Yuan Zhao has been a little busy in the past few days, shuttling back and forth in and out of the city several times, stepping up preparations for the first batch of goods that Nie Yi needs.

And the shopkeeper Qian and Hou Wu have finally finalized a new site in the southern city of Chang'an, as the first branch of Fanxue Building, which is in full swing of renovation.

On this day, Yuan Zhao took Nie Yi, Cui Hong and Xiaoice back to Fan Xue Building, stopped the carriage, and saw the Qian Shopkeeper waiting in front of the door with a smile, and exchanged a few words, and the Qian Shopkeeper glanced around, attached to Yuan Zhao's ear and whispered a few words.

Yuan Zhao remained silent and introduced Nie Yi to him, these two people had similar temperaments, and when they saw each other, they quickly went inside to talk.

Yuan Zhao turned into a suite in the side compartment and first greeted a few people standing at the door, and a few of them smiled at him as a courtesy. Then the curtain was closed and inside, and a person sitting sideways saw him come in, got up with a happy face, and called him Brother Yuan'er and looked very happy.

Another man standing next to him nodded and smiled at Yuan Zhao, it turned out that the two people in the room were Wei Qing and Liu Ju, the little son. Before Yuan Zhao could speak, a figure who was lying by the wooden window looking at the outside scene heard the movement and turned around, Yuan Zhao was taken aback and surprised.

I saw a faint and slightly immature body, wearing a green shirt as a men's dress, with a more white and pure face, slender eyebrows and picturesque, a pair of spiritual eyes flashing, the corners of his mouth bent upward, looking at him with a mischievous smile, but it was the princess Suxi who had been with him for a short time in Weiyang Palace.

Seeing that Yuan Zhao was a little stunned, Su Xi smiled and groaned very generously.

"Why, I haven't known each other for a few days? People are so forgetful!"

Yuan Zhao innocently opened his mouth and looked at Liu Ju.

"Didn't you come out of Weiyang Palace, why did you even bring your sister out this time?"

Liu Ju was a little afraid of his eldest sister, and grinned: "This time, Mr. Qing wants to come to Fanxue Building to accept the first batch of tribute tea, and when I heard the news, I found a way to ask my mother to agree, and quietly followed out to see you." Speaking of which, he secretly glanced at Su Xi.

"But somehow the eldest sister knows the news, she has to follow out of the palace, you also know, the eldest sister's words Xiao Ju'er has always listened to the most, hehe."

Seeing his sad look, Su Xi flicked his backhand above his head and said angrily: "Don't flick your tongue!" Liu Ju covered his head and jumped to the side, screaming and exaggerating in pain.

Seeing the fight between the sisters and brothers, Wei Qing on the side shook his head with a smile.

"Originally, Mrs. Wei would never have agreed to let him out of the palace casually again, because of what happened last time...... Everyone's heart is always uncontrollable. But he couldn't stand the little boy's soft grinding and hard bubbles, so he agreed to let him out for two hours. It's just that I didn't expect Princess Suxi to follow quietly again. If you want to wait or not, it's just ...... Alas! ”

Speaking of this, Wei Qing looked at the pair of sisters and brothers helplessly, although she didn't finish speaking, she couldn't stand the entanglement of this little princess, so she had to take her out.

Fortunately, in Chang'an City, it was to Fanxue Tower again, Wei Qing felt that there was no big problem, and seven or eight guards from Jianzhang Palace accompanied him, mixed in the brigade of Qingsong, and came to Fanxue Tower.

Shopkeeper Qian and Hou Wu are people who have entered Weiyang Palace, and of course they know Liu Ju's identity as the prince. Don't dare to ignore them at the moment, and hurriedly lead them to a quiet room, so as not to collide with idle people and other inconveniences.

But it happened that Yuan Zhao came back from the suburbs of Qing, and when he met at this time, the little prince was very excited, took his hand, chattered about the depression in the palace, and asked him if there was anything new in the past few days.

