Chapter 158 A complete show

The next morning.

The imperial edict was then conveyed to the palace.

Please invite Aying to the palace for the banquet.

Ah Ying knew clearly in her heart, isn't this the Hongmen Banquet? In name it was a palace banquet, but in reality it was for the selection of Helan Cha.

However, my appearance in such an occasion would inevitably cause some controversy.

When Xie Chengyi came to find Aying, his face was solemn.

"Are you going?" Xie Chengyi stood at the door with a very cold expression.

Ah Ying looked at him lightly, "If I don't go, how will you explain it?"

"Don't worry about it, I have my own way!" Xie Chengyi said firmly.

"Are you sure?" Ah Ying met Xie Chengyi's gaze.

Xie Chengyi looked solemn, "If I can't even protect my own woman, how can I defend my country?"

Looking at Xie Chengyi like this, Aying felt warm in her heart, knowing that she was also being protected.

Ah Ying looked at Xie Chengyi and couldn't help but stretched out her hand, stood on tiptoe, held Xie Chengyi's face, and said affectionately: "You, haven't you fallen into Helancha's trap?"

Xie Chengyi's eyes moved slightly. How could he not know? But he didn't want to let A Ying take risks.

"It's impossible for him to marry you as his concubine. Even if he makes things difficult for me, it won't be too much. I will just handle it. You just need to wait for my news at home, and everything will be fine." Xie Chengyi said to Aying, trying to calm down.

Aying believed that Xie Chengyi could refute it with strong means, but if he did so, His Majesty would become suspicious of Xie Chengyi.

And perhaps this is exactly what Helancha is aiming for.

"If you do this, Helan Cha will wake up laughing, and his purpose of alienating you and His Majesty will be achieved." Aying calmed down and said steadily.

Xie Chengyi said quietly: "It is important to establish achievements, but it is incomparable to you."

Ah Ying smiled lightly and looked at Xie Chengyi quietly, "Your words are enough for me. This time, you can't take risks."

"But how can I watch you go to this palace banquet?" Xie Chengyi couldn't help but ask angrily.

Ah Ying smiled slightly, "Trust me again and play a trick with me..."

***
royal palace.

Qingshi reported that Helancha had left the house.

Ah Ying ordered, "Everything should proceed as usual."

Then, the carriage started moving and headed towards the palace gate.

Perhaps because of His Majesty’s attention, the sisters entering the palace this time requested to wear gorgeous clothes.

Ah Ying was wearing extremely exquisite and gorgeous clothes and walking gracefully on the long street.

When they were almost at Xuanming Hall, Aying calculated the pace and walked slowly.

Until he saw the eunuch in the distance signaling.

Ah Ying felt relieved.

"Aying!" Xie Chengyi was walking towards us from the side.

Ah Ying glanced at him and bowed gently, "Prince."

"Didn't I tell you to stay in the mansion?" Xie Chengyi looked a little unhappy.

Ah Ying nodded slightly, and said in a lighter tone, "Your Majesty's decree, Ah Ying cannot disobey it."

Xie Chengyi's eyes were cold, and he said solemnly, "I've already told you that you can't come. Don't you understand?"

Seeing Ah Ying tugging at her clothes and remaining silent, Xie Chengyi looked at her coldly and said, "You wanted to come here yourself, right?"

Ah Ying still didn't reply, but just twisted her clothes helplessly.

"Go back!" Xie Chengyi ordered without question.

It was the first time that Ah Ying raised her voice in such a rebellious manner: "I won't leave! If I am elected, the two countries will no longer be at war!"

Seeing Aying taking off the jade bracelet he gave her, Xie Chengyi asked, "Where is the bracelet?" "At home." Aying's expression was a little evasive.

"Go back and don't make trouble here." Xie Chengyi said and was about to leave.

Ah Ying still walked straight towards the main hall.

After realizing this, Xie Chengyi immediately grabbed Ah Ying's hand and asked sternly, "What are you doing?"

