After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

Qi Zizhen sat in his seat, keeping his head down all the time, not daring to look at Yu Feiang's expression at the moment.

He didn't expect to face such a scene so soon, and he didn't want to see Yu Feiang's disappointed expression on him.

"Look up and look at me."

Yu Feiang's voice came from the opposite side clearly, very calm, without any emotion.

Qi Zizhen clenched his fingertips, raised his head obediently, and looked at Yu Feiang who was sitting opposite him.

Yu Feiang pursed his lips lightly, and was still playing with a black chess piece in his hand. His deep black eyes were also so calm that no emotion could be seen, but they were obviously much colder than the usual kindness: "Tell me clearly, before Is your innocence deceiving me?"

The same question was thrown out again, and Qi Zizhen really had no way to avoid it. After taking a light breath, he still answered truthfully: "Yes."

Yu Feiang's expression still didn't change much, and he asked again: "Then you lied to me before, what did you want to plot?"

"The younger generation wants...to draw power to His Highness." Qi Zizhen looked away again, not daring to continue to look at him, "Your Highness's power was weak when he first ascended the throne, and Master Yu was in a neutral attitude before, so this junior wants to let Master Yu Unknowingly became a member of His Highness's forces."

As he spoke, he lowered his head again, like a child admitting his mistake, his voice became weak: "I'm sorry."

However, at this moment, he heard a chuckle again, and then asked casually: "Has Xiaoqi ever tried to understand why I maintained a neutral attitude before?"

Qi Zizhen was stunned for a moment, raised his head slightly, looked at the light smile in Yu Feiang's eyes again, and asked tentatively after thinking for a while, "Because... you don't want to get involved in the court dispute?"

Yu Feiang stroked the smooth chess piece in his hand, and his smile deepened: "Then why didn't I choose to resign?"

Now Qi Zizhen really couldn't answer.

Yu Feiang dropped the black piece in his hand on the chessboard again, took the white piece that was originally placed beside Qi Zizhen, and dropped a piece on the board, and continued to ask: "Xiao Qi, let me ask again. You, what do you think is the most important rule in the court?"

Qi Zizhen answered this question very decisively: "It's the interests, the maximization of personal interests."

"That's right." With Yu Feiang's voice falling, another sunspot was placed on the chessboard with a crisp voice, "Then what do you think the neutral faction's personal interests lie in?"

Qi Zizhen pondered for a moment, then asked uncertainly: "Is it about surviving?"

Yu Feiang chuckled lightly: "You are still too young."

As he said that, he dropped another chess piece, and then continued to speak slowly: "The neutral faction is called neutral in a nice way, but to be honest, what is the difference between them and grass on the wall?"

Yu Feiang could be said to be the leader of the neutral faction, Qi Zizhen, who just overturned the car, didn't dare to comment on it, and sat obediently in his place waiting for him to continue talking.

Fortunately, Yu Feiang didn't need his answer, and continued as he made the move: "In the court, there is no one who does not desire power, because such a person is doomed from the moment he steps into the court. Will become an outcast in the game."

Having said this, he landed another black piece, just occupying the last qi around a helpless white piece.

He took out the discarded white pieces from the chessboard, and continued: "The neutral faction, the neutral faction, is it a new faction if you say it is neutral? They talk about protecting the body, but they are just observing Changes in the situation, in the future to make the best choice for yourself."

Qi Zizhen watched the situation on the chessboard constantly changing with Yu Feiang's movements, vaguely understood the meaning of his words, and asked tentatively: "So Master Yu has already made a choice?"

Yu Feiang smiled, but did not answer directly, but asked again: "Xiao Qi can guess what your majesty said when he asked me to go to the imperial study on the day Zhu Fengyu had an accident?"

Qi Zizhen thought about it according to what he knew about Song Yaoxu, and gave a deliberate answer: "Ask Master Yu if he is willing to take over the post of Shangshu?"

"No." Yu Feiang picked up a chess piece from Baizi's pot, "Your Majesty asked me to choose between power and resigning to go home."

Qi Zizhen froze for a moment, then raised his eyes to meet Yu Feiang's smiling eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Feiang dropped the white piece in his hand on the chessboard, blocking the last breath of the five connected black pieces.

He picked up the five sunspots one by one, and signaled Qi Zizhen to stretch out his hand.

Qi Zizhen followed his instructions, and saw Yu Feiang put the five sunspots in his palm.

The ice-cold chess piece fell into the palm of his hand, and it seemed that there was still some warmth from Yu Feiang's fingertips in a trance.

He lightly grasped the five chess pieces, and looked up at Yu Feiang again after a while, his clear pupils were more relaxed and at ease when getting along with him in the past: "Your junior understands, thank you, Master Yu."

