His Rui

Xi Ying had just exited the Xinhe Palace when he saw an old Momo standing outside Xinhe Palace's gates.

"Greetings to Prime Minister Xi."

The old Mom bowed her head and continued

"Her Majesty, the Empress invites Prime Minister Xi to Baixue hall."

Xi Ying frowned in confusion.

Why did the Empress call him to meet?

"Lead the way."

He said coldly and the old Momo did as he said. Xi Ying had never visited Baixue hall before. In fact, he had talked to Empress alone only once in all these years of working as a Prime Minister in the Imperial Palace.

That was when he had brought Princess Wenling from the neighboring country safe from the enemies' attack.

The Empress had thanked him for his work and also had indicated indirectly if he would like to marry the princess.

Xi Ying, however, had pretended not to notice the Empress' intentions and hence she got angry and stopped on her own after that.

"Please enter, Prime Minister Xi."

The old Momo said to Xi Ying when she stopped outside Baixue hall's gates.

Xi Ying's deep black eyes looked at the beautiful exterior of Baixue hall. As he stepped inside the marvelous hall, his face didn't change at all.

However, inside his heart, he was disgusted by Zhao Wang Lei's cunningness. Using all these materialistic things, Zhao Zhang Wei had ensured very nicely that Qin Wenya would never even get to know what actually was going on inside his heart.     

The Empress who thought that she was very clever didn't even know that her husband was just using her for his own purposes and the purpose was nothing but to get some other woman.

Xi Ying smiled mockingly as his eyes moved to the Empress who was sitting royally on the couch placed in the middle of the huge hall.

She looked completely proud that the beautiful hall belonged to her solely and why would not she be?

In the huge Imperial Palace, a part solely belonged to her. She could meet anyone here and would not be questioned at all.

That was something that not any Empress before had received it before.

However, the sad truth behind this big favor …Qin Wenya never knew it.

"Prime Minister Xi."

Qin Wenya had a cold smile on her lips when she said this. Xi Ying noticed it but his face was emotionless. Inside his mind, he however knew that there was definitely something wrong.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

He greeted Qin Wenya politely.

"Please take your seat."

Qin Wenya said in a voice that didn't reveal anything. Xi Ying raised his head and looked at the Empress for a few moments before he walked towards the chair and sat down on it.

"Prime Minister must be wondering why Bengong called you here."

Xi Ying nodded his head lazily but this was his arrogance in Qin Wenya's eyes. The arrogance she had never liked. She remembered that Xi Ying had behaved the same five years ago when she had asked him whether he would like to marry her daughter or not.

Since then she had never liked Xi Ying. However, for her daughter, she still tried many ways to force him to marry her daughter.

But nothing worked. At this moment, Qin Wenya thought that it was good.

Xi Ying could plan against the Li Clan when he was married to Li Rui so what was the guarantee that he couldn't do the same to the Imperial Clan if he had married her daughter. 

In fact, he was already doing it ...planning to break the Imperial Clan using his scheming. However, she won't let him do it.

Qin Wenya's cold smile vanished and she looked at Xi Ying with cold eyes as soon as he was seated.

"Bengong will come to the point directly, Prime Minister Xi. What is Prime Minister planning now?"

The laziness from Xi Ying's eyes vanished and his eyes went cold and indifferent as he looked at Qin Wenya.

"What is Her Majesty talking about? This Minister did not understand."

Xi Ying pretended very well to look confused. His fists were however clenched inside his sleeves and he already was connecting the dots.

Perhaps Zhao Zhuang Chen told the Empress everything. Sure enough, Xi Ying got to know the next moment that he was thinking right.

"Zhuang Chen told me the new secret that Prime Minister Xi had told him."

Xi Ying cursed Zhao Zhuang Chen inside his mind. This thing… he had never expected it. He had not expected that Qin Wenya would also come to know about this.

He had wanted to make Zhao Zhuang Chen go against Zhao Wang Lei so that Zhao Wang Lei's power would reduce to some extent, however, Qin Wenya was not as stupid as Zhao Zhuang Chen.

With an emotionless face, Xi Ying sat there. The wheels of his mind turned faster and faster as he tried to come up with some plan. 

On the other hand, Qin Wenya felt very angry when she didn't see any sort of reaction from Xi Ying. She only thought that the young prime minister was very capable of hiding his emotions. So she couldn't help but smile coldly again and say

"Prime Minister Xi, do you even know that if Your Majesty came to know what you said to Zhuang Chen, what will happen? You can be accused of scheming against the Imperial family." 

Xi Ying's clenched fists loosened suddenly. He lowered his head and his eyes shone with relief.

Qin Wenya's words indicated that she has not told Zhao Wang Lei anything …yet.

This was good news.

At least the things were still in his favor. When Xi Ying raised his head, his eyes again had the laziness and indifference as he said

"His Majesty cannot do anything to me, Your Majesty because this Minister didn't lie to His Highness, the first prince. Did not His Highness do any investigation? He should have found out by now that this Lord didn't lie to His Highness."

Qin Wenya who looked cold until now suddenly didn't look confident seeing Xi Ying's confidence. Zhao Zhuang Chen never told her about any investigation.

He just told her that all that he knew was told to him by Xi Ying. 

"You mean…what you are saying is really correct?"

Qin Wenya asked Xi Ying again. She was very hesitant to believe Xi Ying.

"It is Your Majesty's wish whether she wishes to believe this Lord or not. However, before investigating, this Lord would advise Your Majesty to not share anything with His Majesty."

Qin Wenya nodded her head in a daze.

Her face was a little pale as she looked at Xi Ying and said coldly.

"If it is true, Prime Minister Xi then Bengong will always be grateful to you for telling the truth. However, if it is not true then Prime Minister Xi should start counting his days in Xin."

Xi Ying didn't say anything in response. He looked very casual as he stood up from his seat and said

"If that was all Your Majesty had wanted to talk about then this Lord will take his leave now."

Qin Wenya nodded her head in a daze.

She continued to stare at nothing even after Xi Ying left. She really wished that it was some sort of plan that Xi Ying had planned.     

Zhao Wang Lei was not really playing with her, right?