"Why aren't you serving His Majesty? What's the matter?" Concubine Yi asked anxiously when she saw him.

Li Dequan bowed and said, "To reply to Your Majesty, His Majesty is fine, it's just that the Ninth Concubine lost the game of chess, so His Majesty asked me to go find Your Majesty and the Concubine."

After hearing this, Concubine Yi immediately fixed her makeup and hair, then motioned Jiang Ranli to go with her.

Walking behind Concubine Yi, Jiang Ranli lamented that it was the right time for Dong E to lose. Otherwise, she really didn't know how to respond to Concubine Yi's words. At the same time, a hint of sarcasm welled up in her eyes.

Dong E had just recommended herself just to gain the favor of Emperor Kangxi and squeeze out Jiang Ranli, but she really overestimated her own abilities.

Jiang Ranli never liked to comment on others, but Dong E's behavior really made her sigh.

When she returned to the palace, Dong E stood aside with an awkward look on her face. She had thought that if Jiang Ranli could compete with Emperor Kangxi, then she could certainly do it too, and then gain the Emperor Kangxi's appreciation. However, she ended up losing the game before she could even take on Emperor Kangxi's three moves.

Seeing Jiang Ranli walking back from outside, Dong E's eyes were filled with jealousy. In her opinion, it was all because of Jiang Ranli that she was in such an embarrassing situation. If Jiang Ranli's chess skills were worse, she would not be inferior to her.

Jiang Ranli did not miss the jealousy in Dong E's eyes, and a barely visible cold arrow curled up at the corner of her lips. If she could speak without caring about the consequences, she would definitely say, "When you steal something from someone else, you should first consider your own weight."

When returning from the palace, Jiang Ranli and Dong E rode in the same carriage, while little Rouqiu was taken by Sidai and Qiudie and sat in another carriage.

Of course, this arrangement was made by Dong E, and Jiang Ranli had no way of refusing, so he had to ride in the same carriage with her.

"Sister, your chess skills are really good. The emperor praised you highly and gave you so many gifts. I am really happy for you." Dong E's words were soft and it seemed as if she was sincerely congratulating Jiang Ranli.

But Jiang Ranli was not a fool. He was unmoved by her words and just replied calmly, "Thank you, Madam."

Seeing that she was not enthusiastic about her topic, Dong E said again, "Our Guoguo is meeting the emperor for the first time today. I didn't expect that she could perform so well at such a young age and she didn't grow up in the capital. It was really unexpected. You see, the emperor and mother both like her very much."

This time, Jiang Ranli smiled. No matter whether Dong E's praise for little Rouqiu was sincere or insincere, for her, it was a happy thing for her child to be praised by others. What's more, little Rouqiu's performance today was indeed good, although those performances were just because of the fearlessness of a newborn calf.

"Sister, have you ever blamed me?" Dong E suddenly said.

After hearing this, Jiang Ranli was stunned. She didn't expect that after doing so many little tricks, Dong E could still ask her so calmly if she blamed her.

How thick-skinned is this person?

"What does Fu Jin want to say?" After calming down, Jiang Ranli looked at Dong E who had a friendly face.

"Just now in the palace, I saw that you and the emperor were both excellent at chess, so I wanted to try it too. I don't have any other ideas. You won't blame me, right?" Dong E looked distressed, as if she was really worried that Jiang Ranli would blame her.

Blame her?

Jiang Ranli raised her eyebrows calmly. She didn't blame her, she just hated her.