Long sighed and looked at Xu who was at a loss. Finally, Long said slowly, “Xu You… you are no longer a little kid.”
Xu raised his head and looked at Long like a poor boy.
Long went to Xu and stroke his head.
“In fact, breaking up is not the only way to solve this problem. Even if you need to break up, you can do it in a better way.”
With tears in his eyes, Xu said, “Elder brother, I screwed up again, right? I… I’m so dumb, aren’t I?”
“No.” Long knew him best. The living environments of ancient people and modern people were totally different. In the past, Xu You was just like a boy, wasn’t he?
In the ancient society, an 18-year-old person could already be a parent. For some poor families, an 18-year-old young man even needed to support the whole family. However, in the modern society, young people just went to university when they reached 18 years old. They were still very immature.
Moreover, Xu had been here for six years, but he was well protected.
He was still… so childish.
He only thought of running away when something bad happened…
So, Long stroked Xu’s head and said, “You should learn to deal with problems in a better way.”
Xu looked at Long to ask for help.
Long sighed. “There is always a way out. Zhou family wants to have a successor, but it isn’t necessarily done by Fang Shuoyang.”
Xu murmured, “But Mr. Zhou only had two children, Zhou Hengliang and Zhou Huan.”
Zhou Hengliang rebelled, so the only left was Zhou Huan.
Long sighed again. He found that Xu was really an innocent boy. “In fact, Mr. Zhou also had brothers. What he wanted is for Zhou family to have a successor. Apart from his daughter’s son, his brothers’ children could also be helpful. Is that right? What’s more, even if Fang Shuoyang wanted to have children, the imperial court would not allow that.”
Xu was stunned. “What?”
Long said lightly, “The origin of the Tianyin post is still unknown. Someone is in charge of the investigation now. I don’t want to care much about the past. But if Fang family are not from our nation, how can I allow them to have descendants?”
Xu didn’t know what to say at all, because he was shocked.
In fact, Long didn’t mean to say this to Xu, but to the people outside.
Long knew that the people outside were Fang’s confidants.
When Fang’s confidants knew that, both Fang and his mother would be informed.
Looking at Xu, who was stupefied, Long sighed again.
“I came here to tell you Mr. Zhou’s last wish. In fact, I just wanted to test Fang Shuoyang. I wanted to see how much he cared about you, but the result disappointed me. Fang Shuoyang was right. It happened last night and he hasn’t figured out a solution, which is understandable. But, Xu You, you are still… too childish. I thought you could come with me and live in the palace for a while, so that Fang could make a decision after careful consideration. But now, I think… you’d better stay here.”
“What…” Xu blinked his eyes innocently. Long’s words made him blush. He felt a little ashamed and didn’t know what to say.
Instead of explaining more, Long just said, “Qingzhou and I are leaving now. You stay here.”
Xu was a little flustered. “Elder brother…”
Shi came and smiled. “Don’t worry. Your elder brother doesn’t mean to abandon you, but staying here is the best choice for you. You will understand later. Don’t be willful.”
Xu was speechless.
Long said again, “Give me the golden dragon token.”
Xu blinked and took out the token.
After putting away the token, Long took out a jade pendant and gave it to Xu. “It’s not suitable for you to keep the token now. You can use this jade pendant to defend yourself, but you need to protect it well. Don’t lose it. If you need help from the government, just show this jade pendant to them. You can also keep a Shadow Guardian here. If you have any difficulty, ask him to send a message to me.”
Xu’s eyes turned red. “Elder brother…”
“Alright, don’t make people laugh at you. You are my sworn brother, which will never change in this life. Understand?”
“Mhmm!” Xu nodded greatly.
Long and Shi didn’t stay in the Tianyin post any longer and left directly.
Xu sadly watched the two of them leaving. His eyes were still red.
Fang gave a long sigh of relief when he knew that Xu didn’t go with them…
At that time, Zhou Huan also received the massage. When the servant told her what Long said earlier, she looked stunned. After a long time, she smiled, but that was a bitter smile.
“That’s right… If the ancestors of Fang family really came to our nation with an ulterior motive, then… the emperor is already kind enough to keep the Tianyin post. How could he still allow Shuoyang to have any children? Shuoyang likes a man. Now it seems to be a good thing… Alright. Just let Shuoyang do whatever he wants. As for father and mother… The emperor is right. Zhou family’s future can also depend on others, apart from Shuoyang. On the contrary, if Shuoyang’s ancestors were really not for our nation… his children would only bring disaster to Zhou family…”
Zhou was always very decisive. After taking a deep breath, she made up her mind.
Xu You stood where he was for a long time in a daze. When he felt a little stiff, another person suddenly appeared beside him.
Xu was stunned. He turned his head and what he saw was Fang’s face.
“Fang Shuoyang…” Xu called Fang’s name in surprise.
Fang sighed. “Sorry, I was… I was too rude just now.”
Xu shook his head slowly. “No… Elder brother was right. I… I was too childish.”
Hearing the words, Fang couldn’t help laughing while touching Xu’s head.
Xu felt a little embarrassed and was still worried. “But… your mother…”
“I won’t have any children,” Fang said it firmly, “Neither my relationship nor the imperial court allows it. My mother will understand.”
Xu didn’t know what to say.
Fang took Xu’s hand. “Let’s go to the room.”
“Hmm? What do you want to do?” Xu was confused.
Fang smiled slightly. “It’s time for the acupuncture. Don’t you want to watch it?”
Xu blinked and nodded. “Oh.”
Seeing that Xu was so silly, Fang couldn’t help laughing.
Xu blushed at once. “What are you laughing at?”
“No, I didn’t laugh.” Fang denied it right away.
Xu got angry. “Humph!” He shook off Fang’s hand and left straight away. Fang had no choice but to chase him. “Don’t be angry. I really didn’t laugh!”
Of course, Xu wouldn’t listen to him!
After leaving the Tianyin post, Long and Shi went back to the inn first, and then they started the journey back home.
However, Long didn’t think their trip would be smooth.
“I think it’ll be their last chance to assassinate me,” Long said.
Shi paused for a second and then nodded. “Mhmm.”
“You know, I’m really looking forward to it,” Long said.
Shi doubted that. “You look forward to being assassinated?”
“No, I’m looking forward to seeing their means,” Long said firmly.
Shi curled his lips. “My identity has been exposed. We need some people to escort us.”
“Hmm?” Long was confused at first, and then he understood. “Qingzhou, you mean… the troops?”
“Yes, Mr. Fang has sent over two thousand troops,” Shi said.
Long didn’t know what to say, thinking why he didn’t know that earlier.
Shi chuckled. “I went out this morning to arrange this. Do you think I only went to the Tianyin post?”
The corners of Long’s mouth twitched, since he felt that as emperor, he still didn’t know as much as his empress.
Alas! What a poor emperor!