"Yes," the guard replied, and the carriage did not stop when passing through the city gate, but went straight through.
As the carriage passed right by him, Xuan Yuanzhan felt as if an arrow had pierced his heart. He was not injured, yet the pain was excruciating!
Ye Yun stared blankly at the carriage that hadn't stopped: "The guards of the General's Mansion should know the Prince, so why didn't they stop?"
The guards of the General's Mansion should not be so ignorant of the rules!
Their prince has been waiting here all day, just to see the princess return!
Seeing her prince looking so downcast, Ye Yun felt a pang of heartache and quickly comforted him, "Perhaps the guard didn't recognize you. It has nothing to do with you, Princess. If you knew that you waited at the city gate all day, you would definitely be very moved."
Ye Yun's words of advice only made Xuan Yuanzhan feel more uncomfortable.
She knows!
She must have seen him just now; he saw him through the gap in the carriage curtain, but the carriage didn't stop, so she didn't want to see him!
Just thinking about it made Xuan Yuanzhan feel so miserable that he wanted to die.
Xuanyuan Zhan stayed in place for a long time before riding his horse to catch up with the carriage in front.
The first thing Su Xuening did upon returning to the Holy King's Mansion was to visit Bai Shi before returning to Linshui Pavilion.
Upon arriving at Linshui Pavilion, Su Xuening saw Xuan Yuanzhan standing under the crabapple tree, seemingly waiting for her.
He was just at the gates of Kyoto a moment ago, how come he's back so soon?
Su Xuening was somewhat flustered, but she couldn't pretend not to see it any longer, so she stepped forward and curtsied to Xuan Yuanzhan: "Your Highness."
Before Xuan Yuanzhan could speak, Su Xuening got up and headed back to the main house.
Xuan Yuanzhan felt as if someone had pinched his heart, and the pain made him instinctively reach out and pull her back.
“Your Highness?” Su Xuening turned around, frowning as she looked at him.
Xuan Yuanzhan felt flustered after being looked at like that: "Um, did you go to the temple today?"
"Mm." Su Xuening responded. She had wanted to make up an excuse, but she didn't want to lie to Xuan Yuanzhan.
Xuanyuan Zhan waited for her to say something, but Su Xuening didn't say anything. The two stood in silence for a while before Su Xuening finally spoke, "I'm a little tired today, so I'll go back to my room to rest."
Su Xuening gently brushed Xuan Yuanzhan's hand away and returned to the main house.
Xuanyuan Zhan stared blankly at Su Xuening's back, and even after the main room door closed, his gaze still seemed to be on Su Xuening.
Why did they become like this?
Everything was fine before!
Xuanyuan Zhan felt so depressed that his chest felt like it was stuffed with cotton, making it hard for him to breathe.
With nowhere to vent his frustration, he took a sword and began to brandish it under the crabapple tree.
In the courtyard, Ye Yun and Ye Yu both watched as Xuan Yuanzhan soared up and down.
Ye Yun nudged Ye Yu with his elbow: "Why is your princess suddenly so cold to my prince?"
Ye Yu was a little confused by Ye Yun's question: "When did the princess become part of my family?"
Seeing Ye Yun's attempt to distance himself, Ye Yun sneered, "You didn't act like this when you were being sarcastic to me yesterday!"
Before today, he still considered her a confidante of the princess.
"Ahem~" Ye Yu didn't expect Ye Yun to hold a grudge like this. She coughed lightly, leaned closer and whispered, "I don't know either. The princess didn't do anything unusual yesterday."
This morning, the prince asked her if there was anything unusual about the princess yesterday, and he really didn't feel that the princess was anything strange.
However, the princess's attitude towards the prince does seem to have changed from yesterday to today.
It's not just the prince who's different; it's like he's different in everyone!
It's strange that the princess used to take him with her wherever she went, but she didn't let him come along today.
Looking at Xuan Yuanzhan, who was wielding his sword with all his might, Ye Yu asked with some concern, "Is Your Highness angry?"
"What do you think!" Ye Yun glared at Ye Yu unhappily.
Ye Yu instantly felt wronged: "It's no use getting angry at me. If you're so capable, go ahead and get angry at the Princess!"
It's not like he's treating the prince coldly, he wouldn't dare!
On the rooftop, Ye Feng, unusually, spoke to Ye Xue: "Why is the Princess acting so strangely?"
"I don't know." Ye Xue coldly ended the conversation with those three words.
In the main house, Su Xuening listened to the sounds of sword dancing outside, but dared not come to the window. She lay on the small couch, imagining what it looked like for him to dance with a sword.
He sounds very angry!
But she could no longer let herself be trapped in his tenderness as before, and she didn't deserve to enjoy his kindness!
Xuanyuan Zhan practiced his swordplay outside for over an hour, but Su Xuening didn't come out to look at him, nor did she stand by the window to watch him like last time.
From the moment he began practicing his swordplay, he kept staring at the window, but he couldn't see even a glimpse of her clothing.
Nobody wants to watch him, nobody wants to pay attention to him, so why is he still practicing swordsmanship!
Xuanyuan Zhan threw the sword on the ground and stormed off.
"Your Highness!" Ye Yun was also dumbfounded. This was the prince's most beloved Ling Shuang sword, which he usually couldn't bear to draw. Now he had just thrown it away. He was really angry!
Ye Yun picked up the sword and quickly chased after him.
Ye Yu also glanced at the main house with a helpless expression.
When gods fight, mortals suffer!
If the princess quarrels with the prince, the guards are in for a rough time!
After a cup of tea, we arrived at the Yunhelou private room.
As Mu Lingchen poured wine for Xuan Yuanzhan, he jokingly said, "Did the sun rise in the west today? You're asking me to drink with you on your own initiative."
Since returning to Beijing, he has seen him twice in total, the last time being a month ago when they went out for drinks.
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