Chapter Seventy-Five: The Game
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The crisp sound of crashing resounded in the separate world that seemed to be separated from it in the hall and connected to it, and it was the sound of jade hitting a sandalwood chessboard that had been maintained with pine oil. Aside from the sound of the fabric rubbing, there seemed to be only the crunch of water droplets crashing into the ice.
Li Jin delusionally felt that he had only experienced such a calm in his previous life, and in the process of intertwining with the old princess, it seemed that a certain part of Li Jin's heart that had been paralyzed gradually came alive again.
As the pieces continue to fall, the whole game shows the player's vague plan.
Kuroko has formed a situation similar to encirclement, and Shiroko seems to be making a stubborn resistance. It's just that I don't know which move to start, but the black pieces are losing the ground behind them inch by inch, as if they are being eaten, and slowly losing the strength they had at the beginning.
Li Jin's forehead was faintly sweating, and such a change made her unexpected. Even though she hadn't ignored any of her own moves with her opponent from the beginning, she still hadn't seen when this change began.
Li Jin never despised his opponents, and even when his power was steadily increasing, he was as cautious as he was at the beginning.
It's a pity that white came from behind, and until the final game, there was no accident to devour the black chess, and there was no chance for Li Jin to fight back.
At the end of the game, although Li Jin did not leave any piece of armor that was killed, he felt indescribably relieved in his heart.
The old princess on the other side seemed to be in a very good mood, and her eyes revealed a kind of joy when meeting her opponent: "Sure enough, I know from your temperament that the chess move must be unusual and neat." It's been a long time since I've played such a good game. Come often and play chess with me. ”
The old princess almost blurted out a promise that Li Jin could freely enter and leave the Huaiyang Palace. It's just that this didn't make Li Jin very happy, Li Jin remembered the note with the thickness of his little finger this morning, and his rare sunny mood had a hint of gloom. Rather than having such conditions and being swept deeper into the vortex, Li Jin hoped that he would never get such an opportunity.
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Li Jin said: "You just came to Beijing, and it is the end of the year, so you must have a lot of things to do." Although Li Jin wanted to ask the old princess for advice, he couldn't only care about himself like this, so Li Jin couldn't obey his fate. ”
When the old princess heard this, not only did she not get angry, but praised with great appreciation: "It's true, there are too many things to be busy at the end of the year." Then let's do it, the day after tomorrow I will go to Cining Palace to explore the body of the Queen Mother and her old man. Come with me. It's also good to relieve the boredom of the two of us. ”
After speaking, without waiting for Li Jin to answer, he got up and pulled Li Jin and walked towards the hall.
Hearing this arrangement, Li Jin's hair almost exploded. Although Li Jin promised the emperor to go to Cining Palace, he never thought that he would be with the old princess of Huaiyang Wang, such a stormy meeting, Li Jin was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, and he didn't know what to say to the emperor after going to the old princess's invitation to enter the palace.
There was a slight twitch in the smile on the corner of Li Jin's mouth, but he couldn't find an interface to shirk the old princess. In this way, the time spent alone between the two of them was easily let go, and by the time Li Jin came back to his senses, he was already sitting in a Taishi chair next to his mother.
I saw that the old princess seemed to be very satisfied with the tea cup in her hand, but her mother's expression of bowing her head and drinking tea was full of remorse. This situation made Li Jin a little puzzled, but before he could think about it, the old princess spoke.
"This girl's chess is good, although it is not yet a climate, but this temperament is excellent, and the training must not lose to the royal chess player, steadily attack, and retreat. Such opponents are not common anymore. The old princess said in an emotional tone.
Mrs. Li didn't seem to be in a better mood, and when she heard the princess praise her daughter, she only smiled politely and said: "The old princess praises her, this child is usually very stupid, and he is especially fond of chess and flowers, so he can still make people see it." ”
"Hey, Mrs. Li is out of sight. The old princess smiled. After that, regardless of Mrs. Li's completely different attitude from the last time she came, the old princess enthusiastically told Mrs. Li about her plans.
But Mrs. Li's reaction was even more indifferent than Li Jin's, still the polite smile just now, Mrs. Li took the old princess's words and said: "Princess Lao is in love, Li Jin, this child is naturally used to doing his own thing, and sometimes he is reckless in his words, and he expresses his heart directly, I am afraid that it is inevitable that he will say something offensive to the princess if he does not check it for a while." When I went to Cining Palace to ask for peace, the old princess should think twice. ”
The old princess only glanced lightly at Mrs. Li's side, then raised the teacup in her hand and drank the tea silently, as if she had no intention of intentionally saying it: "Mrs. Li's words are bad, you must know that jade is not cut into a weapon, and a rare piece of jade is so hard to be locked in the mountains and ancient times and cannot be seen." ”
Mrs. Li didn't panic much, smiled more and more politely at this time, and continued: "You only think of her as a good heart, but she is just a little talker, if you go to the palace with you, I am afraid that it will inevitably be taken care of by the old princess." It's just that this kid is reckless and reckless, and I'm afraid that he will have to fill in a lot of trouble for the old princess when the time comes, so how can we live at ease when the time comes?"
The old princess smiled even more when she heard this, but she no longer insisted that Li Jin enter the palace to see the queen mother by herself.
In this way, the three of them just drank tea silently in the house, and talked about all kinds of health and rest and food in winter, and the hall was also harmonious.
Soon it was the time of the third pole of the day, which was the best time for the guests to officially come to the door, so the old princess no longer left Mrs. Li and Li Jin to sit here for a long time, and instructed the maid to send the mother and daughter to the hall that had been arranged to welcome the guests.
Before leaving this magnificent pavilion, Li Jin had already stepped out of the door, only to hear the old princess in the door talking to Li Jin with great interest.
"Do you know who and who played that game of chess you just saw?"
Li Jin very much hoped that behind his ears at this time, he could not hear the question that seemed to be hiding something just now.
"The old princess atoned for her sins, Li Jin didn't know. ”
"Guess?"
"There's no way to guess. ”
Mrs. Li had already left the house under the guidance of the servants, and at this time, because of the relationship between the old princess and the princess first, there were no attendants in the house at this time, only a few maids stood outside the door to wait, so Li Jin dared to talk like an old friend to the old princess of the king of Huaiyang, the mother of the current king of Huaiyang.
"It was a chess game between King Rongxuan and my son, and when the banquet was depressed for a while, you might as well guess who used the white and who used the black seed. If you can guess who the winner is, it's a good thing, and when the time comes, it's okay to come and get a reward, isn't it?"
Li Jin was noncommittal, and only listened silently. After that, he said goodbye and hurriedly caught up with Mother Li, who came out earlier.