The atmosphere in the room was once so tense that it was suffocating.
Ling Ruiyin's eyes were fixed on the chessboard.
On the chessboard, the black stone fell first, but the momentum was not fierce, and it was a country of its own; the white stone fell later, but it came menacingly, and there were strong signs of counterattack.
Seeing that Bai Zi had mostly surrounded Heizi, Ling Ruiyin secretly wiped away the cold sweat for Shi Qingxue.
Shi Baoning's face already showed a faintly proud look, as if he could kill Shi Qingxue in the next second.
Qingxue remained calm and followed her own pace.
Just when Shi Baoning was about to 'close the net', he found that his 'net' had been penetrated by sunspots unknowingly, and it could not be closed at all!
Looking at the overall situation, Heizi, who originally seemed to be loose, each stood firmly on the 'fortress'.
Finally, when Shi Qingxue pressed Heizi somewhere.
Her cold voice sounded, "You lose!"
Shi Baoning loosened his hand, and the white glazed chess piece fell on the jade chessboard with a crisp sound.
"No, it's impossible!" Shi Baoning's eyes widened in disbelief, not believing that he, who had the advantage just a moment ago, would lose.
But when we count the number of black and white stones on the chessboard, we find that the black stones are exactly one and a half eyes more than the white stones.
Shi Baoning still didn't believe it. She looked back and forth at the chess pieces on the chessboard several times, and kept mumbling: "It's impossible, it's impossible, there must be a miscalculation somewhere..."
It wasn't until this moment that Ling Ruiyin felt relieved.
Seeing that Baoning was still entangled, and even getting worse, he quickly stopped him in a deep voice.
"Okay, Qingxue wins this round."
She looked at Shi Baoning and warned coldly: "Princess Baoning, please respect yourself!"
Although these words were not a reprimand, they were like a bucket of cold water pouring down her heart.
Her hand shook, and she happened to knock over the chess piece. The white and translucent chess pieces were scattered on the chessboard.
The chessboard is in a mess, and the final winning or losing situation can no longer be seen.
Shi Baoning was overjoyed at first and suddenly raised his head to look at Ling Ruiyin.
Ling Ruiyin looked serious and did not give her a chance to fantasize at all. She said directly: "The final outcome of this chess game has been decided. Clean up the chess pieces and prepare for the next round!"
As for whether the chess game is still intact, it does not affect the determination of victory or defeat at all.
Shi Baoning's fantasy was shattered and he watched helplessly as his servants put the black and white chess pieces into the chess boxes.
She was so happy before, but now she is sad.
She couldn't even figure out why she lost to Shi Qingxue
Shi Qingxue's chess skills were obviously not as good as hers, and she didn't even have the patience to sit down and play a game of chess. How could she lose to her opponent
Shi Baoning couldn't figure it out, and finally attributed the problem to Shi Qingxue cheating - even though she didn't find anything.
She stared at Shi Qingxue fiercely and scolded in a deep voice: "You actually cheated, how despicable!"
Shi Qingxue: "..."
She felt as if she no longer knew the word 'despicable'. It was a shame that Shi Baoning had the nerve to say it.
However, Qingxue did not rush to refute Shi Baoning's words. Instead, she said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I have been looking at each other with admiration for three days. Sister, you still remember the last time we played chess." Is something going on?"
Shi Baoning was stunned by the question.
Suddenly I remembered that since Shi Qingxue was said to have poor chess skills, she had rarely shown her chess skills in front of others.
The last time the two of them played chess together was when Shi Lei was still alive.
In the past ten years, she thought that her chess skills had made great progress, but she forgot that others would also improve.
And it was obvious that Qingxue's chess skills improved faster than hers.
In the game of chess just now, Shi Qingxue probably started arranging his own power from the very first move, waiting for the best moment to catch her in one fell swoop.
And she was so blinded by her self-confidence that she didn't realize until the last moment that she was beaten and unable to resist.
Just when Baoning was thinking wildly, a servant came quickly to report.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, General Wei is asking for an audience."
General Wei
When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was stunned.
Which General Wei
The servant added again: "It's the General of the City Guards."
The Acropolis of the Shi Family Army was once the deputy general of Shi Junhe. He made great achievements in the crusade against the rebels and was promoted to General of Hussars by Mo Junyu.
Wei Cheng was from the Shi Family Army. When he entered the palace to see the Empress Dowager, he must have heard about her plan to choose a new coach for the Shi Family Army.
Ling Ruiyin glanced at the other three people in the room and then ordered, "Mrs. Shi and the others are invited to sit in the ear room. We will discuss the follow-up matters after I have met with General Wei."
"yes!"
Wei Cheng walked in with a brocade box in his hands. When he saw Ling Ruiyin, he knelt down and said hello: "Wei Chen has met the Empress Dowager and wants to say hello to the empress."
"General Wei, no courtesy."
Ling Ruiyin has also been on the battlefield and has a natural courtesy towards military commanders.
She asked her servants to help Wei Cheng up, and asked gently: "I wonder why General Wei came to see the Ai family?"
"The general heard that the empress wanted to select a coach for the Shi family army, so the general came here just for this purpose."
Ling Ruiyin nodded, "It is true."
