After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 148 Inexplicable

"Have you made the decision for me?" Helan looked at Huang Jiuyuan and saw that he seemed like a different person. He felt that everything happened in the blink of an eye and was a little dazed.

Huang Jiuyuan's expression became a little unhappy. He put down his wine glass and stared at Helan Xuenuo.

Helan Xuenuo shook her head and smiled again, "I will talk to my father about this."

Huang Jiuyuan's expression softened, he put down his wine glass, and suddenly frowned, "It's just that Prince Ding'an is really unpredictable. He has been closer to the Second Prince lately."

"Second Prince?" Helan recalled that day in the palace when Gu Shicheng said that everyone was from the same background. How could it have changed?

She denied this idea again. Gu Shicheng was an old fox and no one knew what he was up to. It was still too early to draw a conclusion.

It seems that the attempt to exacerbate the misunderstanding between the Second Prince and Gu Shicheng that day wasn't successful. Did the two actually become "close"? I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Huang Jiuyuan's expression grew more solemn, and he tightened his grip on the wine glass between his fingers. "If we can't use it, we can only destroy it."

Helan Xuenuo was not surprised. It had been like this since ancient times. No matter whether it was the queen or the second prince, they would always use Gu Shicheng's ideas for their own benefit. If they could not use them, they would definitely want to destroy them. She was so happy that she could not contain herself.

In the previous life, the Helan Mansion had three military tokens, which was such a strong military power. It was a pity that her parents chose to stand on the side of the second prince because of her. No one could have thought that the moment they chose the second prince, it also foreshadowed the ending of the Helan Mansion.

She had thought more than once, if she had not married into the palace, and her parents had chosen the third prince, would everything be different?

In this life, she originally wanted to choose the second prince. In her mind, she always assumed that the second prince would be the future emperor, but she ruled out the possibility of a coup to seize the throne. This was thanks to the help of the three military tokens from the Helan Mansion.

She had once blamed Qi Didi for the annihilation of the Helan family, but then she realized that with the Second Prince's temper, the Helan family would have suffered the same fate even without Qi Didi. It was just that without Qi Didi's instigation, her parents and she wouldn't have been so blinded and wouldn't have reached that point.

Yuan Xu also made her understand that who would be the future crown prince was in their hands. Although civil officials were more respected in Donglai State, when it came to actual combat, they would still have to rely on their military officers to conquer the world.

This time she only believed in Yuan Xu, who was both talented in literature and military strategy. She firmly believed that Yuan Xu would lead her to choose the best way out.

She looked out the window again. Snowflakes were falling, and everything was so quiet that it was hard to see even a few people. The wine in her hand gradually lost its flavor, and her heart gradually grew cold. She stood up and closed the wooden window, "Let's go back."

Huang Jiuyuan stood up together and put on his fox fur coat tightly. He pursed his lips and moved much slower. When Helan Xuenuo was about to walk out the door before him, he groaned. Helan stopped and turned to look at him curiously.

Huang Jiuyuan smiled and took a few steps forward, returning to his usual nonchalant demeanor. "Guess who I met recently."

"Who?"

"Chen Shi'an! Have you forgotten? We once robbed the rich and helped the poor!"

"As an official in the court, it's not surprising for you to meet the Chief Censor." Helan thought he was going to say something strange, but when he heard it, he thought it was nothing and prepared to continue walking out the door.

Huang Jiuyuan hurried a few steps ahead of her and held the door. "No, I saw an attendant beside Chen Shian. Although he was dressed as a man, he looked just like the pretty knife vendor in the Niu Market. I really found it strange. Chen Shian always looked like he didn't want to be approached by strangers, so how could he have such a habit?" He shrank his head again. "That knife vendor was really scary. She glared at me several times as if she wanted to skin me and chop me into pieces. I didn't dare look at her for too long."

Helan Xuenuo laughed.

Huang Jiuyuan was puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"

"That knife-selling girl is called Yaniang. She's not some orphan waiting for you to rescue her! She's not someone you want to mess with. Don't mess with her again."

"How dare I! I originally thought it would be dangerous for a beautiful woman like her to hang out in a noisy place like the Bull Market. Who would have thought that her eldest brother alone is as strong as Mount Tai! Now that she is with Chen Shian, I should have known that she must be someone extraordinary."

"It's good that you know." Helan suddenly thought of the princess. The princess had long been secretly in love with Chen Shi'an. Did she know that she had met Chen Shi'an? She asked Huang Jiuyuan, "Where is the princess? Have you seen the princess? Has Chen Shi'an met her?"

"Why do you ask this?"

"Just a casual question."

"A few days ago, the Empress hosted a banquet for all the court officials. I saw him talking to the Princess in the Imperial Garden, but I couldn't make out what they were saying." Huang Jiuyuan's brows were filled with confusion, and his expression grew even more serious. "Gu Qingyue is the Second Prince's sister. She seems unfazed now, but how will she be spared if a struggle for the throne breaks out in the future? I advise you not to get too close to her."

