The young man with the ghost mask said that Zhao was an orphan and didn't know who his parents were.
But Zhao clearly stated that her parents had not been alive for many years.
It seems that someone deliberately erased Zhao's background.
Does this have anything to do with King Zhao?
"Mom, when will the time be right?"
Ying Xixi asked further.
Zhao smiled bitterly, "Mother doesn't know either, but one day you will know."
Having said that, Ying Xixi didn't feel comfortable asking any further questions.
She also wanted to see what kind of time Zhao meant by "ripe time".
As the New Year approaches, envoys from several neighboring countries have arrived in the capital one after another.
Ying Xixi heard that King Zhao of the Northern Wei Kingdom would bring envoys to the capital today, so she dressed up as a servant and ran to the street to watch.
There were a lot of people watching on both sides of the street, three layers inside and three layers outside.
Ying Xixi was in the outermost circle, standing on tiptoe and hopping to look at the street. However, due to her short height, she was so breathless that she couldn't even see whether the carriage that had just passed by was from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
"Can't you see? That's rude."
A familiar voice came from behind her. Ying Xixi was about to turn her head to see if it was the masked young man, but her waist suddenly tightened and she was suspended in the air.
Then her vision improved and she could clearly see the people across the street.
Ying Xixi: “???”
She looked down and found that she was actually sitting on the masked man's arm!
The masked man held her like a child!
Ying Xixi blushed a little out of shame.
She stammered, "Um, I, you, don't have to, don't do this, thank you."
The corners of the man's lips curled up under the mask. "You can't see it, right? Now you can see it."
“I can see it.”
"Well, a carriage is coming."
Before Ying Xixi could say anything else, she quickly looked towards the oncoming carriage.
There was the emblem of the Northern Wei Dynasty on the carriage, and the people sitting inside should be King Zhao and the envoys.
When the carriage was about to drive towards Ying Xixi, the curtain of the carriage was lifted by the person inside, revealing a face with stubble.
Could this be an envoy?
This thought flashed through Ying Xixi's mind.
Then he met the bearded man's eyes.
Ying Xixi clearly saw the flash of suspicion in the bearded man's eyes.
“???”
Does the bearded envoy know her?
That look doesn't look like someone he doesn't know.
The carriage passed by, and the last wave of envoys from the neighboring country also arrived. The crowd gradually dispersed, and the masked young man put Ying Xixi down.
"That man just now was King Zhao."
The masked young man's words made Ying Xixi's eyes widen.
"That bearded guy is King Zhao?"
Ying Xixi exclaimed softly.
The masked young man nodded, very sure.
"My goodness, this is totally different from what I imagined!"
Ying Xixi smacked her lips, "I thought the King of Zhao was a handsome young man, tall and thin, and polite.
This bearded man... the image of the King of Zhao is like... a tall, strong, muscular general with a loud voice."
Upon hearing this, the masked young man laughed softly.
"No wonder you're so shocked. The bearded man is indeed King Zhao. More than ten years ago, King Zhao didn't even have a beard. I wonder what he's been through over the years. He looks much older."
"More than ten years ago? Could it be that the last time King Zhao came to Fufeng was more than ten years ago?"
The masked young man nodded, "Yes."
At this time, Ying Xixi began to suspect that Prince Zhao might have nothing to do with the Zhao family.
If they really had a relationship, whether they were relatives, friends, or anything else, how could they not have seen each other for more than ten years?
Moreover, in the original plot, the King of Zhao never appeared at all.
In other words, King Zhao did not know that Zhao had been bedridden for many years and later died of illness.
Maybe she was just overthinking it.
"Miss Ying, regarding the matter I told you last time, I have found some more clues in the past few days."
The masked young man suddenly brought up this matter, which made Ying Xixi a little nervous.
"What clue?"
"More than ten years ago, sixteen years ago to be exact, Prince Zhao and Lingci met. They must have known each other."
The masked young man's words directly overturned what Ying Xixi had just thought.
Ying Xixi rubbed her temples. "Then how can we know what their relationship is? For example, my mother and King Zhao are related by blood."
“There’s no way to find out.”
"Okay, then we can only wait. By the way, sir, I don't know your name yet. Can you tell me your name?"
Ying Xixi looked up at the masked man who was a full head taller than her.
"My surname is Bai, and my given name is Wei."
"Mr. Bai, thank you for today. I'll take my leave now."
Ying Xixi bowed and left first.
Bai Wei stared at Ying Xixi's leaving figure until he could no longer see her, then he turned and left.
Looking at the Fifth Prince standing not far away with dark circles under his eyes looking at her, Ying Xixi felt that she was very unlucky today.
If I hadn't been unlucky, I wouldn't have met that unlucky Fifth Prince again.
Forget it, let’s take a detour.
Ying Xixi decisively turned around and wanted to leave.
But the next moment, the fifth prince's guards landed lightly in front of her, blocking her way.
"Miss Ying, His Highness invites you."
"I'm not going, get out of the way."
Ying Xixi's voice was cold.
"Miss Ying, if you don't go, I'll be sorry."
The guard said this and planned to use force.
Then just be tough, Ying Xixi is tougher than many people.
Ying Xixi reached out and grabbed the guard's wrist, then, in front of the guard's incredulous gaze, she threw him over her shoulder!
Guard: “!!!”
The fifth prince not far away: "???"
“!!!”
When did Xixi become so strong?!
He remembered that Xixi was not like this before!
Ying Xixi looked at the guard lying on the ground who had not yet come to his senses, and moved her wrist.
"Tell your Highness that I have already made him and Ying Zhu'er happy. They'd better not appear in front of me again!
Otherwise, the next time I throw someone over my shoulder, it won't be you guards, but the Fifth Prince!"
Ying Xixi said these two words and left in a leisurely manner.
Guard: “???”
"Xixi! Xixi, wait a minute! I have something to tell you!"
The Fifth Prince came to his senses and watched Ying Xixi walking away. He hurriedly took three or two steps forward to grab Ying Xixi, but his caring guard got up from the ground and stopped him.
"Your Highness, Miss Ying just said that you should stop looking for her, or you will be the next person to be thrown over her shoulder."
The guard finished speaking hurriedly, and when he saw the Fifth Prince pause, he completed what Ying Xixi had conveyed.
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