Entering the building, Princess Yu ordered all the doors and windows facing Xiao Shunzhi's mansion to be closed. Then let the maid bring warm water, and after serving Xiao Ziqing to wipe it slightly, he ordered someone to remove the remnants of the table, and then presented the prepared tea, water, peaches, pears and other dried melons and fruits.

Looking at her husband who was in low spirits and full of alcohol, Princess Yu sighed softly, shook her head and said, "Your Highness, you can't stop this wine a few steps away, so how can it be hospitality." It's better to go to Qingmu first and then gossip, the concubine has already prepared a sobering soup, so she will send it to His Royal Highness. ”

Xiao Ziqing also felt uncomfortable, and the drunken hospitality was really indecent, so he replied, "It's okay." He turned his head to his sister Xiao Lingyuan and said, "For my brother, I drank too much today, so it's really not good to stay here to entertain guests." Siniang'er, you sit here with Erlang for a while, and then come to gossip with Erlang after bathing and sobering up for your brother. ”

Xiao Lingyuan's ten fingers moved slightly, turning the glass cup in her hands, feeling the coolness seeping out of the ice water in the bowl, and said casually: "Hmm! Brother, let's go first. When the little sister left the palace, the mother also told the little sister to do more of the friendship of the landlord! ”

Xiao Ziqing was amused by her sister Xiao Lingyuan's coquettishness, and said to Tuoba Shen: "Erlang will stay here for a while." Let me go and bathe first, and then come back. ”

"Uncle, please take care of yourself"

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Soon after Xiao Ziqing left, Princess Yu accompanied Xiao Lingyuan and Tuoba Shen to chat for a while, and saw that the three daughters were sleepy, and they just wanted to rest, so they confessed and took the three daughters downstairs.

Tuoba Shen saw that only he and Xiao Lingyuan were left here (Liu Teng's subordinates were "not human"), and he was a little uncomfortable. Due to the limitations of the etiquette law in these years, Xiao Lingyuan can be regarded as a woman who is about to reach adulthood, and it is not good to be alone, and I am afraid that it will damage her reputation for a long time. I have the heart to say goodbye, but I am bitter that Yu Zhong has not yet arrived.

Fortunately, Xiao Ziqing should not be here in much time!

Suddenly, I saw a chessboard chess piece in the corner of the wall. Chess was not an elegant thing in the Han Dynasty, but after entering the Wei and Jin dynasties, especially after the Central Plains scholars crossed to the south, there were more tricks between scholars, and chess gradually became popular. The word "hand talk" refers to the game of chess. It is said that in the past, the present dynasty sent an envoy to the Southern Dynasty, and also brought a person who was good at chess to Jiangzuo to compete and returned victorious.

"Can my aunt play Go?" Since you can't walk, you might as well find some games, it's better than waiting.

Xiao Lingyuan didn't expect Tuoba Shen to suddenly talk about Go, he was stunned for a moment, and then said: "When I was a child, I enlightened Yidao at Master Han, if it comes to Yili, there is still something to say, and I am not proficient in hand talking. ”

It would be good!

Speaking of Go, Tuoba Shen is not very proficient. In the past, he used to figure out by himself behind closed doors, and rarely had the opportunity to play against others. He himself did not know how the chess was played. It doesn't matter if Xiao Lingyuan is good at Go or not, just pass the time.

"It's okay to leave and right, why don't you talk about a few rounds to have leisure?"

Xiao Lingyuan looked left and right, saw the chess table in the corner, and then nodded and agreed.

The two soft seats are connected to each other, and then the mahogany table seat is placed in the middle, and after the ceramic chess table is placed on it, the two sit opposite each other in a straight posture.

The game of Go in this era is very different from the game that was later modified in Japan, and the most basic thing is that there is no such thing as a seat in Japanese Go, and now there are five seats in the rule.

In the first game, Xiao Lingyuan took the black position of Tianyuan first, and Tuoba Shen took the white position, and only began to fight after occupying the four corners.

The crisp tapping of ivory chess pieces and porcelain chessboards rang out in the room.

Xiao Lingyuan's chess strength is not very good as she said, and she only played more than 40 hands and took eight of her pieces, which is still worried that Xiao Lingyuan will not play well, and I am afraid that she will be impetuous and deliberately let her. After all, I was originally trying to pass the time to play, and it wasn't really a competition.

After the relaxed atmosphere at the beginning, in the next dozen hands, Tuoba Shen felt that the interval between each step of Xiao Lingyuan was much longer than before, and he was a little hesitant to stop after falling a few times.

Tuoba Shen raised his head slightly, looked at Xiao Lingyuan, and found that there were slight sweat stains on her sideburns. I think it's because I concentrate too much on the chess move and consume my energy. But there is no impatience in it.

It turns out that I think too much, it seems that her psychological quality is quite good!

Xiao Lingyuan raised his head, saw Tuoba Shen looking at him, a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I haven't practiced Go in the palace for a long time, but I am much stranger than before. As he spoke, he wiped off some sweat stains on his sideburns with an embroidered handkerchief.

"Chess is a good game for scholars. If my aunt doesn't have this hobby, she doesn't need to force it. Tuoba Shen said as he put the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess box.

