Zheng Cheng and the others also heard this report, and they felt strange: "Didn't you just come here in the morning, why did you come to report the news again after such a short time?" ”

Zhang Yi was also puzzled, he hurriedly ordered: "Quickly let someone come into the hall to meet you." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a short, middle-aged man stepped into the hall. The visitor glanced at the five or six people above the hall and identified the person standing in the middle of the hall, wearing brocade and satin robes, who should be the distinguished guests from the Qin Kingdom.

He said to Zhang Yi: "The villain is ordered by the lord Mr. Jin Shang to come to report a message to the honorable Prime Minister of the Qin State. The person the prime minister wanted to see promised to meet tonight. When Mr. Jin Shang was in the evening, he was waiting for the prime minister of Qin in the house. ”

The person who reported the news reported to Zhang Yi, but he wasn't sure if the person he was facing was really Zhang Yi, so he kept saying "Prime Minister of Qin", which was also very decent. If the person in front of him was not Zhang Yi, the letter he reported would also be relayed to the so-called "Prime Minister of Qin".

Zhang Yi was overjoyed when she heard the news from the visitor. He finally waited for the affirmative reply of the "person he wanted to see" mentioned in the message, and things had taken a turn for the better, how could Zhang Yi not be relieved and excited?

However, this turn of events was too sudden and strange. Just now it was a negative answer, and then there was a positive answer. There must be something strange about this?

Zhang Yi instructed Zheng Cheng to reward the person who delivered the letter with a string of money and sent him away. Then he also dismissed the others in the hall, and then thought about what Zheng Sleeve would change his attitude for. After thinking about it, he felt that his arrangement last night had played a role, and Zheng Sleeve also felt a deep crisis.

He then thought: "It must be before the rumors last night were sufficiently walked, Jin Shang made his request to Zheng Sleeve, so Zheng Sleeve naturally wouldn't agree casually." Before, Jin Shang believed that he had served Zheng Sleeve since he was a child, and he was credited to her, so he was overconfident, where did he know that Zheng Sleeve should have a psychological burden in the matter of seeing Zhang Yi. After all, she personally participated in the action to frame Zhang Yi back then. ”

From the details of Zheng Sleeve's initial refusal to meet, Zhang Yi smelled a trace of uneasiness in her heart. At the summer banquet of Ling Yin's mansion that year, when Zhang Yi was whipped and her skin was opened, he also swept Zheng Sleeve's horror and uneasiness, she was undoubtedly a tool used by the prince and others.

Zhang Yi gradually understood what kind of attitude Zheng Sleeve had towards a big change, that is, she heard that Zhang Yi also brought a princess of Qin to Yingdu, and this princess was going to marry the crown prince as a concubine. If the princess of Qin enters the prince's mansion, it will undoubtedly replace Zheng Sleeve's position, because with the noble status of the princess of Qin, there is no reason why the prince of Chu should not make her a concubine. And Zheng Sleeve's background is undoubtedly much inferior to that of the princess of Qin, and it is almost completely incomparable.

Although she has not met Zheng Sleeve in person and listened to her say her feelings, from the two diametrically opposite messages, Zhang Yi has roughly guessed Zheng Sleeve's psychology. He thought: "This Zheng Sleeve is asking for himself this time, how can you let you take me seriously." ”

With a hint of satisfaction, Zhang Yi planned the next move. He thought about it for a while and felt that he could make things more beautiful, so after lunch, he called Zheng Cheng over again. Zhang Yi prepared a wooden box full of gifts and asked Zheng Cheng to deliver it to Jin Shang's mansion in advance, saying that Jin Shang would hand it over to Zhang Yi's guests.

Zhang Yi guessed that Zheng Sleeve might arrive at Jin Shang's Mansion early, and he thought about giving a beautiful gift in advance to show the wealth and generosity of the Qin State, so that Zheng Sleeve could also taste the sweetness from his dealings with the Qin State.

In the evening of the same day, Zhang Yi appeared at the gate of Jin Shang's mansion on time, and as soon as he got out of the car, he found that Jin Shang was already standing at the gate of the mansion to greet him. After meeting Zhang Yi, he didn't care about making a formal greeting to Zhang Yi, hurriedly introduced him into the mansion, and went to close the door of the mansion himself. I had also looked around the gate of the house before, and when I found that no one had noticed, I closed the gate tightly.

Jin Shang led Zhang Yi through the front yard to the courtyard of the third entrance, and then led him to one of the west wings. Entering the room, Zhang Yi found that it was a suite with internal and external partitions. Jin Shang pointed to the inner room, and then said: "The person Zhang Cheng wants to see is there, you talk slowly, don't make too loud noises, so as not to alarm irrelevant people." This matter is not trivial, and I personally went to the gate of the house to guard it. ”

Zhang Yi was so nervous that his body was sweating, but he tried his best to show a calm and calm expression, he nodded to Jin Shang, and replied, "Thank you Steward Jin for your trouble!" I'll be very careful. ”

Jin Shang was still not at ease, he instructed: "My Zheng sleeve girl is actually very unhappy in her heart, and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng should not stimulate her with words and make her unhappy." ”

Zhang Yi nodded again in agreement, Jin Shang just walked out of the house, and before leaving, he glanced at Zhang Yi uneasily. After that, he carefully closed the door of his house and walked away.

Zhang Yi waited for a while, he calmed down his inner emotions while waiting for Jin Shang to go away. Then, Zhang Yi pushed open the door of the back room.

He saw Zheng Sleeve sitting on the seat inside, and although the room was dimly lit, she was covered with a thin blue veil. Hearing Zhang Yi's sound of pushing the door, Zheng Sleeve slowly lifted the veil, revealing a delicate and pretty face. Zhang Yi saw that she was still the same as when she first saw her, with a thin powder on her face, a little dye and curved eyebrows, a misty sideburns, bright teeth and starry eyes, a plump and slender figure, and a variety of postures.

Zheng Sleeve bowed his head slightly to Zhang Yi, and said softly: "The little woman has seen the dignified Prime Minister Zhang Cheng of the Qin State, please sit down." ”

Zhang Yi bowed his hand in return, and then slowly sat down on the opposite seat from Zheng Sleeve, the two were three or four feet apart, but Zhang Yi clearly smelled a burst of aroma, which must be the aroma brought by Zheng Sleeve's careful blending of Zhu Rong Powder.

Zhang Yi also said to Zheng Sleeve: "Zhang Yi has seen Miss Zheng, this place is Steward Jin's mansion, I will call you by your name before you left the cabinet, don't be surprised." ”

Zheng Sleeve was noncommittal, she felt that Zhang Yi was understandable to do this, although this title was generally only used by Jin Shang, and the family members who had followed her since before she got married. But Zhang Yi was introduced by Jin Shang, and it makes sense to call him this way.

However, at this time, the identities of the two are relatively special, one is the prime minister of Qin, and the other is the favorite concubine of the prince, both of whom have their own special identities. For Zhang Yi, he did nothing more than to get closer to Zheng Sleeve and accomplish what he wanted to do.