Chapter 33 Lifesaver
But everyone around was paying attention to the lantern riddle guessing competition, and his movement did not attract anyone's attention.
The feeling of suffocation made Li Zixian's face gradually turn pale, his vision was almost blurred, and he was about to faint. A light color flashed before his eyes, and one hand clenched a fist against the boy's chest, and the other hand slapped the boy on the back.
"Cough, cough, cough." After the foreign object stuck in his throat was spit out, Li Zixian felt like he had suddenly come back to life, gasping for breath.
He looked up, and just as he saw the pale face clearly, she turned and left. He wanted to call her, but his voice was drowned out by the noisy crowd.
From that day on, that slightly blurred face has been engraved in his mind, until now, overlapping with Du Huaizhi's face illuminated by the firelight.
Du Huaizhi: “…”
I seemed to have some impression of her. She often went to Shaoping to sell pancakes. That day was the Lantern Festival and there were many people there at night. She went there specifically to set up a stall at night and even added one cent to the price of the pancakes.
When she was closing her stall, she saw a fool who was almost choked to death in the crowd. He was dressed very luxuriously and was obviously a rich man. The most important thing was that he had a dazzling white jade hanging around his waist.
With the belief that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, she helped him, and then took his jade pendant when he was not paying attention, considering it as a reward for saving her life.
Later she exchanged the jade for a dozen pearls, but she lost them all while playing with them.
Du Huaizhi looked at him, her eyes narrowed slightly. After a while, she asked, "Do you want to take the jade back?"
Li Zixian was stunned, his eyes blank. "What jade?"
"Nothing." Du Huaizhi stopped talking and handed him a baked cake. Suddenly, he remembered that this guy was the prince and should not eat this kind of thing. When he was about to take it back, the cake had been snatched away.
Li Zixian took the cake, took a bite, and gasped at the heat, but still smiled brightly, "The cakes baked by the girl are really delicious."
Du Huaizhi didn't bother to pay attention to him. He ate his bread and thought about his next route. The valley below the cliff was complex and the black-clad man couldn't catch up for a while, but he couldn't let his guard down.
"Girl, you haven't told me your name yet." Li Zixian came over, his eyes full of anticipation.
Du Huaizhi glanced at him, "Du Huaizhi."
"Du Huaizhi..." Li Zixian repeated softly, "Are you Du Qiyue's daughter? The concubine's daughter you brought back from outside a few days ago?"
"Yeah." Du Huaizhi said calmly, not caring about anything else. But Li Zixian was thinking long-term.
Thinking back to what he said when he participated in the discussion about Du Huaizhi in the academy, he really wanted to slap himself. Who would have thought that Du Huaizhi was the savior he had been looking for.
Li Zixian awkwardly pinched half a piece of cake, not daring to look at her at all, his heart in turmoil.
Du Huaizhi was unaware of his inner thoughts and had been paying close attention to the movements around her. Her intuition told her that something was approaching.
Du Huaizhi suddenly raised his hand, signaling Li Zixian to be silent. Li Zixian immediately held his breath and looked around nervously.
The night wind rustled through the treetops, but otherwise, there was silence. Du Huaizhi's fingertips were already gripping the hilt of the knife, his eyes cold.
"Someone is coming." she whispered.
Li Zixian's heart tightened, and he subconsciously moved closer to her. "Is... is it an assassin?"
Du Huaizhi didn't answer, but slowly stood up, his eyes fixed on somewhere in the darkness.
The next second——
With a "swish", a head popped out from the bushes. It was a familiar face. When Du Huaizhi saw the person coming, his tense body slowly relaxed.
Xue Feiheng saw the two people standing by the fire and turned around and shouted behind him, "Hey! They're both here!"
Du Huaizhi watched as a large group of people rushed out from behind Xue Feiheng, led by Du Ruozhi and Xie Sui. Du Ruozhi stumbled over, her skirt lifted, her eyes red.
"Sister!" She suddenly threw herself into Du Huaizhi's arms, tears no longer under control, bursting out, "Sister, wuwuwu..."
Du Huaizhi gently hugged her back and patted her back.
"Your Highness! You are injured." Xue Feiheng's voice came from the side, "I am too late to help, I deserve to die."
Li Zixian then realized that he had cut his arm at some point, and the blood had dried. He waved his hand, "It's nothing serious, just a minor injury. Thanks to..."
Du Huaizhi looked over when he was halfway through his words. Those phoenix eyes made people shudder. Li Zixian twisted his tongue and said, "This palace."
Xue Feiheng: "Ah?"
Xie Sui expressed his doubts. Li Zixian's Qinggong was indeed good, and he was top-notch in terms of running away, but it was a bit far-fetched to say that he could repel dozens of assassins.
"Yes, thanks to me." Li Zixian looked at Xue Feiheng sternly without blushing or beating his heart. "What? Do you have a problem?"
Xue Feiheng's mouth twitched, and he bowed his head and clasped his fists: "I dare not. Your Highness is so brave, it is a great blessing."
Du Ruozhi raised her head from Du Huaizhi's arms, looked at Li Zixian with tearful eyes, then looked at her elder sister, her little face full of confusion.
Xie Sui coughed lightly and stepped forward, saying, "Your Highness, Miss Du, we can't stay here for long. Please return to the stables as soon as possible."
The prince was assassinated on his way back from the academy. The incident was strange. Du Huaizhi, who was involved in it, could not return to the Du Mansion for the time being and was taken to the horse racing field to meet the Regent Li Cunjiu.
Inside the horse farm tent, Li Cunjiu sat in the first seat, tapping the table with his fingertips. Du Qiyue knelt below, with cold sweat on his forehead.
"General Du," Li Cunjiu said slowly, "As expected of a tiger father, a tiger daughter will be born. Your daughter is truly an extraordinary person."
Du Qiyue's Adam's apple rolled, "Your Highness, please understand. My daughter has been living among the common people. For self-defense, she has learned some rudimentary martial arts, which are not presentable."
"Not worthy of being on the stage?" Li Cunjiu chuckled, an invisible pressure emanating from his body. "He was able to escape unscathed from the siege of thirty assassins and even protect the Crown Prince. If such skills are not worthy of being on the stage, then wouldn't all the soldiers under my command be useless?"
All the generals in the tent lowered their heads and dared not breathe.
At this time, the curtain was lifted, and Du Huaizhi followed Li Zixian in.
"Meet the Emperor's uncle."
"Your servant Du Huaizhi greets the Regent." Du Huaizhi bowed respectfully.
Li Cunjiu's eyes fell on Li Zixian, "The prince is frightened."
Li Zixian bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, uncle. I am fine."
The emotionless greetings between the uncle and nephew did not ease the atmosphere in the tent, but instead added a bit of weirdness.
Li Cunjiu turned his gaze to Du Huaizhi, "Are you Du Huaizhi, General Du's eldest daughter?"
When he looked over, Du Huaizhi felt a strong penetrating force, as if he could see through her whole body. Du Huaizhi lowered her head even more and replied, "Yes."
"Look up."
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