Strategy for the Male Protagonist
After drinking tea at the Regent's Palace, Lin Yan suddenly became interested and played a few games of chess with Song Yizhou, but was completely defeated.
Lin Yan: “…”
After all these years, her chess skills are still so bad.
Song Yizhou smiled and praised, "Don't be discouraged, Ah Yan's chess skills have improved a lot." He didn't dare to give up the game, because Ah Yan would be able to see it at once, and then he would just take away his anger and be done with it.
After having dinner at the Regent's Palace, Song Yizhou tentatively asked, "When will Lin Yi return to Beijing?"
Lin Yan drank a mouthful of soup and said, "That guy and Miss Tang are newlyweds, and he can't wait to take Miss Tang to every corner of Nanshan. I'm afraid it will take more than half a month."
Song Yizhou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It would only take about half a month.
"Didn't Lin Yi send you a message? You are his superior after all. Shouldn't you urge him to come back to take up his post?" Lin Yan looked at him suspiciously.
Song Yizhou's expression froze for a moment, "He just got married, there's no rush."
Song Yizhou hoped that Lin Yi would come back later. The later Lin Yi came back, the more often Ah Yan could come to the mansion for dinner.
Lin Yi, who was propping up his head on Nanshan Mountain and looking at Tang Yuelin who was playing the zither with a smile in his eyes, said: "A-choo!"
The next morning, Zhong Ningning was standing at the gate of the academy. Seeing Lin Yan coming, she hurriedly pulled her aside and asked, "I heard that Miao Zhi from Class A was expelled from the academy. Was it your sister who did it?"
Lin Yan was surprised that Song Yizhou had done it so quickly, and then nodded Zhong Ningning's head: "You are still so gossipy, I asked Azhou to do it."
Zhong Ningning has been trying to change the way she addresses Song Yizhou. On the one hand, she is used to it, but on the other hand, Song Yizhou's current identity makes her a little scared. "Thank you, brother. Miao Zhi's matter spread throughout the academy early in the morning. She is so vicious. A Yue is so miserable."
Then he asked worriedly: "How is Ayue? The water is so cold, she must be sick."
"It should be fine after a few days of rest." Lin Yan felt a headache after listening to Zhong Ningning's chattering early in the morning, so he quickly sent her away:
"Okay, let's go to class."
This afternoon, Lin Yan was teaching in Class C. In Aning's class, she asked the students to have a Cuju competition as usual.
With yesterday's experience, Lin Yan watched very closely and the class went very smoothly.
With so much going on lately, Lin Yan paid less attention to Zhong Yuxi. As always, there was a glowing frame above her head, with Aning's name written on the side. The green stripes filled two squares, which was three less than when they first met.
The frame changed again, the grid became zero, and the name of the stream was written on the side.
Lin Yan still hasn't fully understood the frame on Zhong Yuxi's head. It only appears when Zhong Yuxi stands with Aning Xishui and the others.
Lin Yan couldn't keep an eye on Zhong Yuxi all the time. Since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't pursue it any further. He would find out eventually.
Zhong Yuxi was not in a very good mood. As to why, it all started some time ago.
Ever since the princess was assassinated in March, nothing she wanted to do has ever happened as she wished. Seeing that the progress bar of Zhong Ningning's luck value was decreasing instead of increasing, Zhong Yuxi could no longer sit still.
Zhong Ningning's luck value could not be stolen, and Zhong Yuxi was extremely bored all day long, especially when she saw Zhong Ningning being carefree and happy every day. Zhong Yuxi was even more annoyed and jealous. She thought that just because Zhong Ningning was the heroine, God favored her and she could get everything.
A few days ago, when she saw Song Jing coming to the academy, Zhong Yuxi didn't think anything of it at first. She was also curious and secretly took a look at the male protagonist in the book. He was so handsome that it made people crazy. She thought at that time that he was worthy of being the male protagonist. His identity, background and appearance were one in a million.
Zhong Yuxi worked tirelessly every day trying to conquer the people around Zhong Ningning, but she gained very little. Finally, she calmed down and thought to herself: "I have such a big advantage. Knowing the fate of many people later, I don't believe that I can't replace Zhong Ningning."
"Who says the hero must like the heroine? If I make the hero fall in love with me, then I can replace the heroine, right?" This thought popped up in Zhong Yuxi's mind. She could actually steal some of the hero's luck, but the hero was protected by the true dragon energy of this world, so it would be extremely difficult to steal even a little bit.
At the beginning, Zhong Yuxi's idea was to steal all of Zhong Ningning's luck and then use the villain to bring down the male protagonist. With all the luck of the female protagonist, she could have whatever she wanted in this world.
