Chapter 9: Bad Chess Player
On such a big day as the first day of the Lunar New Year, the queen's clothes were not as gorgeous as those worn by Yang Guifei.
She looked indifferent and didn't care. Instead, she said to Wen Li'er and the other two, "You three come to the Queen Mother and let her take a look."
Wen Li'er and the other two were personally selected by the Queen for the Crown Prince, and the Queen Mother has not even seen them yet.
Wen Li'er, Lin Fujia, and Yang Xishan hurried forward with their heads lowered.
The Queen Mother's gaze swept across the three of them, finally landing on Wen Li'er.
She was wearing a beige pear blossom jacket, an apricot pleated skirt, and had her hair done in a fallen horse bun with a pear blossom hairpin inserted in it. She was as beautiful as a pear blossom fairy in the mountains.
But she was not as pretentious as Yang Guifei, and her eyes were clear and bright.
The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and asked her what her name was.
Wen Li'er bowed and said sweetly, "Your Highness, my last name is Wen Li'er."
"Wen Li'er?"
The Queen Mother, like the Crown Prince before her, read out her name and then chuckled.
"No wonder you like pear blossoms so much."
Wen Li'er showed an embarrassed smile on her face.
She really likes pear blossoms, and many of the items in her collection are related to pear blossoms.
The Queen Mother saw that she was pleasing, so she spoke to her a few more words.
After saying that, he looked at Lin Fujia and Yang Xishan beside him.
I also asked them their names and what they like to do on weekdays.
The two answered one by one.
"Now that you have entered the palace, you must serve the Crown Prince and Crown Princess well, understand?"
The three of them responded quickly.
The Queen Mother gave them rewards again.
After the New Year's greetings, there is nothing left for the three of them to do.
Their status was too low, so they naturally could not stay like the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess to enjoy breakfast with the Queen Mother and others.
On the way back, Yang Xishan couldn't hold back her anger.
"I got up so early, but I didn't even have a sip of water!"
Aunt Zhou was almost scared to death by her, this outspoken ancestor.
She stepped forward and whispered, "Master, when you go out, remember to be careful with your words and actions, and don't let anyone catch the East Palace doing something wrong."
Yang Xishan snorted, "I'm so hungry and thirsty right now, I can't even say a word?!"
Wen Li'er and Lin Fujia quietly moved away from her, as they couldn't let her get involved.
"snort!"
Yang Xishan glared at the two of them coldly and left first.
Nanny Zhou made a bitter face and hurried to catch up.
Wen Lier shook her head, feeling that Yang Xishan was spoiled by her family.
This is the imperial palace, and he speaks without restraint. If he doesn't change, it will be very dangerous.
When they returned to Yaohua Palace, Qingmei helped Wen Li'er take off her cloak, and Qingzhu poured her tea.
Nanny Qin opened the sandalwood box given by the empress dowager.
Wen Li'er's eyes lit up instantly.
It is a real butterfly gold hairpin, and it seems to be worth a lot of money.
Considering their status, this reward is quite good.
After the maid brought breakfast, Wen Li'er told Nanny Qin to keep the butterfly hairpin safe. If you lose the gift given by the Queen Mother, you will lose your head.
Wen Li'er had a rather ordinary year.
After the Lantern Festival, it rained heavily, the snow stopped, and the weather gradually warmed up.
That day, just after dinner, the eunuch from Yuqing Palace came to Yaohua Palace to deliver a message.
Let Wen Lier get ready and sleep with me tonight.
Nanny Qin was so happy. After such a long time, the prince finally remembered his master again.
As usual, she washed Wen Li'er from head to toe, and reminded her again to follow the same method as the first time they slept together, as the prince liked it.
Wen Li'er ignored her words and ignored them completely.
When we arrived at Yuqing Palace, the prince was reading a book.
There was charcoal burning in the bedroom, making it extremely warm.
As soon as Wen Li'er entered, she felt a little hot.
Yan Shixu took a look at Wen Li'er's round figure and felt a little confused.
"Is it really that cold outside?"
Wen Li'er blushed a little and took off her plush cloak by herself.
"I've been afraid of cold since I was a child. My hands and feet become icy cold in winter, so I wear more clothes than others."
Yan Shixu thought, this is more than just a little bit more.
"Come and sit down." He patted the seat next to him.
Wen Li'er slowly walked to his side and secretly glanced at the book in his hand.
She has never been able to read boring policy papers.
Yan Shixu raised his eyes and glanced at her, then asked, "It's still early, what time do you usually go to bed?"
Wen Li'er replied, "Probably around the hour of Xu."
"Well... that's not too early."
"Well, if the weather isn't too cold, I'll do something before going to bed."
"do what?"
"I've been studying chess recently."
Yan Shixu raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Chess? Chess?"
"Go."
Yan Shixu became interested after hearing this.
He put down the strategy paper in his hand, walked to a row of cabinets, and took out a Go set.
"A round?"
Wen Lier nodded happily: "Okay."
Lin Daiyu has been unwilling to play chess with her recently, and Qingzhu Qingmei doesn't know how to play, so she can only play by herself.
Seeing her walk a few steps over to sit down opposite him, she looked a little anxious, as if she was afraid that he would go back on his word.
Yan Shixu smiled, slowly moved the memorial paper on the desk to the side, and set up the chessboard.
Wen Li'er looked at the chessboard he had set out and reached out to touch it curiously.
It's different from what she used.
Why is it so golden? Could it be made of gold? This is too luxurious.
Yan Shixu saw the shock in her eyes and laughed a little.
This Wen Fengyi had almost everything he was thinking written on his face.
He explained: "This is made of golden nanmu wood, and the surface is painted with a layer of gold paint."
When Wen Li'er heard this, she thought it was golden nanmu, which was also extremely luxurious.
She reached out to take the chess piece, which was made of warm jade and didn't feel cold at all.
Wen Li'er placed the white piece in the corner of the chessboard, then stared at the black piece in Yan Shixu's hand with an extremely serious look.
Yan Shixu originally wanted to ask her how many years she had been learning chess and who she usually played with.
Seeing how serious she was, he straightened his expression and played chess with her.
result……
After three games, Yan Shixu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes.
Wen Li'er looked very powerful, but unexpectedly she was a terrible chess player.
I lose every time, and I lose at the same place every time.
The opponent's chess skills were so poor that Yan Shixu originally didn't want to play anymore, but seeing that Wen Li'er had stubbornly picked up the white piece again, he didn't want to spoil her fun, so he had to continue playing with her.
In the next few games, Yan Shixu hardly played chess properly and just stared at her.
Wen Li'er was really serious, and the expression on her face changed from time to time with the chess pieces she placed.
All thoughts are written on the face and are easy to guess.
I saw that she was regretting a chess move she had made, as if she wanted to take it back but was holding herself back.
Yan Shixu's eyes were filled with smiles, and he played this round with her seriously.
He fiddled with the chess pieces carefully, hoping to let her win the game without being noticed.
Then, Yan Shixu discovered that to play chess with her, he had to do it in reverse.
No matter how hard I tried to make her win, she just couldn't. The game of chess lasted longer than ever before and became more challenging.
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