Shen Xihe never thought about what was special about that chess piece. It was left behind when he played chess with Hua Fuhai in Xinglin Garden that day.
There are only three kinds of materials for chess pieces: wood, which is more popular among the people; black and white pebbles in the gentry's library; and jade, which is used by the rich and powerful. Back then, the Xinglin Garden was not owned by the old man, but was set up by a wealthy man to support him.
The chess pieces and chessboard were the best items, and the chess pieces were made of jade. Although Shen Xihe was proficient in chess, he was not good at it, so he naturally would not delve into it. The chess pieces were about the same size, so he did not think much about it.
Originally, she just didn't want to get entangled with Xiao Huayong about the affairs of her maternal grandparents' family, so she just found a random topic to talk about.
"Why are there still some left?" Xiao Huayong ordered with a cold face.
Tian Yuan thought for a moment and bowed apologetically: "It must be that the subordinates were not careful. I will take care of them right away."
Xiao Huayong glanced at him and said, "Yeah."
Tian Yuan immediately picked up the chess piece gently. The light jade particle lying in his palm seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. He was afraid that if his hand trembled, the prince's treasure would be dropped. If it was damaged, one more person would go to the Far East to dig for pearls.
After Tian Yuan left, Xiao Huayong's eyes returned to normal, and he said to Shen Xihe gently, "The chessboard sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs has some flaws. Before Yoyo came, I was investigating this matter, and the servants missed it and did not take it away."
For a moment, Xiao Huayong wanted to confess and tell Shen Xihe everything. However, a moment of fear, worry and hesitation made him hide the truth as his first reaction.
Since returning from the hunting ground, Xiao Huayong has never concealed or deceived Shen Xihe, nor has he done anything to confuse her and lead her to suspect others. He just wants things to unfold naturally.
He didn't know how she would react after knowing everything. He never did anything without the slightest confidence, and he also knew that the longer he kept it a secret, the worse it would be. He also knew that Shen Xihe had already had some suspicions about him, but she hadn't confirmed them yet.
However, he is just an ordinary mortal after all, who worries and fears about love.
I felt regret, relief and worry in my heart. I regretted that I didn't seize the opportunity to confess and continued to deceive her; I was relieved that she didn't know and I didn't have to face the fear of the unknown. I was worried that I knew this was something that would be revealed sooner or later, and now I was just deceiving myself.
Everyone has a dangerous avoidance mentality. He is just an ordinary person, but the only things in this world that he can avoid are probably those related to her.
He could afford to lose everything, but he couldn't afford to go back to the original state of estrangement with her.
Shen Xihe did not doubt him and said something else: "Yu Zao confessed to the King of Dai. What do you think of that?"
"What do you think?" Xiao Huayong asked instead of answering.
Shen Xihe: "To be honest, Your Highness, before Zhaoning came to the capital, my father told me about the other Your Highnesses. After coming to the capital, I also paid more attention to it. It seems that Your Highness the Prince of Dai does not ask about the affairs of the court."
Unlike the fourth prince, Prince Ding, who pretended to be indifferent to fame and wealth, Prince Dai did not travel around, nor did he stay away from the court. He conscientiously did what a prince should do, and had no distractions other than that.
He would never step out to share His Majesty's worries; he turned a blind eye to important vacancies and the struggles among others; whenever there was a major event, the other princes would want to get involved, either to fish in troubled waters or to make the water even more muddy, but he alone remained indifferent.