Chapter 284: Rude words
People have no calculations, and national players sometimes lose.
Yu Wenjue dropped the last piece, picked up his teacup and watched indifferently, just being the chess player and not a player in the game.
Yu Chiyuan approached the desk, bowed his head and presented the secret letter he had just received.
"Your Highness, a secret report from Jinye."
Yu Wenjue raised his eyes and glanced at the seal of the secret letter. The mark of kapok was inconspicuous. He raised his chin slightly and said calmly: "Leave it alone."
Yu Chiyuan just placed the secret letter beside the chessboard. Someone from the palace came in to report.
"Your Highness, Lord Gongsun is paying homage to Prince Jingning and his lady."
Hearing that someone was visiting, Yuchi Yuan consciously stepped aside as usual and stood behind Yu Wenjue.
Everyone in Weiyang Palace knows that His Highness King Qi has a guard who is always with him no matter day or night. Even if he meets the emperor or the emperor, he does not avoid it.
Not only is this guard's origin a mystery, but he is also unsmiling and loyal to only the King of Qi.
Someone who has good intentions found out after asking around that he was the bodyguard personally selected by Emperor Xiaoren for King Qi when he was still alive.
The emperor and the emperor were also very friendly to him.
On the way together, Gongsun Xu told a lot about the situation of King Qi, so that the prince Jingning and the girl would not be too unfamiliar.
Xiao Qianyi glanced at Xiao Jingnan, her expression focused and serious. If she had not seen and heard with her own eyes that he ordered people to collect information about Qi Wang Yuwenjue, she would have really thought that he knew nothing about this Qi traitor. .
Compared to the pretentious one in Luoan City, she still preferred the majestic major general on the battlefield.
If we talk about the sons and daughters of the world, I am afraid there is no one better than her brother.
Xiao Qianyi listened to Gongsun Xu’s story all the way, but it was just trivial matters. It was better for them to investigate more fully themselves.
So, what is said basically goes in the left ear and out the right ear.
Gongsun Xu walked in the front, Xiao Jingnan dropped half a step, and Xiao Qianyi followed absentmindedly at the end.
It was hot outside, but as soon as I entered the main hall, my whole body seemed to be submerged in cold water, which made me feel very comfortable.
When they entered, Yu Wenjue was playing chess alone. Compared to the visitors, the chess pieces on the chess board seemed to attract his attention more.
Xiao Qianyi glanced at the thin blue shadow, her fair face as cold as frost and snow. If my brother is Yougu Qinghong, then this cheap cousin is Xuefeng Hanbing.
Yu Wenjue asked people to watch the tea. Gongsun Xu and Xiao Jingnan were on the left and right, and Xiao Qianyi sat down next to Xiao Jingnan.
Only when they were greeting each other, Yu Wenjue raised his eyelids, looking very indifferent.
Xiao Qianyi glanced at Xiao Jingnan with her peripheral vision. Even her brother had never expected that Yu Wenjue would be so arrogant and rude.
You must know that no one from the Jingning Hou Mansion who met Yin Yue in Da Zhou was allowed to give a few compliments.
This is really the first time that they have been treated coldly like this.
After tea, Yu Wenjue put down the chess pieces in his hand and looked towards them, his voice was very calm.
"Jingninghou Crown Prince Xiao Jingnan, I have heard for a long time that the battle of Linbin was won brilliantly."
Xiao Qianyi was a little surprised. She had never thought that he would talk so frankly about the past war.
Xiao Jingnan raised his hand: "Your Highness has given you too much praise. The reason why Lin Bin was able to win the battle was just because he had already made arrangements. I just took the credit from the ready-made achievements. It is really impossible to win with force."
Gongsun Xu looked at Yu Wenjue's calm face, his heart suddenly moved, and he looked a little embarrassed.
In the Battle of Linbin, the chariot and cavalry general Lu Huai was almost wiped out. Fortunately, His Highness, who was a general at that time, tried his best to resist in Yulan, and was able to win a glimmer of hope for Qi. And their deployment is actually not very clever.
