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

Secret letter?

Both Xie Heng and Gu Mingzhao were taken aback.

The rules of the inner palace of the Qi Dynasty were strict, even if the Duke Dingguo's mansion sent things in through the route of the palace, several people had to go through repeated checks and tests before they could be sent to the desk of the Mingde Palace.

What's more, the secret letter is only used for privately conveying confidential matters.

On the side of the East Palace, only the residence of Zhongshu Shilang in Duke Ningguo's residence and the residence of the prince's teachers have such preferential treatment.

Where did Qin Ye hand it in?

The eunuch was also very uneasy when he replied, he just lowered his head and said: "It's a little eunuch named Xingying over there in the small kitchen, who said that he was originally favored by the old Marquis Wu Ning, so..."

The eunuch was speechless.

For so many years in the palace, I have seen stupid people, but I have never seen such self-destructive people.

Yes, many aristocratic families like to place people in the palace, and it is common for the court to be turbulent. In many cases, a little more information may lead to more lives.

But if you install people, you can install them. Can't you just wait quietly and pass news?You have to go to the prince to deliver the letter... Do you think the prince has a too good temper?

Now it's all right, if the crown prince blames him, the person in charge of the small kitchen, who knows no one, even he will suffer.

The eunuch was thinking sadly, and saw that the crown prince had taken the secret letter, and there was no sullen look on his face, instead he smiled, waved his hands and said: "Understood, don't make things difficult for that Xingying, treat him nicely." .”

This is the meaning of not caring and ordering him to back down.

Don't embarrass Xingying... on behalf of the prince, you don't mind Ding Guogong putting eyeliner in the East Palace?

After the eunuch left with a puzzled expression on his face, Xie Heng slowly opened the so-called secret letter and read it.

There were only a few lines on that piece of letter paper, and it was not much richer than the piece of paper copied by Uncle Guo a few days ago, but Xie Heng still read it for a long time.

Gu Mingzhao, who had been on the sidelines for a long time, thought that Qin Ye had written some military secrets to the prince, so Xie Heng put the letter away and said hesitantly, "Mr. Ding and Gu meet... tonight at the house at the end of Hexi Lane?"

? ?

I have only heard that the prince summoned him, but I have never made an appointment to meet the prince, but considering the person's usual personality and the previous incidents, it is not particularly difficult to understand.

Gu Mingzhao pinched his chin and thought: "Didn't you say last time that you will see each other less? It's only been a few days? Those who don't know think he was divorced."

He thought for a while, and always felt that something was wrong, so he simply picked up the letter paper that Xie Heng put on the table and looked at it twice, and suddenly realized.

"Your Highness," Gu Mingzhao said with raised brows, "This house at the end of Hexi Lane... seems to belong to our East Palace?"

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Lu Yanhe felt that since he returned to Tangjing, he had no idea what his father-in-law was thinking.

If it was wrong to think that the prince and father-in-law Zhuma Zhuma had been in love since they were young, it was also wrong to think that the relationship between the two was mediocre. It would not be true that the divorce with a sword that has spread all over the capital a few days ago was also a fake, right?

But look at what he has been ordered to do in the past few days—to find out about the mansion that the prince bought outside the palace and not put it on the surface, and by the way, buy the vacant mansion next to the mansion, and hastily renovate it according to the father-in-law's idea. Fan, and finally send a secret letter through the secret line of the Eastern Palace that was inserted in with the old nose...

Just to meet up.

Those who knew thought that these two were going to discuss important matters of the court, and those who didn't know thought they were letting go of the affair.

Xie Heng drove to the gate of the house at the end of the Hexi Lane mentioned in the letter. When he saw Lu Yanhe standing at the gate sniffling, he realized that the place where Qin Ye invited him to meet was in the other courtyard he bought himself—next door.

Sneaking like a thief, he covered his body and went to the next door. As soon as he entered two doors, Xie Heng saw what was going on inside.

This house has been vacant for a long time, and it is obviously too late to tear it down and rebuild it, but it is obvious that the inside has been thoughtful.

