He changed his mind at the last minute; why didn't he know?

Helian Yi's gentle face seemed shrouded in gloom under the cover of night, and a growing sense of melancholy deepened in his dark eyes.

**

A gentle autumn breeze blows at the Imperial College.

Helian Si sat listlessly in his seat, accepting the obvious and subtle stares directed at him, finding nothing more than boredom.

Is the fact that their handsome tutor is their future husband really something to gossip about and be shocked about for so long?

Boring.

Out of the corner of his eye, Helian Si glanced at the area to his left rear and wrinkled his nose. "Sigh, my third brother is absent today. I heard he went to carry out an order from Father."

"Princess,"

Gu Haozhi walked hesitantly to Helian Si, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke as if he had mustered up his courage.

"What's wrong?"

Helian Si was lying lazily on the desk like a caterpillar. When he heard Gu Haozhi's voice, he raised his beautiful peach blossom eyes and responded.

Meeting Helian Si's eyes, Gu Haozhi's heart pounded even harder, but his unwillingness to accept defeat still compelled him to ask the question.

"Princess, Master, is he truly your husband?"

Helian Si blinked her long, curled eyelashes, not noticing Gu Haozhi's unease, and nodded in response, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Gu Haozhi, the student, swallowed the medicine, his clenched fist falling limply to his sides. The princess herself had admitted it; the teacher truly was someone else—this was no joke…

But he, he really likes princesses!

"Gu Haozhi, what's wrong?"

Helian Si was usually carefree, but Gu Haozhi in front of him was really acting strangely; his face was flushed, and he looked extremely annoyed.

What's wrong? Could it be that he's still worried about his older brother Lin Zijin from yesterday?

"Princess, besides your husband..." do you also have male concubines?

"careful!"

Unfortunately, Gu Haozhi didn't get to finish his sentence before Helian Si yanked him away, and a hidden weapon flew through the air, aimed directly at Helian Si's face.

Gu Haozhi nearly got hit by the hidden weapon when he stepped forward; he was pulled back by it.

It was a bit difficult for Helian Si to dodge. No matter how she dodged, she would get hurt. At this moment, Helian Si was cursing in her mind. There are always treacherous people who want to harm this princess!

The expected stinging sensation didn't come; instead, a faint, refreshing fragrance enveloped me, and then I was pulled into a warm, broad embrace.

"Sisi, is something the matter?"

Nan Rong Jinghua lost her usual composure; the deity's face was flustered, and her soft, melodious voice was hurried and trembling.

Helian Si shook her head blankly; it was the first time she had ever seen a handsome teacher like this.

For some reason, at this moment, Helian Si really wanted to tear off the long silver-white silk covering Nan Rong Jinghua's eyes.

"Ah! There's an assassin!"

Someone suddenly screamed, and screams echoed throughout the lecture hall, throwing the students into chaos.

Gu Haozhi stared blankly at the hidden weapon stuck in the wall. He had just narrowly escaped death.

The hidden guards protecting Helian Si breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Helian Si was unharmed, their sinister eyes precisely landing on the spot from which the hidden weapon had been thrown.

Having failed in his first attack, the man turned and fled without hesitation. His guards exchanged glances, and half of them gave chase, following the fleeing figure.

The rest stayed put, scanning every corner and not letting any suspicious person slip by.

The commotion in the lecture hall was so loud that the patrolling guards and other teachers in charge of the Imperial Academy quickly rushed over.