The mistress was reborn and broke off the engagement, the regent cried and begged to marry into the

87. I won’t let the prisoner escape

Late courtyard.

After the ink dried, Shangguan Haitong rolled it up and put it away.

Huan Shuang walked into the room with a strange expression on her face: "Miss, the prince is here. I was afraid that others would see us, so I asked him to come in first."

"Your Majesty? I'll go take a look." Shangguan Haitong was puzzled. He had drawn a clear line to avoid suspicion during the day, so why was he here at night?

Could something big have happened?

She went to the hall, only to see the prince waiting leisurely with a teapot in his arms, as if he didn't want anything to happen.

Shangguan Haitong walked over and asked: "What is this, Your Majesty?"

Xie Qiuguang handed over the tea can and said, "I'll give you some new tea to try. You can't give me gifts openly in the future. I'll come in person tonight."

Huanshuang took the teapot with a suppressed smile, opened the lid and smelled it: "What a fragrant tea. Girl, we haven't tasted this before."

Shangguan Haitong glanced at it and said, "Your Highness, this can't be tribute tea, right? I dare not accept it, and I dare not drink it even if I accept it."

Gongcha? Huanshuang quickly stuffed it back.

Xie Qiuguang went back the same way: "If you don't give it to others, I'll make it for you. This way, it won't be considered as an act of arrogance for you to drink it."

Huanshuang raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but look at her master.

Shangguan Haitong smiled helplessly: "Go ahead and take a dip."

"Hey." Huanshuang happily went to make tea.

Ling Ze and Ji Shengxian, who came with them, looked at each other in tacit understanding. No wonder it was so precious, it turned out to be a gift.

Your Majesty, you don’t want to come here every day from now on, do you?

Shangguan Haitong noticed the wound on the prince's neck: "Are you injured?"

"I accidentally scraped my skin. I applied some medicine, so it's no big deal." Xie Qiuguang said generously.

Nodding, Shangguan Haitong sat down: "Your Majesty, please take a seat."

Xie Qiuguang sat down and glanced at the two people who were still standing there like pillars.

Do you have any insight?

Ji Shengxian and Ling Ze rolled their eyes and went out to guard the door.

Shangguan Haitong wiped the corners of his lips with a handkerchief: "Your Majesty, you came here specially just to serve tea?"

"Of course not only that. You bought a lot of calligraphy copybooks before, and I have also been practicing recently. I want to compare them." Xie Qiuguang praised himself for his cleverness.

What a perfect excuse! I can also check how the pens, ink, paper and inkstone I sent are being used.

"I see. Your Highness, please move to the study." Shangguan Haitong stood up and led the way.

Xie Qiuguang hurried to catch up.

The two walked into the study.

Shangguan Haitong opened the calligraphy she had just put away. Only when someone appreciated it would she know whether it was up to standard.

Xie Qiuguang took a quick look and regretted that he didn't see the things he had brought.

He was quite regretful: "Haitong doesn't like those things? I'll send better ones tomorrow."

Shangguan Haitong responded to what was said and explained with a smile: "It's not that I don't like it, I'm just used to it. The things sent by the prince are all excellent, and it would be a bit wasteful to use them on a daily basis. I just started practicing this kind of handwriting, so I'm not very good at it yet."

Xie Qiuguang picked up the paper and looked at it carefully: "It's probably because you don't have enough wrist strength. You didn't use force where you should. Come on."

He walked to the desk and took out a piece of white paper.

Shangguan Haitong ground the ink and handed over the brush.

Xie Qiuguang smiled, dipped the brush in ink, picked up the writing brush and finished it in one go.

The handwriting of someone who has just learned and someone who has been practicing for many years can be recognized at a glance.

Shangguan Haitong rubbed his wrist: "It seems I still have a lot of practice to do."

Xie Qiuguang dried the ink, rolled it up and handed it to her: "Although it's not as good as a copybook, it can serve as a model."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Shangguan Haitong accepted it. "The tea should be ready. Let's go back."

