Deep in the dark and narrow alley, there was a small sound.
"...The master is indeed normal."
It was Li Yao's voice.
"Li Yao, you can remember it clearly." A man dressed as a servant sneered, "Who is your master and who you should be loyal to."
Li Yao bit his lip and nodded, fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, his face pale and his brows knitted together, as if he was suffering from some great pain.
The young servant spat lowly, took out a blue and white porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and threw it to her: "Your Highness does not raise useless people, if there is no more practical news, the next antidote will be there is none left."
After he finished speaking, the servant raised his leg and left.
With trembling hands, Li Yao drank the antidote from the porcelain bottle. After a long while, the pale cheeks returned to normal.
In the alley in the middle of the winter night, it was as cold as an ice cellar, and Li Yao slowly fell to the wall as if he had no strength. Tears filled her sour eyes, and she closed her eyes.
There is a strong and bitter taste in the mouth, how can this medicine be bitter in the heart
Early the next morning, two maids stood in the front hall of the Prince's Mansion. The two did not know each other, so neither spoke.
Le Zhi walked into the hall wearing a snow-white fox fur, and slowly sat down in the armchair.
Seeing this, Jing Xin and Lin Yue hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said in unison, "See the Crown Princess."
"No gift." Le Zhi smiled lightly and said softly: "I brought you here because I want you two to serve as errands by my side in the future. Would you like to?"
After a pause, Le Zhi added: "If you prefer the original errand, just tell me, I won't force you."
Hearing this, Lin Yue was overjoyed—there is such a good thing!
She hurriedly agreed: "Yes, this servant is too willing!"
Jing Xin is not as happy as Lin Yue, but she is also very happy in her heart. She couldn't hide the smile in her eyes, and she nodded immediately.
So, it's settled.
After Jingxin and Linyue went down, Lezhi saw Li Yao standing outside the door, and she hesitated to enter the hall. She opened her mouth and called someone in.
When she got closer to Yao, Le Zhi was surprised to find that her face was bloodless and her morbid condition was revealed.
"But you're sick? It's cold outside. If you're not feeling well, go home and rest."
Li Yao pursed his lips and shook his head, but his eyes gradually turned red.
Le Zhi sighed.
It's not that she didn't know that Li Yao was cautious and thoughtful in everything. If she wasn't someone sent by Huo Xu, she would definitely use it well. It is precisely because of this that she transferred Jingxin and Linyue.
Although these two are not as meticulous as Li Yao, they are relatively simple.
The most important thing in employing people is loyalty.
Li Yao... She really didn't dare to use it.
Looking at Le Zhi's knitted brows and the talented two maidservants, Li Yao can probably guess the master's mind—
Does the master no longer trust her
No, it should be said that the master has never completely trusted her.
For more than a month, she has been taking care of her master. Although the master appeared to be resigning on the surface, Li Yao knew that the master was not really resigning. She didn't know what the master was going to do, but she could see the stubbornness and refusal to admit defeat from the master's bones...
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao made up his mind: She, she doesn't want to be at the mercy of others anymore.
She knelt down solemnly facing Lezhi, her pale face showed a firm look, she said frankly: "The slave knows that the master can't trust the slave, but the slave has sincerely identified you, the master is willing to believe the slave once?"
After speaking, the hall became quiet, and the needles could be heard falling.
Le Zhi looked at Li Yao's face carefully. After a while, she said, "Get up, sit down and talk."
With tears in his eyes, Li Yao stood up but did not sit down, but choked out everything.
Her story is very simple, nothing more ordinary in this troubled world.
She was an orphan, and she didn't know who her parents were since she was a child. Fortunately, a kind mother-in-law adopted her. But the good times didn't last long. When she was about ten years old, her mother-in-law died of illness, and she lost her support again. While roaming the street, he was carried into a carriage...
When she woke up, she was in a big closed room. There were many children of her age there, and everyone looked at everything around them with ignorant eyes.
Later, a mysterious man entered the house, he covered his face and began to teach them - reading and literacy, identifying people's hearts, making drugs and medicine, using hidden weapons...
Some people cry and refuse to learn, and some people learn slowly and often make mistakes. Such children will be taken out of the house and never come back.
There are fewer and fewer children in the house. Li Yao has a keen mind and knows that it will never be good for him to be taken away. She had to study harder and pray that she would not be taken away.
After a few years, only five people remained in the house. And they began to officially accept the task...
Most of these tasks are infiltrating the palaces of courtiers and officials to steal information, or following instructions to use poison to kill people on the list. Li Yao Shan knows people's hearts but is not good at making drugs, so her tasks are all about stealing information, so her hands have not been stained with blood.
It wasn't until a month ago that she was sent to Huo Xu's side for his dispatch.
Li Yao knew that the mysterious person who kidnapped their secret cultivation must have a strong relationship with Huo Xu.
It's not that she didn't think about running away, but they used poison to control her. And every time the antidote is mixed with new poison, it goes round and round, making it difficult for her to escape.
However, she was really tired and exhausted.
Li Yao hated the days of being manipulated, and she wanted to give it a shot. Rather than being controlled by Huo Xu, she wanted to choose Lezhi and choose another way out.