As for why Zhong Yuxi didn't think of directly attacking the male protagonist at the beginning, one reason was that the male protagonist was in the palace and she couldn't contact him, while Zhong Ningning was right next to her and had many ways to steal her luck.
Secondly, after seeing the beautiful love story between Zhong Ningning and Song Jing, Zhong Yuxi felt uncomfortable and would not set her sights on Song Jing. Besides, the villain in the novel almost brought down the hero. Maybe with her support, the villain could defeat the hero.
Now Zhong Yuxi has changed her mind. For some reason, she can't steal any of Zhong Ningning's luck, and her plans keep failing. She is becoming more and more anxious. Now is the best time to contact the male protagonist Song Jing, so Zhong Yuxi changed her strategy and she wants to conquer the male protagonist.
In the book, Zhong Yuxi knew exactly how Zhong Ningning and Song Jing fell in love and got to know each other. Since Song Jing liked Zhong Ningning's carefree personality and kindness and bravery, Zhong Yuxi pretended to be like this to get close to Song Jing.
According to Zhong Yuxi's observation, Zhong Ningning had no contact with Song Jing at this time, so she planned to take the initiative and win over Song Jing before Song Jing fell in love with Zhong Ningning.
Song Jing was sitting in the study of the imperial palace, looking at the memorials with a look of deep hatred. Suddenly he felt a cold wind blowing past him, "Why do I feel so chilly?"
The eunuch Xiaoguanzi standing by asked worriedly: "Your Majesty has caught a cold. You should call the imperial physician."
Song Jing waved his hand and said, "I'm in good health. I just feel like something is targeting me and wants to harm me."
The little steward smiled and said, "Your Majesty, there are so many people guarding you. No one who wants to harm you will succeed. His Royal Highness the Regent will always protect Your Majesty."
Song Jing nodded in agreement.
One day, Song Jing sneaked away from the academy after school, shook off the guards who followed him, and ran to a restaurant mentioned by his classmates. The restaurant was most famous for its roast chicken, which he had been thinking about for a long time, and today he finally found a chance to run away.
The secret guard who followed Song Jing in the dark said, "Your Majesty is so naive. He really thought he could escape. If Your Highness had not nodded, he would have been caught back long ago."
Song Jing went straight to the restaurant to buy roast chicken, sat down and shouted: "Boss, give me a roast chicken and a jar of wine."
Shopkeeper: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment, it will be delivered to you right away."
Song Jing had no access to these things in the palace, but this time he could finally eat them. Looking at the roast chicken brought by the waiter, his eyes lit up.
The guests nearby were also surprised to see this. This young man had an air of nobility in his demeanor and the clothes he wore were also very valuable. It was obvious that he was a well-fed young master at home, yet he showed such an expression towards a chicken.
After finishing the roast chicken, Song Jing was very satisfied and said, "Xiao Guanzi, check out."
“…” There was complete silence.
Song Jing realized the seriousness of the matter. Whenever he sneaked out of the palace in the past, he was always accompanied by the little steward. Of course, he was not needed to settle the bill. However, the little steward was in the palace, so who would pay the bill for him?
At this time, the waiter of the restaurant came over and asked Song Jing if he wanted to pay the bill. Song Jing scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I'm in a hurry to go out. Can I buy on credit?"
The waiter's face changed instantly when he heard this. Song Jing had never been here before and looked unfamiliar. He felt that this man was suspected of defaulting on his debt and shouted, "No, young man, you look well-dressed. Do you want to buy on credit?"
When the people around heard it, they looked over and looked at Song Jing with contempt.
Song Jing stopped the waiter from continuing and whispered, "I really forgot to bring the money. You wait here, I'll be back soon."
This is just an ordinary restaurant, and the people around are ordinary people. They can't recognize the material of Song Jing's clothes, and the waiter naturally can't recognize it either. He just thinks that Song Jing wants to shirk his debt.
Just as the shadow guards in the dark were about to come out to settle the bill for their careless Majesty, a female voice was heard: "This is my friend, I'm paying for him."
Song Jing turned his head when he heard this and thought for a moment in confusion: "When did I get to know such a person?"
After the waiter took the silver from Zhong Yuxi's hand, he smiled and said thank you: "Thank you, dear guest", then looked at Song Jing with contempt.
Song Jing: "...even more embarrassing."
If Lin Yan was here at this moment, he would definitely be able to hear Zhong Yuxi's inner voice: "I chose to appear at this time specifically. The male protagonist must be so touched now."
