Time passed silently bit by bit, and as time passed, the hearts of Tiansheng officials became more and more tight, because the black and white sides of the chess game displayed on the big chessboard were evenly matched, and Bai Mulan's leading advantage was not visible at all.

Ulan Tuya's chess skills and chess habits He Lian Zheng knew it, and she was still laying out the camp step by step at the moment, staring at the big chessboard and looking at Yun Jinghua's white son for a moment, he twisted his eyebrows, and the uneasy folds crossed his eyebrows.

Looking at Ulan Tuya, who was not going to attack, he asked the person next to him, "Senior Qiao, what do you think?" Do you think Tuya can beat that Mulan? ”

The gray-clothed old man had white temples and wrinkles on his forehead, but his eyes were bright and shining.

Brushing the beard on his chin over and over again, looking at the uncertain situation on the big chessboard, he shook his head, "It's hard to say......"

Helian Zheng's face was shocked, "...... Do you mean that Tuya will lose, and that Mulan will probably win? How so? Tuya's chess skills were taught by you. ”

"Sixth prince, you should know that since Prime Minister Zhuge can sit on the position of prime minister at a young age, and can also get the special respect of Emperor Tiansheng, then he is naturally extraordinary." The gray-clothed old man looked in the direction of Zhuge Wuwei and said quietly, "Since Bai Mulan is his person, how can his chess skills be worse?" ”

Helian Zheng's face sank, and his eyes staring at Yun Jinghua were cold and terrifying. "As far as I know, there was an intersection between Bai Mulan and Zhuge Wuwei just a few months ago, in a short period of time, it is impossible for him to teach Bai Mulan how to play chess, and Bai Mulan cannot compare to Tuya, Tuya has been learning chess with you for many years."

The old man's eyes flashed, and the gray-clothed old man's movement of brushing his beard suddenly paused, and his words seemed casual but very serious. "It seems that it is necessary for you to send someone to check the origin of this white Mulan."

Helian Zheng was slightly stunned, and then he came to his senses. "Well, after tonight, this prince will let people start to investigate tomorrow."

In the moment when the two whispered to each other, there were already a lot more blacks and whites on the chessboard than just now, and the old man in gray looked at the trend of the whites on the big chessboard, and when he saw a certain place, the old eyes suddenly narrowed, and the dark light flowed in his eyes.

Not good! Tuya was fooled!

At the same time, Ulan Tuya dropped a sunspot, and then it was Yun Jinghua's turn to drop the white piece, she held the chess piece in her hand and calmly placed it next to the first black piece played by Ulan Tuya, and the situation of the whole chess game suddenly turned upside down, and the sunspot "swooped" and died a large piece.

Zhuge Wuwei looked at the white piece she had just dropped on the big chessboard, the corners of her lips curled slightly, and a gentle smile crossed her eyes.

Gracefully pouring himself a glass of wine, he picked it up and drank it slowly, looking at her with eyes as warm as water.

Ulan Tuya was shocked, staring at the chessboard in disbelief, the light in her originally bright and moving eyes tumbling and turbulent.

How so? It can't be like this.

Unconsciously, there was panic in her heart, and Ulan Tuya dropped a sunspot and hurriedly remedied, but everything would be in vain, because this was only the first step in Yun Jinghua's offensive.

When she was here to remedy, the flaws around the sunspot she had just fallen had already been exposed, and Yun Jinghua had a white one falling, and her sunspot had died again.

Those civil officials who were proficient in the way of Go looked at the earth-shaking changes on the big chessboard, and they all showed surprise and horror in their hearts.

What an old way! This is clearly to make the opponent scramble and not take care of the tail!

Ulan Tuya dropped the second remedial sunspot and tried to turn the tide, but as Yun Jinghua's other white piece fell, she just picked up the third sunspot that she intended to save, and when she touched the nine-turn beads on the chessboard, the chess piece "snapped" and smashed back into the chess box, and her hand fell weakly.

"Drink ......" Someone inhaled in surprise, and couldn't believe that he saw someone put up a nine-turn chess formation, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Yun Jinghua.

Gong Mingye and Mo Ziqian's faces changed rapidly, and the gentle and wind-like expression that Huangfu Shenghua had maintained since entering the hall cracked for the first time, and the smile on his face instantly dissipated without a trace.

