After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the ladies of Beijing Middle School had been showing their talents for more than half of the time. When the waiter in the Ministry of Rites called out the names of Xu Lingyi and Su Fengnuan for the chess game, everyone in the hall cheered up.
Xu Lingyi glanced at Su Fengnuan, then sat up, straightened her back, and walked towards the prepared chess table.
Although Su Fengnuan received Xu Lingyi's glance very quickly, she still caught her contempt and disdain. It seemed that it was due to the emperor's order that he had no choice but to play chess with her, otherwise she would not be worthy of playing chess with her at all.
Su Fengnuan smiled slightly, put down the wine cup, stood up slowly, left the table casually, and walked towards the prepared chess table.
After the two sat opposite each other, someone lit the incense burner, and the cigarette curled up, which smelled very pleasant and refreshing.
Su Fengnuan remembered the comment about Xu Lingyi: Holding the curtain with sleeves and hands, the snow hits the plum blossoms, and the incense burner is not lit. Rumor has it that it is a great honor to play a game of chess with Ms. Xu. It seems that she is really honored today.
But sometimes a person is praised too high, wondering if he can bear the pain of falling
She picked up a chess piece in her hand and turned her head slightly to look at Xu Yunchu.
Xu Yunchu pursed his lips slightly, seeing her look, he clenched the hand holding the wine cup lightly, and within a moment, he nodded to her invisibly.
Su Fengnuan withdrew his gaze and played with the chess pieces with a careless expression.
Xu Lingyi looked at her with a straight posture, with a three-pointed expression on her face, and said with seven-pointed pride, "Miss Su, chess is an elegant skill of a sage, and your behavior like this is vulgar to the skill of a sage. "
Su Fengnuan smiled when she heard the words, and said casually, "Elegant skills lie in the state of mind, not in the posture. Between the god and the form, it lies in the spirit, not in the shape. Miss Xu's love of chess is so obsessed that she misunderstood that chess skill itself is just Things that entertain people are too high for it."
Xu Lingyi choked for a moment, and her face was choked up in an instant. Is the chess skill she was so proud of now just an entertainment in her eyes? She said with a stiff voice, "Miss Su speaks like this, is she capable of surpassing me? That's why she speaks so brazenly and insults the skills passed down by the sage."
Su Fengnuan's eyes flickered, and he smiled lazily, "I have studied arts with Taoist master since I was a child, majoring in martial arts and medicine. As for chess, I am really not proficient, and I have never learned it well. Ms. Xu." After a pause, she said, "What I said just now is just for the beholder to see the benevolent, the wise see the wisdom, and what Ms. Xu said is insulting the sage's inherited skills is too much of a trivial matter. In my opinion, playing chess Entertainment is indeed not as practical as martial arts and medicine.”
Xu Lingyi's expression was a little uneasy, and his eyes finally broke into coldness, "If that's the case, let's start! But I hope Miss Su will live up to me lighting this incense burner."
Su Fengnuan smiled and nodded.
Everyone looked at the two of them. One was sitting upright, the other was undisciplined. They were both beauties, very seductive and eye-catching. In the capital of Southern Qi, there were women like Xu Lingyi. Although they were beautiful, they were boring after a long time, while Su Fengnuan Although it has no shape or style, no matter how you look at it, you find it more comfortable and attractive.
Everyone listened to the words of the two again, and found that what Su Fengnuan said was not unreasonable.
Xu Lingyi's chess skills are well-known, not only in the capital, but also in the world. Almost everyone felt that the emperor asked Xu Lingyi and Su Fengnuan to play chess purely to add some excitement to today's Mid-Autumn Festival. Xu Lingyi's opponent.
The queen mother, empress, and head of state also thought so.
Mrs. Su saw that the two had said a few words, and after the words were not in harmony, she started playing chess. She turned her head and asked Ye Chang quietly, "Xiao Chang, do you think Nuan Er can beat Miss Xu?"
Ye Chang said without raising his head, "Naturally."
Mrs. Su looked at him and said with a smile, "You child, in your eyes, Nuaner is naturally good in everything. Even if she loses the game, you will say she can win. But Miss Xu's chess skills But being famous is not a fake reputation.”
Ye Chang finally raised her head, glanced at Su Fengnuan, and saw that she was playing with the chess pieces casually, with her usual casualness and carelessness. After Xu Lingyi dropped the chess piece, she then dropped a chess piece. Without even thinking about it, he took it back She glanced at Mrs. Su, smiled, and said in a gentle voice, "Auntie, you may not know that the mad Taoist master she is talking about is an orthodox descendant of Wangdishan Emperor's lineage. Even with her eyes closed, she can I won Xu Lingyi."
Mrs. Su was stunned for a moment, and immediately whispered, "Why didn't I hear her say that her mad Taoist master inherited the lineage of Wangdi Mountain Emperor's master? Isn't it Youfang Taoist?"
Ye Chang smiled, "No, otherwise, why do you think the Jiangnan Ye family would entrust the only heir of the heir to a wandering crazy Taoist to learn art?"