When she said this, her eyes suddenly brightened up and she quickly asked: "Although the military power belongs to the Shi family, the Shi family's army also belongs to your soldiers. I wonder what General Wei thinks about his successor as commander-in-chief?"
Wei Cheng's attitude was respectful and humble, and he replied in a deep voice: "I will be a member of the Shi family army from the day I joined the Shi family army. I have also been greatly favored by the two heads of the Shi family and pledged my allegiance to the Shi family. Therefore, I ask my empress to be able to The next head of the family will be the commander-in-chief immediately.
The whole army of the Shi family and the generals all had the same idea. This is a petition of 100 people from the generals, please ask the empress to read it. "
"oh?"
Ling Ruiyin was surprised and hesitated for a moment when he saw the petition handed over by Wei Cheng.
The 'Hundred Petition' is a special way for military officers and soldiers to express their demands.
The military has always been a place where superiors and subordinates are most clearly distinguished. The superiors always issue orders, and the subordinates obey them unconditionally and must not violate them.
But there is also a special situation. If the subordinates of the military camp have a strong will, they can write a petition together with a hundred meritorious soldiers and submit it.
As long as the demands are not too excessive, those in power will basically satisfy them.
This petition is not easy to sign. Once signed, it means that you have given up all the merits you have accumulated before.
Those who join the military camp, in addition to having great ambitions to kill the enemy and defend their country, are they just for the purpose of making some achievements and getting ahead
A petition will make all your previous efforts in vain. If your appeal is not really strong, no one will be willing to sign it.
The last time a "hundred-person petition" appeared was when Emperor Mo Shi raised troops to overthrow the tyranny of the previous dynasty.
Reappearing after more than 40 years, no matter what Shi Jiajun's appeal was, Ling Ruiyin could not refuse to agree.
Ling Ruiyin was worried, but still did not open the silk in her hand, but asked: "You just said that you all support the next head of the Shi family to take over as the head coach. But after General Shi died in the battle, the Shi family did not elect a new head!"
The head of a family is usually succeeded by the eldest son of the family. However, the Shi family was weak. Wen Renchi was once the eldest son of the Shi family, but he was not a bloodline of the Shi family. He even moved away from the Shi family later, so he was definitely not qualified to be the head of the family.
As for the remaining two babies, although they meet the status, the bigger ones are not even qualified for the title of Duke of Shi, let alone the head of the Shi family and the Shi family army!
Wei Cheng said: "Before General Shi died, he personally handed over the order of the Shi family to Miss Six. Miss Six was the successor head of the Shi family.
The generals also hope that Miss Six will lead the Shi family army in the future, and also ask the Empress Dowager to satisfy the demands of the generals and others. "
Ling Ruiyin couldn't help but be surprised that Shi Junhe actually gave the Shi family order to Shi Qingxue before he died, and asked calmly: "So, everyone in the Shi family army hopes that Qingxue will succeed as the head coach?"
"That's right!" Wei Cheng's voice was sonorous and powerful.
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Ling Ruiyin's mood, Dong Hui and others in the ear room were all surprised.
They all turned to stare at Shi Qingxue, with anger in their eyes, as if asking: Why didn't you say such an important thing.
Shi Qingxue was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that she had done nothing - she thought - but she could get the soldiers of the Shi Family Army to jointly petition to succeed him as the commander-in-chief of the Shi Family Army.
But why
How virtuous and capable is she
Ling Ruiyin outside also asked similar questions.
Acropolis answered without hesitation.
"Sixth Miss has been in the army since she was a child. She can eat and live with the soldiers, and she has been carefully taught by the two generals of the time. She has outstanding abilities and loves the soldiers. The general believes that only the sixth miss can lead the army of the Shi family, and he hopes that the empress will be kind to her. allow!"
His words were sonorous and powerful.
So long after he finished speaking, there was no second voice in the room.
After a while, Ling Ruiyin slowly spoke, but did not finish her words.
"The Ai family knows your request. You go back first. The Ai family will issue an order later."
"Finally, I will thank you for your kindness."
Ai Cheng did not bother, kowtowed three times, bowed and left.
Only then did Ling Ruiyin open the 'Petition of One Hundred People' and shouted to the ear room after a moment: "You can come out now."
She sent the 'Hundred People's Petition' to the three of them and read it one by one, then said calmly: "There shouldn't be any need to continue the third competition, right?!"
Shi Baoning was indignant but had nothing to say.
In some ways, the 'Petition of One Hundred People' could even influence the emperor's decision. No matter what the outcome of their competition was, Ling Ruiyin would never hand over military power to Shi Baoning.
But Shi Baoning was unwilling to give in!
Why can Shi Qingxue easily win everyone's favor, make everyone like her and choose her.
She was obviously better than Shi Qingxue, but it was just because of her weak body that she was unable to go to the military camp to exercise when she was young. Is this also her fault
Probably because the dissatisfaction on Shi Baoning's face was too obvious, Ling Ruiyin sighed slightly and asked gently: "Princess Baoning, do you have anything to say?"
"have!"
Shi Baoning raised his head stubbornly and said arrogantly: "The Shi Family Army belongs to our Shi Family. The position of head coach has been decided by the superiors since ancient times. There has never been such a thing as following public opinion.
So what if Qingxue got the support of all the soldiers, it would be unfair! "