Chapter 31: Return to Yunfu
It was night, Tang Li couldn't help it, but the bed was still placed according to Shen Yanzhi's intentions, separated by a screen, sleeping on one side by himself, and sleeping on the other side.
But at this moment, Tang Li was sleeping on a big bed by himself, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.
She walked out of the room in a negative mood just now, ready to brush the horses, and relieve her anger by the way, but before she arrived at the stable for a while, she accidentally saw Shen Yanzhi also out of the door, with a lonely face, passing through the silent and unmanned hall, and sitting on the steps outside the door in a trance.
What's going on? Didn't the three of them gang up in the house just now? Who provoked him again? Yes! Could it be that he misses his sister? In short, looking at his appearance, there must be something on his mind.
Putting down the brush in his hand, Tang Li crept behind Shen Yanzhi, and suddenly stretched out his hand and reached out to pat him.
"Hey!"
Shen Yanzhi seemed to know that it was her, without any panic, he silently turned his head and glanced at Tang Li, his focused eyes were reflected directly in Tang Li's eyes, as if he had hidden a lot of feelings that he couldn't speak, but he didn't say anything.
Tang Li's bright smile also froze on his face, and the two of them didn't speak for a while, just looked at each other quietly.
It was when Tang Lizhi gradually felt at a loss, Shen Yanzhi took the lead in looking away, stood up, turned his back to Tang Li, looked blankly at the dim street in front of him, sighed inaudibly, and said, "I'll go for a walk and eliminate food." ”
Digestion? They didn't eat anything seriously all the way over at night, where did they get to eat? Tang Li straightened up in confusion and looked blankly at Shen Yanzhi drifting away.
Looking at Shen Yanzhi's departing back, Tang Li's doubts in his heart were even worse, I don't know why, his back made Tang Li feel inexplicably sad, but he didn't know where this sadness came from.
She couldn't figure it out, so much so that she had unprecedented insomnia.
I didn't sleep well at night, Tang Li's next morning got up extraordinarily early, and the atmosphere of several people became heavy today, the place where they are now is not far from the city, and they can arrive in Yunfu at noon today, the four of them have already discussed it in the carriage, Shen Yanzhi and Xinglin are waiting in Yan's mansion, Yan Xuan and Tang Li's go to the palace to see Xu Ran together.
At noon, everything went according to the original plan, Tang Li and Yan Xuan came to the palace, and with Xu Ran's silk book, they were led in by the eunuchs in the palace and waited outside the main hall.
The scorching sun is in the sky, the heat is pressing, Tang Li feels like he is going to be dried by the sun in the sky, why hasn't this damn eunuch come out yet, you don't have to think about it to know that this must be Xu Ran's intention, he has always been like this, stingy and grudgeful.
But today he came to the palace as Xu Ran wished, wasn't this what he wanted? What kind of shelf did he put on himself! It's really annoying, more annoying than when I was a kid.
Tang Li, who was a little upset, stood up from the ground, rubbed his sore knees, stepped forward a few steps, found a shady place and sat down.
Yan Xuan was taken aback by Tang Li's actions, and then couldn't help laughing again.
She is still the same as when she was a child, she has always been unrestrained, when she was very young, she often saw Tang Carp teasing Xu Ran, and she didn't stop until Xu Ran got angry. Although this time is different, he is still happy with his cousin's straightforwardness.
"Squeak", the door of the main hall was opened from the inside, and out came an old man dressed in complicated clothes, he wore a high official hat, and his clothes were full of gorgeous embroidery, which was completely different from the little father-in-law next to him, and he looked like a big eunuch with a high status.
His small eyes glanced at the presumptuous Tang Li, obviously expressing his displeasure for his master, and said in a cold tone in a sharp voice: "Miss Tang can go in, Your Majesty has an invitation~" After speaking, he didn't look at Tang Li, and turned around and walked back with a handful of dust unceremoniously.
Tang Li ignored the sour tone of the great eunuch, as if he couldn't hear it, and still followed into the hall with a big grin.
This hall is gorgeous on the outside, and it is even more brilliant inside, full of glittering gold and jewelry, very extravagant, but Tang Li feels that she can't open her eyes when this thing flashes, and everything here is full of absurdity.
At the end of the main hall sat a person, he was dressed in a black dragon robe, embroidered with a brilliant flying dragon with gold thread, noble and domineering. At this moment, he was looking down at the paperwork in his hand, and it was not until Tang Li came to stand nearby that he reluctantly raised his noble head, his face expressionless, and even a little angry.
"It's been barbaric for a long time, and you forgot how to do it?" Xu Ran's voice was cold and without any emotion.
When Tang Li heard Xu Ran speak, he laughed at himself in his heart and said slowly: "Your Majesty knows the purpose of my trip, why should we beat around the bush and pretend?" Isn't it good to get straight to the point? ”
When Xu Ran heard this, he smiled disdainfully, he looked at the stubborn woman in front of him contemptuously, she was still as smart and beautiful as before, and she was even more delicate in her daughter's family when she took off her official clothes and wore civilian clothes.
