After returning to the palace, Xiao Yi still did not go to the Wuchengbing lawsuit.
He accompanied Nangong Yue for lunch, and after the two of them strolled in the garden to digest food, Nangong Yue went to take a bath and change clothes to wash away the dust from half a day.
Nangong Yue just sat down in front of the dressing table and let Baihe dry her hair, Xiao Yi came in with a tray, seeing this, Lily couldn't help snickering again, put down the handkerchief, and pulled Baihui back together down.
Nangong Yue knew what Xiao Yi brought her without asking--
Medicinal food!
Since Nangong Yue's sunflower water came a few days ago, An Niang would instruct the small kitchen to cook her medicinal food every day, and Xiao Yi would personally supervise her daily as long as he was in the palace.
At first, Nangong Yue would blush and finish eating without saying a word. Now, her skin has thickened a lot. Although her face is still red, she still said implicitly: "Ayi, actually, I... I'm almost ready , You don’t need to eat these medicinal meals anymore.”
Xiao Yi brought the cup of medicinal food to the dressing table with his own hands, took the handkerchief left by Lily to wipe her hair, and said naturally: "Mother An said, you need to mend it more!" Thinking of that day, Nangong Yue bled so much, Xiao Yi still had lingering fears. He felt that the medicinal food and brown sugar water he ate these days were not enough at all. He was hacked on the battlefield, and the blood he shed probably wasn't that much...
Thinking about it, Xiao Yi looked at Nangong Yue cautiously again, as if she was a delicate and famous flower.
Seeing Xiao Yi's familiar eyes, Nangong Yue probably guessed what he was thinking about again, and hurriedly said, "Can I still eat?"
She picked up the medicinal meal and finished it slowly as if she was going to the execution ground. Xiao Yi hurriedly took over the empty porcelain cup and said in a babbling voice: "I think this medicinal meal is very good. You can eat it." After a few days, your complexion became more rosy... why don't you continue to eat in the future." After a pause, he said again, "Smelly girl, you are a doctor, you should know some blood-enriching dietary prescriptions, tell me quickly. "
Nangong Yue looked at him speechlessly, and thought: Even if she knew, would she be so stupid as to tell him to help him to torment herself
And Xiao Yi quickly changed his mind, and said to himself: "Forget it, I'd better ask my grandfather..."
She just came to sunflower water, not sick, okay? Nangong Yue pulled his sleeve and shook it, and said with a hint of coquettishness in her tone: "Ayi, I drink three cups a day for the past few days. It smells like medicinal food."
Xiao Yi felt his heart go numb, hugged her slender waist, put his face close to her neck, took a deep breath and said, "I didn't smell it. It seems that I haven't eaten enough!"
There was a playful tone in his tone, obviously teasing her.
Nangong Yue blushed a little after being teased by her, pushed him away, yawned deliberately, and tried to change the subject: "Ayi, I'm a little tired, I'm going to take a nap first. You go to Wucheng Bingma Division Come on, or the emperor will come to you again to have a heart-to-heart talk."
More rest can also replenish vitality! Xiao Yi directly skipped the second half of the sentence, and said in a hurry: "Go and rest as soon as you are tired."
If it weren't for her resolute attitude, he almost wanted to hug her onto the couch again.
Nangong Yue shrank into the thin quilt with her middle clothes on, Xiao Yi helped her tuck the corners of the quilt, but did not leave immediately, but gently stroked her back with his right hand, again and again, the movements were unbelievably gentle, Like a child.
Nangong Yue was originally just an excuse, but during his regular pats, she gradually felt a little drowsy, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier...
Nangong Yue's breathing quickly became even and subtle. Xiao Yi knew that she was asleep, so he couldn't help but bowed his head and kissed her delicate and flowery cheek, and then kissed her again, his heart was soft and sweet.
It would be great if he could accompany and look at his stinky girl all the time like this.
In the small inner room, it was warm and quiet, and people's hearts also became peaceful. Xiao Yi suddenly felt a little sleepy.
Do you want to take a nap with the stinky girl to avoid laziness
Xiao Yi was still hesitating, but Baihui walked in quietly through the curtain.
