Ji Yan answered casually, "Trying to die."

"Hahaha……"

Shen Jiao laughed out loud without any restraint, and the unease in the hearts of the other women present gradually dissipated upon seeing this.

Sun Mengyao arrived just in time, and Shen Jiao wondered if it was just her imagination, but the white powder on her face seemed several layers thicker than in the morning. Well, her makeup skills were on par with Xiao Liang's.

To be fair, Xiao Liang is more talented; her makeup application is more even and doesn't cake at all compared to Sun Mengyao's.

With the sound of a drum, the chess game began.

Two eunuchs stood behind Shen Jiao and Sun Mengyao respectively, recording the real-time moves of the pieces and displaying them on a larger chessboard for everyone to see.

The audience was as noisy as ever.

"I wonder how good Your Majesty's chess skills are? I've already prepared knee pads, so I can kneel and watch anytime!"

"Me too, me too! I brought my sister here specifically to teach her. If she can't learn it, I'll hit her!"

The person speaking was the young man who sat in front of Gu An and Shen Qingfeng that morning.

Shen Qingfeng's lips twitched as he pointed at the swaddled baby in the young man's arms: "No, brother, isn't your little sister only a month old?"

The young man retorted: "So what if it's a full moon? So what if it's a full moon? We should start nurturing children from a young age!"

He snorted coldly, grabbed one of the baby's delicate little hands, and shouted excitedly, "Hehehe! Through wind and sun, the Empress is the most handsome!"

Everyone: "..." Brother, do you still remember how you endured humiliation this morning?

"Does Jiaojiao know how to play chess?" The two elders of the Shen family fell into deep thought.

Qin said worriedly, "No."

"Who said I can't?" Gu An said proudly while cracking sunflower seeds, "My little sister has been learning for three days!"