Rebirth: The paranoid war king was controlled by the crazy female protagonist

"Xiao Yu!"

Before they arrived at the main hall, Xiao Yanzhou took the lead and led people to find her.

"Brother Zhou." She greeted him with a smile, and seemed to have completely forgotten that she had sneaked out.

Xiao Yanzhou was not angry, but rather helpless. However, he felt relieved to see that she was safe.

"Did Xiao Yu get lost?" Xiao Yanzhou did not expose the fact that she ran away on purpose.

"Yes." She nodded, and raised her bright eyes slightly to notice Xiao Yanzhou's expression.

He was amused by her cute way of observing people's words and expressions.

He suppressed the desire to smile and pretended to be indifferent, "Then, where did you go?"

"I went to... the harem." She answered truthfully, but she murmured guiltily.

Even though he knew this, Xiao Yanzhou still felt a wave of anxiety, simply because he was worried that something might happen to her.

"Did anything happen?"

"No, it was Concubine Fang who brought me out." Qing Yu gestured to Fang Ruo behind him.

When I looked back, I found that Fang Ruo had bent down at some point, maintaining a saluting posture, with stiff limbs and head tightly lowered, all of which revealed how nervous she was.

Xiao Yanzhou then shifted his gaze to the woman on the ground. He grabbed Qing Yu's wrist and protected it behind himself, as if he wanted to keep a distance from the person on the ground.

Fang Ruo felt the fierce aura pressing down on her, and spoke tremblingly, "I... Fang Ruo pays respect to Your Majesty."

She looked extremely nervous, holding her breath and not daring to say much.

Qing Yu naturally noticed it, but she was more concerned about why she deliberately mentioned her name. Could it be...

She turned her head and looked at Xiao Yanzhou's eyes which were calm but extremely cold.

"Well, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Yanzhou only paused for a moment, then returned his attention to her, "Xiao Yu, you are not allowed to run around anymore, understand?"

"it is good."

He reminded with a smile on his face, "Xiao Yu seemed to have agreed to this last time."

She pretended to be guilty and lowered her head, muttering, "I won't dare to do it next time."

"Really?" He didn't believe it at all.

She nodded repeatedly, "Really, really."

Fang Ruo said nothing but listened carefully to their conversation.

In her rare memories, His Majesty was awe-inspiring without even getting angry, and as powerful as thunder. She had never seen His Majesty so gentle and amiable, nor had she seen a princess who was so unrestrained towards His Majesty.

They don't look like emperors, but more like real brother and sister.

She had heard before that His Majesty protected the princess and even reprimanded Concubine Zheng. She had suspected it was just an exaggeration, but now it seems to be true.

As they were talking, Xiao Yanzhou had already grabbed her wrist and was ready to take her away.

Qing Yu took two steps and looked back at her, "Thank you for sending me back. Goodbye."

Xiao Yanzhou followed her gaze again and glanced at Fang Ruo coldly.

"You are too polite, little princess."

Fang Ruo leaned forward slightly, "I respectfully bid farewell to your majesty, the princess."

From beginning to end, Fang Ruo kept her eyes down. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that the princess's "goodbye" seemed to have other meanings.

After leaving, Xiao Yanzhou, who was worried, asked again, "Xiao Yu, did nothing really happen just now?"

When I learned that she had run away again, I guessed that she must have gone to the harem again.

Also, they must have talked about something with Fang Ruo, who sent her back.

"No, but I did meet four... ladies." She had a smile on her lips and watched the changes in his expression.

There was an intriguing emotion in Xiao Yanzhou's eyes, which converged on her.

"Why did Xiaoyu go there?"

It seems that the last time was definitely not a coincidence. He clearly told the eunuchs again and again to keep an eye on her, but Xiao Yu still ran away.

"Is... you can't go?" She calmly asked him the question.

He did care about going to the harem, but it was unknown why.

This time he was more honest than expected with her, "Xiao Yu, please don't go there again, okay?"

His tone was not harsh, but it was filled with a majesty that did not allow for negotiation.

It's not about the harem, but rather, he doesn't want her to know them, doesn't want her to have anything to do with those women, and even hates them.

Her pupils paused slightly, because she saw the seriousness in his eyes, which was the concentration from the depths of his soul.

"Brother Zhou doesn't like it?" she asked again uncertainly.

"Yes, I don't like it." He responded, leaving no room for doubt.

"Xiao Yu wants me to face my feelings, so I don't like Xiao Yu meeting them."

She understood and smiled, "Okay, then I won't go."

It’s not that she doesn’t want to know the answer, maybe even Xiao Yanzhou doesn’t know what the answer is.

He ruffled her hair, feeling her more serious attitude, and finally felt relieved.

They walked back all the way, looking at him from time to time with eyes as blazing as fire.

"Haha." He chuckled softly, seeing the doubt in her expression, "Xiao Yu, do you want to ask something?"

She blinked, "Yes, can I ask?"

"can."

"Well...Brother Zhou doesn't seem to remember that lady."

"Well, I don't remember."

This was true, but there was no regret or apology in his eyes, only concentration in answering her question.

"Brother Zhou doesn't seem to love them."

Among his many wives, none of them is the one he loves. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Depression instantly swept through her body and flowed through his emotions. She seemed more distressed than he was in the midst of it.

"Love..." He read slowly, "Yes, I don't love."

His voice was soft, but she heard it.

"Why do you think I can love you, Xiaoyu?" She seemed to have never questioned him, and even always treated him as an ordinary person.

Such a straightforward question made her dizzy.

If it were someone else, she could quickly give the person the answer he wanted to hear, but she didn't want to do that for him.

Seeing her lowering her head in thought and not responding, Xiao Yanzhou thought that his cruel question had embarrassed her.

"Xiao Yu..."

Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly stopped and looked back at him.

"Brother Zhou didn't want love to become a stumbling block for you to move forward, so he chose to abandon it. However, I can feel its existence, and it must be warm."

His heart trembled slightly, and her words hit his heart again and again like a drum.

Why are her responses always so heartwarming? She never looks at the right and wrong of an issue from a bystander's perspective, but always looks at it from his perspective and her own feelings.

He looked into her smiling eyes, like the morning dew, symbolizing new hope. Even though there was an unsolvable haze behind the hope, she was still giving this hope to others.

The corners of his lips curved up, "Thank you, Xiaoyu."

"Hmm?" She tilted her head slightly, not understanding the reason for the thanks.

"Xiao Yu always makes me see another side of myself." A side that even he himself has discarded.

“It doesn’t matter, things are different now.” Perhaps without realizing it, the person who suddenly appeared has reversed the wheel of fate.

"Really?" she asked puzzled.

"Yeah." Because he already has her.

I want to get close to her and understand her, from the initial curiosity to the desire to protect and love her now.

He even thought, it would be nice if she could always be with him.

But he wanted her to be free to feel happy and to keep all the beauty in her heart.