Yu Feiang's expression also returned to his usual kindness, and he moved the jar containing the black chess pieces to Qi Zizhen, and said with a smile: "Swap black and white, let me see your real strength."

"Okay." Qi Zizhen's eyes flickered a bit eager to try, and he wanted to try it a long time ago, let go, and enjoy the next game with Yu Feiang.

It was the first time for Yu Feiang to see his energetic appearance, and he said with a smile: "Actually, Xiao Qi's energetic appearance is a bit more pleasing than the sickly one before, it's better for the child to be more lively."

Qi Zizhen was about to give birth to his first child, and he felt embarrassed when he heard the words, and then asked, "When did Master Yu realize that the younger generation was just pretending?"

Yu Feiang picked up the chess piece, said with a smile: "From the day Zhu Fengyu's accident happened, I saw you at the door of the Imperial Study Room."

He put the white chess in his hand to a corner of the chessboard, and continued: "I remember that the guard who brought you here that day was His Majesty's personal bodyguard. At that time, your expression was very anxious, and you didn't even have time to stop to say hello to me. This shows that you must have learned about Zhu Fengyu's accident.

"Your Majesty acts decisively and straightforwardly, and has a very good relationship with you. If you are really just a pure little white flower protected by him, it is impossible for him to send his personal guards to inform you of Zhu Fengyu's accident in the first place.

"Since then, I have also observed your performance in the court for several days, and gradually I am sure that you will definitely not be as innocent as before."

Yu Feiang's analysis was well-founded, and Qi Zizhen didn't expect that he would be exposed because of that hasty meeting.

He couldn't help saying with emotion: "Master Yu is really insightful."

While talking, he made a move to occupy the last qi around the two white chess pieces, and sent the two white chess pieces out of the game.

Yu Feiang glanced at the situation on the chessboard, and raised his eyebrows: "Xiao Qi is not bad either."

Qi Zizhen showed modesty, and brought the topic back: "Then Master Yu doesn't blame the junior? The junior has deceived Master Yu for so long before."

"A child as sincere as you is, surely he won't have any malicious intentions, right?" Yu Feiang looked at Qi Zizhen with a smile in his eyes.

Only then did Qi Zizhen come to his senses, and his eyes widened slightly: "That's why Master Yu asked the junior those two questions just now to test the junior?"

A mocking smile flashed in Yu Feiang's eyes: "More than that, I've been testing since I invited you to the chess room, to see if you still have any plans to lie to me."

As he said that, he dropped a stone and sent Qi Zizhen's sunspot out of the game.

"Master Yu is really scheming, the younger generation is ashamed of himself." Qi Zizhen gave a false compliment, raised his hand and took three more of Yu Feiang's white pieces.

Yu Feiang understood the black-hearted nature behind his clever disguise, he stopped underestimating the enemy after a grunt, and focused all his attention on the chess game.

After several games, in the end Qi Zizhen was still no match for Yu Feiang, who had been in the court for more than [-] years, and was defeated by a slight disadvantage.

After the end of the round, Yu Feiang was not in a hurry to clean up, and asked Qi Zizhen to review the game with him after switching positions with him, and found out many small mistakes that he could have avoided.

Qi Zizhen suddenly became enlightened after the resumption of the game, and immediately asked for another round with great interest.

Yu Feiang loved playing chess, of course he would not refuse, and continued with him after changing the black and white chess pieces.

But this time Yu Feiang took the initiative to bring up a serious matter that Qi Zizhen had forgotten.

"Speaking of which, does Xiaoqi want to know the progress of the investigation of the recent snow disaster?"

Yu Feiang rested his chin with one hand, held a sunspot in his hand and looked at Qi Zizhen who was about to drop it.

Qi Zizhen paused for a moment, and put the chess piece in the place he had expected before answering: "If Mr. Yu is willing, this junior will certainly listen."

Yu Feiang, who failed to deceive Qi Zizhen into making a wrong move, expressed a little regret, but still carefully talked about the progress of the recent investigation.

Compared with Zhu Fengyu, who is inefficient and has no reliable network of relationships, Yu Feiang's progress is obviously much faster. In just four days, he has traced the flow of embezzled money along the "death breakthrough" that Zhu Fengyu touched.

According to Yu Feiang's current investigation, the flow of the stolen money is to build a large mansion, and this mansion is still in the stage of looking for land.

Yu Feiang knew that this was probably a cover-up, so he continued to investigate, and now it happened that the stolen money was likely to be used to buy weapons and hay for inspection.

When I bought these things in the capital, I thought about what they were going to do.

But so far, the evidence points to the three corrupt officials.

Those three officials are just civil servants, how could they have the guts to do such a thing?

The first figure that popped up in Yu Feiang's mind was Guan Wang Songping.

