I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 245 Deliberately

Listening to the ghosts howling and wolves howling in his ears, Xiao Jingfan raised the corner of his mouth inexplicably in a good mood.

Just then, Xiao Anzi came in with a small food box, saying that it was Eight Treasures Cake presented by the imperial kitchen.

Zhou Yuande frowned: "Who sent it?"

"The eunuch who served the meal said that it was Miss Liuzheng's order." Xiao Anzi looked at Chu Liuzheng who had his head lowered.

When Xiao Jingfan heard that it was Chu Liuzheng who sent it, he asked with great interest, "Why did you ask the imperial kitchen to present the Eight Treasures Cake at this time?"

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhou said that you didn't eat much for dinner, and ginger tea can increase your appetite. I thought the night was long, so I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare eight-treasure cakes." Chu Liuzheng replied slowly, "Eight-treasure cakes are easy to digest, so even if you eat a few more, you don't have to worry about indigestion and being unable to sleep at night."

[Listen, listen! I am so considerate and thoughtful. Tyrant, if you send me to Jingming Palace, you will be blind! ]

Xiao Jingfan, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to praise her, immediately swallowed his words and waved to Xiao Anzi to bring the Eight Treasures Cake over.

"Try it." He picked up a piece and handed it to King Rui without mentioning the transfer of Chu Liuzheng to Jingming Palace.

Prince Rui took it and slowly put the Eight Treasures Cake into his mouth, without asking for Chu Liuzheng again.

Looking at this harmonious scene of brothers being friendly and respectful to each other, Zhou Yuande secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to wink at Chu Liuzheng.

——What are you still standing there for? Back off immediately.

Chu Liuzheng bowed and retreated hurriedly. When the cold wind outside the hall blew, he found that he was sweating all over.

[I was almost kidnapped by the counterfeiters, but luckily the Eight Treasures Cake arrived in time. ]

She rubbed her chest and walked quickly to the tea room.

[Next time the fake guy comes, I will pretend to have a stomachache and ask Yuzhui and the others to bring tea, so as not to remind the fake guy of this. If the tyrant agrees, I will have no place to cry.]

[The masters of the Imperial Guard, please quickly find the real Prince Rui and stop the fake one from causing trouble! ]

*
After two games of chess, King Rui saw that it was getting late, so he stood up and left.

Xiao Jingfan gently reminded: "Don't stay up late to read, go to bed early."

"My royal brother, you should also go to bed early." Prince Rui smiled and nodded. Zhou Yuande saw him out and watched him get on the sedan chair before returning to the palace.

Under the oil lamp, Xiao Jingfan lowered his eyes and stared at the chessboard intently. The light in his eyes flickered with the candlelight.

You can tell a person’s character by watching how he plays chess. Even if they look alike and behave similarly, their chess styles are different.

After two games of chess, Xiao Jingfan was extremely sure that the person sitting opposite him was indeed an impostor, and a impostor who had been tricked by the real King Rui.

Xiao Jingfan reached out and picked up the chess pieces one by one.

The witch forced Laojiu to teach the fake one how to play chess. Laojiu did teach her, but he also had a trick up his sleeve.

That is, no matter winning or losing, King Rui is accustomed to placing the last chess piece on the edge of the chessboard and not making any move.

The counterfeit didn't know about King Rui's habit, and he didn't do this in the previous two games.

He called out into the empty space, "Eleven."

A dark figure appeared in the hall, bowed and said, "Please give your orders, my lord."

"Where is Xiao Jiu?"

"In the camp." Xiao Shiyi said, "After taking the fake death drug, he will be weak for half a month. The leader asked him to recuperate well and did not assign him any tasks."

Xiao Jingfan nodded: "Tell him to come see me tomorrow. I have something to tell him to do." "Yes." Xiao Shiyi took the order. Seeing that Xiao Jingfan had no other instructions, he withdrew on his own and went to the Dark Guard Camp to pass on the message.

