Chapter 107: The most beautiful woman in the Forbidden City is my mother

In the pavilion, Xiu Yu was hugged by Xuan Ye for a long time before he said, "Is that enough? Do you want to play chess again?"

"Go ahead." Xuanye smiled, but still didn't want to let go.

"How about..." Xiu Yu's eyes flashed with cunning: "The emperor issued an order, so that we can wear Hanfu instead of Manchu clothing?"

Xuanye hesitated for a moment. "How about wearing Hanfu in the palace, especially in the Yikun Palace? What do you think?"

Xiu Yu lowered her eyelids and whispered, "Is this considered preferential treatment?"

"If you think it counts, then so be it." Xuanye lowered his head slightly, resting his chin on Xiuyu's forehead. "I knew before that I had hidden a beauty in Yikun Palace. Now, I think I'm hiding a celestial being."

Xiu Yu was still shy: "We are outside, Ke Jing and Yin Qi are still here."

"I know." Xuanye said unconcernedly, "But they've grown up now and can watch things they couldn't when they were little."

Xiu Yu glared at Xuanye and said, "If you had known this earlier, wouldn't you have stayed at home?"

"Then it's better to come out." Xuanye finally calmed down a bit, sat down at the stone table, and opened the chess box. "Come to think of it, it seems like I haven't played chess in quite a while."

Xiu Yu smoothed her skirt and sat down: "This wide-sleeved gown is really not as convenient as the Manchu dress."

"It wins because of its beauty." Xuanye had already grabbed a handful of chess pieces and placed them on the board. "Let's begin, my queen."

In the distance, Kejing and Yinqi were sitting on a small boat in the lake, tasting the food Cao Yin prepared for them, looking at the scenery, and from time to time looking at what their father and mother were doing.

"Our mother is really the most beautiful one in the harem. Father has really good taste." Kejing is more lively than Yinqi, and basically says whatever he wants to say.

Yinqi frowned and said, "Fourth sister, you are a princess, you should be more reserved."

"Am I not reserved?" Ke Jing glared at Yin Qi and said, "Who said your fourth sister is not reserved?"

"Princesses in other palaces are not like you. They are all like that." Having said that, Yinqi smiled to himself.

Ke Jing smiled and said, "Look, you also think that the princesses in other palaces are not as good as your fourth sister, right?"

"It's because your father and mother dote on you. I don't know what kind of husband you can find in the future."

"How old are you? You must not study hard and read some messy books." Ke Jing poked Yinqi's forehead lightly.

Yin Qi laughed and said, "Even the book of saints exists. Why should we learn it?"

Ke Jing looked towards the pavilion again, resting his chin on his hand, and said, "It seems like Father and Mother haven't played chess together for a long time. That's great."

"I think it's great, too." Yinqi and Kejing made almost the same gesture: "The old ancestor passed away a while ago, and Ama was really scary like that."

"Luckily, we have our mother here." Ke Jing sighed, "Tell me, was our mother sent down by the gods to save my father?"

Yinqi didn't answer this question, but Xuanye in the pavilion said, "I have felt more than once that you were truly sent to me by God, because God was afraid that I would be too lonely."

Xiu Yu placed a white piece on the chessboard and said casually, "I also feel like I don't know how I got here, and I don't know who did what."

"What do you mean?" Xuanye was curious. "You're talking as if you're not originally from here."

"I'm from this place in this life, but I may not have been from here in the previous life, or the life before that." Xiu Yu gently waved the round fan in her hand. "If I say I still remember some things from my previous life, would you believe me?"

Xuanye narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you telling the truth?"

"If it's true, you will regard me as a monster?" Xiu Yu held the chess piece in his hand, waiting for Xuanye's answer.

Xuanye smiled and said, "That further proves that you are really a fairy, specially sent by God to help me and accompany me."

Xiu Yu recalled the dream she had some time ago, as if her coming here was not an accident, but someone had deliberately planned it.