Xiao Lingyuan saw Tuoba Shen put away the chess pieces, and asked strangely: "The chess game has reached the middle game, don't you finish playing?" ”

"I invited my aunt to play Go for a pastime. Seeing that my aunt is quite distracted today, it is not unintentional. It is better to suspend this game, and if there is an opportunity in the future, it can be continued. ”

Speaking of this, Tuoba Shen thought that Go takes a lot of effort, and instead of the following five-in-a-row chess, there is only one rule of five-in-a-row: even chess. It's much easier than Go, and it doesn't take much effort. In this game, it can even be said that the first player is the winner. Many times, when a Go player is tired of playing Go, he will use backgammon to entertain and decompress. It's just that there is no such way to play at this time.

After thinking about it, Tuoba Shen put the black and white chess pieces on the chess table into the chess box, and told Xiao Lingyuan the rules of playing five-in-a-row, and the two started another chess game different from Go on the chess table.

The simple popularity of backgammon can travel through time and space, and Xiao Lingyuan only played three games with Tuoba Shen, and she was very addicted to this relaxed, interesting and fresh game. After getting through the quick defeat in the first few games, I slowly got my own feelings. The moves are also much more orderly, and the time of the chess game is getting longer and longer. Although she still couldn't win, she was much happier than the successive defeats in Go.

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Besides, Princess Yu placed several daughters, and after serving Xiao Ziqing after bathing, she went to Liangfeng Building again under the service of a group of slaves and maids.

Princess Yu held Xiao Ziqing's right arm, looked at the husband who had been blowing the warm wind for a while, and was a little drunk, and complained: "On weekdays, it is an exaggeration to say that a thousand days of drunkenness, but today His Royal Highness responded to this lie, and he still can't be sober after drinking the decoction?" After all, Siniang'er is not the head of the family, and it is not good to entertain guests for a long time, if you don't go, I don't know what to say outside. ”

When Xiao Ziqing heard this, he laughed and said, "How can the etiquette be set up for my generation!" It's hard for the little sister to get out of the palace, so don't restrain her too much. Furthermore, gossip stops at the wise. Who dares to talk nonsense and dirty the princess. ”

Princess Yu saw that Xiao Ziqing didn't care, and couldn't help but have a worried face. She has always had the most headache Xiao Ziqing's carelessness and insensitive personality. It is really not a long-term solution. Now that he is in power, as long as the husband does not do anything rebellious, there will be no big problem. It's just that the emperor is already fifty years old, and when the crown prince reigns in the future, Yifulang's temperament will suffer a catastrophe sooner or later.

It's just that these worries are a little difficult to express, and she has persuaded them many times when she can say it. At the beginning, Xiao Ziqing was still able to accept it, but after a long time, Xiao Ziqing was also tired, and most of the left ear went in and out of the right ear. And because she is not good at the art of husbandry, she can only persuade more in addition to the housekeeper.

"The reputation of my daughter's family is the most rare and easy to destroy. Although the rumors stop at the wise, what are the wise men in this world? Eventually, you need to pay more attention to yourself. Siniang'er is thirteen years old, and she will be able to leave the cabinet at the age of tomorrow. You are her brother, how can you not pay more attention? ”

Xiao Ziqing was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "What the good wife said is very true!" ”

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Tuoba Shen heard heavy footsteps coming from the stairs, raised his head to look, and saw Xiao Ziqing and his wife coming in together, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed to Xiao Lingyuan, who was pondering the chess path, and stopped Xiao Ziqing, who was about to ask.

Xiao Ziqing and Princess Yu stepped forward slowly, walked behind Xiao Lingyuan, and looked at the chess board. After two breaths, I realized that the game was not a common number of Go moves, but a new way to play that I had never seen before.

Xiao Lingyuan twisted the ivory chess piece with her fingers and pondered for a while before dropping the piece. She is no longer as defensive as she was when she first came into contact, but wants to counter-attack in defence. Although this counterattack was always futile, it did not hinder her aggressiveness.

After more than 20 pieces, Tuoba Shen ended the chess game. Xiao Ziqing saw that his sister put the chess pieces into the chess box, and was about to start the next game, and asked, "Si Niang'er, is this a new chess in Beijing?" Why is it that you have never heard of it? Xiao Ziqing looked at it for a while, and then figured out the rules of backgammon. I feel that although the rules are simple and far less profound than Go, it is a good pastime.

Only then did Xiao Lingyuan know that Brother Ah had come, so she withdrew her hand and said sideways: "It's a new move made by Erlang." The little sister is not good at Go, so Erlang taught the little sister these five pieces to play chess. It's very interesting. ”

"Oh!" Xiao Ziqing looked at Tuoba Shen and said in surprise: "Although I look at these five pieces of chess, it is also interesting. Although it is not as good as the essence of Go, it is not inferior to playing chess. I didn't expect Erlang to be young, but he was able to set up this new chess game on his own. "At the end of the day, I sighed. This game looks really simple, much simpler than playing chess and the like, but the fun and chess path is much more extensive than playing chess, thinking that this is still a few years older than his own daughter, I can't help but sigh in my heart.

"I have nothing to do, so it's just a pastime for fun. I didn't expect to be able to win my aunt's heart. ”

"Erlang, if you are too modest, you can't even play ten days if you want to, everyone will have to hear about this five-son chess."