Yao Yao hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, I'm tired." ”

Guan Yuan straightened up and entered the Tai'an Palace, and while waiting for him, Yaohuan planned in her heart: if Lei Yuan was willing to lend her the chess pieces, she would be able to know whether Lei Yuan had seen him on the day Zi Yan died, but if he found a reason to shirk and not borrow, it would also prove that he had a ghost in his heart.

She is in the Oak Mountain, isolated, so it is better to be careful, if Guan Yuan comes out with the chess pieces in a while, she will leave with the chess pieces, if there is nothing in her hands, she will not be able to stay here in order to prevent Lei Yuan from being suspicious.

After a long time, just when Yaojuan was about to fall asleep against the stone pillar outside the hall, the door of the Tai'an Hall slowly opened from the inside.

Yaojuan was a spirit, sobered up instantly, rubbed her eyes, and saw Guan Yuan coming out of the Tai'an Palace, and quickly greeted him.

Yaojuan looked at him with hope and asked, "How is it, you just told him, right? Would he like to borrow me?"

Guan Yuan said: "I just asked, Your Highness said that the chess pieces that the girl asked for were made of white jade from Baizhong Mountain, which was extremely valuable and would not be lent easily." ”

Yaowan lowered her head in frustration, and was about to turn around to leave, but Guan Yuan continued: "But His Highness also said that if the girl really likes it, you can give it to the girl." ”

Yao Huanxi said: "Really?"

Guan Yuan took out the box behind him and handed it to Yaohuan, who hurriedly thanked him and hurriedly took the box and put it away.

Yaohuan opened the box and took a look, with a look of joy on her face.

Guan Yuan said: "Is there anything else to do with the girl?"

Yao Yao hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, please help me thank your Highness." ”

Guan Yuan said, "Yes." ”

Yaowan held the box in her hand and walked quickly in the direction of her residence.

As soon as she entered the room, she vacated the entire box, poured the chess pieces inside on the couch, and counted them carefully several times, and sure enough, there was one less white piece in it.

She hurriedly took out the white chess pieces that she picked up in Zi Yan's study that day, and compared them with the chess pieces she had just taken back, her face gradually sank, no matter the material in her hand, the appearance was surprisingly consistent, and now she could be sure that Lei Yuan had been to the Baili Clan the night before Zi Yan's death, but what did he do when he went to the Bai Li Clan, and whether Zi Yan's death had anything to do with him, I'm afraid only the two of them know.

She thought about it, put the chess pieces in the box, and put the chess pieces she picked up in Ziyan's study into the box, and walked out.

Guan Yuan was a little surprised when he saw her go and return, he stared at the box in Yao's hand, stepped forward and said, "Is there anything else with the girl?"

Yao Wan picked up the box in her hand, looked at Guan Yuan and said calmly: "This chess piece is the treasure of the Third Highness, it must be very valuable, I went back and thought about it, so it seems inappropriate to accept it rashly, you can return this box to him." ”

Guan Yuan was stunned, didn't know what to say, and took the box in Yaowan's hand a little indifferently.

Yaowan turned around and left, but a voice came from the Tai'an Palace: "Girl, please come in and speak." ”

Guan Yuan hurriedly handed the box to Yaojuan and said, "Your Highness just said, please let the girl in and talk." ”

Yaojuan stopped, took the box, turned around and walked towards the Tai'an Palace.

Lei Yuan lowered his head, sat on the gilded chair, and looked intently at the music in his hand, and when Yaoyuan entered, he raised his head and only said, "Sit down." ”

Yaowan looked around and sat in front of a row of stone chairs on both sides of the hall.

Lei Yuan said lightly: "Didn't the girl come here for the chess pieces? Why did I give the chess pieces to the girl, but the girl didn't want them?"

Yaohuan said: "Take it back and take a look, this chess piece is really valuable, I don't dare to accept it." ”

Lei Yuan raised his eyes and stared at her, and said in a sneering tone: "In this world, is there anything that girls dare not do?"

Yao smiled and said, "I do everything, just don't do bad things." ”

Lei Yuan also smiled back at her: "But the girl thinks that if you accept my Lei Yuan's things, you are doing a bad thing?"

Yaohuan said: "Third Highness, don't misunderstand, my words just now don't mean this. ”

Lei Yuan stood up, walked to Yaojuan's side, and said, "Why didn't that girl accept it?"

Yaohuan handed the box to Lei Yuan, stared at the box and said, "Has His Royal Highness ever noticed that one of your chess pieces is missing?"

Lei Yuan's expression changed slightly, but he still said unhurriedly: "So that's the case, maybe the attendants were confused and didn't find it when they went up to recover." ”

Yaohuan put the box in Lei Yuan's hand and said: "I see, I thought this was a set of inadequate chess pieces, I heard that His Royal Highness likes to play chess alone, if this white piece is missing, then every time you win, isn't it a black seed?"

The corners of Lei Yuan's mouth rose, and he said with a smile: "The girl said that she laughed, how could she win when she played chess alone, she could only play a tie every time." ”

Yaowan looked at Lei Yuan and said with a smile: "Then Your Highness has to be careful, maybe the lost chess piece will be thrown somewhere by them, and it will never be able to be found again, so this chess piece, isn't it a pity?"

