It has been many days since the poisoning, and there has been no news in the past few days, but Qin Shujiu is not in a hurry, because she doesn't think that person can endure it for long, but she is still living her own life, but the food sent is doubly cautious. The days are leisurely, but today the light is soft and bright, but suddenly received a decree from Zichen Palace, and Liqing wants to see her.

Since the queen mother's birthday, she has not received a summons from Liqing, and she was surprised that she suddenly received it, but she didn't ask much, but after thinking about it in her heart, she accepted the order, changed her clothes, and then went to Zichen Hall to see the driver.

After bowing to Zichen Palace, Qin Shujiu stepped forward under Liqing's signal, walked to Liqing's side and looked at the chess game that Liqing was playing, Qin Shujiu did not make a sound. But Liqing opened his mouth and said, "Sit down." Pointing to the opposite position and asking Qin Shujiu to sit down, after Qin Shujiu sat down, Liqing said, "Can you play chess?" ”

"I know a little bit about it."

"Since you know a little bit about it, how about accompanying me in the next game?" Liqing rarely does this, and when people came, they didn't say anything and just let her play chess with her. Liqing's subtle mistake made Qin Shujiu see it in his eyes, although His Majesty's face and even his expression were as usual, but Qin Shujiu just knew.

There must have been something else to this summons.

didn't ask much, what His Majesty asked him to do, he responded immediately, but after he should play, Qin Shujiu didn't forget to say: "The concubine's chess game is not good, Your Majesty will have to let the concubine in a while." Before this was played, he begged for mercy first, but Liqing smiled, looked at her and said, "You didn't play this chess well?" Whenever you have something new to try, you always say that you are not proficient in it, and in the end it is all right. Today, if you say that you are not good at this chess path, I want to see if you are really not good at it or if you are humble. After speaking, he had the intention of not letting go, but in the choice of chess, he still let Qin Shujiu hold the sunspot first.

Liqing let Xianqin Shujiu think that he would not be humble, so he took the sunspot and pondered carefully, and then started the game. Liqing is a more sincere person, if you defeat him, you won't make him angry, but if you deliberately let him find out, it will make the Sacred Heart angry, so Qin Shujiu is also a real player in the game with Liqing.

The beginning is only a moment of effort, this chess game is clear, elbow against the desk two fingers twisted a white grain, carefully look at the chess game after Liqing fell into the chess and then smiled: "I also said that I am not good at this, this opening is very sharp, to the point that I don't know a little bit about it." After Liqing said this, Qin Shujiu replied with a smile: "If the concubine doesn't say that she only knows a little bit about it, how can she get this starting sunspot?" There was a bit of playfulness in the words, so that Liqing couldn't blame her for bullying the king.

Just raised his eyes and smiled, sighed "you", and then continued the layout on the chess board. Both of them are masters of this layout, and they are equally divided. Playing chess requires meditation, so Qin Shujiu also closed his mouth and looked at the layout on the chess surface attentively, but Liqing had already raised his eyes and looked at Qin Shujiu many times, looking at her serious appearance, he felt a little fond. The smile on the corner of his lips couldn't help but be a lot deeper, and with a deep smile, he watched Qin Shujiu break his game, and Liqing suddenly said.

"Why is it so quiet today?" This inquiry made Qin Shujiu a little puzzled, while playing with the newly picked up chess pieces in his hand, Qin Shujiu said: "This chess game is a painstaking thing, the concubine's mind should be on the chess board, if not, you have to take a step and ask Your Majesty what to do next?" ”

Asking this, Qin Shujiu was very serious, but this seriousness was exchanged for Liqing's chuckle, raised his hand across the chess surface and directly tapped the tip of her nose, Liqing said: "You, why don't you ask me what happened to call you here?" Such words were even more inaudible, and Qin Shujiu immediately said: "Didn't Your Majesty summon the concubines to play chess?" ”

"Playing chess, you really think I summoned you to play chess." The white son in his hand fell again, and Liqing said: "My Shu'er's heart is like a mirror, don't you know the intention of my summons this time, if such a smart Shu'er says that I don't know that there is a storm and clouds above the court, I don't believe it." ”

The court and the harem are only separated by that layer, and even if the things above the court are not explicitly transmitted to the harem, the people in the harem know it clearly. Qin Tianhao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, impeached Taiwei Xu, and this incident was not only the court that was afraid of alarming, but also the harem.

