Chapter 17: Even if I die under the peony flowers, I will still be romantic
Su Yunyao didn't respond, but just looked at his frightened face.
"What happened to General Huo?"
"No." Huo Xiao finally came back to his senses, unable to hide his shock.
He wondered more than once whether he had heard it wrong, but each time he was quickly denied.
Did the princess mean what he thought she meant?
How could she be so bold as to say it?
Su Yunyao lifted the car curtain and found that Huo Xiao did not follow her. She turned around in surprise.
When he got on the bus, he acted like a chaste and virtuous woman who was unwilling to get on. But now that he was there, he refused to get off the bus.
Oh, man!
You successfully caught my attention!
"We're here, aren't you getting off?"
Huo Xiao suddenly came to his senses.
When we got off the carriage, it was already getting dark outside.
Years of fighting made him alert and he glanced around, and with just this one glance, he noticed the sign hanging high above his head.
Tangquan Palace?
Why is it Tangquan Palace? Shouldn’t it be the Princess’ Mansion?
Realize something.
Huo Xiao's eyes tightened, "Princess, why are you here?"
Su Yunyao:?
Why are you here?
She was almost laughing out of anger. "General Huo really has a good memory. He wouldn't forget what he said so quickly, would he?"
Huo Xiao looked worried, "Of course not."
"Then what are you dithering about?"
"I……"
Su Yunyao walked up to him, pinched his chin with both hands, and tilted his head down. "Are you playing hard to get for me?"
"Princess."
A hint of panic clearly flashed across Huo Xiao's eyes.
Su Yunyao increased the strength of her hands and forcibly pried his face down, "Look at me."
He stood straight as a wooden sculpture, followed the force of her fingertips, and lowered his eyes. "Princess, I have something to say."
Su Yunyao sneered, let go of her hand, and took a step back.
"Go get a stool and let General Huo sit down and talk slowly."
She fiddled with her armor.
"No rush."
Huo Xiao was startled and knelt on one knee: "Princess, can you please send your attendants away?"
Zhenzhu moved a stool over. At this time, Huo Xiao was already kneeling on the ground and couldn't sit down.
Su Yunyao sat on it very naturally.
She winked at Pearl.
In an instant, Zhenzhu and the group disappeared at the gate of Tangquan Palace.
But they did not go far, waiting in a place where they could see the eldest princess but the eldest princess could not see them.
Su Yunyao slumped down in her chair. "Alright, everyone's gone. Just say whatever you want to say."
"After my elder brother got into trouble, the princess helped him find a royal physician and asked the emperor to give him medicine. I am deeply grateful, but..."
Su Yunyao leaned forward, supporting her chin with one hand. "However, you cannot bathe with me in the Tangquan Palace today. I beg your forgiveness."
Huo Xiao's eyelashes trembled when his secret was touched.
"The spice that the princess found for my elder brother, the imperial physician said, is only enough for one month's use. But if my elder brother still hasn't woken up after a month..."
"Do you want me to help you find some spices from my brother?"
"No, the Emperor won't grant it again."
Huo Xiao slowly raised his eyes and met her gaze. A hint of gentleness appeared in his usually calm and indifferent eyes.
"Why?"
"Since Princess knows this medicine, she must be aware of its efficacy. Have you ever thought about why the imperial physician asked her to stay away when he was fumigating her brother?"
Su Yunyao suddenly realized that this spice was not some miracle medicine, but just musk.
The imperial physician asked her to stay away, and he must have known that musk would make women infertile.
That is to say, it’s not that Daxia doesn’t have musk, but this spice is only controlled by the emperor.
Ordinary people can’t get it.
So not only the imperial physician knew the efficacy of this spice, but the emperor also knew it.
He only gave the spice, which was considered rare, to Concubine Shu Guifei, and he gave it to Concubine Shu Guifei from the very beginning when she accompanied the emperor.
So from the very beginning, he wanted to use this spice to prevent Concubine Shu from getting pregnant.
Before today, this secret was known only to the emperor and the imperial physician, and no one else knew it.
Concubine Shu was the daughter of Prime Minister Feng Wenguan.
The emperor has long been suspicious of the prime minister?
Feng Wenguan was the head of all officials and had a certain amount of power in the court.
How could it be so easy to bring him down?
Now Huo Xiao also knows this secret.
Either he keeps this secret and helps the emperor get rid of Feng Wenguan, or he disappears with this secret forever...
But no matter which one.
There was no way the emperor would allow Huo Xiao to continue using musk to treat Huo Kang.
Su Yunyao's eyes dropped. "So, you're worried that if the royal brother finds out you know the secret of this spice, he'll kill you?"
"Princess, I believe the Emperor is a wise ruler." Huo Xiao said solemnly, "The Emperor must have other plans."
Su Yunyao suddenly laughed out loud, "Then what's the point of you kneeling outside Tangquan Palace today and saying these words to me? If my brother really wants to kill you for this, you might as well go in with me and spend the night together. Even if you die under the peony flowers, you'll still be a romantic ghost."
Huo Xiao was startled when he heard this, and his expression seemed to become even more solemn. "In the eyes of the princess, I, Huo Xiao, am an irresponsible person."
"Responsible?" Su Yunyao repeated his words, frowning in confusion.
"I know I am not worthy of the princess, but how can I desecrate her? I will definitely ask the emperor to marry her, although my family is..."
"stop!"
Su Yunyao raised her hand and gestured to stop.
She was afraid that if she didn't stop him at this moment, he would talk to her about his entire family.
"What are you babblein' about? I don't understand a word you say."
"It doesn't matter if the princess doesn't understand. I just want to ask the princess..." Huo Xiao raised his eyes and looked at her, "Does the princess like me?"
"I like it."
She liked him from the first moment she saw him. She liked his broad shoulders, narrow waist, eight-pack abs, and the strong look he gave.
This common name, I like it!
Huo Xiao's eyes trembled when he heard this, and the scene of Su Yunyao pinching the shopkeeper's face at the door of Jinjinglou flashed through his mind.
"What about the owner of Jinjinglou? Does the princess like him too?"
The owner of Jinjinglou?
Su Yunyao was puzzled. "You mean Xu Mubai? What does it have to do with him?"
Xu Mubai?
The eldest princess called his name instead of the shopkeeper's?
Doesn’t that matter?
Plus, the eldest princess treated him...
Huo Xiao looked very proud: "It doesn't matter."
Su Yunyao:?
no!
I put you in my pocket, but you kicked me into the ditch. You change your attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.
"So Xu Mubai is the princess's ex-boyfriend?"
Su Yunyao was stunned when she heard this and burst into laughter.
"Huo Xiao, are you crazy? Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Who told you that your ex-boyfriend used it like this? You don't know that Jinjinglou belongs to this princess, right? He is just a shopkeeper who helps this princess run the store."
Huo Xiao: ...
A look of profound emotion flashed across his eyes. "Princess, please go in..."
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