The emperor was confused: What is mahjong? Why do we play mahjong? What does "three missing one" mean? And when did Xiang Hua become so familiar with Concubine Gua?
The queen's eyes lit up and she became excited.
The last time Xiang Hua came to the palace, she taught them how to play mahjong. As soon as they learned it, Xiang Hua went back to sleep.
After Xiang Hua left, they often got together to play mahjong. Now that she has become very skilled, she has never found a chance to compete with Xiang Hua.
"My dear Xiang, count me in, count me in."
The Queen Mother rushed to Xiang Hua immediately, holding her hand and begging, and Shang Zhitou also rushed over.
"Master Xiang, count me in, I want to play too."
Xiang Hua looked at the Queen, a woman with money, and said, "My Queen, please don't cry if you lose money later."
The queen nodded and swore an oath in a serious manner.
This was done, Xiang Hua turned to look at Shang Zhitou, "My Lady... do you have money?"
She had heard that Shang Zhitou was living a miserable life in the palace, eating only coarse food.
"Yes, yes, yes. My father just sent me some money." Shang Zhitou's eyes were shining and he was extremely excited.
Xiang Hua smiled and said, "That's good. Now we are really short of one person."
When the concubine in the room heard that one person was missing, she quickly put away the white silk and gave up the idea of hanging herself.
There is no such thing as playing mahjong when you hang yourself. There is no such thing as playing mahjong when you are a man. You can’t play mahjong when you are dead. What a pity.
She would never give up the opportunity to play mahjong for a man.
Just like that, the concubine who was hanging on for life just now, now ran out refreshed.
"I'm coming, I'm coming, hurry up and do it!"
When the emperor saw Concubine Gua coming out, he took her hand and began to show his affection.
"Hang on, you scared me to death just now, it's my fault, next time I will take a shower before I come to see you, so that you won't smell the queen's perfume."
Princess Gua agreed perfunctorily, "Oh oh oh, I see."
Then he shook off the emperor's hand and pulled Xiang Hua to ask, "We are short of one, who else is there?"
Xianghua pointed at the Queen and the monk branch. The Queen and Concubine Gua looked at each other, and then the three of them held hands intimately.
"Go, go, go, sister, hurry up."
"Okay, okay, my sister's neck is okay."
The emperor looked at the three sisters and was puzzled. "My dear Xiang, they... weren't they jealous of me just now? The concubine was still trying to make a fuss about it, how come they suddenly became good sisters now?"
Xiang Hua smiled mysteriously, "Your Majesty, don't try to guess what a woman is thinking. You will never be able to guess it. Anyway, they are reconciled now, isn't that good?"
The emperor nodded as if he understood, but he vaguely felt that he had lost something important.
His feeling was right. In the future, the concubines in the harem would collectively become addicted to playing mahjong, and would even give up palace fighting, jealousy, and even be too lazy to pay attention to the emperor.
The emperor will lose his supreme position in the harem and become the man who prevents them from playing mahjong.
The emperor felt very uncomfortable when he saw the backs of the three women running very fast.
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The Queen's bedroom.
Snacks were ready, and four women were sitting at a large table, with a table next to them filled with gold, silver and jewelry.
All irrelevant people were sent away, leaving only a few personal maids to serve.
Xiang Hua picked up the mahjong and looked at it carefully. "Empress, did you ask someone to make this mahjong?"
The last time they played mahjong, the mahjong was carved out of wood by Xiang Hua and the Third Prince.
The queen looked very proud, "Yes, I asked someone to carve it with Hetian jade, it feels very smooth."
Xiang Hua touched it and gave a thumbs up, "The Queen is really rich."
This piece of Hetian jade is worth a lot of money. This set of mahjong is made entirely of Hetian jade, even the dice.
Shang Zhitou looked at the card-playing supplies stored on the Queen's table, which were full of money.
Concubine Gua also took out a lot of silver, and Shang Zhitou also took out a lot of her family property, but Xiang Hua didn't take out a penny.
The three of them stared at her at the same time, and the queen asked, "My dear Xiang, where is your money? You don't want to play without money, do you?"
"Yes, you can't cheat us." Princess Gua added.
"We don't accept credit here." Shang Zhitou curled his lips.
The first rule of survival in the harem is to have money. Without money, nothing will work.
Xiang Hua patted his chest and said, "How could I not bring money? Even if I have ten thousand guts, I would not dare to cheat you ladies."
She was telling the truth. She could deceive the emperor and all the civil and military officials, but she could not deceive the concubines in the harem.
Because women all hold grudges, especially women love to hold grudges against other women.
Under everyone's suspicious gaze, Xiang Hua slowly took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket.
The Queen was puzzled, "You... the money you brought is these melon seeds?"
Gua Fei felt very proud, "No way, big sister, aren't you framing us?"
Shang Zhitou was confused, "Are we going to win money or melon seeds? How come I don't know when the rules changed?"
The queen glared at her with a look of disappointment, "Sister, you are so silly and cute. Xiang Hua is clearly trying to trick us."
Faced with the siege of three women, Xiang Hua took his time and took out all the melon seeds in his pocket.
"Empress, Consort, and Branch Lady, these melon seeds are for everyone to eat."
As she said this, she divided the melon seeds equally among the three of them, and even gave some extra to the Queen.
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