Lei Yuan seemed to have heard the meaning of Yaojuan's words, he smiled hurriedly, and said: "Fortunately, the girl is careful, it is my rude to give this missing chess piece to the girl today, and please don't blame the girl." ”

Yaowan hurriedly said politely: "It turns out that I have no fate with this chess piece, how can this be the fault of the Third Highness?" ”

Lei Yuan said, "The girl walks slowly. ”

When Yaohuan turned around, she glanced at the box a little deliberately before walking out.

After Yaojuan turned to leave, Lei Yuan hurriedly opened the box, he took out the white chess pieces and counted them several times, but the result was not as Yaojuan said, black and white, this is still a complete set of chess, and there is no lack of pieces.

He stared at the chess pieces on the table, and thought about Yao's words for a long time, she had some sarcasm in her words, saying like chess pieces, but not chess pieces, when he remembered what happened in the Baili Clan that day, Lei Yuan stood up suddenly and shouted outside: "Come on!"

Guan Yuan, who was outside the hall, heard this, and hurriedly walked in.

Lei Yuan looked a little nervous, looked at Guan Yuan Tie with a blue face and said, "Guan Yuan, you go to the guest room immediately, and ask Miss Yaoyuan to come to Tai'an Palace." ”

Guan Yuan looked at Lei Yuan's expression and thought that there was something important, so he hurriedly responded: "Yes, my subordinates will go here." Then he quickly retreated.

He hurried to Yao's house and knocked on the door, but no one answered in the room.

When I pushed the door in, I found that the room was empty.

Guan Yuan had no choice but to turn his head and ask the maid standing outside: "Where has Miss Yaowan gone, why is she not in the room?"

The maid replied, "After I came back, I said that I was going to the concubine, so I left in a hurry, you go to the concubine to find it." ”

Guan Yuan went to the concubine's dormitory and asked about Yaojuan's whereabouts, but the palace people shook their heads one after another, Guan Yuan couldn't, so he could only go in and ask the concubine, the concubine was sitting in front of the dresser to pack up her jewelry, and when she saw Guan Yuan coming in, she said enthusiastically: "Why is Guan Yuan here?"

Guan Yuan saluted and said: "Concubine Wang, Your Royal Highness is in a hurry to find Miss Yao, I just heard that she is here with you, so Guan Yuan came here to look for her." ”

The concubine shook her head and said, "She didn't come here, so I planned to find some jewelry to send her." ”

Guan Yuan's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Weichen still has to go to Tai'an Hall to resume his life, so he won't bother the princess." ”

When Guan Yuan told Lei Yuan the news that he had been searching for Yao Yuan in the palace and couldn't find it, Lei Yuan flipped the chess pieces on the table to the ground, and the chess pieces splashed out of the box, and several of them rolled down to Guan Yuan's feet.

When Guan Yuan squatted down to pick it up, Lei Yuan said sharply: "Don't pick it up." ”

Guan Yuan hurriedly stood up, but his eyes kept looking at the chess pieces under his feet, and after a moment, he raised his head, looked at Lei Yuan with confusion and asked, "Why did Your Highness lose such a temper?"

Lei Yuan looked at the chess pieces scattered all over the place, bowed his head and was silent, and after a long time, he raised his head, looked at Guan Yuan, and said with some helplessness: "I don't have anything to do here, you go out first." ”

Guan Yuan glanced at Lei Yuan with some hesitation, and seeing his annoyance, he had no choice but to reply: "Weichen retires." ”

When Guan Yuan withdrew, he looked at Lei Yuan's nervous and pale face, and then he was full of suspicion: When Fang Yuan went in to help Yao Yuan borrow chess pieces, although His Royal Highness was not happy, it was definitely not like this, did Miss Fang Yao say something to His Royal Highness, which made His Royal Highness unhappy?

He thought about the situation just now, His Royal Highness knocked the most precious chess piece on weekdays to the ground, and didn't let himself pick it up, could this matter be related to the white jade chess piece?

Guan Yuan was full of questions, he just wanted to quickly figure out the ins and outs of the whole thing, as soon as he came out of the Tai'an Palace, he found someone to guard outside the door, and he immediately went out of the royal city and rushed to the mountain gate at the foot of the mountain, the only way to leave the mountain.

He found the guard guarding the mountain and asked, "Have you been guarding here?"

The guard saluted and replied respectfully, "General Hui, nothing unusual happened." ”

Guan Yuan continued to ask, "Is there anyone from here?"

The guard hurriedly replied: "There is a girl who came down from the mountain, and she was very anxious to go out, she said that she was a guest invited by the concubine Niangniang, and now she has a very important matter, and she wants to leave the mountain. ”

Guan Yuan groaned: "She really left the mountain. ”

The guard continued, "But the girl's identity is suspicious?"

Guan Yuan hurriedly said: "No, take care of the errand, if there is any situation, report it immediately." ”

The guard bowed his head and said, "Yes." ”