Chen Xiuwen saw his little face turned pale and sweaty, and he felt like he was bullying a child. But the courage to tamper with him in the emperor's territory means that the eleven-year-old boy in front of him was not as timid as he seemed. There was no regret in his eyes, only his shame and annoyance that he saw through and his panic about the origin of the jade pendant.

Chen Xiuwen dared to conclude that Yu Qiao would never admit his behavior and admit his mistakes, even if he had already revealed obvious flaws. For him, no one had been caught and no other witnesses, so at present, he had to cheat him first and make sure it was him.

Sure enough, Yu Qiao pursed his lips and said weakly: "You bullied people and actually caused me to talk nonsense."

Before Chen Xiuwen could say anything else, he walked a few steps, stepped out of the door, snorted again, and left a sentence: "I don't want to argue with you, let's take a look."

Chen Xiuwen supported his jaw with one hand and his arms with the other, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is this considered running away in panic, or is he busy cleaning up his tail?"

He also said casually to himself, but unexpectedly, Yang Heming, who had been silent in the room and was sitting cross-legged on the kang reading a book, responded: "It's probably because he's gone to wipe his butt."

Yang Heming was about seventeen years old, with a handsome face, wearing a white gauze dress, a silver ribbon on his waist, and a white jade with mutton fat. He casually held the book aside, stretched his legs, and said lazily: "Young Master Chen, you said that just now, I'm afraid someone will be unable to save his life."

Chen Xiuwen turned to look at him, and was shocked when he heard this, "What? Will someone die?!"

Yang Heming sat down again and looked at him with a smile and said, "I thought you had made great progress, but it turned out that you were still an innocent fool. But this is great. If you really become smooth and hypocritical, it would be boring."

Chen Xiuwen was speechless when he listened to his comments. What was going on? Although this person was not good at speaking, why did he seem to be quite kind to him?

Yang Heming raised his hand and signaled him to sit down on the kang, and said gently: "Come on, let's play chess and chat while playing boredom."

Chen Xiuwen hugged his arms and looked at him calmly, walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Okay, Brother Yang, please give me more advice."

Yang Heming put the white chess box aside and smiled and said, "Your brother and I are close friends. Before he left, he asked me to take care of you, but we have very few opportunities to meet each other. Today, we finally have a destiny."

Chen Xiuwen recalled the original memory and found that this person seemed to have had contact with his brother Chen Xiuwu, but because of some inferiority and concern that he himself was not very clear, he did not like to get close to the circle of eldest sons who his brother was dating.

He smiled, stood up and bent down slightly and said, "So that's it. Xiu Wen was rude before, Brother Yang," he thought that his original father would have no worries after the battlefield. It seemed that not only thanks to the emperor's support, but also relying on the help of the Minister of War to transport good equipment and food as much as possible.

Yang Heming smiled and said, "You are indeed different from the past. I'll tell you to stop writing. No need to be polite. Let's sit down and talk."

Chen Xiuwen took off his shoes and went to the kang like him, sat down and said, "Brother Yang, you just said that someone was unable to save his life. What does it mean?"

Yang Heming picked up a black spot and played with it on his fingertips, and replied, "Brother Yu heard you just said it. It seems that he secretly took your jade pendant?"

Chen Xiuwen nodded and said, "That's true. When I went to change my clothes, I was hit by him and the things were gone. He was the biggest suspect."

Yang Heming smiled and said, "I think it was indeed his. But Xiu Wen, there must be a reason why he, a dignified prince of the country, did such a thing as a robber. Did you have any hatred before?"

Chen Xiuwen shook his head and said, "He and I have never had any conflicts in the past. Now that we have come like this, I am afraid that someone behind us is making trouble. To be honest, Brother Yang, I suspect that someone in the palace wanted to deal with me, so I borrowed his hand to get my jade pendant."

Yang Heming listened carefully and thought for a while, "My mother has been in the palace for banquets over the years, and often sees Prince Yu next to Concubine Yu. This Prince Yu is the only third generation of the Yu family and is very popular with Concubine Yu. Their aunt and nephew are close to each other, comparable to mother and son. Those who can let him do such despicable things in the palace probably are involved with that person."

When Chen Xiuwen heard him say this, he felt his sincere treatment for him. If he could not change it from now on, he would hope that such a person would be friends.

Recalling what the eunuch at the toilet hall said, Chen Xiuwen nodded and responded: "I guessed so much. I just don't know why she did this."

Yang Heming smiled and said, "It's good if you know what you know. As for why she targets you, in my opinion, it's probably because you saved the eldest princess."

