Emperor Kangxi looked at the chessboard carefully, then laughed, and placed the chess piece in the place he had originally decided on without changing it.
"There is no regret after making a move, there is no reason to repent," Emperor Kangxi said, looking at the 'trophies' piled up beside Jiang Ranli, and added, "Your chess skills have declined, otherwise, you would have gained more than you have now."
Hearing this, Jiang Ranli felt a little guilty. Just as Emperor Kangxi said, her chess skills had deteriorated a lot because in the past few years, she was distracted by many things and was lazy, and had never touched the chess pieces.
"Your Majesty, my chess skills haven't deteriorated, but I've become a lot rusty since I last played for a long time. As the ancients said, contentment is the greatest happiness. I'm already very satisfied with winning these things. However, Your Majesty, please give me a little more time. Next time I play chess with you, I will definitely win all the things in your collection. Please don't be reluctant to let them go then, Your Majesty," Jiang Ranli clenched his fists, looking very serious.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kangxi burst into laughter and said, "Just now you said that contentment is the greatest happiness, but now you want to win away all my collections, you monkey."
Li Dequan also saw Jiang Ranli and Emperor Kangxi smiling. When he turned around to add tea, he found Yinzhen standing in the room.
"Your servant pays his respects to the Fourth Master," Li Dequan hurriedly bowed and greeted.
Hearing the voice, Jiang Ranli and Emperor Kangxi realized that Yinzhen had arrived, and both looked up at him.
Jiang Ranli hadn't seen Yinzhen for more than ten months since he met him during the New Year. He was as handsome as ever, but his expression was a little colder. It wasn't winter yet, but it made people feel cold.
"Greetings to the Fourth Master, may the Fourth Master be blessed with good fortune." Jiang Ranli avoided Yinzhen's sight and stood up to greet him.
"Get up," Yinzhen's voice was flat and indifferent, without any emotion.
Jiang Ranli stood up straight and bowed to Emperor Kangxi, "Your Majesty, the Fourth Master must have something important to report to you. I will withdraw first."
Emperor Kangxi nodded and said, "Stay and have lunch with me at noon. Li Dequan, take An Jia to rest for a while."
Jiang Ranli originally wanted to leave, but since she could not disobey the emperor's order, she had to follow Li Dequan to a side hall to wait.
Time passes especially slowly when one is alone. In order to kill the boring time, he leaned on the couch and found a very comfortable position to stare blankly.
About half an hour later, someone walked into the side hall. Jiang Ranli subconsciously turned his head to look. When he saw the person, he realized that his current posture was very indecent. He hurriedly stood up and stood straight.
"Good luck to the Fourth Master," Jiang Ranli saluted.
Yinzhen nodded slightly and said coldly, "Get up."
"Thank you, Fourth Master." Jiang Ranli originally just felt a little bored, but now she would rather continue to be bored because it was too awkward to be with Yinzhen. "Well, Fourth Master, why did you come here if you are not accompanying the Emperor? Is there something wrong?"
Yinzhen did not say anything, but walked to the chair and sat down, then said, "Sir Geng has important matters to report to the Emperor."
Although Yinzhen didn't explain it clearly, Jiang Ranli already knew the reason. It must be Emperor Kangxi who asked him to come out and wait.
Because there was another Yinzhen in the palace, Jiang Ranli didn't dare to be as casual as before, so she sat down on the chair with her back straight and her posture standard, which was in line with the requirements of this era for women, but she was a little tired.
However, in order to pass the time, Jiang Ranli carefully recalled the historical knowledge in his mind. It seemed that Yinzhen had been taking care of Emperor Kangxi during his serious illness.
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