There is an underground secret prison in the Prince's Mansion.
Huo Du sullenly walked down the steps with a cane. Step by step, he walked to the bound Qingjun man.
There were chairs in the prison, but he didn't sit. A pair of lacquer eyes swept across the man's face...
The man was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a blue robe and dressed like a scholar. Even if he is caught and his face is gray, it is not difficult to see his handsome facial features. Especially his pair of clear eyes, revealing a clear light.
Even though his hands were tied backwards, he still kept his back straight.
Huo Du chuckled.
It's the character of some literati.
He lowered his eyes and saw his hand resting on the cane, and glanced at the tall and straight figure of the man. His eyes moved slightly, and he smiled.
"People from the country of Li?" Huo Du said leisurely.
The man snorted coldly and didn't answer.
Huo Du laughed, "Why, you don't even dare to speak?"
He knew the common problems of these literati. The most effective method is to use the aggressive method.
"Why don't you dare?" The man sneered, looking directly at Huo Du without any fear, "I know who you are, since it falls into your hands today, if you want to kill or slash, please listen and respect."
"Tsk, don't worry." Huo Du clenched the purple stone in his hand, his tone was light, "You came to Daqi for Princess Li Guo?"
"Yes!" The man's eyes were firm.
Huo Du raised his hand slightly, motioning the secret guard to untie the rope on the man's hand. Then he took a few steps closer, grabbed the man's wrist, and probed for his pulse...
The hand has no strength to bind the chicken, not even a bit of internal strength.
"Want to save people?" Huo Du sneered, showing disdain, "It's just you?"
Hearing this, the man's arrogant face finally disintegrated. He gritted his teeth and blushed, and he had nothing to say.
—Because he had nothing to refute. In the current situation, the ink in his stomach is really useless!
"Even if you can save people..." Huo Du laughed and continued to ask: "Do you think she's still the high-ranking Princess of Li in the past?"
Finally, the man's face was painful and his eyes dimmed.
Huo Du did it on purpose, he said it on purpose, just hoping to hear what he wanted to hear. He hoped that this useless scholar would wake up like those literati who were ruthless and ruthless in their dictionaries, and would not continue to play this kind of pretending to be affectionate drama.
Then he was kind enough to send him on his way.
But-
The man raised his eyes suddenly, stopped word by word, stubborn and unyielding in his tone, "Whether she is Princess Li or not, in my heart, she will always be my princess... I am useless, but As long as there is a breath left, I will never give up!"
Silence, long silence, as if the air had frozen.
"Let him go."
The dark guards standing on both sides looked at each other in astonishment, unbelievable.
Did His Highness make a mistake
Or did they hear it wrong
No one moved for a long time, Huo Du raised his cool eyes and said impatiently, "Are you all deaf?"
Now, everyone is clear. They hurriedly dragged the man towards the steps... The man glanced at Huo Du suspiciously, and finally followed the dark guard out of the secret prison without saying much.
An Xuan stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, do you need to investigate this person's relationship with the Crown Princess?"
"No." Huo Du said coldly, and he commanded with an expression on his face, "Everyone go out."
Soon, Huo Du was the only one left in the secret prison.
Huo Du sat silently on the soft chair, recalling the stubborn expression of the man just now.
Who this person is, he can probably guess. After the demise of the Li Kingdom, Dali's royal family, nobles, ministers, and ministers were all given to death, and those who were wise and safe were recruited... and some who escaped while taking advantage of the chaos have long been scattered all over the place.
Judging from the man's appearance, he was either rich or expensive; listening to what he said, it was even more certain that he and Le Zhi knew each other.
His little fox is so good, other than Huo Xu's dog thing, there must be many people who like it.
He knows.
So he deliberately tempted, but unexpectedly heard some words that he swore to death without regrets.
Huo Du remembered the legend that Le Zhi told him about Dali Le Shanshen when he was in the hot spring villa. He couldn't help but associate with the man's clear eyes...
He suddenly felt that there should be such a person beside Le Zhi. He is gentle, kind and clear, and his hands have never been stained with blood...
—If she hadn't been dragged into hell by the Huo family, it should have been like this.
For a moment, he really wanted to kill that man.
However, he can't.
Even if it was his first love affair, Huo Du would never make such a low-level mistake. No matter what relationship this man has with Lezhi, whether he is close or not, as long as he is from the country of Li, a person from the country of Li who has done nothing wrong.
He can't kill.
Because there is no airtight wall in the world, once Lezhi knows, it will definitely be farther away from him.
Even if one cannot leave, the heart will go further.
He is not stupid, how could he allow such a thing to happen
The sky was fine.
Lezhi is in the backyard, sipping tea comfortably. At this time, Li Yao came over.
"Master." Li Yao Yu was delighted and excited, "Good news. Recently, there have been more and more voices discussing King Jingxian in the courtroom. Since Huo Xu successfully returned to Daqi, he has no achievements, and he is very fond of him. The story of Fang Leng’s marriage to his wife was spread, and Shen Xiang’s face was dull, and he actually included a copy of his book in the early morning!”