Seeing Xiao Yi making a "shh" gesture to her, Baihui immediately understood that Nangong Yue was asleep, and lowered her voice, "Master Zhu, Steward Zhu has something important to discuss with you."
Xiao Yi nodded, walked lightly into the room, and closed the door carefully.
By the time Xiao Yi came back, more than an hour had passed.
He pushed open the door lightly, and was greeted by Nangong Yue's charming smile and the voice, "Ayi, you are back."
Originally, after hearing Zhu Xing's report, Xiao Yi was still in a low mood, but that smile seemed to be the sunshine that could sweep away all the gloom, and swept away all his irritability.
He already has his stinky girl, this is the best treasure in his life, the others are not important at all.
Nangong Yue just woke up after a full sleep. She was sitting on the back of the bed, yawning lazily.
Xiao Yi went to her bed and sat down, and said with a smile: "Zhu Xing came to find out just now, and just got the news from the palace that Jingzhao Mansion has closed the case of You Guanshi."
Nangong Yue's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly, "How do you say it?"
"The steward You finally gritted his teeth and admitted that he embezzled three thousand taels of silver." Xiao Yi said indifferently, "It was said that the princess brought him to the capital with six thousand taels of silver. Three thousand taels."
Nangong Yue pursed her lips and smiled, "So, he admits that the queen concubine asked him to bring here only six thousand taels of silver?"
This manager You didn't know whether he was loyal or stupid, although he admitted that he had lost three thousand taels of silver, but he exposed the step-by-step concubine. The emperor ordered Xiaofang to repay the silver that had been embezzled over the years, but she only gave a mere six thousand taels. Now, in the eyes of the emperor, it might be blatant disobedience.
Provoking the imperial power again and again, the emperor is saving face. In his opinion, it may be that the king of Zhennan backed up his concubine and deliberately opposed himself.
The smile on Nangong Yue's face widened again, and she said, "What does the emperor say?"
"The emperor heard that Thunder was furious, so he directly issued an imperial edict to take away the imperial concubine's order." Xiao Yi said with a light smile, "The concubine's luck is really bad."
Nangong Yue pursed her lips and smiled. The emperor must have been quite displeased when he put on his clothes and won the first prize twice in succession.
This time, the imperial concubine's order cannot be kept!
The two looked at each other, and Nangong Yue said with crooked eyebrows: "... Ayi, we still need to fan the flames."
Nanjiang is thousands of miles away, even if Xiao Fang's imperial concubine's order is taken away, if there is Zhennan King protecting her, she will still be a high-ranking "Princess" in Nanjiang, and this is not Nangong Yue's. original intention. These days, things happened one after another. Judging from the news from Nanjiang, King Zhennan's patience and trust in Princess Ji had already been greatly reduced. As long as he fanned the flames a little more, I am afraid that King Zhennan would still be happy with Xiaofang. Shi lost the imperial concubine's order.
Xiao Yi hugged her distressedly and said: "You have been feeling unwell recently, don't bother yourself anymore."
Nangong Yue was helpless, she couldn't imagine what she would do if she did this every month in the future. I just hope... uh, Xiao Yi got used to it early.
Nangong Yue didn't argue that she was really not sick, but took his hand, subtly changed the subject, and said, "Ayi, after this time, the honor of Princess Zhennan will always belong to my mother."
The Xiaofang family was only deprived of the imperial order, but not suspended. Naturally, the King of Zhennan could not remarry. From then on, no woman would be named "Princess of Zhennan". Although Xiao Yi was born without a mother, Nangong Yue would hear him mention it from time to time, and the nostalgia in that expression was hard to conceal.
Xiao Yi hugged her tightly, with a suppressed sob in his voice, "Smelly girl, I really like you, I like you very much!" Only his stinky girl has always considered him so wholeheartedly.
His strength was a little stronger, but Nangong Yue didn't break free and let him hold her.
After a while, Xiao Yi said in a muffled voice: "Just now Zhu Xing received a letter from his father from Nanjiang, asking me to hand over half of the property my grandfather gave to Xiao Luan."
