Chapter 470 Xie Tingsheng X Wen Xi Side Story (5)
"Is that so...?" Wenxi stared at him suspiciously.
Without batting an eye, someone launched into their usual line: "Yeah, if it were me, and the person I liked was a man, I would definitely try every means to be with him."
This was a way of giving Wenxi a heads-up, even though Wenxi couldn't connect the matter to herself.
"Heh, you'd better pray that your simple-minded and straightforward wife is a woman."
Wenxi is a particularly amazing person; his mind just happened to be working at this moment.
But if you say he's intelligent, he doesn't realize that the person people are describing as simple-minded and single-minded is him; but if you say he's intelligent, you're overestimating him.
That's Xie Tingsheng's opinion anyway.
"I don't think this flower viewing party is very interesting. Nobody comes to talk to me," Wenxi said, chewing on a blade of grass, as she found an open space to sit down.
Xie Tingsheng sat down next to him, his gaze fixed on him.
"This is so boring. I knew I shouldn't have come. I'm sure I'll get scolded when I get back."
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These past few days, the General's Mansion has been busy arranging marriages for Wenxi, but unfortunately, for some reason, no young lady has taken a liking to her.
All of this was orchestrated by Xie Tingsheng behind the scenes.
It doesn't matter. Wenxi is always clueless, so he can only secretly seduce his love interest. Otherwise, if someone actually succeeds, he'll have nowhere to cry.
More than a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and Wenxi has lived up to expectations by not having found anyone she likes.
Xie Tingsheng was very satisfied with this.
However, something has been giving Xie Tingsheng a real headache recently.
There seems to be something off between his tyrannical elder brother and that charlatan Yu Sheng.
The strangest thing was that charlatan. He was clearly a treacherous and cunning villain before, but ever since he started to be afraid of me when I went to court a couple of days ago, I have a vague feeling that the charlatan has changed.
They even did a few decent things.
Even the tyrant Xie Hanzhou inquired about his illness in court today, and even visited the Imperial Preceptor's residence after court. He absolutely did not believe that there was nothing between them.
But that imperial advisor is no good!
Xie Hanzhou knows this perfectly well, so why does he still insist on getting close to him?
Wenxi explained, "Of course, His Majesty wants to get close to Yu Sheng so he can find fault with him and then cut off his head! It couldn't possibly be that he's fallen for him, could it?"
Wenxi crunched on the apple, seemingly not understanding why Xie Tingsheng was worried about these things.
"Why do you care so much? Instead of worrying about whether His Majesty and the Imperial Advisor will get together, you should worry about your own marriage."
"It makes me so angry! How come I can't even find a female confidante? I'm surrounded by men. Could what that bald monk Ciyu Temple said be true?!"
Who knows?
The next day, Xie Tingsheng was drowsy when he went to court and caught Xie Hanzhou and Yu Sheng exchanging glances right under his nose.
Even their emperor's ears turned red.
No, is that right?
Before Xie Tingsheng could even think things through, he heard Xie Hanzhou say that he was going to Fengzhou with Yu Sheng to pray for rain and asked Xie Hanzhou to act as regent.
Xie Tingsheng: "..."
Are you sure you're really going there to do something legitimate?
Xie Tingsheng felt that either he had gone mad, or Xie Hanzhou and Yu Sheng had gone mad.
How could a ruthless tyrant who kills without blinking an eye fall in love with his own minister? His face still has a suspicious blush.
Another treacherous and cunning imperial advisor suddenly changed his ways and became a great person. He had clearly been forming cliques and engaging in corrupt practices behind the scenes, but now he hardly cares about court affairs and often doesn't even attend court.
Why are they all acting so strangely? It's like they've become different people inside their shells.
However, what Xie Tingsheng didn't know was that the person inside the Grand Preceptor's shell was actually someone else.
Xie Tingsheng felt even more exhausted.
He's already exhausted enough on his own, and now he has to oversee the country. He's probably spinning like a top from all that, not to mention he has to secretly guard against Xie Weiyan causing trouble.
Their emperor was relaxed and happy, but he suffered.
What's even more outrageous is that Wenxi hasn't come to see him at all during all this time.
Xie Ting was furious and was just thinking of going to the Assassin's Pavilion when he received news from the Assassin's Pavilion about Xie Hanzhou and his group.
Prince Ning, Xie Weiyan, sent his trusted men to intercept and kill Xie Hanzhou and his party halfway through their journey. He thought victory was assured, but the mission failed.
What surprised him even more was that the Imperial Advisor Yu Sheng actually knew martial arts, and his martial arts skills were in no way inferior to his own emperor. However... as the leader of the Assassin's Guild, Xie Tingsheng did more than just kill and set fires.
There is also the buying and selling of information.
It can be said that the Assassin's Guild is fully aware of the secrets of the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, as well as the secrets of various martial arts sects.
In the Assassin's Guild, secrets simply don't exist.
As for the Imperial Advisor, they had already thoroughly investigated his background. He was a beggar whom the late emperor had met in the countryside. He had disguised himself as a charlatan and claimed to have supernatural powers, which is how he became the Imperial Advisor of the Li Kingdom.
Xie Tingsheng further discovered that the national advisor of their country was not only a charlatan, but also knew nothing about martial arts.
But the news that just came was that the Imperial Advisor Yu Sheng was highly skilled in martial arts and killed most of the assassins sent by Prince Ning with a single sword strike.
This is very illogical.
Furthermore, the news also mentioned that His Majesty and the Imperial Advisor were together, which made people even more puzzled.
Xie Hanzhou's expression didn't seem fake at all; he was genuinely smitten with Yu Sheng.
Xie Tingsheng unconsciously stroked the ring on his finger, and an extremely absurd answer suddenly arose in his mind.
Perhaps, the Imperial Advisor is no longer the same Imperial Advisor he once was.
The two have completely different personalities and temperaments.
Xie Tingsheng tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table; it was a little habit he had when he was thinking.
"Just now, Prince Ning went to the Assassin's Guild again, seemingly intending to hire someone to kill him. However, he may not know that the entire Assassin's Guild was established under His Majesty's orders..."
"By the way, did His Majesty say he wanted to kill them?"
The guard shook his head.
Xie Tingsheng sighed and said, "Then let's not kill them for now. It's fine to keep them as a mascot for His Majesty to play with."
With the last chess piece in his hand, Xie Tingsheng stood up. "Let's go, let's go to the Assassin's Guild and see what kind of trouble our Prince Ning is up to this time."
By the way, let's also take a look at that heartless little devil.
Just then, Wenxi, who was about to meet Prince Ning, sneezed.
Why do I feel like someone is talking about me?
The guard standing nearby thought to himself: "His Highness must be thinking about you. How long has it been since you two last met?"
Wenxi casually put on the mask and went to meet Prince Ning, but he regretted it.
He shouldn't have talked to an idiot, really.
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