Wei Shaoqing completely fainted.
The man in black cut off the bloody tongue, put it on a plate and handed it to Dota.
Yuan Zhao looked at Duota as if it was nothing special. He only felt that he looked like a demon from hell in his white clothes.
She took a step forward, just wanting to leave here.
But Duota didn't agree with her. He stretched out his long arms and pulled her in front of him, making her face to face with the unconscious Wei Shaoqing.
"A Chao, what do you think we should cut next?"
Yuan Zhao radiated a chill from head to toe, and tried her best to control herself from trembling. She closed her eyes and answered weakly, "No need..."
But Duota only raised his head slightly, revealing his distinct jaw, and looked over Wei Shaoqing's body, saying softly,
"He keeps a mistress and enjoys having three wives and four concubines. So let him become a eunuch..."
As Dota finished speaking, the man in black raised his sword and slashed it down.
There was another violent scream.
Yuan Zhao closed his eyes almost instantly and felt blood splattering on himself.
Without blinking, Duota continued, "His eyes are not worthy of looking at Ah Chao. Dig them out..."
The man in black was about to attack, but Yuan Zhao finally couldn't stand it anymore and shouted angrily, "I said no more!!"
The man in black stopped moving and turned around to see the king staring at the person in his arms.
Dota released her and turned her stiff body around to face her.
"Heh..." He chuckled, "A Chao, I thought you were going to keep that indifferent expression forever..."
Yuan Zhao's teeth were chattering, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she couldn't help but shed tears.
Dota slowly raised his hand, wiping away her tears with his cold, slender fingers.
"Could it be that Ah Chao... still cares about the relationship between him and me as husband and wife?"
The corners of his mouth were raised, but there was no smile at all, and his eyes were full of gloom.
It seemed that as long as Yuan Zhao nodded and said yes, he could let Wei Shaoqing experience a hundred ways of dying.
"No." Yuan Zhao denied, avoided his hand, and wiped away her tears.
Dota's hand was pushed away and stopped in mid-air. He tried to persuade her with good intentions, "A Chao, he drugged you, controlled you, wanted to kill you... No matter how much torture he used, it would not be too much..."
Hearing this, Yuan Zhao raised his head, looked at him coldly, and said word by word:
"It's true that he controls me, but what's the difference between you and him?"
The scene became quiet.
The temperature around him seemed to drop a lot all of a sudden. Duota stared at Yuan Zhao. His eyes gradually became colder and darker, and the corners of his eyes even turned red.
The man in black noticed Dota's change of mood and turned away, not daring to look at him again.
Normally at this time, the king would start a massacre.
Yuan Zhao looked back at him, his eyes neither dodging nor showing any fear.
She knew she had angered him, but she had no idea what he would do.
The air in the dark room seemed to be condensed, and only the candlelight on the wall made a slight crackling sound.
But contrary to the expectations of others present, Dota did not get angry.
He just gently stroked Yuan Zhao's cheek, the candlelight illuminating his facial features, half-hiding and half-visible, hiding the emotions in his eyes.
"A Chao, I'm different from him..."
"I love you..."
…
Yuan Zhao was very hungry. She hadn't had a proper meal for many days.
But when the maids brought the delicious dishes one by one, she couldn't eat anything.
Staring at the dishes on the table, all that filled his mind was Wei Shaoqing's bloody tongue that had been cut off.
The feeling of nausea filled her chest for a long time and did not dissipate.
Fortunately, Dotta took her back to her room and left.
I don’t know if it’s something that needs to be dealt with or for something else.
But to Yuan Zhao, none of it matters.
Now she just wants to live a few more days with the unpredictable Dota.
Serving her was a maid named "Qingzhi". When Yuan Zhao saw her for the first time, he found that she was different from the other maids in Beiqiang.
Qingzhi looks like a person from the Central Plains, and even dresses a bit like Gan Tang.
When Qingzhi first met Yuan Zhao, she introduced herself to her, "Princess, I am your servant, ordered by the King to serve you."
Yuan Zhao looked at her and then thought about the entire "Chaoyuan".
How long had Dota been planning all this?
Although Qingzhi was the only one serving him closely, Yuan Zhao knew that he had left people inside and outside to watch her openly and secretly.
Seeing that she didn't move her chopsticks, Qingzhi carefully helped her pick out the dishes.
"Princess, the king told you to eat at least one bowl of rice before he left."
Hearing this, Yuan Zhao supported his head with his hands and felt a real headache.
She didn't want to hear anything about Dota right now.
But she also knew that her body was her own, and even if she wanted to escape or wait for rescue, she needed to eat and drink water.
So she tried her best to hold on and forced herself to drink a bowl of porridge.
Qingzhi saw that she really found it difficult to swallow, so she didn't make things difficult for her.
After Yuan Zhao finished drinking, she quickly prepared hot water and let Yuan Zhao take a good bath.
After so many days of running around, I suffered both physical and mental torture.
Yuan Zhao couldn't hold on any longer, so he simply washed up and dragged his tired body to bed.
Qingzhi helped her make the bed and then stepped back to stand guard outside.
Yuan Zhao thought she would fall asleep immediately, but the moment her head touched the pillow, she smelled a completely different scent, and tears silently fell down her cheeks.
She missed the children... and Huo Yan...
…
After learning that Yuan Zhao was missing, Huo Yan stayed awake all night and sent out all the people he could.
He went back to the Huo family and learned from Mrs. Qiao what Yuan Zhao had done when he came to the Huo Mansion.
With Yuan Zhao's comfort, Qiao's mood recovered a lot, and she also learned that Huo Yan and the Huo family were detained.
For this, she did not complain.
Yuan Zhao was right. As the only mistress of the Huo family, she needed to take charge of the inner house so that Huo Yan would not have any worries.
Huo Yan went to the ancestral hall and burned incense to his ancestors and his father and mother.
Qiao followed behind him to burn incense. After Huo Yan finished burning incense, she saw him staring at the empty space where Huo Pingchang's tablet was originally placed.
"Second Aunt, I'm planning to go to Beiqiang."
This was a decision Huo Yan made after careful consideration.
Gan Tang and the others have woken up. Based on their descriptions, Huo Yan is certain that the person who took Zhao Zhao away must be Helian Shi, the new king of Beiqiang, Duota.
Helian Chang hid in Beiqiang, which was his territory, and waiting for others to investigate would be too passive.
Now that he has been dismissed from his position as general and His Majesty has not restricted him to stay in the capital, he will go there in person.
You can't get a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den.
Mrs. Qiao didn't know that Yuan Zhao was missing, and Huo Yan didn't tell her either.
She naturally thought it was about Huo Pingchang.
Qiao lowered her eyes and said calmly, "Go ahead. Don't worry about us."
Huo Yan turned his head to look at Mrs. Qiao and asked, "If I really meet Second Uncle... Second Aunt, is there anything I need to say?"
Qiao was silent for a long time, then shook his head.
"Nothing to say."
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