Xiao Yi never cared about how much property he had in his hands, he didn't even know how much money his family had, but such a request would still make him a little depressed.
But think about it, his father has always been like this, these things, just get used to it.
Nangong Yue stretched her arms around him, and leaned into his arms.
Xiao Yi was overjoyed, sure enough, pretending to be wronged in front of a stinky girl still works!
He smelled the fragrance of soap locust on her body, and didn't want to let her go for a moment.
The emperor's imperial decree was issued at a speed of 3,000 miles. It is estimated that it will take about ten days to reach the southern border. On the next day, Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi went to Nangong Mansion to meet Uncle Nangong Qin. Everyone was talking about the successive championships of Baiyue Saintess in Jinxinhui, and everyone paid extra attention to the "chess" and "poetry" competition that will be held on the second day.
For a while, Jinxinhui's limelight reached its peak.
Those ordinary people have no way of knowing the identities of the participating girls, but those from aristocratic families and officials are different. They have already begun to analyze the level of each girl, who is likely to win the championship, and what is the probability of winning the championship...
In these discussions, the white girl who shined in the preliminary competition of the poetry competition was inevitably mentioned repeatedly. These young men not only studied the poems written by the white girl in the preliminary competition, but even her previous excellent works It was also dug up and commented repeatedly. Many people thought that this white girl was very likely to beat the Baiyue saint in the poetry competition.
In the eyes of everyone, Jinxinhui's third round of finals is coming.
On this day, Nangong Yue got up very early, but Xiao Yi was earlier than her, and entered the palace at dawn--the night before, Xiao Yi received the emperor's oral order, asking him to enter the palace today to accompany him .
Originally, Xiao Yi planned to personally send Nangong Yue to the Imperial College, but the Emperor Jinkou said that even if Xiao Yi didn't want to, he had no choice but to change the original plan. He procrastinated in the mansion until the last moment, and asked Nangong Yue to put on a cloak, and then reluctantly entered the palace.
Around the Guozijian, more and more people gathered. The nearby teahouses and restaurants were full, and those people gathered on the street, so that it was almost impossible for the carriages to enter the Guozijian. Fortunately, Jingzhao Fu Yin got the news and hurriedly sent Yachai came to evacuate the flow of people, otherwise it is hard to say whether today's game will start on time.
As soon as Nangong Yue entered the door, she happened to meet Yuan Yuyi, who was one step ahead of her. Yuan Yuyi's eyes paused behind Nangong Yue, and deliberately teased: "Ah Yi didn't send you here?" Although she didn't say , but the meaning in the eyes is obviously, isn't the two of you always sticking as tight as you can
Lily almost laughed out loud again, but thinking that this is outside, she must pay attention to protecting her master's face, so she held back and put on a respectful appearance.
Yuan Yuyi quickly thought of something, and asked again: "Could it be that A Yi was recruited into the palace by the emperor's uncle like my mother?"
Nangong Yue nodded slightly, Yuan Yuyi showed a "really so" expression, and then looked up and down at her somewhat inappropriate attire. The curious eyes seem to be asking: It's early summer, and you still wear a cloak to go out
Nangong Yue blushed, and she took off the cloak and handed it to Lily to hold it. Fortunately, Jiang Yixi and Fu Yunyan came over at this time, finally allowing Nangong Yue to temporarily escape this topic.
Not long after the girls took their seats in the Qiushui Pavilion, the Empress soon came again. This time, a large group of people accompanied the Empress like stars and moons, including Yuncheng, the three princes, Xiao Yi, Grand Master Chen, old Lu Ge who has retired... An Yihou and Guan Yubai also came with him.
Looking at the various identities of these entourages, one can see the importance the emperor attaches to today's two competitions.
Today's "chess" competition was held first. In order to see the chess game at a closer distance, the emperor did not enter the Qionghua Pavilion as the day before, but sat down in a pavilion near the competition venue.
There are still eight girls participating in the competition, because many foreign men arrived today, these girls who have not left their boudoirs all covered their faces with white gauze.
