Chapter 50 Care
Song Zijin said "Oh" and urged him to make his move quickly.
"Your Highness, please be careful. Don't make a wrong move and lose the whole game!"
Every step is in her plan, the prince is bound to lose this game!
She smiled cunningly, her little thoughts written all over her face. It was impossible for Xiao Linyuan not to understand. She was so cute that his heart melted.
It's okay if he loses every game...
In her eager anticipation, he left the black piece in an inexplicable position.
Song Zijin was overjoyed. With lightning speed, he picked up a white piece and placed it on the ground. "Your Highness, you lose!"
Xiao Linyuan's chest vibrated and he made a happy sound, "Well, you are amazing."
"I have memorized this chess game for a long time!" Song Zijin said proudly.
But think about it, the day when Wen Yan was given the chess record was the beginning of his gradual transformation.
Before this, the only things they did for fun were climbing trees to rob bird nests and scooping up mud from the river.
Suddenly one day Wen Yan brought a simple chessboard and said he wanted to teach her how to play chess.
Of course she didn't want to. Her mother never forced her to learn music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. In her opinion, women didn't have to know these things.
But Wen Yan said, "My wife must be able to stand in the upper class. She doesn't have to be proficient in all arts, but she must be the best among women in at least one of them."
Song Zijin still remembers Wen Yan's expression when he said this. His face was as red as an apple. She found it funny and couldn't help but reach out and poke him.
"Which girl has Brother Yan taken a fancy to?"
Wen Yan pushed her fingers away, his fair face filled with seriousness. "From now on, you must not play around with me like this regardless of the occasion. This behavior is not elegant and dignified. You will be bullied when you interact with other ladies after you get married."
Song Zijin pouted and said, "I won't get married!"
"Nonsense! How can a woman not get married?"
"Well, I want to marry a man who doesn't require me to go out and socialize."
Wen Yan sighed, "A good man must take the imperial examination. Don't be childish."
It was on that day that Wen Yan forced her to memorize the chess game.
After so many years, she was still a little impressed by her memory, as she could still reproduce it.
At the same time, I felt sad because I had said that I would never marry, but I ended up marrying a scumbag that I would never see again in a century.
Wen Yan wanted to marry a well-educated and well-mannered woman back then, but now he hasn't even settled on a marriage.
Xiao Linyuan didn't know why she was happy at one moment and depressed at the other. Was she thinking about Wen Yan?
There is a dull pain between the eyebrows.
After putting away the chess pieces on the board one by one, he coaxed Song Zijin to play another game.
This time he simply gave in to her. As long as she devoted herself to the chessboard, she would not think about unimportant people and things.
After three games, Song Zijin was no longer willing to give up.
She has only memorized three chess manuals.
Xiao Linyuan guessed it and simply added: "I have nothing to do, so you can play chess with me to relieve my boredom. I will give you ten taels of silver per game. If you win, I will give you an extra twenty taels. How about that?"
"Hmm?" Song Zijin's eyes widened. So generous?
Humph, then she can just try to earn thirty or fifty taels, it won’t be enough to take all his money, right?
Because she was so absorbed in playing chess, she had no time to scratch herself.
A day passed quickly. After drinking the medicine, she fell asleep happily holding the three hundred taels of silver.
It's another beautiful day.
Only after hearing her steady breathing from afar did Xiao Linyuan lift the beaded curtain and walk into the bedroom. He took off his outer clothes and lay down beside her, just like he did yesterday.
She is still a patient and needs his care.
He told himself this.
——
The next day, when Song Zijin woke up, he felt refreshed.
She had eaten too many rare medicinal herbs from the Divine Doctor Valley since she was a child. Those were good things that even the old valley master was reluctant to eat, so her blood was immune to all poisons.
Not only that, she rarely gets sick, and the only unexpected illness she gets is eating the wrong thing like this time.
Blood can cure all kinds of poisons, and its natural recovery ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people.
But because the skin is too white and tender, there are still a few red marks left.
