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Chapter 755: Snow Together (Part 2)

"Wow--"

As the gate was opened from the inside, some snow on the eaves slid down along with the vibrations.

Xu Yuan stared at the empty inner courtyard gate and the flawless white snow for a moment, then subconsciously leaned out to glance sideways, and saw the ethereal princess in a red robe at the side of the gate.

Li Qingyan stood against the eaves with her arms folded across her chest, her eyes drooping as if in a trance. Even the sound of the door opening did not disturb her thoughts, and the whiteness between her shoulders and hair told how long she had been waiting here.

Xu Yuan walked out slowly, patted the white hair on her shoulders and hair, and asked with a slightly strange expression:

"You came so early today, what are you thinking about?"

Li Qingyan slowly raised her eyes, her long eyelashes stained with a picturesque white. She stared at the man for a few breaths, glanced at the door in the courtyard, and said in a light voice:
"Xu Xiang and the others are back?"

The formation in the inner courtyard blocked the inside and outside, but the opening of the courtyard door could temporarily lift the formation. The people inside did not suppress their voices, so it was not difficult for Li Qingyan to hear them clearly with his cultivation level.

Xu Yuan smiled and asked back:

"Why, are you still shy?"

The familiar joke made Li Qingyan roll his eyes at him:
"Prime Minister Xu must have something important to tell you all, so please accompany me for a walk outside."

Xu Yuan slightly turned his body to make way, and pointed inside:

"Today is Xinyao's birthday, so everyone is here, why don't you come in and have some fun?"

Li Qingyan stood at the door without moving:
"this is not good."

"Li Qingyan, I told you before that before you and I leave Beijing, you can enter and leave the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion at will."

Xu Yuan glanced at her, turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard, saying leisurely: "Besides, in the future that those two originally envisioned, this courtyard already had a place for you. What's wrong with that?"

Li Qingyan was silent for a moment, then followed with a sigh and a chuckle.

The gate is closed.

The early mornings in winter are always quiet. Walking in the alleys, the snow crunches under your feet.

Li Qingyan listened to the sounds coming from the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and suddenly asked for no apparent reason:

"Got to go?"

Xu Yuan was startled. The breast-bound princess's reaction was the same as always. She smiled and replied:
"Not sure, but probably."

Li Qingyan's eyes gradually narrowed, and he said in a teasing tone:

"Why do you have such a sense of ceremony even when you say goodbye?"

Xu Yuan lowered his eyes, and said in a gentle voice with a smile:

"Parting in troubled times is always precious. After all, no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. In the days ahead, we will be together less and apart more."

"Family love?"

"Ah."

“What a wonderful flower.”

"Yes, but it should be so, isn't it?"

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Li Qingyan was quiet for a few breaths before he chuckled and said:

"Yes, it should be so."

When the two walked past the door of the study, they could hear the rustling sound of Prime Minister Dayan flipping through papers, but the gate was open and they could see that the door of the study was only half-closed. But since the old man didn't call them, the two didn't take the initiative to go in and say hello. However, the two snowmen, one big and one small, in the courtyard of the study still caught Li Qingyan's attention. He turned his head subconsciously with a strange expression, as if asking who was so childish?
Xu Yuan thought about it and replied with a smile:

"Xinyao, she likes to commemorate my second brother and my mother this way, but her skills are not good enough, so she can only make a human figure every year."

Seeing this, Li Qingyan said nothing more.

After walking a few dozen steps, he met an unexpected person when he was about to turn a corner. Xu Changge, who was practicing sword in his own yard, tidied up his clothes and went out, and happened to bump into the two people who wanted to return to the yard.

"The eldest son."

Li Qingyan bowed solemnly to Xu Changge who was approaching.

Because of Wu Yuan's reputation for military exploits, Xu Changge did not treat him with contempt as usual. Just as he was about to return the greeting, he heard a "pop" and then the boy's servile voice came over:

"What do you mean by eldest son? Call me brother."

