Chapter 16 Billiards
The eldest princess did not return to Fuyao Palace, but was taken to Chengqian Palace.
Standing at the gate of Chengqian Palace, the eldest princess nervously pinched the hem of her skirt. After all, she had run away secretly, and her mother must have told her father.
He weakly called out, "Father."
Xie Junyao waved at her: "Yu'er, come here."
The eldest princess walked over nervously.
Xie Junyao touched her head and said, "Yu'er has been wronged today."
The eldest princess raised her head abruptly, "Father, do you also believe that Yu'er did nothing wrong?"
"also?"
Xie Junyao had a puzzled look on his face. He heard from the people in Fuyao Palace that Yueyao forced Yu'er to admit her fault, but Yu'er refused, so he beat her with a ruler. Yu'er secretly ran away from Fuyao Palace.
Yu'er is introverted and rarely talks to strangers. If it's not Concubine Zhengui, who else can Yu'er talk to?
"Yu'er, where did you go just now?" Xie Junyao asked gently.
"Your son just went to the Pear Garden. I met Sister Wen...Lady Wen." The name Sister Wen almost came out of his mouth.
A gentle beauty.
she?
"Lady Wen has said a lot to me, and she agrees that I did nothing wrong. A gentleman can be reserved... and can be unfaithful... I don't remember this sentence clearly."
Xie Junyao: "A gentleman can be reserved but not cowardly, and can speak out when faced with injustice."
"Yes." The eldest princess nodded: "That's what I said."
Xie Junyao said solemnly, "She is right. Yu'er, remember this: be reserved but not cowardly. Father really doesn't want you to suffer any injustice."
"I've made note of this."
"What else did Lady Wen say to you?"
The eldest princess' eyes were clear, showing the joy that a child could not hide. "Lady Wen gave me a message: first of all, I must be happy, and everything else is secondary. I like this message very much."
Xie Junyao thought that Wen Wanyu was indeed quite capable. These words were spoken from Yu'er's perspective, not for the eldest princess.
He didn't know that there was some element of flattery in it. But it didn't matter. At least, Yu'er was very happy, and it was rare for Yu'er to like someone so much.
"Lady Wen also held my son in her arms."
"Um…?"
"Lady Wen's arms are warm, she is very gentle, I like her very much..." As she spoke, the eldest princess was probably too tired and fell asleep on the table.
Xie Junyao's eyes moved slightly.
Perhaps she is the most suitable person to be a mother in the entire harem.
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Wen Wanyu is a person who can't sit still.
In modern times, she is an art student, mainly studying dance. Apart from dancing, her only hobby is playing billiards.
The rules of billiards games, the dimensions of the pool table... I remember them all by heart.
There was an unused billiard table in the Wen residence, and thanks to her strong recommendation, eight out of ten people in the Wen residence knew how to play billiard.
Entering the palace is even more boring than staying in the Wen Mansion.
Wen Wanyu told Xiao Quanzi the dimensions, and Xiao Quanzi worked hard to make a pool table and pool cue, while Qingdai and Siyun also worked hard to find fifteen balls.
It was a sunny day.
A brand new billiard table stood in the yard, with fifteen round balls and two slender sticks on it.
In ancient times, due to limited conditions, the entire billiard table was made of wood, with a thin layer of sponge on the surface. Although it cannot be compared with modern billiard tables, it can still be played.
The pool table measures 2.8 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and 85 centimeters high, respectively. It takes up a large area of the yard. The pool cue is typically round, thin in front and thick in the back, about 1.45 meters long, with the tip only about 1 centimeter thick.
Qingdai, Siyun and the others looked at the pool table with curiosity. They had never seen a table like this before, especially one with six holes.
"You haven't seen this thing before, have you?"
"Yes, my lady, we have never seen such a thing before."
Wen Wanyu smiled and said, "Then I'll tell you."
She pointed to the table, "This is a pool table."
Pointing to the stick, "This is a pool cue."
He picked up another ball and said, "This is the main game I'm going to teach you to play - billiards."
Xiao Quanzi was very excited: "Then, my dear, how do we play this?"
Wen Wanyu pointed at the balls on the table and said, "In a match, there is one cue ball (white ball) and fifteen target balls, one of which is black."
To make it easier to remember and understand, Wen Wanyu did not divide the balls into single-color balls and double-color balls. Instead, he directly divided them into blue balls and green balls.
"Each player decides on a red or green ball as their target ball, places the white ball in front of the target ball, and uses the pool cue to hit all the target balls into the hole according to the rules. The player who finally hits the black ball into the hole wins."
"It sounds so simple and interesting."
"Yeah yeah."
Wen Wanyu curled her lips. It sounded simple and interesting. But she hadn't said it yet, so how could it be simple?
"But!" Wen Wanyu raised her eyebrows and continued, "If you miss the target ball, the white ball becomes a free ball. This means your opponent can choose any ball on the table to hit."
"If one team accidentally pockets or knocks the black ball off the table during the match, the other team wins immediately."
"ah?!"
"Why does it feel a bit difficult again?"
But it was obvious that several people's interest was piqued.
"Hold the club in your right hand, step forward with your left foot, and bend your knees naturally. Grip the club with your hand, and there should be no gap between your thumb and the club. Keep your upper arm, forearm, and club in the same plane. Bend over, place the palm of your other hand on the table, spread your fingers apart, and raise your thumb to support the club. When moving the club, you need to be steady and maintain a constant speed, not using your arm to exert force. Don't use too much force, otherwise it will easily go off the target."
Wen Wanyu and Bai Su demonstrated it to them.
Among these people, Xiao Quanzi is the one who has made the fastest progress, Qingdai is the one who is most likely to hit the fly ball, but Siyun is the one who has won the most.
Wen Wanyu took Bai Su, Qing Dai, Si Yun and Xiao Quanzi out to play for nearly an entire afternoon.
They all enjoyed it so much that they never wanted to leave.
They had never played such an interesting game to relieve boredom, and they hadn't been so happy in a long time.
The young master is also patient and never impatient when guiding them.
If it wasn't getting dark, they wouldn't want to end it.
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PS: ①The rules of the game in this chapter are not the rules of international professional billiards. ②If you find this chapter boring, you can skip it without any impact~(ˉˉ)
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