At the hour of Xu, after finishing their meal, the two slowly walked into the bedroom.
"Your Highness, it's still early now, why don't we play a game of chess?" Su Jingyao asked softly with a smile on her face.
Jun Zechen nodded slightly. He seldom played chess now. Ever since he won the game against his father a year ago, he believed that no one in the palace could match him.
But it is still early today, and playing chess is a good way to pass the time.
The two of them sat down gently on either side of the couch. Miaoyun carefully brought up her master's beloved Hetian jade Go set and gently placed it on the table in the middle.
Su Jingyao smiled and waved her hand, and Miaoyun and the other palace maids in the hall tiptoed out of the hall.
At this moment, only Su Jingyao and Jun Zechen were left in the bedroom.
Jun Zechen stretched out his hand and gently picked up a black piece, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He was a person obsessed with chess, so he could naturally tell at a glance that the black piece was the finest Hetian black jade.
He slowly picked up another white piece, and it was indeed top-grade mutton-fat white jade.
"Where did you get this Go?" Jun Zechen raised his head, stared at Su Jingyao, and asked softly.
"My elder brother knew that I loved Go, so he gave it to me when I was fifteen years old and had my coming-of-age ceremony."
"These black pieces are made of 181 pieces of Hetian black jade, and the white pieces are made of 180 pieces of mutton-fat white jade. Each one is delicate and smooth to the touch, without any flaw. I have always regarded them as treasures." Su Jingyao smiled slightly, her eyes full of joy.
"Your brother really loves you. Hetian jade is scarce in the country. To polish such a perfect chess piece, I am afraid it would take dozens of kilograms of Hetian jade. I also have a set of Hetian jade Go in my private library, but it is slightly inferior to yours."
As Jun Zechen spoke, he unconsciously rubbed the chess piece in his hand.
"If Your Highness likes it, I would like to give this chess piece to Your Highness." Su Jingyao said softly.
"This is your brother's birthday gift to you. How could I take away someone else's favorite? I just said it casually."
"Let's start playing chess."
Su Jingyao nodded slightly.
"I like white pieces, Your Highness, how about playing black pieces?"
Su Jingyao's eyes moved, she looked at Jun Zechen with a smile and asked softly.
"Okay." Jun Zechen smiled slightly and calmly took out the black piece from the chess box.
Both of them were ready. The black piece fell first, and Su Jingyao's white piece followed immediately.
At first, both of them made moves quite gently, especially Jun Zechen.
After all, his usual chess style tends to be offensive, but he was worried that Su Jingyao's chess skills might be mediocre. If he hastily ended the game in a quarter of an hour, how could he spend his free time well?
So at the beginning of the game, Jun Zechen made his moves casually and gently. However, as more and more pieces were placed on the board, he became more serious, his expression became more solemn, and his style of play gradually turned to fierce attack.
Su Jingyao was keenly aware of his changes.
Because of playing chess, she was completely relaxed, and her voice unconsciously took on a hint of coquettishness.
"Your Highness plays the game of flying chess so skillfully that I am almost unable to avoid it."
Su Jingyao pouted her lips, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her beautiful eyes.
In Go, "flying pieces" means attacking, but just now you were clearly engaging in a clever back-and-forth exchange of moves.
"I never expected that your chess skills would be so superb."
Jun Zechen stared at the chessboard. Su Jingyao's white pieces were showing an attitude of tolerance. If he didn't take the initiative to attack, the white pieces would unknowingly destroy every inch of his territory.
"Then I have no choice but to jump now, huh." Su Jingyao said coquettishly, and as she spoke, she cleverly jumped the white piece out of the encirclement of the black pieces, which means "escaping".
Jun Zechen is always a man of few words when playing chess, but whenever Su Jingyao looks embarrassed by his attack, she will unconsciously become coquettish and act like a spoiled child.
"Your Highness, my concubine's white son is about to have no home."
Seeing that Heizi was about to launch another attack, Su Jingyao couldn't help but try to distract Jun Zechen's attention by acting coquettishly.
Jun Zechen felt a tingling sensation in his heart as he listened to her coquettish words, and the intensity of his attack unconsciously weakened.
The two continued to play chess back and forth. Although Su Jingyao showed signs of anger and joy on the surface, she was staring at the chessboard, with clear thoughts and decisive moves.
Gradually, the smile on Su Jingyao's lips became deeper and deeper, and she looked at her layout with satisfaction.
She is going to win.
His eyes were full of cunning like a little fox.
Jun Zechen frowned slightly, lowered his head and stared at the black pieces on the chessboard, then looked up at the woman with a sweet smile.
The woman tilted her head playfully and smiled at him even more seductively.
Jun Zechen sighed softly: "She is quite a smart woman."
He never expected that he would lose.
Jun Zechen stared at the chessboard again, and became more and more impressed with the young woman's chess skills.
Each of her moves is as smooth as flowing water, her style is elegant and agile, her chess is exquisite and profound, her chess moves are crisscrossed, and her chess skills are superb.
Jun Zechen couldn't help but reveal a hint of astonishment in his eyes when he looked at her.
Su Jingyao became modest instead: "I am not a chess player who follows the rules. If I hadn't kept disturbing Your Highness, I would have had a hard time winning this game. Your Highness's chess skills are inferior to mine."
"Except for the time I lost to my father, I have never lost to anyone else. I underestimated my opponent today. I will definitely win next time."
Jun Zechen was actually aroused by this little girl's competitive spirit.
"Yes, Your Highness, as long as you don't mind me talking too much when I play chess."
Jun Zechen actually didn't like noisy conversations while playing chess, but today the young lady's words were humorous and her voice was gentle and pleasant, so he didn't feel disgusted at all, and even felt quite comfortable during the game.
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