Secret room.
Zhao Yao arrived late.
He wrapped himself tightly, as if afraid of being recognized.
She was accompanied by two guards. After sending Zhao Yao in, the guards stood guard at the door.
As soon as Zhao Yao entered, her heart beat very fast, especially when she saw the tall figure standing by the window.
"Runlang..." Zhao Yao pounced on him like a butterfly.
The result was nothing.
Shangguan Shu turned around. In the dark secret room, only the small window above his head could let in some moonlight, which was reflected on the man's face, making it dark and difficult to understand.
"Did you put a curse on Zhao Ying?" The man's voice expressed no emotion.
Zhao Yao was stunned, and in that instant it felt like cold water was poured over her from head to toe.
How does he know?
She did it so secretly?
Did Zhao Ying discover it and tell him?
Zhao Yao has known Shangguan Shu for many years and has some understanding of him. She bets that Shangguan Shu has no real evidence, otherwise he would not react like this.
And she also wanted to see to what extent he could favor her...
She likes to watch.
Zhao Yao calmed herself down and pretended to be ignorant, but Shangguan Shu had already seen the guilt and panic in her eyes.
"What do you mean, Runlang? I heard my sister is sick. Could it be that she's been poisoned by a Gu instead of a cold?"
"You don't know?"
"Runlang is doubting me?" Zhao Yao was heartbroken, tears streaming down her face. "Okay, okay, Shangguan Shu, we've known each other for years, and you're doubting me without any basis. Could it be that you're really in love with me?"
"If you've fallen in love with someone else, just tell me directly. There's no need to humiliate me like this! I'm already a fallen woman, and I wanted to become a nun. But it was you! It was you who repeatedly promised me a future for the three of us, mother and son..."
"I only regret... that the heavens are so unfair. I, Zhao Yao, have been repeatedly victimized by treacherous people. They failed to snatch my marriage, and now they're trying to harm my Xue'er!"
Zhao Yao burst into tears, pointing at Shangguan Shu and accusing him, "I was the one who cast the poison, and I want her dead! She tried to murder my Xue'er but failed, and this is what she deserves!"
"Although I didn't mean to hurt anyone, she was just too much!"
"I understand you hate Zhao Ying, and I hate her just as much as you do. However, witchcraft is too sinister... From now on, I won't do it again."
Raise high and lower gently.
This is Shangguan Shu’s love for her, and Zhao Ying will never be able to get even a fraction of it in her lifetime!
Zhao Yao was secretly pleased with herself, but her face showed extreme grievance. "Runlang, do you still think it was me who cast the Gu?"
Shangguan Shu stared at Zhao Yao quietly, then shook his head after a while. "If you say no, I'll believe you."
Even if... you really lied...
Just like he knew she was going to attack Yue'er, but he chose to indulge her.
He also knew that Hu Yanxue's affairs had nothing to do with Zhao Ying, but he still saved Hu Yanxue.
Now, he knew that she had cast a spell on Zhao Ying...
Zhao Yao was so moved that she shed tears and leaned her head into the man's arms.
"Runlang..."
Shangguan Shu was stunned and forgot to hug her back.
There was a biting cold wind outside, mixed with ice and snow, but at this moment, Shangguan Shu felt as if his heart had cracked open, and the cold wind was rushing in.
Suddenly, the pain was unbearable.
Shangguan Shu sent Zhao Yao to the door and then ordered her to be sent back safely.
Zhao Yao looked back at Shangguan Shu tenderly and warned him, "It's dark and the roads are slippery, Runlang, be careful on your way back..."
Shangguan Shu nodded absentmindedly.
As a result, Zhao Yao turned around, and just as she took a step, her foot slipped and she fell backwards into the snow.
"ah!"
Zhao Yao sank into the snow.
Shangguan Shu and the guards were stunned for a while, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.
The guards were close by and quickly pulled Zhao Yao out.
Shangguan Shu walked up to him, "Huai'an?"
Zhao Yao was helped to her feet. Her hat had already fallen off, revealing her shiny head. Not only that, one of her ears was missing, making her look particularly...
The guard lowered his head silently and thought about the saddest thing in his life.
Zhao Yao was knocked unconscious by the fall, and her body must have been covered with bruises. She lowered her head and grimaced, not daring to let Shangguan Shu see her ugly appearance.
The guard patted the snow off Zhao Yao's body. Zhao Yao murmured, "I don't know why, but I've been really unlucky lately..."
She didn't dare to say anything, except that she'd been burned by fire, had her ears bitten by rats... even when she was getting dressed, she'd get pricked by needles, her teeth would get pierced while eating, and she'd almost broken them. And when the eunuch carrying her in the sedan chair twisted his ankle and threw her out...
What a bad luck this year!
Shangguan Shu felt the same way. He nodded and said comfortingly, "Then you should go out less often."
When Zhao Yao heard Shangguan Shu comforting her, sadness and grievance suddenly emerged from her heart. She choked with sobs, "Runlang..."
She wanted to stay with Shangguan Shu for a while longer, but then she thought again, she had been so unlucky recently, and if she stayed out for too long, she might get into some bad luck, so she hardened her heart.
"Runlang, I'm going back first."
Shangguan Shu also had this idea.
Seeing Zhao Yao leave, he hurried back to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
He really wanted to see Zhao Ying...
Shangguan Shu rushed into the dry garden, exhausted, took off his cloak, and broke into the bedroom before he had time to warm himself by the fire.
Inside, Zhao Ying was sleeping quietly, her beautiful face revealing a sense of tranquility.
Shangguan Shu's mind went blank.
He walked over like a lost soul, pulled the person into his arms and held him tightly.
His face pressed against the woman's burning cheek.
The big hole in his heart seemed to be filled in an instant.
Zhao Ying... Zhao Ying...
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