After picking up the White Cut Black Prince

Later, when it was almost 9 o'clock, Wen Chu and Chenxiang followed Song Yusheng to Chengde Hall.

When they went to Chengde Hall, Madam Song, Song Liqing, and Huang Ruotang were already there, but in addition to the people from the first house, the people from the second house were also there. After all, they were relatives, so it was normal for them to go to the polo match together. Although Madam Qi only invited the first lady of the Song family last time, if the people from the second house wanted to come, it was just a polo match, so it would be difficult to refuse.

Song Yuxi, the second son of the second house, came up to Song Yusheng and started talking to him when he saw him. However, after what Song Yusheng said last time, Song Liqing behaved well in front of him this time and did not dare to do anything improper in public.

When no one was paying attention, Wen Chu's eyes accidentally met Huang Ruotang's, and then she saw Huang Ruotang nodded at her almost imperceptibly, and Wen Chu knew that the thing she asked her to help with last time was done.

She suppressed the joy in her heart. Now everything was ready, only the east wind was missing.

Without saying anything else, they set off for the polo field. By the time Song Yusheng and his group arrived at the polo field, it was almost noon.

The polo field that the Qi family rented today is located in the suburbs of Kyoto, covering a very large area. Playing polo has always been an expensive pastime. Ordinary people can hardly even touch a horse, let alone play polo. Since this place was built, it has often been rented out to princes and nobles for their enjoyment, and ordinary people cannot even enter this place.

Today, the entire polo field has been reserved by the Qi family. The Song family didn't come early. When they arrived, the guests had already arrived one after another. However, as soon as they appeared here, they attracted the attention of most people.

But most of them were looking at Song Yusheng.

Because he was going to the polo match today, he changed into a set of light clothes, a dark suit that made his figure look more upright. He usually wore white clothes and looked like a banished immortal, but this outfit, which was completely different from his usual look, added a bit of unrulyness between his eyebrows.

Many people came today, but most of them were from noble families who were on good terms with the Qi family and the Crown Prince. As for the others, if they were on good terms with the Second Prince and others, they would not come here.

The polo field was very large, covering several acres. There were already many young men playing polo on the field, and the stands were already full of spectators. The appearance of Song Yusheng attracted the attention of many unmarried girls. Song Yusheng was the ideal marriage partner for many girls in the boudoir of Kyoto. Not to mention his family background, Song Yusheng's appearance alone was enough to make people stare at him. His every move was extraordinary. Just one look at him would make people remember him for three years. Moreover, he was so happy to laugh, and he always had a smile on his face. He looked like a good-tempered person.

Everything is good, except that this person is a little too cold, so cold that even when he is smiling, people still feel cold.

But after all, they were all unmarried women, so they would just look away after a few glances. If they looked again, it would be unpleasant.

When Madam Qi saw the Song family coming, she immediately stood up to greet them. When the people around her saw how warm Madam Qi was to Madam Song, they all knew clearly that the two families were probably planning to get married.

Madam Qi was not only looking after Madam Song. Since the second wife of the Song family had come, she couldn't ignore her. She smiled and greeted them, saying, "Madam and Madam are here. Unfortunately, I only have one seat left over here. How about this? I still have something to say to Madam Song. Why don't you let Madam Song sit over there and wait?"

Mrs. Qi's words were very clear. There was only one seat next to her, but she only let the first wife sit there and not the second wife. The implication was that between the first and second wives, she chose the first wife of the Song family.

The Second Madam was a little embarrassed when she heard this, but Madam Qi said this in a decent way. If she insisted, she would lose her composure. After hearing this, she could only reluctantly say, "Since there is no seat left, I will just sit somewhere else. There are plenty of empty seats anyway, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find one."

The second lady was an unforgiving person. If anyone made her unhappy, she would immediately choke back. What she meant was that there were so many different kinds of men in this world, so was she really afraid that her daughter wouldn't be able to find a husband?
The two ladies heard her sarcastic remarks, but before they could say anything, they saw her taking Song Lide somewhere else.

No matter what, the Second Madam Song is still a member of the Song family. Her words and deeds represent the face of the Song family. Madam Song was a little embarrassed and said, "My sister-in-law has this kind of temper. She didn't mean to target you."

Madam Qi patted her hands and said, "These are just trivial matters that are not worth complaining about."

The two ladies were chatting there. Madam Qi looked at Qi Ziyuan beside her and was just about to ask him to take Song Liqing to play polo.

