"Helian Jue!"
Xie Yuan was overjoyed, and in her haste, she blurted out his name.
"Brother!"
Hearing her sister's call, Xie Zhen quickly poked her head out.
He saw the figure in the silver armor and was immediately overjoyed, "Brother! You've finally come to save us!"
Little Fatty was young, but he always remembered that it was his older brother who rescued him from the Xie family and took him and his older sister away from the capital.
In the little guy's eyes, his older brother is a great person and a great hero!
This time, bad guys came to our house, shouting and threatening to kill us. It was terrifying.
In the critical moment, it was his elder brother who saved him and his elder sister again.
Xie Zhen's two round, big eyes seemed to sparkle like stars.
Helian Jue sat high on his horse, holding a horizontal sword in his hand, his face grim and murderous.
What a bunch of "rioters"! And what a Cui Boyong! How dare he besiege my royal palace!
After months of marching and fighting, Helian Jue's noble and aloof temperament had been tempered with a chilling and ruthless edge.
He was like a precious sword, once only sharp, but now stained with blood.
He finally became a true sharp blade.
However, all the coldness and sternness instantly transformed into a gentle and warm spring breeze when he saw Xie Yuan and Xie Zhen, the siblings.
Helian Jue himself didn't realize that his gaze had precisely found Xie Yuan in the crowd.
The moment his gaze fell upon Xie Yuan, he relaxed completely.
"Ah Yuan! I'm back!"
He led tens of thousands of elite soldiers and countless treasures of gold and silver.
He conquered Jiaozhou, Huangzhou, and Yuezhou, which was about to be acquired.
With the addition of Luozhou and Guangcheng in the plan, he could take over most of Lingnan.
From then on, he was truly the King of Lingnan!
Helian Jue was full of fighting spirit and high morale, exuding pride and arrogance from the inside out.
Across the crowd, Xie Yuan stared intently at him.
Xie Yuan didn't realize that the moment she saw Helian Jue, her heart was completely at peace.
She couldn't help but slightly twitch the corners of her mouth, revealing a bright smile.
"Helian Jue, you're back!"
It wasn't a question, nor was it a surprise; it was a statement made in a gentle tone.
Because she had long believed that her prince would return safely.
She believed in him!
Helian Jue sensed Xie Yuan's trust and was also attracted by her bright smile.
He didn't smile, but his eyebrows and eyes were relaxed, and his beautiful peach blossom eyes were shimmering with tears.
The two of them just stared at each other, their eyes practically locked in a deep, intense gaze.
"Your Highness! The Prince of Yue—he—"
Zhou Wencheng also saw Helian Jue riding in from outside.
He was completely devastated!
What's going on?
The King of Yue was always in the courtyard.
Yesterday, as usual, he went to pay his respects to the King of Yue and saw him drinking and acting crazy in the house with disheveled hair.
How come another one suddenly appeared in front of me?
etc!
Zhou Wencheng suddenly remembered that Helian Jue in the courtyard always had his hair down.
Every time I see him, I can only see his profile or his face covered by messy hair.
He never saw the man's face clearly.
Could it be—
Zhou Wencheng was not stupid; on the contrary, he was very intelligent.
Looking at Helian Jue before him, and then at Princess Xie gazing at him with deep affection, what else could Zhou Wencheng not understand?
Helian Jue has found a substitute; he's using a feint to cover his tracks while secretly plotting against him.
Princess Xie was in the know, and she did her best to cover for Helian Jue.
Perhaps, from the very first day they arrived in Lingnan, the King and Queen of Yue were already making plans.
The King of Yue deliberately feigned weakness, even pretending to be insane.
This gradually led people to mistakenly believe that he had become despondent because he had been dismissed from his position.
Upon arriving in Yuezhou, the King of Yue began to seclude himself at home, while Princess Xie made high-profile appearances in public.
The rumor that the King of Yue had been "deposed" spread far and wide.
"From that time on, the person in charge of the Yue Prince's Mansion, Helian Jue, was probably replaced."
Zhou Wencheng thought to himself.
He had quickly pieced together the entire timeline.
"Well done, Helian Jue! Well done, Princess Xie! This couple is so flexible and resourceful. Their 'pretending to be weak to catch a tiger' tactic is truly brilliant!"
Zhou Wencheng clenched his fist tightly.
As someone who was successfully deceived by the King and Queen of Yue, Zhou Wencheng instinctively felt ashamed, indignant, and remorseful.
However, Zhou Wencheng is now mostly filled with lingering fear—
He failed to see through the scheme of the King and Queen of Yue, and was not only deceived, but also became an accomplice.
In his secret memorials to the emperor, he mentioned Helian Jue's self-abandonment several times.
The fact that a sage might look down on or overlook Helian Jue is partly due to Zhou Wencheng's "contribution".
Of course, Zhou Wencheng was not the only one who fell for the trick.
Not to mention the people of Yuezhou, even Xiao Zixiu, another official under the Prince's mansion, was completely fooled.
Oh, right, the candy shop!
ha!
Zhou Wencheng had genuinely believed that Xiao Zixiu was behind it, but now it seemed that it wasn't Xiao Zixiu at all, but probably the Third Prince from the capital who had taken the blame for the Prince of Yue and his wife!
Excellent! Excellent Helian Jue, excellent Xie Yuan!
This couple is truly a match made in heaven.
The more Zhou Wencheng thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt, and the more terrifying the King of Yue and his wife seemed!
However, now is not the time to talk about these things.
Looking at Helian Jue's wise and mighty appearance, and the massive army behind him, Zhou Wencheng knew that Helian Jue must have secretly run away to cause trouble.
He went to fight in the war?
With whom?
Which prefecture or county did he conquer?
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