Chapter 130: Playing Chess, Xu Zhao is Not Good Enough
"Heh, hypocrisy." Even though the two were not far away, they were at least an arm's length away. Otherwise, Su Yao would definitely touch Xu Zhao's forehead with her nails dyed red by the marigold.
"Your Majesty's body was actually destroyed by the poison many years ago. It was only after he took good care of himself that he recovered a lot. But during that time, he took medicine all the time. I just added some tonic medicine to it."
Although it was said to be a tonic, Xu Zhao knew very well that there might be conflicts between the properties of some medicines. It was possible that the imperial concubine had done something fishy here.
"As for the fact that after Your Majesty was no longer able to have children, I discovered that someone was pregnant again, confusing the royal bloodline. She should be executed!" Su Yao's words were decisive and forceful.
Xu Zhao now understood everything. No wonder Su Yao, the favorite concubine, had a reputation in history of beating and killing palace concubines and harming her offspring.
To put it bluntly, she herself doesn't care about her own reputation, so who in the future will care?
Already knowing the whole cause and effect, Xu Zhao concluded that Su Yao had been with Emperor Zhaohe for many years and did not want Qinghe to repeat the same mistake, so he made him the only prince in the harem.
As for the relationship between Emperor Showa and Shen Yu, if Emperor Showa cannot let go, it will stand between the brothers for the rest of their lives, and they will fight to the death.
Far away in the Taiji Palace, Shen Yu and Emperor Showa were sitting face to face playing chess.
This was the second time in all these years that the two brothers sat together to play chess. The last time was the night before Emperor Showa ascended the throne, when Chen Yu was dragged into playing chess all night long.
Emperor Showa placed the white piece on the chessboard, and Chen Yu followed with the black piece, and the two of them went back and forth.
"I heard that you brought back a woman from the border and brought her to the palace to attend the banquet today." The seemingly casual questions were all tests.
As Chen Yu spoke, his hands continued to make moves, "Originally she was not going to come, but the Imperial Concubine and Qinghe both invited her, so she couldn't refuse and came to the palace to attend the New Year's Eve banquet."
"Oh?" Since even the Imperial Concubine was invited, Emperor Showa was even more curious about the origins of this woman. "Is there anything extraordinary about this woman that could win the Imperial Concubine's favor?"
When Chen Yu thought about how Xu Zhao was tricked into the palace by him using the imperial chef to attend the banquet, he couldn't help but chuckle, "Zhaoxi is just an ordinary woman. She just took good care of Qinghe when she was at the border, and the imperial concubine just wanted to thank her."
Emperor Zhaohe paused holding his son's hand, which was suspended in mid-air. After thinking for a few breaths, he dropped his son's hand. "I heard that the imperial concubine has already sent a set of headgear. It seems that the imperial concubine you mentioned has a deep heart for the imperial concubine. Now she has summoned someone to the palace to chat. I think she must be an extraordinary woman."
"My Royal Brother, you are joking. Chaoxi is just an ordinary country girl. The Imperial Concubine has lived in the palace for a long time. I think she is very curious about the things in the countryside, so she called Chaoxi over to talk."
While Chen Yu was speaking, his hands did not stop at all, and he made moves very quickly, as if he knew where Emperor Showa would make his move.
"You, you," Emperor Showa felt a little unhappy, but he didn't show it at all, still smiling: "If you really like it, you can take her into your house."
Although Emperor Zhaohe promised Chen Yu the freedom to marry, he was the emperor. If he said that Xu Zhao was not worthy of the throne, then he was not worthy of it.
However, he did not say that Xu Zhao was not worthy of him at the time, he simply used the word "accept".
Chen Yu did not refute, but used the example of Emperor Zhaohe himself, "The Imperial Concubine and the Emperor have had a long-term relationship. Doesn't the Emperor also want to make the Imperial Concubine the Queen?"
If the court officials had not disapproved and Su Yao had not been unwilling, she would probably have taken this position long ago.
Su Yao’s situation is exactly the same as Xu Zhao’s.
Perhaps he had touched Emperor Showa's sore spot, he threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess basket, "Forget it, what's most important is that you like it."
Chen Yu knew that he could only like her but could not marry her in this life, so he assured Emperor Zhaohe: "You don't have to worry about marriage. I asked you to marry freely because I didn't want to get married."
Emperor Showa stared at the chessboard and thought, without rushing to make a move. Only he knew whether he was thinking about the chess game or Shen Yu's words.
After Chen Yu finished playing the last black piece, he put the remaining black pieces aside and said, "I am not good at chess, but my brother is better. I accept the defeat sincerely."
Emperor Showa put the white pieces on the chessboard into the chess basket one by one. The chess pieces collided and made a tinkling sound, which was not unpleasant but pleasant to the ear.
"Wu Jue, you are too modest. After all these years, your chess style has not changed at all." They had played chess for a whole night ten years ago.
I still remember that Chen Yu lost the whole night that day, just like today's chess game.
But Emperor Showa is not stupid, and the reason he was able to win was just a chess game carefully designed by Shen Yu.
Shen Yu deliberately let himself win.
Such a chess game was boring. "Eunuch Chen." Emperor Showa called out softly to Eunuch Chen who was serving beside him.
"The servant is here."
"Go and fetch me the pair of white jade mandarin duck pendants I just got."
Eunuch Chen quickly came over with a box in his hands and opened the lid.
In the box lay a pair of palm-sized jade pendants, which were carved from the finest Hetian jade. They were decorated with scenes of mandarin ducks playing in the water. The jade was as smooth as mutton fat, and it was obvious at first glance that they were not ordinary items.
Emperor Showa tapped the table, and Eunuch Chen understood and placed the box on the table.
"If you can defeat me, I will give you this jade pendant."
This jade pendant originally came in a pair, so it would be most appropriate for each person to have one. I gave it to Chen Yu, and it was up to him to decide how to deal with it.
Chen Yu believed that Xu Zhao would be delighted to see such a fine jade pendant.
Besides, he lost to his royal brother every time. I'm afraid his royal brother already knew that he was giving in and just wanted to use this to force him.
Chen Yu raised his hand and closed the box. "Thank you for your kindness, brother. Unfortunately, I am not good at chess, so I am afraid I can't get the jade pendant. Brother, please take it back."
Emperor Showa didn't expect Chen Yu to give in directly, "How do you know you can't do it if you don't try?"
"Your Majesty, you are joking. My chess skills have not improved at all over the years. I still lost to you. What else is there to try? Only you don't mind me playing chess with you for so long."
"Never mind, since it's already been taken out, just accept it."
Emperor Showa pushed the box on the table a little towards Shen Yu.
"Then I would like to thank you for your love."
There was something mysterious in what the two brothers said, and Shen Yu did not dare to take it lightly.
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"I have told you everything you wanted to know. Now it's your turn." Su Yao pointed at the secret letter that was casually thrown on the table with her red fingernails.
After talking so much, Su Yao was almost tired. If she wasn't still waiting for Xu Zhao to give her an answer, she would have gone into the inner room to rest long ago.
Xu Zhao: "My Lady, what if I ask Qinghe to go to Zhongjin?"
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