Chapter 304 Xiyan, You Are Not Some Orphan Girl from Nanzhao
It turned out that Xiyan fell into a deep cave that day, and under the cave was not the sword formation that Xiao Beicheng had mentioned, but an underground canal.
Xiyan didn't expect that there was water below, which is how she survived.
At this moment, she had no idea what Xiao Beicheng was up to.
He clearly hated Xiao Nanyan, and she was pregnant with Xiao Nanyan's child, so why would he leave her a glimmer of hope? Or was he plotting something?
Right now, there is no time to think too much, the most important thing is to leave here.
She struggled to break free from the half rope, and drifted along the current, following the faint light ahead. In just half an incense stick of time, she was washed to the downstream of Wulao Peak.
Surprisingly, there was a small black-sailed boat moored downstream.
The two oarsmen were pulling in the bamboo poles when the young man in green standing at the bow seemed to notice Xi Yan and suddenly exclaimed:
“Someone!”
Before Xiyan could see the man's face clearly, she was picked up by a pair of strong arms.
When she stood steadily on the bow of the boat, she could see clearly that the person who rescued her was actually Xie Zhan, the second prince of Nanzhao.
"Second Prince, why is it you?"
At this moment, her wet clothes and hair stuck to her body, making her teeth chatter with cold.
At this moment, a man suddenly appeared from the stern of the boat. He swiftly took off his golden robe and wrapped it around Xiyan's shivering body.
Xiyan was startled and looked up, only to see the man in the crimson robe with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and an elegant temperament.
The man's gentle eyes were also looking at her carefully. When he saw her face clearly, a hint of surprise first flashed across his eyes, and then turned into a deep and inextricable pity.
"You... are Xi Yan?"
His voice was low and gentle, with an unmistakable certainty.
Xiyan was shocked all over. She looked at the strange yet faintly familiar face in front of her, and then looked at Xie Zhan beside her. Only then did she realize why she felt that the other person was familiar. It was because he and Xie Zhan looked somewhat similar, except that he looked a few years older and had a more stable temperament.
"You are..."
"Xiyan, he is my brother, the Crown Prince of Nanzhao, Xie Lan."
Xie Zhan introduced them with a smile, and his eyes were full of pity when he looked at Xiyan.
Xiyan was shocked all over. Not to mention that the Second Prince of Nanzhao disappeared for several days without saying goodbye, how come the Crown Prince of Nanzhao Xie Lan also came to Tianqi?
Seeing how gentle they were towards her, she actually felt a little uneasy.
"This servant pays homage to the First and Second Princes. Thank you for saving my life."
She struggled to salute, but Xie Zhan held her shoulders.
"Silly girl, you've been soaking in the water for so long that you're numb from the cold. What are you still doing?"
Xie Lan leaned over and gently brushed away the wet hair on Xi Yan's forehead with his fingertips, his movements becoming increasingly gentle:
"Xiyan, you are not allowed to call yourself a slave anymore. You know, you are the proud daughter of heaven and have a noble status."
"What? Your Highness, you..."
Xiyan didn't understand what Xie Lan meant at all.
Xie Lan and Xie Zhan exchanged a glance, and Xie Zhan suddenly chuckled. He reached out and pinched Xi Yan's purple, frozen face.
Why still call me Your Highness? From today on, you must call me Second Royal Brother, and he will be your First Royal Brother."
He ignored Xiyan's eyes widened in shock, paused, and spoke with an unprecedented seriousness in his voice:
"Xiyan, you are not some orphan girl of Nanzhao, but the only Princess Zhaoning of Nanzhao. You are also the treasure that father and mother cherish in their hearts!"
Xiyan was struck by lightning, staring blankly at the two princes of Nanzhao in front of her.
The sound of flowing water beside her was still echoing in her ears, but this sudden identity made her feel more like an absurd dream.
Seeing Xiyan dumbfounded and speechless for a long while, Xie Lan knew that she was shocked by the change of her status and it was difficult for her to digest it. He tightened his cloak and helped her sit down.
The boat swayed gently with the waves, and the mountains in the distance were dyed dark blue in the sunlight, like a slowly unfolding ink scroll.
However, the sounds of fighting and the flames rising from the direction of Feiyun Temple above broke this beautiful feeling.
Xie Lan looked at Xi Yan's pale face, and his voice unconsciously became softer:
"You may have heard that there was a Princess Zhaoning in Southern Zhao who died at birth. Her body was dark blue from birth. Her mother, the queen, had just given birth and was still unconscious, and her father, the emperor, was away from the palace. The Empress Dowager considered this an ominous sign and, without consulting her father and mother, ordered her to be thrown into the Black Water Lake.
However, she was not destined to die and was rescued. In fact, the imperial sister was not some ominous monster, but someone had poisoned the queen mother with a deadly poison, so it was not only the imperial sister who was poisoned, but the queen mother was still in a coma until now.
Xie Lan's voice became deeper and deeper:
"Until the man who saved the imperial sister sent her to a farmer named Li in Nanzhao Tingzhou, where she was fostered. Later, the Li couple both passed away, and the imperial sister became a wanderer in a foreign land. She met the Regent of Tianqi, Xiao Nanyan, who brought her back to Tianqi and gave her the name - Xiyan!"
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