Chapter 467 Xie Tingsheng X Wenxi Side Story (Part Two)
But they insist on opposing Xie Hanzhou, so unfortunately, he is quite pragmatic and will naturally side with Xie Hanzhou.
On the surface, he genuinely didn't participate in court factional struggles, but in private, he established the Assassin's Guild on Xie Hanzhou's orders.
As for the General's Mansion, he went to Jiangnan specifically to trick Wenxi into coming to the capital and making her the deputy head of his assassin's guild.
During the period when His Majesty was unwell, all the princes were restless and seemed to have conspired to target Crown Prince Xie Hanzhou. Even His Majesty considered deposing the Crown Prince.
However, His Majesty passed away shortly after having this idea.
As soon as His Majesty passed away, those princes became restless, each of them thinking of deposing Xie Hanzhou and becoming emperor.
But how could they possibly defeat Xie Hanzhou?
On the day of the palace coup, the scene inside and outside the palace could almost be described as "rivers of blood".
Blood and corpses were everywhere. Xie Hanzhou had killed all the rebellious princes, sent the princesses away for marriage alliances, and imprisoned the empresses and concubines in the cold palace.
As a result, the only princes and princesses still alive are Xie Weiyan and Princess Yunluo, Xie Hanzhou's younger sister.
Honestly, Xie Tingsheng felt that Xie Hanzhou's memory seemed to be not very good, or perhaps it was because he and the Assassin's Guild had too low a profile? This led to Xie Hanzhou not sending his men on the day of the palace coup.
So much so that he's practically invisible now, spending his days idly teasing Wenxi and playing with cats.
Wenxi kicked a hole in the gate of the Anyang Prince's Mansion, and in his anger, he gulped down a whole pot of tea.
"What's wrong? Who upset you this time?"
"Who else could it be? Of course, it's my father! I've only been back for half a year, and he's already starting to arrange for me to find a wife. He even said that it's better to get married and have children as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen problems."
Xie Tingsheng paused in the hand holding the teacup, and asked casually, "Then why are you so angry? Is it because you have someone you like?"
“How could that be!” Wenxi exclaimed, her eyes wide. “I’m just angry that my dad is too sensitive. He always thinks I’ll bring him back a male daughter-in-law, just like my older brother.”
He gets very upset whenever this topic comes up.
He's said it so many times: he's not gay and has no homosexual tendencies, but his father just won't believe him.
He was pressured by his family to get married and start a family as soon as he reached the required age. He hasn't even had a chance to enjoy life yet. He certainly won't be as free as he is now after he gets married and starts a family.
Besides, he doesn't have a woman he likes. Making him marry someone he doesn't like is worse than just killing him!
"So, Ah Wen doesn't like men and prefers women?" Xie Tingsheng's voice was low and unreadable.
But his actions betrayed him.
"Of course I like women!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Tingsheng tightened his grip on the teacup. He nonchalantly drank the tea in one gulp, only to find that this sip of tea was much more bitter than before.
"Hey, speaking of someone you like, Xie Tingsheng, do you have someone you like?"
Xie Tingsheng raised his eyes and stared intently at him, saying each word clearly, "Yes."
The usually careless Wenxi didn't understand the implied meaning in Xie Tingsheng's words and punched him lightly, saying, "So you already had someone you liked, and you didn't even tell me! Are we still good brothers?!"
Wenxi's every word was a precise stab to Xie Tingsheng's heart.
"No, I was just joking with you. I didn't expect you to take it seriously," Xie Tingsheng suddenly laughed. "If I had someone I liked, how could I not tell you?"
"So, Xie Tingsheng, you actually tricked me!"
Wenxi felt an itch to punch Xie Tingsheng in the face.
The butler arrived with his men to repair the gate, looking rather resentful; he was at a loss for words.
Every time the young master comes, the gates of their manor can't be kept open. How many times has this happened already?
Their practiced movements were heartbreaking.
"So what do you plan to do?" Xie Tingsheng steered the conversation back to the topic. "Can you really disobey your father?"
Wenxi, with a long face, complained, "Although I can't, I can throw a tantrum at my mother. She loves me so much, she definitely won't agree to this. As for my father? He's afraid of my mother, I don't think he can do anything to me!"