During the 23 years of Emperor Hongchu's reign, although Song Ping always appeared in a peaceful and peaceful manner, he seemed to be independent of court disputes and had no involvement in any political events.But anyone who is not too stupid can tell that Song Ping is the real ruler of the court.

He just wisely chose to be a chess player, watching the development of the situation, and then controlling the overall situation with the chess pieces in his hand.

In view of Emperor Hongchu's incompetence and Song Yaoxu's previous weakness, many people in the court voluntarily chose to become "pawns" in order to seek their interests.

But now that Song Yaoxu has become the new emperor, his behavior style is not exactly the same as the rumored indecisiveness before, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.

Many officials who just wanted to live were shaken and became abandoned in Song Ping's eyes.

Just like the three officials in the snow disaster, and Zhu Fengyu who died of a sudden illness, they were the abandoned sons Song Ping used to warn.

At present, Yu Feiang is still following this line of thought to continue to investigate secretly, but Song Ping really hides too deeply, unless he can find the place where he raises soldiers, otherwise it will be difficult to link the stolen money with him.

Yu Feiang was stuck in this step for nearly half a day.

But this information is already very useful to Qi Zizhen.

As long as it is confirmed that Song Ping is likely to secretly raise soldiers in the capital, they will have a breakthrough point where they can really attack.

Qi Zizhen made the last move, ending the chess game and regaining the victory with a slight advantage.

Yu Feiang was convinced of the loss, and said with emotion: "Xiaoqi's progress is really fast enough."

Qi Zizhen helped tidy up the chess pieces, and replied, "It's better to be taught by Mr. Yu."

Yu Feiang accepted his compliment with a smile, took out a black pawn from the jar at hand and threw it to him: "Today is a memorable day, so I will give this pawn to you."

Qi Zizhen raised his hand to catch the chess piece precisely, and frowned slightly: "Is this not good? After all, it belongs to Ling Kelou."

"I'm not stingy enough to take other people's things as gifts." Yu Feiang showed helplessness, "Just so I told you clearly, I opened the Lingke Building, and the things in the Lingke Building are mine. thing."

Qi Zizhen, who just wanted to put the chess piece back: "...!"

His face was astonished, and he seemed to be unbelievable for a moment: "This guest house...was opened by Mr. Yu?"

"Hmm." Yu Feiang was pleased by his surprised look, and his expression was a little more proud, "I just wanted to drive for fun, but I didn't expect to become the number one teahouse in the capital by accident. In fact, I am also very helpless of."

Qi Zizhen didn't want to answer for a while.

But after hearing Yu Feiang's words, Qi Zizhen unceremoniously accepted the sunspot he threw, and asked by the way: "The junior, if you come back later, can you exchange a friendly price?"

After all, this Ling guest house is really expensive, and he doesn't dare to come too often on weekdays.

Yu Feiang didn't know what friendship price was, but seeing Qi Zizhen's expression, he guessed what he meant, and generously gave him a small jade pendant: "You can show this jade pendant when you come in the future, and you don't need to pay for it."

Qi Zizhen liked the tea in Lingkelou very much, and thanked him happily when he heard the words, until he was about to leave the chess room after tidying up, he looked very happy, completely forgetting that he was still playing a sick and weak boy.

So as soon as he took a step, he heard the guard at the door cough lightly and wink at him continuously.

Qi Zizhen was in the right mood, and when he walked out, he followed his signs curiously, and saw Song Ping and Lu Yuanbai walking up the stairs.

...Wan Duzi, too smug.

Every time Qi Zizhen and Yu Feiang had been in contact with each other before, they avoided others, so as not to pull Yu Feiang's position to the side of the new emperor too early and cause him unnecessary trouble.

There is a distance between the stairway and the chess room, but Yu Feiang has already followed him out, and he came out in such a good spirit, it would be too obvious to suddenly return to sickness at this time.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Zizhen had an idea and performed a flat throw on the spot.

The guard who cooperated tacitly stepped forward to support him nervously: "Young Master Qi, are you alright?"

Qi Zizhen took advantage of the opportunity of almost falling to restrain his original energy, frowned and coughed a few times, his voice was quite vain: "It's okay, I just walked in a hurry accidentally."

With the strength of the guard's support, he straightened up again, turned to face Yu Feiang, lightly pursed his lips with a sleepy expression: "I'm really sorry for bothering Mr. Yu, this junior will leave."

It's just a pitiful appearance of forcing your body to go out to socialize, but it ends up being shattered.

Yu Feiang who witnessed the whole process was simply amazed.

The author has something to say: "Because I'm too afraid of overturning the car, so I'm full of acting skills"

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In the end, I still couldn’t add more cough today, but it’s a little thicker and longer!Double change the day and make up the mua!

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Thanks to [Huaisu], [An Arctic Rabbit] and [Hinny Si] for their nutrient solution mua~