In the waterside pavilion by the lake, two heaters gave off light smoke. Ye Yiqing and Elder Xu sat on one side. Neither of them spoke as they looked down at the chessboard on the table.
"The outcome has been decided." Elder Xu twirled his beard and smiled at his good friend.
Ye Yiqing smiled faintly, "You are still the same as before. Some outcomes are only known at the end."
Elder Xu's eyes widened when he heard this. Indeed, he saw Ye Yiqing commit suicide to take away a chess piece. Then, there was nothing else.
"Your chess style is as annoying as you." Elder Xu snorted coldly and asked the boy next to him to put away the chessboard, "Back then, I wanted to collect your corpse. But you, I don't know where you ran off to."
Ye Yiqing chuckled, "If I didn't do this, how would those people let us go?"
"I just didn't think that the person in the palace would let you go. Speaking of which, this young man who just ascended the throne is more daring than his father." Elder Xu's words were full of praise for Mo Rongzhan.
"Elder Xu, I came to find you today because I have something to ask of you." Ye Yiqing poured a cup of hot tea for the two of them. His voice sounded cold.
"What is it?" Elder Xu asked after a moment of silence.
Ye Yiqing looked up, his eyes cold and murderous, "Uproot the Xu family."
"To avenge your Ye family?" Elder Xu asked. He knew the relationship between Ye Yiqing and his elder brother, and he also knew Ye Yiqing's character. He wanted to get rid of the Xu family not just because of the Ye family.
"Why would I avenge the Ye family? I'm just removing an obstacle for my daughter." Ye Yiqing knew that it was impossible for his daughter to stay in Dongqing forever, even though he hoped so. Even if he didn't want her to marry Mo Rongzhan, he wouldn't let his daughter be in danger when she returned to the Jin Kingdom.
The Xu father and son wouldn't let Yaoyao go, so he would first get rid of the Xu family for Yaoyao in exchange for his daughter's future safety in Jin.
Elder Xu was shocked, "Xu Liusheng wants to kill your daughter?"
Liusheng was Prime Minister Xu's courtesy name.
"Qian Luocha accepted his money and has already issued a kill order for my daughter." Ye Yiqing's voice was cold. "In order to make the killer order ineffective, Xu Liusheng has to die first."
Elder Xu really didn't know what to say. Ye Yiqing was a very protective person, especially towards his own children. He had already lost a daughter, and it wasn't easy for him to find another one. How could he watch others hurt her?
"Then what do you plan to do?" Elder Xu asked.
"Xu Liusheng has been in the imperial court for so many years, so it's impossible for him to be clean. His son isn't much better. Since we're going to uproot them, we naturally can't accuse them of crimes for no reason. In that case, am I the same as Ye Yisong?" Ye Yiqing smiled gently, looking like a graceful gentleman. It didn't seem like he was talking about someone else's life or death at all.
Elder Xu glanced at him. "What do you need me to do?"
Ye Yiqing smiled and asked, "Have you had enough of being idle at home? When are you going to be a minor official again?"
"Brat, it turns out that you have an idea for me. In your dreams, why would I give up my leisurely life and go to the imperial court to join in the fun with that group of people?" Elder Xu scolded angrily.
Ye Yiqing smiled and said, "If you really like this leisurely life, why did you accept Lu Shiming's son as a student and arrange a path for him to enter the cabinet in the future?"
"…" Elder Xu glared at Ye Yiqing angrily. "Entering the imperial court as an official is not something I can do just because I want to."
"As long as you are willing, it is naturally not a problem." Ye Yiqing said with a smile.
Elder Xu snorted coldly. "How do I know such a thing like you?"
Ye Yiqing smiled warmly. "Then I'll go and kill Xu Liusheng."
Regardless of whether Yao Yao will return to the Jin Kingdom in the future, it was not a bad thing for Elder Xu to replace Xu Liusheng.
Having someone in the imperial court makes things easier. This sentence was true everywhere.
Ye Zhen found the inn before dark. Because she had disguised herself as a little orphan girl looking for her relatives, she did not dare to act too extravagantly. Fortunately, she was not the delicate Ye Zhen of the past and could cope with the tiredness of the journey.
"Miss, this is already the best guest room, the others are already occupied." Hong Ying whispered to Ye Zhen and approached a very simple looking wing room. The heater in the room had not yet been heated up, and a burst of cold air could be felt.
"Why hasn't the heater been heated yet? Hurry up and heat it up." Hong Ying turned to the waiter and shouted.
The waiter smiled and said, "No one lives here, naturally there is no heater. Guest, please wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
Ye Zhen gathered her cloak. "It's okay, let's eat something hot first."
"Can we order a hot pot stove?" Hong Ying asked in a low voice.
"It's still cold in the room, let's go downstairs to the lobby to eat." Ye Zhen said. Anyway, it was still early outside.
When they got downstairs, they found that there were quite a lot of guests in the inn. They found a corner and sat down. Because they were two little girls, although their appearance was not outstanding, they still attracted a lot of attention.
As soon as Ye Zhen sat down, she noticed the guest sitting at the table in front of them. The man's figure made her feel a little familiar, a bit like Mo Rongzhan.
How could it be him? Although the facial features were somewhat similar, they were still two different people. She probably thought of Mo Rongzhan in her mind, so she thought everyone was similar to him.
She didn't know if he was aware of her gaze, but the man suddenly turned his head and looked at Ye Zhen with bright and gentle eyes, with an elegant smile on his mouth.
Ye Zhen's cheeks turned red. Embarrassed that she was caught peeping, she quickly bowed her head and took a sip of tea.
"Miss, Xiao Qi is here." Hong Ying whispered in Ye Zhen's ear. They had left Xiao Qi in the guest room, but they didn't expect him to come down by himself.
"Ah, is this a wolf or a dog?" Someone screamed in fright, pointing to Xiao Qi and asking in horror.
"Wolf, this is a wolf!"
The already small lobby was in chaos. The guests were all frightened by Xiao Qi's huge body and aura. Even the innkeeper was so scared that he didn't dare to move.
"It's not a wolf!" Ye Zhen hurriedly went over and put her arms around Xiao Qi's neck. "This is my puppy, it's not a wolf."
Xiao Qi's golden eyes narrowed slightly and he glanced at Ye Zhen, as if he felt that she had humiliated his wolf's prestige.
"Little girl, where can there be such a big dog? It looks like a wolf." Someone boldly stepped forward and looked at Xiao Bai, feeling that it was not a dog.
Ye Zhen smiled awkwardly. "It's really not a wolf. If it was a wolf, how could it let me hold it like this?"
"That's right, this dog is really big." The man laughed and made a gesture to touch Xiao Qi's head. Before he could stretch out his hand, Xiao Qi looked at him coldly. He withdrew his hand awkwardly. "Then let's continue eating, haha."
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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