Chapter 110 A Bag of Change
It was not easy for Xuanyuan Ling to refuse what she said, and the rules did sound interesting: "I don't have any silver."
As an emperor, he still carries silver with him?
"What belongs to me is the emperor's." Shen Qing looked rich and powerful, but when she gave the money, she only gave a few small coins. She laughed and said, "I don't have much left, and I want to play with it. Your Majesty, please save it."
Xuanyuan Ling felt that the few pieces of silver were shabby, but looking at her expression, he didn't seem to mind. Anyway, his mood was far from as calm as he seemed on the surface, and he wanted to find something else to change his mood.
Then the mahjong game really started.
There were four people, Xuanyuan Ling occupied one side, and the others were Chen Qing, Fang Yun and Wang Lu. The emperor had come, and Chunhua, as the chief maid of Zhaohua Palace, had to be assigned the task of pouring tea and serving water.
Fang Yun and Wang Lu were really panicked and didn't even dare to sit down. It was only after Xuanyuan Ling gave the order that they dared to sit down. But seeing that Chen Qing seemed to be very natural, just looking up at them and nodding slightly, the two of them suppressed their panic and really started playing mahjong.
After playing for a while, Xuanyuan Ling gradually got the hang of it and found it quite interesting. So with the unremitting efforts of Shen Qing, Fangyun and Wang Lu, Xuanyuan Ling won the first game.
Xuanyuan Ling raised an eyebrow and saw the little girl handing him the silver with some reluctance.
He couldn't help it, and his brows relaxed a little. The dark look on his face when he entered the room just now was much better.
The next few games were similar. Xuanyuan Ling won all their money. It was not that he didn't realize that they wanted him to win on purpose, but seeing Shen Qing racking his brains to feed him cards, he still felt a little happy in his heart. In fact, there were a lot of flattery, but there were very few people who could not make him angry even if it was obvious flattery.
Chen Qing was also straightforward. He said he didn't want to play anymore since the money was gone. Wang Lu and Fang Yun knelt on the ground in a hurry.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at the two of them and said, "Go down."
Seeing that the emperor wanted to be alone with Concubine Xi, Zhao Hai also signaled everyone around to leave.
"Are you asking me to win on purpose? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor?" Xuanyuan Ling looked at Chen Qing expressionlessly.
The crime of deceiving the emperor is a serious one. If it were an ordinary person, they would be scared, but Shen Qing seemed not to understand the meaning, or rather, she seemed not to be afraid: "I have no choice, because the emperor seems to be in a bad mood."
She pointed it out directly.
If it were any other time, Shen Qing would not have said this. To say this would be to try to figure out the emperor's mind and to flatter him deliberately. However, one also has to consider the timing. The action just now was too hasty, and the move of asking the emperor to win was too obvious. It would be bad to hide it at this time, so he might as well say it out loud.
"I just want to be happy that I won, but I don't know how to make Your Majesty happy for the time being, so I can only use this stupid method to make Your Majesty happy."
Shen Qing spoke in a low voice. As for why the emperor was unhappy, she didn't ask a single question. If the emperor didn't ask, she wouldn't ask.
Xuanyuan Ling felt Chen Qing's concern. He had been surrounded by conspiracies and calculations all along his life, from childhood to adulthood, and he himself was also the same. Not to mention caring about others, he did not believe that anyone really cared about him. Even if there were people, it was because of his identity. Chen Qing might also care about him because of his identity, but he could not think of this at the moment. He just felt a little soft in his heart when he heard it.
It can only be said that Shen Qing's actions came too coincidentally and too well. He was recalling the past twenty years and felt that the so-called mother-son relationship was ridiculous. Blood relations were all like this. His defenses were broken in his heart, but he happened to arrive at Zhaohua Palace and was coaxed by Shen Qing with such a heartfelt speech.
The originally cold heart was warmed up by this little thing, and Shen Qing asked again: "Is the emperor happier now?"
Xuanyuan Ling's attention was diverted somewhat, but he couldn't say he was happy.
But it seemed like it would be a waste of her thoughts if she just stared at him like that without nodding, but strangely enough, after she nodded, she seemed to feel a little better.
He was not as tense as before. Seeing Shen Qing's happy smile, he curled his lips, pulled her over, and held her in his arms. The small body was in his arms. He hugged her tightly and smelled some of her fragrance: "I don't like winning like this. It's meaningless."
Shen Qing raised his eyebrows, this is quite interesting.
However, she pretended not to understand and took the opportunity to say, "To be honest, I am very capable. Your Majesty is a novice, so it may not be easy for him to defeat me."
Xuanyuan Ling asked her to say so and raised her eyebrows: "How dare you." How dare you say that.
"Winning or losing is a small matter, but money is a big matter." Shen Qing asked, "Then the emperor has seen it, can you return the silver you won to me?"
Xuanyuan Ling saw that she was not afraid of him at all, and she dared to come and ask for money? Wasn't she afraid that he would be angry?
But the key point is that he really didn't get angry. He just said, "You are useless. Are you short of this little money?"
As he said this, he felt uncomfortable again. He really couldn't bear to be angry with her. She was so lovable, but she was so spoiled that she dared to say anything in front of him. He had to teach her a lesson.
He put the silver he had just won together, and then stuffed it into his arms in front of Shen Qing: "If I win, it's mine. Since you deliberately let me win, there is no reason for you to take the silver back now."
Shen Qing didn't expect that he could still do this and make trouble with her? Ha, then make trouble.
She reached out to touch his arms, and Xuanyuan Ling asked her to tickle him twice. The two of them laughed and joked for a while, and all their tempers were gone.
It was broad daylight and Xuanyuan Ling still had some memorials to review. In fact, she didn't make a fuss for too long. She was just reluctant to leave Zhaohua Palace. It was probably because she felt too comfortable with Shen Qing and didn't want to leave. Xuanyuan Ling understood what a gentle country was. It seemed that all troubles were no problem when they were with her.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, his and the Queen Mother's illness did not start today. He was just lost in thought for a moment. He had already made the decision, right?
Xuanyuan Ling took out the bag of silver he had just taken and curled his lips.
It was really funny to see her like that when he robbed her of a bag of silver.
Zhao Hai just came out, he really didn't know what Xuanyuan Ling said to Shen Qing later, now seeing Xuanyuan Ling holding a purse and smiling as if he had no worries, as if the matter with the Empress Dowager was not a big deal anymore.
Oh, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, this is really a hurdle that is hard to overcome. It is good enough that the Emperor can recover today.
Zhao Hai felt relieved and then his heart was filled with admiration. Concubine Xi was really amazing. The Emperor just asked Concubine Xi to be appeased with a bag of silver?
She was really amazing. She made the emperor want to have a baby with her. She made the emperor smile just by looking at a bag of silver.
To be honest, the emperor doesn't look that valuable right now.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Xuanyuan Ling say, "Tell someone to send her a box of golden melon seeds. It's embarrassing to share small change with servants."
Zhao Hai really wanted to say that Your Majesty was also using small change just now, but of course he couldn't say that. He could only honestly say: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is still just a Concubine." Concubines cannot use gold melon seeds.
Xuanyuan Ling remembered this. Indeed, the golden melon seeds were also used by people of status. He always forgot that Chen Qing was just a noble. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's talk about it after the Spring Examination."
Zhao Hai's heart skipped a beat. After the Spring Examination, it was time for the Palace Examination to select the top scholar. The new officials in the court would naturally be overjoyed, and a grand banquet would be held to entertain all the officials. From what the emperor meant, could it be that he wanted to use this event to confer titles on the six palaces and thereby elevate Concubine Xi's status?
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