Huang Ying followed the villain's gaze and saw nothing, so she asked strangely.
"Sister Huang Ying, is this the only way to get back to Second Sister from the Imperial Kitchen?" Su Jiu asked without answering.
"No, princess, have you forgotten? Over there is the road to the imperial kitchen. If you want to say where this road leads to, the closest one should be Tai Hospital." Although I don't know why the villain asked like this,
But Huang Ying still answered truthfully.
Hearing this, the villain immediately turned into a serious face.
strangeness!
Sister Shaoyao told her clearly that Sister Lily went to the imperial kitchen to get bird's nest porridge for the second sister. Why did she see Sister Lily here?
"Princess?"
Su Jiu came back to her senses and shook her head subconsciously, "It's nothing, maybe I saw it wrong."
"Sister Huang Ying, let's go back quickly. I want to see brother Jingyi."
Huang Ying nodded, "Okay."
**
Imperial Prefecture.
Su Xuanyan gently shook the jade fracture fan with one hand, holding the white pieces with his long white fingertips and slowly falling on the chessboard.
Opposite him, Hang Zongzhi was wearing a cloak and his face was slightly pale. He was holding a black piece in his hand and staring at the chessboard with a thoughtful expression on his face.
A gust of wind blew and fluttered the curtains of the pavilion.
Hang Zongzhi covered his lips and coughed lightly.
"Tell me about you. Even though you are in poor health, you still insist on dragging me to play chess. I think you should not be a little national master doing those bluffing things, but should be a chess master."
Su Xuanyan saw that Hang Zongzhi couldn't seem to stop coughing, and there was a hint of helplessness in his voice.
"From the moment I was chosen by Master, my destiny has been decided. Playing chess is just for meditation." Hang Zongzhi finally stopped, slowly dropped the black piece, and said in a calm voice.
Su Xuanyan glanced at the position of Hang Zongzhi's fallen chess piece, and said with a frivolous eyebrow, "Meditate? You don't even need your life to meditate, so you have to meditate? That's right, if your life is gone, won't your mind be completely calm?"
Hang Zongzhi's internal strength was exhausted and he was sent to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion after he passed out. He slept for a whole day and a night before he woke up today.
Instead of just lying in bed and resting, you come to play chess with him?
Isn’t this just risking your life?
Su Xuanyan did not hesitate and pursued the victory, landing another white character.
"You lost."
There was a bit of showoff and excitement in his voice, the fan in his hand was shaking loudly, his chin was slightly raised, and when he looked at Hang Zong, there was a bit of arrogance in his eyes.
This kid plays chess besides playing chess. Su Xuanyan has lost chess for as long as the two have been neighbors. This is the first time he has defeated Hang Zongzhi.
How could Su Xuanyan not sneer at this?
Hang Zongzhi was stunned for a moment, glanced at the chessboard, and slowly put the black pieces in his hand back into the chess box.
"I lost."
Su Xuanyan, no matter how stupid he was, noticed something was wrong. He shook his fan for a moment and looked at Hang Zongzhi's absent-minded look, feeling a little strange, "What happened to you today?"
Hang Zongzhi seemed to have trouble figuring it out. He raised his eyes and looked at Su Xuanyan with a bit of seriousness in his eyes.
"I have something I want to ask you."
Su Xuanyan had never seen Hang Zongzhi show such a serious expression before, and he also put away the smile on his face, "Say!"
"Do you... like the Ninth Princess? In other words, do you think I will like the Ninth Princess?"
Su Xuanyan:???
What's the problem?
No, can this also be a problem?
"Of course I like Jiu'er! If it weren't for the imperial brother's permission, I would have long ago secretly kidnapped Jiu'er and raised him by myself." Thinking of Jiu'er calling Uncle Huang in his arms every day, those days,
Not to mention how happy it can be.
Su Xuanyan couldn't help but reveal a look of yearning like an idiot, "But..."
His narrow eyes looked at Hang Zongzhi, with some vigilance and disgust, "But you kid, why do you suddenly talk about Jiu'er? Do you like Jiu'er?
Although Jiu'er is very cute and lovable, you kid must not like Jiu'er, or I will be the first to break your legs!
And how old is Jiu'er now! Do you dare to take advantage of her? Damn it! You are such a beast!"
Ignoring Su Xuanyan's thoughts, Hang Zongzhi lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard, with a flash of thought in his eyes.
He thought about Liu Jue's words that day for a long time.
Why... did Liu Jue feel that way that day?
Did he care too much about Su Jiu?
Although Hang Zongzhi allowed himself to interact with these royal people, he always had a limit in his heart.
This is true for Su Xuanyan, and it is also true for Su Yijun and others.
But that day when Su Jiu was captured, he... seemed to have gone too far.
Otherwise, why can even a slow person like Liu Jue see it?
Perhaps, before he was aware of it, the boundary he thought he had retreated over and over again.
After figuring out the troubles of the past few days, a look of surprise appeared on Hang Zongzhi's face.
Once you get there, make peace with it.
Everything is predestined. Since that's the case, let's just let it happen.
When Su Xuanyan saw that he had said so much but the boy opposite him ignored him, he felt very frustrated. He put away his folding fan and tapped his palm.
"Hey hey hey, what can you say?"
It's very tiring for him to perform a one-man show by himself.
Hang Zongzhi raised his eyes, looked at Su Xuanyan, and said with a serious face: "If you die one day, I think I will be very sad too."
Su Xuanyan:???
"Then do I still want to thank you?" Su Xuanyan couldn't hold it back and his forehead twitched.
Hang Zongzhi nodded, "Well, you're welcome."
Su Xuanyan:......
Just when Su Xuanyan was losing his temper and even wanted to give Hang Zongzhi a beating despite the fact that he was still a sick person, the servant came over in a hurry with a letter.
"Little Imperial Master, Your Majesty.
Little Imperial Master, this is a letter sent by the Second Princess. I specifically asked you to check it in person."
"Jingyi?"
Su Xuanyan was a little strange.
Hang Zongzhi took it and opened the envelope.
"That girl Jingyi is usually quiet, just like her brother, she is a dull gourd. Why did she suddenly write to you?"
Su Xuanyan leaned over and frowned slightly when he saw the content of the letter.
"Ning Shuiyuan?"
The content of the letter was nothing more than asking Hang Zongzhi what kind of character Ning Shuiyuan was.
Generally, when a woman asks these questions, she is probably interested in a man.
"Time flies so fast! In the blink of an eye, Jingyi has reached the age where she is about to get married." Su Xuanyan read the content at a glance and couldn't help but sigh.
Hang Zongzhi opened the envelope and shook it, and dropped another piece of red paper with the birth dates of Ning Shuiyuan and Su Jingyi written on it.
"I didn't expect that you would one day be a matchmaker for others."
The red paper is brightly colored, and when Hang Zongzhi holds it on his fingertips, his hands appear to be as white as jade.