Chapter 215 Prince Su, unable to contain his emotions, teaches Luo'er to play chess.
Li Qinglu thought to herself: She actually wanted to sleep more...
However, she obediently sat down and then pretended to pick up a white chess piece.
Duan Rongshi pointed to a blank space: "Place a piece."
Li Qingluo: "Huh?"
This was completely different from the method her grandmother had taught her.
Her grandmother only explained the basic rules to her and then gave her a chess book to read on her own.
Li Qingluo can fall asleep in less than ten chess pieces each time.
She felt that writing a few more words or shooting fifty more arrows would give her more energy.
I have absolutely no interest in studying this chess score.
This Prince Su is quite something, he directly taught her how to play chess?
She followed him a few steps, still puzzled.
Rather than saying she was playing chess, it would be more accurate to say she lent Prince Su his hands, following his commands and striking wherever he pointed.
However, he would occasionally chime in with a few words.
Unbeknownst to her, Li Qingluo had actually survived through twenty chess pieces.
Duan Rongshi even pointed to the chessboard and said to her, "Pick up the pieces."
"Can I... pick up the pieces now?"
Li Qingluo instantly became interested and sat up straight.
Her eyes shone brightly; the drowsiness she had felt earlier was completely gone in an instant.
She happily picked up the chess pieces, rubbing her hands together eagerly: "Your Highness, let's continue. What's the next move?"
Duan Rongshi glared at her: "Can't you use your brain?"
Li Qingluo: "Weren't you teaching me? Quick, quick, how should I place the pieces? Here? Here?"
Duan Rongshi: "My next move is to surround you. Think about how you're going to escape?"
The charcoal fire beside them burned quietly and silently.
Li Qingluo's screams soon followed: "So you were deliberately trying to mislead me just now? Just to eat so many of my pieces, right?"
Prince Su: "That's right. Don't forget, I've been helping you take every step of the way."
Therefore, he had complete control of the game, and she was nothing more than a puppet.
Li Qingluo retorted, "I... then you don't need to worry about it, let me do it myself!"
Soon, screams rang out again.
"How could this happen? You've eaten me all again!?"
Duan Rongshi: "Your move is undoubtedly like throwing an egg against a rock. If you had made that move, you might have had a chance to turn the tide."
Li Qingluo was somewhat discouraged.
But she won't admit defeat.
She quickly rallied herself and sat up again: "Your Highness, let's try again!"
The room grew warmer and warmer. Even though Zhuiyu was stamping her feet from the cold, she couldn't shake the smile on her face.
"Your Highness, you haven't been this relaxed for quite some time now because of the Pei family girl's case, have you?"
"How wonderful. With the young lady here, His Highness still remembers to think about meals. He even has the leisure to take the time to teach the young lady a game of chess. Listening to them is so heartwarming."
Leng Dian heard the screams of the Li family girl coming from inside again.
Warm and cozy?
He stared at Zhuiyu with a strange expression. Was he deaf?
Your Highness clearly bullied Miss Li so badly.
However, Leng Dian secretly curled the corners of his lips into a smile.
"You're right. I've never seen His Highness interact with any young lady so easily and naturally before. Perhaps this girl really does have some kind of destiny?"
Zhuiyu: "Hehe. Just you wait and see. It's more than just good fortune; I think she's almost taken root in His Highness's heart."
Leng Dian did not deny it.
At least this Li family girl is now the only exception to His Highness's lonely years.
At midnight, Prince Su held a chess piece and pretended to be thinking.
Li Qingluo, who was on the other side, had been pecking at rice like a chicken for a long time. When she saw that Prince Su was finally willing to think about the battle situation, she quickly propped her head up and tried to close her eyes to rest.
But unexpectedly, after resting for a while, I quickly succumbed to sleep...
Duan Rongshi gently put down the chess piece in his hand.
Seeing that the person opposite him was fast asleep with her head propped up, he couldn't help but prop his chin up as well, quietly watching her sleeping face.
Duan Rongshi knew that this was against etiquette.
If this gets out, her reputation will likely become even worse.
But so what?
She seems to never care about her reputation.
She turned the general's mansion into a complete mess, and drove those who had bullied her to their doom until there was no turning back.
The bad reputation that followed her seemed to be the thing she cared about the least.
Duan Rongshi thought back to his own youth, and realized that he had also gone through the same thing.
He was also the young man in the entire imperial city who cared least about his reputation.
The path to enlightenment can only be traversed by overcoming all obstacles.
Duan Rongshi's usually cold and stern face gradually softened in expression and eyes.
"What exactly happened during those days in the mountains... you won't even mention a word about it."
Do you really think I know nothing?
That morning, he did indeed wake up a few moments before her.
When Duan Rongshi clearly felt a woman clinging to his body, his first reaction was to peel her off and kill her!
But when he looked down and saw her face, he quickly sobered up and calmed down.
After seeing the current situation clearly, he understood that she had brought him to that safe place, and that she might have even saved his life.
Duan Rongshi didn't know what was wrong with him at the time.
Not only did he not push the person off him, he also let her snuggle a few inches closer into his arms.
When he felt the person clinging to him so tightly that even his bones felt soft, his breathing became a little rapid.
