"Oh, Yu Xiang has been His Majesty's confidant for thirty years." Xiao Huayong himself did not want to persuade Yu Xiang to rebel. It was not because he felt it was impossible, but because he felt the risk was too great and Yu Xiang was not worth his effort.
After experiencing several disturbances, especially the Yu Gong incident last year, Yu Fu even had his title of Pingyao Marquis stripped, and Yu Xiang even lost his position as general, and was marginalized from the ranks of Emperor Youning's confidants.
But after decades of relationship between the monarch and his subjects, the bond is no longer just ordinary loyalty, but rather a deep-seated conflict of interests. Perhaps some of the things that Your Majesty cannot tell outsiders were done by Yu Xiang.
Once Yu Xiang betrayed, he would certainly not be tolerated by the emperor. When it comes to the disaster of exterminating the whole family, even though Yu Shi is a bit smart, it is difficult to shake Yu Xiang's heart.
Shen Xihe did not refute Xiao Huayong's reminder, but turned his bright eyes and stared at him with a smile: "Beichen, let's make a bet. In this round, the winner will belong to me."
The beauty looked back, her eyes were full of stars. The confidence in her bones could not be questioned.
Today she wore a hairpin and lipstick with pearls, which made her look radiant and charming.
"Since it's a bet, there must be a prize." Xiao Huayong pretended to be distressed and pondered for a moment, "Everything I have belongs to you. Everything in my bag can be bet with Youyou."
Shen Xihe looked at him deeply, deeply, quietly, even with a hint of sharpness, in silence.
Xiao Huayong's heart skipped a beat for no reason. From the time they met until now, she had never looked at him like this. Even when they first met, her eyes were filled with measuring and probing, but not like now. It was as if she wanted to cut him open with her eyes and see every bone of his clearly.
"Yo Yo..."
Xiao Huayong opened his mouth to speak, but Shen Xihe withdrew his gaze and said at the same time as him: "Beichen, if I win, you must promise me a favor and you cannot go back on your word."
After carefully looking at Shen Xihe for a while, Xiao Huayong opened his mouth, but ultimately did not get to the bottom of it. He did not understand why Shen Xihe looked at him like that just now, but he had a clear conscience towards Shen Xihe, so there was no need for him to feel uneasy.
"Yoyo, if you need anything, just tell me directly. No need to gamble. I will also do my best to make it happen for you."
Shen Xihe shook his head gently: "One thing is one thing, I want to make a bet with you, and your promise is the prize."
Xiao Huayong raised his eyebrows slightly, and after thinking about it, he agreed: "How dare I insult you, I will accept it. If Yoyo loses, just agree to my request."
"Okay." Shen Xihe agreed readily.
Suddenly, they smiled at each other, and although nothing had happened, it was as if the thick clouds between them had dispersed, and the sun became brighter.
At this point, Shen Xihe and Xiao Huayong have already arranged everything they could. The rest depends on the strength of the chess pieces they have placed on the board.
Three days after Xiao Changyan set out from Kyoto, in order not to be the first to cause unnecessary suspicion, Bu Shulin waited until more and more people were blocked from entering the country and became dissatisfied and demanded that Wen Die withdraw, and then he followed the crowd and retreated.
However, she withdrew from the checkpoint, followed the border line, crossed Minzhou and headed straight for Maozhou. The day before entering Maozhou, she was intercepted by the people brought by Xiao Changgeng.