At this moment, eight chessboards have been placed in the arena, separated from each other by screens, and the same endgame is placed on each chessboard, and what the eight girls have to do is to break the endgame on the chessboard and play against them. It was Master Yu who taught Go at the Guozijian Middle School.
Master Yu is nearly sixty years old, dressed in a simple gray robe, with a pale face, half-white hair and beard, and piercing eyes.
Although Master Yu needs one against eight, the endgame is difficult to solve. The black pieces on the chessboard occupy an almost overwhelming advantage. It is not easy for these girls holding white pieces to break the game.
Sure enough, in less than a stick of incense, three of the eight girls bowed their heads to admit defeat and retired.
After another stick of incense, another girl surrendered.
In the end, only three girls broke the first mess, and one of them was the saintess Baiyi.
Although this is only the first endgame, it has already caused commotion among the spectators. Could it be that this saint is really a peerless genius who knows everything
While everyone was whispering to each other, the original eight chessboards and five of them were removed from the field, and three new chessboards were replaced.
Everyone's expression froze when they saw it, and the difficulty of this second endgame suddenly rose several steps.
On the chessboard, the black chess is showing the trend of "big eyes eat small eyes", and the white chess has fallen into the desperate situation of heavy siege. It can almost be seen that with a few more moves, the white chess will not escape the end of annihilation...
People who know chess have already seen that this is the famous endgame of "Ten Evil Potentials". There are many clues in the overall situation, involving the life and death of several pieces of chess. It is not easy to survive in a defeated and chaotic world.
The three girls who had advanced were all sitting in front of the chess board, staring at the chess board with bright eyes, and did not move for a long time...
After a while, a girl in green clothes on the far left finally picked up a white piece and dropped it.
As soon as she dropped the chess pieces, two maidservants in blue immediately reported the position of her chess pieces to the Qiushui Pavilion, and demonstrated the chess on the chessboard there for everyone to watch.
When Nangong Yue saw it, she frowned.
I'm afraid this step is not good.
Fu Yunyan looked at Nangong Yue's face and asked, "Ah Yue, what's wrong with Miss Ling's step?"
Nangong Yue shook her head, and said in a low voice: "If my guess is correct, Miss Ling will be two or three steps faster, and no more than ten steps slower, I'm afraid she will lose."
Jiang Yixi also nodded and said: "Sister Yue is right..."
While sighing, they saw that girl Ling in emerald green clothes frowned, froze like a sculpture for a while, then bowed their heads and gave in.
At this time, the pendulum finally moved, and the white piece was dropped gracefully with her slender hands.
"Fourteen pheasants, seven."
Following the notification from the maidservant in blue, the clothes-swinging chess piece appeared on the chessboard in the Qiushui Pavilion.
Jiang Yixi looked straight at the chessboard, and thoughtfully said: "I can't understand this move..." Jiang Yixi's chess strength is slightly higher than Nangong Yue's. When she said this, Nangong Yue's eyes darkened slightly, faintly There is a bad feeling.
In the arena, Master Yu quickly set down sunspots with confidence.
"Seventeen stars, three."
Master Yu took this step steadily, and expanded his encirclement circle a bit...
"December, five."
"Eleventh winter, four."
"..."
It was just a short cup of tea, and the two sides just played back and forth with more than a dozen moves, until the strange move of self-destructing the future with one move made everyone confused.
"Kyushu, six, broken."
"Is she cutting her own way?" Even if Fu Yunyan doesn't know how to play chess, she can tell.
The basic principle of this game of chess is to connect one's own pieces into one piece, but Bai Yi actually does the opposite
Nangong Yue thought of something, looked deeply at the chess game in front of her, and murmured: "Chess emerges from a broken place...it's not good."
Her premonition was fulfilled, and after that, the white chess pieces in the clothes were more aggressive step by step, the chess style was not as delicate as her appearance, like a fierce general on the battlefield whistling with a butcher's knife.
Master Yu's sunspots confronted each other without showing any weakness. The black and white sides could be said to be swords and swords. Skillful hands overlapped, and the two sides were full of dangers. The wind and clouds on the chessboard dazzled the onlookers.
