In the living hall, the man sat on the couch, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and the dragon robe was embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, lifelike, majestic and domineering. With a golden crown and two beards, and an unfathomable feeling in his eyes, he is the emperor of the Northern Dynasty.

Opposite him was a man, with a golden crown and bundled hair, a gorgeous robe, a good-looking eyebrows that could not hide the indifference, a light red mole at the corner of his eye, a high nose, and slightly thin lips that seemed to be a little more affectionate than ordinary people, but angular and had a beautiful jawline.

The long strands of hair were tucked back of their heads, leaving only a few strands that slipped from their sideburns, and the hem of their clothes gently swayed with the breeze, and there was silence all around, except for the sound of their hands.

The two of them sat opposite each other, fiddling with only their chess pieces. The man held the white child, and the other hand was unconsciously scratched on the table, his eyes moving, thinking about the next swing.

Although the emperor saw the chessboard in front of him, the afterglow seemed to be heading towards the man in front of him, and the chess pieces under his hand also forgot to play, so he had to be reminded by others.

The man couldn't wait for his next move for a long time, and was trying to remind him, he seemed to know what he was thinking, one move to freeze the frame, and the extremely sharp one.

If it seems to others that this does not belong to the emperor's vision, but rather the work of a businessman who is greedy for long-term interests, he is a little more shrewd and waiting, but a little less courageous.

Play chess with one result at a time, and one move affects the entire layout. Playing chess is also the best way to see a person's heart and a person's quality. Playing chess relies on psychological warfare, and although it is immediate, it has never been indispensable to defeat the enemy in the past.

When the emperor of the northern kingdom of the dynasty was established, his chess skills were quite bad, and he lost the invincible opponent in the world, which made the emperor laugh several times, and also brought the relationship between the two closer.

Clear-eyed people will follow suit when they see the way the two of them get along, but in the end, they are like tigers and cats, and they learn to be different, which makes the emperor frown frequently, and his face has been exposed to dislike. Whenever the Emperor wanted to play chess, he would call the current emperor, which made the Emperor smile for a while.

Everyone is looking at it, but the current emperor is the son of a servant girl, and although the biological mother has won the emperor's heart several times, her status is too low. Until the emperor decreed that he married the eldest lady of Nangong Mansion, everyone no longer underestimated the son of the servant.

This will caused an uproar in the former harem, but he didn't understand how outstanding he was if he was not the crown prince.

Since then, he often goes in and out of the emperor's living room, and some people come to inquire and rest, only one emperor and the seven princes are playing, and nothing else.

He was the seventh and was the seventh son of the emperor. He is not the most talented one, but the one who is most favored by the emperor.

There is such a saying among the people that the seventh son of the emperor can be mediocre, play a bad chess hand, and win the favor of the emperor.

When he was standing, the Emperor Taishang once laughed at this, but he responded calmly with a smile. The folk joked that in ancient times, King Zhou You smiled for the Pomeranians, ruined the country and lost the country. Now there is the seventh son of the emperor, and if he wins the emperor, he will eventually win the country.

In the last years of the reign of Emperor Taishang, the southern kingdom came to attack, he put on armor to kill the enemy, and returned triumphantly, and no one dared to question his talent.

In the end, he was canonized as the crown prince, but a few months, the emperor died of illness, and he rightfully ascended to the high position. Nangong Ya, the eldest lady of Nangong Mansion, was made the queen, and Jun Xianlan of Junfu was canonized as a concubine, and the two were the most noble women in the harem.

He has reigned for decades, and there is no more circulation among the people, but he does not dare to pass it on again, the seventh son of the emperor, can be mediocre, play a bad chess hand, and win the favor of the emperor.

His chess skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he seemed to have abandoned his old methods and forged a new path. In the following ten years, no one laughed at his mediocrity. The southern kingdom has not been invaded for many years, and although other small border countries occasionally covet it, it is only a border country, so there is nothing to fear. They reached friendly exchanges with other countries, and the people smiled for a while.

The people live and work in peace and contentment, but they look like they are happy. It is precisely in recent years that the young general's reputation has been prominent, and it has spread far and wide, so that the small border countries dare not commit it again, but they were defeated in the hands of the south in the first battle.

The emperor ordered conscription and raised taxes. Kyoto is a city of friendly exchanges between countries, so how can there be any big business without visitors? This once increased the burden on the people, and those who had no money to hand in had to join the army and go to the border to make a contribution, which caused panic among the people. Originally, there were people coming and going on the streets, but now only the soldiers who were conscripted remained, and the others hid and fled.

The emperor seemed to be more than ten years old for a while, and he wanted to drive the expedition in person, but he was seriously ill. had to send the four princes to go, but the battle situation was not good, which caused the emperor to frequently get angry and scolded everyone for being incompetent.

Most of the ministers are on the music, and those who write books ask the emperor to set up the position of the crown prince, and then send the prince to the border to pacify the army, so as to comfort the hearts of the army and not collapse.

