It didn't take long for us to leave the palace, and outside the palace gate was the carriage in which I came, and Lan Zhi led me until I sat in the carriage. I opened the curtain and saw the prince, who had been waiting in the car for a long time, and when he saw that I was wet, he took off his coat and draped it over me.

"What's the matter with you?" His voice was still cold and calm.

I replied, "When I was in the lotus pond, I ran into my sister and argued with her a few times, but she couldn't get angry and pushed me into the water." ”

Without thinking, the prince hit the nail on the head and asked the key directly: "Who saved you?" ”

I was a little hesitant, I was worried that if I said the name of King Yuwen, it would make the prince suspect that I was colluding with King Yuwen, but I knew better that even if I didn't say it, the prince would have a way to know, and at that time, I am afraid that it would not be a suspicion but a certainty.

So I had to answer truthfully: "It's King Yuwen." ”

The prince didn't say anything more, just stared intently into my eyes, staring at me a little weak in my heart before he spoke: "If you see the third brother again in the future, don't communicate with him more." ”

I didn't expect the prince to say such a thing, and although I was very puzzled, I didn't dare to ask more.

As soon as she returned to Ning Xiao, she met her mother-in-law in a few steps, she simply saluted the prince, and then hurriedly spoke: "Childe, your assassin has been caught, what should I do with it?" ”

The crown prince didn't look at her, but said lightly: "The law of Ye Kingdom stipulates that murdering the crown prince is a big crime to be beheaded all over the house, what do you think?" ”

The mother-in-law replied: "Hui Gongzi, the old slave understands that the person who assassinated you is Liu Yang." ”

Liu Yang? I felt a little familiar with this name, so I couldn't help but interject: "Is that my calligrapher?" ”

My mother-in-law nodded at me, and she replied.

The crown prince let out a long breath and said to himself, "Liu Yang... He has no relatives and no door to talk about, which is really troublesome...... Then kill all those who are close to him. ”

I thought that my mother-in-law said Mr. Liu's name in order to intercede for Mr. Liu, but now when I saw my mother-in-law replying to the prince with an expressionless "yes", I realized that my mother-in-law's words were just to tell the prince that Mr. Liu was unacquainted and not full.

The prince kills decisively, rewards and punishments are clear, and he doesn't mix any personal feelings in anything, I suddenly thought, for the prince, isn't there any important person around him? Or maybe he, like me, used to have very important people.

I suddenly remembered my mother, the dark days in the Guogong Mansion, how the housemother and sister bullied our mother and daughter, how Song Guogong tried every possible way to kill me, and how my mother carefully protected me, but unfortunately, in the end, I couldn't even leave a relic of my mother.

The crown prince took me to his residence, he sat at the table, one hand on his cheek, his eyes slightly closed, and he seemed to be a little tired, "The emperor already knows about Ning Xiao, the reason why he didn't start to slaughter here is probably because he hasn't made it too clear, and he doesn't want to act rashly, so you have to step up your speed training in the future, I see that the injury on your hand is almost healed, and you will start practicing martial arts with the secret guards outside from tomorrow." ”

I answered him first, and then remembered what happened to Li Shengqi today, so I spoke again: "Childe, I think that Ning Xiao's matter is likely to be revealed by Zuo Xiang..."

Before I could finish my sentence, the prince interrupted me: "It's him, Liu Yang is his person." ”

I was a little surprised when I heard this, "If you know, why do you want to keep him around?" ”

"I knew it from the beginning." The prince opened his eyes and looked at me, "I use people, I have always known the roots, at the beginning I used him, because I was curious about what Zuo Xiang wanted him to do, but unfortunately I couldn't find out his martial arts, so I never let him get close to me, and then because I wanted to arrange a calligraphy Mr. for you, and his calligraphy attainments are not shallow, which gave him the opportunity to hurt me." ”

I bowed my head and was silent, no longer talking to him.

......

I didn't expect that my second meeting with Mr. Liu would be the last.

There are many onlookers on both sides of the street, I have been looking for a long time but I have not seen Zuo Xiang, probably like them, the princes and nobles, really don't care about the life and death of their subordinates. I carefully observed his expression, but I could not see the slightest sadness or regret for the people around him, who were not important to him at all.

The crown prince stood next to me, and his gaze was the same as mine, staring at Mr. Liu, "Did you see that?" His expression. ”

I wondered, "What? ”

"No fear or apology, he has no true feelings for anyone, so naturally nothing can threaten him, and similarly, only such a person can always keep the master's secret." He turned to look at me, smiled and asked, "Did you say yes?" ”

I lowered my head and quickly avoided his gaze, but I heard him say to me again: "You have enough brains and ruthlessness, but this can only do things for me, but there is no way to keep my secrets, Song Yizhu, do things for me, only brains and ruthlessness are far from enough, you also have to be indifferent and ruthless, you have no friends, no family, but this can only show that you have no weakness at present..."

He reached out and pinched my chin and forcibly lifted my head for me to look at him.

I understood what he meant, took a few steps back, knelt down, and replied, "Not now, and not in the future." ”

He still smiled, looking like the spring breeze in April, but in fact it was the frost of the wax moon, hiding a knife in his smile, and his voice was also very gentle, but warm and cold: "If you still have weakness in the future, then I will kill him for you." ”

I looked at him indifferently, disapproving of his words, after all, in my eyes, as long as power and glory are my life's desires, I don't worry at all that someone will become my weakness.

On the contrary, I was very curious about the prince: "That son, do you have a weakness?" ”

He chuckled, "It's not something you have to worry about, all you have to do is listen to me, I'll tell you if I'm willing to tell you, and if you don't, you're not qualified to ask." ”

After the prince finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and turned to leave, at the same time, an order was given on the guillotine, but in an instant, Mr. Liu's blood had splashed all around, and the onlookers suddenly fell silent, and the sound of Mr. Liu's head falling on the wooden torture table was very loud, although I didn't look back, I could also imagine the scene.

I stood up, just glanced back at it, and followed the prince away.

Because of Liu Yang's matter, there was no one to teach me calligraphy for a while, so the prince ordered Yanhua to find someone with high calligraphy attainments. Within a few days, I heard from Yi Xuan that Yanhua held a calligraphy competition among the people, and many folk calligraphy masters came to visit.

Since there was no need to learn calligraphy in recent days, the prince gave the time to teach calligraphy to martial arts, and asked Lan Zhi to find someone to teach me martial arts in the secret guard. I didn't expect Yi Xuan to recommend himself and take the initiative to teach me martial arts, and because of this, I can occasionally hear some things outside of Ning Xuan's mouth.

I heard Yi Xuan say that the prince proposed to the emperor on the day of Liu Yang's beheading to divorce his wife, the reason is that she was ruthless, and she didn't care about her sister's feelings at all, and actually wanted to kill her own sister. After hearing this, the emperor did not give any order, but just let the prince deal with this matter himself.

When I heard this, I was very puzzled: "Recently, when the prince taught me Yaoqin, he didn't tell me about my sister's abolition. ”

Although the prince rarely told me about his plans or actions, he had mentioned this matter to me, if Sister Yan was abolished, he should have told me, but now no, I am afraid that Sister Yan's position as the crown princess will not be abolished after all.