But she saw that her son seemed to be staring at someone. Madam Qi followed his gaze and saw Wen Chu dressed as a maid.

The sunlight shone on the stands, and the profile of the little maid was cast with a layer of light. From Madam Qi's direction, the girl had long and thick eyelashes, and under her black eyelashes were a pair of almond eyes as big as a deer. Madam Qi would not mistake these eyes, as they were too similar to the eyes of Concubine De back then.

She suddenly realized that her son had always asked the Song family to come to his house not for anyone else, but perhaps because of the person in front of her.

The midday sun was very bright, pulling Mrs. Qi's thoughts back to the past.

The time when Qi Ziyuan was ill and recuperating in Kyoto.

During that time, Qi Ziyuan always liked to go to the palace, and he would go there five days out of seven. At first, Madam Qi thought that he simply liked the Queen Aunt, so he liked to go to Kunning Palace so much. But later on, when she secretly followed him to the palace, she found out that Qi Ziyuan had been hanging out with Princess Huaihe Li Zhaoxi.

They jumped up and down in Kunning Palace, climbed trees to pick fruits, and made a mess there. Two mischievous guys got together. If they hadn't still had some common sense and knew that they were in the imperial palace, they would have torn down Kunning Palace sooner or later.

Madam Qi had a bad temper. When she saw Qi Ziyuan making a scene in Kunning Palace, she was so angry that she wanted to twist his ears. She thought he had been very well behaved these days. If she hadn't come, Kunning Palace would have been demolished. It was also on that day that Madam Qi saw the "evil concubine" in the rumors.

Near the evening of that day, Concubine De came to Kunning Palace to pick someone up.

Madam Qi originally thought that Concubine De was born to be a beauty that brings disaster, but later she found that it was not the case. She could not describe the feeling that Concubine De gave her, but she felt that she should not be a demon concubine.

At least, we cannot say that she is a witch just because the emperor dotes on her. That would be too unfair.

But what she didn't understand was why Empress Xiaoyi had such a good relationship with her. Logically speaking, as the empress, the emperor doted on a concubine so much. Not only did she not resent her, but he was so good to her and her daughter.

Empress Xiaoyi said to her, "You have also seen her. Do you believe the rumors? Do you believe all the bad things that are said about her?"

Madam Qi said, "I don't know. Although he doesn't look like a bad person, it is said that one cannot judge a person by his appearance."

Xiaoyi said: "Yes, you can't judge a person by his appearance, but I believe that time will reveal his true character."

Facts have proved that Empress Xiaoyi was right in choosing the right person. In order to repay Empress De's kindness, she even gave up her own life and that of her daughter in order to save the Crown Prince.

Of course, no one except the parties involved knew about this matter. In the minds of the people, Defei and Huaihe were tortured to death because they accidentally fell into the hands of the rebels, but no one knew that they had the opportunity to escape.

Madam Qi remembered that Qi Ziyuan once said that he wanted to be good friends with Li Zhaoxi for life and stay together forever, and the Queen Aunt also agreed to his request.

Qi Ziyuan grew up in the northern border since he was a child and developed a carefree personality. All he knew was that he liked playing with Li Zhaoxi and wanted to be good friends with her in the future.

Madam Qi told him that in this world men and women cannot be good friends for life, only husband and wife can be together forever.

Qi Ziyuan said to her, then, can we be husband and wife?

What else could Mrs. Qi say? She didn't know how to say it, so she just changed the subject and said that he was still young and maybe he wouldn't think like that when he grew up.

Qi Ziyuan said, however, that he was already twelve years old and not young anymore.

Qi Ziyuan and Li Zhaoxi had been together for nearly two years, and they were childhood sweethearts. Unfortunately, Qi Ziyuan returned to Northern Xinjiang. After spending the New Year in Kyoto that winter, he went to Northern Xinjiang with his father and elder brother. Before he left, he told Li Zhaoxi that he wanted her to wait for him to go fishing in the Imperial Garden and pick persimmons from the persimmon tree planted in Kunning Palace.
Unfortunately, things went against their wishes. No sooner had the Qi family's generals left than Prince Li launched a coup.

Everyone in the Qi family knew that Qi Ziyuan and Li Zhaoxi were good friends, so they didn't dare to tell him the news. But later, when the war in the northern border was settled and Qi Ziyuan came back, they could no longer hide it. That year, the 18-year-old Qi Ziyuan returned to Kyoto with joy, but what he waited for was the news that Li Zhaoxi had died.

