When Liu Yixuan learned that Ling'er was going to be sent to the Jin army camp to marry, he was almost crazy. As soon as he recalled what happened on the Double Ninth Festival, he felt even more regretful. Although the third prince of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan You, treated others gently, was a dark and shameless villain. He used a trick to trick King Su out of the city to compete with him, took the opportunity to capture King Su alive, and then used King Su as a condition to ask Emperor Qinzong for Ling'er in exchange. Qinzong and many ministers have always been greedy for life and feared death, and only cared about his own life and perseverance, and how could he care about others.

Liu Yixuan was completely desperate for the Song court. He tried every means to avoid the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. Even if it was delayed for a while, it was worthy of Ling'er and his family. However, Qinzong and his ministers stabbed Liu Yixuan in the back. They did not care about Liu Yixuan's feelings for Ling'er at all, but just surrendered to the Jin people in humiliation. In their eyes, Ling'er was just a chess piece used to survive for a few days, and was just a victim of their almost incompetent diplomatic means. Whenever they thought of this, Liu Yixuan's heart was as squeezing as he could. He ran wildly with tears in his eyes, just wanting to return to the capital as quickly as possible.

Liu Yixuan left Dongping County in the morning and walked west along the official road. It was not until the third hour that he arrived at Chenqiaoyi, east of Bianliang City. Liu Yixuan wanted to go straight to the capital overnight, but heard from Butler Liu that the gate of Bianjing City would not open until the fifth hour, so he decided to rest in Chenqiaoyi's inn and wait for dawn before entering the city.

After entering the inn, Liu Fu wanted to bring some wine and meat on the table, and then said to Liu Yixuan: "Young Master, you have been traveling for a day and you haven't eaten yet. Take advantage of this time to rest, so you can eat some first."

Liu Yixuan didn't have the heart to eat. His mind was full of Ling'er's shadow. I thought that when he was in the Imperial Garden that day, Liu Yixuan deliberately wanted to escape his feelings for Ling'er because he didn't know when he could stay in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, Ling'er's infatuation deeply moved him. He knew that he had fallen in love with this princess of the Song Dynasty and no longer thought about anything like returning to the 21st century. He just wanted to be kind to Ling'er wholeheartedly, and to do his best to make the dynasty where Ling'er lived for a longer time, so that Ling'er's parents and brothers could avoid the tragedy of becoming a slave to the collapse of the country. Liu Yixuan promised Ling'er to protect her forever and make her happy forever, but today, the delicate and pitiful Ling'er was going to marry the prince of the Jin Kingdom as a victim of the war and become Wanyan You's wife. How could Liu Yixuan accept this?

"Butler Liu, I can't eat it. You have been rushing for the past two days. You can eat it first." Liu Yixuan looked at the table of food, and had no appetite, so he had to let Liu Fu eat it himself first. Then Liu Fu naturally knew Liu Yixuan's thoughts and knew that he was in a very anxious mood at this time. However, after all the way, Liu Yixuan had not entered the water rice and had to go to the palace to dissuade the emperor tomorrow. If he didn't eat, his body would definitely not be able to bear it.

Liu Fu only brought a bowl of rice porridge to Liu Yixuan and smiled reluctantly, "Young Master, you should eat something. As the saying goes, people are iron rice and steel. Even if you feel uncomfortable, you have to eat first! You said that you want to go to the palace to meet the princess, and you have to plead with the emperor. You must argue with the ministers in the court. If you don't replenish your energy, what should you use to save the princess and what should you use to argue with those ministers?" He advised, "Young Master, listen to my old slave and eat a little bit. This is not as bad as you think. The master has been walking around the capital and trying his best to dissuade the emperor from abolishing the marriage decision. When we enter the city at dawn, we will still have some chance to go to the queen mother for help."

While comforting, Liu Fu put the bowl of rice porridge in front of Liu Yixuan. Liu Yixuan reached out to take the rice porridge into his hand, intending to replenish his strength first as Liu Fu said. Seeing that Liu Yixuan started drinking porridge, Liu Fu felt relieved. He twisted the legs of a roasted goose on the plate and handed them to Liu Yixuan's bowl, and smiled and said, "Young Master, I specifically asked the shopkeeper of this store, saying that the roasted goose in this store is good, how do you taste the goose legs?"

Liu Fu is the old housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, only five years younger than Liu Anguo. In his early years, he was the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture. In the second year of Daguan, Liu Anguo was transferred to Kaifeng Prefecture. Liu Fu followed Liu Anguo as an aide. In recent years, he was responsible for the affairs of the Liu family inside and outside. He also watched Liu Yixuan grow up as an elder. Seeing that Liu Yixuan looked haggard and worried about his body, he ordered a few special dishes with good taste from the inn shopkeeper and also clamped the legs of the roast goose into Liu Yixuan's bowl.

Liu Yixuan knew Liu Fu's status in his mansion and respected him very much, but when he saw the roast goose legs in the bowl, he began to feel sad again.

Liu Yixuan remembered the days when Ling'er went to Junzhou. The two of them secretly ran to Junzhou. Liu Yixuan didn't bring much silver. The inns they stayed in were the worst in the city. I remember that on the first night, they spent the night in a small broken shop west of the city. The inn was not in good condition, and Ling'er kept clamoring to eat roast goose. In order to comfort Ling'er, Liu Yixuan lied to her that the chef of that shop could not make roast goose, and took her to the grandson when she returned to the capital.

The best roasted goose in the sheep restaurant. Who would have thought that after returning to the capital, Ling'er was called back to the palace by the empress dowager, and he was beaten by his father. Since then, Liu Yixuan has never taken Ling'er to the Sunyang restaurant again, nor has she taken her to eat her favorite roasted goose. Liu Yixuan missed people when he saw things, and felt a pain in his heart. He was afraid that he would never have the chance to take Ling'er to stroll on the street, nor would he have the chance to hear her carefree and sweet laughter.

"Butler Liu, thank you, I really can't swallow it, because when I think of Ling'er... my heart hurts so much. I have to return to her as soon as possible and not let her be hurt anymore. Whether I am the emperor or the queen mother, whoever wants Ling'er to marry, unless I die!" Liu Yixuan said as he put the half bowl of porridge on the table, which surprised Liu Fu.

Liu Fu said with a little concern: "Young Master, don't be impulsive. When you arrive in the city, you still have to listen to the master's instructions and not take excessive behaviors. Do you know? Yesterday morning you cursed King Kang, and I really sweated for you. If you enter the palace and see the emperor, don't say that kind of thing again!"

After hearing Liu Fu's words, Liu Yixuan knew that he was considering himself, so he nodded and agreed, "I will write down the words of Butler Liu. Don't worry, I have a sense of my own." The master and servant talked for a while. Seeing that the sky was still dark, Liu Fu asked Liu Yixuan to lie down to rest. Although Liu Yixuan couldn't sleep for a while, he only lay on the bed for a while.
Chapter completed!