Chapter 59: Going to Explain Himself (II)
“Alas…” Xu sighed. “Elder brother, it’s your fault…you should humor him.”
“Alas…” Long sighed again. “You don’t know how stubborn he is! I want to take the opportunity to test how much I mean to him. Who knows such an accident would happen? I guess I really hurt him this time. Alas…”
Having pondered for a while, Xu said, “Elder brother, where is Elder Brother Shi now?”
“25,000 meters away. He’ll reach the imperial city the day after tomorrow.”
Xu said with his eyes brightened, “If so, you can go out to welcome him back, elder brother!”
Long was stunned at first and then abruptly stood up. “Right. Why haven’t I thought of this? He misunderstands me, so it’ll be insincere if I wait for him at home! You’re right! I should go to get him back.”
Xu smiled. “Eh, you should.”
As a man of action, Long decided to go off at once.
Although he made such a decision, he was the emperor, so he made some arrangements first.
He found Sun Youjing this time.
During the two months, Sun got a promotion and was a second-ranking minister now.
His ranking was still inferior to the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister, but it would be unproblematic that he was authorized by His Majesty to handle some government affairs when His Majesty wasn’t around.
Thus, Long found Sun.
After all, Long would leave for only a day. Without asking Sun’s opinions, Long directly informed Sun to stay at the imperial palace and then left…
Sun, “…” Should he feel touched by the trust His Majesty gave to him or feel speechless?
Xu had long gone to his palace to sleep even if he wanted to follow his elder brother to see his sister-in-law.
But, he was worried that his sister-in-law would hit him.
After all, the entire country knew that his sister-in-law fought fiercely and won the battle!
Now, his sister-in-law’s reputation was just second to Empress Wen Yuan, okay?
Thus, Xu got a little frightened to see such a “sister-in-law” and went to sleep directly.
Long, together with several Shadow Guardians, went out of the palace secretly…
He really wanted to explain it to his empress earlier…
If he rode on a horse at top speed, 25,000 meters was no big deal. Although he had a memory of riding and shooting, it was difficult to transform the memory into his real ability. More importantly, as a modern man, he hadn’t adapted himself to riding horses yet.
Thus, he chose to take a carriage.
Drawn by two excellent horses, the carriage was only a little slower than riding a horse.
Late at night, he finally finished the journey of fewer than 20,000 meters.
Why was the distance shortened?
Because Shi was heading for the imperial palace when Long hurried to Shi!
Thus, the distance was shortened to fewer 20,000 meters.
The Shadow Guardians led Long to stop a little far from Shi.
After all, Long had a special status and couldn’t walk over swaggeringly!
In this case, the Shadow Guardians had to carry him to sneak into the team.
Powerful as the Shadow Guardians were, they weren’t that easy to sneak into the team including 3,000 soldiers.
But, Long hadn’t planned to keep it a secret from everyone!
Additionally, the safest way was to let Shi come out!
Afterward, he directly ordered a Shadow Guardian to pass through the crowd.
Shi had gone to sleep already, but the Shadow Guard showed up with a secret order.
He listened to it with a poker face in the tent.
Surprisingly, the Shadow Guardian asked him to go outside!
He slightly narrowed his eyes and wondered to himself that if he hadn’t made sure that the Shadow Guardian wasn’t disguised by someone else, he would have already taken the Shadow Guardian down.
Plus, the Shadow Guardian was loyal to Long and showed up alone. Thus, he hesitated for a while and secretly followed the Shadow Guardian out.
But, he still advised his vice general of this before leaving.
Following the Shadow Guardian, Shi stopped at which Long parked his carriage.
“Your Grace, please get on the carriage.”
Getting on the carriage? Shi sneakily frowned.
But, he still drew back the curtain of the carriage and got stunned.
It turned out that Long was inside?
At that moment, Long had pulled Shi inside.
Shi had been in a daze. When he resumed his consciousness, he was already in Long’s arms.
“Qingzhou, I miss you so much…”
Shi clenched his fists with his body turning stiff, which clearly showed that he was holding back something. Since Long was embracing Shi, how could Long not notice that?
So, Long asked immediately, “Qingzhou, are you mad at me?”
Shi slowly but firmly pushed Long away.
Long got stunned first and then said in a panic, “Qingzhou, haven’t you received letters from Ying Qiu?”
Shi was stiff again and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but since Long asked, it would be useless even if he denied it.
In the end, he didn’t shake his head. Nor did he nod his head. He just stared at Long.
The latter said softly, “Qingzhou, I don’t want to blame you. I want to say what Ying Qiu told you isn’t true!”
Shi looked at Long indifferently at the thought of the latter finding excuses.
Long said with a bitter smile, “Qingzhou. Don’t look at me like this! He really misunderstood me!”
Shi frowned.
Long sighed. “I admit I haven’t contacted you these days, for I’m a little angry with you, but please trust me I didn’t do anything unfaithful to you. I’m only awkward. I didn’t know how to contact you at first and didn’t do it in the end…”
Long felt embarrassed, but his eyes were full of sincerity.
Shi fell into a trance. Long stroked his nose and added, “Besides, you haven’t contacted me, either…it isn’t all my fault, is it?”
Shi curled his lips and fell into silence.
Long approached Shi to hold his hand. Although Shi was still stiff, he might remember something and didn’t avoid Long.
Hence, Long thought that Shi wasn’t angry with him anymore and forgave him, but he didn’t spot the dark glints in Shi’s eyes.
No matter how many novels Long had read, he had never been in love before, so he got zero knowledge of how to deal with his angry lover!
Shi slowly lowered his eyelids. Long held Shi’s hand and said, “Qingzhou, it’s a misunderstanding. Xu You, well, is the one I brought back to the palace. He’s just my sworn little brother. That’s all!”
“Little brother?” Shi fixed his eyes on Long.
The latter strongly nodded his head. “Yes, little brother.”
Shi didn’t say a word to Long. Then, the latter briefly narrated how he got to know Xu and how Xu was hunted down by Sky Hermit Fort and he thereby brought Xu back to the palace.
Shi quietly heard Long out and asked slowly, “Why did you ask him to stay in the Yushang Palace?”
“Because it’s near your palace, and you can look after him when you come back. What’s more, the palace is far from the palaces where those concubines live. He’s male and is improper to stay together with them, right?”
These were the reasons? Shi felt surprised.
Long then said while holding Shi’s hand, “Qingzhou, I’m here to take you back…”
Shi said with a faint smile, “Your Majesty, are you kidding me? My team is here, so how can I go back with you now?”
“Well…” Long smiled awkwardly. “Right, I forget it.”
Shi said again with a smile, “Your Majesty, it’s dangerous if you stay outside late at night. You’d better go back.”
“I can’t do that!” said Long instantly. “Now that I come out already, I must go back together with you. Qingzhou, let’s go to your tent.”
Shi’s eyes twinkled, but he still tried to refuse Long.
“Your Majesty, there are a lot of people here. If you’re with me, you’ll be spotted. It’s bad.”
Long frowned and said, “I’ll go get a mask.”
Shi connived at Long’s staying upon seeing that he was so determined and thinking of what he said just now.
Long got relaxed with a long sigh…
He sensed that Shi didn’t want him to stay, but he managed to stay.
However, he had no shame. Besides, it took time to make peace with Shi.
Thus, staying here was the first step. As long as he stayed, there must be chances. After all, he could spend a whole day with Shi.
In addition, living together with Shi gave him a uniquely good chance to explain himself, didn’t it?
He was quite satisfied with the result…As for other things, it needed time!