Xie Qiuguang nodded and raised his hand to invite him in. Shangguan Haitong nodded, put the paper away and went out first.

The two returned to the hall.

Tea with phantom frost.

The aroma of tea is pervasive and pleasant to the touch.

Shangguan Haitong took a sip and said, "This is really good tea. If it weren't for the prince, I wouldn't be able to drink it."

Xie Qiuguang was used to drinking it and didn't feel any difference. He thought about asking the emperor for more.

Huan Shuang waited at the door and winked at Ji Shengxian and the other man. They approached quietly, and the three of them went to the side and talked quietly.

Huan Shuang got straight to the point: "Why did the prince come to my house at night?"

Ji Shengxian spread his hands and said, "Why else? To see your daughter. The emperor only gave me this jar of tribute tea. After returning from the palace, the prince treasured it like a treasure. I thought it wasn't like that. Then hey, Baba sent it to me."

With a surprised look on her face, Huan Shuang pointed inside and said, "You just said that you won't send small gifts this day. I thought the prince was trying to avoid suspicion."

"..."

Ji Shengxian and Ling Ze were stunned.

Avoid suspicion? The prince also knows this thing?

The children I have watched grow up always do whatever they want to do and never care about other people's opinions.

Ji Shengxian pounded his palms and said, "I was wondering why the prince asked the maid to prepare needles and thread. I guess he wanted to embroider something for Miss Shangguan."

"Ah?" Huan Shuang was shocked: "Your Highness can also embroider things?"

Ling Ze nodded: "Yes. It's embroidered very well."

Huan Shuang was half-believing and half-doubting, so she leaned over the door to look at the prince's hand. The joints were distinct, but there were calluses.

Can the hands of a martial artist embroider?

She turned around and asked softly, "Are you sure?"

Ling Ze gave the answer: "Embroidery is nothing, the prince can also cook, paper-cut, tailor, etc."

"It's... quite comprehensive." Huanshuang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Ji Shengxian curled her lips and said, "Empress Shu never forced the prince to learn anything. When the prince was young, he was interested in many things, and Empress Shu made him learn them all with a wave of her hand. When he mastered a subject or lost interest, she would change it."

Huanshuang always thought that the prince had been learning horse riding, archery, and classics, history, and literature since childhood.

Children are curious about everything, but I didn’t expect that the prince learned a skill from this.

inside the hall.

Xie Qiuguang put down the teacup and said, "Does Haitong want to watch the execution of Mr. Li Ba?"

Shangguan Haitong smiled and shook his head: "He deserves it. Let me see what to do."

I don't care at all...

Xie Qiuguang was a little disappointed: "Don't you want to see him brought to justice?"

"I never pay attention to a dead person." Shangguan Haitong still has a lot of things to do, and Li Xizu is not worthy of attention.

If they are in the way, get rid of them. If they are not in the way, let them take their own course. There are already unstable people in Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, and they will cause trouble.

Xie Qiuguang lowered his head: "I thought Haitong wanted to see it. If I had known, I would have let him die tonight."

"Died tonight? Li Xizu?" Shangguan Haitong suddenly understood.

The struggle between the Wang family and the Yong'an Marquisate is not over yet. One wants to kill someone, and the other wants to break into the prison.

The two sides will inevitably have a fight tonight. No matter who wins or loses, relations will only continue to deteriorate.

This game turned out just as the person behind the scenes expected.

He stirred up disputes between the Prince's party and the Four Princes' party and reaped the benefits.

The third prince has good means.

No, to be more precise, the Imperial Concubine was very cunning. She sacrificed a young man and made the two major forces become like water and fire.

After tonight, perhaps the two younger generations will be sacrificed.

Shangguan Haitong lowered her eyes to look at the tea in the cup. This was the strategy of the people in the palace, which was not comparable to that of people outside the palace.

All coincidences are premeditated, and the benefits gained are incalculable.

Xie Qiuguang asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Shangguan Haitong smiled and shook her head: "No. Tonight is destined to be restless. It's a pity that I can't get the latest news."