Being teased by this dead man in front of outsiders, Li Qingyan wanted to get angry, but in the end he shouted obediently:

"Wu Yuan, meet you, big brother."

"Uh"

The corners of Xu Changge's cold eyes twitched slightly, and his expression was a little loose. If the other party really called him like that, he would not know how to respond politely.

While he was standing there in confusion, Xu Yuan had already come to his side, propped up his shoulder with his elbow, and asked with a sidelong smile:

"Are you up so early to greet your father?"

Xu Changge just glanced at him coldly and said, "Go to the kitchen to make breakfast." He pushed Xu Yuanzhen's shoulder, making him take several steps back, and left without looking back.

Xu Yuan rubbed his numb forearm, sighed and shook his head.

It seems that I didn't hit him lightly last time. This king still can't tell the difference between the big king and the small king.

Li Qingyan on the side glanced at Xu Changge's back strangely. She was really surprised by what he said just now.

Making breakfast?
This is totally inconsistent with the cold and exiled image of the eldest son of the prime minister's mansion. If the outside world knew about this, countless women would be terrified.

Xu Yuan reached out and patted the princess' waist, explaining casually:
"He is the eldest. If he didn't cook, we brothers and sisters would have starved to death. The taste is okay. You can look forward to it, but don't expect too much. After all, the meals he cooks are definitely not as good as mine."

Li Qingyan came back to his senses, still feeling curious, but more of a sense of sigh.

The relationships within the prime minister's mansion are not like those of noble families, but rather as pure as those of farmers in the countryside.

The courtyards of the brothers and sisters in the inner courtyard of the prime minister's mansion were built side by side according to their ages. After returning to the courtyard and entering the house, Li Qingyan took off his lotus boots as if he was returning to his own home, and lay down on the head of the bed.

Since it was time to leave, Xu Yuan naturally had no intention of practicing today. He took off his coat and hung it aside, looking back and asked:
"Qingyan, I saw you seemed to be thinking about something at the door just now. Are you going to leave Beijing too?"

Li Qingyan did not hide anything about this. He crossed his legs, stared at Yu walking in the house with his phoenix eyes, and laughed lightly and teased:

"Yes, I have to lead the troops north again, but I don't know which family will be beaten this time~"

Xu Yuan was silent for a moment, then he casually took out a bottle of fine wine from the wine cabinet in the room and replied with a smile:

"It shouldn't be my house. After all, I didn't provoke you."

Seeing him fetching wine, Li Qingyan sat up slightly, her red skirt spreading out on the bed like petals:

"Didn't you quit?"

"They say they're quitting for now. I'm happy today, so I can have a drink."

"We will all leave"

“But it’s also a gathering, isn’t it?”

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Being interrupted, Li Qingyan lowered her eyes and smiled gently, walked barefoot to the table and sat down, holding her cheeks, looking at her lover opposite her, her eyes as bright as the moon:
"Drinking before breakfast?"

Xu Yuan poured her a cup and pushed it away:

"For a cultivator, there is no such thing as early or late. It all depends on your mood."

"Your fallacies are one after another."

"Then don't drink it."

"Just drink."

The spiritual wine goes down the throat and spreads to every part of the body.

Li Qingyan's eyes were like fireflies. She looked at the copper cup that her slender fingertips were playing with in confusion, and said quietly:

"Why don't you ask why I have to go on a diplomatic mission to the North today?"

Silence fell.

Xu Yuan's hand holding the wine jug paused for a moment:
"It seems that something happened in the palace last night."

"Yes, and it's not small."

"The emperor collapsed?"

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Li Qingyan rolled his eyes, looking at him like a fool:

"You're so bold to guess. If this really happened, I would probably be under house arrest. How could I have the time to come to you?"

Xu Yuan shrugged and reminded:

"If you can't say it, you don't have to force it."

Li Qingyan seemed to be indifferent, twirling her long hair with her slender fingers: "I think your Prime Minister's Mansion will receive a letter soon about this matter, so it's not a bad idea to inform them in advance."