Princess Suxi was quiet at this moment, sitting on the side, blinking and listening to their conversations, looking a little ladylike.

Yuan Zhao listened to Liu Ju ask about new things, and remembered a gadget he had just made a few days ago. Boredom in the palace, it's not bad to give him a relief from boredom.

When Liu Ju heard that, he was looking forward to it. When Yuan Zhao went out for a while, he came back with a box of small round wood carved things, and spread them out on a few places, Liu Ju, Wei Qing, and Su Xi all looked over curiously, looking at the small things with words engraved on them, and they were a little puzzled.

When Su Xixian pinched one and looked at it carefully, he saw that there was a word "will" engraved on it, and he didn't feel a little strange, and he didn't know what it was for. I picked up a few more, but they were different, some were the word "phase", and some were ...... the word "soldier".

The three of them were puzzled, and Yuan Zhao, who was listening, said in a strange tone: "This thing is called chess, it is a very fun game, and its origin has a great relationship with this dynasty."

It turned out that when he was in the restaurant in the suburbs of Qing a few days ago, Yuan Zhao trained Cui Hong and Xiaoice, listening to Xiaoice's ambition to be a general, although Yuan Zhao muttered a little in his heart, but he thought about it later, and felt that he still tried to teach her a little military knowledge he knew, no matter whether Xiaoice was really the hero Huo Qu'er in history, even if she wasn't, it didn't matter, Yuan Zhao's heart liked her kind of wit that surpassed ordinary people!

Therefore, while teaching her martial arts skills, Yuan Zhao took the time to make this kind of chess piece. A total of three pairs were made, which he carved one by one with a knife, and although it was a little rough, Xiaoice liked it when he saw it.

When he explained the rules of chess pieces and the evaluation of wins and losses, Xiaoice couldn't wait, and immediately pulled him to learn it immediately.

After the third round of Buzi, Xiaoice was really smart, already skillful in luck and rules, and really felt very interesting, and immediately became addicted to this game.

Even Cui Hong, who had been watching it for a long time, was already scratching his ears and cheeks, and it seemed that he was itching for this. Yuan Zhao gave one pair to the two of them, even if it was a meeting gift from the master, hehe.

The two solemnly accepted it, and then went to the side impatiently to start a fight. Uh, Yuan Zhao scratched his head, this saves me from always pestering myself by my side, let's play by myself!

At this time, Yuan Zhao took the remaining pair and gave it to Liu Ju. When I taught this sister and brother how to walk in cloth, I was really interested in this new thing, and I couldn't like it.

Wei Qing had been standing beside him and watching, and at this time he looked up at Yuan Zhao with a thoughtful look.

"This thing called chess is like a confrontation between two armies, ever-changing, cloth killing, and like an army attack, it is very wonderful!"

Yuan Zhao heard his evaluation, and couldn't help but praise in his heart, it was really the posture of a famous general in the future! The first time you see this thing, you can connect with the battlefield and be inspired, which can only be said to be too military talented.

Yuan Zhao nodded at him, his fingers lightly running over the middle of the chessboard.

"Look, this side is the Chu River, and that side is the Han Realm." Speaking of this, Yuan Zhao stopped and smiled slightly.

"Chu River, Han Realm...... Does that mean...... Is it the story of the struggle between Chu and Han? Liu Ju hesitated for a moment, and finally blurted out.

Yuan Zhao threw him an appreciative look.

"Not bad! The little boy is erudite. This kind of chess comes from the story of the struggle between Chu and Han at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the world. ”

"Ah...... Well, it's not that I'm not knowledgeable, it's because I often heard him mention some heroic legends of that period around my father, so I'm familiar with it. Liu Ju heard Yuan Zhao praise him for the first time, and he was very embarrassed. Princess Suxi rarely heard these things, and listened to them with relish on the side.

Although Wei Qing has not read any books, he has a special hobby of military warfare. In my spare time, I like to study these previous wars very much, so I am also very interested in listening to Yuan Zhao talk about it.