Xiao Linyuan refused to let her go out to get some fresh air today.
Finally, he had to bring up Luo Qingtang and said, "If you don't go out today and rest for a day, I can arrange for someone to send a letter to your mother."
When Song Zijin heard this, he quickly agreed.
Xiao Linyuan gave her the desk in the outer room, and moved a small couch over, concentrating on peeling a pear.
The slender fingers held the silver knife, and the fruit peel formed a perfect arc and fell into the celadon plate.
"Liao Yan said that pear soup moisturizes the lungs. I will make it for you myself later." He looked up at her with a gentle gaze.
Song Zijin didn't respond, she was writing furiously.
In the past, he only thought that women holding silver spears and looking heroic were beautiful. Now he realized that it was more beautiful to see a beauty sitting at a desk, holding a pen in her slender hands, with her brows lowered and her expression focused.
At this moment, she was completely immersed in her own world, occasionally frowning slightly, then relaxing her brows after a moment, with a gentle smile appearing at the corners of her lips.
The sudden knock on the door interrupted Xiao Linyuan's good mood of admiring the beauty.
"Enter."
Chunsheng pushed open the door and Chen Zhuo strode in.
The first person he saw was Song Zijin, who was sitting at the desk and writing a letter.
And the great general who assisted the country was squeezed on the small couch like a young wife...
Who would believe this if I told them?
Song Zijin stood up and said, "Greetings, General Shen!"
Without waiting for Chen Zhuo to return the greeting, Xiao Linyuan walked to Song Zijin like the wind, put his hands on her shoulders and pushed her to sit on the armchair.
"You won't have to salute him anymore."
Then he looked up at Chen Zhuo and said, "You brought too many things. I haven't had time to read them all. There's no need to rush to get them."
Chen Zhuo's eyes darkened——
You're just busy trying to please people and not doing your real work, right?
Song Zijin was stunned. Was it because she lived in the main house and took over his job that he failed to finish his important work?
But then he thought again, it was because he wanted to be lazy yesterday that he spent money to hire her to play chess with him to relieve his boredom, so he couldn't blame her.
Thinking this way, she no longer felt guilty and sat down to continue writing the letter with peace of mind.
Xiao Linyuan was very "sensible" and stepped two steps away from the desk, not even looking at the letter.
"Why don't you leave?" He openly ordered them to leave.
The corners of Chen Zhuo's mouth twitched. What does it mean to forget friends for the sake of beauty?
Several good friends in the army often get together to drink and relieve boredom. Getting married and having children is a topic that every man cannot avoid.
Several people often bet on who can get married first and who can have a child first, but no matter how they bet, Xiao Linyuan is always the last one.
Because everyone knows that Xiao Linyuan likes women who are heroic and have matching abilities.
But looking at Dali as a whole, few wealthy families are willing to train their daughters in martial arts, especially in the capital, where all the women are weak and fragile.
Who doesn’t care about matching social status?
Especially for wealthy families, it is more particular. Girls from ordinary families can only be taken in as concubines. It is harder than climbing to the sky to become the wife.
Therefore, everyone has always believed that Xiao Linyuan's marriage would be difficult to succeed.
Who would have thought, guys!
The prince was the first one to fall in love!
It's a pity that this woman's identity...
Xiao Linyuan glanced at Chen Zhuo's red clothes and said disdainfully, "You dress like a peacock all day long. The food in my courtyard is not as good as that in Tingtao Courtyard. Don't eat here for free."
Chen Zhuo: Is the food bad? Are you worried that I'll delay your romance, Your Highness?
He has been wearing red clothes for many years, why didn’t he say it before!
"Ahem, Your Majesty, I have something important to do."
"Oh? Did you go to the Xiao Mansion to arrest someone?"
Hearing the name of Xiao Mansion, Song Zijin quickly pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.
Then Shen Zhuo said meaningfully, "It's not about spies. It's the Qiwu Kingdom that sent people to pay tribute."
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