Mrs. Su lost her words for a while, then laughed dumbly, and scolded Su Fengnuan with a smile, "This bastard girl, why is her life so good? She has become a descendant of the Wangdi Mountain Emperor's lineage."
Ye Chang withdrew his smile, "Her fate is not good, not to mention that the disciples of Wangdishan Emperor's lineage are extremely strict, and the art is also ten thousand times harder than ordinary people. It is not real gold that cannot be refined by fire. Bear with ordinary people If you can’t bear it, if you endure what ordinary people can’t, you can achieve what ordinary people can’t. Otherwise, Wangdi Mountain won’t be famous for thousands of years, and it’s still undefeated.”
Mrs. Su remembered that Su Fengnuan was imprisoned in the Unforgettable Valley of the Su family in Yanbei for a month. It was all due to the training of her master. She nodded momentarily, "You are right, it is really hard." Nuaner is gone, no wonder she stays home for less than two days every year, and then leaves in a hurry. I have tried many ways to lock her up at home, but I can't lock her up, so I just let her go. This child, for so many years, has never said how much she has suffered, she is always wounded, I always thought it was left by her fighting with people outside."
Ye Chang said, "Although she loves to fight with Brother Su, not everyone is qualified to let her do it."
Mrs. Su looked at Ye Chang and sighed with relief, "As a mother, I don't know Nuan'er as well as you do. What a failure."
Ye Chang smiled, "My aunt gave birth to her and raised her, which is naturally different from how I see her treat her. You dote on her a lot, but I give her whatever I want. Her current temperament is related to your doting. It is also related to my request, you are not a failure, I sometimes fail when I do well. Although I think I understand her, I don’t understand her completely.”
Mrs. Su smiled and said, "Take your time. Although you have known each other since you were young, you have been in contact with each other for many years, but you have never been together for a long time. Now is the sharpening period. After this stage, you will be compatible."
Ye Chang nodded, "I think so too."
While the two were talking, the chess game between Su Fengnuan and Xu Lingyi was already halfway through.
At first, Xu Lingyi's moves fell like raindrops, very fast, but after halfway through the chess, she gradually slowed down, with a calm expression and slightly frowned eyes. Su Fengnuan was as usual, casual and careless, looking at her, it made people feel that she was not playing chess, but playing in her spare time.
Everyone in the hall looked at the two of them unanimously. Those who had good things, such as Chen Chen, Shen Qi, Qi Shu and others, privately recruited many children from noble mansions to start a gambling game. Bet on Xu Lingyi and Su Fengnuan who will win and who will lose.
Xu Lingyi's chess skills are well known to everyone, and there are also rumors in the world that Miss Guozhang's mansion is a superb chess player, and it is lucky to play a game with her for three lifetimes. Therefore, nine out of ten people bet on her.
The statement is naturally bet on Su Fengnuan.
Liu Yan looked at Ye Chang, and also bet on Su Fei Neng.
Seeing that Chen Chen and Liu Yan had both bet on Su Fengnuan, Shen Qi asked them, "Do you think Miss Su can really win over Miss Xu?"
Statement nodded, "I think I've won, but if I win, I'll bet on her."
Liu Yan said, "I don't know if I can win, but Brother Ye likes Miss Su, so I will bet on Miss Su."
Shen Qi was speechless.
Qi Shu pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "We are Ye Chang's brothers, so naturally we want to marry the person he likes, and I will also bet on Miss Su."
Shen Qi gritted her teeth and besieged Su Fengnuan when she heard the words.
The head of the state watched the two play halfway through, Xu Lingyi's moves became slower and slower, while Su Fengnuan seemed to be playing casually but thinking about his moves, he turned to Xu Yunchu and asked, "Do you think your sister has won Su this time?" Is it warm?"
After Xu Yunchu took a sip of tea, he shook his head lightly.
Seeing this, the abbot had a bad expression on his face, but he didn't speak any more.
After playing the chess game for more than half an hour, everyone in the hall saw that Xu Lingyi took a long time to make a move, and Su Fengnuan asked someone to bring her a jug of wine and a plate of peanuts at some point, while she was drinking like that, He squeezed the peanuts and threw them into his mouth, without urging Xu Lingyi, he was at ease.
At this time, everyone who thought that Xu Lingyi would definitely win felt that Xu Lingyi was going to lose this time. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed that Miss Xu's famous chess skills could not be won quickly. Beat Miss Su. On the contrary, it seems that there is a tendency to fall behind.
An hour later, both of them had one pawn left in their hands, and it was Xu Lingyi's turn to play first, but her pawn still didn't drop after holding two cups of tea in her hand, her brows furrowed deeply. Su Fengnuan ate up the peanuts on the plate, and after drinking a jug of wine, he played with the empty jug idly.
Everyone in the hall felt that this game of chess was really long, some chess lovers were watching from the sidelines, and they also frowned.
The emperor finally lost his patience, and urged, "Miss Xu, it's almost time, it's time to drop the seed in your hand."
Xu Lingyi woke up when she heard the words, gritted her teeth suddenly, and dropped the chess pieces in one place. Then, she raised her eyes and stared at Su Fengnuan.
Su Fengnuan saw that she had dropped the chess piece there, smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth, and put down the empty jug.