After analyzing the situation, I paused for a second and took the risk to speak.

However, the beauty of life in a desperate situation is that you can take a step back and see the first clues.

When the opponents are on par with each other, the king may wish to take a step back, so as to send back the loss of your own territory, but it is undeniable that you can lure the opponent to continue to press, and the king will then embezzle the preparation around it, so that the game of catching turtles in the urn can be set successfully. ”

I want to do my best to break this silence, to guess the current situation of Lin Jixiang from Yingzheng's changed attitude, and to sense how much room for maneuver Yingzheng can have in this predicament from his exposed feelings.

When Ying Zheng heard this, he fixed his eyes on the situation again, and he soon realized the beauty of retreating, but he still had a cold face and did not move the chess pieces as I thought.

"Sit!"

He didn't look up, and coldly ordered me.

My palms were sweaty, and I quietly wiped my hands on my robe by taking advantage of the trend, and sat down opposite Yingzheng.

"Do you know what the husband has done, and he must not be humiliated? With your method, you may be able to calculate that the opponent will take the bait and win the chess game, but this method is despicable. ”

He raised his eyebrows unhappily, looked into my eyes, and said solemnly: "If the person who is playing the game is a person who is sincere and loyal to you, how should you clean up the miserable situation and play chess?" ”

Ying Zheng intends to overlook the world, and the tricks he has used must be far superior to mine, but when he actually said this at this time, he must be alluding to my calculation of his meaning when he talks to me about intimacy and loyalty, right?

Although I thought so in my heart, I did not have the courage to say it to him, because I knew that the outcome of the egg hitting the stone was irreversible, and since I could not refute it, I had to try my best to persuade him.

"Those who achieve great things are not informal, and looking at the current situation, it is a state of no progress. As long as you move a little, there is no place to die.

Taking a step back and opening up the sky can not only relieve the embarrassment of the stalemate between the two sides, but also convince the other party. Why not try to win with one stone? ”

I asked rhetorically, took the piece and stepped back.

Ying Zheng looked at the chessboard I insisted on moving and took a deep breath.

"That's how you behave?"

He's clearly looking for fault with chess.

"There are different ways of being human, and there is no rigid framework.

Some people are cold and warm-hearted, and the value of their charity can only be highlighted at critical moments; However, some people are kind-faced and vicious, and they can betray them quietly, can you tell who is good and who is bad in these two kinds of people on weekdays? ”

I didn't dismiss the explanation to dispel his excuses, because I didn't think I was wrong about anything.

Ying Zheng was noncommittal, and didn't correct me more, he just snorted coldly. Take a step back and bypass the topic and ask out his purpose.

"Do you know what the widow called you for?"

It's finally here, and no matter how much I want to say anything else and delay speculating about what he did to Lin Jixiang, I can't resist his clear thinking.

Wheezing, swallowing saliva. I restrained my arrogance and bowed my head respectfully.

"Slave concubines don't dare to speculate."

Ying Zheng didn't delve into whether I had any speculation, he got straight to the point.

"Just now Lin Ru came here and said something about you to the widow, do you want to hear it?"

He looked at me with a blank look in his eyes, but he looked carefully; I panicked, my eyebrows moving down. His face did not dare to show a trace of expression.

"Lin Qingong?" I didn't worry or dislike it, but I frowned lightly, and said in a calm tone: "The slave concubine has only seen him, but if she goes again, she will disappear, and the king can know where he is?" ”

I finished asking. I presented the inquiring gaze I wanted to know to Ying Zheng, who was staring at me.

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows, and a slight fluctuating suspicion flashed in his eyes.

"You don't know?"

There was a distrustless movement in his voice.

I didn't say that I knew, nor did I say I didn't know, but I just aggravated the condensation of my eyebrows, and moved my eyes to the chess game to answer Yingzheng's question.

"When the concubine leaves. As if seeing that his feelings were unstable, I didn't know what was wrong with him at this time. ”

I'm answering, I'm asking, I want to know what happened to Lin Jixiang now, and how Yingzheng dealt with him.

Ying Zheng looked at me, stared at my face, and looked into it without blinking.

"He's gone." He said.

Let's go? I was shocked, and I couldn't be sure if he was really gone, or if Yingzheng was testing me, so I didn't dare to show too many thoughts on my face.

"How suddenly?" I asked Xiang Yingzheng in amazement.

Ying Zheng looked at me and looked me in the eye for a full minute before he spoke.

"Lin Ru said, you don't need his guidance, he and the purple taro girl are not suitable to survive and be trapped in the palace, so they set off immediately." He paused for a moment, and then said, "The widow wanted you to come before the hour of his departure, and if you wanted to keep him, you could have a chance to keep him, but you missed the opportunity yourself." ”

There was no regret in his words, just a little imperceptible ease in the calm, as if if Lin Jixiang didn't leave, he was very tired and Lin Jixiang was the same scene.

