Princess Mansion.

forecourt.

After hearing that Hu Fei was back, Ge Yang came out early to welcome him and hurried to the door.

"I've met Jiu'an Hou!"

Ge Yang said respectfully while saluting, with a smile on his face.

Due to his status, he was originally not qualified to enter the Princess's Mansion. Even though he was the steward of Prince Yan's Mansion, he had to wait outside the palace gate.

But what he met was the reasonable Princess Anqing. Especially when Princess Anqing knew that he was coming to deliver a message on behalf of King Yan, she let him in without hesitation and waited inside.

"Steward Ge, why are you here?"

Hu Fei smiled and asked lightly.

At this time, he had returned to his usual cynical look, as if nothing had happened.

"If you go back to Jiu'an Hou, I am here to invite Jiu'an Hou on the order of His Highness King Yan."

Ge Yang quickly answered with his hands raised.

"Let's go in first and then talk."

Hu Fei nodded, and as he spoke, he continued walking towards the mansion, because from a distance he saw Princess Anqing, accompanied by Xiaodie, waiting at the entrance of the main hall.

Ge Yang agreed and followed quickly and respectfully.

"You're back?"

When Hu Fei came closer, Princess Anqing smiled and said hello.

Hu Fei nodded, slowly walked into the main hall, sat on a chair, poured himself a cup of herbal tea, raised his head and drank it all.

"Steward Ge has been waiting for you for a while. It seems that Fourth Brother really has something important to tell you."

Princess Anqing said slowly while sitting next to Hu Fei.

"Her Royal Highness is really smart, she can see through the little girl's thoughts at a glance."

Ge Yang smiled sheepishly, cupped his hands and said.

"Really? What's going on?"

Hu Fei finished his tea, turned to look at Ge Yang again, and asked lightly.

"Back to Jiu'an Hou, His Highness Prince Yan is leaving the capital. I want to say goodbye to Jiu'an Hou before leaving."

Ge Yang cupped his hands and said slowly.

"So fast?"

Hu Fei was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"I'm sorry. Your Highness originally planned to leave in mid-February, but in order to attend the wedding of Jiu'an Hou and His Royal Highness the Princess, I persuaded Your Majesty to postpone it until the end of February."

Ge Yang smiled and said.

"Yes, fourth brother seems to have mentioned it before, but I didn't expect time to fly by so fast."

Hu Fei nodded and said thoughtfully.

"His Highness also said that he hoped that Marquis Jiu'an would bring a set of military chess with him when he goes there. Although it is being discussed everywhere now, His Highness still doesn't know what this military chess is."

Ge Yang smiled and continued.

"good."

"But I just came back from the palace. I'm a little tired and want to take a rest. You go back and tell King Yan that I will go before sunset. I will make sure not to get drunk tonight and not come back to see my fourth brother off."

Hu Fei nodded and said hesitantly.

Ge Yang hesitated for a moment, nodded in agreement, left the princess's mansion alone, and returned to Prince Yan's mansion.

As Ge Yang left, Hu Fei dismissed everyone, leaving only him and Princess Anqing.

"Is nothing wrong?"

After everyone retreated, Princess Anqing looked at Hu Fei and asked with concern.

Although she didn't know what happened, she noticed something was wrong as soon as Hu Fei returned to the house.

"fine."

Hu Fei shook his head, pursed his lips and smiled, got up and led Princess Anqing towards the backyard.

There were some things that he had to digest, but he couldn't mention them to Princess Anqing.

…

The Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei.

Xu Da sat on the chair, his expression slightly solemn.

First there was the farming incident, then there was the corruption case in the governor's office, and there were also rumors about military chess that had been making a lot of noise recently, all of which were done by Hu Fei, which made him feel extremely unbalanced.

"General, now the streets and alleys of the entire capital city are talking about military chess, and the people all praise it, but they don't even know what military chess is. It seems that as long as it has anything to do with Hu Fei, there will be big news."

A lieutenant stood in front of Xu Da, arched his hands and said.

After hearing what his subordinates said, Xu Da frowned even more. Not to mention that the people in the city didn't know what military chess was, even he himself didn't know.

But seeing Hu Fei stealing the limelight once again, he was inevitably a little upset.

"I heard that the Governor's Office is producing military chess. Is there any news about it?"

Xu Da hesitated for a moment and asked slowly.

"Back to General, this matter is under the personal supervision of the Grand Governor. The information is strictly blocked and we can't find any clues."

The lieutenant raised his hands and replied.

After hearing his subordinate's answer, Xu Da couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Although he didn't want to see Hu Fei steal the spotlight, he was also curious about military chess and wanted to know what it was.

"Let's go, follow me to the Governor's Mansion."

After a long time, Xu Da made up his mind, stood up and walked out, while speaking in a deep voice.

He wanted to see what the merits of military chess, which even His Majesty admired very much, were.

Immediately, Xu Da led the people out of the mansion and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.

…

The Governor's Mansion.

When Governor Li Wenzhong heard that Xu Da had visited the Governor's Mansion in person, he hurriedly left the Governor's office and greeted him.

"I've met Wei Guogong!"

After coming closer, Li Wenzhong bowed his hands and said slowly.

Although he was the Grand Governor and commanded the three armies, with Xu Da's prestige in the army and the court, even he had to salute.

"My sudden visit here didn't interrupt your errands, right?"

Xu Da nodded and asked somewhat arrogantly.

"If you are the Duke of Wei, you can come to the Governor's Mansion and make the entire Governor's Mansion shine, so there is no need to disturb me."

Li Wenzhong smiled and said.

"That's good, that's good."

Xu Da nodded and said with a smile.

"I just don't know if Wei Guogong suddenly came to visit. Is there anything I need help from the Governor's Office?"

Li Wenzhong hesitated for a moment and asked slowly.

"Oh, it's nothing serious. I heard that the Governor was recently ordered by His Majesty to supervise the production of military chess, so I wanted to come and have a look. I wonder what this military chess looks like?"

Xu Da laughed and asked with a smile.

"Wei Guogong came at the right time. The first batch of military chess pieces have been made. If you want to see what's going on, please come in."

Li Wenzhong smiled and said slowly.

Xu Da immediately agreed and, accompanied by Li Wenzhong, came to the governor's post.

Immediately afterwards, Li Wenzhong ordered someone to take a set of military chess and send it to his post.

When Xu Da saw the chessboard and the unexpected chess pieces, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

I wanted to take a pair of chess and leave, but was rejected by Li Wenzhong, claiming that the military chess would be used for military training in the future and would not be leaked.

Faced with Li Wenzhong's refusal, Xu Da had no choice but to give up and could only ask Li Wenzhong to play a few games with him on the spot. Then the surprise in his heart became more and more indescribable.

Although he was full of disdain for Hu Fei, it had to be said that for a man like him who had experienced battles for a long time, he couldn't put it down because of the wonderful effects of this military chess game.

However, Li Wenzhong kept politely refusing, and Xu Da had no choice but to leave with regret, thinking that he would only have it in the army in the future.
To be continued...