He took one last look at the closed door and turned to leave.
In Xiaozhanzi's eyes, instead of arguing with Xuewei here, it would be better to go back and explain the situation, and then come back and stay with Xu Tianze peacefully.
As for Xue Wei, he will have plenty of opportunities to teach him a lesson in the future. After all, this is the second time he has followed a different master, and no one is more noble than the other.
Don’t say that Xue Wei was originally the wise king’s man and would definitely gain Xu Tianze’s trust. In Shangjing City, and even in the imperial palace, even husband and wife have their own ulterior motives.
Could it be that husbands can be exempt from this? It's all the same, so Xiaozhanzi is confident that he can directly replace Xuewei's position and become Xu Tianze's right-hand man in the future.
After Xiaozhanzi left completely, Xuewei walked to the next room and knocked on the door gently. After hearing Xu Tianze's permission, he took a deep breath, pushed the door open and walked in.
"master."
"Why do you dare to return to Shangjing City if you don't wait in Zhulin Valley?" Xu Tianze leaned on the bed railing with a corner of the quilt covering his lower body.
"I passed the message to Die Zhai before I left, and only then did I know that the master is now living in Die Zhai, but I am the only one here." Xue Wei knelt on one knee, lowered his head and began to report.
In fact, Xue Wei wanted to conceal his presence, but when he saw Xiaozhanzi followed Xu Tianze into the room and did not come out for a long time, he boldly approached him just in case.
Who knew that he would hear the rather explicit conversation between Xu Tianze and Xiaozhanzi, which made him extremely disgusted with Xiaozhanzi.
Xue Wei realized that he had been exposed the moment he approached the room, so he gave up the idea of hiding. When Xiaozhanzi was about to leave, he angrily said a few words and then came to meet Xu Tianze.
"Well, you came at the right time. Xu An is now in your care. Take him away tonight." Xu Tianze nodded and immediately arranged for Xue Wei to do something.
As for the conflict between Xuewei and Xiaozhanzi outside the door just now, he chose to turn a blind eye. It was just a few verbal disputes, so he naturally had nothing to say.
After all, where there are people there will be conflicts. As long as the conflicts do not escalate or internal strife does not occur, he will not pay special attention to these trivial matters.
"Master, where are you taking Xu An?" Xue Wei raised his head and saw Xu Tianze still in deep thought, so he couldn't help but remind him.
"After leaving Shangjing City, any direction can be 30 miles away." Xu Tianze thought about it and chose the distance.
"Tell Xu An that I'm waiting for him to kill me. If he doesn't kill me, I will kill him sooner or later." Xu Tianze added with a smile, but his smile was really weird.
Xue Wei felt a chill on his back for no reason. When he was sure that Xu Tianze had no other instructions, he stood up and prepared to leave.
Since Xiaozhanzi and Xuewei left one after another, Xu Tianze rested for a few days. He also went to his Zeju to take a look and found that it was still the same as before, so he returned to Diezhai and stayed at home.
As for the Xu Mansion, which had been renovated and then abandoned for several years, except for the osmanthus trees in the courtyard that were still lush, the rest of the place was already overgrown with weeds.
Time soon came to the third day. Under the leadership of Xiaozhanzi, Xu Tianze once again sneaked into the Heavenly Prison. After passing through many checkpoints, he met the prince in the Heavenly Prison.
Xu Tianze originally thought that the prince was in the prison, either in a very miserable state, trying to hide his identity, or living a life of drunkenness and debauchery with fine wine and delicious food.
Who knew that when he really met the person, there was only a prince in prison clothes, calmly flipping through a storybook. His thoughts were not only completely detached from Xu Tianze's mind, but also completely unrelated.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself in here, but it's a complete mess outside." Xu Tianze curled his lips and sat down opposite the prince.
With just a casual glance, it was clear whether the prince was pretending or really meant it.
“How much more chaotic can it get? We have our aunt watching us from above, our third brother guarding us from outside, and you watching us all the time in the dark. This dynasty will never fall.” The prince turned the page of the storybook in his hand without taking his eyes off the contents.
Xu Tianze was silent for a moment after hearing this. He understood that although the prince's words seemed to be reassuring them, they were actually a mockery of everyone, including himself.
"You want to jump out of the chess game?" Xu Tianze pressed down the script in the prince's hand and stared at the prince closely.
"Don't you want to?" The prince raised his head and looked at Xu Tianze.
Ever since he became aware of part of the plan from his father, he didn't want to do it anymore. He had spent the first half of his life trying to consolidate his position as the crown prince, pretending to be stupid on the surface and plotting in secret.
After working hard for half his life, he was told that he was just a shield pushed out in public. It would be a joke if anyone knew about it and didn't tell anyone.
He has had enough of this kind of life, so why should he continue with the second half of his life arranged by others? He doesn't want to.
That's why he went to Xu Tianze, because he believed that Xu Tianze would definitely not be willing to do so, otherwise Xu Tianze and the Duke of Zhenguo would not have become so hostile.
Nor would he be eager to get away from the capital with his second brother and return to his fiefdom to live his own life.
"I asked you the same question a long time ago, and the person I asked was Aunt Qingyi." Xu Tianze stepped back and sat down, with memories on his face.
"Her answer at the time was that Emperor Gan was best at calculating people's hearts." After Xu Tianze finished speaking, he chuckled with disdain and watched the wick in front of him continue to burn.
"I was most disdainful at the time because Emperor Gan was already dead. People's hearts are fickle, and even if Emperor Gan was very skilled, he couldn't have calculated everything."
After Xu Tianze finished speaking, the entire cell fell into a long silence, with only the occasional wailing from a distant cell faintly heard.
"What happened next?" The prince's voice was a little hoarse, as if he was grasping at the last straw.
He knew very well how much of an impact Xu Tianze's next answer would have on him. Even if he did not change his original plan in the end, the hesitation in his heart was real.
Xu Tianze raised his head and shifted his gaze from the wick to the prince's face. His dark pupils seemed to say nothing, yet seemed to say everything.
When the prince was about to continue speaking, Xu Tianze took the initiative to break the solemn atmosphere in the prison: "How do you want me to help you?"
Xu Tianze knew that since the prince was able to talk to him in a showdown state, he had already made all preparations, and now he just wanted to ask him for help to ensure that nothing went wrong.
What's more, he accepted such a big gift as the small bowl. No matter what, Xu Tianze had to help.
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