Xiao Jingfan slowly put away the chessboard, wiped his hands with a towel, sat cross-legged on the couch, drank ginger tea and ate eight-treasure cake, and soon he had finished half of the plate.

Zhou Yuande was delighted when he saw this, thinking to himself that this ginger dew tea was so useful. It would be better to offer a cup of it every day so that His Majesty would eat more and the Empress Dowager would not glare at him every time he returned to Wanshou Palace.

In the tea room, Chu Liuzheng, who was chatting with Yuzhui, suddenly felt a chill on his back and raised his hands to rub his arms.

Yuzhui smiled and pushed her: "If you are cold, go to the stove and warm yourself up. Don't catch a cold."

Chu Liuzheng moved the bench closer to the stove and sat down. Xiao Anzi ran in and said, "Your Majesty is going to Yaohua Palace. The two girls can go back now."

[Great, off work! ]

Chu Liuzheng took the big teapot off the stove, picked out the still burning charcoal pieces one by one with tongs, and put them into water to extinguish them.

Yu Zhui checked each cabinet to see if anything was missing and locked them one by one.

The two men closed all the windows, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong in the hall, they blew out the lights, closed the door and left.

*
Ninghe Hall of Zhaoyang Palace.

Mianmian squatted on the ground, rubbing the bruises on Aidaer's knees with medicated oil. Her face was wrinkled with heartache, and she pursed her lips and blew air upwards, complaining softly:
"You've never been treated like this when you were at home. It's all Concubine Xie's fault. Why did she punish you but not her? It's not fair at all."

“Fairness is not given by others, it is fought for by oneself.” Aidar grabbed the charcoal-grilled lamb chops that had just been delivered from the kitchen and nibbled on them until his mouth was covered in oil.

Seeing her nonchalant look, Mianmian couldn't help but pout, "Princess, did you fight with Concubine Xie on purpose?"

"No." Aidal drank the wine in the jade cup, feeling that the cup was too small and not satisfying enough. Just as he was about to hold the pot to drink, a resentful look immediately shot over at him.

Aidar withdrew his hand awkwardly.

Mianmian looked at her and said, "Princess, you are lying. You did it on purpose."

"Tsk, you've grown smarter after entering the palace for a few days." Aidal poured the wine in the pot into the jade cup and drank it all again.

"I'm not stupid." Mianmian wiped the medicine oil off her hands with a handkerchief and stood up to pour her wine.

"Yes, yes, my Mianmian is the most considerate." Aidar handed her a piece of grilled lamb chops, "The taste is different from that at home, try it."

"Thank you, Princess." Mianmian took it but had no appetite. She looked at her careless princess and sighed, "Princess, you promised me that I would not cause trouble when I entered the palace."

"I didn't cause any trouble. She provoked me," Aidaar felt wronged. "I don't know what was added to that cup of tea. I can't really drink it, right?"

Mianmian nodded. It’s true that you can’t drink anything carelessly. What if it’s poisonous?
Aidahl patiently persuaded her: "When I'm at home, if someone hits me once, I hit them back at least ten times. I only hit her twice, which is very restrained. You can't nag me."

Mianmian: “…”

With your strength, wouldn't you kill him if you hit him ten times?

"Princess, you have plenty of ways to not hurt someone and even subdue them, so why did you deliberately beat up Concubine Xie and get punished?"

Aida: "..."

After all this time, how come you still remember this?

Mianmian stared at her with wide eyes, as if she would keep asking questions if she didn't answer.

Aidaer was most afraid of her nagging... no, her seriousness. She raised her hand and threw the cleaned bone into the slag bucket opposite. She wiped her hands with a handkerchief and said, "If I commit more sins and annoy the emperor, I won't have to sleep with him anymore, right?"

There shouldn't be any emperor who would like a woman who loves to stir up trouble and has nothing to do with gentleness, right?