Chapter 31: Making dumplings and making a fortune from playing small games~…
Seeing Shen Ceqing arguing so hard that his face turned red, and Jiang Ceqing's sword was already at Shen Ceqing's throat, everyone gasped.
Su Mian saw that she couldn't continue watching the fun. What if the two of them secreted too much adrenaline and someone died? It would be a sin.
So Su Mian spat out the melon seed shells in his mouth, and without caring to continue shipping the couple, he just walked forward while yelling "Hey hey hey".
"What's going on? Let's talk it out. A gentleman should use his mouth instead of his fists."
Su Mian raised his hand and gently pinched the blade of Jiang Ceqing's knife with his fingers, then pressed down slightly, smiling and pushing the two people away.
"Eunuch Su? You came at the right time. Please judge for yourself. He tore my skirt for no reason and brandished a knife and a gun at me. What's the meaning of that?"
When Shen Ceqing saw Su Mian coming, he couldn't help but feel confident. After all, he had given money to Su Mian before, and Su Mian was more familiar with him than the newcomer, so she would definitely stand on his side.
Jiang Ceqing also felt that Su Mian would be on his side. After all, he was personally selected by Su Mian to enter the palace to serve the emperor, and he was given the title of Ceqing as soon as he arrived, which was a face for Eunuch Su.
"How ridiculous! I'm just dancing with my sword here and you come up to me. If you keep pestering me, I'll cut off your tongue."
As soon as Jiang Ceqing said this, the two men became tense and were about to fight over Su Mian.
"stop!"
Su Mian stretched out his arms, one on each side, placed his palms on their chests, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm them down.
"Don't quarrel, listen to me, these are all trivial matters. As the saying goes, there is no acquaintance without fighting. I think the two of you are destined to be together."
"cut."
It was obvious that the two people didn't like each other. They crossed their arms and turned their bodies away, unwilling to look at each other.
Seeing that neither of them was willing to give in today, there was no way to stay in this stalemate. Su Mian saw a stone table and two stone benches next to him. He had an idea. He waved at Xiao Dezi and whispered a few words in his ear, and Xiao Dezi ran away.
Su Mian continued to work hard to stabilize the situation before Xiao Dezi came back.
"Mr. Shen, Mr. Jiang, the emperor hates harem fighting the most. The last time it happened was with Wei Jia and Mr. Lin. You don't want to do that either, do you?"
Su Mian had no choice but to bring up Wei Jia and Lin Caizi to point fingers at them, and then said earnestly: "I know that the two side officials are angry, why don't I arrange for you to vent your anger, and this matter will be over, okay?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Dezi came running over from a distance, leading a young eunuch, panting and holding some scattered things in their hands.
"What's this?"
Seeing that Xiao Dezi had a basin and a soup spoon in his hands, Qin Caizi asked curiously. He was most familiar with the uses of these things and wondered if Su Mian wanted them to cook on the spot?
But he saw that neither of these two ministers looked like they could cook.
"Hey, let me explain it to you all."
Su Mian took the things Xiao Dezi brought and walked towards the stone table. As soon as he walked away, Shen Ceqing and Jiang Ceqing met each other's eyes, snorted coldly, and followed him.
So they formed a circle with the stone table and Su Mian as the center, and everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and exploration.
"Come on, listen to me. This game is called Baozi Dumpling Meatballs."
As Su Mian spoke, he placed the iron basin and iron spoon in the middle, placed two cups of tea filled with flour in the center, and then began to explain the rules of the game.
"The game is very simple. Two people sit opposite each other and play rock-scissors to decide who goes first. The first person says 'steamed buns, dumplings, meatballs' while pointing in one direction, while the second person must look in the opposite direction."
"If the second player looks in the same direction, the first player can immediately throw flour at the second player, but the second player can also use the basin to block the flour, and then the first player and the second player will take turns. Do you understand?"
After Su Mian finished speaking, she stood there with her hands on her hips, listening to the noisy discussions around her.
"That sounds interesting."
"It feels so difficult. If I were to play, I would probably keep losing."
Su Mian had heard almost everything, and directed Shen Ceqing and Jiang Ceqing to sit on two stone benches, and said in a sonorous tone: "Don't you dislike each other? Just throw it and that's it!"
Su Mian thought, once the ice-breaking game started in the team, he didn’t believe that these men would still start fighting, he was really smart.
"Hmph, I'll smear your face like a steamed bun!"
"Why are you so arrogant? Don't be so embarrassed and cry for mercy later."
For a moment, the two men started to make harsh remarks.
Just as they rolled up their sleeves and prepared to start the game, Su Mian had an idea and half of his body lay on the table to stop the game first.
"Hey wait!"
Su Mian looked around at the people around him. How could he miss such a good opportunity to make money? He added, "The game is best of five."
As he spoke, he walked to an open space nearby, picked up a stone, squatted down and drew a line on the ground, and continued: "Come on, everyone can guess who will win, and join in."
The people around didn't respond immediately. They had never played this game before, so how could they know who had a better chance of winning?
Seeing their concerns, Su Mian sat cross-legged on the ground, patted the dust on his hands and said, "I'm a conscientious dealer. You can place bets after two rounds to try it out. Any amount is fine, okay?"
