After refusing to marry the prince, the general regretted it too much

The sky is getting dark and the lights are on.

The Renming Hall where the prince lived had lit candles early on, and it was illuminated like daylight. Except that the hall was slightly smaller than the Mingde Hall, its furnishings and rituals were the same as those of the Eastern Palace, which showed the intention.

Xie Heng was leaning on the lead pillow, twirling a white piece in his hand, and casually dropped it on the chessboard.

On the other side of him, Qin Ye was sitting upright, with his thin lips tightly pursed, and his expression looked a little dignified.

Failed.

He came here today to accompany the prince to relieve boredom.

This year's autumn is exceptionally cool, and the prince has not recovered from the wind and cold. The imperial doctor in the palace repeatedly ordered him not to go hunting in the mountains. Xie Heng is a very obedient doctor. Even though he practiced archery for a long time earlier, he took a break Qiu Xi's mind stayed peacefully in the hall.

Xie Heng himself was quite calm, he had been bored in the palace for a long time on weekdays, and it was enough to come out to see the scenery on the road, and he didn't have any obsession with the end game.

Qin Ye, who had watched Xie Heng practice arrows, felt that the prince was about to die of wronging.

He is physically exhausted despite his excellent archery skills, and he has to stay in the palace despite his longing. He can only go out at noon and live the same life as in the palace.

So he didn't take part in Qiu Xi much anymore, leaving his old relatives behind, and continued to come to Renming Palace to accompany the prince to relieve boredom with "old wounds not healed".

When he came, Xie Heng was sitting on the chair by the window flipping through a book, pinching a thin volume of book with his slender, jade-white fingers, the sun shone in from outside the window, his handsome face seemed to be shining.

Hearing the reason for Qin Ye's visit, Xie Heng smiled and put down the book, his eyes swept around the hall, and landed on the chessboard next to the Eight Treasures Stand, he said casually: "Then play chess?"

Qin Ye nodded in response, and the clever palace servants set up the chessboard and chess box. Qin Ye sat down opposite Xie Heng, thinking about whether to give in before he even guessed.

Without him, it is rumored that the master who taught Go when the prince entered school was a collateral relative of the Queen's mother's family. He overturned the chessboard and beat the master, and never mentioned learning chess again.

Qin Ye himself is not considered a national player, however, he is the son of a family who is exaggerated because of his talent and wisdom, and his self-proclaimed chess skills are still in the category of 'good'.

If the prince is killed too hard... what should I do?

With such inexplicable thoughts... Qin Ye lost three games in a row.

To be precise, this is the fourth game.

On the chessboard, black and white are tightly intertwined, but it can be vaguely seen that the white piece has the upper hand, and as the latest piece falls, the situation becomes more and more obvious. Qin Ye carefully looked at the map of the mountains and rivers for a long time, but he didn't find it. There is a chance to break the game at half an hour.

Qin Ye slowly twisted the pieces in his hand, his face was calm and calm, but his heart was actually flustered.

In the first three rounds, he was thinking of giving in, so he couldn't help but feel a little restrained. After losing a few rounds, and being watched by the prince with a gentle smile on his face, he couldn't help but feel a little bit superior.

When he conceded in the last game, he said, "There are only three things to do", and he has to fight the prince for [-] rounds with vigor. If he loses another game, he will let the prince deal with it.

So in this round, Qin Ye put up all his energy and moved carefully and step by step, but he still fell into the same situation as the previous three times.

Qin Ye sat upright, feeling in his heart that he was being hasty.

How can you let the prince dispose of such words casually?

If it was an ordinary lottery, no matter how expensive it was, he would still be able to take it out, but the crown prince has always had bad intentions for him, if he asks for something, will he give it or not?

Qin Ye raised his head and glanced at His Royal Highness's almost picturesque eyebrows, his throat rolled almost invisible.

While hesitating, the door curtain rang, and a young eunuch dressed as a court attendant entered the inner hall from the outside, knelt down and said: "Your Highness Wan'an, Ru Hai Gonggong came to deliver a message, and you are leaving the banquet in Yundian at the right time. , I hope His Highness will come soon."

The father-in-law Ruhai he was talking about was Wang Ruhai, the chief eunuch who was in charge of Emperor Hui. He was quite trusted by Emperor Hui, and all the princes were very respectful.

Xie Heng glanced at Qin Ye, who took advantage of the momentum and put down the chess piece in his hand, and looked at Qin Ye who was showing great enthusiasm to the little eunuch, smiled in his heart, and said softly: "Got it."

The little eunuch kowtowed and left, while Yun Zhou and the others began to scramble to get the Crown Prince's official banquet attire, and the hall became busy in an instant.

Emperor Hui had a big banquet for the ministers, Qin Ye was naturally going to the banquet, and was thinking about saying goodbye and going back to change clothes, when the door curtain slammed again, it was Xie Zhiyao who came in wearing the uniform of the Eastern Palace guard.

