It was noon the next day, in the pavilion in the courtyard, Xie Zheng sat sideways against the railing, she held her forehead with one hand, her eyes were closed, as if she was a little tired, Yuzhi thought she had fallen asleep, and walked over lightly, but she opened her eyes and asked a little tiredly: "Yuzhi, hasn't the county marquis come back yet?" ”

"Yes," Tamaeda replied.

Xie Zheng seemed to be a little angry, got up and said, "I left without saying a word, and I didn't even leave a message." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a part of the song hurriedly running towards here, Xie Zheng was overjoyed, thinking that Huan Ling was back, so he also walked over, but unexpectedly, the part said: ." The prince is here. ”

Hearing that it was Xiao Zhen who came to visit and not Huan Ling who came back, Xie Zheng was not happy or worried for a while, Yuzhi looked at her and said with a smile: "The lady is right, the prince is really here." ”

Xie Zheng hesitated for a moment before saying, "Go and take the sword from last night, I'll go to the guest hall first, you take the sword, wait outside, and listen to my orders." ”

After she finished speaking, she rushed to the guest hall, and when she walked outside the guest hall, she saw Xiao Zhen standing in front of the desk inside, as if he was looking at the spices burning on the desk, he came alone.

Xie Zheng entered, "Your Highness is here, just to ponder this dipterocarp?" Her steps were slow and silent, Xiao Xun turned his back to the door, and he didn't know that she came in until he heard her speak, and then he knew that she had arrived, he turned around and said suspiciously: "Dipterocarp?" ”

"Exactly."

Xiao Zhen glanced back at the piece of spice, and then said, "This is a rare fragrance in the world. ”

Xie Zheng smiled and didn't say anything, just pointed to the stool in front of the coffee table, "Your Highness, please take a seat." ”

When he sat down, Xie Zheng carried a teapot, poured tea for him closely, and said: "The county marquis has not returned from going out, and His Royal Highness is here, I am afraid that he will return in defeat." ”

Xiao Zhen laughed: "What do you mean?" Eviction order? ”

Xie Zhengyi smiled, she put down the teapot and whispered: "How dare Deyin!" His Royal Highness is the crown prince, and he will be the lord of Great Qi in the future, and Deyin does not dare to offend easily. ”

When Xiao Zhen heard her words, he raised his eyes and glanced at her, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, he said, "Lonely today, I came to find you." ”

"Looking for me? What do you want me to do? Xie Zheng had a playful smile on his face, "Shouldn't you treat me as Xie Dasima again?" ”

Xiao Zhen looked at her and didn't speak, thinking about how he pretended to be an assassin to assassinate Xie Zheng last night, he wanted to test her skills, but he didn't expect that she had no power to fight back, and Yang Hou had learned a good kung fu since he was a child, this Xie Zheng was obviously not her.

But she and Huan Ling deliberately designed to lure him here in the Confucian Teahouse, and let him enter the trap "unintentionally" met her for the first time, if she was sent by her opponent to approach him, but she repeatedly mentioned Xie Yu in front of him, and also hinted that he was in danger in the court, and deliberately provoked his suspicion...... Xiao Zhen really has no clue about her intentions!

"It's nothing, I just came to see you," Xiao Zhen was a little embarrassed, he picked up the teapot and added tea to the teacup in front of him, Xie Zheng smiled when he heard this, and said bluntly: "In my opinion, His Highness is here to ask for something today." ”

Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, Xie Zheng looked sideways at the door, and called: "Jade Branch!" Immediately after that, she saw Yuzhi walking in with a sword, Xie Zheng gave her a look, and she directly put the sword in front of Xiao Zhen, and Xiao Zhen was already stunned at this time, Xie Zheng said: "In fact, if Your Highness wants to find Deyin, just like today, just enter from the main gate of the Hou Mansion openly, and you don't have to pretend to be an assassin to visit late at night." ”

"You know everything?"

