Ning Yuan rushed back to the capital in the middle of the night before the third day.

Li Tong was already asleep, and Ning Yuan poked his arm with a finger. He almost screamed out in fright. Ning Yuan sat on the front of the bed, twisted his body, and put his arm on the edge of the bed. His eyes were shining and joyful at Li Tong who was a little confused.

"Don't it meant that I could only come back tomorrow? Why is it here?" Li Tong hurriedly sat up, "Not out..."

"It's okay, I just want to see you earlier." Ning Yuan looked up at Li Tong. Li Tong was stunned, leaned forward, leaned forward, and leaned in front of Ning Yuan. He looked at Ning Yuan carefully in the candlelight that was gradually approaching outside the curtain, stretched out his hand and stroked Ning Yuan's cheek, "I also want to see you earlier, but I don't want to see you both tired and so thin."

Ning Yuan leaned into Li Tong's palm and rubbed his face, "I'll pay the order tomorrow and I'll sleep well for a day and a night. I haven't taken a shower for several days, and I have a big smell."

"I'll ask someone to prepare water..." Li Tong was interrupted by Ning Yuan before he finished speaking, "No, I have to go back to the station as soon as it dawns. I'll take a shower for a while and I can't see you, and I'll delay talking."

"I have suffered a lot of hardships after searching the way, right?" Li Tong heard Ning Yuan say this, but he didn't insist. He simply moved down and sat on Ning Yuan's feet and talked to him. Ning Yuan reached out to pull the quilt off the bed and wrapped Li Tong, and answered, "Don't mention it's so hard. I won't say it's hard on the road, I won't complain, but those people... those grandsons have many tricks and don't even have any shame. It's really hard to deal with these maggots!"

It seems that Ning Yuan not only endured hardships, but also suffered a lot of grievances.

"The eldest princess said, those people can't beat you in a fight, and they can't beat you even if they are scheming. I don't have to worry." Li Tong moved and reached out to rub Ning Yuan's shoulders.

"That's it!" Ning Yuan slid down, leaning his shoulder and letting Li Tong rub it for him, "That's bitter, too shameless, angry."

"Well, I read the memorandum you wrote back."

"If you don't talk about this, are you okay? No one bullies you, right?" Ning Yuan waved his hand and waved away those unpleasant topics.

"Who dares to bully me?" Li Tong laughed, "I'm fine, I just miss you often."

"I miss you too!" Ning Yuan grabbed Li Tong's hair and rubbed it on his face. "When you encounter something bad, you really want to talk to you. When you eat something delicious, you miss you even more. You feel that eating alone is boring. Occasionally, there are a few things that make people happy. If you are not here, you feel boring in the brocade clothes at night."

"Then tell me what you are happy about now." Li Tong held Ning Yuan's hand.

"Okay, let's talk about my camp first..." Ning Yuan moved, held Li Tong's hand tightly, and said things that made him happy one by one. Li Tong's chin was against Ning Yuan's knee, listening with relish.

"...Tell me about you," Ning Yuan said with a smile, looking at Li Tong and asked, "Sister, don't you make things difficult for you? Where is the eldest princess?"

"What can I do for me if my elder sister is not doing? Before you leave, did the eldest princess say that she does not understand military affairs and asked you to hand over the defense of the capital to the elder sister? The eldest sister said that the imperial guards were simply a bunch of sacks, vulnerable, and said that they wanted to train the imperial guards themselves, which was the kind of personal training of the Ning family. In just one day, many people in the court said that it was harmful to the national system. One after another, they found the eldest princess, and the eldest princess asked me to persuade the eldest sister..."

"Can you persuade me?" Ning Yuan curled his lips. He knew his elder sister's temper.

"Of course I can't persuade him, but later the eldest princess had a fight with her elder sister."

"..." Ning Yuan glared at Li Tong, "Who won?"

"The emperor said that this eldest princess has the upper hand." Li Tong smiled.

"This one? Not only this one?"

"Yes, this fight started, and it has been quarreling since then. Until now, I don't know how many times it has been quarreled. Like playing chess, there are wins and losses, big things, and small things, such as whether the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings are orthodox or salty rice dumplings are orthodox."

"Is this a big deal? Of course it's sweet rice dumplings... it's not orthodox, Huzhou rice dumplings are the best in the world." Ning Yuan said halfway through, and changed it very quickly.

It seemed that it was very bright, and the two of them had not said much, and a ray of dawn had already reflected on the window.

"Madam, it's time for morning court." Shui Lian's voice came in from outside the door.

Ning Yuan's voice stopped abruptly, moved, and stood up reluctantly, "You girl, I mean, you girls are not young anymore, right?"

"I have to remind you that if you change one, this is their duty." Li Tong interrupted Ning Yuan and pushed him out, "Go back to the post station, go and pay the order, come back quickly, I'll wait for you to have breakfast."

