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

Xie Wei's originally slowed down pace stopped completely.

what?

He thought with full satisfaction that with Xie Ke, King of Jin standing in front of him, and the relationship between the two was incompatible, the crown prince would not be suspicious of him anyway.

But why did Xie Ke rush forward to prove his innocence as soon as the prince arrived outside Tangjing without saying a word?

After all, you are the prince who is most favored by the emperor, the one who can stand against the Eastern Palace, can you have some backbone? !

The conversation over there is still going on.

Xie Heng raised his brows, and responded perfunctorily: "Well, Gu believes in you."

Xie Ke looked at the expression of the person in front of him and knew that he didn't take it to heart, so he still held his sleeves and didn't let go, and said eagerly: "Really?"

……

Just say that he is the stupid son of the landlord's family.

Xie Heng smiled like a spring breeze on his face, but in fact he pulled back his sleeves resolutely, and said softly, "Isn't Ning Xun doing well in the west? Don't worry about sending three letters a day?"

Prince Jin's mansion sent letters to the west so frequently that Duke Ningguo Mingxuan even sent a letter to the crown prince for this purpose, thinking that King Jin wanted to make trouble in western Xinjiang, and asked if he wanted to go to inspect the salt affairs this time. Buckle it all down.

Xie Ke choked for a moment, but still followed the prince step by step: "Brother Huang is back, isn't he?"

The implication is, you are back, but my people are still there, who knows if you will regret it?

Xie Heng glanced at him, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Gu is a person who keeps promises, and I won't touch your heart for nothing."

The next few words of the two of them were not of high stature, King Duan could not hear them very clearly, but he could clearly see that the crown prince strode towards the back of the chariot, Xie Ke did not catch up again, but stood on the spot, His cheeks flushed bright red, and his expression was a little uncomfortable.

?

Is it because he has lived in the palace for too long and missed any key information?

Aren't these two beating each other to death every day just because they didn't fight each other in the hall?Why did Xie Ke blush because of the prince's words?

Haohao entered the city with honor, and soon arrived at the palace. Since Emperor Hui was not there, he didn't make any fuss. He only held a small banquet in Linde Hall to celebrate.

Although it was a small banquet, there were quite a few people who should be there, including several senior princes in the clan, several academicians from the Lizheng Hall, as well as Shang Guojiu, King Huai and other high-ranking officials who did not accompany Emperor Hui. , all in place.

Even Qin Ye, the Duke of Ding, who had never got off the carriage outside the city, was pulled over by Su Herong, the deputy commander of the Dianqian Division.

This man didn't know whether he put powder on his face or did something else, but he looked really sickly and weak, but he still kept his back straight, and when he watched the prince's ceremony, his eyes showed a little indifference.

Xie Heng also just nodded, always smiling gently, but anyone can see that the relationship between these two is probably not far from what it used to be in Tangjing, or even worse.

Xie Wei's eyes moved slightly, he raised his head and took a sip of the sweet soup, covering up all the calculations in his eyes.

Emperor Hui was not there, so the protagonist of this banquet was naturally the crown prince.

Moreover, for the drudgery of this trip to southern Xinjiang, no suitable candidate could be found in the clan. The King of Jin said he was sick and avoided the matter, but the crown prince took the initiative to invite Ying as the heir apparent. He managed things beautifully in southern Xinjiang, which is really admirable.

Amidst the sounds of singing, dancing and music, Xie Heng listened to the genuine or false compliments all night, and also drank a lot of wine.

In the end, he felt that he couldn't drink any more, so he had to cover his face with a long sleeve and spilled the remaining wine in his hand, but his face showed an obvious drunken state.

The crown prince came back from southern Xinjiang, and saw that his complexion was much better than before, and he was more relaxed in his speech than before, so someone wanted to persuade him again, Xie Heng held his wine glass and leaned lazily on the back of the chair, looking for help. He glanced at Uncle Guo.

Zhao Shuyao hurriedly stood up, and interrupted: "Your Highness is too strong to drink, so there is no need to respect!" He glanced at Yun Zhou again, and repeatedly ordered: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you help Your Highness back to the palace to rest soon? !"

