Situ Xunxiao naturally understood Nangong Muchi's many years of knowledge. If he had never met him, his good friend would not be so dismissive.

"Have you seen her?" Situ Xunxiao's hand held the chess piece suspended in the air for a while before he placed the black piece on the board. He finally raised his eyes and looked at Nangong Muchi.

"I guess so." Nangong Muchi looked at Situ Xunxiao with amusement, "Today in Zhaoshu Palace, she and her master ran into Yushan Mountain, and happened to run into Zhuge Feiyang. I was just in a good mood, hiding in the rockery, and heard something inconsistent."

Inconsistent inside and outside? Upon hearing this, Situ Xunxiao threw the chess piece into the chess cup, and raised his eyebrows, "How is it inconsistent inside and outside?"

"It's really rare." Nangong Muxi stared at the chess piece that was put back into the chess bowl, and looked at his friend teasingly, "You have a lot of people around you, why do you care about a little palace maid with such an obvious purpose? Even if I saved you, it was also for my own purpose. It really puzzles me."

"Get to the point." Situ Xunxiao said unceremoniously, with a cold glance.

"Okay, okay, I'd like to hear your opinion." Nangong Muxi spread his hands helplessly and shrugged. "When Zhuge Feiyang bumped into her, the second princess seemed to have some small movements before saying she was injured, and then she arrogantly confronted Zhuge Feiyang. The little girl was very strange. After leaving with her master, she turned back and cheated Zhuge Feiyang of five hundred taels. What else could it be but being two-faced in front of the master?"

"Five hundred taels?"

"Yes, she is still a short-sighted little girl." Nangong Muxi sneered, "In my opinion, she is just an ordinary person who takes advantage of her master's trust to pursue her own interests without hurting her master for the sake of her own future. She is not worth your attention at all."

"Sometimes, the feeling a person gives others is not what they seem on the surface." Situ Xunxiao shook his head. "I know she is greedy, but what you don't know is that she values ​​money over life. And after receiving money, she can put herself at risk to fulfill her promise. Don't you think that this is a bit contradictory for someone who values ​​money more than life? If you have money but no life to spend it, then there is no reason to love money, right?"

Situ Xunxiao's words brought a flash of understanding and clarity into Nangong Muchi's eyes.

"Or maybe... like master, like servant." Nangong Muxi blurted out these words, which puzzled Situ Xunxiao and made him frown.

Looking at his friend's expression, Nangong Muxi took a sip of tea and said, "When the Second Princess was bumped into by Zhuge Feiyang, she made a small move, and then it was Qingqing who negotiated. What she showed in front of Zhuge Feiyang today was the princess's disgraceful, vengeful, and shrewd temper. Coupled with Qingqing's lies and exaggerated slander of the Second Princess, I'm afraid the real purpose is to stop Zhuge Feiyang from marrying. Could it be that the Second Princess acquiesced to all this?"

If that's the case...

A dangerous light gradually flashed in Situ Xunxiao's eyes. Was the Cuiyun Palace hiding him for the purpose of marrying him to the emperor?

So, is Qingqing's approach a purposeful one?

"Xiao, what did you think of?" Nangong Muxi asked as he saw the anger flashing in his friend's eyes.

Situ Xunxiao clenched his fist, then loosened it. He then reached out to the chess cup, picked up the black piece, and dropped one sinisterly. "Perhaps, the second princess is smart enough to know that the marriage between the two countries must choose one of them. In comparison, being the princess of a puppet prince is not as good as being the princess of the war king who commands a large number of troops."

"You mean, Qingqing flirted with you with the master's permission?"

"The nature of greed cannot deceive people. I guess the second princess had a plan and made a choice. She must have known me, and she bumped into Qingqing that night. Since he is the second princess's confidant, then she must have asked the master about me. I'm afraid that my eyes are unique in the world." Situ Xunxiao laughed at himself, raised the corners of his mouth, and half-closed his eyes, as if he had met prey. "A palace maid, no matter how capable she is, is not enough to cover the sky with one hand, let alone withstand a palace search. She instinctively took my money and asked the second princess to hide me. It really is the best of both worlds."

"If you put it that way, then it's not surprising. People already know who you are, so they naturally won't show fear. Your eyes really allow many people to remain calm." Nangong Muxi unscrupulously poked at Situ Xunxiao's weak spot.

Everyone avoided mentioning his pupils, and only Nangong Muxi was fearless enough to tease them.

"No wonder I feel strange and curious." Situ Xun Xiaosi ignored her friend's teasing, and the unhappy frown on her brows deepened. She thought that there was someone who could get closer to her peaceful heart, but she didn't expect that it would end up fading.

Situ Xunxiao made his move and became more aggressive step by step. "It seems that the Second Princess played a pipa piece tonight just to get me to sing along. It seems that she is not a simple person."

The pipa music rekindled the joy and appreciation in Nangong Muxi's eyes.

"The song is very convincing. I'm afraid her mind is not on you." Nangong Muxi pondered, "Or maybe you all heard the tension of being surrounded by enemies in the song, but to my ears, it was more than that."

“The authorities are confused.”

"You got Xiao wrong. Today, when I passed by Cuiyun Palace, I heard her music. It was like the sound of flowing water in the mountains, and it was full of natural beauty. If someone hadn't come, I wouldn't have known who played it. But tonight at the banquet, I was pleasantly surprised." Nangong Muxi denied Situ Xunxiao's words, "Although I am obsessed, I can understand the heart of a person who performs music. The second princess yearns for freedom in her heart."

Seeing his friend's face full of regret, Situ Xunxiao said in a deep voice: "You are so anxious today and are looking for me because of her?"

Hearing this, Nangong Muxi nodded solemnly.

The two looked at each other in silence. Nangong Muxi's eyes flashed with a hint of discomfort, and he turned his head slightly, "Actually, I want to know, is the marriage just a formality, in name only or..."

Nangong Muchi did not continue speaking for the last few words. However, there was disappointment in his eyes, and he did not intend to hide it in front of Situ Xunxiao.

Situ Xunxiao stared at his friend in silence. After a long while, he let out a long breath and pressed his brows with his slender fingers, "Are you moved?"

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