Tong Jia's left hand twisted the black seed, the right hand twisted the white seed, staggered and fell, the movement was extremely fast, it seemed that he didn't even think about it, and soon there were more chess pieces on the chessboard.

Ling Ruo wanted to go inside to rest for a while, but when he saw Tong Jia's chess pieces falling so quickly, he felt strange in his heart, and couldn't help but stop.

In chess, it is not without rapid chess, but now Tong Jiashi is distracted to play chess, which is equivalent to one person playing two corners, and this kind of play is easy to make mistakes.

Before this thought was finished, she saw that Tong Jia's sunspot fell in a place where it shouldn't have fallen, and without thinking about it, she pointed to a place on the chessboard and said, "No, the hand of the noble Tong should be here." ”

It wasn't until the words fell that she remembered that she shouldn't interject at will, people who play chess are most taboo to be pointed at by others, and those who have a good relationship are fine, if they have a bad relationship, they are likely to turn their faces on the spot.

And Tong Jiashi also stopped the movements in his hand and looked up at her, Ling Ruo was about to explain, Tong Jiashi suddenly got up and said: "Playing chess can be pleasant, can raise xing, and can make the mood become peaceful." The concubine was courageous, and then asked Concubine Xi to play a game with the concubine. ”

Ling Ruo's gaze wandered on her face and chessboard, and she suddenly smiled: "Bengong understands, Guiren Tong first deliberately played fast chess, and then deliberately made a wrong move, in order to lead Bengong to play against you, right?" ”

was seen through his thoughts, Tong Jiashi did not panic, but chuckled: "Niangniang is wise, these little tricks of concubines really can't get into the eyes of Niangniang." ”

Ling Ruo lowered his eyes and twisted a sunspot from the chess box in front of Tong Jia's and played it between his fingers, "If you know this, why do you deliberately play this?" ”

Tong Jiashi said lightly: "The concubine knows that the concubine is worried about the safety and misfortune of the fourth elder brother, and she is definitely not in the mood to play chess with the concubine, but the concubine hopes that the concubine can show her face a little, so she knows that it is a strategy, but she only shows it, and I just hope that the mother will not be surprised." ”

Ling Ruo shook his head and sat down, "Noble Tong is so painstaking, how can this palace blame you, but this palace itself is very embarrassed." ”

Tong Jiashi said strangely: "Why did Niangniang say this? ”

Ling Ruo put the chess pieces that he had been playing with for a long time on the chessboard, and said: "This is originally a matter of the palace itself, but if the nobles of Tong are also worried, shouldn't they be ashamed." ”

"Although the concubine has never given birth to a child, she also understands the truth of 'the mother is worried about the child', no matter how old the child is, it is the concern of the mother, not to mention that the place where the fourth elder brother went this time is so dangerous, if the mother is not worried at all, it is strange." Seeing that Ling Ruo showed a shallow smile because of his words, Tong Jiashi said: "But there are some things that come and go, and the mother is blindly worried, and does not solve the matter, but will make herself depressed, not able to show her face, and even fall ill due to depression over time, if the fourth elder brother comes back from Fuzhou and sees the sick and haggard appearance of the mother, do you have to blame yourself and be sad?" Even if it is for the fourth elder brother, the mother must take care of herself. ”

Ling Ruo looked at Tong Jiashi without a smile, and the latter also looked back at Ling Ruo with a straight face, for a long time, a wisp of smile slowly expanded at the corner of Ling Ruo's lips, until it climbed into his eyes, "It really surprised this palace, the noble Tong who has never liked to talk too much, is so good at persuading people." ”

Tong Jiashi was also laughed by her, "Niangniang, is this praising the concubine or blaming the concubine for being troublesome?" ”

After laughing, Ling Ruo bent his eyes and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, doesn't the Tong nobleman want the palace to play chess with you, now that the palace has been dropping the chess pieces for so long, how can the Tong nobleman not pick up the pieces?"

After a moment of apprehension, Tong Jiashi cried out from the bottom of her heart, she knew that Concubine Daoxi had accepted her advice and was trying to see some of it.

The two of them started a fierce battle without gunpowder smoke on the small chessboard, each other did not give in, with the glue of the black and white chess pieces, Ling Ruo's mind had been completely pulled in, instead of always remembering the Hongli in Fuzhou.

They played three games of chess in a row, engrossed in it, and they didn't even know that it was raining outside, let alone that there was another person around them. Three games of chess, one win, one loss, and one draw, it was evenly divided, and no one lost anyone.

After the last son fell, Ling Ruo took the handkerchief to wipe the sweat in his palms, and chuckled: "Noble Tong's chess skills have improved quite quickly, and the palace is already a little powerless to play against you." ”

Tong Jiashi was also sweating in his hands, and said while wiping his sweat: "Niangniang has won the award, it is Niangniang who let the concubine be." When I put down the handkerchief, I suddenly found that there was an abnormal shadow on the chessboard, and I didn't notice it just now because I was too focused on the chess game, but now I found the problem when I was relieved.

When Tong Jiashi raised her head, she saw a person who surprised her extremely much, "Your Majesty? ”

Ling Ruo heard this soft call, and when he looked up, he found Yin Zhen, who was dressed in royal blue embroidered square patterns, standing next to him, and hurriedly stood up with Tong Jia's family to salute, and then asked, "When did the emperor come, why didn't he call the concubines?" ”

"I've been here for a while, and when I saw you playing chess, I didn't make any noise with you." Yinzhen looked in a good mood, "But it also made me watch a wonderful chess game, Concubine Xi, your chess skills have always been good, I didn't expect Xiao Tong to be able to draw with you, it really surprised me." ”

Ling Ruo smiled and said: "The chess skills of the noble Tong have always been not weak, but the emperor doesn't know the way. ”

Yin Zhen smiled and said nothing, but Tong Jia's face was slightly red, and he bowed and said: "When the emperor comes here, he must have something to say to his mother, and the concubine will retire first." ”

Seeing that Yinzhen didn't speak, Ling Ruo couldn't stay longer, so she only asked Shui Xiu to bring her an umbrella, and told her to be careful of slippery roads on rainy days and walk slower.

Looking at Tong Jia's figure in the rain, Yin Zhen said: "You are very close to Xiao Tong, she is in front of you, she doesn't look as cold and arrogant as she does on weekdays, and I haven't even seen her so approachable when I see her on weekdays." ”

Ling Ruo smiled slightly: "Actually, the Tong nobles are not as cold and arrogant as the emperor thinks, it's just that the emperor doesn't know her very well, if the emperor is willing to take a little time to understand, he will change his opinion of the Tong nobles, and even think that she is a woman who is very affectionate." ”

Yin Zhen raised his eyebrows, and said with some surprise: "To love? There are so many people in the palace, it seems that you are the first one who can be evaluated by these four words, and it seems that you and her are not just in love. ”

Ling Ruo raised his eyes and said: "The concubine is just telling the truth, if the emperor feels that the concubine intends to favor the nobles of Tong, he can ignore the concubine's words." ”

Yin Zhen retracted his gaze and chuckled: "How can I think of you like this, you have always been fair and organized, otherwise how can I rest assured that I will hand over all the affairs of the harem to you." Don't retreat again, even if you really favor Xiao Tong, she must have a reason to be biased. Am I right? ”

Ling Ruo bowed slightly and said, "The emperor is wise." ”