'It was Benwang Fei who changed Benwang's plans.'
Xi Ying was on his way to leave the Imperial Palace but Zhao Zhang Wei's words were not leaving his mind.
He wondered what actually Zhao Zhang Wei had meant by these words.
Was what he had seen during the Mid-Autumn Celebration Banquet true?
Xi Ying remembered very clearly how Zhao Zhang Wei was trying to gain Yi Huiqing's attention when they were to enter the banquet together.
At that time, he had almost thought that Zhao Zhang Wei actually liked Yi Huiqing. However, then he wondered if it was true then why he never went to Yi Huiqing to accompany her in her despair when she was mourning her unborn child's death.
Why did he hide that the reason behind Yi Huiqing's miscarriage was actually the poison!
He had been actually guessed before that Zhao Zhang Wei could never poison his own child. It was not easy for a father to kill his own child …at least that was what Xi Ying thought. Unless it was Father like Zhao Wang Lei with a sick mind, no one would want to kill their child …especially when had not even born.
And Zhao Zhang Wei seems pretty normal to him.
Today just confirmed his guess… Zhao Zhang Wei didn't poison Yi Huiqing.
Still, Xi Ying had many doubts.
He would have asked this question to Zhao Zhang Wei if the young Eunuch had not come suddenly and told Zhao Zhang Wei that Zhao Wang Lei had called him in the Imperial Study room.
Xi Ying was amused. This time, Zhao Wang Lei called Zhao Zhang Wei instead of him.
"Benwang has managed that man for so many years, Prime Minister Xi. Don't think that Benwang can't do this now."
Zhao Zhang Wei had said to him when he had looked at him in doubt.
Xi Ying couldn't help but believe Zhao Zhang Wei after these words.
"Lord Xi"
Xi Ying came out of his trance. His frown deepened as he seems to recognize that annoying voice.
Sure enough, when he looked at the front he saw Princess Wenling walking towards him.
Xi Ying had wanted to walk away without even greeting the annoying princess. Regardless of whether she was provoked by someone else or not, he despised the stupid princess to the same extent.
She hurt his wife and then planted her people to poison his son inside his Manor even if she was provoked by someone else to do it.
However, he had just stepped sideways to avoid the Princess when the princess blocked his way and said immediately.
"Prime Minister Xi, can we once fight with swords just like how we used to do before?"
Xi Ying scoffed at the Princess' words.
They had done it only once and it was perhaps at the time when he had gone to the neighboring Empire to bring the Princess back who had gone to visit it.
On their return to the Imperial Palace, the princess had arrogantly challenged him. Though he had not taken it as anything, he had to take the challenge when even the Emperor asked him to do so.
It had not taken him even a whole two minutes to defeat the princess.
But now the princess said it in a way that it felt that he had been sword fighting with her almost every day in the past.
"This Lord is not interested Your Highness."
Princess Wenling's face fell. She was wearing the dress that a woman usually wears when practicing swordsmanship or martial arts.
When she found out that Xi Ying was still in the Imperial Palace. She remembered very clearly how Xi Ying had defeated her in the last fight so easily.
However, she didn't hold any grudge. She had actually challenged him to spend some time with him.
Princess Zhao Wenling had fallen in love with the Prime Minister of Xin when she had been brought to the Xin back in his protection.
It was during that time she had noticed this capable and very strong minister. It was at that time she had decided that she would marry only this man in this lifetime.
However, it didn't prove to be as easy as she had thought.
She had seen the cold and indifferent prime Minister getting out of her reach as fast as she had fallen in love with him.
And after so many years of her loving him one-sidedly, he was still out of her reach. However, every time she would give herself a reasonable explanation for Xi Ying's cold and indifferent behavior.
Just like now, she tried to assure herself that it was only because Xi Ying knew that those shadow guards had been sent by her Elder brother and he got injured in that attack….yes, that's why he was behaving so indifferently.
"Prime Minister Xi, I didn't know about that attack at all."
Xi Ying turned his head to look at the princess. His face didn't have any emotion but his heart was filled with disgust seeing how clearly she was lying to him.
He watched as she continued to spout lies.
"It was Elder Brother who had sent those shadow guards. I would never want to hurt Prime Minister Xi. You need to believe me."
Princess Wenling's eyes were filled with tears as she demanded Xi Ying's trust.
Xi Ying didn't say anything for a few moments. A moment later, she smiled coldly. The princess was just digging her own grave and she didn't even know it.
He glanced behind the princess where Zhao Zhuang Chen was standing with a pale face. How could he not know that the man was now trying to make him come to his side?
However, in his eyes, his own sister Princess Wenling has destroyed his plans.
Xi Ying moved his eyes to look at the princess and said in a very low and cold voice.
"What about my wife? Your Highness doesn't want to harm me but trying to harm the woman this Lord loves is equally punishable in this Lord's eyes."
With these few words, Xi Ying turned around to leave the Imperial Palace.
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