Although he has never married or had sexual relations, it is not because he has any physical problems.
However, at this moment he had some extremely shameful reactions.
Duan Rongshi looked away, trying his best to control his breathing, and only then did he feel the tearing pain in his back.
He lowered his head again and reached out to touch Li Qingluo's cheek.
"How exactly did you save me?"
The snow on the cliffs was so thick.
He had thought that once they reached that temporarily safe platform, if she obediently stayed by his side until Zhuiyu and the others found them, she would have done more than enough.
Unexpectedly, she ended up in this cave.
Judging from his current physical condition, Duan Rongshi knew that she must have treated his injuries.
Not only that, but she had stripped him of all his clothes. How did she manage to do that?
"What an incredibly audacious little girl!"
He stared at her for a long time.
It wasn't until he saw her eyes tremble slightly as if she was about to wake up that he felt a panic for the first time, and he closed his eyes first.
Duan Rongshi never did these things in his life.
Pretending to be asleep.
Pretending to be a chess player.
Pretend you don't care about anything.
It's laughable when you think about it.
What else could he possibly care about in this life?
He sighed silently and grasped a strand of her hair that had been blown away by the breeze.
Just then, Li Qingluo's head suddenly slipped from his palm, and as her face was about to fall entirely into the chessboard, Duan Rongshi swiftly intervened—
His large hand gently cradled her soft cheek.
In an instant, an uncontrollable crimson blush spread down the tips of Prince Su's ears.
Another sigh.
When Que'er came in to serve him in the morning, rubbing her eyes, Li Qingluo was already awake and sitting on the bed lost in thought.
"Young lady, you're awake? My grandmother said she arranged to meet you at the Zhenxiu Restaurant at 9:45 AM."
Li Qingluo: "Is Grandmother awake?"
Que'er shook her head: "No. But Doctor Du went to check on her this morning and said that the old lady's poison is much better than yesterday. It's only a matter of time before she wakes up."
Li Qingluo nodded.
"What time did I get back last night?"
How come she remembered playing chess in Prince Su's room the whole time, and when did she fall asleep?
How did she get back?
Li Qingluo looked at Que'er, who pretended to be calm and said, "Miss, have you forgotten? You were so sleepy that you couldn't keep your eyes open, so I had to carry you back!"
Li Qingluo: "Really...?"
She remembered that she couldn't open her eyes for a while, and in her hazy state, she felt like she was being held by someone...
Is it a sparrow?
But how could she say that she carried herself back?
Sparrow hurried over: "Oh, girl, please get up. The mute servants have something to discuss with you!"
Que'er helped Li Qingluo up and dressed her, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief as she turned away.
Her daughter is so shrewd, she knows she can't be fooled!
But last night, when His Highness Prince Su brought the girl back in his own arms, he clearly warned her with his eyes by pointing his finger up, and that stinky guard who chased the rain even made a throat-slitting gesture.
She's having such a hard time!!
That's none other than the God of Slaughter, Yama Su-wang!
It can really kill you.
Sparrow cried in her heart: "Miss, it's not that I'm disloyal to you, but it's better that you don't know about this, otherwise I'll lose my life, sob sob."
The mute servants in Guiyuan were all very friendly and welcoming to Li Qingluo.
I brought her new clothes, new jewelry, and even velvet flowers as soon as I got up in the morning.
Li Qinglu was flattered, but then she saw them gesturing and saying, "Miss, please rest assured that you are wearing these. We sewed them ourselves these past few days."
"And these pieces of jewelry were made by hand in our spare time when we were bored. If you don't mind, you can wear them for fun."
Li Qingluo accepted them all with great gratitude.
"Then thank you all, sisters and nannies."
The mute slaves then smiled and left hand in hand.
Ying'er picked up a hair ornament in surprise: "Is this the style of the Great Chu?"
"And these few velvet flowers are all from the Great Chu style."
Sparrow picked up the clothes and looked at them: "Look, where are these?"
Ying'er was shocked after seeing it: "These clothes are naturally in the style of the Great Chu. Why... why are they all dressed in the style of the Great Chu? Miss, would you wear them?"
Walking so swaggeringly down the street like that would surely attract a lot of attention.
Although these are all very beautiful, and they look like they were made stitch by stitch by them.
Li Qingluo: "Let's leave it for now, we'll wear it when we get back."
However, she took this matter to heart.
They all look like the style of the Great Chu. Could it be that these mute slaves are all people from the Great Chu?
Zhenxiu Restaurant.
Li Qingluo, disguised as a man, quietly entered the restaurant accompanied by Granny Deng.
The restaurant was still bustling with business.
Mei Shuang is indeed a shrewd businesswoman; she didn't cause any trouble by coming to Li Qingluo's side.
She knew Li Qingluo was coming today late last night, so she prepared a room early.
By the time Li Qing went inside, Liu Sui'er had already arrived.
Accompanying her was her mother, Liu Wangshi.
Upon seeing Li Qingluo enter, Madam Wang immediately stood up, her face filled with excitement. Overjoyed, she took a half-step forward, tears welling in her eyes, and cried out, "Cao'er..."
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