"Who is unworthy of being the daughter of the Hua family?"
A cold and hoarse female voice came from behind the crowd. Everyone turned around and saw a fat woman standing in the crowd. Her clothes were stained with dust, but her face was stern.
"Hua Yuanshan! You have ruined my elder sister's reputation. Aren't you also bringing shame to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"Why are you here..." Hua Yuanshan screamed, unable to believe her eyes.
"Today is the day for national peace, and we must avoid arrogance and extravagance. Your Majesty is devoutly worshiping Buddha, but you are stirring up trouble like this. You are going against the royal family!" Hua Yuanzhao asked loudly.
When the hat was put on, Hua Yuanshan immediately trembled like a sieve and subconsciously looked at Prime Minister Hua, whose face was as gloomy as water.
"This... the young lady is here, what is in that room..."
Someone whispered in disbelief and looked back into the house.
The woman in the room had been tortured to the point of being on the verge of death, and was surrounded by people, so shame and anger that she almost fainted.
Han Yunlan heard Hua Yuanzhao's voice in a daze. She suddenly looked up and crawled forward regardless of her torn clothes.
"It's that bitch Hua Yuanzhao! She's the one who's hurting me!"
Han Yunlan screamed hysterically, stretching out her bruised arms and hugging Prime Minister Hua's calves tightly.
"Uncle! You have to make the decision for me, uncle! Hua Yuanzhao is going to destroy me!"
With such a commotion, the Prime Minister's Mansion has already lost face. Fortunately, those who came today are all close to the Hua family. If this matter is made a big deal, I am afraid they will be blamed by the royal family.
Prime Minister Hua no longer cared about what happened to this girl from a side branch. He waved his hand and knocked Han Yunlan to the ground. He pointed at the leper who was kneeling on the ground and ordered his men to drag him out and beat him to death.
"Lock up Miss Cousin! Return to the palace for retrial tomorrow!" Prime Minister Hua gave a stern order, then turned to look at the Third Prince, who looked unhappy, and whispered, "Your Highness, please forgive me for making a fool of myself."
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While people were still socializing and arguing, Hua Yuanzhao, who was completely exhausted, had already run and half rolled down the mountain, dragging his fat body, and threw himself into the river.
The river water in early spring was icy cold, but at least it suppressed the heat in my body.
Hua Yuanzhao took his own pulse and was shocked to find that his body, which was already riddled with wounds, was almost at the end of its strength after this ordeal.
Hua Yuanzhao closed his eyes and let the flowing pool water take away his body temperature. By the time the effect of the medicine wore off, it was already dusk.
Suddenly, a strong smell of blood filled the air. Hua Yuanzhao opened her eyes abruptly and wanted to investigate, but before she could move, her eyes suddenly darkened.
The calloused hand covered her eyes precisely.
A hot body pressed against her from behind, and warm breath fell into her ears.
"Don't move! Or I'll kill you!"
The man's voice was low and a little hoarse, and his other hand had already climbed up her neck.
"I won't move." Hua Yuanzhao stood frozen in place, his heart beating like a drum.
Could it be that she was so lucky today that she came within half a day after being drugged and threatened? What kind of time-travel gift package is this?
She carefully grasped the silver hairpin she had just pulled out, and vaguely heard noisy footsteps coming from the shore.
"I just saw him coming this way! How come he's gone now?"
"He's injured and can't run far!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and look for him! If we lose the assassin who tried to kill the emperor, you are the only ones to blame!"
Assassin? Injured? Hua Yuanzhao's heart was slightly moved. Could it be the person behind her?
The noisy footsteps were getting closer and closer. If those people took a few more steps forward, they would be able to find them.
She tilted her head in the direction of the sound and was about to open her mouth when she was pulled into the water by a force.
Sealing her lips with a kiss, the man's passionate kiss blocked all her sounds in her throat, and his arms bound her waist like an iron chain.
Hua Yuanzhao's heart suddenly shrank, and he raised his hand anxiously to hit him.
——Her first kiss!
The man eagerly snatched the air from her mouth. Hua Yuanzhao felt that the effect of the medicine that had just subsided in his body was beginning to rise again. The strength that he had finally mustered dissipated under this kiss.
The light of torches was reflected in the rippling water, and a full moon hung quietly in the sky.
The guards on the river bank who were tracking down the assassin came and went in a hurry, and Hua Yuanzhao in the river became increasingly confused.
It was not until the noise faded away that Hua Yuanzhao was carried back to the surface by the man.
She breathed in the cold air eagerly, and before she could fully regain consciousness, she was pressed against the hard and cold stone wall.