xxiv)

The day of the crown is just around the corner, and I have to make it clear to Tuyin. Even though I can't stay together, I can still look at her as a priest every day, and my heart is at ease.

"Tuyin. I stood outside the window and called her, suddenly remembering the time when I was a child here to ask Tuyin for help, when the two little unguessed childhood sweethearts, now about to end in tragedy. Thinking of Tuyin's tears after hearing the news, my heart seemed to be tugged up, but only when I told her in person could I completely cut off her thoughts and save her life.

"Ximu, why are you here, haven't you been preparing for the ceremony of sealing the king recently?" The window opened and made a creaking sound, and Tuyin's delicate eyebrows and eyes were particularly clear as the light shone in.

"I'm here to tell you something. I didn't feel happy to see Tuyin's smile, and after taking a long breath, I said, "The time of the king is also the post-sealing ceremony of Liang Sakura, and it is really busy. "I try to understate it as much as possible, and I don't want Tuyin to see the helplessness in my eyes.

Tu Yin was stunned, and her eyes were red as if they were coated with rouge: "Ximu, you said that you will live up to me..."

"Lie to you. I barely pretended to sneer, and quickly turned my head away, to prevent Tuyin from seeing the wetness in the corners of my eyes.

I'm sorry, Tuyin. If this weren't the case, I wouldn't want to see you cry when I killed me, but now I can only better protect you if I hate me.

After speaking, I strode out of Tuyin's house, and the moment I stepped out of the threshold, I heard Tuyin slamming the window shut and crying. I couldn't stop my tears anymore, silently rolling down the patterns on my robe.

The style of the night was sad and lonely, I hugged a jar of mandala wine, and stumbled into Si Yi's inner room.

"What are you doing?" Si Yi wanted to take away the wine jar in my arms, but I pushed it aside. I didn't speak, my mind was completely confused, I took two jade bowls and began to pour wine, which did not stop until the wine overflowed and flowed to the ground. I didn't want to speak, so I pulled Si Yi to the stool and sat down, pushing one of the bowls in front of him. Without waiting for him to say anything, I grabbed the bowl and drank it down. It took a few bowls for me to start talking more.

"Today I went to tell Tuyin to tell her to forget about me. I knew she would hate me, but I really couldn't help it, and I didn't want to hurt her. But I'm the next king, and what is the importance of the underworld and a person? I didn't understand this until now, and if I had understood it earlier like you, maybe I wouldn't have been with Tuyin, and this wouldn't have happened. ”

"Hmm. Si Yi understood what I meant, he patted me and listened to me patiently.

"In the future, Tuyin will ask you to take care of it, I'm afraid I won't be able to see her in the future. "Suddenly, I felt that there was liquid flowing on my face, and I couldn't tell whether it was wine or tears.

I don't remember what I said that night, probably because I didn't want to get drunk, and I woke up in Si Yi's room at noon the next day. The room was empty, I slowly helped myself up, only to feel a headache, the world was spinning, and I had no choice but to lie back on the pillow, and my mind came back to the pale face of Tu Yin at that time.

I tried to get that face out of my mind, but it grew clearer and clearer, and I was a little breathless.