The two of them had a good time, and they felt very relaxed, so they had lunch together.
Shen Huaixu told Fu Yin what he had said to Old Man Zhu, and Fu Yin asked, "Do you think he's not bad?"
"I understand his inflexibility as he's old. The old man is an honest official, a loyal minister, which is rare. If he's used well, it can save a lot of trouble. You can decide for yourself. If you can keep him, keep him. If not, let him go."
Fu Yin put down his chopsticks and drank his tea, then suddenly said, "Someone sent someone to me the other day."
Shen Huaixu paused while picking up the food, "Ah, does it look good?"
The bland reaction made Fu Yin unhappy. He pursed his lips and said, "It's just so-so. Not as pretty as me."
Shen Huaixu was speechless, "You are competing with a woman?"
“There are men too.”
Chen Huaixu's eyes widened immediately, "Is homosexuality still prevalent in Nanxia?"
"That's not the point." Fu Yin pretended to be confused and asked, "How should we deal with this situation?"
"Are you being gentle and considerate now?" Chen Huaixu snorted and laughed, "You're pretending too much."
"······Can't you say something I like to hear?" Fu Yin said in a muffled voice.
Shen Huaixu rinsed his mouth with tea, stood up and walked to Fu Yin's side, put a hand on his shoulder, and smiled like a fox, "You know how to deal with it, are you testing me by saying this?
Fu Yin, I'm still young. Even if I'm with you three years later, it's still puppy love in my world. You can wait patiently. If you can't wait,
Her smile paused, and she raised her hand to hook Fu Yin's chin and looked into his dark green eyes, "If you can't wait, I don't want you anymore."
The tone was light, as if weightless.
Fu Yin had no such assumption in his mind. He pushed it the other way around, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and asked with seriousness in his eyes, "I'm waiting for you now. Is the person yours?"
Chen Huaixu laughed and took a step back to create some distance.
Even though she knew his reasoning was invalid, she still nodded and said, "Right."
She put on her mask and turned to walk to the door. "I'm leaving Nanxia in two days to join Xiaoman Shuangjiang and the others. Would you like to leave the palace to see me off?"
Although Fu Yin was reluctant to let him go, he did not try to stop him. He stood up and strode after him, the smile in his eyes only growing. "I'll give it to you. Let me know where you stop along the way, okay?"
"Um."
"When you come across something delicious, think of me."
"Uh-huh."
Seeing that she was so well behaved, Fu Yin became more and more demanding, "If you miss me, leave a note. I will come to find you when I see it."
Shen Huaixu continued to nod 'hmmmm'.
"Finally, don't get hurt, don't get sick, and don't get too close to pretty people." He paused and added, "I will do all of the above."
Shen Huaixu was about to continue nodding, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard the last sentence.
After hearing so many instructions, Shen Huaixu almost thought that he was leaving tonight.
She stopped in front of her room door, turned to Fu Yin and said, "If you don't know, you might think we won't see each other anymore after I leave."
Fu Yin lowered his eyes to look at her, "It's different after all."
Shen Huaixu looked at him. This Fei Yuan always had some weird persistence, but he was quite cute.
The conversation ended with Shen Huaixu taking a short nap at noon.
The two days passed quickly, and the shock they had previously given to Mr. Zhu and others had also had a certain effect.
The Lord Wu who was frightened unconscious by Fu Yin that day was a fifth-rank official and the highest-ranked person in the Wu family who had climbed to the top with the help of the witch.
Fu Yin and the Wu family are naturally in opposition. During this period, Fu Yin encountered several assassination attempts, and the Wu family was undoubtedly behind them.
They also instigated Mr. Zhu to resign this time.
I don’t know if it was because he was hit hard or because he was too proud to come out, but after Mr. Zhu returned that day, he fell ill. He never mentioned it again, and Fu Yin no longer paid any attention to it.
The day before leaving, Shen Huaixu stayed up late to arrange his next itinerary, and finally showed it to Fu Yin.
Fu Yin only took a glance and then raised his head again. There was a vertical wrinkle between his eyebrows, and it could be seen that he was not in a very good mood. "Are you still going to see Jiang Erlang?"
"It's on the way back, why not go?" Chen Huaixu said as a matter of course, "Second brother's place is not far from Nanxia, so he must have received a lot of news from Nanxia. I can tell from the letters he sent me a few times before that he is very worried. I will go over to let him know that I am safe."
Fu Yin was silent for a while before he said "hmm".
Looking at the beauty under the lamp, Chen Huaixu watched the candlelight carve out distinct yin and yang sides on Fuyin's face, with every horizontal and vertical line being extremely detailed.
Coming back to her senses, she whispered, "You Feiyuan are so stingy."
Fu Yin looked up at her and said helplessly, "I didn't stop you from going."
Shen Huaixu was calm and composed, "I can read your mind and tell what you are thinking at a glance."
"Should I praise you for being so awesome?"
"Praise it."
…
The next morning, Shen Huaixu woke up early because of her biological clock. After washing up, she walked out of the room and leisurely ate her last breakfast in the palace. As soon as she put down her chopsticks, she saw Fu Yin rushing over.
His body was not afraid of cold or heat, but at this moment he felt a chill on his forehead.
"How was the meal?"
The table was filled with Shen Huaixu's favorite foods, but she was now used to eating until she was 70% full. It was only through her own willpower that she didn't eat to her heart's content. Otherwise, she could imagine how miserable she would be after being jolted by the carriage.
She took a sip of tea and said, "It's delicious. I love it."
Fu Yin raised his lips, it was worth it that he went to the kitchen several times before dawn.
"Everything you need to take is loaded onto the carriage. I will escort you out of the palace now."
Shen Huaixu noticed a faint blue tinge under his eyes and asked, "Didn't you get enough rest last night?"
Fu Yin didn't want to admit it, but couldn't help but say, "...Do you think everyone is as heartless as you?"
Shen Huaixu was the quickest to admit his mistake, "My fault, my fault."
She stood obediently and let Fu Yin put the mask on her. The two of them tacitly did not take the carriage, but walked to the palace gate.
When they arrived at the palace gate, their attire was not suitable for appearing on the street, so they got into the car.
It seemed to have rained at night, the streets were wet, and a breeze from outside the window brought the fragrance of unknown flowers. Shen Huaixu put his hand outside the window, feeling the warmth of the breeze blowing across his fingertips.
"Fuyin, didn't I tell you something?"
"In this world, in this era, not only do I understand you best, you also understand me best. You know my past, and that I wasn't born to belong here. Just this fact alone makes you special enough in my heart.
You're different from Jiang Erlang, and different from your father, Shen Su. Even if I dare to tell them some of my secrets, it will never be all. Maybe they can guess a few things, but they will never hear the words "I'm not from here" from my mouth.
By nature and later professional habit, I have reservations about them, but you are different. We are very similar, both of us have lost our homes."
She turned her head to look at Fu Yin, smiled faintly and said, “We are the outliers of this era; we are the only kind of people.”
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