The people in the hall were either surprised or stunned, but Zhuge did nothing, and Yun Jinghua himself was careless.

Pushing away the seat, Yun Jinghua calmly got up and returned to her seat to sit down, and when Zhuge Wuwei thoughtfully handed her the teacup, she took it and took a sip with a faint face.

The clear phoenix eyes gently swept over those who were frightened, a ghostly light flashed in the depths of her eyes, and Zhuge Wuwei's quiet voice rippled in her ears.

"You should keep a hand, when you put out this formation, those people were frightened."

With a faint sweep of her gaze, she said lightly: "It's okay, they will be fine in a while." ”

When she used to play against Yun Xiaoyao, she often saw Yun Xiaoyao put out a nine-turn continuous bead formation, and she was always itchy to learn. Later, she learned it, but she never had the opportunity to put this formation out, because in front of Yun Xiaoyao, she would always look like an apprentice who was not proficient in learning. Every time she played a game, before she could deploy, she had already been killed by Yun Xiaoyao.

Just now, when playing against Ulan Tuya, she found that Ulan Tuya's deployment was very suitable for her to come to this formation, so she thought about giving it a try, but she didn't want to be the last to really succeed, and used the chess skills taught by Yun Xiaoyao to win Ulan Tuya.

The people in the hall slowly began to come back to their senses, Mu Jinxiu couldn't understand the chess game, but she was very unhappy and judged from the expressions of other people that she had won the competition.

Mu Jinxiu bit her lower lip hatefully, there had never been a moment when she hated herself for not being able to play chess, and she couldn't even play against her.

Gong Xiaotian was shocked, and couldn't help but look at Yun Jinghua twice, and while he was impressed by her in his heart, he couldn't help but have some doubts about her origin.

Waving his hand, he motioned to Gonggong Li to let people remove everything, and he smiled: "It seems that today is really blessed by God, and the white girl has won the competition again." ”

Helian Zheng was very unwilling, but at this moment, he didn't have time to delve into Bai Mulan's victory over Ulan Tuya, and said: "Miss Mu Er hasn't played yet, and after Miss Mu Er and Miss Bai have competed, it's not too late to withdraw these things." ”

Gonggong Li, who was in charge of the command, hesitated to look at the people on the stage, Gong Xiaotian swept Mu Jinxiu's position, and said very euphemistically: "I'm afraid that the six princes of this competition can't watch it, Miss Mu Er can't play chess, so it's better to continue the competition just now and then compare calligraphy and painting skills." ”

With a wave of his hand, Gonggong Li immediately commanded those little eunuchs to move all the tools for the chess competition.

Helian Zheng was stunned, a little unable to believe what he heard. Mu Jinxiu actually can't play chess? How can it be?

The movements of the group of little eunuchs were very swift, and in a short time they carried up four tables, as well as tools for painting and writing, also for four people.

Yun Jinghua suddenly regretted that he had accepted tonight's competition, and it was really tiring to be played one after another. It's not that she's physically tired, it's that she's mentally tired, and she resents the feeling of being controlled by others and having to do something.

"Huh......" She exhaled a breath of some tiredness, Zhuge Wuwei heard it, his heart moved, and he turned his head and smiled at her.

"In order to defend the true Mobao, you have really worked hard tonight."

What did this man do when he said these goosebumps? The corner of her eye jumped, and her seated body bounced up with a "swish", and walked towards a table in the center of the main hall.

What she didn't even notice was that the tiredness that had just shrouded her heart had been swept away.

Zhuge Wuwei looked at her firm and calm back, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a satisfied smile.

At this moment, no one in the hall dared to despise her, and their eyes moved with her.

Her steps are like a leisurely stroll, a priceless smoky blue brocade wraps her graceful figure, and the skirt flutters lightly with her steps, like a fairy, like a painting.

Looking up, her expression is cold, her three thousand ink hair dances lightly in the wind, and the light makeup on her beautiful face depicts her unique beauty, noble and cold without blasphemy.

The officials in the hall had only one voice in their hearts at this time, she was beautiful, and her grace overshadowed every woman present.

Seeing her on the field, she silently sucked away everyone's attention, how could Mu Jinxiu be willing? How can you sit still?

