"My Lady, yesterday the South offered a rare treasure as tribute - the exquisite chess pieces. They are all made of natural jade, with distinct black and white, and are exquisite and translucent. Your Majesty liked them when he saw them, and immediately asked me to bring them to your Lady."
Wang Degui opened the brocade box and saw two jars of chess pieces inside. They were as plump as jade, crystal clear and extremely beautiful.
When Ning Wanyin saw Linglongqi, she also liked it very much.
Every gift the emperor sent was to her liking.
"Your Majesty, I thank you for your kindness." Ning Wanyin looked at the brocade box with a very pleasantly surprised look.
Wang Degui smiled and flattered, "Your Majesty always thinks of the Imperial Concubine in everything. The Imperial Concubine is truly the apple of His Majesty's eye."
He was also thinking in his heart that the Imperial Concubine had been in the palace for four years, and there were so many new people in the palace, but the most favored concubine in the six palaces was still the Imperial Concubine, and no one could shake her position.
It is easy to be favored for a while, but to be favored for four years, the Imperial Concubine is really... As the old saying goes, her methods are truly astonishing.
Ning Wanyin was so touched that she couldn't put Linglong chess down.
After Wang Degui left, he immediately instructed Lian Rui to ask the small kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal.
He also placed two jars of chess pieces on one side of the chess table in front of the window.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Put a small stove on the side of the coffee table, take a can of Bijian Mingyue tea, and brew some tea."
Lian Rui and others hurried down to make arrangements.
At dusk, the emperor arrived at Yonghe Palace. The exquisite chess pieces he had just been given were already placed on the chessboard. On the windowsill stood a vase of newly inserted plum blossoms, reflecting the falling snow outside the window.
On the small tea stove on the side of the chessboard, the fragrance of tea wafts in the air.
Ning Wanyin wore a jade-colored, blue-phoenix Sichuan embroidered brocade dress decorated with snow velvet today, a snow-colored, silver-embroidered cloud-patterned cloak, and a set of mutton-fat jade headpiece. She looked like a fairy in the snow, untainted by the dust.
Helian Qilian was feeling depressed from dealing with complicated state affairs everyday, but the moment he saw Ning Wanyin, all of that was swept away, and he felt relaxed and happy.
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