Prime Minister, he just refuses to usurp the throne

After wandering around the capital, Xie Anshuang and Ru Nian went to the Fusheng Garden in the suburbs of Beijing, and Xing Wenshu followed behind them.

Fusheng Garden is a small garden built by the previous emperors during their reign. It is usually the place where the emperor lived when he hunted in the suburbs of Beijing. Now that Xie Anshuang has nothing to do, it has become a place to go out and have fun.

The Fusheng Garden had a beautiful view, and Xie Anshuang specially organized a small banquet and invited several officials to come over for a meal.

Except for Ye Zihe, most of the invited officials were officials from the Queen Mother's Party who were single-handedly promoted by Xie Anshuang, including Qing Dali.

Dali Qing's name is Qin Lida, and he came from the Qin family with the queen mother, but he is a concubine of a side branch of the Qin family, and his relationship with the queen mother is not too close.

Xie An glanced at Qin Lida at the corner of the banquet, shook his glass and said to Xing Wenshu who was closest to him: "I heard that Xing Aiqing had a hand-to-hand conversation with Mr. Qin early this morning, but it's a pity that I was interrupted halfway through."

Xing Wenshu responded gently: "Your Majesty was joking. Since Your Majesty needs a minister, I am willing to take orders at any time. Moreover, when I sent people here today, the chess game between the minister and Lord Qin happened to be over, so it is naturally not a spoiler."

"Really." Xie Anshuang took a sip of his wine, then looked at Qin Lida again, "Speaking of which, I have never had time to talk with Xing Aiqing hand-to-hand. I wonder how Lord Qin thinks Xing Aiqing's chess skills."

Qin Lida, who was pointed out, seemed to subconsciously glance at Xing Wenshu's direction, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xing is very skilled at chess, and I am willing to bow down."

Xie Anshuang noticed the change in his gaze, and didn't say anything more, and soon turned the topic to some eating, drinking and having fun.

The small banquet didn't last long, and after the dinner time was over, Xie Anshuang ordered those officials to be sent back, leaving the leaves to discuss separately.

Before the discussion, Xie Anshuang specially screened everyone, and after confirming that there was no one around, he asked straight to the point: "Brother Zihe, have you found out anything about Qianxiao Poison?"

Ye Zihe replied: "I have paid attention to the person in charge of Qianxiao Poison in the past few days, and it seems that he has been replaced by the Empress Dowager Yuangui's cronies. I deliberately tried to get close to him, but he is very vigilant. I haven't been able to get too much useful news for the time being."

Hearing this, Xie An's eyes filled with thoughts.

The person responsible for managing Qianxiao Poison was replaced by a close friend of the Empress Dowager Yuangui, so it can be explained that there are so many Qianxiao Poisons in the hands of the masked thief.But what is the purpose of Empress Dowager Yuangui?

In the past two years, in order to prevent Empress Dowager Yuangui from gaining prestige in the court by listening to the government behind the curtain in the early court, Xie Anshuang directly canceled the early court.

With Empress Dowager Yuangui's status at this time, killing him rashly would only lead to turmoil, and would not allow her to achieve her ambition of controlling the imperial power.And Empress Dowager Yuangui is not such a stupid person.

Xie Anshuang couldn't figure it out, neither did Ye Zihe.

After a while, Ye Zihe sighed softly, and said, "Anyway, you must pay attention to safety during this period, and I will try my best to inquire about the rest."

Xie Anshuang nodded, and also warned: "Zi and brother should also be careful, don't be noticed by Yuan Gui."

After reminding each other, it was almost time for Ye Zihe to leave again.

He simply bid farewell, Xie An followed him out of the room with both eyes, and then went back to the inner room to take a nap.

Until the early hours of Xu, Xie Anshuang slowly woke up from a light sleep, yawned and changed his clothes, picked up the wine jar and wine glass that he had prepared before, and was ready to go out.

As a result, as soon as he stepped out of the room, he saw Xing Wenshu standing at the door, as if he was doing his duty as a guard.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

Xing Wenshu noticed Xie Anshuang who came out, and he turned sideways to give a simple greeting, and asked, "Where is Your Majesty going?"

Xie Anshuang seemed to be in the right mood, and said slowly: "It's a beautiful day, so I'm going to enjoy the moon and have a drink. But Gu didn't expect that Xing Aiqing would be so conscientious."

Xing Wenshu smiled and said: "The thieves have been rampant recently, and the defenses in the suburbs of Beijing are weak. Since I also serve as your Majesty's bodyguard, I naturally cannot leave your Majesty alone."

"Okay, I'm tired of listening to these compliments." Xie An waved his hands, and continued, "It's just right, the moonlight is good tonight, Xing Aiqing will come to accompany Gu to enjoy the moon."

Xing Wenshu cupped his hands and replied: "Yes."

After getting his response, Xie Anshuang stopped talking, and went straight to the small attic that he had identified a long time ago.

The small attic has only three floors, but it is already the tallest building in Fusheng Garden. There is a small bamboo forest around it, and the scenery is very good.