"I didn't know it originally, but now I know," Xie Zheng smiled in his eyes, pretending to be Xiao Zhen's words to learn that the assassin was him, Xiao Zheng was convinced, Xie Zheng glanced at his wrist covered by the sleeve, and asked, "How is the injury on His Highness's wrist?" ”

With such concern, he spoke softly, and he was very gentle, and after listening to it, he only felt soft to the bone, Xiao Zhen's heart fluttered, he held the wrist with tooth marks and turned around, and said with a smile: "It's okay." ”

Xie Zheng pretended to be sorry, lowered his head slightly, smiled, and said: "I was also in a hurry, so I hurt His Highness, not to mention, I didn't know that the assassin was His Highness, if I knew, my mouth would not be so heavy." ”

Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, "The implication is that even if you know that you are lonely, you will bite hard?" ”

Xie Zhengwan smiled, "At a critical juncture, it is important to save your life." ”

Xiao Zhen was amused by her uprightness, but she became serious again, and said frankly: "Actually, last night, there was really no malice." ”

"I know that His Highness is to test whether I am Xie Da Sima, and secondly, to find out my details," Xie Zhengyan said at this point, suddenly his beautiful eyes turned, and he said with a hint of teasing and provocation: "Your Highness... Suspect that I was sent by the King of Wuling and the King of Linchuan, right? ”

As soon as Xie Zheng said this, Xiao Zhen became more and more unable to see through her, and simply asked straight to the point: "Then who are you?" ”

"I'm Xie Zheng, that's all."

When the words fell, Xiao Zhen was silent, Xie Zheng looked at him, thinking in his heart, the bag that the jade branch stuffed in his saddle a few days ago, could it be that he didn't see it? What's more, he had already secretly deployed troops to ambush Jiankang, and he was very cautious, so he didn't need her to remind him anymore.

Xie Zheng broke the silence and asked about the sword, "This sword seems to be very important to His Highness?" ”

Xiao Zhen picked up the sword and held it tightly, as if he cherished it very much, "This is a gift from Yanghou to Gu," he no longer shy away from it, and said truthfully.

Xie Zheng seemed to be smiling when he heard this, and said: "It's a pity." ”

"What a pity?"

"A man should die in the border field, and bury his ears with a horse leather shroud, although Xie Dasima is a woman, but he is a young man and has experienced a hundred battles, and he should be the same, but unfortunately, she did not die on the battlefield, but died under the suspicion of His Majesty."

"Do you believe that she has no intention of rebellion?" Xiao Zhen looked at her, his eyes full of hope.

"What if I believe it? Since His Majesty wants to kill her, then it doesn't matter if she is right or wrong. ”

There was a ripple in Xiao Zhen's heart, just by her words, he already regarded her as a confidant.

In this world, how many people believe that Yanghou is innocent? How many people will feel sorry for her?

Handful!

Xie Zheng got up and walked to the door, looked outside, and said: "Cloth clothes can be lifelong, how can you rely on favor, if Da Sima took the initiative to hand over the military power, I don't know, can he save his life......" she said and sighed lightly.

She sometimes really thinks like this, if she had asked for resignation after helping Xiao Daocheng lay down the country, refused to be appointed as the Great Sima, and became an ordinary person who had no use for the struggle for imperial power, then all kinds of things after that might not have happened.

Xiao Zhen also got up and walked behind her, "Freezing three feet, not a day's cold, Yanghou has great military achievements, high merit covers the master, my father is suspicious, he has long been afraid of her, she is to hand over the military power, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect it." ”

"It's strange to blame the ambition of the big Sima Honghu, unwilling to be a bird," although she was born in the Xie family of Chen County, but since she was born, she has no mother, her father died on the battlefield, her grandmother Xiao Heng took pity on her young, and took her to the palace of the king of Qi to raise, at that time it was the cousin of the king of Qi, Xiao Daocheng, who often taught her to dance knives and guns, and also took her to fight on the battlefield, raising her ambitions, even now, she is still unwilling to be a nobody.

"What about you? Do you have ambitions? Xiao Zhen's eyes were a little cunning, and he actually used this to test her intentions.

Xie Zheng knew his thoughts, but he also said truthfully, "In the court of the world, there is still a place for women?" ”

"If you want to, you will have a way," Xiao Zhen said, if Xie Zheng has the intention of entering the office, he can pave the way for her single-handedly, when the system of electing officials in the court is the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, that is, the official and respected people in the court are Zhongzheng, and all those who are in the middle can recommend people with excellent family background, character and learning, he is the prince, and he has his own way to let Xie Zheng be promoted.

Xie Zheng smiled faintly, avoided talking about this matter, just walked to the desk, picked up a sealed jar, and said: "At the beginning of the year, a jar of snow water was buried under the ground, and it was only dug out two days ago, and this rootless water was used to make tea, the taste is very different from ordinary well water and spring water, Your Highness wants to taste it?" ”

Since Xie Zheng didn't want to mention more about entering the office, Xiao Zheng was also interested, so he avoided talking about it, and cooperated with her about drinking tea, and responded: "Since Xie Niangzi is warmly invited, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”