The hall was quiet, only the sound of falling children kept echoing. Huantong's expression was very relaxed, but Teng Yijue's brows were tightly locked, and he had to hesitate for a long time every time he fell.

A white piece falls, and the chess game is decided. Teng Yijue's brows furrowed, threw the sunspot in his hand into the chess basket, and sighed with a smile.

"The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, Situ Gongzi's chess skills are really good."

"Chen has been interested in Go since he was a child, and he has studied it for many years, and today I am fortunate to play against His Majesty, and I have benefited a lot." Phantom Tong stood up and bowed.

"I've liked it since I was a child, where did Situ Gongzi learn from." Teng Yijue looked at Huantong a little distracted, and remembered that Jin'er had pestered herself every day to learn to play chess.

"It's just a hermit master, and now I've cut off contact with my master, it's a pity." When Phantom Tong mentioned Master, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

When I was a child, in order to make my father like me, I tried my best to learn what my father liked. often went to his father to learn chess, but he was always rejected, and it was not until he left the palace later that he really learned it in Wujing.

Now that he can finally play a game of chess with his father, but not as a prince, it's really ironic to think about it. looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, but he couldn't find a trace of his father, he didn't treat himself as well as his master, and he couldn't even compare to Situ Hao.

"It's a pity, I still want to meet this master in this world, I have no fate." The emperor was very disappointed, but he didn't know if it was because he couldn't see the master of Phantom Tong, or if there was something else.

"If Your Majesty doesn't dislike it, the minister is willing to play chess with you often."

Phantom Tong wanted more opportunities to enter the palace, but the third prince was unwilling, he was the one who originally accompanied his father to play chess, how could he allow Phantom Tong to take away the opportunity to get along with his father like this.

But in this situation, the third prince can't stop it, so he can only hope that the emperor refuses.

"How can I mind, naturally it's too late to be happy." The emperor smiled happily, his eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Does my father think that his son's chess skills are too poor and he doesn't want to play chess with his son." The three princes squatted at the emperor's feet, helping the emperor beat his legs, while looking up at the emperor with his face up, very disappointed.

Teng Yijue patted the third prince on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "How come, Huantong came to play chess, and Ziheng also had to come to accompany me." How old a person is, how can he still look like a child. ”

The third prince showed a big smile and thumped his legs harder. This is the first time that Huantong has seen such a rich expression of the third prince, and he has always been indifferent to the outside world, and his expression is not leaky, and no one can fault it.

"Ziheng, go help me with those pastries."

The action of the third prince paused, and then responded.

Looking at the slowly closing door, Teng Yijue set his eyes on Phantom Tong, which was a scrutinizing look.

"Are you Situ Hao's adopted child?"

Huantong nodded calmly, letting Teng Yijue's suspicious gaze continue to scan over him, without revealing any emotion on his face.

"Do you still remember how your biological father was adopted by Situ Hao?"

Phantom Tong closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were already full of tears.

"Maybe I'm an outcast, or my biological father and mother have passed away, and I have followed Master since I was very young, and my memory of my parents is very vague. Later, Master wanted to go to Yunyou, so he sent me to General Situ. ”

Phantom Tong's words are half-true and half-false, Teng Yijue can't determine his identity from his words, he thinks Phantom Tong is Teng Zijin, but he doesn't dare to believe it.

"Father, this is the honey lotus cake just made in the imperial dining room, how can you taste it?" The third prince seemed to have a good relationship with the emperor, and when the chat fell silent, he came back with the pastries in time.

The plate of honey lotus cake is placed on a clear white porcelain plate, and the pale yellow cake body exudes a faint sweet fragrance, attracting diners.

The emperor picked up the top piece, bit off a small piece, tasted it carefully, but his face became worse and worse, and then put the remaining half of the piece in his hand back on the plate, and shook his head.

"Still doesn't taste right?"

The emperor didn't speak, waved his hand, and Zhao Xi immediately understood what the emperor meant, and took the plate of pastries.

Phantom Tong silently watched all this, honey lotus cake was the best pastry of the queen mother, and it was often made for everyone to eat. I don't want the queen mother to die for so many years, my father is still thinking about it, Huantong is a little incredulous, he thinks that his father has forgotten the queen mother a long time ago.

After playing chess for a long time, the emperor also felt tired, so he let them go back after a casual chat.

After leaving the council hall and taking a few steps outside, Huantong stopped Teng Ziheng.

"The third prince, Phantom Tong has something to ask for."

The third prince stopped and looked back at Phantom Tong, a little puzzled.

"A friend of the minister once asked the minister to help him bring a message to the queen if he had the opportunity to go to the palace."

"So you want Hongu to take the talk for you?"

The third prince had a light smile on his face, but Huantong knew that the third prince was not very happy at this time.

"The minister hopes that the third prince will help me introduce me, and I want to say these words to the queen in person." After speaking, Phantom Tong bowed to the third prince.

The third prince squinted his eyes and looked Phantom Tong up and down, trying to see through the person who suddenly appeared in front of him, I don't know why, a counselor would make him feel a sense of threat to the three princes.

"Situ Shenling, how can the forbidden place of the harem be allowed by foreign men to enter and leave at will?"

"Of course the minister knows, that's why he asked the third prince to help." Phantom Tong has always maintained a state of giving up, as if the third prince did not agree, he would not get up.

The three princes were silent, and Huantong didn't know why the three princes were hesitating, so they had to continue to speak.

"The minister has no malicious intent, if the third prince is afraid that the minister will make trouble in the harem, he can tie the minister's arm."

"Okay, just this once."

The third prince was very curious about what this Phantom Tong was going to do, and now that he had promised him, he would have the opportunity to find out.

The third prince sent someone to fetch a set of palace guards' clothes for Huantong to change into, and then took him towards Huakun Palace. All the way unhindered, less than a stick of incense to the Huakun Palace.

The third prince stopped at the door of Huakun Palace, turned around and instructed Huantong: "Don't speak after you go in, and you will speak again after I have spoken to the queen mother." ”

Huantong nodded, and the third prince took him into Huakun Palace with confidence.

At this time, Empress Li was closing her eyes on the soft couch in the room, plucking the rosary in her hand, and the grandmother beside her gently shook the silk fan.

An Zhiruo was watching the little maid tidying up the fallen leaves in the yard in the yard, and was distracted, when a pair of stone blue boots suddenly appeared in front of her. An Zhiruo raised her head in surprise and saw the handsome face of the third prince.

"Zhiruo, please tell the queen mother that I am here."

An Zhiruo smiled happily, rushed into the main hall quickly, and shouted in her mouth: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, the third prince is here." ”

Inside the house, the queen frowned, and the grandmother next to her immediately understood the queen's thoughts, and reprimanded: "Zhiruo, what kind of body is noisy." ”

An Zhiruo immediately stopped silent, and stopped bouncing, and suddenly settled down a lot.

Huantong lowered his head and stood behind the third prince, looking at this little girl who was not much older than Lian'er, who had lost her family at a young age and was confined in this deep palace, she couldn't help but feel sad.

Thinking of the plum blossom guard mentioned by Meng Junsheng that day, Huantong sincerely didn't want them to really go to Anling Mansion to kill people, the two sisters of the Anling clan were benefactors as queens, and Huantong really didn't want the two sisters to find out that the queen was an enemy.

The third prince was summoned into the dormitory by the queen, and Huantong stayed outside the house, waiting for the third prince to arrange everything before going in.