Chapter 82 Gathering

Gu Lingyu chuckled, "Of course I picked them."

Gu Lingyu proudly took credit, "I went to the Regent Palace and saw that there were still blooming gardenias inside, so I brought you a few."

Xie Anci played with the white flowers in his hand, looking a little lonely.

Zhang Bo was in charge of most of the flowers and plants in the palace. He knew that Xie Anci liked gardenias, and he even built a greenhouse in winter so that the gardenias could bloom in winter.

But now he has neither the palace nor Zhang Bo.

Gu Lingyu suddenly remembered that Zhang, the housekeeper that Xie Anci cared about the most, died of illness some time ago.

He looked at Xie Anci carefully, and it turned out that he was not in a good mood.

Gu Lingyu looked at Zhou Yunqing for help.

Zhou Yunqing was helpless and quickly changed the subject.

"What are you drinking?"

"I brought you some wine, want to try it?" Gu Lingyu patted the wine pot on the table.

"Come on, let's get drunk today." Gu Lingyu filled Xie Anci's glass with wine.

Xie Anci drank it all in one gulp, hiding the sadness in his heart, "I didn't expect it to be so lively here today."

"Is this celebrating the New Year's Day in advance?" Xie Anci stroked the wine glass in his hand and chuckled.

A few people were talking and laughing, and soon Xie You and Pei Xuan also walked in.

Xie You and Pei Xuan couldn't help frowning when they saw so many people in the small cell.

The small table in front of them was filled with all kinds of delicacies.

Xie You and Pei Xuan also sat on the floor. Fortunately, there was a thick blanket on the floor.

"Godfather." Xie You pushed Lu Yunzheng, who was next to Xie Anci, aside and sat down next to him.

Lu Yunzheng: "..."

He seemed to be the superfluous one.

The small cell became very crowded because of the arrival of several people, but also very warm.

The atmosphere gradually became heated, and wine was poured one after another.

Xie Anci's face flushed, and he lay on his side watching Zhou Yunqing and Gu Lingyu bickering.

He hadn't been so relaxed for a long time. He

had only had this feeling of the New Year when he was a child with his parents.

He didn't expect that time would pass and he would experience it again in this cell.

Xie Anci smiled bitterly.

"Anci, I'm sorry..." Gu Lingyu seemed to be drunk. He hugged Xie Anci's waist and buried his head in his neck.

Seeing this, the faces of the people around him turned gloomy in an instant.

Pei Xuan took a sip of wine, and his fair and handsome face was flushed with a layer of pink.

"I didn't expect General Gu to be so rude when he was drunk." Pei Xuan narrowed his eyes and put down the wine glass in his hand. With a light pull, he pulled Gu Lingyu out of Xie Anci's arms.

"He is also rude even when he doesn't drink." Xie You couldn't help but sneer.

"Simple mind, developed limbs." Zhou Yunqing added.

"Well~ Anci~ They bullied me." Gu Lingyu lay on the ground and climbed onto Xie Anci again, clinging to him like an octopus.

Xie Anci was in a trance for a moment, as if he had returned to the past. He had once been drinking with Gu Lingyu, Li Jinchen and Zhou Yunqing.

As a result, everyone was drunk, and the three of them threw themselves on him, almost suffocating him.

"We are just telling the truth, how can it be bullying?" Zhou Yunqing couldn't stand it, so he pulled Gu Lingyu out again and stood in front of Xie Anci.

"Zhou Yunqing! You are the most annoying, you pretend, you always pretend to be pitiful... Obviously, I am the most pitiful one..." Gu Lingyu said with his head down in grievance.

Zhou Yunqing is good at pretending, Xie Anci originally had a good impression of Li Jinchen, but he was the only one on the edge.

Weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Gu Lingyu knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the ground, looking like an idiot.

Among them, Gu Lingyu drank the most, so naturally he got drunk the fastest.

"Gu Lingyu, I see you are drunk. Let's stop here today. I'll send someone to take you back." Zhou Yunqing stood up and wanted to pull Gu Lingyu up.

Gu Lingyu seemed to be acting like a rogue, and the whole person collapsed on the ground.

"I want Brother Anci to carry me back." Gu Lingyu hugged his arms and refused to get up no matter what.

The others stood up after hearing this and stared at him.

Xie Anci chuckled and pushed them away.

"It's late, you all go back."

"Godfather..." Xie You's eyes were wet.

I miss you so much.

Xie You said silently.

Xie Anci patted his shoulder and said, "Don't cause trouble outside, and try to keep a low profile."

"Oh." Xie You curled his lips, thinking that his adoptive father would take the initiative to kiss him.

"Prince Regent, there are too many people today, I will come to see you tomorrow." Pei Xuan gently kicked Gu Lingyu's leg with a gentle smile in his eyes.

Xie Anci nodded slightly. Anyway, they have legs and will not listen to him.

Zhou Yunqing helped Gu Lingyu up and looked at Xie Anci deeply.

Several people left one after another.

For a while, only Xie Anci and Lu Yunzheng were left in the lively cell.

Lu Yunzheng did not drink because of his injury.

He raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Xie Anci. It was said that the Prince Regent and General Gu were incompatible, but he did not expect that their relationship was so good.

The Regent King is indeed very charming, even the cold and aloof Imperial Master wants to befriend him.

"What's wrong?" Xie Anci looked at him, his eyes seemed to contain the stars and the sea.

The upturned corners of his eyes drew a touch of beauty, and the tear mole under his eyes added a bit of tenderness to him.

Lu Yunzheng blushed and lowered his head quickly: "No... nothing."

He wanted to slap himself, was he dreaming of being the Regent King?

Xie Anci smiled gently, "Then go to sleep."

Xie Anci also felt a little dizzy, so he fell asleep.

Lu Yunzheng covered Xie Anci with a quilt and returned to his own bed.

Looking out at the sky through the small window, snowflakes were flying in the sky, and a faint light enveloped the earth.

Zhou Yunqing was sobered up as soon as he came out. He carried Gu Lingyu to the palace gate, handed him to the servant, and returned to the palace.

Everyone was here today, except Li Jinchen.

Zhou Yunqing was quite dissatisfied. He wondered how long Li Jinchen would be a shrunken turtle?

Just when he wanted to question Li Jinchen, he saw a team of guards coming out of Yu's study and walking towards the direction of the Heavenly Prison.

Zhou Yunqing frowned. What were so many people doing in the Heavenly Prison at this late hour?

Could it be that they were heading for Xie Anci?

Zhou Yunqing thought of this and hurriedly followed.

A group of people holding torches marched towards the Sky Prison.

Lu Yunzheng, who was still awake, was awakened by the scene and asked, "What are you doing?"

"By order of the Emperor, take Xie Anci out." The leading guard took out a token.

"Where are you taking him?" Lu Yunzheng asked.

However, those people did not reply, and asked the jailer to open the door and rushed in.

The leading guard grabbed Xie Anci's arm and lifted him up directly.

Xie Anci woke up suddenly with pain.

"What are you doing!?" Xie Anci asked coldly.