Without waiting for Helian Zheng, who had the most opinions tonight, to put forward his opinion again, Mu Jinxiu also stood up and walked around the seat to the table in the field.

There was a lot of resentment in her heart and nowhere to go, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, Mu Jinxiu suddenly sped up her pace, grabbed the table she originally wanted to use one step ahead of her, and said arrogantly: "I'm sorry, I used this table." ”

She stopped, looked at Mu Jinxiu lightly, and under the gaze of the man full of stubbornness and hostility, she turned around with a blank face and walked to another table.

In front of everyone, she didn't need to meet a person with an average child's heart.

Huangfu Jiayi saw this scene, and after scanning Mu Jinxiu's back and forth with his eyes, he pursed his mouth with disdain. Isn't she the daughter of Shangshu? Do you need to be so arrogant?

However, this is Tiansheng's territory, she is a guest, and her every move represents the beam, so she didn't get involved in this matter, but walked quickly to Yun Jinghua's adjacent table and smiled at Yun Jinghua friendly.

But Yun Jinghua didn't react much to her.

Three of the four people played, and Ulan Tuya, who had just retired, had to follow.

The four of them were on standby, and Gong Xiaotian set his eyes on Helian Zheng, "Sixth Prince, what do you have to explain in this round of competition?" ”

Helian Zheng put away all kinds of thoughts in his heart and said: "Helian has heard that several of the talented women on the field are well-known and talented, so Helian proposed that they finish a painting and inscribe a poem within the time of two pillars of incense, and Helian and the crown prince and Prime Minister Zhuge will evaluate the winner and the last one. ”

Gong Xiaotian swept in the direction of Huangfu Shenghua and Zhuge Wuwei, and saw that the two of them had nothing to say as before, so they ordered someone to light incense and start the timer, and a new round of competition began immediately.

Mu Jinxiu was the most eager, and summoned the nearby palace maids and eunuchs to help her grind the ink, and lay the paper, Huangfu Jiayi looked at her big frame and laughed sarcastically.

If she really had the ability, she wouldn't be so busy at this moment, it seems that her Second Miss Mu is just a waste of fame.

The remaining three of them all laid out paper and polished the ink by themselves, and Yun Jinghua gently grinded the ink, and quickly thought about what kind of painting and poetry she was going to do later.

This round of competition didn't mean much to her, because she had already proven that she was not a good-for-nothing person, so it didn't matter to her whether she won or lost in the final result of this round, she only planned to draw what she liked, and did not intend to cater to the preferences of anyone present.

After thinking about everything that flew in the sky and even ran on land in the water, she finally locked on the plum blossoms.

The ink is ready, the pen is dipped in ink, and her brushwork is smooth, but the branches have been drawn with a few strokes.

Change the pen, and change the red ink, the tip of the pen soaked in the ink in a circle, lift the pen to let the excess ink drip back to the inkstone, after a while, her middle finger on the pen barrel lightly flicked, in an instant the red plum on the paper bloomed, bright and bright.

The Tiansheng official looked at her movements, and was shocked, a little surprised what she was doing like this, destroying the painting? She doesn't want to win?

The officials couldn't see what she was painting, but Gong Mingye, who was sitting on the jade steps, saw her painting clearly, and the light in her eyes was shining, and her heart was shocked.

After playing it three times, she was satisfied with the number of red plums on the scroll, so she put down the red ink and changed to another more slender pen to gently trace.

Picking up the pen and inscribed the poem on the blank space on the left side of the drawing paper, she immediately put down the pen and put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, in case the palace maid and eunuch accidentally knocked over the inkstone and stained the painting when she was busy.

There was still half a pillar of incense left to finish everything, and seeing that the other three were still busy, she paced leisurely back to her seat and sat down, and continued to eat, with filling her stomach as her first priority.

Ulan Tuya was the second person to finish the work, and Huangfu Jiayi was the third, both of them returned to their seats silently after the painting was completed, waiting for the most beautiful Mu Jinxiu to be completed.

"You're drawing Mei?" Zhuge Wuwei asked faintly.

"Hmm." Yun Jinghua responded without looking back, and continued to eat the food in small bites.

"Your drawing method is special, how about you teach me one day?"

"If you want to learn, then you will apprentice, and give you the gift money to learn the art of apprenticeship, and I will consider teaching you."