A strong wind blew by, bringing with it a bit of heat, a little scorching hot. Madam Qi looked at Wen Chu who was a little dazed and asked in surprise, "Is this Xiaoxi?"

Before anyone else could say anything, Qi Ziyuan spoke first: "Mother, you must have seen it wrong. What Xiaoxi? There is no Xiaoxi at all."

Mrs. Qi straightened her face after hearing what her son said. Since her son said no, then maybe they just looked a little like each other. She nodded and said, "Maybe I really saw it wrong."

After that, he and Madam Song sat on the side. Qi Ziyuan glanced at Wen Chu, his eyes full of affection, without any concealment. Song Yusheng quietly blocked her way, raised his head, looked at Qi Ziyuan with a smile, and asked: "Why are you looking at my people like this, General Qi?"

Qi Ziyuan's gaze moved from Wen Chu to Song Yusheng's face. It was obvious that his expression became much uglier because of these words.

Wen Chu saw that many people seemed to be looking in their direction. She calmly tugged at Song Yusheng's sleeve. Song Yusheng turned around to look at her, and she said, "Don't be like that."

Her words instantly calmed Song Yusheng's emotions, and he didn't plan to continue arguing with Qi Ziyuan, after all, she was by his side now. Qi Ziyuan obviously noticed Wen Chu's actions. From his angle, he could clearly see her pulling Song Yusheng's sleeves, and the two of them looking at each other, with undercurrents surging in their eyes, all of which he could see clearly.

Qi Ziyuan's eyes suddenly became hurt.

He didn't know how the two of them met and knew each other, but just this one action made him understand that there was no such thing as master and servant between them.

Are she and Song Yusheng in love with each other?
What about him, what should he do.

She is still alive.
They were clearly each other's best playmates in childhood, but why couldn't they recognize each other? Even standing face to face like this, he couldn't even call her Xiaoxi.

Wen Chu couldn't bear to watch the light in Qi Ziyuan's eyes dimming little by little. If she had a choice, she wouldn't want to be like this, but today she didn't dare to arouse Song Yu's suspicion.

At this moment when everyone's minds were divided, the Crown Prince arrived. The sound of salutes rang out all around, pulling everyone's wandering minds back.

In addition to the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess was also present today, and the Crown Princess was accompanied by a noble lady, who was her biological sister.

Logically speaking, the Crown Princess should be from the Qi family, but this is not the case. The Crown Princess is the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. The Qi family did not make their daughter the future queen mother, but they did not say anything and even felt fortunate that the Crown Prince married the daughter of the Minister of Personnel.

The reason is nothing more than the serious party politics in this dynasty. If the crown prince can get the support of a noble family through marriage, it would be the best. Otherwise, if the crown prince fights for the party and cannot win over other princes, then what is the future queen mother? No matter who comes to the throne in the end, as long as it is not the crown prince, their Qi family will suffer.

Besides, the Qi family is the crown prince's maternal family after all. No matter what, as long as he ascends the throne, they will have nothing to lose. The Qi family doesn't ask for much, just peace.

In the past, there were constant turmoil in the Northern Frontier. As a first-rank military officer, the Qi family had absolute say in the court. But now, judging from the trend, the emphasis on civil officials over military officials is becoming more and more serious. The status of civil officials has risen sharply, while the status of military officials has plummeted. If the Qi family had not had a strong ancestral background and was not the mother's family of the crown prince, they would have been inferior to the third-rank civil officials.

The person following the Crown Princess was named Hu Yunyue, the youngest daughter of the Minister of Personnel. When she learned that the Qi family was holding a polo match today, she insisted on coming with the Crown Princess.

Song Liqing and Hu Yunyue were close friends and had a very good personal relationship. As soon as Hu Yunyue came here, she went to Song Liqing's side. She first bowed to Madam Song and Madam Qi, and then sat down with Song Liqing.

The two little girls of similar age always liked to gossip, and when they sat together they started whispering to each other.

Hu Yunyue looked at Song Yusheng and said, "Is your brother back? I was shocked when I heard that he was missing. I wanted to go to your house to see you, but my mother said that she was afraid that your mother would still be sad, so she didn't let me go and bring bad luck."