"I want to go!" Aying blurted out.

Xie Chengyi then sneered, "Do you really think Helancha will like you?"

Ah Ying retorted dissatisfiedly: "Why can't he like me? I can feel that he is interested in me!"

"Interested in you? You overestimate yourself!" Xie Chengyi showed obvious contempt.

Ah Ying turned her head away, and her expression showed that she had no intention of leaving.

Xie Chengyi said with disgust as if he was throwing away a toy: "She is just a woman. I won't compete with Helancha for her. You'd better be chosen, otherwise, you will be homeless..."

After saying that, he looked at Zhan Li, "Zhan Li!"

Zhan Li followed gratefully, "Prince."

"Tell Su Jian to throw all her things out and not allow her to enter the house again!" Xie Chengyi said with contempt.

Ah Ying seemed to be broken-down and stared at Xie Chengyi, gnashing at him with dissatisfaction in her heart, "Xie Chengyi, don't think that I can't live without you! I can live better than anyone else!"

Xie Chengyi glanced at her coldly, "I hope your clothes today will not be wasted..."

Ah Ying looked at Xie Chengyi hatefully, "I will definitely be chosen!"

After saying that, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and walked towards the hall with ambition in his eyes.

***
But Xie Chengyi stopped after taking two steps.

When Zhan Li turned around, Xie Chengyi suddenly coughed: "Cough!"

Zhan Li looked at the prince suspiciously.

"Don't clean up yet, let her choose." Xie Chengyi whispered.

Zhan Li looked at the prince in disbelief, "Prince, don't you want Miss Ying to be chosen?"

Xie Chengyi's eyebrows moved. "If she can really be selected, it will save a lot of manpower for Northern Jin. Fighting at the border requires not only money but also people. Over the years, more than 50,000 corpses have been buried at the border. Your Majesty doesn't want to start a war again."

"Why are you still like this?" Zhan Li was puzzled.

Xie Chengyi said slowly: "Aying has a strong personality. The more you think she can't do something, the harder she will try. If you don't put pressure on her, how can you let her burn her boats..."

Zhan Li nodded suddenly, "Your Highness, what you said is right, but if Miss Ying goes there, won't you become the topic of conversation in the whole capital?"

Facing Zhan Li's scrutiny, Xie Chengyi looked solemn, "I have been working hard for the stability of Northern Jin for ten years. If Ah Ying can change the situation on his own, it will be for the benefit of the people. Haven't I heard enough gossip?"

***
far away.

Helancha and his followers looked at each other with scrutiny.

The follower beside Helan Cha is not only a first-class martial artist, but also has a unique skill, the ability to read lips.

Hiding against the wall, after hearing the conversation between Xie Chengyi and Huo Aying, Helan Cha couldn't help but feel suspicious.

"Your Highness, looking at General Xie's appearance, he doesn't seem to be lying." said the attendant.

Helancha looked at Xie Chengyi's back suspiciously, "But this style of doing things is obviously not what Xie Chengyi would do..."

The attendant replied, "Your Highness, have you forgotten that General Xie has been at the border for so many years, and he often said, when will there be peace at the border? I think if a little girl can make the two countries stop fighting, they would be willing to offer her even if she is a princess, let alone a gambler's daughter?"

"Gambler's daughter?" Helan Cha was a little confused.

The attendant immediately replied: "Yes, I have investigated and found that Huo Aying was sold to the Xie family and is the daughter of a gambler."

Helancha couldn't help laughing and said, "Is there such a thing?"

"Not only that, this Huo Aying is not only good at sweet talk, she also caused chaos in the mansion. The ladies and the marquis in the mansion have never liked this Huo Aying, and have made things difficult for her many times, both openly and secretly." The attendant told Helan Cha the news he had heard one by one.

Helancha had never expected that Huo Aying was so two-faced. "Perhaps, we can test Xie Chengyi again..."