Chapter 73 I Am Shameless and I Am Invincible

The lights in Lumingxuan went out, but Xie Tingzhou did not leave. After a moment, he stepped lightly onto the roof.

A soft sob came from the house.

I thought she was getting stronger and stronger, but in fact, she was just licking her wounds.

Xie Tingzhou lifted his skirt and sat gently on the roof, looking at the endless night in a trance.

The next day, Shen Yu was on duty. When she woke up in the morning, her eyes were swollen like walnuts. After Erya rolled eggs for a long time, they were slightly relieved.

The weather has been getting warmer in the past few days. The snow a few days ago should be the last snow this winter.

Shen Yu stood under the eaves and sorted out the ins and outs of the case again.

The Minister of Revenue Ge Liangji was involved in this case, so Jiang Lianzhi secretly contacted Xie Tingzhou. There are probably two reasons. Either he found the problem and wanted Xie Tingzhou to rescue him out of kindness, or he knew something and wanted to use it to bring down Ge Liangji.

But there is still a huge flaw here. Since he knew there was a problem, why didn't he report it directly to the emperor, but used such a roundabout way?

Jiang Mansion, in the study of Prime Minister Jiang Yuanqing.

The grandfather and grandson were both solemn.

Jiang Yuanqing said: "Ge Liangji is inseparable from the Yanliangguan case. Now it depends on how your majesty decides. Yanliangguan failed, and someone must bear the blame."

Jiang Lianzhi understood in his heart.

Just like in the previous life, Emperor Tongxu knew that it was not their problem, but he could not find a reasonable reason to explain to the people, so he could only let the rumors spread, and finally let Shen Zhongan and Shen Zhao bear the crime.

Jiang Yuanqing was silent for a moment, and continued: "Once Ge Liangji fell, the Ministry of Revenue would have to find an official to take care of things. As the Minister of Revenue, you are the first choice, but..."

He paused, lowered his head and drank a sip of tea, and continued: "At this age, he has become the Minister of Revenue. He is the first person since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. It is not a good thing to be promoted too early. What do you think?"

Jiang Lianzhi was silent for a while, and replied: "Lianzhi has no intention of promotion."

Jiang Yuanqing nodded, stroked his long beard and said: "In this case, I will put this matter aside for now, but you should temporarily replace the position of Shangshu with the position of Minister of Revenue."

"If Jiang Lianzhi is smart enough, he will avoid the edge and will not sit on the position of Shangshu at this time." Shen Yu said while playing chess.

Xie Tingzhou glanced at her and listened to her continue: "His qualifications are still a little shallow. He just became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue..."

"Pah--"

Xie Tingzhou threw the chess piece in his hand back into the chess box.

Shen Yu was interrupted and raised her head and asked: "This has just begun, Your Highness, are you not going to play anymore?"

Xie Tingzhou pointed his chin at the chessboard, "Is there anything else to play?"

Shen Yu stared at the chessboard for a long time and frowned, "Why did it end so quickly? This is not my level. I can usually last at least half an hour."

Xie Tingzhou glanced at her, "Do you have enough brain? You dare to think about other things while playing chess."

Chang Liu sat on the tree branch and laughed, and was glared at by Shen Yu.

Shen Yu put the chess pieces back in place and said, "Let's play another game."

"The result will be the same if we play another game," Chang Liu said with a smile, "Brother Feng, how about we make a bet?"

Xi Feng felt a chill all over his body when he called him Brother Feng. He glanced at him and said, "Are you disgusting?"

"Let's make a bet," Chang Liu jumped down from the tree and hooked his neck around Xi Feng. "I bet on His Highness to win, and you bet on Shi Yu to win. How about that?"

"You really know how to pick," Xi Feng sneered, "Why don't you bet on Shi Yu to win?"

Shen Yu watched from the side, "I'm sitting here, who are you insulting?"

Chang Liu yawned Ha, "Sorry, sorry, how about this, let's bet on how long Shiyu can last in His Highness's hands, I'll bet half an hour."

Shen Yu propped up her chin and asked, "Can I participate?"

"No! I'm afraid you'll cheat." Chang Liu refused sternly, and said to Xi Feng, "The bet is, if you have it, bet two months' salary."

Xi Feng said, "If I win, I can only win one month's salary, and if you win, you can win four months' salary. Is it fair?"

Chang Liu counted on his fingers, and suddenly said, "Your Highness, why does Xi Feng have so much more than me?"

"Because you eat more." Shen Yu smiled and continued.

Xie Tingzhou picked the chess pieces slowly, with a smile on the corner of his lips.

Changliu snorted, put his hands together and bowed to Xie Tingzhou, "Your Highness, whether we win or not depends on you."

Xifeng thought for a while and said, "Then I'll bet for an hour."

Another chess game began. The two of them went back and forth. In less than half an hour, Shen Yu showed signs of fatigue when she made a move.

Xie Tingzhou looked at her with a piece on his fingertips.

Her brows were twisted into a knot. She was about to make a move but took it back, feeling that no matter where she made the move, it would be wrong.

"Don't delay time." Changliu reminded.

Shen Yu glanced at Changliu, and finally made a move. Xie Tingzhou reached out his hand without thinking.

"Wait," Shen Yu stopped Xie Tingzhou who was about to make a move, "I made a mistake, this, this, this doesn't count."

During the days of living together on the road, she had trained her face and found that whether it was the legendary killing god on the battlefield or the gentle and jade-like Master Lan Yue, they were not the real Xie Tingzhou.

At least in her opinion, Xie Tingzhou had a very good temper.

However, she was moody sometimes and got angry for no reason.

It just so happened that she was born to like taking advantage of others and testing other people's bottom line. After discovering that Xie Tingzhou was difficult to get angry, she became more bold.

She moved her piece to a new position under Xie Tingzhou's silent gaze, and then looked at Xie Tingzhou calmly, "It's your turn, Your Highness."

As long as I am shameless, I am invincible, and I will win this game.

No one has ever seen anyone dare to regret a move in front of Xie Tingzhou.

The guards under the eaves: "..." Wait for death, Shi Yu.

Everyone is watching their eyes and noses, waiting to see how their prince will twist Shi Yu's head off.

Xi Feng took two steps forward, thinking that he should persuade him. Shi Yu escorted His Highness to the capital a month ago, and was whipped again when he came back. He looked thinner... no, fatter.

Eh, that's not right? Why is he fatter?

Xi Feng was thinking about it and forgot to persuade him to fight, and saw Xie Tingzhou holding a black piece and asked calmly: "You won't change it this time?"

Xi Feng's jaw almost dropped, and the guards on the tree shook and almost fell from it.

No, this is still their prince? Could it be that the chess pieces were swapped on the way back to Beijing?

If this is not silent consent, what is it? Just indulge him like this?

It would have been fine if Xie Tingzhou hadn't asked, but Shen Yu was not sure after asking this question. She stared at the chessboard seriously for a long time, but she really couldn't find the problem.

"No change." She said.

Xie Tingzhou's eyes never left her face, and the pieces in his hand slowly pressed together. He was satisfied to see her stretch her neck and frown into a ball.

He raised the corner of his lips slightly and said, "There is no chance to change it."