"Huh! How about I go back tonight and learn from my teacher? ”

Yun Jinghua was very busy, too lazy to talk to the people on the side, and didn't respond again.

Zhuge Wuwei stared at her affectionately, and there was a doting and tender affection in his eyes that she hadn't seen.

"There's still time for half a pillar of incense."

"Time is running out, Miss Mu has to hurry."

"Miss Mu, the incense is about to burn to an end......"

Beside Mu Jinxiu, the little eunuch who was in charge of reminding her of the time reminded her over and over again that time was very tight, and many of the details she wanted to paint were too late to draw.

After doing everything, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, Gonggong Li announced that the time had come.

She stepped back, a little surprised that the three of them were so much earlier than her, thinking that they must have drawn a flower or a tree or something casually, and it was definitely not as good as her crane birthday picture.

Seeing that several people had finished it, Helian Zheng got up domineeringly, "Since the four have been painted, the crown prince and Prime Minister Zhuge are please." ”

Huangfu Shenghua got up suddenly, like a bright moon moving between the four tables, but Zhuge Wuwei did not move.

"Father-in-law Li, please arrange for someone to show each painting to the prime minister, and then read the poems on the painting to everyone."

To be able to serve the Prime Minister, Gonggong Li felt honored to be able to serve the Prime Minister, and after a few times, he ordered a few clever people to come forward to work, and he himself was responsible for reciting poems.

Helian Zheng's cold gaze swept Zhuge Wuwei, and he also walked quickly to the table, carefully reviewing the paintings held in the hands of the eunuchs.

Mu Jinxiu painted the crane to celebrate his birthday, and the poem was also a birthday celebration, the ministers were far away, and they couldn't see the details clearly, and they nodded their heads while listening to the poem read by Li Gonggong, and secretly sighed in their hearts that the painting was good, and the poem was also good.

Mu Jinxiu's painting was shown to all the people in the hall, after the poem was recited, Gonggong Li waved his hand, and the eunuch holding the painting obeyed the order to retreat, and the other two eunuchs holding the painting of Huangfu Jiayi immediately stepped forward and showed the painting to all the people like Fang Cai.

Huangfu Jiayi painted the vast mountains, no matter what the details were, it is very rare to be able to paint a misty artistic conception of clouds and mist in the work of two pillars of incense, and many palace scholars nodded their heads again and again to express their praise.

Immediately there was a painting of Ulan Tuya, and the ministers in the hall were stunned, because her painting was actually the same as Mu Jinxiu, and it was also a crane celebrating his birthday, which was too coincidental.

Gonggong Li was also a little surprised, but he continued to calmly read the poem on the painting.

Helian Zheng compared the two paintings, looked at the direction of Mu Jinxiu, twisted his sharp thick eyebrows, and his eyes flashed with darkness.

The last is Yun Jinghua's painting, and the ministers in the hall are a little curious, what exactly did she paint just now. It was done so quickly, and it was very likely that she didn't know how to paint at all, and those few strokes were just random graffiti, and she was playing.

The eunuch who was waiting to carry out the painting picked up her painting from the table and showed it to everyone, and the Tiansheng officials were all shocked, especially the few Wenchen who were full of economy and admiration and good at ink, all of whom showed amazement.

This red plum picture is really wonderful, wonderful! It's wonderful!

Outside the post on the side of the broken bridge, lonely and ownerless.

It was already dusk and I was alone, and it was even more windy and rainy.

has no intention of fighting for spring, and a group of people are jealous.

Scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before.

As Gonggong Li finished reading the poem with the inscription, the hall instantly fell silent.

Although Gonggong Li had deliberately lowered his voice, the poem still sounded a little strange when he read it.

The poems of the first three people are all related to birthdays, but this one is a pure Yongmei, which is closely linked to the artistic conception in the painting.

In the silence, Gong Xiaotian said: "The crown prince, the sixth prince, and the prime minister Aiqing, you can quickly decide who wins and who loses in this round of competition, everyone can wait." ”

Huangfu Shenghua paced to the red plum picture and stared at the poem for a long time, and asked Helian Zheng on the side: "I don't know what the six princes think?" Among these four paintings, which one do the six princes think is the winner? ”