Yuan Yao practically sprinted towards that red figure.
I almost fell halfway through.
She ran over happily: "Daddy!"
As she got closer, she realized that besides the red figure, there were other figures in the mist.
And there were quite a lot of people...
However, apart from my father, everyone else is just a passing cloud.
Yuan Yao threw herself into the arms of the Ninth Prince: "Father! Yao'er has finally seen Father!"
As soon as her feet left the ground, she was lifted up.
The nine-thousand-year-old's peerless face appeared especially gentle in the mist.
However, his voice was cold: "Yuan Yao, have you ignored everything I said?"
I don't know how long he stood there, but his body was covered in morning dew and felt a little damp and cool.
Yuan Yao couldn't help but cling to his clothes, shrinking back slightly.
The next second, his wide sleeves enveloped her, and a continuous stream of warmth seeped into her body from his palms, coursing through her limbs and dispelling the chill.
Yuan Yao looked up, her eyes red-rimmed: "Father, it's not that Yao'er doesn't want to be obedient, but... Yao'er misses Father so much..."
Through the hazy mist, she saw that the Ninth Prince's beautiful eyes were bloodshot.
How many nights has he stayed up?
She paused for a moment.
At this moment, the Ninth Prince reached out a hand and pinched her chubby cheek: "My precious little dumpling, you've lost weight..."
His voice was slightly hoarse.
You've lost weight?
Yuan Yao freed a small hand to touch the Nine Thousand Years Old's sharply defined profile: "Yao'er's father has also lost weight..."
As she spoke, her voice choked with emotion.
"Don't cry, sweetie."
His large hand wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
The Ninth Prince held his little bundle of joy as if it were a precious treasure, gently coaxing, "Daddy's here..."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
She really misses her father!
Seeing this, the Ninth Prince felt sorry for her and chuckled, "You won the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion in the capital and subdued bandits on the road, so why do you become a little crybaby when you come to me?"
Yuan Yao sobbed and looked up: "Father knows everything?"
The Ninth Prince raised the corners of his lips.
Yuan Yao stopped crying, her little voice unusually earnest: "Daddy...that day, in the Haoran Hall, Yao'er heard the adults say that Huaishui City needs food and medicine..."
Yao'er came to Huaishui City not to cause trouble for her father..."
As she spoke, she hiccuped.
The Ninth Prince felt a pang of heartache: "My dear, don't cry. I didn't blame you."
"Um……"
Yuan Yao hiccuped and buried her head in the arms of the Ninth Prince.
At this moment, Danqing arrived with his men.
Upon seeing the Ninth Prince, she knelt on the ground and said, "This servant greets Your Highness and begs Your Highness to punish me."
The Ninth Prince held the little dumpling in his arms tightly and said coldly, "Considering that Xiao Yao'er was not injured, I will not pursue the matter."
"This servant thanks Your Majesty." Danqing got up from the ground.
The troops behind them followed suit.
With over a hundred people and more than twenty carriages, the procession was exceptionally large...
At this moment, a young man dressed in a dark blue brocade robe stepped forward at the city gate: "Your Majesty, is this the young princess?"
Upon hearing the sound, Yuan Yao looked up from the Ninth Prince's embrace.
At this time, the sky was gradually brightening.
Opposite them stood a man with a refined and handsome appearance.
This person was probably under thirty years old, with slightly tanned skin, delicate features, low brow bones, deep eyes, a high nose bridge, and lips that, while not thin, revealed shallow dimples when he smiled.
Staring at someone is impolite.
Yuan Yao glanced at her twice before asking curiously, "Who are you?"
As soon as she uttered her childish voice, the other party smiled, cupped his hands, and respectfully said, "Li Tingfeng, the prefect of Huai River, greets the princess."
Li Tingfeng?
This name sounds like it belongs to a charlatan!
Yuan Yao said in a childish voice, "My lord, there's no need for such formalities. Please rise."
Li Tingfeng smiled gently and praised, "Your Majesty is very fortunate. The princess is very cute."
That's right!
Yuan Yao was slightly smug.
Besides the Ninth Prince, who else is worthy of having such a smart and lovely daughter?
The old man with his long, slender fingers pinched the slightly loose bun on her head and said to Li Tingfeng, "Return to the city."
The sky was getting brighter and brighter.
On the way into the city, Yuan Yao discovered that even the city walls of Huai River City were covered with a layer of mud.
Initial estimates suggest that the floodwaters reached a depth of at least three meters when they hit the city…
No wonder so many people died back then!
Ancient buildings were generally built low.
Once the water floods, everything is soaked away.
On the way into the city, Yuan Yao leaned against the Ninth Prince's arms and asked worriedly, "Father, will the flood come again?"
The Ninth Prince leaned lazily against the carriage and said in a low voice, "Perhaps."
Yuan Yao pursed her lips.
Too.
Modern weather forecasts are still inaccurate!
Not to mention ancient times!
She snuggled closer to the Ninth Prince's embrace.
Feeling the little dumpling wriggling, the Ninth Prince opened his eyelids, a smirk playing on his lips, and asked, "What, scared?"
"I am a little scared," Yuan Yao answered truthfully.
That was a flood, an indiscriminate attack, how could we not be afraid?
At this moment, the Ninth Prince chuckled softly: "Afraid? You still came all this way to find me?"
Yuan Yao raised her small hand and wrapped it around the Ninth Prince's neck, saying earnestly, "Because, home is where Father is."
With Daddy here, Yao'er isn't so scared anymore.
Is home where Dad is?
Isn't he the same way?
The Ninth Prince's eyes darkened slightly: "You little dumpling, I really can't do anything with you."
The carriage arrived at a mansion in the city.
A sign that read "Li Residence" was hung on the gate.
As soon as the car came to a stop, the curtain was lifted.
Li Tingfeng said from outside the carriage, "Your Majesty, Princess, we have arrived."
The Ninth Prince was the first to alight from the carriage and turned to embrace Yuan Yao.
A considerable number of people were already waiting outside the Li residence.
A young woman of ordinary appearance and gentle demeanor, accompanied by her two children who were around ten years old, stood at the door: "This humble servant greets Your Majesty and the Princess."
"Hmm," the Ninth Prince said calmly.
He seemed to be quite familiar with these people.
Yuan Yao opened her eyes wide with curiosity.
At this moment, Li Tingfeng said to Yuan Yao, "The Huai River is raging with floods, and most of the places that can be lived in have been used to shelter people."
This mansion is my private residence.
"Princess, you have been forced to stay in my humble abode during your time by the Huai River."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao spoke in her childish voice, "With Daddy here, Yao'er won't feel wronged no matter where she lives."
Li Tingfeng smiled and introduced, "Princess, this is my wife, and my children."
After he finished speaking, Madam Li came over with her children and they all bowed and said, "Greetings, Princess Yuan Yao..."
After exchanging greetings, the Li siblings both looked at Yuan Yao with curiosity.
As he lifted it, he showed no sign of fear.
They were two very well-behaved children, though.
Yuan Yao smiled sweetly and softly: "No need for formalities."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Miss Li said in a clear voice, "Princess, we've heard of you before, back in the Huai River area!"
His tone was incredibly enthusiastic.
Yuan Yao was somewhat surprised: "You actually knew me?"
“Yes, yes!” Miss Li said happily, “I have a girlfriend in the capital. She wrote to me and told me a lot about the princess.”
I've heard both the funny and embarrassing stories!
Yuan Yao: "???"
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