At this moment, neither the chess player nor the chess spectator knows what year it is... until another white piece blatantly falls, as if struck by a huge thunder, and the surroundings are silent, as if returning from the broken battlefield in an instant. Arriving at the refined place of the Imperial College...
Everyone knows the outcome has been decided.
Master Yu stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and then decisively threw a ball to admit defeat: "The saintess has extraordinary chess skills, and the saintess won this game."
At this time, the girl in the yellow shirt next to her was already sweating profusely, her hands were tightly clutching the skirt of her skirt.
Although there is no specific time limit for this game, the first piece must be made within a stick of incense. Now that a stick of incense is almost here, if he still does not make a move, he will flee without fighting.
She bit it down, and finally took out a white piece from the chess urn, then gritted her teeth and dropped it...
Master Yu only glanced at it, then shook his head secretly... Within five steps, the girl in yellow shirt had no choice but to bow her head and admit defeat.
Chess skills don't need to be judged, since the clothing is left to the end, then it is the leader of chess skills.
The emperor's face was so dark that it couldn't get any darker. At this time, Master Yu suddenly said to Bai Yi: "Miss Bai Yi, since you have this chess skill, you must also be a chess lover. For today's Jin Xin Three endgames have been prepared, I wonder if the girl is interested in challenging this last endgame?"
Bai Yi smiled confidently. Anyway, no matter whether she can solve the third mess, she is a well-deserved leader, so she said generously: "Bai Yi is willing to give it a try."
The third endgame was quickly laid out, and the same chessboard was placed in the Qiushui Pavilion and the pavilion as usual.
Everyone looked around the chessboard, thinking that what Grandmaster Yu presented would be another famous endgame, but they didn't want everyone to watch it again, but they didn't know the name.
At first glance, this endgame does not seem complicated and messy in "Ten Evil Potentials", but after looking at it again, I feel that this endgame is really meaningful. There are three kalpas, one ring after another, if only one can be solved, it will be very difficult. If there is another one, then this game of chess will repeatedly embark on a similar path, and the two sides will not be able to tell the winner. This three-kalpa cycle game is quite rare, it can be said that "no one in a million".
It is not an exaggeration to say that this endgame is unprecedented.
Since Bai Yi is a chess master, he naturally tasted it very quickly.
This game is not simple, not only not simple, Bai Yi has no way to solve this game, the whole chessboard is like a huge whirlpool, as if it can sweep all her thoughts into it. I still have a poetry competition next, so I really shouldn't fall into a magic barrier and distract my energy because of this unnecessary round.
She gathered herself together, and immediately made a decision in her heart, and readily surrendered.
In the gazebo, Guan Yubai has been paying attention to every change in the expression of the clothes, his eyes are dark, and he whispers to Xiao Yi who is beside him: "A Yi, watching chess is like watching people, this woman has a calm heart, decisive in killing, and The city is quite deep, if she gets married to Dayu in the future, I think there will be disasters."
Xiao Yi replied vaguely, looked at the direction of Qiushui Pavilion absently, and thought: The stinky girl is not wearing a cloak, I don't know if she will be frozen... An Niang has already said that she can't catch the cold now. Those two little maids are really unreliable, you still have to watch for yourself!
Guan Yubai saw that his heart had already flown to the Qiushui Pavilion over there, so he shook his head with a grin.
At this moment, the emperor stood up suddenly, raised his voice slightly and said, "Where is An Yihou?"
Guan Yubai got up when he heard the words, bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "The minister is here, what orders does the emperor have?"
The emperor looked at the clothes not far away, his face was covered with dark clouds, and he said in a deep voice: "Marquis An Yi, do you think this last mess can be solved?"
Guan Yubai smiled faintly, bowed his head and replied: "Go back to the emperor, this situation is not difficult, it can be solved naturally."
As soon as he heard the words, he turned around and saw a strange man standing beside the emperor. He was handsome and tall, with a slightly thin figure. He just stood there quietly, with a faint smile on his mouth, which made people It is impossible to ignore his existence, gentle as jade, elegant and timeless. Such a handsome man is rare in Bai Yi's life.
