Chapter 9: Chess pieces
Li Jingting fell into deep thought, as if judging the credibility of this statement. Xin Yi www.biquge.info was calm, the Lu family's little girl insulted her that day, she just borrowed Li Jingting's hand, and collected some "interest" by the way.
In the middle of the night, Li Jingting chuckled, not distinguishing between joy and anger: "This hall killed you as a concubine of a fifth-grade official...... Figure what?"
Xin Yi raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "If it is about the family fight, then the benefits are all won by the Lu family." Therefore, His Highness's intention is not here. ”
"Go on. ”
"As for His Highness's real plans, the people really don't know. ”
"I really don't know?"
"Yes. ”
Xin Yi looked directly at Li Jingting, his eyes did not dodge at all, as if he was not a chess piece, but a chess player.
Li Jingting was silent for a moment, pinched the fingertips of the chess pieces and waved: "Get up." ”
Since entering the hall, Xin Yi has been kneeling. At this moment, Li Jingting mentioned it, and she realized that her legs were numb on her knees.
But before she got up and stood firmly, Li Jingting's next sentence made her scalp cold.
"You're smart... But smart for the chess pieces... But it's the deadliest..."
Xin Yi's eyes deepened slightly. Although Li Jingting's words are horrifying, they are also expected.
Because he is a qualified chess player, it is a pity that he is not a qualified chess piece.
Xin Yi took off the jade hairpin in the bun, quickly rested it on his neck, and then forced Li Jingting to look at him, revealing a faint sneer: "It's better to abandon the chess piece if it's too smart." His Royal Highness has a noble status, so he will not bother His Highness. The folk girl did it herself. ”
The sharp jade hairpin did not freeze in the slightest, and instantly scratched blood marks on the woman's snow neck.
"Presumptuous. Li Jingting blurted out, with a hint of unconcealable fluctuations in his tone.
Xin Yi's fingertips paused slightly, and the sneer on his lips became thicker: "The people's girl advises His Highness, the people's girl's hairpin is only in the size, this life and death are instantaneous, no matter how good the shadow guard is, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”
Li Jingting's Adam's apple moved, although his face was still calm, and even the chess pieces still pinched by his fingertips did not tremble, but the chaotic color that passed by his eyes did not hide from Xin Yi.
The slightest mistake is enough for a good player to become a loophole in the game.
Seeming to be aware of his own abnormality, a chill rose between Li Jingting's eyebrows, and he finally got up from the agarwood couch and looked at Xin Yi with a slight squint.
Goose egg face, red lips and bright teeth, a water green embroidered beads and white entangled magnolia bamboo branch silk skirt, adding a piece of water show aura. In particular, a pair of smoke clouds, bright as the stars falling from the silver man, but they are calm to the point of almost indifference, puffing on the vicissitudes and transparency that do not fit their age.
Li Jingting suddenly felt that he had fallen into those eyes, and he even had to gasp to relieve himself.
"You, threatening me?" Li Jingting choked out too obvious anger. He didn't know if he was annoyed by the woman's presumptuousness or his "abnormality" just now.
"Don't dare. Xin Yi paused word by word, and his tone became more and more confident, "It's just that the people's daughter is glad that His Royal Highness is reluctant to let me die." Because, I'm a useful pawn. ”
Li Jingting's eyes deepened. gambling on life and death, saying that she is a chess piece, the woman in front of her is so calm that people don't know whether to call her stupid or ruthless.
Xin Yi also stared straight at Li Jingting. She's also gambling.
From Li Jingting's secret summons instead of sending Yingwei to kill him directly, she gambled that she was still "useful" to Li Jingting.
I don't know how long it has been, Li Jingting waved his hand, and the invisible oppression in the dark place in the hall disappeared instantly.
This is all the shadow guards retreating, that is to say, Li Jingting finally gave up the last killing intent against Xin Yi.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Xin Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that the palm of the hand holding the jade hairpin was tired of sweat.
"Thank me, this hall is going to kill you. Li Jingting curled the corners of his mouth, and regardless of Xin Yi's reaction, he turned around and looked at the chess game, "Do you know how to play chess?"
"I'm not good at it, and I don't want to get involved. Do not seek wealth, do not seek high positions. Xin Yi smiled meaningfully.
"Really?" Li Jingting walked to the front of the chess game, stretched out a finger and stopped above the chess piece, "Do you know what kind of chess game you have stepped into? Do you think that you don't ask for much, even if you are locked in the boudoir every day, you can avoid this game? Just because I secretly summoned you today, if I don't start, someone with a heart will let you lie down and return to Xinfu." ”
Xin Yi's chest was a little stuffy. She understands Li Jingting's words, but she still thinks about it, she doesn't ask for it, she wants to live a long life, and she only wants to live a long and long life.
However, she herself understands that this is not possible.
Li Jingting's slender fingertips moved, and a chess piece fell to the ground and shattered into powder.
"You just have to move forward. To retreat is to die. Li Jingting's voice without a trace of warmth pierced Xin Yi's eardrums with pain, "Or, become a chess player." Play a game, and you lose. ”
Not asking does not mean that others do not ask. Not fighting, does not mean that others do not fight. This is a road of no return, entering, not necessarily living, but retreating, must die.
Either struggle to make a living as a chess piece, or become a chess player and pinch the lifeblood of the chess game.
Xin Yi raised his eyes again, and the bottom of his eyes was already calm. Like the autumn water that has been precipitated by the vicissitudes of the sea for several years, under a pool of cold water, there are shocking waves after burial.
Perhaps she had already made her choice as early as the moment she was reborn and returned to before she got married. Holding the son falls, for the gamer.
"Your Highness is a chess player, why do you want to say this to the people's daughter?" Xin Yi stared at Li Jingting, as if he was smiling.
"You are a chess player, but for him, maybe I am just a pawn. Li Jingting's eyes were filled with bitterness.
Xin Yi's heart moved slightly: "Who can still plan His Highness as a pawn?"
Li Jingting turned his back, as if he didn't want Xin Yi to see his expression, but his voice was dark: "He." ”
Xin Yi suppressed the curiosity that instinctively rose. This kind of character, who is still a pawn now, will only be more dangerous if she knows it.
"If Your Highness has nothing else to do, it is not advisable for the people to stay for a long time. I only ask for an edict from His Royal Highness before leaving, so that the people will not be expelled from the Xin Mansion and the corpse will be in the wilderness. Xin Yi saluted in a proper manner and ended the conversation neatly.
"Take this back. Li Jingting handed over a chess piece with his backhand. The chess pieces are carved from Kunlun jade, engraved with the word "thunder" the size of mosquitoes.
"Your Highness. The folk girl took her leave. Xin Yi had no intention of staying for a long time, and the goal had been achieved, so he turned around and left.
Suddenly, Li Jingting's faint voice came: "Miss Xin Liu, you and Xin Bai are not brothers and sisters. Xin Baili deviated from the public opinion and taught you the study of the Four Books and the Five Classics. If it is only because of pity, is this reason too weak? Or, ten years of cultivation is for the day when your talent can alarm the queen and give the Lu family a marriage?"
The man's voice was like a ghost in the night, faint and unreal. However, every word was like a bell chime, and it hit the tip of Xin Yi's heart, smashing her step by step.
She didn't dare to look back, for fear that she would really listen. However, she couldn't deceive herself, and the moment Li Jingting spoke, she couldn't argue with it.
Because of this questioning, it is so perfect that there are almost no gaps.