Danyang took the warm tea poured by Xiao Tao and handed it to the prince, while welcoming the person into the side hall where he had just handled matters.
At the same time, when she sat down on the Grand Master's chair opposite, she waved her hand to send all the other people out of the room, leaving only the confidants she had brought into the palace and the Prince's personal attendant, Xiaodouzi, waiting here.
The prince saw Danyang's arrangement in his eyes, and the strange feeling in his heart emerged involuntarily.
In recent days, although Danyang has been running to the palace every day on the pretext of arranging wedding ceremony. But to be precise, he just felt that this girl was trying her best to run towards him.
Even saying they were inseparable was an understatement.
But, why?
Seeing that there was no one from Concubine Jing in the house, and one of the maids assigned by Princess Danyang to his side also went to the door to tend the flowers and plants as ordered, but that was not so much loosening the soil for the flowers and plants, but more of a warning outside. .
The prince sighed again, dumbfounded, and finally made up his mind. After putting down the tea cup in his hand, he stood up and walked to the Arhat couch under the window, waving to Danyang and saying:
"Come on, I have nothing to do anyway. How about a game of chess?"
"OK."
Danyang was indispensable. Seeing the prince's interest, he nodded with a smile, ran quickly to sit across from the prince, and complied with his wishes.
This side hall is a special place in the East Palace. The door opens to the East Palace, but in fact most of the buildings are in the Imperial Garden.
And because it was built next to the water, from the Imperial Garden, it is only half of a waterside pavilion hidden among the lush trees. But from the east palace, it looks like an independent courtyard.
Therefore, in terms of privacy and security, this is the best place in the East Palace. Unless you are taking a boat in the Royal Garden and hiding under the hanging window here, no one can eavesdrop on what people in the room are talking about.
Because of this, Danyang felt more relaxed and at ease after sitting on the Arhat couch than when he sat at the Eight Immortals Table.
The crisp sound of clouds falling on the chessboard echoed in the small room like water waves.
The two people lined up their troops quietly on the chessboard, unaware of the passage of time.
The prince and Danyang didn't stop until the chess game reached the middle of the game and the sunlight outside the window was about to reach the middle of the sky. The phosphorescence reflected by the lake water had already reflected on the top of the caisson and the profiles of the two people sitting opposite each other.
"Girl, when did you become so good at chess?"
Xiao Jin asked with a smile, while hesitating slightly, he gently placed the black piece on his fingertips on the corner of the chessboard, causing a crisp echo.
At the same time, raise your head and look across.
At this time, Danyang seemed not to have heard the prince's words. She only used her slender green-white fingertips to twist a snow-white cloud that seemed to be coated with a layer of gold along with her white skin, and tapped her equally snow-white chin.
"...Just here."
The girl with lowered eyes murmured softly to herself as she neatly put the chess pieces in her hands onto the chessboard without hesitation.
Her movements were so crisp that she was not at all like the little girl who was always hesitating before making a move, and would be reluctant to pick it up before putting it down.
Prince Xiao Jin was in a trance for a while, as if the face he was used to seeing in front of him suddenly turned into a different person. A stranger with an extremely familiar face, but a completely unfamiliar demeanor. And with such a mature and confident temperament...
After Danyang made the move, he immediately raised his eyes and looked at the prince brother opposite him with a smile. He responded to what the other person had said before and said with a smile:
"That's right, I have been studying for a long time and am ready to beat you once!"
This statement is actually half true and half false, or to be precise, every half is true, but because it is not the same state of mind at the same time. So when put together, it becomes a lie.
Unexpectedly, when he finished speaking and saw no response from the person opposite, Danyang noticed something strange about the prince's brother. He raised his hand and waved it in front of the other person's eyes, and asked in confusion:
"Brother Prince, what's wrong with you? Why are you so dazed?"
After Xiao Jin came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile a little awkwardly and changed his words:
"It seems that you have made progress after not entering the palace so frequently in the past few years. Not only has your chess skills improved, but your mind has also deepened. Tell me, what are you planning now?"
As he spoke, as if to avoid Danyang's gaze, he lowered his eyes and raised his hand, twirling the clouds and dropping them in a hurry.
Danyang didn't expect that the prince's brother would ask so directly. He wanted to deny it for a moment, but the words that made him get away with it rushed to his lips. But at the last moment, she swallowed it again.
Then, she lowered her eyes and looked at the chessboard.
He looked thoughtful, as if he was thinking about the next step. But the serious look between his brows seemed to be contemplating important matters concerning the country, the country, and the country.
But it only lasted a moment. When Xiao Jin raised his head to observe Danyang again, the appearance seemed to be an illusion, disappearing in the blink of an eye, and he could no longer detect that aura.
Just when Xiao Jin raised his eyebrows in surprise, Danyang had already settled down, raised his head again, his eyes were firm, and he smiled at him with a flowery smile and said:
"Brother Prince, you really want to know?"
In such an atmosphere and seemingly joking tone, Xiao Jin inexplicably understood in his heart that these words were very serious.
After a pause, he nodded very seriously, but a corner of his heart felt a little ridiculous and funny.
This girl has been quirky since she was a child. He has taught her so many lessons, so why did she get fooled again?
However, although she was laughing and sighing in her heart, on the other side, Xiao Jin felt intuitively that even if she was accompanying this girl Danyang to fool around, she couldn't treat her with a joking attitude.
After seeing this, Danyang sighed in his heart.
Although she wanted to keep the plan a secret until the last moment, waiting for some decent evidence to be produced before telling the truth to the prince and Emperor Xuande.
But at this moment, she was shaken.
Is this really a good idea to keep others in the dark by thinking that it is good for the prince's brother?
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"Brother Prince, what's wrong with you? Why are you so dazed?"
After Xiao Jin came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile a little awkwardly and changed his words:
"It seems that you have made progress after not entering the palace so frequently in the past few years. Not only has your chess skills improved, but your mind has also deepened. Tell me, what are you planning now?"
As he spoke, as if to avoid Danyang's gaze, he lowered his eyes and raised his hand, twirling the clouds and dropping them in a hurry.
Danyang didn't expect that the prince's brother would ask so directly. He wanted to deny it for a moment, but the words that made him get away with it rushed to his lips. But at the last moment, she swallowed it again.
Then, she lowered her eyes and looked at the chessboard.
He looked thoughtful, as if he was thinking about the next step. But the serious look between his brows seemed to be contemplating important matters concerning the country, the country, and the country.