Can he solve this game
Bai Yi was a little unbelievable, although she only watched it for a while, she was already baffled by the subtlety of the endgame, and she believed that no one could solve this game.
Bai Yi couldn't help but opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, can you deny that this Lord Hou gave Bai Yi some advice, what should be the solution to this situation?"
The emperor nodded slightly to Guan Yubai, but the latter didn't step forward, just smiled and said: "The key to this game lies in the upper left corner. You only need to discard the half-dead white pieces, and you can draw a big black dragon into it. Then open robbery and convert."
Bai Yi looked at the chessboard again, and at that moment, it was like enlightenment, and it became clear immediately.
How can this seemingly simple move be described as "wonderful"? He must have considered the evolution of the entire chess game.
"Wonderful, really wonderful!" Master Yu praised without hesitation, got up and bowed to Guan Yubai, "I have benefited a lot from today's game. I wonder if Lord Guanhou will have time to talk with me in the future One round?"
Guan Yubai returned a salute, "It's a great honor." His every move was calm and composed, with a kind of bearing that seemed to be inherent in him.
Marquis An Yi? Bai Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, and thought: I don't know which mansion's Lord Hou is so extraordinary, after today's competition, I must go and find out.
The emperor's face finally looked better, and he changed the topic: "Next is the poetry competition." No emotion could be heard in the voice.
Yes, next is the poetry competition.
Baiyue Saintess has already won three ringleaders in a row, as long as she wins another one, she will have to let Kui Lang out of the prison of the Ministry of Justice.
The next battle is really crucial! Dayu cannot lose!
The lady offering wine stepped forward and replied cautiously: "Go back to the emperor, the poetry competition will start in half an hour."
The backside of Mrs. Jijiu was already covered in cold sweat. Probably no one would have thought that a little Baiyue saint could defeat the talented woman of Dayu! Now Longyan is furious, if one fails, the relevant people may be killed anger.
The emperor responded and said nothing more.
The empress and everyone accompanying her were introduced into the Qionghua Pavilion. At the same time, preparations for the next poetry competition had begun in the garden below, and desks were placed neatly in the field; and Ten Guozijian students were also led into the Tingzhu Pavilion next to the Qiushui Pavilion by the maidservant in blue.
In addition to the ten literati and scholars in Qionghua Pavilion, the ten Guozijian students will also judge the works of the girls.
On the other side, the eight contestants were already on standby in the gazebo outside the arena, including Bai Muxiao naturally.
Of course, the news that Bai Muxiao won the top three prizes also reached Bai Muxiao's ears. Unlike everyone else, she smiled slightly.
Although for Dayu, losing three games in a row is not only a loss of face, but also makes the situation precarious, but for Bai Muxiao, this has become her biggest opportunity, allowing her to show her face in front of the emperor , to find a bright future for herself.
A gleam of confidence flashed in Bai Muxiao's eyes.
"Girls," at this moment, a maidservant in blue entered the gazebo, saluted respectfully, and said, "The competition is about to begin, please come here with your servants."
The maid in blue led the eight girls into the arena one by one. After they stood still in the arena, even the spectators around were a little nervous.
Dayu can no longer lose!
No one recognized Bai Muxiao in the preliminaries before, but this time, the situation has changed drastically. Everyone in Dayu around here knows that the one in the moon white dress is Bai Muxiao who shined in the preliminaries. Girl, only she can compete with the saint.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the quiet and blue-eyed Bai Muxiao and the blue-eyed Bai Yi, and the other six girls seemed to be their supporting roles.
The emperor in Qionghua Pavilion was also looking down at the two daughters, his gaze first paused on Bai Yi, and then fell on Bai Muxiao, thoughtfully.
Although this Bai Muxiao has a bit of an out-of-the-ordinary personality, she is indeed very talented and learned, and can bring herself unexpected surprises every time.
Hope this time is no exception!
Thinking of Bai Muxiao's well-known poems, the emperor's heart settled down.
When Guan Yubai looked at Bai Muxiao, he also remembered those poems that had been widely circulated, his brows were slightly raised, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.