"Really? Since that's the case, let's give him more fire." Le Zhi curled his lips, and a light flashed in his eyes, "Li Yao, get a pen and paper."
"Yes!" Li Yao responded happily.
"Jing Xian Jing Xian, not Jing is not Xian;
The bright is a gentleman, the dark is like a ghost;
…
Shameless, ungrateful;
Morality does not match, and the family and the country are difficult to be at peace. "
When the last word was dropped, the drawn gesture almost pierced the paper. Le Zhi put down the pen and handed the paper to Li Yao... Next, it is up to the people to spread the song.
Victory and return are only temporary, no matter how well you do, over time, you will inevitably be criticized. What's more, there are too many places where Huo Xu can be criticized.
The common people need this kind of adjustment the most after a meal.
As long as the children spread this song, I believe that in the future, Emperor Qi will be alarmed. Coupled with the fact that Huo Xu is involved in many things today, there must be a good show to watch at that time.
Le Zhi sneered, she waited for the good news, and then looked for opportunities to hit him bit by bit.
- Every step, she must walk steadily and accurately.
Picking up the teacup, Lezhi gently smelled the quiet tea fragrance. Just as she was about to take a sip, a slender hand took the teacup from her...
"Hey... ... "
Lezhi frowned involuntarily and looked sideways—
Huo Du didn't know when he came over in a wheelchair, and after snatching her teacup, he took a slow sip.
"Meow meow~"
Xiaoxue Danzi, who was lying on Huo Du's lap, was very excited when he saw Le Zhi, and stretched out his paws to hug him. Le Zhi bent her lips, naturally hugged the snow ball into her arms, and then touched its soft little head.
Huo Du put down the teacup, picked up the book of words just above his knees that was held down by Huo Xiaoli, opened it and looked...
"Your Highness is really interested, what book are you reading?" Le Zhi lightly poked Huo Xiaojiao's restless paw with his hand, then turned slightly towards Huo Du and glanced at the book of words in his hand.
Huo Du casually put the book down and said, "I read an interesting story."
"what?"
"The story of the princess's choice of the concubine." Huo Du chuckled lightly, with a mocking tone, "I didn't expect it to be a champion."
After a pause, he added, "I really have no vision."
"Oh, it's just a story. Don't read it if Your Highness doesn't like it." Le Zhi didn't know the twists and turns in Huo Du's heart, but he just thought he was really commenting on the story, "How good is it to bask in the sun and drink tea? !"
"Heh." Huo Du raised his peach blossom eyes and looked at Le Zhi, "I forgot that the Crown Princess is also a princess. Why, you also like the champion?"
Lezhi frowned.
—She hated studying the most since she was a child, and I don’t know how many times she has been told about this. She is about to be soured by the sour poetry of the literati!
She was about to say she didn't like it. But something suddenly came to her mind, she swallowed the words she didn't like, and reluctantly said: "It's okay, it's not too annoying."
Le Zhi's tangled expressions all fell into Huo Du's eyes.
He lowered his eyes and smiled.
- Sure enough, I like it.
Three days later, morning.
Huo Du rarely came to court, so he caught up with the wrath of the emperor.
"Snapped!"
Huo Changyun abruptly closed the memorial, and there was a loud noise from the quiet hall.
"King Jingxian, you are really capable!"
Hearing this, Huo Xu's feet trembled, he raised his legs and took a few steps forward, kneeling on the hall with his legs, "My son, I don't know what happened, and I asked the royal father to make it clear."
Huo Changyun threw the memorial to Cui Feng beside him, "Read, read to him."
Cui Feng took it with sweat, and recited the words written in the memorial with a trembling voice... And Huo Xu's face became paler and paler with his voice.
Huo Changyun snorted coldly. Originally destroying the Li Kingdom was a great victory. However, despite the reputation of the country of Li, neighboring countries all expressed regret for its destruction. In recent days, Anguo has even turned against Huo Xu, scolding him for being ungrateful in the country...
If only Anguo was like this, it would be fine. But somehow, the rumors turned into ballads, which spread among the people of Daqi. In addition, Huo Xu is really restless recently, lingering in the flowers, drunk and dreaming...
Huo Changyun was already dissatisfied.
Just took the opportunity to beat him today.
"My son is convicted of the crime, and I beg the father and the emperor to convict him."
After a long while, Huo Changyun pretended to sigh, "I think you have done a good job in punishing Li, this time I won't punish you, go back to the mansion and think about the past behind closed doors."
After a short pause, he looked at Huo Du again and said, "All affairs of Xia Feitai will be left to the prince to take care of."
All the people detained in Xia Feitai were from the country of Li.
With this arrangement, Huo Xu could be relieved of some abuse.
But Huo Xu didn't think so, and there was a deep sense of unwillingness and resentment in his lowered eyes.
"Retreat. The prince stays."
By the time everyone in the hall had left, only the father and son were left.
"Du'er, Xia Feitai will be handed over to you, but don't let me down like your imperial brother."
Huo Du chuckled, and said leisurely: "It seems that the father and emperor took the words of the son to heart. According to your meaning, did you clearly want to give me the one from Xia Feitai?"
