That was incredibly arrogant! The Emperor heard it and was very displeased. He wanted to teach him a lesson, but the Crown Prince was defiant and said to his father, "If anyone can surpass me, then I will obey Your Majesty in everything from now on!"
The Crown Prince was notorious for his mischievousness from a young age, not only in the palace but throughout the land. No one could control him. Upon hearing the Crown Prince's words, the Emperor decided to seize the opportunity to completely subdue him.
So they found several chess masters to teach the prince a lesson.
As a result, after two days, they were all taught a lesson by the Crown Prince.
Only then did everyone believe that chess, for him, had become a completely uninteresting game! After that, the prince stopped playing chess altogether and went off to study other things! Meanwhile, I was just a novice beginner!
Qin Kou'er had never known that Lan Linxue was actually a chess master. She suddenly realized that there was still a lot she needed to know about Lan Linxue.
Lan Xiuyuan turned his head and looked at Qin Kou'er gently, sighing softly, "Everyone in the world sees the Crown Prince as incompetent. I only hope that Kou'er will not have such thoughts, otherwise one day, you will suffer greatly at the hands of the Crown Prince!"
Qin Kou'er wanted to secretly chuckle when she heard this.
As for what Lan Linxue is like, although Qin Kou'er still needs to observe, it would be truly foolish for Lan Xiuyuan to place him and Qin Kou'er on the same level when looking at Lan Linxue.
Lan Xiuyuan always viewed Lan Linxue as an enemy.
However, Qin Kou'er only saw Lan Linxue as a man who had draped his clothes over her back and whom she both loved and hated.
Qin Kou'er even felt a little proud. The man she chose could make her opponent so afraid. If this couldn't prove his strength, then nothing else could!
Thinking about how Lan Linxue tormented her every day, Qin Kou'er found it hard to associate the words "extraordinarily talented" with her.
However, considering how open and honest Lan Xiuyuan was with her, she couldn't be too rude to him.
"Thank you for the reminder, Fifth Master! I will certainly be more careful in the future! However, the Crown Prince has never regarded me as an opponent; my abilities are simply not worthy of his attention. Fifth Master, you should still be cautious in everything you do!"
Seeing that Qin Kou'er didn't seem to appreciate his words, Lan Xiuyuan turned his head and smiled slightly, saying calmly, "Kou'er doesn't seem to believe me. It's alright, there's plenty of time. Kou'er will gradually understand! Even if you had twelve cunning schemes, you might not be a match for Lan Linxue!"
Qin Kou'er didn't like the way Lan Xiuyuan was making the topic sound so heavy, so she smiled to lighten the mood.
"Fifth Master, there's no need to be so modest! We're all brothers, how could our talents be lacking? Fifth Master, you mustn't boost others' morale and diminish your own!"
Hearing this, Lan Xiuyuan's smile grew even more indifferent. "Yes, we're all brothers, how different could we be? This might be considered normal in an ordinary family. But in the royal family, it's worlds apart. The Crown Prince is the ruler, and we are his subjects. Moreover, although we share the same father, we are not from the same mother. In that respect alone, there is an insurmountable chasm between us!"
At this point, Lan Xiuyuan suddenly turned to look at Qin Kou'er: "Do you know Lan Linxue's mother?"
Qin Kou'er was taken aback, and her heart tightened even more.
Turning to look at Lan Xiuyuan, Qin Kou'er seemed somewhat surprised, "Are you talking about the former empress?"
Lan Xiuyuan shook his head, "There is no former empress! She has always been the empress!"
At this point, a ruthless glint flashed in Lan Xiuyuan's eyes, "Although she is dead, her soul remains. Not only her soul, but also her title and seal! In the palace, there has only ever been one empress, and that is Empress Qin!"
Qin Kou'er looked at Lan Xiuyuan and felt that she should be even more careful.
"How could we common folk know about the Empress's affairs?"
Lan Xiuyuan seemed to have no expectation that Qin Kou'er would say anything, and instead looked at the heavy rain outside and continued in a cold tone, "Empress Qin is an exceptionally talented and beautiful woman, a celestial being. Not to mention the concubines in the harem, even the high-ranking officials of the court had to show her some deference back then! With such a mother, how could Lan Linxue be a real spoiled prince!"
Qin Kou'er didn't speak, but silently watched the wind and rain outside, seemingly drawn into the bleak and cold rain by Lan Xiuyuan's heavy tone.
Just then, a white light suddenly flashed in the river outside, as if something was jumping in the water.
"Huh? What's that?"
Lan Xiuyuan pointed into the distance and said.
Qin Kou'er glanced at it from one side and said with a smile, "These are silver dragonfish from the bottom of the river. They jump out when it rains heavily like this. When there are enough of them, they create a scene of dragons soaring into the sky upstream. They jump over the railings on the riverbank together to a safer place. It's quite a rare sight. Without heavy enough rain, these fish would never all come out so easily!"
"Such a thing actually happened?" Lan Xiuyuan seemed very interested, leaning forward to look outside.
"Although Fifth Master is interested, it's best not to go see it in such heavy rain! The river ends up in the mountains. It might not be safe in this kind of rain!"
Lan Xiuyuan glanced at the torrential rain outside, then at the ever-growing white light in the distance. After a moment's thought, he couldn't suppress his urge to witness the sight of countless silver dragonfish ascending to the heavens together. Perhaps this would be the only chance he would ever have in his life.
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