Yiying's furnishing cover is new, and it looks like it was pulled directly from Dingguo's mansion. The familiar sandalwood fragrance rises from the gilded incense burner, and there is even a bottle of wine on the table, faintly revealing Refreshing aroma of plum blossoms.

More importantly, it was the person standing by the window waiting for him.

Xie Heng could tell at a glance that Qin Ye was different today from the past.

This person is usually clean, but he is only good at cleanliness, he is not particular about his clothes.In private, she always wears thin long gowns, but when entering the palace, she wears official uniforms, as long as there are no mistakes in appearance and shape, she doesn't pay attention to anything else.

I don't know what happened today, I changed into a dark blue narrow-sleeved long robe, the cuffs were embroidered with fine patterns in the candlelight, and the hair crown and belt were also replaced with white jade, which was bright and white under the moonlight, and it even more set off the people in front of me. Qingjun is tall and straight, bright and windy.

The two sat down after discussing the ceremony, and there was no one waiting in the room. Qin Ye handed the wine glass to Xie Heng, and said, "Your Highness, please taste the plum blossom wine that was tasted in Prince Huai's residence last year."

Xie Heng took the cup, took a sip, and said, "Mr. Ding is inviting you today, but do you have something important to discuss?"

The prince was always straightforward, Qin Ye didn't care, his eyes flicked past Xie Heng's eyebrows and then hurriedly withdrew, and said softly: "I want to thank the prince."

"In the past few days, there have been turmoil in the court over Xu Daoyan's defection in southern Xinjiang. I know that there is no one in the clan, and His Majesty wants Song Qian to go to Southern Xinjiang to inspect and investigate the collusion between the generals in Southern Xinjiang and Southern Zhou."

Qin Ye also drank a cup of wine himself, with a soft voice, and the clear plum blossom fragrance diffused, lingering in the room.

"Song Qian has always been at odds with my ministers. If he goes, he will definitely find out many things that are not good for my ministers. I was not afraid at first. Relying on the prestige of military achievements and the Huai Palace over the past few years, your majesty will not want my life. It's just military power, and it's not something worth caring about."

Xie Heng's Adam's apple rolled, and his heart beat a little fast.

Although Qin Ye said the words while drinking, the words were clear and coherent, and it was obviously not a sudden thought.

Anyone who winks at the court knows that the emperor wants the military power in Qin Ye's hands, and also knows that because of Qin Ye's great prestige in the army and the power of his mother's Huai Palace, the emperor will most likely not want to kill him.

Putting such words that everyone knows but refuses to speak out on the surface can only illustrate one fact.

Qin Ye is about to get serious.

Sure enough, Qin Ye drank another glass of wine and continued, "It's just that I didn't expect that His Highness would still be willing to protect me at this time, and even went to the southern border personally..."

"I don't like to owe favors by nature. Now that I think about it, I don't know how much I owe Your Highness since I entered Beijing. It's almost impossible to count."

Xie Heng remained silent.

He actually didn't feel that Qin Ye owed him anything.

Since he came here, he has been trying to plan to change the "Song Zuo Rebellion". Qin Ye is the key figure in it. He has been helping and protecting it. In fact, it all comes down to a starting point that he thinks is not noble.

He wanted to warm up this person, and seek Qin Ye's influence in the army, and even the influence of Duke Huai's residence.

The more Qin Ye felt indebted, the more he felt good about him, and this game could go on.

But seeing this person's apologetic look at this time, Xie Heng felt his heart tighten unconsciously.

What did Qin Ye do wrong again?To be forced to such a point by Emperor Hui's cruel and suspicious imperial heart, one must also be grateful to him for his ulterior motives.

So Xie Heng also raised his head and drank a cup of wine, and suddenly said: "Actually, I have other plans."

He opened his mouth, but didn't know where to start.

To be completely honest is not to be completely honest, but not to be honest... what to say?

Could it be that he told Qin Yeming that he had already seen that Song Qian had other intentions and that Qi Dynasty was going to end the game, and that he had planned it early in the morning, so he couldn't pull him to rebel?

Just as he was hesitating, he heard Qin Ye's answering voice with a smile in his ear.

He said, "I know."