No matter how dangerous the road ahead is, even if she cannot escape death in the end, she still wants to die with dignity as a person.
After the peace was revealed, Li Yao was already in tears. But crying and crying, she was a little happy, at least now she can cry as much as she wants.
After listening to all this, Le Zhi's eyes were sour, but his chest was heaving, as if he had used a lot of strength to suppress the huge anger—
brute! Even the children are not spared, it is not as good as a beast!
Li Yao has suffered these hardships since childhood...
The hall door opened wide, and the cold wind from outside poured in, causing Li Yao's body to tremble involuntarily.
Le Zhi got up and took off his fox fur and put it on Li Yao. Li Yao was startled and hurriedly declined: "No way! Master will catch a cold!"
Le Zhi held her hand and fastened the tie of the fox fur before saying: "Li Yao, trust this thing, it is as strong as iron and as fragile as paper. There is no doubt about employing people. From today onwards, I will trust you with all my heart. As long as you are sincere, I will never treat you badly."
Li Yao's tears fell straight down, "Slave will never betray your master's trust!"
After saying that, she bowed and knelt down again, and Le Zhi quickly took her hand and asked, "When is the next poisonous outbreak?"
"Around tomorrow night..."
"Okay, I see." Le Zhi patted her on the shoulder, "I'll find a solution for the poison on your body."
Speaking of detoxification, Le Zhi immediately thought of Huo Du.
The poison that night was extremely dangerous, but it could still be easily solved by Huo Du. If he is willing to help, it will definitely not be difficult to get rid of the poison on Li Yao's body.
It's just that it should be more difficult for him to make a move...
But no matter how difficult it was, she had to try.
She followed her heart, and before she knew it, she had walked to the backyard.
The warm sun shone down, dispelling the cold in the winter.
Le Zhi saw Huo Du sitting in a wheelchair leisurely teasing Huo Xiaoli, she raised her legs and walked towards him.
When she approached, Huo Xiaoxiao raised his head and shouted excitedly, stretched out his front paws and waved at Lezhi. Seeing this, Huo Du lowered his face and pulled its ears, then raised his eyes and gave Lezhi a cool look.
Le Zhi bent his lips and picked up Huo Xiaoli.
Then, he calmly sat on Huo Du's lap. Unlike the last time she was in the attic, this time she leaned her entire body towards him.
— She could feel herself being surrounded by the scent of mint.
The moment she sat down, Huo Du's lacquer eyes flashed with surprise, but he soon returned to normal.
Ah.
I was scared to death last time, but now I sit on his lap at ease.
Huo Du stretched his arms around Lezhi's slender waist and asked in a low voice, "Have you learned it?"
"Um?"
Le Zhi was puzzled, what did he learn
The hand wrapped around his waist exerted a little force, and Le Zhi couldn't help but get closer to him. Huo Du leaned closer to her ear and chuckled: "A round house. I don't know that the Crown Princess has such a hobby, she likes to be in the yard..."
After a moment's pause, he "tsk" again, "Although it's indecent, it's not bad."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and gestured to untie the belt of Lezhi's skirt.
Le Zhi was shocked by what he said, and even forgot to stop him for a while. As soon as the hand holding Huo Xiaocai was released, the little lame cat fell to the ground in an instant, and after a few dissatisfied meows, it raised its head and left.
Le Zhi regained his senses, her cheeks reddened. She stood beside her and said, "I'll go and bring Huo Xiaoli back!"
But before he could fully stand up, Huo Du was pulled back into his arms. Huo Du tangled Le Zhi's belt on his fingers to play with, and said sternly, "See no evil. Could it be that you want it to see our consummation?"
If possible, Lezhi really wants to sew up his mouth!
But she dared not.
She held Huo Du's hand lightly, then leaned in to him and gently kissed the corner of his lips, coquettishly: "Don't make trouble, Your Highness."
"There is nothing to be courteous." Huo Du loosened the tangled belt and pinched Lezhi's face, "Ask me for something?"
Le Zhi's heart sank, and she raised her eyes to look at Huo Du's lacquer eyes. At this moment, she suddenly realized that there are some things that Huo Du may know all about...
For example, the poison in Li Yao, Li Yao's identity, and even the purpose of her coming to him.
It sent chills down her spine.
What kind of person is Huo Du
That being the case, she might as well admit it frankly.
"Well. I want to ask your Highness for help with something!"
"Okay." Huo Du raised his eyebrows and smiled, and hooked her belt again, implying obvious meaning.
Le Zhi bit her lip: This lunatic doesn't really want to have an affair with her in the yard, right? !
As for the consummate house, she was actually less afraid of it, she couldn't just close her eyes. But in the yard...it's cold and broad daylight, so shameful!
In case a minion passed by... She didn't dare to think about it.
But Li Yao's poison...
That's it! Lezhi bit his lips into a white mark—
Isn't it just a matter of closing your eyes? There is no difference between closing in the house and closing in the yard! What's more, with Huo Du here, how dare the slaves come over casually.
She took a deep breath, and the cold air entered her heart and lungs, making her shiver. She no longer hesitated, and stretched her hand to Huo Du's waist to untie his black belt...