He is not only the prince's own uncle, but also bears the official position of Zhongshu's assistant minister. He is very respectful in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and Yun Zhou helped the faltering prince away.

After the banquet was over, Qin Ye said goodbye to a few familiar colleagues. The weak and pale expression on his face finally returned to normal under the night. He walked, but was stopped within a few steps.

"Uncle?" Qin Ye turned his head, just in time to see King Huai walking over supported by Su Horong, and seeing him turn his head, he shook Su Horong's hand away.

The breeze blew past, and a faint smell of alcohol followed.

"It's rare to go back to Beijing. I didn't come to chat for a few words during the whole banquet, and I didn't wait to go out of the palace together after the banquet..." Duke Huai complained a few words, looking at Qin Ye's tall and tall figure under the moonlight With the sound of even and slow breathing, the worried look in his eyes finally disappeared, and he said with a smile: "Fake illness again? Just pretend, why did you come to the banquet?"

Today is the celebration banquet for the crown prince's return to Beijing. Due to the consideration of affection, Qin Ye didn't come, so his mother's cousin Su Herong went to invite him, which is reasonable.

But Qin Ye followed after being dragged by Su Herong, which is enough to show that his 'disease' is not so serious.

Listening to Duke Huai's ridicule, Qin Ye didn't say that he was in a hurry to go out because he was thinking about what Yun Zhou said in the chariot today, but said: "If I am really sick and can't get up, I won't even attend the banquet, but The reliability is too low, and I don't know how many imperial physicians will come to the house tomorrow, so I won't cause these troubles."

This almost clearly stated that this trip to pretend to be sick was just an excuse to return to Beijing.

Otherwise, how easy would it be to be neither mild nor serious?

Duke Huai glanced at him, helplessness appeared in his eyes, he took out two folded rice papers from his sleeve, and handed them to him: "What you want to check."

It was the two pages handed to Queen Zhao by the court of Chu yesterday.

Qin Ye took it over and glanced at it casually, with an inconvenient expression: "Sure enough."

Duke Huai looked at his expression, he had some calculations in his heart, and said bluntly: "The crown prince was assassinated, and it was Prince Duan who succeeded?"

Qin Ye nodded slightly.

He was not surprised that Duke Huai could guess it.

Southern Xinjiang is where he has been operating for many years. Since he is at odds with the Marquis of Wuning's Mansion, he is naturally closer to his mother's family. Prince Huai's Mansion wants to know something in Southern Xinjiang.

In addition, he sent a letter back to investigate Duan Wang, and Duan Wang did have ghosts, comparing the two, the situation is very clear.

Duke Huai let out a long sigh.

"Before you told He Rong that you fell in love with a young master, and you also said that that young master also liked you," he said. ..."

"There is no such person."

No one could be found, either Qin Ye had deceived Su Herong, or that person's status was high enough or secret enough, so that even Prince Huai's mansion could not find out.

What kind of person has such ability?

Qin Ye was silent for a moment.

Huai Prince Su Qi is different from other people, the two families have many entanglements, and he is a close elder, there are many things that cannot be concealed.

His silence like this dispelled Duke Huai's last doubts. The powerful king with a different surname sighed again, and asked with a wry smile: "Do you like the prince?"

Qin Ye's eyelashes trembled slightly, after all, he met Duke Huai's eyes directly, and said frankly, "Yes."

Fearing that Duke Huai would not understand the weight of this sentence, he immediately added another sentence.

"I have identified him in this life."

Duke Huai stopped talking.

He watched Qin Ye grow up, and he knew Qin Ye better than his own father, Qin Hengye.

Single-minded and stubborn, no one can persuade him to do things that he has decided on.

What's more, once it was confirmed that Qin Ye was in love with the prince, many unreasonable things were explained.

For example, why did he insist on going to southern Xinjiang at the risk of causing Emperor Hui to be jealous, for example, why did he go to the Huai Palace to let him pay attention to the movement of the Tai Chi Hall.

Is that really something to watch out for?That was an early vaccination to pave the way for his sweetheart!

The crown prince already has quite a lot of influence in Tangjing, if you add the military power and old ministry of Duke Huai's and Dingguo's mansions in Gyeonggi...