Xie Tingsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm the one being forced into marriage, Xie Tingsheng, why are you more nervous than I am?"
Xie Tingsheng paused.
If he didn't know someone so well, he would almost suspect that the person was pretending to be ignorant.
But... given Wenxi's intelligence, she wouldn't do that.
"I'm afraid you'll kick down the new gate I just repaired."
"It's just a gate, I'll just buy you a new one."
The butler standing to the side muttered to himself: Young Master Wen, how many doors have you broken now?
If it weren't for the fact that not having a gate would be so unsightly, their royal residence would have considered not installing one at all. In any case, the young master Wen would just break it again as soon as it was repaired, so the gate was just something that was dispensable to them.
"It's just a gate; my Prince Anyang's Mansion can afford to replace it."
Butler: Just spoil him.
"Hey, I heard that the Imperial Advisor is up to his old tricks again. His Majesty has killed almost all of his own brothers and sisters, so why did he leave that charlatan alive?" Wenxi didn't understand why Xie Hanzhou would do such a thing.
He simply couldn't bring himself to leave an enemy behind.
"Even if you know that the Imperial Preceptor is secretly forming cliques and plotting treason, so what? He is in charge of the Imperial Observatory, and he hasn't done anything wrong on the surface, so His Majesty can't deal with him."
"Our emperor has already earned the title of 'tyrant' as soon as he ascended the throne. What is he afraid of? Just kill them all."
Wenxi's idea was simple: kill the person first, then find a fabricated charge against him. What could he possibly come up with?
Xie Tingsheng shook his head. "The Imperial Preceptor is a Taoist practitioner. It's hard to guarantee that he doesn't have some methods we don't know about. So, there's no rush to deal with him."
After all, the Imperial Preceptor has far-reaching influence; if we were to harm even one of him, the court would surely be thrown into chaos. His Majesty must have his own considerations; these are not matters for us to concern ourselves with.”
Compared to Wenxi's immature ideas, Xie Tingsheng considered many more things.
After all, he was personally taught by the late emperor. Although the late emperor was a difficult person to judge, his way of governing the country was impeccable.
"That damned imperial advisor! His Majesty will kill him sooner or later!"
Xie Tingsheng covered his mouth, and when his palm touched those two soft lips, he felt as if he had been electrocuted and quickly withdrew his hand.
Seeing Wenxi's bewildered expression, he explained, "Be careful, walls have ears. After all, the Imperial Advisor is very capable!"
Wen Xi tried her best to ignore Xie Tingsheng's strange behavior and complained, "Could that charlatan really have heard our conversation from that far away?"
"Who knows? It never hurts to be careful."
At this moment, the two had no idea that the so-called "Grand Preceptor" of the country was actually a charlatan who knew nothing but how to cheat and swindle.
If it weren't for good luck, he would have been dragged out and executed by the late emperor long ago.
"By the way, I'll be staying at the Assassin's Guild for a while. If my father asks about me, just say he made me so angry that I ran away from home, and let him deal with it himself."
“Living in the Assassin’s Guild? You’d be better off living in my Prince Anyang’s Mansion. Even if your father had the guts, he wouldn’t dare to trespass into the mansion.”
The idea sounded good, but Wenxi still thought it was unreliable.
He rejected Xie Tingsheng's suggestion, saying, "My father would know I'm here right away. I'd better just stay at the Assassin's Guild."
Xie Tingsheng: He's actually become smarter.
He had originally planned to trick the person into staying at the Prince's Mansion, but the person didn't fall for it.
He had no choice but to compromise.
"That works too. I also have something to take care of. Why don't we go together?"
Wenxi didn't think too much about it, assuming that Xie Tingsheng really had something important to deal with.
After all, Xie Tingsheng was the head of the Assassin's Guild, much busier than him, the leisurely nominal deputy head.
The butler standing nearby couldn't bear to look at it.
If the young master hadn't stopped him, he really wanted to yell at Young Master Wen: My young master likes you, he likes you, did you hear that?
Honestly, sometimes even the housekeeper wondered if Wenxi was missing a screw in her head, how could she be so clueless?
Their heir practically made it clear.
Xie Tingsheng: The tonic said, his life is so hard~
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