And Liqing summoned Qin Shujiu this time for this matter. Of course, Qin Shujiu had heard about this, and now that Liqing had said it, she didn't prevaricate, but got up and walked to the side to bow down, and then said: "The concubine has indeed heard about it in the harem. After these words fell, Liqing took her hand again, and then led her back to her position, and after she sat down again, Liqing said: "Play chess, tell me what you think about this while playing." ”

This chess can be continued, but Qin Shujiu didn't dare to say much about the affairs of the court, and immediately said: "The concubine is not allowed to interfere in the government, this is a matter of the court, and the concubine does not have any opinion." ”

"No view? It's true? Now that your father is impeaching my minister, you really don't have the slightest opinion as a daughter? ”

"The impeachment of the ministers above the court is a common thing, Your Majesty Shengming should be able to adjudicate, what can the concubine of this little harem concubine think. As His Majesty said, this matter is the concubine's father impeaching Xu Taiwei, and since His Majesty asked the concubine's opinion, the concubine must also be biased towards his father. With such partiality, the concubines can't have the slightest opinion. ”

If the concubines of the harem can also be mixed with the affairs of the previous dynasty, then the court will be in chaos, Qin Shujiu's words are heartfelt, but Liqing obviously doesn't think this is a problem, and still said: "Although what you said is reasonable, I still want to hear what you think, after all, it is not only Xu Taiwei who has been impeached this time." ”

"Huh? Not just Captain Xu? Could it be that there are other henchmen who can't do it? He raised his head and asked, but he saw Liqing shaking his head with a smile and then said: "At the same time that Qin Shangshu impeached Taiwei Xu, that Taiwei Xu also participated in a book, accusing your father of abusing his power to arbitrarily judge an unjust case and deceive the Holy Monarch by privately fabricating false testimony. ”

Xu Taiwei took advantage of his power to bend the law for bribes, and his protégés didn't know how much money he had embezzled in various places and how many things he had done to kill people, and Qin Tianhao could be regarded as having found out that the evidence was conclusive. All the detailed investigation and evidence were submitted to Liqing at this moment, vowing to take down Taiwei Xu and uproot all his roots and henchmen. Everything was ready, but who knew that the court Captain Xu actually beat him upside down, not only did he deny everything, but also accused him of fabricating evidence with the intention of murder, and even said the words that blinded the Sacred Heart.

Xu Taiwei is very good at clever arguments, even if Qin Tianhao has found out all this clearly, how can the evidence not be complete, but Xu Taiwei grabbed it and sued him. This matter was very troublesome in the court, and half of the hundreds of officials asked for the life of Captain Xu, which was really difficult to do. It's not that Li Qing doesn't know what Taiwei Xu has done privately over the years, but his foundation is quite deep, and if he can't be directly uprooted in one go, he is afraid that it will bring turmoil to the court. It was also because of Qin Tianhao's evidence that he found the broken entrance, which made this matter troublesome.

Qin Tianhao is Qin Shujiu's father, this father's impeachment failed but caused people to deduct the crime, Liqing wanted to see what Qin Shujiu thought about this matter. Who knew that this Qin Shujiu was a calm person, and after hearing that Qin Tianhao was countersued, not only did he not rush to defend himself, but said: "My father is an honest and upright person, since he impeached Taiwei Xu, I think he also has real evidence, but that Taiwei Xu is also blindly shouting wrongs." Xu Taiwei is a veteran of the DPRK, and he must not be the one who can be falsely accused. The concubine is just a harem concubine, and the fact that this court is above the court is not something that the concubine can say, and I hope that Your Majesty will not embarrass the concubine. ”

The words on both sides have been said, but they don't give an opinion, Qin Shujiu's political affairs are completely wiped out, even if it involves his father, he will never be embarrassed, and his temperament is so much that Liqing is satisfied. He was not angry at her refusal to say anything, but nodded with satisfaction.

He wants to inquire about the court, but the game on the chess surface can't be sloppy, and the game on the chess surface is almost laid out after saying this. The last white son fell, and Liqing said: "Shu'er's mind is all on this chess, but this chess, look at it, you still have to lose." ”

As soon as the son fell, he saw the winner or loser, but Qin Shujiu did not have the loss after losing half a point, but the smile deepened. Qin Shujiu's expression was attentive, and when he asked, "Are you still smiling so happily after losing this chess?" How? Could it be that you are hiding your secrets? ”

"Your Majesty's chess skills are outstanding, how can you be able to hide your concubines with your majesty. The concubine laughed not because she hid her selfishness, but because His Majesty broke off the win or loss too early. Looking at Liqing with a smile, the smug smile in Qin Shujiu's eyes made Liqing surprised, and immediately said, "How do you say this?" ”

"Your Majesty himself is looking at the situation." Called Qin Shujiu to say this, Liqing re-watched the chess surface, it's okay not to take a closer look, but he was surprised at a glance. He thought that he was already in control, but he never expected that Qin Shujiu would have his thoughts. This chess looks like he has won from the face, but in fact, it is not, when he set up a game to outflank Qin Shujiu's sunspot, Qin Shujiu also secretly set up his own game.

