"Alright, I'll play with you, but we agreed you can't go back on your word." Wanyi thought to herself, "Fine, let's play. It's just Go, do you think I don't know how?"
Wanyi picked up the white pieces and placed them in a seemingly random position, but it contained a deadly intent, causing a dramatic change in the entire game.
"Little girl, what's your name?" Jingwu placed a black stone next to the one Wanyi had just placed, and the game shifted towards a draw again.
"Before asking someone's name, shouldn't you tell them your own name first? Otherwise, it's very impolite."
Wanyi retorted and then casually made a move, killing many of Jingwu's black pieces.
"My Taoist name is Jingwu. What is your name?" Jingwu took out his captured black piece and then placed another piece.
"My name is Wanyi. Are you the abbot here?" Wanyi placed a white piece in another spot, eliminating a whole group of black pieces and causing them to lose even more.
"Yes and no." Jingwu was somewhat unhappy as she saw that she was about to lose.
"I said, why can't you, a young person, give way to an old man like me? Don't you know what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young?" Jingwu is a terrible chess player, both bad at it and loves to play.
"In an emergency, you have to act quickly. Tell me, where did my friend go?" Wanyi asked smugly after eliminating all the black pieces.
"I didn't see you, I only see you now." Jingwu spread his hands, saying helplessly what made Wanyi furious.
"Why didn't you say so earlier? You've delayed my search for someone." Wanyi said, standing up to leave.
"Wait, wait a minute, it's my fault. It's been too long since anyone played chess with me. How about this? I'll give you this as an apology!"
Jing Wu took a box out of his pocket, but instead of opening it, he pushed it in front of her.
"What is this?" Wanyi asked, but she cautiously refrained from reaching for it, after all, what if it was poison?
"Don't worry, this is a good thing. It has been offered before the Buddha. I wish you good luck." Jingwu opened the box, and inside was a blue bead.
"It's so beautiful!" Wanyi, who had forgotten about Guozhen, looked at Lanzhuzi with unwavering eyes.
"You girls just love these things. I'll give them to Benefactor Wanyi," Jing said indifferently.
"No, tell me what your purpose is?" One shouldn't accept rewards without merit, nor should one get up early without a reason.
"What purpose could this old monk possibly have? This thing is simply a matter of fate for you."
If it were not meant to be, why would they ignore the formation he set up? Ordinary people would not be able to enter this place at all and would go around it.
"Then I'll gladly accept it."
Seeing Jingwu's resolute expression, he knew he would force it on her; good things shouldn't be refused, after all, the blue beads were quite pretty.
"Benefactor Wanyi, aren't you going to look for your friend?" Jingwu kindly reminded Wanyi.
"Ah! Yes, yes, I'm leaving now, goodbye."
Wanyi took the box and hurried off in one direction. On the way, she threw the box into her spatial storage. After all, it was hard to explain the sudden appearance of this thing, so it was better to put it in her spatial storage. As soon as the box entered her spatial storage, the blue bead flew out on its own and entered the spiritual spring.
"My lady, where are you!" After finding Consort Borjigit, Hongxiu had Tianxiang lead her out of the garden gate, while she went in to find Wanyi herself.
"Hongxiu, Hongxiu, I'm here." Wanyi heard Hongxiu calling after walking a short distance and quickly responded.
"My lady, where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you. Consort Borjigit is already waiting at the garden gate." Hongxiu gently helped Wanyi walk slowly outside.
"I got lost and ended up here without realizing it. Let's hurry and find my sister!"
Wanyi was a little tired and wanted to find the Borjigit concubine to go back as soon as possible, because the monks here were all men, so female incense masters were not allowed to stay here.
"My lady, this way." Hongxiu pointed to one side at the fork in the road.
"Sister, were you so dazzled by these peach blossoms that you disappeared in the blink of an eye?"
When Consort Borjigit saw Wanyi come out, she looked around and, finding nothing amiss, breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's right. The peach blossom season is almost over, and the little buds are already starting to sprout. We have to take a good look at them now, because we'll have to wait until next year to see them again."
Wanyi said irritably, "She must have seen something and run out, and now she's turning the tables on me. But Wanyi knows she's not scheming and is just concerned about me."
"Do we need to go back and take a few more looks?" Consort Borjigit asked, pulling Wanyi further inside.
"Oh, my dear sister, don't you even know what time it is? We have to go back now, or we'll miss lunch." Wanyi quickly stopped Consort Borjigit.
“Lunch can be eaten later! Sister Wanyi, don’t you want to see the peach blossoms again? I think we can take another stroll.” Consort Borjigit said with great interest, which almost made Wanyi bite her tongue.
"Sister, sister, I'm tired, I can't walk anymore." Wanyi had no choice but to tell the truth.
"You should have said so earlier! I knew that with your physique, it would be good enough if you could walk that far."
Consort Borjigit had already noticed that Wanyi was tired from walking, and she had only pulled her back to tease her.
"Yes, yes, yes, our Borjigit Guozhen is an expert in riding and archery. How could she get tired just from strolling around the garden! Sister Guozhen is really amazing." Wanyi finished speaking without even looking at the smug Guozhen.
"You're smart enough to know your place. From now on, I'll protect you. Sigh..." Coming to her senses, Consort Borjigit quickly caught up with the departing Consort Wan.
Wanyi returned to her residence, but to her surprise, Guozhen stayed there and refused to leave. Guozhen ate Wanyi's food and snacks, which was fine, but when Wanyi wanted to take a nap, Guozhen actually climbed into her bed.
"Don't make a sound, I need to sleep, or I'll kick you out."
Wanyi gave a stern warning to Consort Borjigit, but her lively voice was utterly ineffective.
"Yes, ma'am!" But what Guozhen really thought was, there was nothing she could do but sleep with Wanyi's arm around her while living under someone else's roof.
For some reason, Consort Borjigit really liked Wanyi's scent. It was fine before, but now she found Wanyi to be particularly gentle and kind, and she just wanted to stay by her side.
Actually, it was because the concubine of Borjigit was simple-minded and had feelings for Wanyi. Influenced by the spiritual spring water, she was closer to Wanyi. Now the spiritual spring is being upgraded and is very unstable, with spiritual energy leaking out, which is why this phenomenon has occurred. However, those with strong will or those who harbor malice towards Wanyi are not affected by the spiritual energy.
"Does it look good?" After waking up from her afternoon nap, Consort Borjigit put on Wanyi's new Manchu dress and twirled around.
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