Episode 8: Shen tide and Poison hang on by a thread

Xiao Huayongzheng was secretly happy for Xiao Changying's arrangement to go to the front line. Unexpectedly, this ninth brother had already included beauty and ambition in his calculations - he took the initiative to join the Northwest Army, clearly wanting to show General Shen's sincerity in marrying Shen Xihe with his solid military exploits.After Xiao Huayong learned about it, he felt helpless. All his hard planning yesterday turned out to be making wedding clothes for others.That day, Shen Xihe and other female relatives went to the mountain garden to enjoy the scenery. Suddenly, a poisonous snake jumped out from among the grass blades, scaring everyone's faces. Fortunately, Bu Shulin reacted very quickly, waved his sleeves to drive away the poisonous snake, and firmly protected Shen Xihe behind him.It happened that Xiao Huayong went up the mountain to pray for blessings. On the mountain road, he saw a person hurriedly coming down the mountain with suspicious behavior. He immediately signaled the secret guard to capture the person on the spot.

After being captured, the man was full of sophistry. He only said that there was an emergency at home, so he hurriedly walked against the current. He denied that he was the criminal who released the snake, but the traces of sulfur left on his fingertips had already exposed his lie.A timid little girl stood out from the crowd, identified the man, and gave her a coin to sell the sachet to the princess.Chen Xihe took the sachet and carefully discerned the smell, and instantly understood that the sachet was the bait to attract the snake.Seeing that he could no longer hide it, the man finally revealed the truth in order to save his life. The man behind the scenes was actually Hu Xilao, the second wife of Hu Shilang's family.It suddenly dawned on Shen Xihe that she was the one who wanted to push her into the water at the lake, and now she dared to do this again.

After the incident, Shen Xihe thanked Xiao Huayong and said with a smile that he wanted to treat him in his own way so that Hu Xilao could also experience the feeling of being frightened by a snake.But Xiao Huayong got to the point with one sentence: Hu Canrao took such a desperate risk all because she was obsessed with Xiao Changying.In order to completely distance themselves from this mess, Shen tide and simply avoided Xiao Changying, but the prince refused to leave and stood in the rain outside the Shen Mansion from afternoon until late at night.In the middle of the night, Shen Xihe finally went to the appointment. As soon as he went upstairs, he saw fireworks suddenly exploding all over the sky. The entire streets and lanes of the capital were now lit up with warm yellow lanterns, forming a sea of ​​lights.Xiao Huayong stood in the shadow of the lamp, using the lights of the city to reveal his long-hidden feelings to her.