Starting from the four corners of the chessboard, it formed an encirclement around it, although it looked scattered and had no rules, but in fact, it surrounded nearly half of its white children. His own Bai Zi seemed to have occupied most of the territory, but in fact, most of the territory was surrounded by Qin Shujiu's peripheral chess game. If you don't play that chess and swallow the sunspots in it, it's fine, but once you eat Qin Shujiu's sunspots, the vacated territory will definitely be reversed, and the wins and losses will be different.

I thought that I had won this game, but I didn't expect to ask Qin Shujiu to make such a layout under his nose, and at that moment Liqing shook his head with a smile and said: "Shu'er is really smart and compassionate, this step is very good." ”

Liqing praised and Qin Shujiu was also busy getting up and bowing to Xie, and then said: "The concubine also won this game, if it weren't for His Majesty's blind expansion of territory on the chessboard and didn't pay attention to the scattered sunspots of the concubines, so that the concubines' sunspots could be intertwined, how could the concubines win the opposite." The concubine's occasional victory this time was also thanks to His Majesty's blessing, otherwise how could the concubine win His Majesty just by relying on that chess skill? ”

Leaning over and kneeling there, Qin Shujiu said this, bowing his head and not raising it. Qin Shujiu's words were around the chess game from beginning to end, and never involved anything else, but after she finished speaking, Liqing smiled. It was rare to hear Liqing's hearty smile, and after laughing, Liqing looked at Qin Shujiu and said: "Shu'er, Shu'er, I keep saying that harem concubines are not allowed to interfere in politics, but this little abacus in my heart is quite loud." ”

The mind really made Liqing see through, but Qin Shujiu didn't intend to admit it, but after listening to Liqing's joke, he raised his head and looked at it, and then asked with a puzzled face: "What the concubine said is that chess game, how can this good and decent Your Majesty be involved in the government again." ”

This is also wronged, but it seems that Liqing misunderstood her meaning and caused her to do government politics. Since Qin Shujiu refused to say it explicitly, Liqing no longer embarrassed her, beckoned her to her side, took Qin Shujiu's hand and sat down next to her, Liqing said: "Yes, Shu'er is talking about a chess game, but there is a sentence that Shu'er is right, there is no mistake left in this chess game." If you don't look at it and don't kill all those chess pieces, when they remain for a long time, the pieces are connected and intertwined, and then the territory on this board will not know who it is. ”

The mutual impeachment between Qin Shangshu and Xu Taiwei, at this time, Liqing already had her own idea in her heart, but how this sacred heart was decided was not something that her harem concubine could ask. Immediately, Qin Shujiu was just smiling on the side, and he didn't ask a word.

looked at Liqing with a smile, and there was a love in his eyes that could not be hidden, but when Liqing looked at things for a long time, he couldn't help but make Qin Shujiu feel panicked, but he withdrew his gaze. Closed his gaze and looked at other places, when this sweeping line of sight saw something, Qin Shujiu couldn't help but make him suck his gaze, and then asked.

"Your Majesty, is that?"

Looking in the direction of Qin Shujiu's inquiry, Liqing saw a few straw grasshoppers hanging on the curtain, and immediately replied: "That's the grass grasshopper woven by the teacher, made of palm leaves, and it was said that it was a boring thing when I was a child, so I learned it from the maids at home." How, didn't you expect the master's hand to be so dexterous. ”

"Palm leaves?" Instead of responding, he muttered and retold it softly, and after saying it, Qin Shujiu smiled and said: "Yes, although I know that my sister's hands are dexterous, and the embroidery is one of the best, but I really don't know that her delicate things are also so pleasing, and if I meet it next time, I will definitely ask her to make it up and send me one or two." ”

"Why wait until next time, if you like it, take one from me." After saying that, Yu Shan stepped forward to take the wine and gave it to Qin Shujiu, but before he could kill it, he let Qin Shujiu stop him, and said with a smile: "These are my sister's thoughts, why did Your Majesty send a concubine at will, aren't you afraid that your sister will be sad after paying attention?" Since the concubine loves it, she will go to ask her sister to make up one or two, and Your Majesty will not touch those, how pleasing it is to hang like that. After stopping Liqing's words, Qin Shujiu was reasonable, and Liqing said at the moment.

"Since that's the case, then you can only let the master worry more about you."

"Your Majesty, is this biased? Before the concubine could speak, she was busy feeling sorry for her sister. Pursing her lips, it was a grievance, Qin Shujiu's taste made Liqing laugh endlessly, sighed and said that she was not, but Qin Shujiu, although his face showed a little grievance, but his eyes were always fixed on the grasshopper, and he didn't take his eyes off for a long time.