The original plan was to capture Yu Lan, but after His Highness refused the request to cooperate with the outside world, they had to activate another hidden line, which was Lin Bin, which Lu Huai was guarding.
Prince Xiao and the girl also participated in that battle, and he was the one who provided them with inside information.
Gongsun Xu only thought that he was dissatisfied or unfair about his defeat in the past. He turned to look at him, but there was no displeasure on his face. He was so indifferent that he seemed to have nothing to do with him.
I haven’t really spent much time with His Highness. In the past, I mostly conveyed the Emperor’s instructions through letters, or relayed the news he had received from Jinye. Observe between the lines and think you understand him.
But after meeting face to face for many months, I realized that I still regarded him as superficial.
At first, when the Emperor proposed that His Highness be responsible for all the hidden secrets of the Qi State, he was the first to jump out and object. Not to mention that His Highness had defied the order many times to protect the Qi State. He also mentioned the death of Lu Huai and the name of treason. None of them are closely related to their secrets. With so many grievances and hatreds, how can they not cause people to worry? I am afraid that after His Highness grasps the hidden clues, he will avenge his private revenge and vent his anger.
It should be noted that the reason why Qi’s secret line has reached its current scale is because of how many people died in exchange for it.
If the hidden line is destroyed due to selfishness, then years of hard work will be wasted.
He was worried, and the Lord was even more worried.
But the emperor insisted on this, and even said bluntly that it was worth it to exchange Lu Xiu for Qi's secret line.
Whether it was worth it or not, he didn't dare to say, but since His Highness didn't touch anyone in the secret network after taking over, he admired it from the bottom of his heart.
I no longer dare to regard His Highness as a meticulous person who obeyed his orders in the past.
I dare not regard him as an ordinary prince or grandson.
He also seemed to understand why the emperor said what he said.
If such a person cannot stand on our side, what kind of terrifying opponent will he face in the future?
Gongsun Xu's mind was spinning a thousand times, and he looked at Xiao Jingnan who was sitting across from him. He looked calm on the surface, but there was still some confusion in his brows. It was obvious that His Highness's appreciation and praise for him made him feel uneasy.
Gongsun Xu looked at the main seat again, and Yu Wenjue just lowered his head and sipped the tea.
His Highness said this, I don’t know if it was intentional or unintentional.
While thinking, I heard a clear and sweet voice.
“Since His Highness was unwilling to abandon his armor and surrender to the enemy, and vowed to lead the Qi army to resist tenaciously, then why did he turn around and submit to the Great Zhou Dynasty now? It is not because I, the King of Qi in the Great Zhou Dynasty, have a greater title than the State of Qi. Is Sima more attractive?”
Gongsun Xu turned around and saw Xiao Qianyi raising a beautiful face, as bright as a summer flower.
It looks like he is sincerely asking for advice, but in fact he is rude and provocative.
In Dazhou, when it comes to Xiao Qianyi, few people may not know that the only legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingning was raised as a son-in-law by the Marquis of Jingning since she was a child. Prince Xiao also treated this biological sister in every possible way pet.
When the two countries were at war, she and her brother went into battle with the soldiers to kill the enemy. She was by no means an ordinary sweet girl.
He is somewhat arrogant.
No wonder this is the question.
It would be fine if it were an ordinary person, but now facing His Highness, Gongsun Xu was really worried.
Xiao Jingnan never expected that Xiao Qianyi would be so reckless. He frowned, glared at her, and hurriedly bowed to Yu Wenjue to apologize.
“My sister-in-law said something rude and offended His Highness, I hope Your Highness will not do it——”
Xiao Qianyi interrupted with a smile, “Your Highness can be the King of Qi in the Zhou Dynasty, so he must be magnanimous. How can you get angry over such a question? ”
It’s late, sorry~
(End of this chapter)