Chapter 703: Farewell to He Liluan (Part )

Just these words made Liu Xunyi's urgent steps suddenly stop, and his slightly open arms froze in mid-air, and his smile full of excitement and joy froze in an instant.

For a moment, I was at a loss and stood there like a fool.

The word "Lord Liu" was like a heavy hammer, which sent Liu Xunyi's heart into the eighteenth level of hell and pushed him away tens of thousands of miles away, out of reach, as if they were a stranger.

In an instant, my internal organs were burning, I felt in excruciating pain, and two lines of tears flowed uncontrollably.

This time, Liu Xunyi cried out of sheer pain. She felt so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe and felt like she would rather die than live.

Liu Xunyi suppressed the pain in his heart, looked at Zhao Xin, who was both familiar and unfamiliar, in disbelief, and choked up, "Xin'er, you called me... Lord Liu?"

"Yes, Lord Liu!"

Zhao Xin looked at Liu Xunyi without blinking. Although she pretended to be strong, Liu Xunyi could still see through her clear eyes and see through her inner hesitation and entanglement.

At this time, hearing the conversation behind the screen, the four people including Zhao Yuan who were sitting in the outer room, except Zhao Xie who had a bitter look on his face, the other three smiled at each other at the same time, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"Yes..." Seeing Zhao Xin's serious expression, Liu Xunyi shed tears silently. He withdrew his arms and slowly knelt on the ground, saying in grief and anger, "Your humble servant Liu Xunyi... pays homage to Princess Xinde."

"Master Liu, please take a seat!"

As if deeply touched by Liu Xunyi's sorrow, Zhao Xin's delicate body trembled slightly, her face changed slightly, and she quickly retracted her gaze, pointed at the table, and said softly: "I brewed a pot of tea, please taste it, Master Liu."

"Thank you, Princess. I'm not thirsty..."

Liu Xunyi's eyes never left Zhao Xin, and every time he looked at her, his heart ached. But even so, he was reluctant to move even an inch away.

"This is the tribute tea from the palace. You can't drink it on weekdays."

Zhao Xin ignored Liu Xunyi's refusal, poured herself a glass and gently pushed it in front of Liu Xunyi.

"Thank you, Princess..."

When the absent-minded Liu Xunyi subconsciously glanced at the teacup, the scene in the cup made his eyes change, and he hurriedly looked up at Zhao Xin who was secretive.

There was clearly clear water in the cup, without even a single tea leaf to be seen.

"Master Liu, Qin Wei told me that you married a woman from Yingchuan, and then you flirted with a woman from Luoyang, and even made an engagement in public." Zhao Xin looked at the uneasy and speechless Liu Xunyi, and said quietly, "You were really a romantic young man, and your temperament is true to your nature."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi was shocked and said hurriedly: "Actually..."

"No need to hide it. I've seen your character clearly." Zhao Xin pointed at the water in the cup and interrupted, "I already knew your true nature, so I'm not surprised at all that you're fickle."

When Zhao Xin said the word "true colors", Liu Xunyi subconsciously glanced at the water in the cup. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized it, and immediately showed joy on his face, nodding repeatedly: "Princess, you are wise!"

The water in the cup is colorless and tasteless. Zhao Xin uses this to allude to Liu Xunyi's "true nature", implying that his true nature is pure.

Seeing that Zhao Xin trusted him so much, Liu Xunyi felt even happier, more attached, and at the same time, more depressed.

At the same time, when Zhao Xin heard Liu Xunyi's personal answer, she could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes, which flowed down like the Yellow River bursting its banks.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt a pang of heartache and subconsciously walked towards Zhao Xin.

However, Zhao Xin once again waved her hand to stop him, and under Liu Xunyi's concerned gaze, she stretched out her delicate jade fingers and gently dipped them in the teacup. Using water as ink, she wrote a line of beautiful small characters on the table like flowing clouds and water.

"Be careful, the walls have ears."

Liu Xunyi subconsciously glanced back at the screen, and then nodded silently with reluctance.

"That's great. From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other."

Zhao Xin wiped the water stains on the table with her sleeves, her tone was flat and no trace of joy or anger could be heard.

Taking this opportunity, Liu Xunyi quickly dipped his hands in water and wrote a line of words on the table: "I'll take you away!"

After writing, Liu Xunyi cast a fiery and resolute gaze at Zhao Xin. Seeing that she was silent for a long time, he dipped his pen in water and wrote another line: "Let's fly far away, away from all the right and wrong."

Faced with Liu Xunyi's earnest pleas, Zhao Xin continued to shed tears silently and did not express her opinion.

"I have no regrets in dying as I have the princess's forgiveness." Liu Xunyi said with a hint of meaning, "Not long ago, I killed the leader of the martial arts world. Everyone in the Central Plains martial arts world regarded me as their sworn enemy. They even risked their lives to sneak into Lin'an City, looking for opportunities to retaliate against me all the time. I am not afraid of being laughed at by the princess. I have hurt her heart and have been punished. I am afraid my life is in danger..."

Hearing this, Zhao Xin's heart tightened. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Liu Xunyi with tearful eyes, whose face was full of tenderness. She frowned slightly and said, "You have brought this upon yourself!" Her fingers trembled as she wrote the word "take it seriously" on the table.

The handwriting was very illegible, which showed that Zhao Xin was uneasy.

