After Helian Shi finished speaking, he gave Yuan Zhao a meaningful look and turned away.
Yuan Zhao stood there, and Huo Yan held her hand, her palm was cold.
He didn't ask what Yuan Zhao and Helian Shi had said just now. He just warmed her hands and said with lowered eyes, "Zhao Zhao, Helian Shi is very dangerous. Stay away from him."
Yuan Zhao came back to his senses and asked him, "Is Helian Shi really Helian Shi?"
The look on his face just now clearly showed that he was hiding a lot of secrets.
Huo Yan took her in his arms and walked back, holding her tightly.
Thinking of the provocation in Helian Shi's eyes just now, the veins on his hands bulged out in a place where Yuan Zhao couldn't see.
"He should be Duota, the new king of Beiqiang."
Yuan Zhao stopped, his eyes filled with shock.
"It should be him who went to the princess's mansion that night." Huo Yan had guessed it before, and he was even more certain tonight.
But he couldn't figure out why Helian Shi would target Yuan Zhao, so he asked, "Zhao Zhao, have you seen him before?"
Yuan Zhao wanted to shake her head, but Helian Shi’s performance today made her a little uncertain.
If she really didn't know Helian Shi, why would he say that?
But she tried hard to recall her memory, and there was nothing like that.
Could it be that she forgot?
"I...I don't know..." she murmured.
Huo Yan stared at her with his dark eyes, not missing the panic and uneasiness in her eyes.
He held her in his arms and patted her back comfortingly, "It's okay, don't worry."
For some reason, Yuan Zhao always had a premonition in his heart: today's events must not be over.
A sense of panic rose in her heart. Thinking of Helian Shi's words, she used her arms to hug Huo Yan tighter.
"Ayan," she called him softly, "no matter what happens in the future, believe me, I will stand by you."
Now the Huo family's affairs have not come to an end, and Helian Shi has come out to disrupt the situation again.
No one is sure how the situation will develop next.
Huo Yan pulled her, and they walked back with their fingers intertwined.
As soon as I entered the house, someone knocked on the window and the voice of the secret guard came from outside.
"General, I need you to go to the East Palace."
Huo Yan and Yuan Zhao looked at each other. Yuan Cheng came to call them so late, so it must be something important.
Huo Yan was a little worried. Helian Shi's performance tonight made him dare not leave Yuan Zhao for a moment.
Yuan Zhao comforted him, "It's okay, Fushan and the others are with me."
"You will take the children back to the princess's residence tomorrow. I will ask Yuan Cheng to send another team."
The Northern Qiang delegation will leave tomorrow. As long as Helian Shi leaves, the storm may be smaller.
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After Huo Yan left, Yuan Zhao tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
She tried hard to recall her memories over the years, trying to find out if she had missed anything.
Have I really never met Helian Shi?
But when I saw his face, I didn't feel any familiarity at all. It wasn't as familiar as the one Helian Yu brought me.
What went wrong?
Suddenly, she thought of something, sat up from the bed and called out "Gan Tang".
Gan Tang, who was on guard outside, heard this and came in with a lit candle and asked softly, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Yuan Zhao asked her uncertainly, "Do you remember the year our mother passed away? We went to my grandparents' Qingshan Academy and rescued a little beggar in the back mountains?"
"Little beggar..." Gan Tang thought carefully for a long time before he remembered, "Your Highness, are you talking about the disheveled little beggar who lived in the cave in the back mountain that year?"
"Yes! It's him!" Yuan Zhao thought about it and realized that he had probably been in the palace before going to Yangzhou, and it was impossible for him to have the chance to meet the Fourth Prince of Northern Qiang.
After arriving in Yangzhou, he lived in the Wei Mansion and rarely interacted with outsiders.
If you think about it carefully, the only chance I had to meet outsiders was when I went to Qingshan Academy from time to time before getting married.
"Do you still remember what that little beggar looked like?" Yuan Zhao asked with a frown.
It had been so many years that she really couldn't remember this person.
Gan Tang thought for a long time and shook his head. "Your Highness, I only remember that when Your Highness went to the back mountain to pick wild fruits, you encountered that little beggar who snatched the fruits from Your Highness's hands."
"Later, Your Highness went to the back mountain again and found him huddled in a cave, nearly freezing to death."
"Your Highness brought the medicine and gave it to him... But I remember that the little beggar seemed to be mute? He was dirty and messy, and I couldn't see what he looked like..."
Yuan Zhao rested his elbows on his knees, covering his forehead, and really couldn't remember any other details.
I was really too young at that time, and it has been almost twenty years.
She couldn't even be sure whether this little beggar was Helian Shi.
Gan Tang didn't know why Yuan Zhao suddenly brought up this matter, but it was rare to see His Highness looking so distressed.
Yuan Zhao continued to think. After a long silence, she raised her head and said, "Put a coat on me and go see Zhizhi."
Gan Tang glanced at the sky and saw that it was already Chou Hour.
But she said nothing, took out her outer robe and walked towards the east wing.
Yuan Zhizhi was taken care of by her wet nurse at night, who slept next door, not far away.
Yuan Zhizhi was lying on the bed at this time. If someone looked closely, they would find that she was covered with a faint glow.
Xiaobai was sleeping at her feet, also enveloped in this layer of light.
The man and the tiger breathed evenly and deeply and slept soundly.
Realizing there was someone outside, Xiaobai quickly opened his amber eyes, revealing his sharp teeth.
He smelled another scent approaching and knew it was Yuan Zhao, so he retracted his teeth and looked towards the door, wagging his tail.
After Yuan Zhao came in, that layer of brilliance had disappeared.
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