Chapter 146 This is the fun prepared by Mr. Song
Everyone looked up and saw Song Yunchu walking into the hall, followed by Manager Li who was holding an iron box in his hand.
Everyone looked at the iron box, and their hearts tightened inexplicably.
Three days ago, when Manager Li brought scriptures to them, he also used this kind of box.
Did he bring new scriptures for them to copy today?
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but look grim.
Fortunately, Manager Li dispelled their concerns as soon as he opened his mouth.
"You ladies have worked hard these past three days. His Majesty originally wanted you to copy the scriptures a hundred times, but Lord Song once went to Qingyun Temple to burn incense and communicated with the abbot. It turns out that these Buddhist scriptures can only be copied by people who understand the profound meanings. You ladies rarely listen to Buddhist teachings, so copying them probably won't help. His Majesty said that he would take these scriptures to the concubines who have been worshipping Buddha for a long time, so you four don't have to copy them anymore."
The four concubines were as if they had been pardoned when they heard this.
Zhenfei immediately threw down the pen in her hand and rubbed her sore arm.
She said, what's the point of copying scriptures for people like them who don't respect Buddha and are not pious.
This time they really have to thank Mr. Song. If he hadn't pointed out His Majesty's mistake, they might have had to copy for many more days.
Concubine Li looked at the box in Li Zongguan's hand with curiosity, "Since we don't need to copy the scriptures anymore, what's in this box...?"
Upon hearing this, Chief Steward Li dismissed all the servants in the palace and said mysteriously, "This is the fun that Lord Song prepared for the four of you."
"You ladies have probably never seen this thing. Allow me to explain it to you."
There were ready-made tables and chairs in the hall, so Song Yunchu opened the box in front of everyone and poured out all the cards inside.
"This is called Mahjong in my hometown. Four people sit at a table and take turns to play cards in order. It's very interesting. The ladies are usually bored and this deck of cards can be used to relieve boredom."
"Mahjong?" Concubine Zhen walked to the table, took a closer look, and then frowned slightly, "Why does this thing look so much like Pai Gow? Lord Song, you know that playing this kind of thing in the palace is against palace rules."
"How does Concubine Zhen know that this thing looks like Pai Gow?" Song Yunchu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Have you ever been to a gambling house?"
Seeing the inquiry in her eyes, Concubine Zhen realized that she had spoken too quickly and quickly retorted, "Don't talk nonsense! How could I go to that kind of place? I just... saw someone playing in the palace, and those people were punished."
When she was young and ignorant, she had indeed sneaked out of the house and went to a gambling house with her cousin. When she returned, she was punished by her father to kneel down.
Gambling is prohibited in the palace, so of course she knew that these things could not be played, and she would not even think about playing them.
Song Yunchu dared to bring this deck of cards here, and he was accompanied by Chief Steward Li... This was obviously allowed by His Majesty, but how could His Majesty agree to something that violated palace rules?
"Your Highness, don't worry. As everyone knows, setting up a gambling game requires money. The four of you can play this deck of cards together and just decide on winning or losing. As long as you don't spend money, it's not considered gambling. It's just for fun. There's no need to bear any pressure."
"Even if you don't gamble, it's still not a serious thing." Concubine Zhen snorted and said disapprovingly, "You can play if you want. I'm not interested in this thing."
Did Song Xiang bring this thing here just out of good intentions to entertain them? She always felt that this matter was not that simple.
No matter what, it is inappropriate to bring gambling-like games into the palace.
What's more, this thing requires four people to play together, and she doesn't want to sit at the same table with Concubine Li.
When Song Yunchu saw that Concubine Zhen looked down on mahjong, he was not annoyed, but just looked at the other three people.
As the emperor's spy, Concubine Shu was naturally the first to agree, "Since your majesty has allowed it, I am willing to try."
Concubine Li was also willing to give Song Yunchu some face, so she sat down at the table.
Concubine De had a mild temper and usually interacted with Concubine Shu. After thinking for a moment, she also sat down.
She is really tired of copying scriptures these days. Playing cards is more interesting than copying scriptures, right?
"Since Her Majesty Zhenfei is not interested, you can just watch from the sidelines. I will come first to make up the numbers and explain the rules to you all."
Concubine Zhen turned her head away and was about to leave, but then she changed her mind and thought that Prime Minister Song was trusted by the emperor and had pleaded for her while kneeling a few days ago. Regardless of whether it was out of kindness or not, she had indeed been spared from punishment. If she did not give him any face today and turned around and left, would this Prime Minister Song go to the emperor and speak ill of her?
Forget it, even if she is not interested, she should stay and listen for a while to avoid unnecessary trouble.
But as she listened, she found the way Song Yunchu described to be quite interesting, so she shifted her gaze to the card table.
The others also understood the rules and followed Song Yunchu's instructions to shuffle and stack the cards.
Except for Song Yunchu, all the others were novices, so Song Yunchu naturally won the first few games.
"Thirty thousand."
"bump."
"Seven."
"Two cakes."
Zhen Fei was standing aside, bored, so she walked slowly around the card table and looked at everyone's cards.
When she saw Concubine Li's card, she chuckled, "Sister Concubine Li, your stupidity is really increasing day by day, which surprises me."
This Concubine Li is so stupid... She has good cards in her hand, but she doesn't use her brain when playing them. She can't even understand these few cards.
Concubine Li listened to Concubine Zhen's ridicule and refused to pay any attention to it.
As long as she doesn't say anything, others will just think that the clown behind her is uncultured.
After a long while, Zhen Fei couldn't help but mocked Li Fei again.
"Do you know how to play cards? Why don't you just play this chicken? You've been holding it in your hand for so long, are you going to keep it for making chicken soup?"
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