Qingzhi talked for a long time, telling Yuanzhao everything she knew.
There is a story about Dota's past.
In fact, Qingzhi didn't know much, but when she was in Eagle Guard, she knew more than others.
She told of Dotta's childhood, when she was unknown to everyone in the palace.
It tells how he was exiled for ten years because of his biological mother, whom he had never met.
It talks about how after he came back, he slowly made plans and bided his time until he suddenly emerged during the political chaos.
…
Some of them Yuan Zhao knew, and some of them Yuan Zhao didn't know.
She just listened quietly from beginning to end, without asking any questions or saying much.
It's like listening to a story from an unrelated person.
After Qingzhi finished speaking, she only said, "Princess, this is all I know."
Yuan Zhao was silent for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
She looked towards Xiaoyue City, and then towards Dacheng.
The road from Xiaoyue City to Xuzhou, where Qingshan Academy is located, is very long...
"Do you know what happened during the ten years he was exiled?" she asked.
Qingzhi shook her head and said, "Princess, no one knows except the king himself."
Yuan Zhao lowered her eyes and calculated in her mind that the time when she met Ah Qi at Qingshan Academy should be the end of the ten years that Duota was exiled.
She thought about it for a long time, and it seemed as if they had never been separated back then.
One day when she went up the mountain again, Ah Qi disappeared.
And she soon returned to the capital.
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"Princess, it's almost time for dinner. It's time to go downstairs." Qingzhi glanced at the sky and reminded.
Yuan Zhao stood up and walked out of the pavilion with Qing Zhi one after the other, and saw a man standing far away at the foot of the pavilion.
He was dressed in white, standing out in the dim night.
Yuan Zhao didn't know when he came, but he noticed that Qingzhi behind him took a step back.
I guess Qingzhi knows this.
Yuan Zhao said nothing and walked down the stairs.
Dota held out his hand to her.
Yuan Zhao pretended not to see it.
But as soon as she took a step away from him, he grabbed her arm forcefully.
He turned around and took her hand.
Fingers interlocked.
His eyes were so deep that it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Yuan Zhao knew that resistance was useless, so he simply stopped struggling and let him lead him down the mountain.
The moon slowly rose, illuminating the path beneath their feet.
I have to say that Chaoyuan’s location is extremely well chosen.
Looking down from the stone steps, the grassland below is vast and the moon seems to be very close, you can touch it with your hand.
Duota slowed down at some point and walked in silence with Yuan Zhao, one in front and one behind.
"If you want to know something, you can ask me directly." He suddenly stopped and said this.
Yuan Zhao also stopped behind him and stared at his back.
He was tall, with his black hair tied up, and his profile was outstanding under the moonlight.
It doesn't look like the same Ah Qi who was so dirty that even his face couldn't be seen.
"Dotta," she called his name for the first time.
He turned around, stood one step lower than her, and said "hmm" softly.
When they were alone, he seemed to have put away all his brutality and viciousness, and the look he gave her was gentle and tender in the moonlight.
These days, he locked her up here and did not restrict her from doing anything except leaving Chaoyuan.
He only appears at a fixed time every day.
The person who had executed the execution in the dark room without changing his expression didn't seem to be him.
But Yuan Zhao did not forget, nor did she forget why she appeared in this place she had never been to.
So she looked him straight in the eye and said softly,
"Even if you force me to marry you, I will not love you."
From Qingzhi's narration, she was able to piece together Duota's past.
She hadn't understood why he came to her after so many years, and why he forced her to marry him even though he knew she had someone else in her heart.
But now there are vague guesses:
Perhaps it was because Yuan Zhao was the only one who treated him unconditionally well over the years, or perhaps he missed the days with Ah Qi...
But Yuan Zhao is not a saint. She was kind to Ah Qi at that time just out of her nature. It doesn't mean that she has to tolerate and accept all this now.
She still has children, family, and Huo Yan... She can't stay here.
Instead of giving him unnecessary expectations, it is better to make things clear now.
Dota stood low, looking up at her, his back overlapping with the rising full moon.
"Ah Chao..." He was still holding her hand, with a hint of stubbornness in his eyes, "Call me Ah Qi."
He doesn't like the name "Dotta".
Yuan Zhao didn't say anything.
After a while, her hand was raised by Dota. He lowered his head slightly and kissed the back of her hand with his cold lips.
"It's okay..." she heard him say.
"I love you, that's enough."
…
Gusts of wind blew, causing the grass on the grassland to roll. A few clouds in the night sky blocked the moon, casting a shadow.
A wave of emotion also rose in Yuan Zhao's heart.
She couldn't help biting her lower lip and closed her eyes.
After a long silence, she said again,
"I want to learn how to ride a horse."
…
The topic changed abruptly, and Dota stared at her, trying to read something from her face.
Yuan Zhao suppressed the emotions that surged in his heart, looked him straight in the eyes and said seriously,
"I want to learn how to ride a horse. You can teach me or someone else can teach me."
Dota couldn't see the flaw in her expression and just asked, "Why?"
His eyes turned dangerous, "You want to escape?"
Yuan Zhao laughed and asked him, "Can I escape?"
Duota's lips curled up into a smile, and he held her hand tightly, "A Chao, you can't escape."
Even if she escaped back to Dacheng, she might be sent back as long as Duota proposed the conditions of marriage.
This is his killer move.
But Yuan Zhao knew that for some unknown reason, at least for now, Duota had not proposed a marriage alliance to Dacheng.
Then she still has time.
Yuan Zhao lowered his eyes and said, "You can think of me as trying to escape... or..."
"You can also treat me as just for fun."
She raised her eyes and met his dark pupils. "After all, we should live one day at a time, don't you think?"
Neither of them knew what the other was thinking.
Yuan Zhao was just gambling.
After a long time, Duota tilted his head slightly, and his smile looked extremely charming under the moonlight.
He turned around and pulled her down.
A "OK" just disappeared in the wind.
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