After saying this, Nangong Xuanyi turned around and left resolutely.

He had to leave Gu Yanran quickly, otherwise...... He didn't dare to guarantee that the tears in his eyes would not fall in the next moment.