Volume 1 Chapter 132 Plum Blossom Beauty
At this moment, the headless old man in the blood-colored forbidden land also stiffened, and then his body swelled rapidly, and the next moment it exploded and broke into pieces.
Such a loud noise coming from the direction of the imperial study immediately attracted the attention of the imperial guards in the palace.
In less than half a minute, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, Zhu Jinxiao, came running over with a large number of Imperial Guards holding knives, and surrounded the entire imperial study.
Zhu Jinxiao hurried in, and when he saw Xiang Yun wearing the Ming Guang Armor, he immediately bowed and said, "I am late in coming to your rescue, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"It's okay!" Xiang Yun frowned at this time, obviously still shocked. All this was really too weird!
Xiang Yun waved his hand, and the Great Sun Emperor Sword and the Bright Light Armor disappeared. Zhu Jinxiao looked up and saw that Xiang Yun's dragon robe was stained with a lot of blood. His pupils shrank immediately, and he went forward to help Xiang Yun, shouting, "Imperial Physician, call the imperial physician!"
Xiang Yun frowned upon hearing this and said quickly, "Wait, I'm not injured, why are you calling for the imperial physician?"
"But Your Majesty, you..." Zhu Jinxiao said worriedly.
When Xiang Yun heard the sound, he saw blood on his dragon robe and took a deep breath.
"The Black Witch Nation really has good tactics!"
Xiang Yun cursed inwardly in his heart. This position was obviously the place where he was pierced by the scarecrow in his dream just now!
It seems that if I was really killed in my dream, I would also be killed in reality!
Killing in a dream
After this incident, Xiang Yun was afraid to sleep anymore. Apart from this time, there was also the incident with the Nine-Colored Koi. All of these attacks happened in a dream. It was really hard to guard against!
When Xiang Yun thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a nameless anger in his heart, and said to Xiao Guazi: "Go and inform the Cavalry General immediately to lead the troops to destroy the Black Witch Nation!"
"Yes!" Xiao Guazi ran away immediately after hearing that.
Xiang Yun frowned and looked at Zhu Jinxiao again, took a deep breath and said, "Xuanyuan Dabing will never come back. He will be away fighting all year round and become a general. From now on, you will be the commander of the imperial army!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Jinxiao immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward!"
Xiang Yun nodded, looked gloomy, and left without saying a word.
Although the Lantern Festival has ended in the Imperial Garden of the Palace, the capital is still located in the northern region with relatively low temperatures due to its geographical location.
Although it was a sunny day, the snow in the imperial garden had not melted yet and there was still ice on many branches.
In such cold weather, the Plum Blossom Pavilion is the only place in the Imperial Garden where people would occasionally come to take a walk and admire the plum blossoms.
After Xiang Yun left the imperial study, he walked around the palace in a daze and unknowingly came to the imperial garden.
From afar, you can see the densely blooming plum blossoms not far away. They are gorgeous but not gaudy, quiet and elegant, ancient and beautiful.
The plum blossoms were in full bloom, and a subtle fragrance could be smelled from afar, going straight into Xiang Yun's heart and lungs, and also dissipating much of the depression in his heart.
Xiang Yun couldn't help but walk towards the plum forest. Once he entered the forest, the fragrance became even stronger. The fragrance combined with the cold snow made Xiang Yun feel extremely comfortable. He couldn't help but pick a branch of plum, put it in front of his handsome nose and sucked it greedily.
Xiang Yun walked and stopped in the plum forest. Suddenly, he turned a corner and looked forward, and was stunned. He saw a snow-white pavilion in the plum forest in front of him.
Sitting in the pavilion was a long-haired woman wearing a gauze robe with a plum blossom pattern. At this moment, she was facing Xiang Yun sideways, and her figure was very graceful.
There was a chessboard on the stone table in the pavilion. The woman was playing alone with the white piece, then the black piece, and after thinking for a while, she put it down again.
This person was actually playing chess with himself. Xiang Yun found it very interesting and couldn't help but slowly approach the pavilion.
As he got closer, he found that the person looked familiar. It was actually one of his concubines, named Feng Changxi.
After Xiang Yun became emperor, he rarely saw her. This person's family was not from a powerful official, but a girl from a scholarly family of a hundred years. Before she got married, she never left her boudoir all year round. She had a very quiet personality, rarely smiled, and always looked plain.
If Xiang Yun's predecessor had not visited the scholar's house and fallen in love with her beauty at first sight, and had not lusted after her, and had not used his power to oppress her, Feng Changxi would have had no choice but to marry him as a concubine, otherwise her family's lives would have been in danger.
After she married Xiang Yun, she became depressed and taciturn all day long. Even Xiang Yun, who used to be angry about this, used to beat and scold her, but Feng Changxi never said a word, not even a complaint.
This was like cold violence, which made Xiang Yun extremely angry. After being depressed for a while, he never came to see her again.
After such an experience, Xiang Yun felt pity for her. Good women in this world really have no right to choose their own destiny and have no status in front of powerful nobles.
When Xiang Yun thought of this, he felt compassion and walked over involuntarily, reciting softly: "The flowers are flying, the snow is falling, the snow is falling on the plum blossom branches, the winter plum blossoms are proud, the subtle fragrance is coming, the jade bones are not worried about the miasma, the icy figure has its own fairy style, the plain face is disliked by the powder, the makeup is not faded, the lips are red. It blooms alone in the cold."