Speaking of which,
Li Qingyan's phoenix eyes suddenly fixed, staring at Xu Yuan, and spoke word by word:
"Li Zhaoyuan was assassinated."

“I didn’t do this.”

Xu Yuan denied it immediately without thinking.

Li Qingyan subconsciously clenched his fists, resisting the urge to punch the dead man, and said angrily:
"Can you please behave yourself? I'm telling you about this matter, and it certainly can't be you!"

Xu Yuan arranged the wine utensils and sat down, tied up his long hair and said with a smile:

"Is that the prince? Or is it your mother?"

Li Qingyan snorted coldly and said:
"The response is not slow."

Xu Yuan felt a little curious:
"You actually guessed it right. How did you do it? Based on the emperor's lifespan, he should have passed on your royal family's sacred skills to Li Zhaoyuan. Wouldn't it be courting death to assassinate him now?"

Li Qingyan was silent for a while, then uttered a few words:

"Royal Shadow Guard."

"It's not poison." Xu Yuan murmured.

Li Qingyan ignored him and said in a calm voice:

"The assassination almost succeeded, but unfortunately Li Yunqing stabbed my mother in the back. He sold out the top leaders of the Imperial Shadow Guard to Li Zhaoyuan long ago."

"puff"

Xu Yuan couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.

In terms of being an inhuman being, this bastard Li Yunqing is truly one of the best in the world.

Li Qingyan really wanted to get angry.

Whenever she's talking about serious matters, this guy is here to make jokes!
Li Qingyan suppressed his anger and spoke word by word:
"Li Zhaoyuan almost died. Don't you feel regretful?"

"Of course not, because I think this drama was directed and acted by Li Zhaoyuan himself."

Xu Yuan finally stopped smiling and looked serious:

"With the prestige of the Saint, it is indeed easy to support anyone to take the throne, but deposing the Crown Prince is ultimately a matter of national importance, and Li Zhaoyuan is ultimately a prince without a foundation. So for his own future and to maintain the stability of your imperial party, he'd better hand a knife to your father, the Emperor."

Li Qingyan's heaving chest gradually calmed down, he pursed his red lips and said softly:

"I have thought of this possibility, but when I went to see him last night, his physical weakness did not seem fake."

"Then he really almost died."

Xu Yuan smiled slightly, stretched out his index finger to lift the princess's chin, narrowed his eyes and asked: "Have we faced few life-threatening situations along the way? We are still in this situation, if Li Zhaoyuan wants to take the throne, he will definitely have to pay more."

Li Qingyan counted his breaths in silence, then opened his hand:
"You have made up your mind, so I won't say more."

Speaking of which,
Li Qingyan's expression turned cold, and his temperament was like a soldier on a battlefield:

"Xu Changtian, I am going to the northern border to guard against your Prime Minister's Mansion."

"This is not difficult to guess. After all, the three continents of the northern border have been purged. When you go to the north, who else can you guard against besides our Xiangfu?"

"Don't you feel indignant in the face of the sect alliance?"

"Is indignation useful?"

"It's no use."

"That's it."

Xu Yuan was calm and peaceful, as if he was used to the ups and downs of life. "In fact, I can understand your father's thoughts. His dynasty was kidnapped by our Prime Minister's Office and dragged into the abyss of war when his own dynasty was about to die. Anyone would think twice before making a move, but your father should be thinking more about destroying the clan alliance."

Speaking of which,
Xu Yuan suddenly looked into the woman's eyes and said seriously:
"But as the lord of the dynasty, he will do everything he can to provide insurance for your Li family before he dies."

Li Qingyan waved his hand to take the wine jug, filled it up for himself, drank it all, and said:

"It seems you are ready too."

Xu Yuan put down his wine glass, glanced out the window, sighed and complained:
"My father's actions these days are almost like saying that he might die, so he handed over the power to me in advance. If you can't even see this, then you are really a fool."

