When Li Yi returned home, he was pale, which frightened his elders.
"My son, what's wrong with you? Tell your mother."
The man did not answer, but spoke to his mother:
"Mother, it's nothing. I'll digest it myself."
"Your mother has invited a doctor over. He'll give you a thorough check-up in a bit."
"I'm sorry to have worried my mother."
After saying that, the man reached for the wine on the table.
Madam Li immediately snatched the wine away, saying somewhat excitedly:
"Yi'er, what are you doing? You come home every day and drink to keep you company. You're already feeling like this, and you still want to drink? Listen to your mother, stop for a while and wait until you feel better before drinking again, okay?"
Li Yi silently shook his head and took the wine back from his mother's hand.
He looked at Madam Li, his eyes filled with tears, and said:
"Mom, I can't get through a day if I don't drink it."
Before, when he knew that Helan liked him, he could sleep peacefully.
Later, after separating from Helan, she felt that this was how her life would be, and that Helan should just live his life well.
At that time, he could barely fall asleep, and sometimes he could dream of memories of being with Yuwen Helan.
Then, Helan had Luo Yun by his side.
That man was more understanding and knew how to please Helan better than she did; he knew how to make her happy.
Moreover, he had no great ambitions and didn't care about becoming a prince consort.
In every respect, I am no match for him.
At this point, Li Yi, without wine, could no longer fall asleep.
He also wanted to sleep, because in his dream, Helan loved him, and Helan held his hand and let him kiss it.
--puff
Just as Li Yi was about to take another sip of wine, he vomited another mouthful of blood and then fainted.
"Help! Help!"
The Li residence was in chaos, while Luo Yun and Yuwen Helan were whispering to each other in the palace.
"Helan, I need to go to the brothel again in a few days."
"Didn't you say you wouldn't go anymore?" the girl asked back.
“Yes, but if I don’t go for a long time, those girls will send people to look for me, or they will personally go to the gate of the Luo residence to block me. Now that I have you, it is necessary to make this clear. I will not go there again, and I will tell them not to look for me anymore.”
"From now on, I will only write poems and lyrics for you."
Helan pursed her lips, her little face showing a touch of arrogance, influenced by Lan Youxin.
She said in a sarcastic tone:
"I don't have the same talents as those girls. I'm not good at any of the arts, such as playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, or painting. Perhaps Young Master Luo's talents will have nowhere to be expressed in the future. Isn't that a pity?"
“What’s there to regret? Just looking at you gives me a burst of inspiration.”
Lan Youxin thought Luo Yun was alright; at least he could consider things with Helan.
But things went wrong when Luo Yun went to a brothel again.
Li Yi stayed at home for a few days. When the doctor came to examine him, he found that the reason he vomited blood was because he had drunk too much alcohol.
Just take good care of yourself from now on.
In the past few days, Madam Li has finally figured out why her son was drinking. In the end, it was all because of the princess.
But the princess wasn't someone they could summon and dismiss at will; they had no choice but to accept it.
Li Yi denied it.
In the past few days, he has thoroughly investigated Luo Yun.
Just because he frequents brothels, he is not a good match for Helan.
Helan is delicate and possessive.
He happened to see Luo Yun enter the brothel today. Li Yi followed her for a while and finally decided to let Helan come and see for himself.
If you want to see the princess, find Cen Ang first.
Even the cold-faced girl was speechless. Why are you guys messing with me by talking about love?
If it weren't for the Crown Princess's peculiar fondness for this kind of thing, she would never have come out to see Li Yi.
"That's how it is. Please trouble your aunt to invite the princess over, and I will take her to see it for myself."
Cen Ang looked at Lan Youxin, and Lan Youxin nodded. Aunt Cen then went off to fetch someone.
The master's thoughts are the most important.
Hearing that Li Yi had come to find him, Yuwen Helan was a little confused. Not to mention now, even when they were together before, Li Yi had never taken the initiative to contact him.
"What business does he have with me?"
"I'll take you to catch them in the act."
Cen Ang's words were somewhat blunt; that was basically the gist of Li Yi's rambling.
"..."
Yuwen Helan eventually went with Cen Ang to see Li Yi, and then the group left the palace together. Lan Youxin and the other two rode in one carriage, while Yuwen Helan and Li Yi rode in another.
Inside the carriage, the girl said to Li Yi:
“I understand what Young Master Li is talking about. This is the last time that A-Yun will explain things to them clearly.”
Upon hearing the address "Young Master Li," the man's hands turned icy cold, and he felt the blood rushing backward through his body.
"Young Master Li, isn't this the time when Her Highness the Princess calls me Yi Lang under the flowers and moon?"
After saying this, the man felt something was amiss.
It was because of my stubborn and unpleasant temper that I had ended up like this with Helan.
If she could see that man's true nature today, she would like him as much as before.
At that time, he can request to leave the family genealogy and marry her.
He can give up everything, really.
"Helan, I'm sorry, I misspoke."
Yuwen Helan wasn't angry. What was there to be angry about? She had indeed kissed him on the lips back then. She liked Li Yi's temper; it was exciting.
The man pulled the girl's soft hand into his arms and held her tightly. Yuwen Helan tried to break free, but her strength was like a feather in front of Li Yi.
"Helan, if... if Luo Yun isn't a good person, can we still do what we did before?"
"I don't want anything else, I'll do anything as long as I'm with you."
The girl wasn't angry at first, but when she heard Li Yi say this, she suddenly became furious.
"You can just say whatever you want? Let's put aside why we separated, and just consider that you got engaged less than a month after we separated. Young Master Li, why do you think I would ever reconcile with you?"
"Let's put this matter aside. Li Yi, let me ask you, are you sure you'll be happy if you can't enter the court and become an official with me, and can't get close to the center of power?"
"It's just that I love you but can't have you. Li Yi, I have never resented you. You have the Great Yan, the world, and the people in your heart, and that's good."
"You can't have both love and loyalty; choose the one you won't regret."
Li Yi's grip gradually weakened, and Helan tried to take this opportunity to pull his hand back.
Unexpectedly, the man pulled her into his arms and whispered in her ear, his voice hoarse and choked with emotion:
"But now I regret it, I regret it."
"Do you know how I've been these past few days? Every time I close my eyes, all I see is you and Luo Yun together. Helan, I can't bear to lose you. I don't want it anymore. I don't want power anymore. All I want is you, okay?"
Yuwen Helan could clearly feel the dampness on his neck.
he,
She actually cried.
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