Chapter 364: As Usual (1)
Li Xiyun finally thought that there are some things that can't be forced after all, just like Guan Kuo didn't stop himself from returning to Chang'an at that time and did his last part for the Northern Tang Dynasty, just like how optimistic the world was about himself and Xue Zhao, he finally chose Guan Kuo for the first time.
So she ended up smiling a little self-deprecatingly:
"I just want it strongly, but I know I can't force it, you just need to know that I'm always there for you."
Guan Kuo nodded, and she nodded too.
"But before that, I want to go to the palace to see Li Zenan first." She said.
Guan Kuo looked at her, as if he was savoring the meaning of her request.
"I used to have a good relationship with him, and then he went to opposition, and he also represents my Li Tang memories, whether it is the two of us leaving here in the end and living our own lives, or you finally insist on your revenge, I think I will see him one last time."
After Li Zenan surrendered and the Northern Tang Dynasty's armed forces were basically lifted, the Southern Wu people no longer restricted them, and they had now left the military camp of Southern Wu, but they didn't know where to go.
Guan Kuo knew that she said to herself that she would not force it, and she was actually the same.
That is a knot in Li Xiyun's heart, which always needs to be solved.
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Li Xiyun appeared in Chang'an City, and now she is in a free capacity.
She will no longer be bound by the palace, and she will no longer be under house arrest by the Nanwu people.
She's not a princess anymore, not really.
Countless people were watching this matter with complicated expressions, and they didn't know what she was doing.
She didn't take the carriage, she just walked, accompanied by only Xiao Yao, a palace maid, and ten Changliu palace guards who were still loyal and insisted on coming with her.
It was probably the first time she had walked this far in a long time.
As it turned out, she did lack exercise, and she couldn't go far before she would sit down in a random place without princess style, wipe the sweat from her forehead with her wide sleeves, and take a few breaths.
But it seemed that she was glad that she was finally like the most ordinary person.
When she entered Chang'an City, she occasionally stopped on the street to drink tea and eat some snacks that were difficult to taste in the past.
Chang'an Avenue is deserted, although many people have returned, but not many people have gone out.
The owner of the tea shop looked at her with a complicated expression, thinking about how Her Royal Highness Princess Guangle, who was once high, became like this in a flash, thinking about how Beitang could become like this, but he didn't talk to her.
She didn't care about those people's opinions, she just cherished such a time, she thought that no matter what Guan Kuo chose to do in the end, she would leave Chang'an, no longer return here, and think of the sad past, so she needed to spend the present time well.
She has eaten a lot of things, and she has never felt that her appetite is so big, Xiao Yao next to her looked at her silently, and stopped talking several times.
"Eat, what do you see me doing?" She asked with a smile.
Xiao Yao took a small bite, and the sound was like a mosquito calling: "I can't eat ......"
"How can you travel without eating more!" She stretched out her fingers and pinched Xiao Yao's pretty cheek.
"Princess, you ......" Xiao Yao once again wanted to speak and stopped.
"Do you feel happier than I've ever been, happier than ever?" Li Xiyun's smile is particularly sincere.
"Hmm." Xiao Yao nodded.
"The hardest thing for people is to let go, but after letting go, you will be happy," Li Xiyun pinched her cheek and refused to let go, "When will I find a good man for you to marry, you will be happier than I am today." ”
Xiao Yao's face instantly turned crimson, and she shouted in shame: "No, I won't marry, I will always accompany you, princess!" ”
Li Xiyun smiled evilly: "Do you want to marry me?" ”
She said again: "Then you and Guan Kuo have a fight, whoever wins the battle will marry whoever wins." ”
"I'm not going to fight that murderous fool!" Xiao Yao said hatefully.
She suddenly realized that Li Xiyun had really changed, she began to stop pretending to be arrogant and put on a stinky face, and she also began to laugh and laugh evilly.
She didn't know if she should be happy about this, because she felt that it was not Li Xiyun like that now.
Several passers-by looked at Li Xiyun, who had become unrecognizable, in a daze, with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Ignoring the gazes of others, under the gaze of many people in the open and in the dark, Li Xiyun continued to walk towards the palace.
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The Southern Wu people guarding the palace hesitated, but their generals quickly let Li Xiyun in, but the ten Changliu palace guards were stayed, and they needed to ensure the safety of Li Zenan and some others, that was the order.
Li Xiyun only took Xiao Yao alone, and went to the unknown palace under the worried eyes of the Changliu palace guards who could only wait outside the imperial city.
At this time, the palace was deserted, miserable, and miserable.
The huge palace has never been so deserted.
The palace is so big that it takes a long distance to see the sparse palace people, and between such a vast complex, there are only so many people left, and they look pitiful.
Although she has made herself want to open a little, be a happy ordinary person, and savor the stable life after the war, Li Xiyun still feels sad.
Who would have thought that the prosperity of the past would turn into dust in the present.
"Li Xiyun, you are happy, it's all over." She clenched her fists tightly, and encouraged herself to learn from the way she remembered Ji Ruyi.
After saying this sentence and doing this action, she was really happy.
She once again wiped her forehead with her wide sleeves extremely indecently, and said to Xiao Yao: "If I hadn't walked in by myself now, I really didn't know that the palace was so big!" ”
She held Xiao Yao's hand, like a pair of sisters.
She is no longer Princess Guangle, Xiao Yao can really be her sister.
During this period, she had met several guards sent by Nanwu to guard the palace, and given her charming face and bright red dress, they did not bother her too much.
In the peaceful world where the war has subsided and everything has stabilized, her Li Xiyun's fame really has magical power.
The two sisters paced slowly around the palace, like tourists passing by.
Li Xiyun asked Li Zenan a few times where he was, but no one knew, whether it was those Nanwu soldiers or the palace maids and eunuchs who were still in the palace.
She frowned, and Li Zenan seemed to have really disappeared, completely gone.
I don't know if it's because of Ji Ru's influence, or because Nanwu really gave this past emperor enough freedom, Li Zenan hasn't appeared in the eyes of the world for a long time, and no one has gone to investigate.