Yuan Zhao told the three of them about the origin of this chess again, there were too few channels to obtain information in that era, and how many things about the previous generation could be known only by word of mouth? Even if there are official history books that record them in detail, they are often only the preserve of court officials and scholars, and it is difficult to fully understand a historical story or the course of a war.

Therefore, Yuan Zhao's simple narration made an adult and two children fascinated. After speaking, I found that the three of them were immersed in it, and they were speechless.

There was a knock on the door, and someone said a few words to the guards outside, it turned out that Qingsong had finished inspecting the tea to be taken away this time, and came to ask the little prince and his party to return to the palace with him.

Yes! Time flies. Only then did the three of them react, the time to return to the palace had arrived, and they would be scolded if they went back late, especially if they brought a princess out, and they didn't know how to be punished by Mrs. Wei when they went back!

However, Su Xi felt that she was still very happy to sneak out this time. It's just that...... She looked at the chess pieces she was holding like a baby in her imperial brother's arms, and felt a little regretful and unfair.

Why do you only give Xiao Ju'er fresh items? I don't know if I took the initiative to give it to this princess! Hum! However, these words were just thinking about it in her heart, and she was embarrassed to ask Yuan Zhao.

Unexpectedly, the smart Liu Ju seemed to notice the dissatisfaction at the corner of Su Xi's mouth, and quietly whispered a few words in Yuan Zhao's ear, and he didn't know what he said, Yuan Zhao glanced at the little princess and felt a little funny, even if their sister and brother are sensible, they are still children after all.

So, before leaving, when passing by the backyard, Yuan Zhao walked into the small room, and when he came out, he already had a delicate small pottery bottle in his hand, he stuffed it into Liu Ju, and snorted at the back of Princess Suxi.

Liu Ju comprehended, rushed to Su Xi's side in a few steps, and quietly handed over the small pottery bottle to her. Although he didn't know what was in it, he guessed that it must be a new thing made by Yuan Zhao.

Su Xi only felt that the small bottle that Xiao Ju'er handed over to her was slippery in the palm of her hand, and she didn't know what it was for, so she was curious, but she was embarrassed to open it immediately to see what it was.

When the siblings got into the carriage under the covert cover of the guards, she could no longer hold back her curiosity, stretched out her hand, spread out her palm, and saw that the small bottle was very delicate, and the mouth of the bottle was plugged with a small wooden stopper.

Liu Ju came to her sister's side, only to see her pull out the small wooden plug slowly and vigorously, shaking the liquid inside, and suddenly a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers spread in the carriage.

Su Xi couldn't help but take a deep breath, wow! It smells so good. What kind of spice is this? She had never smelled such an elegant and ethereal fragrance in the palace, and she liked it very much.

Liu Ju also felt that this kind of incense was very different from the ones used by his mother in the palace, and he regretted it a little, he knew that it was such a good thing, he should have asked Brother Yuan for a few more bottles just now, and went back to give it to his mother, she must have liked it very much. Well, don't be afraid, next time you must remember to ask for your mother's share again.

He looked up at Su Xi's face again, and when he saw her happy expression, he couldn't help but blush and said, "I just said that Xiao Ju'er is the best for the eldest sister!" You see, such a fragrant thing, I went to beg Brother Yuan'er, and he heard that it was for you, so he immediately went to get it, hehe!"

When Su Xi heard that this was given to him by Yuan Zhao, his heart moved slightly, and he quietly lifted the corner of the curtain of the carriage to look out, but at a glance he saw him standing in the crowd at the gate of the courtyard and smiling to this side, and he couldn't help but shake his hand, and the curtain was lowered.

He ...... Did you just notice me peeking at him? Princess Suxi's face turned red for some reason, and for a while, she thought in her heart, and the deer collided .......

Fate in the world is so magical! This is exactly what it is:

Stroke my green hair, and the years will give birth to flowers.

The infatuation has not changed, and the new green is urging the branches to sprout.

The white horse steps on the dream, and the heart is dotted with cinnabar.

The lights are dim, but it's him!