"However, having that boy accompany them to Khitan was not my third son's idea, but mine," Zhao Guangyi said, glancing at Eunuch Qiu.
"Does Your Majesty have some special purpose in mind?" Eunuch Qiu asked.
He knew Zhao Guangyi could not possibly be unaware of Huang Xiao's current predicament. Huang Qitao hated him to the marrow of his bones and wished he could strip his skin and tear out his tendons.
And since Huang Xiao had already consummated his relationship with the princess, he was certain to become the imperial son-in-law.
Now that Zhao Guangyi was sending Huang Xiao along to Khitan, he clearly had some special arrangement in mind. After all, Huang Xiao's strength was naturally among the very best of the younger generation, but this mission was to protect Zhao Yuankan. If the other side made a move, they would not send young juniors, but experts of the older generation. It would be nothing unusual for such experts to possess martial skills superior to Huang Xiao's.
"You are right. I do have a purpose in mind," Zhao Guangyi said. "I am rather curious about that boy's identity."
"His identity?" Eunuch Qiu paused in surprise. "Isn't he a disciple of Poison God Valley?"
"That much is true." Zhao Guangyi shook his head. "I mean his origins."
"According to the intelligence this old servant received, he was originally a scholar and had no particularly unusual background," Eunuch Qiu said.
Since this matter involved the princess, they naturally had to investigate Huang Xiao's circumstances thoroughly, so Eunuch Qiu knew something of them as well.
"Could there be something else hidden behind this?" Alarm stirred in Eunuch Qiu's heart as he asked.
Although he was the chief steward of the imperial palace, he was not the emperor's only subordinate.
Zhao Guangyi naturally