Duke Huai swallowed uncontrollably.

The point is, even if he doesn't want to do it...he can't seem to get off this ship!

On the face of it, Qin Ye confessed to him after he guessed it, but in fact, those two had tacitly dragged him onto the boat.

After returning from the palace, he began to pretend to be discordant. If he said that he had no such plan, no ghost would believe it!

After a while, Duke Huai looked at Qin Ye and said, "Whether it's Duke Huai's mansion or Duke Dingguo's mansion, there's no need to go any further. It's not a good thing to cook with fresh flowers."

Without waiting for Qin Ye to speak, he continued, "I have never been with the crown prince before, so I don't know what kind of character and disposition it is, but since you like him and you have already made a decision in your heart, there is no need to say anything else. "

Qin Ye didn't want Duke Huai to be so reasonable, so he raised his brows slightly, and there was a hint of joy in his heart.

This is the first time he admits in front of others that he likes the prince, and that person is an elder whom he has been close to since childhood.

It would be a lie to say that you are not worried at all.

He is like a child who has just begun to fall in love and is jerky and ignorant. He anxiously reveals the treasure he holds in his palm to those he trusts, but he is also afraid of being scolded and opposed, and his intentions fall into the mud.

Qin Ye opened his mouth, and was about to say a few words of kindness to express his gratitude, but heard Duke Huai say it again.

"Take it back someday and see. It's not okay to come to the door formally, but you can pretend casually. If he really likes you and has a long-term plan, he shouldn't think this is troublesome, right?"

what?

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Royal Court.

Xie Heng drank two bowls of hangover soup, finally suppressed the turbulent drunkenness, and then was supported by Yun Zhou to take a bath and change clothes.

After changing into plain pajamas, Xie Heng lazily leaned on the bed, casually holding the scroll in his hand, but didn't read it.

On the first day the prince returned to Beijing, he didn't live in the palace and wanted to live in a separate garden. It was really hectic for a while, but now it seems to be settled properly. Even the important memorials that have not been sent to southern Xinjiang for several months after leaving Beijing are piled up together. On the desk in the house.

It's a pity that today the prince is doomed to lose the thought of diligence.

Yun Zhou looked at the prince's drowsy appearance, and asked tentatively: "Your Highness, do you want to sleep?"

He observed these days that His Highness the Crown Prince's body is much healthier than before. If in the past, how could the Crown Prince drink so much wine after a night of tossing around, and did not fall asleep after drinking so much wine?

But even if he is in better health, he can't stand this kind of suffering, can he?

Xie Heng rubbed his forehead, glanced at the sky outside the window, saw that the night was getting dark, and his heart sank.

What is he thinking?

Returning to Tangjing for the first time, the boats and cars are exhausting, how can anyone climb over the wall with such vigor?

It was also because he was too busy to wait for a few days, so he ran here briskly.

Xie Heng nodded, and lay down on the bed with Yun Zhou's support. After all, he couldn't hold back, and ordered: "If...he comes in, it's the same as when he was in Du Ruoyuan, so don't stop him."

The Royal Garden was no more heavily guarded than Du Ruoyuan. Even though he knew that Qin Ye was extremely skilled, Xie Heng couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Yun Zhou responded with a smile, and put down the bed curtain.

Yehua is like water, a chic and neat figure crossed the corridors, and landed silently in front of the main house.

Qin Ye frowned and looked at the house in front of him, thinking about where to enter, and suddenly saw a figure in armor and holding a sword, looking in his direction.

When the four eyes met, Qin Ye's heart tightened, and a hidden weapon quietly appeared in his hand.

That's right, after the assassination in Southern Xinjiang, Gu Mingzhao intentionally added many guards and dark guards to the prince's side. Now that he has returned to Tangjing, he has enough manpower, not to mention the same shortage as when he was in Southern Xinjiang. There are countless masters everywhere. .

Or...forget about knocking out?

Qin Ye frowned and thought, but saw that figure looked at him intently, as if confirming who it was, pointed to a place in the house, then bowed slightly, avoiding this direction.

Qin Ye raised his head slightly, and saw where the figure was pointing...

There is a half-open window.