Chu Li's fingertips trembled, and in an instant, a chill ran straight down his back, and every hair on his body stood up...
She turned around slowly and saw the man standing outside the half-open door. His clear and warm eyes looked at her through the crack in the door, like a leopard lurking in the night, sharp and fierce.
"Fifth brother..."
She was holding two memorials in her hands, and for a moment, she didn't know whether to pick them up or put them down.
Squeak——
The man pushed the door open and walked straight towards her:
"What are you looking for?"
She took a half step back and bumped into the corner of the table. "I..."
"I trust you, and this is how you treat me?" The man approached, carrying the night color, and seemed a little cramped.
"Fifth brother, you misunderstood me. I didn't want to find anything. I just... felt dissatisfied."
Chu Li quickly calmed down.
"You are right. Today, I did go to the army. I know about the riot in the barracks. I also know that you killed the Chu army in order to appease the Nanman army."
"I don't like Tuoba Mingyue, and I don't like the southern barbarians running wild in the land where I grew up and bullying my compatriots at will."
The man stared into her eyes:
"That's all?"
Chu Li pinched her fingertips, raised her head calmly, met his gaze, and said:
"What else can I do?"
"This is my hometown, my homeland, but it is letting a bunch of foreign barbarians bully me. Fifth brother wants to please Tuoba Mingyue, but I can't stand this."
Chu Yeli grasped the key point: "What does that have to do with you coming to the Imperial Study to look for something at night?"
Chu Li said:
"I want to see which ministers are dissatisfied with the Nanman. I want them to sign a petition and drive the Nanman away."
Chu Yeli stared at her, observing her silently.
She stood there calmly, her expression unchanged.
The man stared at her with eagle-like eyes.
She remained calm.
He seemed to be trying to figure out whether what she said was true or not.
After a while.
He finally seemed to believe it. He took the memorial from her hand, opened it and took a look, then threw it on the table. "Tuoba Mingyue helped me build my kingdom. She is a favor to me. It is reasonable and I will not expel her."
"Can……"
He changed the subject slightly.
"As long as Xiaojiu is happy, I can persuade her to return home. It's just a small matter. Just tell me. There's no need to go through so much trouble in the future."
Chu Li lowered his eyes and smiled, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
"But are you really here just because of Nanman tonight?"
No matter how deep the man's voice was, he was naturally alert and sharp, like a leopard, and would not let his guard down easily.
Especially when facing Chu Li.
She has always been thoughtful.
Chu Li pursed her lips, looking unhappy: "I have already explained everything, Brother Wu doesn't believe me?"
"How do you want me to trust you?"
Chu Yeli looked at her with clear eyes, "Xiao Jiu, if you want me to trust you, why don't you make me feel at ease first?"
After saying this, he took a step forward.
Chu Li stepped back subconsciously, but she was pressed against the edge of the table and had no way to retreat. She looked up and saw the man approaching her and pressing her down on the table.
"Fifth brother!"
She immediately supported his chest, looking panicked.
"I'm... not ready yet..."
The man stared at her panic-stricken appearance with his dark eyes, wishing she could stay away from him. He grabbed her wrist forcefully and said in a deep voice:
"I'll wait until my wedding night at most."
Xiaojiu, you are mine.
It can only be mine.
"You can't avoid it, so don't make so many excuses when the time comes."
Chu Li tightened her collar and hurriedly slipped out from under his arms, "I have no excuse... it's just too cold... A-choo! A-choo! I'm going to catch a cold, A-choo!"
“Are you infected now?”
"not yet."
"Then why did you sneeze?"
"..."
Chu Li blushed and felt a little awkward, but Chu Yeli laughed out loud. He saw through her thoughts, but he also liked her being so lively.
The fifth brother laughed, so she also laughed dryly.
"come over."
Chu Yeli pulled open the drawer with his backhand and pulled out a piece of red paper from under the books. "The Ministry of Rites has proposed three auspicious days. Pick one."
Chu Li picked up the red paper.
The 16th, 28th and 30th of the second lunar month.
The wedding day.
Her eyes darkened slightly and she calmly pointed to the farthest one, February 30th.
"Will it be too long?"
We have to wait another two or three months.
Chu Yeli just frowned, then relaxed, "It's okay, as long as Xiaojiu is happy, good things will come."
"My mother embroidered my wedding dress."
He was surprised: "Empress Wen has such skills, great, great, having a mother's love is the happiest thing in the world."
Chu Li smiled:
"Then you are busy, I will go back to the palace first."
"good."
Chu Li turned around and walked out, the smile on his face disappeared. He felt his cheeks were a little sore from smiling, but his heart was heavy.
The token of the Iron-Blood Guard is not in the imperial study, so where is it placed?
Chu Yeli twisted the red paper and looked at the date on it, the warm smile in his eyes lingered for a long time.
The next day.
Chu Li thought about it all night and decided to go to Chu Yeli's Panlong Palace to look for him. He brought a box of pastries and deliberately timed it to the time when he went to court.
Panlong Hall.
"Thank you, Miss. The Emperor is not here." The young eunuch saluted.
Chu Li felt a little regretful:
"He's not here? Then I'll just put the cakes down and leave."
"Please make yourself at your own convenience."
Chu Li successfully entered the palace and searched it as quickly as possible, but found nothing. He did not dare to delay too long and had to leave first.
Where is it placed?
When he was about to leave, he saw the young eunuch who had been waiting outside. He was thinking about something and did not leave immediately. Instead, he sat on the steps.
He sat there for more than half an hour.
Nearly an hour later, Chu Yeli came back from court and heard the eunuch report:
"Your Majesty, Miss Xie came to look for you, but you were not there, so she has been waiting outside. I tried to persuade her several times, but she would not listen."
Chu Yeli came immediately:
"Xiao Jiu!"
"Fifth brother."
"Why don't you go in and wait?"
"Fifth brother is not here, so I cannot enter your palace without permission."
Chu Yeli took her cool little hand and led her in with some heartache, "My palace is your palace, there is no need to be so formal. Come directly whenever you want to come."
The palace seemed different with him there.
The light is bright.
She couldn't help but think that the token might be with him...
When pouring tea, he became distracted and accidentally flipped his hand, spilling the tea all over him.
"Fifth brother, I didn't mean it!"
"No problem."
"It's cold, you should change quickly." Chu Li strode to the closet and took out clean clothes. Turning back, he saw Chu Yeli standing behind the screen with the clothes he had taken off hanging on the screen.
When the robe swung, a pure black token could be seen hitting the screen frame, making a crisp sound.
She reached out her fingertips to take it.
Behind the screen, the man's eyes were dark, and he was on the brink of life and death, and was about to explode.
Xiaojiu, don't betray me!
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