There was a hint of blame in Huo Cenji's eyes, but his hand was lightly placed on Tang Yu's abdomen, and he began to rub it tirelessly.
Seventeen, the assassin guarding in the dark: "..."
Your Highness should have forgotten that he is still here, right?
But it’s best to forget it.
He thought that the prince probably didn't want to remember that there was someone here.
After a moment of silence, Seventeen tried hard to hide himself in the darkness again.
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"Master Zhao, please come out."
The jailer's lazy voice broke the dead silence in the prison. Although the man called him "Master Zhao", there was no respect in his words, but rather a hint of ridicule.
Zhao Yuanqi glanced at the jailer, but he held back and didn't say anything in reply. Instead, he stood up silently and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Is it His Majesty who wants to see me?"
"You'll know when you get there."
The jailer had only received an order from his superiors, telling him to take the man out. As for where the man was going to go or who he was going to see, it naturally had nothing to do with him.
He wouldn't bother with that.
It's just that seeing the once glorious Tanhua Lang end up in jail, one can't help but feel a little ridiculed and mocked.
It's human nature.
Zhao Yuanqi did not ask any more questions after hearing this, but followed the jailer like a zombie through the dark prison. It was not until he stepped out of the prison gate and saw the sunlight outside that Zhao Yuanqi raised his head and looked at the palace wall in the distance as if he were in another world.
"Hey, hey, hey, is this the man?" The young attendant was not very happy after receiving this task, but he was also unwilling to let His Majesty share a room with such a smelly person who had not taken a bath for several days, so he had to hold his nose and accept the task.
At this time, he finally saw the person behind the jailer, and the young officer frowned and asked impatiently.
"Yes, that's right..." The jailer was interrupted just as he began to speak.
"Okay, okay, I'm in a hurry to take him for a good bath, so I won't stay any longer." After receiving the affirmative answer, the young attendant naturally had no patience to listen any further, so he responded with a few words and hurried away with Zhao Yuanqi.
At this moment, Zhao Yuanqi did not feel dissatisfied because someone disliked the smell on his body. Instead, he lowered his head and sniffed himself, with a bit of confusion in his eyes:
“Does it really stink?”
Finally, the answer he got was -
"Yes, indeed."
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Tang Yu lay down for two days before Huo Cenji's men came.
The person who delivered the message had no expression on his face. He said in a serious tone that Zhao Yuanqi had been taken to the side hall and asked him to move there.
Tang Yu nodded cooperatively, without showing any excessive emotional fluctuations about this meeting.
But he didn't know what suddenly came to his mind, and asked casually:
"What has the Regent been busy with lately?"
He had never seen Huo Cenji again since that day when Huo Cenji left.
Could it be that he was too stimulated?
Tang Yu was confused, but he felt that it was not the case.
While he was sleeping that day, he always felt someone rubbing his lower abdomen. Although he was too sleepy to open his eyes, judging from the strength in the person's hands, it was not difficult to think that it was Huo Cenji.
But later Tang Yu thought that it might just be an illusion in a dream.
Huo Cenji's face was clearly not in a good mood when he left, so how could he do such a trivial thing secretly?
He must be dreaming.
"I don't know what the prince is busy with." The man spoke in a serious tone without any emotion, as if he was really just a tool to pass on the message.
Tang Yu smiled slowly and didn't care. When he was about to leave, he found that the young attendant who had been following him closely recently suddenly disappeared.
How come it disappeared all of a sudden?
I clearly saw it was still here just now.
As soon as Tang Yu called out the young attendant's name, the young attendant's hurried figure appeared in front of him.
I saw the young attendant breathing heavily, with sweat on his forehead. It seemed that he had run all the way back.
Originally, this matter was not urgent, so Tang Yu waited until the young official calmed down before asking:
"Why are you running so fast?"
"I'm worried about you, Your Majesty..." The little attendant spoke earnestly, but in reality he was secretly complaining through gritted teeth:
"It would have been fine if he just washed, but that person actually had five buckets of water changed and stayed in there for a full hour and a half before he came out!"
He didn't want that person to smoke His Majesty, but...
I didn’t let that person take a bath five times!
Otherwise, why would he rush back in such a hurry?
It makes me depressed just thinking about that!
"I'm fine, don't worry. Come on, follow me to the side hall." Tang Yu smiled and took the lead.
The young attendant hurriedly followed.
The emperor's palace is magnificent even if it is just a side hall. However, due to the difference between the main and secondary halls, it is simpler than Tang Yu's main hall. Walking further in, you can smell a faint scent of sandalwood, and it exudes tranquility inside and out.
When he reached the palace gate, Tang Yu stopped, ordered the young attendant to guard outside, and stepped into the palace.
After showering and getting dressed, Zhao Yuanqi found it hard to believe that he had just been in the dark and damp prison. He stood up and bowed to Tang Yu, a gesture of respect between a ruler and his subject. Then, he said with a self-deprecating expression, as if resigned to his fate:
"As Your Majesty said, I will never be able to defeat Huo Cenji."
"Now that I've fallen into this situation, I have nothing to say."
Tang Yu felt a little complicated. If he had to put it more clearly, it was probably just watching Zhao Yuanqi walk towards his predetermined end.
"Then why do you want to see me?"
Tang Yu stopped the thoughts that were spreading in his mind and asked slowly.
Because it seemed unnecessary for Zhao Yuanqi to meet him.
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