Chapter 352 I accept defeat!
Qiu Lei blurted out without thinking: "I am good at many things, such as riding horses, archery, playing Cuju and gambling."
Luo Qinghan turned his head to look at the woman beside him and asked in a low voice.
"What do you want to see?"
Xiao Xixi was concentrating on gnawing on a chicken leg at the moment. When she heard the prince's question, she was stunned for a while before she reacted.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were on her.
These gazes were very complex, with curiosity, scrutiny, and indifference.
Xiao Xixi swallowed the chicken in her mouth. She thought gambling was more fun, but the prince looked like he didn't know how to gamble. She couldn't cheat the prince, so she said.
"It's so cold, riding horses and playing football are not suitable, so let's do archery."
Luo Qinghan nodded to indicate that he understood.
Then he said to Qiu Lei.
"Let's have a gamble."
Xiao Xixi: ???
That's not right!
You just asked for my opinion so seriously, and I gave you the best solution.
Why did you end up completely ignoring my opinion?
If that's the case, why did you ask me specifically just now?
Aren't you kidding me?!
Not only Xiao Xixi was shocked, everyone else present was also stunned.
They didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who looked aloof and noble, would actually choose gambling as the competition item.
Could it be that the prince still gambles?
This doesn't match his style at all!
Qiu Lei didn't think too much about it. He slapped his thigh and said loudly, "Okay! Let's gamble! We won't do those fancy things. Let's just bet on the points. Whoever throws the bigger number on the dice wins. How about that?"
Luo Qinghan turned the wine glass in his hand and said nonchalantly: "Since it is gambling, there should be prizes."
"What prize would you like, Your Highness?"
Luo Qinghan: "I need your help to do something."
"Alright! As long as Your Highness wins, I'll do whatever you tell me to do, and vice versa!"
When Qiu Lei said this, his eyes were full of desire to win.
Qiu Yuan, who was sitting at the next table, tried to speak up to stop them several times, but couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
As for Qiu Sheng on the other side, he just kept his head down and drank silently from beginning to end, with no intention of speaking at all.
Qiu Lei asked someone to bring six dice.
To be fair, he asked everyone present to check the six dice. Only after confirming that there was no problem did he put the dice into the sieves one by one.
One of the sieves was brought to the prince.
Luo Qinghan looked at the sieve in front of him, with no intention of reaching out to touch it, but glanced at the woman beside him.
"Concubine Xiao, please help me."
Xiao Xixi spat out the bone in her mouth, licked the meat residue on the corner of her mouth, and looked at him blankly: "Huh?"
Luo Qinghan signaled her with his eyes to get the sieve.
Xiao Xixi looked at her shiny claws and felt a little embarrassed.
Eunuch Chang immediately brought hot water and helped her wash her hands.
After wiping her hands clean, Xiao Xixi picked up the sieve on the table.
Seeing this, Qiu Lei asked with a smile, "Your Highness, are you going to ask the Concubine to help you roll the dice?"
Luo Qinghan nodded: "Well, she is luckier."
"But this is a competition between me and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If I let someone else roll the dice, then what's the point of this competition?"
Luo Qinghan said nonchalantly: "Gambling is all about luck. Concubine Xiao is my person, and her luck represents my luck. No matter what number she throws, I will accept it."
Qiu Lei thought about it carefully and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.
He laughed: "Your Highness is such an interesting person. Since Your Highness asked the Concubine to roll the dice, I will also let my wife roll the dice. This is fair."
Luo Qinghan didn't care about it.
Qiu Lei pushed the sieve in his hand to his wife, Mrs. Song, who was sitting next to him.
Song came from a prominent family and was brought up in pampered condition. She was a typical lady from a wealthy family. She had never played dice before, and was forced to do so. She was inevitably at a loss.
Qiu Lei looked down upon seeing this and said, "How come you can't even play dice? If you can't play, let Gao do it."
Gao was one of the most favored concubines in Qiu Lei's backyard.
Gao was sitting behind Qiu Lei at this time. Hearing Qiu Lei's words, she couldn't help but feel happy and sat up straighter unconsciously.
Song pursed her lips, feeling very aggrieved.
But she had no choice. She couldn't lose to a concubine in such an occasion. No matter how wronged she felt, she had to go ahead.
"Don't be angry, my husband. I can do it."
Qiu Lei was worried about her, so he went over the instructions for using the sieve in front of her, and then asked, "Do you understand?"
Song nodded: "Yes."
Qiu Lei put the sieve into her hands and told her, "Shake it well for me, don't embarrass me."
"Um."
Xiao Xixi poured the two dice into her palm and looked at them. Seeing that Song was ready, she threw the dice into the sieve.
Both people roll the dice at the same time.
Xiao Xixi's movements were so slow that even the sound coming out of the sieve was a little soft.
When everyone heard this sound, they all thought that Concubine Xiao didn't know how to play dice at all.
Generally, when playing dice, people will try their best to shake the dice more vigorously. This may not necessarily guarantee the number of points on the dice, but it can create a very powerful momentum.
As the saying goes, it’s better to lose the battle than the people, and this also applies to casinos.
You have to show your momentum from the beginning. If you can shock the opponent, then the victory of this round will be almost certain.
It was Song's first time playing dice, but in order to satisfy her husband, she shook the sieve with all her strength, while praying in her heart that the number thrown out would be big enough!
Xiao Xixi stopped first, and the sieve in her hand fell steadily on the food table.
Song also stopped.
She was so nervous that her palms were sweating and she could hardly hold the sieve.
Qiu Lei couldn't wait to say, "Open it and take a look!"
Xiao Xixi asked, "Second Young Master, do you want to decide the outcome in one round, or best of three?"
"One round decides the outcome!"
Xiao Xixi smiled and said, "Second Young Master is such a straightforward person."
After saying that, she opened the sieve, revealing three dice, each of which had a six facing up!
Qiu Lei was completely stunned.
After seeing the count clearly, the other people present were also stunned.
It’s actually three sixes!
This is the biggest point!
Song's face turned pale. She opened the sieve with trembling hands and saw the three dice were four, five and six respectively.
To be honest, this number is already very large.
But compared with Concubine Xiao's three sixes, it is still a long way behind.
Qiu Lei's face darkened.
He seems to be a generous person, but in fact, he takes winning and losing very seriously.
To put it bluntly, I'm a little narrow-minded.
He lost this competition.
He was very unhappy, thinking that Song was too ruthless. If he had known this would happen, he should have let Gao roll the dice.
Qiu Lei glared at Song, then bowed to the prince.
"I accept the bet and lose! What do you want me to do, Your Highness?"
(End of this chapter)
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