In the palace, the emperor had six sons, but only four princes were a little better than others, but the emperor was unwilling to make a prince too early. Therefore, he just assigned the four princes to the border, shut up and did not mention the prince, but everyone saw everything clearly, and only waited for the four princes to return triumphantly, which was a slap in the face.

A month ago, the emperor ordered the canonization of the seventh prince, saying that the seventh son had been found, but everyone did not know the biological mother of the seventh son.

Coincidentally, a month ago, an assassin came to the palace, saying that the seventh son had single-handedly kept the emperor safe, but he was seriously injured in the back.

No one knows when the emperor found the seventh son, or why the seventh son appeared. In the first battle of the assassins a month ago, the emperor's personal guards were all martyred, and everyone was nowhere to be found, and the only clear-eyed people were the emperor and Lin Feng, the seventh prince of the dynasty.

"You've lost!" The emperor coughed lightly, and his eyes were full of scrutiny as far as he could see.

"My father's chess skills are superb, but my sons can't compare." The man's indifferent words contained respect and a sense of distance from the living.

"When I played against my father in the past, I was always the one who lost, but you are the same as me."

When the man heard this, he was shocked, his face was no longer calm, and he got up and knelt down towards the emperor, "I don't dare to think with my father and the emperor, and I will torture my son." ”

"Get up!" The emperor coughed lightly and waved his hand at the eunuch beside him, signaling him to help Lin Feng in front of him.

In the end, the eunuch had been following the emperor for a long time, and he also knew the rules of the palace, bent over, walked in front of Lin Feng, and knelt in the direction of the emperor, but he was holding the seven princes with his hands.

Lin Feng got up with him, and the eunuch walked back to his original position in the same posture as just now, standing in place with his head down.

"Feng'er, haven't you ever been curious about your biological mother?" The emperor thought for a moment, his eyes were all on him, and there were still a few hidden emotions in his eyes, but he didn't know.

"Earlier, there were many rumors in the palace about the life history of the sons, but in the end, it was ridiculous. As far as Erchen is concerned, it has nothing to do with it. ”

What do you mean by that? I'm confused. ”

"The biological mothers who are known to the sons and daughters are no longer in the world. Besides, her son is now well, and she is reunited with her father, she must be very pleased. ”

Through him, the emperor saw someone he hadn't seen for a long time, "She is a woman who knows how to measure." ”

He sighed, no longer informing him of the past, and instead cast an appreciative look at him, "You look like her!" ”

"One more game!"

There was unspeakable sadness and nostalgia in his eyes, but it was only for a moment. The man thought he was mistaken, and after another look, he had returned to his original appearance.

The emperor's heart is broad in the end, and the private feelings of his children can't reach the rivers and mountains after all, and he doesn't hear the old people crying and only the new people laughing, but the palace has always been like this, and the most obedient is the rule.

"Yes."

There are not only great rivers and mountains on the chessboard, but also a person's mind and wisdom.

"It's your turn." The emperor called him lightly, and there was still a bit of shrewdness in his dark eyes.

"Yes."

He had just lost his mind for a while, and it was difficult to guess the thoughts of the person in front of him. What did he mean by a few words? And what does he want to do?

"Play chess calmly, your mind is disturbed."

"The son knows his mistake."

"That's it, that's it." He waved his hand and took the sunspot on the chessboard.

Lin Feng stretched out his hand to take the chess pieces on the chessboard, but it was too difficult to take them one by one, he piled them all together, so he had to destroy the original chessboard and return them all to their original places.

The emperor only glanced at it and thought deeply.

"The retainers retired." Lin Feng leaned over slightly, saluted him, and then turned to leave.

The eunuch went out with him, and for a time only the emperor was left in the palace.

Like him, he put all the sunspots where they should be, but a smile curled up at the corners of his mouth.

There was a person like him in the past, who liked to organize the chessboard the most, and said stupidly: "It's best to return things to their original position!"

He didn't believe it in the past, and he would make fun of her the most. Now, her son is just like her.

"Someone." He got up and walked to the desk.

The man who came to serve him carefully grinded for him, and only then did he pick up his pen, write a large paragraph with great enthusiasm, and then take the jade seal on the side, and put his king's order on it.

When he had done these things, he walked towards the collapse of the square, took the teacup, took a sip, and lowered his throat.

It's just that the eyes are all on the chessboard, black and white, is it the same ending or a win and a defeat?

The eunuch returned to the palace, went to the emperor, saluted, and turned to return to his original position.

"Wait, take the table and read it!"

"Huh." He went to the bookcase, took up the decree, and went out of the temple.

The emperor doesn't like to be disturbed, and generally there are only himself and the eunuch Xiaofuzi in the main hall. But for major events, he likes to handle small blessings. Over the years, he has long known the emperor's preferences and won the emperor's heart.

Xiao Fuzi walked outside the hall, looked at the holy decree, and went to the palace of Nianxi.

Nian Xi Palace is the name of the palace given a month ago, and it was given to the Seven Princes to live.