"You bastard!" Huo Changyun scolded angrily, his hands shaking with anger.
"Tsk, Erchen retire." Huo Du turned around on crutches.
"Wait." Huo Changyun said coldly, but his tone softened a lot, "As you like."
Huo Du didn't answer and left on his own.
Looking at his cold back, Huo Changyun's pupils shrank.
Over the years, he didn't know much about what his son was doing behind his back, but he didn't completely know it. Green is better than blue, and Huo Changyun is very satisfied. But he knew better that Huo Du hated him. He hoped that his most capable son was not him... If it was Huo Xu, it would be much easier.
He is old after all, and the move to unify the four kingdoms and three tribes, I don't know if it can be realized in his lifetime...
Huo Du's back disappeared from sight.
Huo Changyun sneered. If he really just covets the beauty of Le's Shuangjue, it's a good thing, it's better than having real feelings.
- It's okay to look like his mother, if you're like her emotionally, then...
"What? Say it again!"
Jing Xin's face was full of smiles, looking at Le Zhi's dumbfounded appearance, he repeated it patiently, "This morning, Your Majesty handed over everything in Xia Feitai to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take care of."
Le Zhi was still stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Is Le stupid?"
The familiar voice pulled her thoughts back, and Le Zhi hurried over to grab Huo Du's cuff, with a choked sob in her voice, "Is it true?"
Huo Du rubbed her head and hummed.
"That's great!" She shook his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Then can I... can I visit her every day?"
"That's it?" Huo Du sneered softly, and said, "An Xuan has already been sent to pick up people, and she will live in the mansion from now on."
- This is the gift he prepared for Lezhi.
Surprise after surprise, Lezhi almost fainted happily. She had nowhere to put her hands, and she didn't know what to do for a while. Suddenly, she said with a smile, "I'll go to the pantry first and prepare some of my sister's favorite food!"
Seeing that Le Zhi disappeared in a blink of an eye, Huo Du frowned in dissatisfaction.
That's it
With such a big gift, she was too embarrassed to say anything at all? Just give it a hug.
laugh.
After a while, An Xuan came back, but his expression was solemn, and his clothes were a little wrinkled, obviously the traces of the fight.
"What happened?" Huo Du asked in a deep voice.
"Reporting to Your Highness, someone wanted to hijack the carriage on the way back to the mansion, but fortunately he was beaten back and captured by his subordinates." An Xuan raised his eyes and glanced at Huo Du's face, and said, "It's the same person last time, he should have been thinking about it. Save the princess' sister..."
Is it him again
Ghosts linger.
Huo Du was expressionless.
- It seems that this person knows Lezhi very well and knows what she cares about most, so he wants to help her save her sister just like him, right
At this time, Le Zhi came back. Seeing An Xuan, she smiled, "Master An is back, so is my sister here too? Where is she now?"
Huo Du stood up and held Le Zhi's wrist, "Your sister is resting in the guest room. You go to a place with me first and meet someone."
"Where are you going?" Le Zhi frowned, and she muttered, "Can't I go to see my sister first?"
Huo Du's face was cold and he didn't speak.
"Okay, I'll go down with the Highness first." Le Zhi softly coaxed him.
This time, the man was not taken to the secret prison, but was tied up and stood in the backyard...
"Who are you seeing? It's so mysterious..." Le Zhi muttered, being led away by Huo Du.
Until, she saw the man being held under the sun.
The muttering stopped.
Huo Du looked at Le Zhi's face with a dazed look on it.
Sure enough, as he expected, they knew each other.
"Brother Fu Xian..." Le Zhi called out almost subconsciously.
Fu Xian apparently saw her too, "Zhizhi!"
Huo Du's eyes became colder and colder. He looked coldly at Le Zhi and the other men, and met his gaze in front of him.
Brother Fu Xian
Why is her brother so much
"His Royal Highness!" Le Zhi looked at Fu Xian being tied up, and immediately came back to his senses, grabbing Huo Du's palm, "Why arrest him? There must be a misunderstanding, he is a good person..."
"A good person?" Huo Du scrutinized these two words carefully and repeated, "He is a good person."
He hooked his lips and looked at Le Zhi, his face sullen.
- So, you like nice people, don't you
"Zhizhi, don't beg him!" Fu Xian felt angry when he saw Le Zhi's lowered eyebrows and pleasing eyes. He glared at Huo Du, "What are you rushing at me to do to embarrass a little girl!"
The smile on Huo Du's face was even greater, and he looked at Fu Xian.
Gee, love being a hero
The drooping hands gradually folded and clenched.
Le Zhi hurriedly stretched out his hand and covered his fist, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, he's talking nonsense, Your Highness, don't bother with him."
"Zhizhi, don't ask him!"
"Can you please stop talking..."
The net will add chaos!
Le Zhi is really speechless, why does my sister like this nerd!
After a pause, she looked at Fu Xian's drooping eyes and the sad look on his face, so she could only call him seriously: "Brother-in-law..."
Sister... Husband
Huo Du had lived for 20 years, and for the first time he almost lost his footing due to being in a trance.