"Don't even mention you. During that time, even I didn't dare to laugh at home. Didn't I tell you before that he went to look for that Princess Huaihe, but he didn't find the princess. So he found a little maid for himself and abused her every day. It's so bad." Song Liqing pointed at Wen Chu next to Song Yusheng, and then continued: "Look, that's the sister. She is so beautiful and powerful. I heard that she can tell fortunes. Why should she be my brother's maid?"

The more Song Liqing spoke, the angrier he became for Wen Chu, and his voice unconsciously became louder.

Hu Yunyue looked in the direction her finger was pointing, wanting to see Wen Chu, but she saw Song Yusheng glanced at her indifferently, which frightened Hu Yunyue so much that she dared not look at him anymore.

She tugged at Song Liqing's sleeve and said, "Don't say bad things about your brother. Be careful he hears it."

The more Hu Yun trembled, the more his accent came out.

Song Liqing disagreed. Song Yusheng was chatting with the Crown Prince, so how could he notice them?

The Crown Prince was still talking to Song Yusheng about the previous events. He said, "Qianruo, why don't you go and persuade your father? The He family still wants to repair the official road. This matter has been delayed again and again for more than a month, and the cabinet has also been discussing it for more than a month. Your father refuses to express his opinion, nor does he refuse. It keeps dragging on like this. Alas, I mentioned it to him, but he thinks I'm annoying."

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the official road was a waste of money and resources and would harm the people, but Emperor Linghui refused to reject the idea outright. So the people of the He party also refused to give up and often brought up the issue.

The polo field was very lively. It seemed that someone had scored a goal and there were waves of cheers and excitement.

The Crown Princess looked at the Crown Prince's worried face and said, "You, you are still thinking about these things even though you are out here. You are here to relax and have fun today. Why are you thinking about these things? Besides, Qi'an has worked hard too. He finally got a day off, but he has to sit here and listen to you nagging about these things."

After hearing this, the Crown Prince finally smiled and said, "Please don't blame me, I was rude."

The Crown Princess was a very gentle person, and she spoke softly. Wen Chu could see clearly that the two of them were a perfect match and loved each other. She was like a thief, hiding behind Song Yusheng and watching them.

If she really left, this would be the last time she saw the Crown Prince. Wen Chu knew that she could never let go, but even before she left, she still wanted to see him. After all, he was the brother who had grown up with her throughout her childhood. How should she let go? How should she let go?

He didn't seem to have a good life in recent years and had a hard time. She had heard about her father's life and knew how hard it was for him as the crown prince.

Just as she was secretly looking at the crown prince, suddenly a guard came running here in a panic.

"It's not good!! It's not good!!"

The guard came in a hurry and the ladies were a little frightened.

After all, it was a polo match held by the Qi family. Madam Qi quickly stepped forward and asked, "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"

"Someone found a dead body in the haystack in the north!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a huge rock dropped into the water, making a loud noise. Is there a body in the polo field? The ladies and young ladies sitting there could no longer sit still, making restless noises.

The Qi family only rented the polo field for one day. If something happened, it would not be their fault. However, it was bad luck that a body appeared on their field for no reason. Her face was very ugly. Madam Song said, "Don't worry. Qia Qi'an is here today. He is from the Dali Temple. It is no problem for him to solve cases. Let him go and take a look."

Madam Qi hesitated and said, "Will this trouble him? He is resting today."

When Song Yusheng heard the word "corpse", his brows slightly furrowed. After hearing what Madam Qi said, he cupped his hands and said, "It is my duty as a junior. I should go and see what has happened today."

After saying that, he was about to follow the guard to take a look. Huang Ruotang, who had been silent the whole time, said, "Cousin, it's too bloody there. Those two maids should not go there. Otherwise, it won't be good if they get scared."

Although Song Liqing didn't like Huang Ruotang very much, she felt that what Huang Ruotang said was right. It wouldn't matter if two girls saw such a scene. She agreed, "That's right, brother will go. You two maids, come to my side. I will help you watch."

When Wen Chu saw that things had developed to this point, her heart beat unusually fast. It seemed that the hexagram had not deceived her.
The heavens are helping her.

Song Yusheng thought what he said made sense. It was not good for them to see the corpse. He turned around and looked at Wen Chu. His thin lips opened and closed again, but he swallowed back everything he wanted to say. In the end, he only said, "Wait for me here."

So he left here with others.

(End of this chapter)