On the third floor of the attic there is a special passage leading to the roof of the attic, so Xie Anshuang walked directly to the roof through the passage, and by the way, placed an extra wine glass on the table on the third floor of the attic.

The wind on the night of the 22nd of the first lunar month was still bitingly cold, but Xie Anshuang, who was only wearing gray-blue thin velvet clothes, didn't notice it. He leisurely chose a seat and sat down, throwing the wine glass that came just now to Xing Wenshu.

Xing Wenshu caught it subconsciously, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty always wears such thin clothes, don't you feel cold?"

"Gu is not as delicate as Young Master Xing."

Xie Anshuang opened the wine jar and filled himself a glass, his tone was full of indifference, "Okay, it's rare that I'm in a good mood tonight, Xing Aiqing don't want to be so disappointing. Come and sit down."

Hearing this, Xing Wenshu had no choice but to stop dwelling on this topic, and quietly sat beside Xie Anshuang, and then he naturally reached out and handed over the wine jar.

Tonight, Xie Anshuang had a rare change of gray-blue clothes, instead of the bright red she used to be flamboyant, she looked a little deserted and low-key under the moonlight.

Xing Wenshu took the wine jar and asked again: "It seems that I seldom see His Majesty dressed so elegantly?"

Xie Anshuang glanced at him sideways: "Why, is Xing Aiqing starting to worry about what color clothes Qigu will wear again?"

But he didn't really mind what he said, and said: "Does Xing Aiqing know what day it is tonight?"

Xing Wenshu said honestly, "I don't know."

Xie Anshuang smiled slightly, his subtle emotions were hidden in the night, making it difficult for people to see clearly.

He said lightly: "Tonight is the birthday of the lonely sixth brother."

Xing Wenshu was slightly startled.

When the first emperor reigned, there were only six sons, and the age difference between the two princes was not very big.

Xie Anshuang is the fifth prince, and there is only the younger brother, the sixth prince, who is half a month younger than him, but the treatment is completely opposite to him.

When the sixth prince was born, his mother and concubine were the most favored imperial concubines. After the sixth prince, the first Emperor Renchu ​​focused on political affairs and rarely lingered in the harem.

Therefore, the sixth prince's mother and concubine have also continued the title of "the most favored", and even the sixth prince has become the most beloved prince besides the eldest prince, the prince.

The sixth prince has been doted on since he was born, and his food and clothing are all the best except for the prince. He is also very cute in appearance and temperament, and has a very harmonious relationship with the other princes.

He was also the only one who would greet the unknown Xie An at various banquets.

But later, the sixth prince died suddenly after the prince.The reason for his sudden death was a bowl of lotus snow tremella soup personally sent by Xie Anshuang.

The sixth prince's favorite thing to wear during his lifetime was blue clothes.

Xie Anshuang took a sip of wine, turned his head and saw Xing Wenshu's complicated eyes.

He chuckled lightly, and said, "Why, Xing Aiqing started to regret drinking with Gu, a villain who murdered relatives and seized power?"

"No." Xing Wenshu shook his head and said, "I'm just thinking, I don't think His Majesty is someone who intentionally harmed his relatives."

Xie Anshuang has long been used to hearing this kind of rhetoric in person and behind his back, and he didn't take it seriously, and said leisurely: "Yeah. Someone like Gu ran out in a good mood on the birthday of the deceased to enjoy the moon and drink wine." How could a cold-blooded person do such a thing as killing relatives and seizing the throne."

Xing Wenshu heard something wrong in his words, and when he frowned and was about to add something seriously, he suddenly noticed a sound of piercing in the quiet night sky.

He was startled, and rushed towards Xie Anshuang without saying a word.

"There are assassins, be careful, Your Majesty!"

"call out--"

The moment Xing Wenshu threw Xie Anshuang down to protect him, a sharp arrow brushed past his hair and was deeply embedded in a bamboo not far away.

If Xie Anshuang was still sitting in this position at that time, this sharp arrow would have passed directly through his left chest!

Xing Wenshu didn't care to think too much, and immediately got up to track down the assassin.

However, Xie Anshuang sat up unhurriedly, with a carefree smile in his eyes.

"Xing Aiqing, don't worry, it's such a waste of time to track down the assassins during the beautiful and beautiful moon viewing."

His left knee was slightly bent, and he casually put his left hand on his knee, then he took out a porcelain jug from nowhere, raised his hand and threw it directly into the attic.

"Snapped--"

The crisp sound broke the silence of the night, and immediately the nearest guard rushed over, knelt down with fists folded, "Your subordinate is here."

Xie Anshuang raised his chin with one hand, looked at the guards below with a half-smile, and said, "What's the matter, didn't you hear your prime minister say that there are assassins, why don't you hurry up and arrest them."

The leading guard below responded repeatedly, and quickly assigned mission instructions to the guards following behind him.

Xing Wenshu witnessed all this from the side, turned his head to look in Xie Anshuang's direction, and saw him resting his chin with one hand, looking down at the guards below, and there were more things around him that he rarely showed. aura.

——The natural aura of a superior person.

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