Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Chapter 236 Entering the game

At the banquet, the lights were bright, and there was singing and dancing. Xiao Zhengshu sat upright in his seat, concentrating on appreciating the graceful dances of the graceful dancers on the stage. On the other side, Wang Xuan and Gao Xue sat side by side. Gao Xue was keenly aware that Wang Xuan's eyes were always fixed on Xiao Zhengchu.

"What's wrong? Are you thinking about the prince?" Gao Xue couldn't help but ask curiously.

Wang Xuan smiled slightly and nodded without disguising, "Don't you have any good feelings towards this person?"

Gao Xue took a sip of the fine wine in the glass and responded calmly: "It's not a matter of like or dislike."

Wang Xuan stretched out her finger and gently poked Gao Xue's forehead, saying coquettishly: "You are such a blockhead. It's a pity that you don't love such a handsome prince."

Gao Xue said gently, "As long as you like it." At this moment, Xiao Yumiao and Xiao Yule finally arrived slowly. Wang Xuan and Gao Xue stood up hurriedly, saluted to the two princesses, and said in unison, "I pay my respects to your Highness the Princess."

Xiao Yumiao nodded slightly in response. Ever since Xiao Yufu married Yihan, Wang Xuan no longer dared to enter the palace. One reason was that the other princesses were already married and were waiting to get married, and Xiao Yumiao was not easy to approach; another reason was that Xiao Yule obviously did not like Wang Xuan.

For Xu Gong, this banquet was more like a spectator watching a play, and he found it quite interesting. After staying for a while, he left quietly. At this time, Ji Ce'an noticed that Xiao Zhengshu was holding a wine glass and walking towards Xiao Zhengchu.

Xiao Zhengshu said sincerely: "Royal brother, I was too ignorant these days. Today's banquet is specially held to apologize to you. I hope you will be magnanimous and don't take it to heart!" After saying that, he smiled at Xiao Zhengchu on purpose.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Zhengchu quickly raised his glass and responded: "Hey, we are brothers after all, why should we be angry with each other? Come on, let's drink!" As he spoke, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

However, Xiao Zhengshu knew very well that Xiao Zhengchu was always cautious and would never trust him easily. So, although he had a pot of wine in his hand, he did not take the initiative to pass the wine to Xiao Zhengchu.

At this time, Xiao Zhengchu stared at the wine pot in Xiao Zhengshu's hand and asked, "Oh? Your wine..."

Xiao Zhengshu quickly replied, "Hehehe, your royal brother may not know, this is the fine wine that I brewed myself! Mother tasted it yesterday and said it was good!" As he spoke, he deliberately shook the wine jug in his hand.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhengchu just nodded and didn't say anything more. But Xiao Zhengshu knew in his heart that it was impossible to make Xiao Zhengchu completely let down his guard with just a few words. So he decided to take some more actions.

Then, Xiao Zhengshu toasted Xiao Zhengchu again to show his respect for his brother. When the two of them clinked glasses, Xiao Zhengshu secretly touched the wound on Xiao Zhengchu's hand with his finger. At the same time, a prepared poisonous insect quietly crawled into Xiao Zhengchu's body through the wound.

All of this was seen by Qin Zhuoyuan who was sitting below. He watched everything happening in front of him expressionlessly, secretly thinking about how to deal with it next.

Inside the Xu residence, a servant came up to him and asked in surprise, "Why are you back so early, sir?"

Xu Gong frowned and replied, "The banquet is really too boring. There is no fun at all. Oh, by the way! How is the person I asked you to find before?"

The servant hurriedly replied: "My Lord, we have found her. Lady Yue expressed her willingness to join our plan." Xu Gong nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction, and then said: "Jun Ning once saved her life, and now she has seen clearly who the mastermind is. So, of course, she wants to avenge her beloved."

At this time, the servant asked, "Sir, the person has arrived at the mansion. Do you want to see her?" After Xu Gong pondered for a moment, he ordered, "Bring her here."

Not long after, Ah Yue was brought before Xu Gong. Ah Yue knelt down and bowed, saying respectfully, "Greetings to Prime Minister Xu."

Xu Gong looked at the woman in front of him and asked in a serious tone: "Do you know what kind of situation you will face once you enter the game?" Ah Yue raised her head and answered with a firm look in her eyes: "I understand, but I have no choice. I still have children to take care of, and my husband cannot die in vain. In order to avenge him, I will have no regrets even if I pay a huge price or even sacrifice my own life. What's more, with an unclean body like me, what is there to fear?"

Xu Gong slowly handed the bottle of scar removal medicine in his hand to Ah Yue, and said earnestly: "The so-called cleanliness is not limited to the external physical appearance, but more importantly, the purity of the heart! A girl like you who is kind, brave and full of love is undoubtedly an outstanding good girl and a good mother.

You know, in today's complicated world, it's already very difficult for a woman to survive, but you've done so well, it's really admirable!" After saying these words, Xu Gong smiled and looked at A Yue.

At this moment, Ah Yue was staring at Xu Gong, with a trace of confusion and guilt in her eyes. She asked softly, "But... before, I treated your nephew and his wife like that, and even secretly plotted against them. Don't you blame me at all?"

Facing A Yue's questioning, Xu Gong just smiled slightly and replied calmly: "What are you talking about calculations? In my opinion, the things between you are probably because of the wisdom of those two people. Maybe in the end, it is you who will suffer the loss?" Hearing this, A Yue suddenly felt embarrassed and lowered her head with a red face.

Seeing this, Xu Gong quickly comforted her and said, "Okay, it's getting late, you should go back and rest."

After Ah Yue turned and left, Xu Gong couldn't help but sigh softly and said to himself: "Alas, Your Majesty, the scale of the chess game we have set is too large and grand. I really don't know if the next generation can successfully complete the mission and play this chess game perfectly. But since you trust Zi Yan so much, I believe he will not let you down!"