After the banquet, Qi Xuan personally escorted us back.
Along the way, Qi Xuan introduced to Xia Yan the local places of interest in Qi State in a serious manner, but his eyes drifted towards me from time to time. Xia Yan seemed to notice this, and before he reached the door, he said to Qi Xuan: "Qi Xuan."
Prince, please stay!"
Qi Xuan was stunned. Even I felt Xia Yan's displeasure, not to mention a smart person like Qi Xuan. Qi Xuan smiled lightly and said: "Okay, King Xia will rest early!"
When we were leaving, Qi Xuan looked at me, as if he was hesitant to speak.
Back at the palace, Liu Chi and others went to rest one after another. Only I was still staring at Xia Yan's back in a daze.
If I had known it was Rui Xueji, I wouldn't have recommended myself even if I were beaten to death. Now I'm fine, I'm riding a tiger and it's hard to get off.
"Xia Yan..."
"Don't talk to people!" The suppressed anger passed through the voice and reached my eardrums.
I shrank my head and said tremblingly: "No, I...I was wrong!"
The person with his back to me suddenly turned around and approached with a look like a stormy sea: "Wrong? Where did you go wrong?"
While I backed away, I counted my mistakes in detail: "I...I...I shouldn't take Pang Yi's name, let alone stand out...I...won't do it next time!"
"Next time? Do you dare to have a next time?"
"No, no, no, just this time, I won't dare to do it again!" I am relatively experienced in admitting mistakes. Looking at Xia Yan's dark-clouded face, I grabbed his wrist and shook it gently:
"It's really not my fault this time. The main reason is that the information came too late!"
Xia Yan shook off my hand fiercely and turned his face away.
At this time, there was a knock at the door: "Brother Emperor, it's me!"
It’s Hanyang!
When I heard this, I immediately said: "I'll open the door!"
Seeing how attentive I was, Xia Yan didn't bother to scold me anymore, so I quickly opened the door.
Hanyang stood at the door with a smile on his face: "Pang Tongling is still awake!"
It's really strange today, she smiled so brightly at me.
"Uh, yes, are you okay?"
"If you have nothing to do, why should I come here?" Before he could finish the two sentences, Hanyang showed his true face, looking at me with arrogance and contempt.
I quickly turned aside to let her in.
Seeing Hanyang, Xia Yan asked, "What's going on?"
"Brother Emperor, I have thought of a good idea to win! I want to discuss it with you!"
Xia Yan and I looked at each other with a rare tacit understanding.
Are you sure you are thinking of a good idea and not a bad idea? I thought to myself silently.
Hanyang took Xia Yan's silence as acquiescence and said as if to offer a treasure: "This inspiration comes from a text I once read called Sun Bin's Horse Racing! It's about a man named Sun Bin who taught a person how to be inferior to others in skills.
Victory in case of victory!”
I was confused when I heard this and asked: "What does it mean to be inferior to others in terms of skills?"
Seeing me interrupting her, Hanyang showed an impatient expression: "Wait until I finish speaking! You can ask again!"
"oh!"
The general meaning of Hanyang is that two wealthy young men like horse racing. They divide horses into three types: upper, middle and lower. Upper stallions vs. upper stallions, medium horses vs. middle horses, and low-grade horses vs. low-grade horses. They say inferior horses.
While riding the horse, Hanyang suddenly looked at me: "The way I thought of is to use your low-grade horse to compete with the opponent's high-grade horse, then use our high-grade horse to compete with the opponent's medium-grade horse, and then use the medium-grade horse to compete."
The horse competes with the opponent's inferior horse. Brother Emperor, do you think this method is good?"
After talking for a long time, I only understood one thing. Among the three horses, I, the inferior horse, was the first one to rush up and die!