Yingzheng wants Lin Jixiang to go, I can't ask for it, if Lin Jixiang really gets away now, it will be the best result for me.

"The slave concubine suddenly fell, it seems that it was all providence."

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sank my face in regret.

Ying Zheng saw my reaction in his eyes, thought about it in his heart, and finally asked the doubts in his heart.

The widow was just curious that he would leave without warning. The widow has always felt that you need his correction very much, but you have told him that you no longer need his teaching, but what happened? ”

Seeing the doubts in Ying Zheng's eyes at this time, I calmed down: Ying Zheng must have let Lin Jixiang go, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me so calmly about the reason for Lin Jixiang's departure.

It's just that if I say the wrong thing a little bit, there is no doubt that Lin Jixiang will not be able to get out of this Xianyang City.

"Lin Qingong has always been very self-disciplined, and his teachings are also serious, and he is a Confucian who is cautious in his words and deeds.

When he was practicing dance, the slave concubine was just a momentary affair and had a disagreement with his dancing style, so he felt that it was okay to hurt his self-esteem. left in such a hurry, and even the slave concubine never saw him, thinking that he really wanted to leave. ”

I looked a little worried, my tone was indifferent, and I had no intention of giving up.

I can't ask why I came, and Yingzheng has no intention of continuing, so I'll stop for the time being.

"Nothing is good." He briefly concluded, turned his attention to the chessboard, and instructed me: "With your thoughts, finish this game." ”

If he wants to divert his arguments, I am naturally more respectful than obedient.

"Whoa!"

I watched as Ying Zheng took a step closer to me and raised my chess piece.

The game went as I thought, Ying Zheng asked me to make a move first, I retreated, Ying Zheng advanced with the words I had speculated before, I successfully surrounded his pieces, and after a few rounds, I won along with lì.

Although it was a victory, because Yingzheng walked exactly according to the way I thought when I made bold speeches, I had the feeling that he cooperated with me to complete my reverie.

I didn't make the last move I won, because it was obvious that I could win completely if I moved one more move, so I replaced the action of completing the game with I got up and apologized.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Although there is no law that says that it is not okay to win the government, it is not possible to understand the words of the people who are a little smarter--it is an insult to put the limelight on the head of the winners, especially the so-called women.

Ying Zheng sat there, looking at the way I was squatting, and didn't bother to let me get up, but thought about it, and asked me again what I had paused.

"You didn't have a previous relationship to let Lin Ru and the others leave, but you feel that he is there, you will avoid it with the widow, which will affect your opportunity here with the widow?" His question seemed to be light, but it contained expectations.

It turned out that Ying Zheng didn't speak, not because he wanted me to be unable to afford it, but because he never let go of his doubts about Lin Jixiang's departure.

If I say that Ying Zheng's guess is right, it means that I have a ghost in my heart - I am moved by "Lin Ru", so I feel that I should avoid it, and deliberately let Lin Jixiang and Ying Zheng separate.

"The king misunderstood, the slave concubine did not have this intention." I said against my will.

Concealing Lin Jixiang's true identity, concealing my feelings for Lin Jixiang, and concealing the real reason for Lin Jixiang's departure are destined to conceal my sincerity towards Yingzheng.

My words clearly irritated Yingzheng.

"Misunderstanding?" There was a sadness and pain in his words, and he commented on my answer, but it was full of antithetic excitement: "Good! So much better! ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand and went to the palace behind him, without even having time to say whether to punish me.

Ying Zheng didn't give an order, and although Meng Yi, who was protecting him, was reluctant to stay and dispose of me, he had no choice but to let me go again. Following Ying Zheng's moving direction, he looked at me from behind, and followed Ying Zheng for three steps before he could hold back the thought of escorting me and turn back to protect his mission.

I understand Yingzheng's heart that he can't wait to deal with me quickly, and I also understand that Meng Yi is trying his best to completely destroy my loyalty, and I also hate my own embarrassment of contradictions at this time, but what can I do?

Looking at the palace gate that blocked Yingzheng's figure, I let out a long and weak breath of bitterness, and walked towards the palace gate of the Qiongyang Palace with a sense of decadence.

If I completely confess my secret to Yingzheng - I think like this: Will Yingzheng believe that I am the person of the future? Will Ying Zheng believe the lifeline and longevity of the Qi country that I shake out? Will Ying Zheng believe that after I and Lin Jixiang deceived him, my true feelings for him?

Ying Zheng's reluctance and nostalgia for me at this time, is there even a 1 in 10 million chance that I should give it a go?

I couldn't help but feel a myriad of positive negatives in my mind, even though I was still subjectively desperately hoping for the possibility of such a miracle.