"Although she said that, her blushing cheeks betrayed her true feelings."
Prince Jing was no ordinary man, and having fathered Rong Huan, how could he not see through Rong Huan's heart?
Yet at that moment, he refrained from saying more. He was well aware of Huo Cheng's family background—due to famine in his village, his parents had both passed away. Subsequently, he was sold into the palace where he was supposed to be castrated, but he resisted. An Imperial Guard commander noticed his potential during this defiance and took him away to be groomed.
Afterwards, when Rong Huan faced an assassination attempt, Huo Cheng risked his life to save her. Since then, Prince Jing had promoted him to specially protect Rong Huan.
Besides his family background, Huo Cheng was not inferior to any sons of dukes or ministers in the court, whether in terms of character or appearance.
But this background was precisely the most important point.