"Ah? Ha!" Chen Xiuwen only found it too funny. This emperor's little wife is right, what logic is that he is considered to have offended her like this?

Seeing his surprised look, Yang Heming gently landed the black piece on the chessboard on the kang table and said softly: "Concubine De is smart, but she is very jealous and has a little impulsive personality. To be honest, the eldest princess almost had an accident the day before yesterday, which surprised many people. Everyone knows it. That person wants to let everything related to the queen disappear completely."

Chen Xiuwen felt a little embarrassed. He didn't even let go of a child if he was thinking about anything the emperor was thinking.

Chen Xiuwen picked up a piece of white piece and put it down and said, "She blamed me for ruining her business, so she wants to deal with me?" Heard that she lost the position of acting queen because of the eldest princess, so she is afraid that she is very angry now.

"It may not be dealing with you. She can use her in-laws to tie you to the ship of her and the second prince." Yang Heming said while making a move.

Chen Xiuwen laughed with the chess piece and said, "It's true that there is this possibility." The second prince was still thinking about trying to win him over.

Yang Heming raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile and said, "Who thought that your jade pendant was given by the late emperor?" No one dared to give the imperial gift to others, and few people regarded the imperial gift as a token. If you take away the jade pendant, you will have more worries if you want to use it.

Speaking of which, did Chen Xiuwen deliberately wear such valuable items, or did he take them casually?

Chen Xiuwen smiled slightly and said, "Xiuwen is at this grand event held by the emperor, so he must dress up more grandly."

Yang Heming smiled at him and pointed at him, "I've started doing things, I'll be happy for your brother."

"Brother Yang laughed. I'm stupid. I only realized I should be more cautious recently." Chen Xiuwen replied.

Yang Heming looked at the chessboard and smiled without saying a word. People are stupid? Not necessarily.

This guy is really impressive.

"Brother Yang, are you talking about human life? Is it because they will kill people to silence them?" Chen Xiuwen was still minding this matter and asked.

"I can't be 100% sure of this," Yang Heming shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Please relax. I guess you will be fine."

Chen Xiuwen thought to himself that he would definitely not be able to do anything, but he felt uncomfortable when he thought that someone might die because of it. Those people would not be so crazy, right?!

He could not interfere with what happened later at this time, so he could only let go for the time being and continue to play chess and chat with Yang Heming.

Before three o'clock, a group of people returned to Qingliang Hall one after another, preparing to start the second test question. The eldest princess Duanmu Fu appeared last with the emperor. The second princess Duanmu Ying was exempted from the remaining exam by the emperor because of her discomfort and went back to her residence to recuperate.

The second princess thanked her father with a trembling expression, walked past Chen Xiuwen and the others with a pale face, and hurriedly turned around the corner of the hall and left.

After the emperor announced that the archery art exam began, both men and women took out new sequence numbers. Chen Xiuwen was No. 11 this time, in the middle position. He was Luo Peng in front of him and Li Shu behind him. The first in the men's group was Xie Yanqing, and the first in the women's group was the eldest princess Duanmu Fu.

Soon everyone moved to Qingliang Palace, and the arrow targets and bullet targets in the distance were already in place.

When everyone was looking at Xie Yanqing, Chen Xiuwen looked at Duanmu Fu intently. His words to Yang Heming made him sympathize with this little girl more. Every day, her father's wife wants to bully her. It's really hard for her to live at such a young age.

At this time, Duanmufu was holding a sandalwood slingshot, and his fleshy little face looked very serious, and his eyes were a little sharp when he aimed at the target. She took action quickly and must be in the right position, even firing three golden beads.

"Zhong!" "Zhong!" "Zhong!" The eunuch said repeatedly.

Everyone was attracted by the attention and heard the results, they all cheered. Xie Yanqing put down the bow in his hand gracefully, waiting for Duanmu Fu to complete the remaining seven ejaculations.

Duanmu Fu didn't say much, and raised his hand and quickly shot out three projectiles, all hitting them again. Xiao Shun down his arm, and shot three times in a row, and also hitting them. When only the last projectile was left, she looked around and saw Chen Xiuwen's gaze, and smiled at him. She looked at the emperor again, and proudly raised her chin slightly.

Turning her head, she stopped aiming, and directly pulled away the rubber band and let go of her hand and shot out.

"middle!"

"The women's group number one hits all ten shots!" the eunuch said loudly.

Applause sounded and everyone cheered for Duanmufu.
Chapter completed!