Song Jing left the restaurant and bowed to Zhong Yuxi: "Thank you for your help, young lady. I will go back and return the money to you immediately."
Zhong Yuxi put her hair aside out of habit, but then she thought about what Zhong Ningning would do when facing Song Jing, so she immediately put her hand down and pretended to be nonchalant: "What's the big deal? It's just a piece of cake."
The corners of Song Jing's mouth twitched slightly, and he controlled himself very politely to hold back his smile. Zhong Yuxi thought that he looked like Zhong Ningning now, and would definitely be able to charm Song Jing to death.
After all, in the novel, Song Jing fell in love with Zhong Ningning at first sight. Zhong Yuxi is now dressed up as the person Song Jing dressed up to be on the day he fell in love with Zhong Ningning. She doesn't believe that Song Jing won't like her.
Unfortunately, Zhong Yuxi didn't know that she was now wearing the pink color that Zhong Ningning liked, and had a pink hairpin on her head, but her skin was darker than Zhong Ningning's, and the outfit looked very discordant with her. Coupled with her funny acting skills, she looked very weird in front of others.
Fortunately, the guard who had been thrown away found Song Jing. After Song Jing returned the silver to Zhong Yuxi, he thanked her and left.
Zhong Yuxi thought she had left a good impression on Song Jing, and in the following days she stayed at Chongming Academy every day to improve her impression of him, but every time Song Jing left before she could say anything.
Of course Song Jing saw her. He had been wondering why this person always appeared in front of him these days and why she looked at him strangely.
One day, after school, Song Jing ran to the Regent's Palace and happened to run into Song Yizhou and Lin Yan having dinner.
Song Jing didn't dare to look into the emperor's uncle's eyes. Based on his understanding of the emperor's uncle, it would be a very unwise choice to disturb him and Miss Lin's meal at this moment.
But since he was already there, Song Jing gritted his teeth and sat down to have dinner with his uncle.
"This soup is good," Song Jing laughed and made small talk.
Although Song Yizhou did not show his dissatisfaction with Song Jing for interrupting him and A'an's meal on his face, he was already annoyed in his heart and asked: "What do you want from me? Have you finished your homework?"
"Homework is not important. The most important thing now is that I'm being pestered by a woman." Song Jing told Zhong Yuxi about her strange behavior recently. "Uncle, do you think that person has any other conspiracy? But she is a girl from the boudoir, and I'm afraid I've misunderstood."
"You just said that the woman's surname was Zhong," Lin Yan asked.
Song Jing nodded and said, "That woman is the second lady of the Zhong family."
Lin Yan frowned and thought: "Why is she obsessed with Song Jing? Is Song Jing an important character in the storybook?"
"Is there any way I can get rid of this person?" Song Jing looked at Lin Yan expectantly.
"Just ignore her. I guess she won't bother you after a while," Lin Yan replied. If her guess was correct, Song Jing was probably like a stream, and Zhong Yuxi wanted to increase the number of green stripes on her head.
Unfortunately, Lin Yan guessed wrong. While watching the Cuju competition of Class C, she heard Zhong Ningning complaining in her heart: "The male lead is too difficult to deal with. I've worked so hard for so long, but there's no effect. That damn Song Jing is just a piece of wood. I can't deal with him at all."
Lin Yan was just about to beat the drum to end the competition when he heard these words. He stumbled and doubted his ears: "The male lead is Song Jing!"
With a doubtful attitude towards life, Lin Yan struck the gongs and drums to end the competition. He pulled Zhong Ningning aside and asked her: "Have you seen Song...uh, Xie Jing again after falling into the academy next door?"
Zhong Ningning hugged her face and said, "Sister, please don't mention this. It's embarrassing when I think about what I did that day. I wish I had never seen Xie Jing."
Lin Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Secretly, she didn't want Aning and Song Jing to be together. But when she thought about it carefully, Song Jing's personality was quite similar to Aning's. A Zhou said that Song Jing had been a naughty boy since he was a child, with a simple mind and loved to play. If you ignore other things, the two of them would be a good match.
The premise is that Song Jing is not the emperor. Even though Song Jing is simple and not good at scheming now, it is because he has A Zhou to support him and he does not have to face those dark sides.
But one day, Azhou will let go. Song Jing must become a qualified emperor. Since ancient times, emperors have been ruthless, and with three thousand beauties in the harem, the feelings of youth will inevitably be worn away.
Lin Yan thought about this, then looked at Zhong Ningning and thought about the embarrassing scene that day. He shook his head helplessly. Now Song Jing and An Ning didn't know each other, so he was still thinking too far ahead.
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