This remark startled the beautiful lady who was playing chess and she panicked. The chess piece in her hand fell down, hitting the chessboard and disrupting the whole game.
Feng Changxi raised her eyes and saw that it was Xiang Yun, so she quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
"No need to be so polite!" Xiang Yun walked over quickly, handed over a plum blossom in his hand, and said softly, "For you!"
Feng Changxi was startled when she heard this, and after hesitating for a while, she reached out to take it and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Xiang Yun nodded, then sat down opposite Feng Changxi, looked at the chessboard in front of him and said with a smile: "It's so cold, and only you have this kind of elegance. Come, play a game with me."
Feng Changxi nodded when she heard that, sat back on the stone bench expressionlessly, and then began to collect the white chess pieces one by one.
Xiang Yun was collecting the black chess pieces one by one, but his eyes were always staring at Feng Changxi's little face. He accidentally put a lot of white pieces into his chess pot, which made Feng Changxi's hands stiffen and her brows frown.
Xiang Yun was still unaware until all the chess pieces on the chessboard were put away. Feng Changxi then coughed twice and reminded him, "Your Majesty, I still have three white chess pieces in your chess jar. Please return them to me."
Xiang Yun was stunned when he heard this. He looked down and saw that there were indeed three white pieces in his chess jar. His face turned red.
But Xiang Yun was so thick-skinned that he picked out the three white pieces and scattered them into Feng Changxi's chess box without changing his expression, then said, "It's okay, let's start!"
Feng Changxi opened her mouth slightly, but still didn't say anything.
Xiang Yun played the black piece first, but he didn't know how to play chess at all. Soon, one of the black pieces was blocked by Feng Changxi, which made him feel depressed. Then Feng Changxi gently picked up the black piece with her little hand.
Xiang Yun was not happy when he saw this, and shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, you are breaking the rules. Just play chess, why are you taking my chess pieces?"
Feng Changxi didn't stop moving as she put the chess piece into her own chess pot. Then she smiled and said, "Your Majesty's piece has lost its vitality and has become a dead piece. Naturally, it must be taken away."
Xiang Yun frowned upon hearing this and shouted, "What's the matter with the living and dead chess pieces? I only have one step left to connect five pieces and win. If you want to lose, you are just a rogue and make trouble, right?"
"Ah, Lian Wuzi?" Feng Changxi's body trembled violently when she heard that. She really didn't understand what Xiang Yun was talking about.
After thinking for a while, Feng Changxi asked doubtfully, "Your Majesty, could it be that you don't know how to play Go?"
Are you kidding? How could Xiang Yun admit such a thing? He quickly said, "What Go? I'm playing Gobang with you!"
"Do you know what Gobang is? If you don't, I can teach you!"
Then Xiang Yun began to collect the chess pieces seriously, explained the rules and methods of Gobang to Feng Changxi, and then shouted excitedly: "Let's start now!"
Feng Changxi had no choice but to nod and make her move.
"Pah pah pah~" Both sides had only placed less than ten pieces when Xiang Yun was defeated. Feng Changxi still said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, I won."
Xiang Yun couldn't help but narrow his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Another plate!"
This time, both sides played less than fifteen pieces, and Xiang Yun was defeated again!
"Bang!" Xiang Yun angrily slapped the stone table, frightening Feng Changxi to stand up quickly, lowering her head respectfully and not daring to speak. Just as she was preparing to face Xiang Yun's wrath, she heard Xiang Yun coldly scolding, "Come again!"
Feng Changxi had no choice but to sit down after hearing that and continued to cook.
Two hours later, Xiang Yun's eyes turned red. He had played eighty-eight games and had not won a single one. He was completely crushed by Feng Changxi!
Feng Changxi, who was standing by, felt a little scared when she saw Xiang Yun like this. This was her personality. She would just play chess without any tricks or concessions. She would give her all in every move.
"Huh~" Xiang Yunchang exhaled, and then called out bitterly: "Changxi, you should teach me how to play Go!"
"Puchi!" Feng Changxi couldn't help laughing when she heard that, which made Xiang Yun very angry. It was a humiliation, a naked humiliation!
Xiang Yun couldn't help but grin and yelled, "Why are you so proud? This Gobang is too childish. It doesn't bring out my full strength, and my great wisdom can't be fully utilized!
If you just teach me how to play Go, I can crush you in no time!"
"You must be joking. I can even conquer the Mahayana Kingdom, but I can't beat you in chess!"
Xiang Yun just kept on saying harsh words, and Feng Changxi just looked at him with strange eyes without saying anything. After Xiang Yun's pride wore off, she began to teach Xiang Yun how to play Go.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the sky darkened. The temperature in the imperial garden became even colder, but Xiang Yun and Feng Changxi were still playing chess seriously, without changing their attitude at all due to the cold temperature.
Xiao Guazi had found Xiang Yun an hour ago, but did not go forward to disturb him. Later, when he saw Feng Changxi shivering because of her thin clothes, he ordered someone to find a brazier and put it over, along with some fruits.
At this time, Xiang Yun had already put away his playful look and was seriously thinking about the moves in Go.
This thing seemed to have opened up a new world for Xiang Yun, allowing his thoughts to roam freely in Go. In just one afternoon, he was able to fight Feng Changxi on equal terms.
Although I still haven't won a game, the number of points I lose is getting smaller and smaller.
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