In the past, I just liked her unruly nature, but now I find that she seems to be a little too stubborn, but it doesn't matter, I have time to tame her.
"Are you so sure I won't kill you?" His eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a message of danger in his deep eyes.
"You're not going to kill me, I'm still useful to you, aren't I?" Not to be outdone, Tang Li replied. A wry smile appeared on her face, but she quickly hid it.
"I can say yes whenever you want me to leave, even now, it's just that I want you to remember what you promised and don't implicate innocent people again." Tang Li continued.
"It seems that Yan Xuan has already told you everything I mean, but of course you think that I called you back just for this?"
Xu Ran slowly walked down from the dragon chair and approached Tang Li's side, his skeletal and pale fingers gently brushed Tang Li's cheeks, but Tang Li turned his face and dodged it.
"Xu Ran, this will be the last thing I will do for you, and I hope we will never see each other again in the future." Tang Li said firmly.
"Hmph, then you can try, you can't escape!" Xu Ran snorted coldly, withdrew his hand and said contemptuously.
"I really don't understand you anymore, why do you have to push me to a dead end? Past friendships don't have any weight in your heart, do they? ”
She looked at Xu Ran's sick appearance, and couldn't help but feel disgusted and angry, this was not the steady young man she knew, this was a completely ruthless emperor.
"Tang carp! It's you who forced me! You're the one who took the initiative to leave! You've never believed me, don't you know who the ruthless one is? ”
Xu Ran's face turned pale, and he asked angrily.
"Me? Did I force you to marry? "Tang Carp is going crazy, is it yourself who is wrong? It's ridiculous.
"You know that I have no choice, why do you keep holding on? Can you read the general picture?! ”
"No, never!" Tang Li turned away, not wanting to look at the man in front of him anymore, "I have already put you down, and I beg you to let me go." ”
"You!"
Xu Ran gritted his teeth, he was dizzy with anger for a while, he also turned around, he didn't dare to look at Tang Li again, he was afraid that if he looked at her again, he would kill her in front of him angrily.
"Get out! Get out of here! Rest assured, I will keep my promise to spare those people and do my best to help you go to sea, but you had better come back with good news, or I will take you back even if I jump into hell. ”
"Crazy...," Tang Carp muttered tremblingly. How did he end up like this?! Becoming so paranoid?!
"Get out!" Xu Ran turned around and yelled angrily.
Tang Li looked at the man in front of her, her heart began to sway again, why did he look so crazy and sad, obviously the whole country was in the palm of his hand, didn't he? Tang Li shook his head and told himself that he couldn't be deceived by him, wasn't it enough that he had been deceived by him for so long.
"Farewell!"
Tang Li closed his eyes, hid all his emotions, and made a gesture at Xu Ran, then turned around decisively and left.
In fact, she didn't want to say too much to Xu Ran, he was like a contradiction to herself, representing joy on the one hand and calculation on the other, but Yan Xuan's matter deeply sounded the alarm for her escape.
She can't lie to herself anymore, now she just wants to live her life well, she doesn't want to pay attention to those messy troubles, she doesn't want to pay attention to those troubles, she just wants to enjoy her life well, and she just wants to live her simple life.
Although there is still a big hurdle waiting for her to overcome, she believes in herself, not because she firmly believes that she can overcome the challenges that her father did not overcome, but because she has no way out, she can only let go and gamble with fate.
That night, the strong men and secret guards sent by Xu Ran came to the Yan Mansion to assemble, Tang Li couldn't help but feel a little funny, he really couldn't tolerate himself for a moment.
She couldn't laugh after laughing at herself twice, it seemed that she had to leave for the port overnight, not to mention whether it was dangerous to go to sea or not, this big night was really a toss, and she couldn't even sleep well.
Although she was unwilling, Tang Li still left overnight with the people sent by Xu Ran, she didn't want to cause any more trouble to Yan Xuan, otherwise everything she did would be meaningless.
Tang Lili originally wanted to travel with only Shen Yanzhi and entrust Xinglin to Yan Xuan to take care of, but who knew that Xinglin would follow Tang Li, but in desperation, the three of them still set off together.
Everyone hurried overnight, all the way over the mountains and mountains, until the second day when the sun was slightly westerly before reaching the vicinity of the port, the night boat was dangerous, Tang Li ordered to find an inn to rest and repair, fortunately, the strong men of the Xu Ran faction had a leading Chen Zhuangshi, who was quite easy to get along with, so it was better to settle everyone before dark.
And the secret guards don't have to worry about Tang Li, and they probably won't care about Tang Li's affairs, and when they leave Guangyun Country, they will go back and report to Xu Ran.