Huangfu Shaohua's eyes flickered slightly: "Since Your Highness is the master, it is natural for Your Highness to make the first choice."

Huangfu Shaohua was also testing Qin Yuezhao, trying to see what she was really up to.

Qin Yue Zhao looked up and grinned as if mocking.

"In that case, I will go first. I will choose... the black piece."

Unexpectedly, Qin Yuezhao chose the black piece.

Because, as she just said, chess is like life, with good and evil, and the black pieces represent "evil"!

Qin Yue Zhao saw through his thoughts at a glance, and her smile became even more meaningful.

"Since I defended Liangcheng to the death and defied His Majesty, both the court officials and the princes have cursed me as a traitor. It is only right that I choose to be black."

After speaking, he raised his hand and placed the piece in one smooth motion.

Huangfu Shaohua's eyes flickered slightly.

"Heh, Your Highness, as long as you have a clear conscience, what do you have to fear from what others say?"

"Hehe, General Huangfu, do you really think so?"

Qin Yue Zhao spoke calmly, staring intently at the chess piece in her hand, not even glancing at him.

General Huangfu felt an immense pressure sweep over him, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on him, and his heart trembled.

A battle fought without gunfire, yet fraught with intense killing intent, has officially begun.

Huangfu Shaohua followed Qin Yuezhao's move and placed his chess piece.

"Ah, Your Highness is quite right."

Qin Yue Zhao smiled insincerely and placed her second chess piece.

"Actually, there's another reason why I chose to target the haters. Would General Huangfu like to hear it?"

Huangfu Shaohua's eyes were deep, and his tone was calm: "I would like to hear the details."

Qin Yue Zhao grinned and stared intently at him.

"Even if Kuroko gets splashed with something really dirty, he can still stay true to himself."

"But if a white piece gets stained with a bit of black, it can never be erased and may even become a useless piece. What do you think?"

"Click".

After speaking, she quickly placed the third chess piece.

A barely perceptible look of surprise flashed in Huangfu Shaohua's eyes.

He never expected that Qin Yue Zhao, a woman who attempted to overthrow the country, could come up with such a theory.

But he still didn't show any unusual behavior.

"I am a rough man and do not understand the meaning of Your Highness's words."

The stillness of the game is like a pool of spring water, but when the smoke of battle rises and the fighting begins, the momentum of both sides is no less than that of a battlefield filled with billowing smoke.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Yue Zhao suddenly pointed at the chessboard and laughed, "General Huangfu, look, doesn't this chessboard resemble Liangcheng today?"

"The situation is constantly changing and unpredictable, with wolves eyeing us from all sides."

Seeing that she was implying something, Huangfu Shaohua remained calm.

"Your Highness observes the game as if it were a game of chess, but my chess skills are not good enough to understand it."

He said things against his conscience, but in reality he looked down on Qin Yue Zhao and was confident of winning the game.

Qin Yue Zhao saw the smugness in his eyes, but she wasn't angry.

"Is that so? General Huangfu has always been arrogant and has never yielded to anyone. Now he's become humble."

"But humility must be genuine; don't let cleverness backfire and cause you to lose everything because of one wrong step."

After speaking, without waiting for the other person to reply, she quickly picked up the chess piece and placed it in a very inconspicuous place.

"General Huangfu...you have lost."

The voice was extremely soft, yet it was like the whisper of death, piercing straight to Huangfu Shaohua's heart.

Huangfu Shaohua stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Seeing the black stones moving in an unorthodox direction on the board, and then looking at the white stones that were originally in a winning position, he stood up.