"Jiang Xu?" Xue Zhiyi was a little surprised.
This man died early in his previous life, and was saved by her by chance in this life, but because of this, she knew very little about him.
"You seem to be very familiar with him?" Huo Wuyou asked suddenly.
Xue Zhiyi was dazed: "Not familiar."
Huo Wuyou let out a long sigh, "If you're not familiar with him, why did you choose to exchange his policy papers at the Spring Festival? And what did you whisper to him at the Qionglin Banquet?"
Although he was smiling, his smile was sinister.
Xue Zhiyi would never tell him about his rebirth. He only said, "I just thought that maybe one day, he would be the key to our breakthrough into King Cheng's camp."
"No..." Huo Wuyou was puzzled: "You are not familiar with him anymore, how can you still trust him so much?"
Annoyed by the questions, Xue Zhiyi didn't want to explain. He just stood up and said, "I have something else to do. I'll leave first. Marquis Lin'an, please do as you please."
She turned to leave, and Huo Wuyou stood up and followed her, his tone aggrieved but pleading: "You are so heartless. At least explain to me what the relationship between you two is."
Xue Zhiyi felt even more annoyed. Huo Wuyou was good in every way except when it came to love between men and women. His brain seemed to be filled with water, as if this was the only important thing in the world.
Just as he was about to open the door, Huo Wuyou blocked the door with his hand and looked at Xue Zhiyi with a pitiful expression.
Xue Zhiyi wanted to provoke him, but he said with a forced smile, "Before there is any relationship between you and me, it seems that my relationship with others is not something you should ask, my Lord."
Huo Wuyou was stunned and was really choked by these words. He suddenly smiled, and the pitiful look on his face disappeared. He moved closer to Xue Zhiyi.
He placed his hand on the door, trapping Xue Zhiyi between him and the door panel. "I vaguely remember that there was something I didn't finish last time. It's just right. Now is the time to have some relationship between you and me."
As he spoke, his bony fingers slowly lifted Xue Zhiyi's chin...
At this moment, Xue Zhiyi suddenly opened the door bolt. Huo Wuyou's hand was leaning against the door. Before his lips could get close to her, he fell forward unexpectedly.
Huo Wuyou fell from inside the house to outside and landed hard on the ground, still dazed.
Looking at his miserable appearance lying on the ground, Xue Zhiyi's anger finally subsided.
Huo Wuyou raised his finger and pointed at her: "Evil woman..."
…
Half a month later, the carriage of the Beidi prince drove into the Sifang Pavilion, and Helian You would soon enter the palace to meet the emperor.
After hearing that Helian You was going to enter the palace, Huo Zhiyu had been unable to sleep for several days. She dreamed every night of the scene when her mother hanged herself after hearing the news of her father and brother's sacrifice for the country, and then she woke up crying.
Whenever Xue Zhiyi went to see her, she would cry as if her heart was broken, and she would mutter in a half-awake state, "I don't want to go to Beidi, I don't want to go..."
When Helian You really came to the palace for an audience, Huo Zhiyu once again returned to Jianzhang Palace crying.
Her eyes were swollen, her face was full of anger as if she wanted to eat him alive, her hands were clenched tightly, and her lips were trembling with anger.
Xue Zhiyi sat down beside her and gently stroked her shoulder: "What's wrong, Princess?"
Huo Zhiyu was already so angry that she couldn't speak. The maidservant who attended to her explained, "The princess met the Northern Di prince today."
In Huo Zhiyu's view, Helian You was one of the murderers who killed her father and brother. She wanted to kill him for revenge just by hearing his name, let alone the fact that the enemy was right in front of her.
The palace maid continued, "Not only that, he also insulted the princess with frivolous words, saying that the princess was bold and straightforward, lively and cute, not like a Dayong woman, but more like a girl from the Northern Di. She is indeed..."
The palace maid gnashed her teeth in anger: "As expected of General Huo's daughter, she is very similar to Master Huo, equally stubborn and fierce."
After hearing this, Xue Zhiyi hurriedly looked at Huo Zhiyu. It was no wonder that the princess was so angry. Helian You was not only teasing her with words, but also mentioning Huo Yan and Huo Wuzhi was a provocation and humiliation.
After all, Huo Zhiyu is only fourteen years old now, still a half-grown girl. How could she restrain herself when encountering such a thing?
She was so angry that she might hurt herself. Xue Zhiyi tried to calm her down and soothed her clenched fist, but he suddenly found that there was a red mark on Huo Zhiyu's wrist.
Xue Zhiyi's expression suddenly darkened: "Did he run into the princess?"
She looked at the palace maid, her eyes a little more cold.
At this point, the maid became even more furious: "The princess was so angry that she wanted to fight him, but he grabbed her wrist and said a lot of vulgar things in public."
"Where is Helian Youren?"
The palace maid said, "...He has already left the palace. I guess he went back to Sifang Pavilion."
He flirted with the women of the royal family with his words and actions, yet he actually let the man go.
Xue Zhiyi's back teeth felt a little sore. She put her arm around Huo Zhiyu's shoulders and said, "Don't worry, Princess. The Marquis of Lin'an will definitely help you get relief."
Hearing this, Huo Zhiyu finally regained some of her composure. She looked at Xue Zhiyi with her swollen peach-like eyes, "Second brother?"
Xue Zhiyi nodded and said without a doubt: "You are his sister. He will spare no effort to protect you. The princess will never be sent to the Northern Di as a marriage partner. Not only that, no one else will."
Looking at the determination in Xue Zhiyi's eyes at this moment, for some reason, Huo Zhiyu felt that there was a reassuring aura about her, as if the promise she made would definitely be fulfilled.
Huo Zhiyu's eyes finally softened a bit: "Sister Zhiyi..."
She buried her face in Xue Zhiyi's shoulder with tears in her eyes, and cried with her shoulders trembling.
…
Huo Zhiyu was coaxed into submission, but she didn't expect that in the afternoon, the emperor and Concubine Ge would suddenly come to Jianzhang Palace, saying that they were visiting the empress dowager. But since the emperor was already there, Huo Zhiyu naturally couldn't hide in Yuhua Pavilion and avoid them.
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