Chapter 53 He thanked Tingzhou for the end
Xie Tingzhou ignored him and pressed the black piece on the chessboard. Li Jifeng lowered his head and looked at it for a long time. "You really didn't leave me any chance to breathe."
He waved his hand, and the young eunuch standing beside him skillfully took out a silver note from his sleeve and placed it respectfully on the couch.
There was already a small stack of silver bills there, all in denominations of one thousand taels.
Xie Tingzhou didn't even look at it, but weighed the chess piece in his hand and asked, "Still playing?"
Li Jifeng looked at the young eunuch, who spread out his hands and made a sad face, indicating that he had no money left.
"No more playing," Li Jifeng stroked his chess pieces, "You are too stingy. What kind of friendship do we have? It's the kind of friendship where you clapped your hands for someone who broke his leg. And you want to charge me for playing chess with me!"
Xie Tingzhou threw the fish into the basket and said, "I won't get in even if someone offers me money."
The maid came forward and swiftly took away the chessboard and replaced the snacks.
Li Jifeng glanced at the maids and asked, "Why didn't you bring the beauties I sent to you last year?"
"Give it away." Xie Tingzhou said lightly.
"Give it away?!" Li Jifeng raised his voice, "You gave away the most beautiful one too?"
"Yes."
Li Jifeng covered his chest and said in grief, "Xie Yun! I couldn't bear to use that girl myself, so I kept her for you, and you just gave her away like that?! If you don't want her, give her back to me."
Xie Tingzhou picked up the teacup and skimmed off the foam, "I thought you didn't want it, so I gave it to me."
Li Jifeng felt sad whenever he thought about it, as if he had secretly saved some snacks that he himself couldn't bear to eat to give to others, but in the end the other person just threw them away.
"Where's Cang?"
"In the next yard."
"Let it out," Li Jifeng said, rolling up his sleeves as if ready for a big fight, "Just let it out and bite me to death. I've thrown my whole heart away, and you..."
"Xi Feng." Xie Tingzhou interrupted him.
"No, no, no," Li Jifeng hurriedly smiled and held Xie Tingzhou's arm, "I'm just kidding, don't let go, don't let go, that guy looks like he wants to eat me every time he sees me."
He picked up a piece of dessert and put it in his mouth. He glanced around and found that Xie Tingzhou was staring at the dessert in his hand.
The look was a little strange, as if it was disturbing.
Li Jifeng took a look at it himself, chewed the snack and said: "You can't
Isn’t that stingy? Just a piece of pineapple cake.”
Xie Tingzhou's gaze remained fixed, which frightened Li Jifeng. He put the remaining half of the pineapple cake in his hand back into the plate with trembling hands.
"Return it to you."
Xie Tingzhou said nothing and stared at the snacks on the table.
Why did he think of Shi Yu?
He remembered that they played chess on the way back to Beijing. At first he was well-behaved, but later he and the escort agency were bored on the way to Beijing, so he bought a set of chess.
Shi Yu's arrangements were quite good, with hot tea and snacks. He remembered that one of the things Shi Yu particularly liked was pineapple cakes.
Often, before a game is over, a stack of pineapple cakes is gone.
Xie Tingzhou suddenly felt annoyed. He raised his finger and pressed hard between his eyebrows.
Li Jifeng felt that Xie Tingzhou he met this time was a little unusual.
It hadn't been long since they last saw each other, just the year before last. They occasionally exchanged letters, but he had never seen Xie Tingzhou so deeply troubled.
Li Jifeng couldn't think of anything that could make Xie Tingzhou so upset. He looked a bit like his sixth brother who found out that the girl he had just married actually liked his seventh brother. His sixth brother probably had the same expression at that time.
"Could it be that..." Li Jifeng circled around him, "Could it be that the girl you like actually likes someone else?"
Xie Tingzhou looked at him like an idiot and said, "Are you full? If you are, get out of here."
Li Jifeng just drank a few sips of hot tea and didn't even finish a piece of pineapple cake. How could he be full?
But he felt that if he didn't leave, Xie Yun might really release Cang to bite him.
Li Ji walked out in a huff.
Chang Liu immediately stepped forward to lead the way and comforted him, "Don't be angry, Your Highness. The prince just encountered some troubles these days, and it will be fine in a few days."
Li Jifeng perked up, "What's bothering you?"
Chang Liu said: "It's not a big deal, there's just a guard in prison."
"Is Xie Yun sick? Why is he so upset about locking up a guard? Did the guard stab him?" Li Jifeng asked curiously.
Chang Liu thought that it was more than just a stab, it was a stab in the heart.
Then he smiled and said, "I don't know either. Your Highness the Ninth Prince, please come this way."
Li Jifeng thought about it and suddenly stopped, "Take me to see, I want to see what it is.
"
"That won't do." Chang Liu refused immediately.
Li Jifeng hooked his arm around Changliu's neck and said, "What are you afraid of? I'll just take a look. What if I can think of a way to persuade him after taking a look?"
Chang Liu thought it seemed okay, it was just a look, and Xie Tingzhou didn't tell him not to see anyone.
The dungeon was dark, with torches on the walls.
Chen Yu was sleeping when Li Jifeng arrived.
She lay on her side on the straw mat. The quilt was a little thin and could not keep out the cold in the dungeon, so she curled up into a ball.
Li Jifeng grabbed the railing and looked inside. Under the dark quilt was a fair little face, so delicate and pretty that it looked so pitiful.
"He he he is a man?" Li Jifeng asked.
Chang Liu said as a matter of course: "Can a guard be a woman?"
Li Jifeng thought about it, stared at Chen Yu for a long time, and shook his head, "It's over, Xie Tingzhou is done."
"What does Your Highness the Ninth Prince mean?" Chang Liu asked puzzledly.
Li Jifeng strode out, "A boy with a feminine appearance, neither male nor female, spending time together day and night, falling in love with each other over time, ah - stay forever!"
Li Jifeng turned around and said, "Have you noticed that my writing skills have improved? I just said four idioms in a row."
Chang Liu was speechless: "..."
How could Xie Tingzhou make such a friend?
Beilin has 100,000 mercenaries. Originally, it was a taboo for the prince and the prince of Beilin to be together, but Li Jifeng was different.
Li Jifeng was the ninth son of Emperor Tongxu, and was notoriously uneducated. Even if he made friends with Xie Tingzhou, no one interfered because everyone believed that he was a hopeless case.
Fortunately, I was born in an imperial family and will never have to worry about food and clothing throughout my life.
Chang Liu laughed dryly and said, "Indeed, His Highness the Ninth Prince speaks eloquently and with brilliant literary talent."
"I think so too." Li Jifeng said cheerfully, "Where was I talking about just now?"
Chang Liu replied: "Love grows over time."
Li Jifeng: "Yes! As time goes by, he falls in love with me. He has finished thanking Tingzhou."
"Ninth Prince, you're going the wrong way." Seeing Li Jifeng who was so excited that he took the wrong road, Chang Liu reminded him in time.
"I have to verify one thing first." Li Jifeng strode towards Xie Tingzhou's yard with his head held high. "My best friend is going through a big problem in his life. How can I abandon him at this moment!"
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