Everyone looked at each other and soon agreed with Su Mian's proposal. This new thing aroused everyone's interest. They all agreed and asked Shen Ceqing and Jiang Ceqing to start quickly.
"Come on, I'll count to three, two, one, start!"
"Rock, Paper, Scissors!"
Shen Ceqing took the initiative. He raised his chin proudly and raised his hand to start the first round of the game: "Steamed buns, dumplings and meatballs!"
Jiang Ceqing stared at Shen Ceqing's hand intently, and when he pointed to the left, his head subconsciously followed his hand.
Before he could react, a solid cup of flour hit his face. Everyone around him was frightened by the flying flour and took two steps back, waving their hands to disperse the flour.
[I was smart and sat farther away. ]
When everyone's vision became clear, Jiang Ceqing's face covered with flour appeared in front of everyone. He held his breath and spat out the flour.
“Pfft. Hahahahahaha.”
Shen Ceqing looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing out loud immediately. The people around him also covered their mouths and laughed.
But Jiang Ceqing was not annoyed, but ignited his fighting spirit. If he was given the first move, Shen Ceqing would definitely have a face full of flour!
This was indeed the case. After another round, the two people sitting in front of the stone table were like two white-faced actors in an opera. They could not help laughing when they looked at each other. Apart from the desire to win, they did not even remember to retaliate against each other.
"Come on, come on, you can place your bets now. Bet on it now."
Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Su Mian immediately started shouting. The concubines and eunuchs around him were all amused and took out silver from their pockets. Some of them did not bring any money with them, so they used other valuable gadgets instead.
After five rounds, Shen Ceqing narrowly won. Except that both of them were covered with flour all over their bodies, the people around them stepped away a little, and were afraid that they couldn't see clearly, so their hair and clothes were also stained with a lot of flour.
Suddenly, the back garden was covered with white, as if it had snowed. Only Su Mian was clean and smiled from ear to ear.
Excluding the share of the winnings given to Shen Ceqing, he still earned less, but the key point was that he bet the most on Shen Ceqing, which meant that more than half of the money went into his pocket.
Don't ask him how he knew who would win. The answer is that he determined that they were slow to get started, and they were fighting one round after another, so wouldn't Shen Ceqing, who had the first move, win?
"The Emperor has arrived—"
A notification came from afar, and Su Mian quickly put all the winnings into his pocket, got up from the ground, brushed the dust off his butt, blended into the crowd and knelt down obediently.
“What is this doing?”
The emperor originally didn't intend to take care of this matter, but he heard that the back garden was in a mess. How messy was it? He had to come and see.
The emperor's aura was so overwhelming that no one dared to reply.
"You, tell me."
The Emperor pointed casually and it was Jiang Ceqing who had just lost the game, but his face was covered with flour and the Emperor almost didn't recognize who he was.
"Reply to Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, there was a misunderstanding between Shen Ceqing and Jiang Ceqing, and they have just resolved it."
Su Mian was worried that Jiang Ceqing, who was a straightforward person, would say something wrong, so he had to bite the bullet and step forward to explain. Before coming out, he even took some flour from the person next to him and smeared it on his face to make himself look more embarrassed.
After all, the Emperor knew that he was the one to deal with the matter, so it would be better for him to take the initiative to point it out, but if he was spotless, this matter would be unacceptable.
"Oh? Then why are you in such a mess?"
"Making dumplings! The servants are making dumplings!"
Su Mian thought, he wasn’t really lying, because the name he gave to this game was actually “Making Dumplings”.
The emperor knew that he was lying, so he automatically ignored Su Mian's words and asked the concubines who were kneeling beside him.
"Is that true?"
"My Lord, that is indeed the case. I and Jiang Ceqing have resolved the misunderstanding."
Since that's what he said, the emperor couldn't say much. Besides, Su Mian was the emperor's man after all, so he had to give her some face.
So he slowly said, "If this doesn't happen again, I'll punish you to clean up this place. Go away now."
“Yes.”
Under the gaze of everyone, the emperor left and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But they were still not satisfied.
Seeing that they were a little disappointed, Su Mian wiped his face and said, "It's not necessary to use flour. You can also put water in the teacup. It will be cleaned up later."
Now, flour and water can really be mixed into dough on their faces.
Many people couldn't help but play a few rounds of this game, and even Su Mian was urged by them to sit on it.
Su Mian was simply the king of the game. He didn't get wet at all from beginning to end, and those people admired him even more.
"Eunuch Su, you are so awesome, please teach us."
He doesn't want to earn this money, but he can't resist the money from falling into his arms!
Su Mian felt that this trip was totally worth it, and if there was such a good thing in the future, he would come again!
These people in the palace have never seen anything like this. With his experience as a modern person, it is enough to entertain them with novelty for a lifetime.
Making a lot of money!
——
"emperor."
After Cheng Changgeng finished discussing the matter, Jiang Renhai arrived at the Mingzheng Hall on time and went straight to the point as soon as he entered the hall.
"Eunuch Su went to the back garden today and made a fuss with the two concubines, which alarmed the emperor. Now the place is a mess."
Jiang Renhai waited for so long and finally caught Su Mian's weakness. He immediately ran to Mingzheng Hall to complain.
"Oh? There is such a thing? If you tell Su Mian to come back, I will definitely punish him severely."
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