"Ouch!" The soup splashed onto the back of Shen Xihe's hand. Xiao Huayong hurriedly dropped the bowl in his hand, held her hand, and wiped it clean with his sleeve.
Fortunately, the soup was not hot and she did not get hurt. However, due to her delicate skin, her skin did turn a little red. Xiao Huayong still felt distressed when he saw it, so he pulled her to the back room and took out some burn medicine to apply to her.
Shen Xihe let him fiddle with it without saying a word. She just stared at him blankly, as if she had lost her mind, without blinking.
After applying the medicine to Shen Xihe, Xiao Huayong looked up. He was caught off guard by her empty eyes, which looked like she had lost her soul. His heart suddenly stopped and he opened his arms to embrace her.
With his cheek against her hair, he murmured softly, "I'm sorry, yoyo. I'm sorry for you."
Shen Xihe remained stunned like a puppet for a moment before she came to her senses. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, no word came out.
I just snuggled into his arms, getting closer to him, feeling his breath and warmth. . .
There was silent silence and every breath made Xiao Huayong terrified. He didn't know what he should say to her at this moment.
After a long while, Shen Xihe finally spoke, his voice low and difficult: "Who is it?"
Who plotted against him
She had taken him away from her half a year earlier!
She did not grit her teeth, nor did she feel any resentment, as if she had just calmly asked who it was. However, Xiao Huayong, who was holding her, could feel that her whole body was tense, like a wild beast ready to ambush and tear apart its natural enemy.
"The clues point to Xiao Ba, but I have doubts..." Xiao Huayong expressed his speculation.
Even with such anger accumulated in her heart, Shen Xihe was able to remain rational. She felt that Xiao Huayong's suspicion was correct: "Why would he frame his former master? Unless his real master has never been Xiao Changyan!"
"This has been strictly examined by the local authorities and the law. The law has its own way of judging people. Even your Majesty's brave army can be pried open by him." Xiao Huayong recognized the ability of his subordinates. "In the hands of the law, almost no one can lie."
The legal decree that could be presented naturally confirmed that it was all true, so Xiao Changyan's staff definitely did not lie, so were they making things complicated
"Perhaps the person who used A'er to assassinate me was really Xiao Ba. He hates you and me to the core now. According to the testimony of his staff, he should be able to recognize A'er just by seeing him. After all, he already knew that I had been poisoned." At this moment, Xiao Huayong was not sure what the situation was.
"We are enemies with Xiao Changyan, but I will not wrongly accuse him. I will never let the person who hurt you get away with it, and I will never vent my anger on innocent people!" Shen Xihe's eyes, which were usually calm and composed, were filled with cruelty. "Since we are not sure whether it was him who did it, why not go and ask him in person!"
Without any testing or guessing, Shen Xihe directly made an appointment to meet with Xiao Changyan.
It happened that Shen Yingruo and Xiao Changfeng were about to get married. Xiao Changyan owed Xiao Changfeng two life-saving favors. Now that he was no longer an official, he often went to Xiao Changfeng's mansion. Shen Xihe made an appointment to meet Xiao Changyan at the Shen Mansion.
Xiao Changyan also came as agreed. Seeing Shen Xihe waiting alone in the porch, he was a little surprised: "The Crown Princess invited me here, and dismissed the attendants. I wonder what else I can talk about with the Crown Princess in private?"