In such a matter of life and death, Liu Xunyi just smiled calmly and nodded slowly. Seeing this, Zhao Xin subconsciously covered her mouth and nose with her hands to prevent herself from screaming. At the same time, her eyes were full of worry, and her expression was even more uneasy.

Zhao Xin wanted to ask the reason, but due to the current situation, she had to make some sarcastic remarks.

Liu Xunyi understood what Zhao Xin was thinking, so he gave her a comforting smile and wrote the words "don't worry" on the table with his fingers.

"The princess is about to marry far away in Mongolia and become a Mongolian princess in the future. I am happy for the princess." There was something else in Liu Xunyi's words, and the smile on his face became more miserable.

However, no matter how Liu Xunyi tried to change the subject, Zhao Xin kept staring at him anxiously, as if asking him how he could have survived this disaster.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi wrote the word "don't worry" with his fingers again.

But this time, before he finished writing, Zhao Xin had already wiped away the water stains with her sleeves. At the same time, the look she gave Liu Xunyi was even more worried and anxious, even mixed with a hint of anger.

Seeing that Zhao Xin cared so much about his life or death, Liu Xunyi felt both touched and sad. He dipped his hand in water and wanted to write "don't worry" again, but Zhao Xin erased it with all her might before he wrote only half of it.

"Liu Xunyi, although you have brought this upon yourself, you are still working for the court." Zhao Xin, who had been unable to bear it any longer, finally broke the silence and asked Liu Xunyi bluntly, "How do you plan to solve this problem?"

"Why? Princess wants to help me?"

When Liu Xunyi asked this question, he gently tapped the four big words "fly far away" that were about to dry up, and at the same time looked at Zhao Xin with eyes full of tension and expectation.

Zhao Xin's eyes changed quietly, and an extremely unnatural hesitation emerged between her brows, and she was reluctant to speak.

Liu Xunyi felt an ominous feeling in his heart. Seeing Zhao Xin's hesitation, he was anxious and pointed at the four words "fly far away" again with his finger, feeling more and more anxious.

At Liu Xunyi's repeated urging, Zhao Xin raised her eyes slightly. Unexpectedly, a thin layer of tears had covered her eyes.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xunyi was immediately shocked and asked in surprise: "Princess, you..."

"At least... it's a human life." Zhao Xin pursed her lower lip, trying hard to hold back her tears. She didn't dare look directly into Liu Xunyi's fiery eyes. She was like a little girl who had done something wrong. She was hesitant and flustered, and spoke intermittently, "Normally, I wouldn't even kill an ant. Now... how can I disregard human life?"

There was something else behind Zhao Xin's words, as if she was referring to something else.

Liu Xunyi understood Zhao Xin's hidden meaning instantly. The "human life" she mentioned did not refer to Liu Xunyi, but to the officials of the court and the people of the Song Dynasty.

In other words, Zhao Xin didn't want to run away with Liu Xunyi because she didn't want the Song Dynasty to suffer because of her.

It is really unexpected that at the end of the infatuation, the confused person is Liu Xunyi, while the sober person is Zhao Xin.

Looking at Zhao Xin, who was filled with sorrow and tears, Liu Xunyi felt heartbroken.

He knew that Zhao Xin must have thought deeply about what she said to him, not just out of impulse. She must have had the courage to express her feelings to Liu Xunyi, and she must have gone through so much pain and hesitation and struggle.

Therefore, even if Liu Xunyi was extremely disappointed, unwilling, or furious, he could not say a word to blame or hurt Zhao Xin, let alone shake her determination that she had worked so hard to make.

As the saying goes, "Women are as good as men." Today's Zhao Xin is undoubtedly more righteous and considerate of the overall situation than Liu Xunyi.

"Master Liu, do you... understand?"

Zhao Xin's voice pulled the disheartened Liu Xunyi back to reality from his trance. He stared blankly at Zhao Xin, whose tears were pouring down her face. His heart seemed to be grasped by someone, causing him pain that could not be relieved, and depression that could not be released.

Under Zhao Xin's gaze filled with guilt and reluctance, Liu Xunyi smiled with tears in his eyes, nodded slowly, and said sadly: "Thank you for your concern, Princess. I have my own way to solve it. Princess is going to Mongolia to marry soon. Have you prepared everything you need? Helin is different from Lin'an. The food, drinks, and daily necessities there are all different from ours. The climate is also very different from that of Jiangnan. You grew up in Lin'an and have never been to such a far place. This time you are marrying far away... please take care of yourself and bring more personal items with you, so as not to be... overwhelmed by everything and not being used to everything on the grassland."

The heartfelt concern and exhortation made Liu and Zhao look at each other with tears in their eyes, and they were speechless for a long time.

Liu Xunyi couldn't hide the pain in his heart and wanted to reach out to hold Zhao Xin's hand, but his hand suddenly stopped halfway in the air.

This time, it was not Zhao Xin who stopped him, but he took the initiative to stop.

The mountains are filled with sorrow and the sea is filled with sadness.

Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin could never have expected that their ending would be so tragic.

Perhaps, they had already anticipated that the ending of the two would be so helpless.

"Bang bang bang!"

While he was in a trance, someone suddenly knocked on the screen outside. Then, Mr. Qian's harsh voice, full of teasing, came faintly at an inopportune time.

"The incense has burned out. Princess, it's time to return to the palace!"

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(End of this chapter)