On the way back, Xiao Hechuan sat in the carriage in silence, looking thoughtful. He had been wondering what Helian Heng's purpose was in appearing in Jeju at this time. It seemed that he was coming straight for Fang Miao.
Logically speaking, they shouldn't know each other.
I didn’t have the chance to ask Fang Miao in private today, so I’ll have to do it another day.
Jiang Sui was curious when he saw that he was thinking about something, because he looked thoughtful when he was eating just now.
"What are you thinking about? But what happened?"
Seeing her asking him, Xiao Hechuan didn't intend to hide it:
"Do you remember the man in the dark red robe embroidered with gold thread that we met in Bei Moting?"
"Remember, his aristocratic temperament is hard to ignore!" Jiang Sui nodded and replied.
"He is the eldest prince of Daqing, the Prince of Chu Helian Heng. He was also Helian Jing's biggest rival in the previous life. In the previous life, he took Fang Miao away, which led to the subsequent events."
Helian Heng!
The second male lead, the biggest villain in the book, his desire for power has reached a pathological level. For this, he does not hesitate to kill his brothers and sisters without leaving any mercy. He can be described as truly cold-blooded and ruthless.
The protagonists suffered a lot at his hands and almost failed.
This guy is a tough guy. When Jiang Sui saw him just now, he was still sighing. He didn't know which powerful family this kid was from. The key point is that he looks lazy, and there is no trace of hostility or desire for power on his face.
"Why is he in Jeju now? It's almost the end of the year, shouldn't he be in Kyoto?"
"I'm also confused and can't figure it out!"
Xiao Hechuan frowned. According to the development, this year was the annual tribute that was due every five years. The foreign countries would send envoys to pay tribute. On the night of New Year's Eve, he should be competing with Helian Jing for the right to manage the annual tribute.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We can take the opportunity to get acquainted and close to the envoys of foreign countries. If we can gain recognition from some of them, it will be beneficial to the future inheritance rights in the emperor's mind!
His leaving the capital and coming to Jeju at this time was tantamount to giving up the fight for the right to manage the annual tribute.
"Besides, he seems to be coming for Fang Miao. I heard from the guys that he has been staying at Beimo for a few days and has been pestering Fang Miao every day. It's a good opportunity for you to find a chance to ask him if they have known each other for a long time!"
"impossible!"
As soon as Xiao Hechuan finished speaking, Jiang Sui immediately denied it.
She had read the original novel and knew that the two did not know each other at all. In the book, Helian Heng brought Fang Miao back to Kyoto for a purpose.
In the original novel, Fang Miao developed feelings for the man who spent 50,000 taels to take her away. On the way back to Kyoto from Jeju, they later spent some time together in Kyoto.
Helian Heng couldn't help but have sex with her several times, and Fang Miao regarded his meticulous care for her as love.
But later, Helian Heng actually presented her to his father personally.
The book does not go into detail about the emotional entanglement between the two of them. We only know that Fang Miao obediently entered the palace and became his weapon to seduce the monarch.
The elderly emperor was bewitched by the exotic and beautiful Fang Miao. The originally wise king did many ridiculous things for her.
If it wasn't for the fact that later, by chance, the heroine Xia Wanning accidentally learned some things, and then boldly guessed Fang Miao's identity, and then she deliberately approached Fang Miao, got to know her character, and became friends with her, I'm afraid she would not be able to break this situation.
Fang Miao is kind and simple by nature, and she had to do those things just because of love. She must have been extremely desperate when Helian Heng sent her to his father, right?
However, she had already fallen in love with him. He took her away and gave her a dreamlike time. She had no choice but to do things for him and try her best to make him get what he wanted and everything he wanted.
"How can you be so sure?" Xiao Hechuan asked doubtfully.
Jiang Sui then realized that she had not told him that the world they were living in now was just a book.
"My intuition tells me that women's intuition is always very accurate. If you don't believe me, I'll ask you some other day and tell you!"
Xiao Hechuan had no doubts when she said that, but he had to take precautions in advance. At the very least, he had to stop the two from continuing to interact.
It would be troublesome if it happens again like in the previous life.
In the previous life, Fang Miao and Helian Heng were in love. On the day when Helian Heng was defeated and executed by the emperor, Fang Miao tried her best to save him.
The old emperor was afraid of the power behind her, so he gave her face and spared Helian Heng's life, imprisoned him in the royal villa, and cut his tendons, making it impossible for him to turn over.
After the incident, Fang Miao returned to the frontier. She didn't know whether her feelings for Helian Heng faded in the long years that followed, but no one could forgive their beloved for giving themselves to another man, especially their father.
What an insult it was for a woman to serve a father and son.
However, Helian Heng spent his short second half of his life in regret. He did not live many years and even died earlier than Xiao Hechuan. When he died, he was still holding tightly in his hand the pocket watch given to him by Fang Miao, calling her name, which Fang Miao gave him when she left.
Helian Jing had already ascended the throne at that time, but he still arranged a decent burial for him. Before his death, Helian Heng asked to see him, and it is unknown what he said.
All we know is that Helian Jing burned his body into ashes, then put it in a box and sent it beyond the Great Wall!
In order to prevent these things from happening again, Xiao Hechuan wrote a letter to Helian Jing, asking him to find a way to recruit Helian Heng back to Kyoto and away from Fang Miao.
No one argued with Helian Jing, and he had already obtained the management power very smoothly. As for why Xiao Hechuan asked him to call Helian Heng back to Kyoto, he was also very puzzled.
He couldn't understand it at first, but all of a sudden, his elder brother, who had always been against him, suddenly became indifferent. He even withdrew the spies who were placed around him, and reluctantly gave up the job of managing the annual tribute and went to Jeju.
Although he was doubtful, he still reported to his father, the emperor, and issued an imperial edict to Helian Heng, asking him to return to the capital on the grounds of annual tribute.
It was said that the annual tribute was about to arrive, and the envoys from foreign countries had many complicated matters to attend to when they came to Beijing. As the eldest son of the Emperor of Daqing, he should not be absent.
When Helian Heng received the imperial edict, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he cursed inwardly:
"What the hell, I gave it to you and you're still pestering me!"
He finally returned to Kyoto reluctantly, but before leaving, he came to find Fang Miao eagerly.
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