"Gu Jiang, this is the best Junshan Silver Needle, try it."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Seeing that he was about to salute again, Shang Yuchen waved his hand and said, "Okay, I have told you before that there is no need to be polite in private when there are no outsiders."

"After all, in the palace, etiquette must not be broken. If word spreads, someone will inevitably take the opportunity to make trouble..."

"Stop! I didn't call you into the palace just because I wanted to hear your chatter." Shangyu Chen raised his tea cup and sipped lightly, looking at the palace attendants who were waiting on the side. They immediately stepped back knowingly.

"Has Chu Hong sent you any news recently? Is he still well?"

Hearing his urgent tone, Gu Yunshu couldn't help but smile, "It turns out that Your Highness did it for A Hong. Ever since they hung all the assassins on the trees in the forest outside the tomb, fewer and fewer people went to assassinate them. In addition, I

I have dispatched all the secret guards my father gave me. If there is any vision, I can receive news at any time, so Your Highness can rest assured."

"That's good. By the way, did you find out anything about the things I asked you to do before?"

"Same as before, nothing was found."

The prince frowned. He sent people to investigate repeatedly, but never found any abnormalities.

Gu Yunshu took out a long box from his sleeve robe, placed it on the stone table and opened it. Inside was a roll of drawing paper.

His hands have clear joints, are fair and slender, and the movement of unfolding the scroll is pleasing to the eye.

Shangyu Chen raised his eyes and saw a child riding on an egret flying in the sky above the clear water of the lake.

"How come you have this painting?"

"Actually, I happened to be at Luming Mountain that day, so I drew it casually."

Shang Yuchen studied the painting carefully, and even Su Zhen's subtle expressions were drawn with great care. It didn't look like it was drawn casually, but it was clearly done with great care.

"In your opinion, what is the child's character?"

"It's just...a casual acquaintance. He looks a bit smart and clever. I wonder what relationship your highness has with him?"

"It's okay, I just find it interesting."

"Oh? Really? In fact, if His Highness is really optimistic about him, why not let the palace servants bring him into the palace and guide him so that he can be used as his own in the future."

"The palace is so dangerous, even I am careful about every step, so why bother to involve him in right and wrong?"

"Your Highness is accustomed to telling the truth. Since you want to be the white face, I will have to take the blame for the red face in the future."

The two people's eyes intertwined, and they instantly understood the deep meaning in each other's eyes. They looked at each other and smiled, never going against their will.

"Gu Jiang."

"Your Highness, please speak."

Shangyu Chen stood up, grabbed the edge of the stone table with both hands, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Chu Hong will be the general, and you will be the military advisor. If I become the emperor, you will be the prime minister."

After finishing his words, he sat back down again, with a flash of light in his eyes, and dropped the last piece on the chessboard. The situation that was originally destined to be defeated, like a dead tree coming back to life, instantly seemed like it was coming back to life.

When the chess piece falls, the situation is reversed, and the outcome is determined.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

Gu Yunshu looked calm. He had never taken victory or defeat too seriously, but the prince's words gave him absolute trust.

"Are you careless now, or did you always let me go before?" Shangyu Chen's expression changed freely, and he deliberately teased.

"Follow your Highness's wishes and I will not refute it."

Gu Yunshu paused and returned to business, "By the way, please send someone to bring Su Zhen into the palace."

"It's not necessary for now, the time has not come yet."

Gu Yunshu subconsciously rubbed the jade button at his waist with his left hand, frowning slightly.

Why are the prince and Xiao Chuhong so interested in him? According to the news from the secret guard, Xiao Chuhong is also secretly checking for news about the child. It seems that these two people must be hiding something from him, and their lives are also at stake, otherwise

The prince will definitely tell him everything.

Gu Yunshu suddenly remembered what he saw and heard in Taifu's Mansion a few nights ago. Su Zhen's character was definitely not that of a seven-year-old child...

"Achen, have you ever regretted it?"

Shangyu Chen raised the teapot and refilled the tea for him personally, with a leisurely look on his face, "You mean Chu Hong?"

"yes."

"What do you think? Okay, it's getting late. I've sent someone to prepare drinks and food. Gu Jiang, why don't you stay in the East Palace tonight? How about we ignore everything else and just talk about the romance?"

"good."

Although the prince refused to speak frankly, the two of them were tacitly understanding each other and understood what the other was thinking.


Chapter completed!