Really? She had also forgotten what would happen to Gu Qingyue if the Third Prince became emperor this time. After all, she was the Second Prince's sister, and their blood relationship was even stronger. Could she still, like in her previous life, refuse to be a princess and enter the court as a court lady, amazed by the world? Could she escape the fate of an early death? Or would she repeat the same mistakes? Or perhaps suffer an even more tragic fate?

Thinking of this, Helan Xuenuo's lips turned a little paler. Huang Jiuyuan let go of the hand pulling the door, pushed the door open, and waved to Helan to go first. Helan tucked his cloak, with a lot of thoughts in his mind, and took a step forward.

When we got downstairs, Xiao Zhu was also waiting there. She and Wen Jing were talking about something and laughing happily. When they were about to leave, she seemed a little reluctant.

Huang Jiuyuan and the others bid farewell to Wen Jing together. When they left Wenxiang Tower, they heard the sound of horse hooves. Helan's heart was churning and her breathing stopped. She looked in the direction of the horse sounds. The man on the horse was wearing a blue cloak with gold thread and was running towards her in a heroic manner. It was a figure she was very familiar with. It was Yuan Xu, whom she had not seen for twenty days.

Yuan Xu reined in his horse and stopped, but did not dismount. He glanced around, his expression frozen, as if he was a little angry, and his brows furrowed.

Helan couldn't restrain the smile on her lips. Even she felt that she had lost her composure. She put away her smile, her heart still beating violently in her chest. She was embarrassed to look at Yuan Xu and lowered her head and said, "Yuan Xu."

Yuan Xu's eyes moved downwards and stopped at her wrist. Helan also looked at the phoenix blood jade bracelet on her wrist. She pulled it back a little embarrassedly.

She waited for Yuan Xu to say something, but Yuan Xu didn't get off the horse. His face became even more indifferent and his brows furrowed even tighter. He took a deep breath, shouted "Gee!" and ran forward again.

Helan was stunned. What had happened to Yuanxu? He was so out of character! He'd even sent Golden Crow Tea on the Beginning of Winter, and a Phoenix Blood Bracelet the next day. What on earth was he up to? This awkwardness only made Helan's mind completely confused, and she felt angry.

She touched the phoenix blood jade bracelet on her wrist, feeling a little depressed.

Yuan Xu's expression reminded her of Gu Shicheng's expression in her previous life. Her heart ached, and she felt like she was being toyed with! Unconsciously, she thought, it turns out that all men are the same!

She was really angry and upset.

She heard laughter beside her ear and glared at the laughing Huang Jiuyuan in anger. Huang Jiuyuan's eyes fell on the Phoenix Blood Jade Bracelet, "Are you and Yuan Xu having a quarrel?"

Helan didn't want to pay attention to him. She was so angry that she started to leave.

Huang Jiuyuan smiled behind her and said, "I roughly know what Yuan Xu is angry about."

Helan felt even more uncomfortable when she heard this. She wasn't angry for no reason, but Yuan Xu was inexplicably angry? Was he just trying to prank her? She transferred her anger onto Huang Jiuyuan, glaring at him. "I'm not angry yet, so why should he be? You men are still like that!"

Huang Jiuyuan stared at her bracelet again and smiled inexplicably, "I won't tell you."

Helan noticed that Huang Jiuyuan's eyes lingered on the phoenix blood jade bracelet several times. She didn't understand what Huang Jiuyuan meant, and his smile made her even angrier.

She turned around and took big strides, wanting to run back to Helan Mansion. She was so angry that tears were about to come out. She ran forward in the snow, and her steps became heavier and heavier.

After returning to the South Courtyard, she became more and more angry as she looked at the Phoenix Blood Jade Bracelet. She tried to take off the bracelet with all her strength, but it didn't come off after several attempts. Xiao Zhu advised her not to hurt her wrist, but she didn't listen and kept taking it off. She scraped her hand until a circle of bruises appeared before she took it off.

She was about to smash the bracelet, but Xiao Zhu was frightened and snatched it away. "Miss, don't get angry with things. Instead of getting angry about it, why don't we go directly to their house and ask them directly? If it's good, it's good. If it's not good, it's not good. I don't think Master Yuan is that kind of person."

Helan snorted coldly. It was really baffling. She was so brave in her previous life, how could she become a coward in this life? She would listen to Xiaozhu and get to the bottom of it.

She saw the gentleman's bow on the desk and remembered that her grandfather had said that day that she would go to his house to express her gratitude for modifying the bow. Isn't this a good opportunity?

Besides, she didn't want to be so confused anymore. She had lived a new life and didn't want to fall into the same trap again. She had to find Yuan Xu to get things clear.

She was still angry at the moment, "I'll go to his house in person tomorrow to see what he means."