"My mother was worried that Aunt Lin would put something in her medicine, so she stopped taking it, and her condition became even worse."
When Ying Xixi said this, she could clearly see that King Zhao looked worried.
"I have heard that the Emperor of Fufeng does not allow his subjects to favor concubines over their wives. Since your mother has been dismissed from office, you don't have to worry about your concubines harming her, right?"
"We still have to be on guard. Aunt Lin's daughter is now the Fifth Prince's concubine, and my father values his concubine's younger sister more.
Fortunately, I got some magic medicine a while ago, and my mother is now much better after taking it."
Ying Xixi's change of tone put King Zhao at ease.
"That's good."
King Zhao said nothing more. He drank his wine with a dazed look on his face, as if he was immersed in his own memories.
After the palace banquet ended, Ying Xixi said goodbye to King Zhao and stood up to leave.
Ying Sili came to the palace again after a few months. He was so moved by the scene that he drank a few more glasses and got drunk.
Typical people who like to eat and drink.
Ying Xixi looked at Ying Sili speechlessly as he chattered like crazy while drunk, feeling really embarrassed.
They didn't bring any servants with them when they entered the palace this time. The coachman was waiting outside the palace. She couldn't get Ying Sili out of the palace by herself.
Ying Xixi was just planning to find a young eunuch to help get Ying Sili out of the palace when Prince Zhao's voice rang out from the side.
"Miss Ying, do you need help?"
Ying Xixi looked up at the tall and burly King Zhao and smiled.
"Your Majesty, could your guards please help me get my father out of the palace?
The carriage is outside the palace, and the driver is also outside. I did not bring any servants into the palace."
"sure."
King Zhao readily agreed and asked his guards to help Ying Sili up from the ground.
Ying Sili was drunk and cursing, and from time to time he would scold Ying Xixi, the unfilial daughter.
Along the way, King Zhao's brows were tightly furrowed.
When they arrived outside the palace, King Zhao's men put Ying Sili into the carriage.
Ying Xixi thanked King Zhao, "Thank you for your help, Your Highness. If there's a chance someday, I'll come visit you and express my gratitude."
King Zhao watched Ying Xixi get on the carriage and leave, and he stood there watching the carriage go away without moving.
The guard glanced at his master slyly, "Your Majesty, are you interested in this girl?"
King Zhao immediately rebuked her, "Nonsense! Miss Ying is old enough to be my daughter! If you dare to say such nonsense again, you will receive twenty lashes of the cane!"
"Your Highness, please forgive me! I dare not speak nonsense."
The guard apologized immediately, but he was still a little puzzled.
Isn't the prince's reaction a bit too much?
Could it be that the prince is really interested in this Miss Ying...
"Go investigate Miss Ying's situation and what has happened in the Ying Mansion over the past decade."
King Zhao gave orders in a low voice.
"yes."
What happened in Ying Mansion was no secret to everyone in the capital.
It only took the guard one day to investigate in detail everything that had happened in Ying Mansion over the past decade.
As King Zhao listened to the guard's report, a bold guess emerged in his mind, and at the same time, his anger towards Ying Sili became more and more intense.
"...Your Highness, the health of the Ying family's mistress is much better now than before, and the gossip and ill will towards Miss Ying in the capital has also decreased a lot.
"My subordinates have found out that Miss Ying seems to want to marry the Night King and has been going to the Night King's mansion every day disguised as a servant."
"The Night King?! Is he the one who killed three of his brides, is infertile, has crippled legs, has a violent temper, and kills innocent people indiscriminately?!"
King Zhao's frown could kill insects.
Guard: “…Yes.”
"Miss Ying actually wants to marry the Night King?! Is this really her wish? Is the Night King really not forcing her?!"
No matter how hard King Zhao thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.
"Yes, it was at the girl's own will."
"No! How can she marry someone like the Night King? I don't agree!"
King Zhao slammed the table and stood up, very angry.
Guard: “…”
Miss Ying has nothing to do with the prince, so what’s the point of the prince’s approval or disapproval?
Why is the prince so excited?
"Your Highness, please forgive me for being blunt, but unless Miss Ying is willing to listen to you, your agreement or not seems to be of no use."
Now it was King Zhao's turn to remain silent.
He sighed and sat down. "You're right. I have no right or standing to talk to Miss Ying about this."
Seeing his master's lonely look, the guard racked his brains to say something to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only stand by and watch King Zhao in distress.
Ying Xixi didn't know that King Zhao had sent people to investigate what had happened in the Ying Mansion over the past ten years.
She was also thinking about meeting King Zhao.
There is no doubt that King Zhao knew her adoptive mother.
Her adoptive mother was unwilling to tell her about her relationship with King Zhao.
Then she could only ask King Zhao.
At the palace banquet that day, she chatted with King Zhao for a few words and felt that King Zhao was a pretty good person.
Although he looks fierce, he should have a good personality.
She just wanted to know whether King Zhao was a relative of her stepmother or not, and she didn't want to do anything else. King Zhao should be willing to tell her... right?
Ying Xixi plans to give it a try.
The envoys all lived in inns in the capital.
Originally, King Zhao should have lived in the inn, but it is said that King Zhao was not used to staying in the inn for too long, so he rented a mansion with his own money.
Ying Xixi went to the mansion where King Zhao was temporarily staying. After she introduced herself, the servant took her in.
As luck would have it, the Fifth Prince just happened to see Ying Xixi go in.
"Whose mansion is this?"
Guard: "Your Highness, this mansion was originally empty, but it was recently rented by the Prince of Zhao from the Northern Wei Kingdom."
"King Zhao of the Northern Wei Kingdom?"
The fifth prince recalled that day at the palace banquet, Ying Xixi talked to Prince Zhao from time to time, and the two seemed to be having a very pleasant conversation.
He wanted to go over and talk to Ying Xixi several times, but he never found the opportunity.
Could it be that Ying Xixi and King Zhao...
The fifth prince couldn't help but think too much.
He returned to the mansion depressed and angry. After hesitating for a long time, he called the secret guards to investigate the relationship between Ying Xixi and King Zhao.
After the secret guard received the order and left, Ying Zhuer walked out from the corner outside the house with a thoughtful expression on her face.
She knocked on the door and went in without waiting for the Fifth Prince to respond.
The fifth prince was now annoyed when he saw Ying Zhuer, and immediately put on an impatient expression.
"What are you doing here?!"
"Your Highness, are you worried about something? You can talk to me."
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