Compared with the poor little boy who knelt and opened his mouth and cried when he met people more than a month ago, Xie Zhiyao, who has the support of the prince, is much more energetic. He wears well-fitting clothes, and his stature seems to have jumped up again. Cut, more tall and slender, the whole person stands there, which makes people look refined.

Xie Zhiyao was walking into the hall familiarly, with a rather smug expression on his face, he entered the hall and took a few steps closer to kneel down to show his merits, when he bumped into Qin Ye who gave him a cold swishing glance. glance.

He had never seen Qin Ye before, but the person in front of him was only 25 or [-] years old, with sharp-edged brows and sassy eyebrows, with such a cold look, the person who looked at him felt cold all over his body.

Coupled with the gold-painted cloud patterns on the jade belt around the man's waist, and sitting here having a good conversation with the prince, his identity couldn't be more obvious.

Xie Zhiyao's footsteps of trying to get closer to the prince stopped immediately, he stood in the place where the subject should be, bowed down to say hello, stood up and bowed slightly to Qin Ye.

Then, Xie Zhiyao didn't speak, just lowered his head, raised his eyes to look at Xie Heng, and then quietly glanced at Qin Ye.

This meant that there was something to report, but it was inconvenient to say it in front of Qin Ye.

Qin Ye understood his 'hint' almost immediately.

Looking at Xie Zhiyao's young but unfamiliar face, he frowned slightly, then got up and said goodbye: "I have to go back and change clothes to prepare for the banquet, so I will leave first."

Xie Heng nodded, and regretfully put down the baizi that he had been caressing in his hand: "Alright."

Without further delay, Qin Ye got up from his seat and walked towards the outside of the hall. When he passed by Xie Zhiyao, he subconsciously turned his face to look at the prince.

Xie Heng still has that lazy and relaxed appearance, he is so lazily tilted, and he also has a kind of innate grace and dignity, but at this time, he looks at Xie Zhiyao with great interest, his eyes Guang Yiyi seemed to be extremely interested in the news this person brought.

Qin Ye's footsteps slowed almost imperceptibly.

For a moment, he actually looked forward to Xie Heng's opening to keep him.

Looking forward to Xie Heng telling the unknown boy, "Mr. Dingguo is not an outsider, so there is no need to avoid it in the future."

This near fantasy fantasy only existed for a short moment, Qin Ye shook his head unnaturally, what was he thinking?

Even he himself has never opened up the most important secrets of the government and the army to the prince, so how can he expect the prince to have no reservations about him?

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After Qin Ye left, Xie Heng waved his hand to screen away the servants in the hall, and the huge inner hall became silent and empty in an instant.

Xie Zhiyao, who was already in high spirits when he entered the hall, couldn't hold back any longer, and said in a hurry: "Your Highness really has a clever plan! This time, Qiu Yu really brought in a group of assassins, there were about eleven or two of them, and they acted quite well. To be cautious, let's take precautions in advance, conduct more investigations around the hunting ground and the palace, and finally found their hiding place."

Xie Heng hummed unsurprisingly, and said slowly: "Can you tell whose hand it is? Did the people in front of the hall notice it?"

In fact, he is not very familiar with this episode. Most of the content in the book is about Xie Zhiyao's rise to prominence after the "Song Zuo Rebellion". Pass.

Xie Heng still remembers that Emperor Hui suffered an assassination during the fall in the book. It was said to be an assassination, but in fact, the assassin was killed by the instigator of the "Song Zuo Rebellion" before Emperor Hui's eyes. Qianqian captured all of them.

As for how this group of people came from who was instigated, the book did not clearly state that although Xie Heng himself had deduced it, he was not very sure.

Afterwards, Song Qian gained Emperor Hui's trust even more, and those assassins who had committed suicide when they were captured, and the two who survived died under interrogation. Emperor Hui was furious because of this, which is another story.

Xie Zhiyao shook his head: "Our people are afraid of showing their traces, and follow them far away, so they can't see the way of martial arts."

He raised his head and looked at Xie Heng's face, and saw that the prince's face was calm and indifferent, as if he had no emotion, he swallowed, and carefully lowered his voice: "As your Highness ordered, help these assassins After blocking the secret sentry sent by the three inspectors in front of the palace, Song Qian, the commander of the palace commander, was also caught up in trivial matters and had no time to clone himself. Now that it is getting late, it is more convenient to cover up the traces, so it is expected to be all right."

"It's just..." Xie Zhiyao frowned, with worry in his eyes, "If they make a move at today's dinner, there won't be many guards with His Highness..."

The assassins came here over the mountains, naturally for the assassination, and most of them came to the emperor, but what if?

When the prince went to the banquet, the only ones who could serve him personally were the servants of the Eastern Palace. The guards in the palace must protect the emperor first, and then the prince. If the dozen or so assassins were really scattered, no one could be safe.

"It's okay."

Xie Zhiyao heard the prince's casual voice, as gentle and clear as ever, determined and calm.

"Tell those guarding the assassins to withdraw." Xie Heng tickled the corner of his mouth and stood up; "Let's go to the banquet."