This time, the place to meet to play chess is Yunnuan Pavilion, and the scenery is beautiful, needless to say. Xia Zimo and Qiu Luoxue played chess quietly, as if they had made an appointment, and no one spoke first.

However, Qiu Luoxue was a person who couldn't hide things in her heart, so she couldn't help but speak first, she said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with Concubine Xian, she entered the cold palace...... Isn't it too ruthless. ”

Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue and asked, "Have you endured it for a long time?"

Qiu Luoxue nodded and said that she had indeed endured it for a long time.

"It's really not easy for you to endure until now with your character." Xia Zimo said.

"What's wrong with my personality? I think it's good. Qiu Luoxue said unconvinced.

Xia Zimo smiled indifferently, didn't argue with her, returned to the question just now, and said, "You don't have to be burdened, it's not because of you that you're like this." I've wanted to deal with Concubine Xian for a long time, but I haven't had a chance. ”

"What about Marquis Lu? I've wanted to deal with it for a long time. Qiu Luoxue said that today's events reminded her of the matter of Marquis Lu, and at that time, she felt that it was a bit too much to cut off the title of a family for her. But I didn't say anything because I didn't understand what was going on.

"Why do you think so?" Xia Zimo asked rhetorically.

"What happened in Fengyue Tower last time is not a very serious matter, besides, it was Lu Wenxuan who provoked me, even if he was angry with me, he didn't need to go to the point of cutting off Marquis Lu's title. But His Majesty didn't say a word, and dealt with Marquis Lu and Lu Wenxuan together, which always felt a little excessive. ”

"When a son makes a mistake, he is the father's godson, and there is nothing wrong with dealing with it together." Xia Zimo replied calmly, without showing a trace, and calmly continued to play chess.

Qiu Luoxue looked at his unwavering expression, and asked, "What about the seizure of the brothel?"

"Didn't Lord Qiu himself propose to close down the brothel? What does it have to do with me? ”

"Although this is the case, His Majesty has already deliberately sealed Fengyue Tower. I checked a little, and the boss behind this Fengyue Tower is Marquis Lu. Qiu Luoxue said.

Xia Zimo raised his eyes to look at Qiu Luoxue, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and said, "Oh? You even found out this? ”

Qiu Luoxue simply put the chess pieces aside and said to Xia Zimo intently, she replied: "It's not a difficult thing, the woman I saved in Fengyue Tower that day is often with Lu Wenxuan, so I know about it."

Xia Zimo hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "I suddenly think that you are not stupid."

Although this was a word of praise, Qiu Luoxue felt awkward no matter how she heard it, and retorted: "Of course, I'm just not very smart." But if you are willing to work hard, you are not necessarily worse than you. ”

"Is it because of these things that you think that I intend to dispose of the Lu family?" Xia Zimo asked again.

"And what you said before that someone wants to usurp the throne, I always feel that the disposal of the Lu family has something to do with that incident, the Lu family should be the minions of the people who want to usurp the throne, and Fengyue Tower should be the place where they collect intelligence from the capital." Qiu Luoxue said.

"How so?" Xia Zimo asked, he seemed to be leading Qiu Luoxue's thoughts, helping her clear her thoughts without missing a trace.

"Hmm......" Qiu Luoxue thought for a moment and blurted out two words: "Intuition."

"You." Hearing Qiu Luoxue say that it was intuition, Xia Zimo shook his head helplessly.

"What's wrong, I really guessed it intuitively."

"However, I can guess these things intuitively, does it mean that I still have some talent."

Qiu Luoxue put one hand on the table, supported her chin with her hand, and looked at Xia Zimo with blazing eyes. And Xia Zimo didn't deny or agree with her words, but just laughed it off.

"Why don't you answer, did it on purpose?" Qiu Luoxue said again.

"Why do you ask me when you already have the answer in mind?" Xia Zimo asked rhetorically.

"I don't know if I'm right."

"Although it was done intentionally, there was also a reason for Lord Qiu to vent his anger." Xia Zimo finally answered this question head-on.

Look, I know you're using me. Qiu Luoxue meditated in her heart, but the strange thing was that although she was used, she was not angry at all. Is it because the people who use him are too handsome?

"I feel like I'm being taken advantage of." Qiu Luoxue said, pausing and then asking, "What about the future?" Will you still use me like this? ”

Xia Zimo looked at her and was silent, although he didn't want to use her, but many times he had to do this. Just like the matter of the Lu family this time, there is no better, more logical, and less suspicious reason than using Qiu Luoxue.

"I'll try not to take advantage of you." Xia Zimo said.

"No, use me." Qiu Luoxue's answer was unexpected by Xia Zimo, and he looked at Qiu Luoxue with puzzled eyes.

"No, I just think that the prime minister's duty is not to assist His Majesty in governing the country, and now that someone wants to strengthen His Majesty's country, I naturally have to make some efforts."

Qiu Luoxue said again: "However, you also know, I don't have any talent, and what I can do is limited, so I can do my part to be used by you."

Xia Zimo looked at the gushing Qiu Luoxue, and seemed to be surprised by her words, a person who had been shouting all day long about resigning from the government now said that he wanted to protect his country.

"Didn't you have to resign before, why did you suddenly think so?" Xia Zimo asked with a smile on his face.

"That, it's nothing, it's just ......" Qiu Luoxue said in a huff, "Your Majesty, you know, I have no relatives in this world, and I don't have any friends." The people I know are you, King Yan, Imperial Doctor Xu and Nie Shishi. We've been together for so long, and I've treated you as friends. A friend has something, of course he wants to help. ”

"You want to be friends with me?" Xia Zimo asked, a glimmer of light that Qiu Luoxue couldn't understand flashed in his eyes.