Speaking of which,
Xu Yuan paused, lowered his eyes, took a sip of the wine in the copper cup, and said with a faint smile:
"But Qingyan, I still want to believe in my father, and I also want to try to believe in the friendship between these two peerless people in this life. If the facts are not as we wish, I am ready. But Qingyan, your biological mother and brother are about to die, why don't you go to see them for the last time?"

The array in the room blocked the coldness of the wind and snow. Looking through the window at the snow-covered dead trees and waterside pavilions outside, Li Qingyan's thoughts seemed to drift to the far, far past. But after thinking about it, the memory of the two people hardly occupied any weight in her heart:

"Rather than meeting those two blood-related strangers, it is better for me to stay at your house so that I can feel at ease. Besides, Changtian, if I go, it will also be understood as an attitude."

"In that case, we will not discuss business today. We have already parted, so let's not waste our time together."

Xu Yuan put away the drinking utensils and stood up, smiling sideways:
"Come on, I'll take you to see Xu Changge's cooking skills. Qingyan, let me tell you, my brother, that stuffy guy, will probably prepare a particularly sumptuous breakfast when he sees you coming."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan took the woman's slightly cold hand, stood up, pushed open the wooden door and walked towards the inner courtyard.

then,

Snapped!
A ball of snow mist exploded in front of Xu Yuan's face without any warning.

Just when Xu Yuan was wondering which villain dared to assassinate him, the prince, in the inner courtyard, he saw a graceful figure standing at the gate of the courtyard, staring at him with a smile as beautiful as a flower, holding a long black box in her hand:
"Brother, let's have a snowball fight~"

"."Xu Yuan.

Xu Xinyao, you’re having a snowball fight, you’re bringing a gun, right?
Just when I was about to complain,
whoosh-

A sound of breaking air was heard again, but when the Transcendent Warrior was prepared, how could he fall for such a cheap trick again? He slightly tilted his head and the snowball flew past his hair.

But at this time,

boom!
The snowball exploded directly on the side of his head, and the snow mist soaked him and Li Qingyan beside him.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan whispered:

"Qingyan, it seems we need to clean up the mess together."

But before he finished speaking,
He saw a half-foot-tall snowball beside him that was getting bigger and bigger in front of his eyes.

"."Xu Yuan.

boom!
Looking at the man who was beaten to the ground, Li Qingyan patted the broken snow in his hands and looked down with a frivolous snort:
"Who is your family?"

Sitting in the snow, Xu Yuan lowered his eyes and glanced at his clothes that were dyed white by snowflakes. He grinned meaningfully at the two girls who had reached a tacit understanding, and slowly uttered four words:
"Don't run if you dare."

As soon as he finished speaking, his black pupils lit up with blood-red flames.
"."Li Qingyan.

"."Xu Xinyao.

"Xu Changtian, you are shameless. You are using martial arts to play snowball fights?!"

"Oh, Dad, Big Brother, Third Brother is bullying me, save me"

"Xu Changtian, I'll be really angry if you use your skills again."

"Ah, it's so cold~"

"Changtian, that's enough."

"Xu Changge, get out of the way."

"Stop it, today is Xinyao's birthday."

"You, a defeated general, are capable again, right?"

"Ugh"

boom!
"Hiss, your causal connotation is really interesting, I can't avoid it."

boom!
"Wait a moment."

boom!
"No, Xu Changge, believe it or not, I'm going to open a Dao Domain directly!"

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Snow fluttered down and drifted into the study.

Listening to the noise outside the yard, the middle-aged man with gray hair finally closed the book, closed his eyes and smiled.

On November 7, the 47th year of Jiajing, there was a heavy snowfall.

The Prime Minister's Mansion celebrated the birthday of the fourth daughter Xinyao and then left.

same day.

The palace undergoes a huge change.

Concubine Qin was assassinated, Crown Prince Cheng was deposed and Crown Prince Yuan was appointed as the new Crown Prince.

(End of this chapter)