"Okay! Tongtong, you sleep for a while, I'll pay the order, take a few more days off, and come back later." Ning Yuan lowered his head and kissed Li Tong's hair, and strode out and left.

Ning Yuan first went to see the emperor and Empress Dowager Ning, and then went to Baolu Palace. Princess Fu'an spread seven or eight copies of the letter on the long desk. She was looking at what she was looking for. Ning Yuan went in, kowtowed and was sent out.

Ning Yuan happily left the palace gate and was about to get on his horse, when Mo Qi waved his hand and ran out, "Brother Qi! Brother Qi, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"I arrived in the capital in the morning and it's not been a long time. Let's talk about it, what's the matter?" Ning Yuan kicked the kickstick with one foot, a posture that was about to leave immediately.

"I know that Brother Qi is in a hurry to go home, and there is nothing big about it. I will accompany Brother Qi back and say as I walk." Mo Qi waved his hand to signal the servant to lead the horse over.

"Where are you going with me? Tell me quickly if you have something to do, don't go with me." Ning Yuan waved his hand quickly and accompanied him back. What does it mean?

"Brother Qi is in a hurry to go home to see his sister-in-law? I understand." Mo Qi really understands, "I will send you to the gate of your mansion and say as I walk, without delaying either side."

"What's so urgent?" Ning Yuan got on the horse and looked at Mo Qi and asked.

"It's Xiaoliu." Mo Qi suddenly looked sad, "I've asked for a foreign position. You must know this. The day before yesterday, the Ministry of Personnel was appointed. The day before yesterday, Xiaoliu left early the morning before yesterday. I greeted him and said he wanted to give you a farewell date. He didn't say it well at that time, nor did he say it was bad. He suddenly set off the day before yesterday. Fortunately, he sent someone to buy something to worship the God of Road. He happened to have a chance to meet the eldest brother of the Li family and asked me to tell me that it was too late that day. I arrived at their mansion early in the morning. He had already set off and drove it out again. Fortunately, he caught up..."

Mo Qi's nagging was filled with indescribable sadness and entanglement, "... He said he didn't blame you, he just didn't want to see you, Brother Qi..."

"Don't be sad." Ning Yuan's face was a little depressed. "It's normal for him not to see me. He finally realized that this is not a bad thing."

"I know, my father said the same thing, but I... when I think of the past... Brother Qi, you didn't see it. Xiao Liu brought about a dozen people, three or four cars the day before yesterday. It's really pitiful... When I think of the past..." Mo Qi wiped his tears and wiped it off again.

"It's not the past, have you asked for a foreign mission, when will you leave?" Ning Yuan was unwilling to talk about this topic.

Mo Qi wiped his tears again, "Next month, my father is worried about me, saying that now is not as good as before, he has to go with me, my term... My father said he wants me to be two consecutive terms, this term will last for six years."

"Don't think about the past, think about it in the future. I've grown up, Ji Shuying has also asked for a foreign position and will set off in the next few days."

"Yes." Mo Qi responded, tears came down, "Everyone is gone, and there is also the eldest brother of the Li family."

"Well, the eldest brother of the Li family has set off to take office, and there is no banquet that will never end. This banquet has ended, and there is another one, maybe the next one is more lively and better."

"There is no next game." Mo Qi cried out, "In my heart, we... are the only ones. Brother Qi, Brother Li's eldest brother, I'm not sad at all. Sister Liu even brought the rouge shop, and Mrs. Li's family. They are a family, just Xiaoliu... At the beginning, we... Xiaoliu..."

Mo Qi sobbed one after another.

"It was the first time when it was a dragon's nest, and it was full of dangers. You can't see it, and Xiaoliu couldn't see it either." Ning Yuan's expression gradually became cold. "If you want to cry, just cry. After crying, don't think about the past again."

"Okay," Mo Qi sobbed a few times, "I cried, Xiaowu said I, don't cry anymore. I know, Dad said that too, just when I saw Brother Qi, I thought of Xiaoliu... I don't think about Xiaoliu anymore, Dad said, Xiaoliu is like me, all of whom are stupid and lucky. Brother Qi, please come back, I won't think about it anymore, and I won't cry anymore."

Mo Qi tied the horse at the entrance of the alley of the Marquis of Dingbei and said goodbye to Ning Yuan. Ning Yuan also tied the horse and looked at him. After a moment, he pulled the horse closer, raised his hand, patted Mo Qi's shoulder a few times, loosened the reins, and rode his horse into the Marquis of Dingbei.

Mo Qi watched Ning Yuan enter the mansion at the entrance of the alley, sat there and left for a long time, and sighed.

Brother Qi was right, this prosperous and lively scene has ended. From now on, those who stayed in the capital and those who left the capital, no matter how prosperous and lively scenes, are the story of another noisy feast.
Chapter completed!