"What? Can't you? Qiu Luoxue asked, holding her breath and puffing her cheeks. Xia Zimo looked at her like this and felt very cute.

"It's not impossible." Xia Zimo watched Qiu Luoxue's every move and said, "It's just, why?" ”

"Why is that? I just want to be friends with you. Qiu Luoxue said, and then she smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Actually, there is a reason."

Xia Zimo raised his eyebrows, as if to say: I know there is a reason.

"Because I like to be friends with powerful people so that I don't get bullied." Qiu Luoxue said again.

"It turns out that you are interested in my power."

"No, there's still money." Qiu Luoxue said playfully.

After a while, she looked at Xia Zimo mysteriously and said, "Your Majesty, do you believe that there are people in this world who will remember their past lives?"

"I don't believe it."

"But I remember my past life." Qiu Luoxue said.

"Are you a three-year-old?" Xia Zimo said in disbelief.

"I know you don't believe it." Qiu Luoxue pouted and said, but then she said with a little melancholy and sad expression: "However, whether you believe it or not, I really remember." In my previous life, I had a hard time because I had no power, no power and no money. So I don't want to be so hard in this life. ”

Xia Zimo somehow, obviously didn't believe in anything in his previous life, but he firmly remembered Qiu Luoxue's words, remembering that she said that she had a hard time in her previous life. Seeing the sad expression on her face, this was the first time he had seen this kind of affection on Qiu Luoxue's face, and she was smiling before. Looking at her melancholy appearance, Xia Zimo couldn't help but feel distressed.

"Although I don't know if what you said is true, I am here in this life, and it won't make you very hard. If there's anything you want to do, what you want, just tell me. ”

Hearing Xia Zimo say this, Qiu Luoxue suddenly came to her senses, discarded all the sad expressions just now, replaced them with a happy expression in a second, and asked, "Really?" Wow, it's not the same to be friends with rich people. ”

Seeing that her expression changed so quickly, Xia Zimo wondered if she had been deceived.

"It seems that there is something I really want." Xia Zimo said.

"Yes, yes, yes." Qiu Luoxue nodded happily, like pounding garlic, "That dark room, that is the dark room from the Prime Minister's Mansion to the Imperial Palace, there is a night pearl, can you give me that, I have been satisfied with it for a long time." ”

"Why do you want that?" Xia Zimo asked strangely.

"Because it's shiny, I like it so much, can you give it to me?" Qiu Luoxue looked at Xia Zimo with expectant eyes and asked.

Seeing her expectant look, Xia Zimo suddenly had an interest in teasing her, and said, "No."

"Ah, why?" As Xia Zimo expected, Qiu Luoxue changed into a disappointed expression in a second.

"There's no why, just don't give."

Xia Zimo had a doting expression in his eyes, his eyes were always looking at Qiu Luoxue, and he had a full view of her small movements and expressions.

"You just said that I can say whatever I want." Qiu Luoxue said.

"I just asked you to say it, and I didn't say I wanted to give it to you."

"You...... Stingy. Qiu Luoxue puffed up and threw her head to the side.

Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue and unconsciously raised a smile, and said, "But if you can win me, maybe you can give it to you."

"Really?" Qiu Luoxue turned her head to look at Xia Zimo, and when she saw Xia Zimo nodding, she immediately said: "Come on, come on, isn't it just a game of Go, sooner or later it will win you, you are not allowed to regret it." As she spoke, she began to pack up the chessboard.

Xia Zimo looked at her like this and thought: It seems that she really wants that bead.

After the chessboard was cleaned up, the two began to play chess. However, because Qiu Luoxue can't play chess at all, it's a mess.

"What's wrong with this, how do I get there now?" Qiu Luoxue looked at the chessboard in distress and said.

"Let's get here." Xia Zimo pointed to the position on the chessboard and said that he had now begun to instruct Qiu Luoxue on how to play chess.

"Is it here?" Qiu Luoxue had already dropped the chess pieces when she asked.

"It's not there, it's next to it." Xia Zimo said speechlessly.

"Hey, why are you a murderer, wouldn't it be nice to move over again." Saying that, Qiu Luoxue moved the chess pieces that had just fallen.

"There is no regret and you can't move."

"Oh, it's okay, don't worry about the details."

………………

After losing several games, Qiu Luoxue said pitifully: "Your Majesty, you can't pretend to lose to me once."

"I've let you go, but why haven't you grown at all." Xia Zimo replied.

"People don't know how to play chess in the first place, so this kind of brain-based thing is not suitable for me to do."

"You're not fit to do it with physical strength."

"Oh, too, I probably don't really have anything to do but eat and sleep." Qiu Luoxue muttered that she was also very sad about the fact that she had nothing to do, but what could she do?

………………

After playing a few more games, Qiu Luoxue lost to Xia Zimo again, and at this time her patience was completely gone, and she angrily messed with the chess pieces on the chessboard.

"Oops, it's annoying, I lost again, I don't play anymore." Qiu Luoxue said with a petty temperament.

Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue very calmly and asked, "Don't you want the night pearl?"

"No, isn't it just a broken bead, I don't want it. Hmph, I'm leaving, you can play by yourself. Saying that, Qiu Luoxue really stood up and left.

Looking at Qiu Luoxue's swaying back, Xia Zimo's face was full of smiles, this was a real smile from the heart. Unconsciously, he looked in, and kept seeing Qiu Luoxue walking away, she would occasionally stop and kick a pebble or something, although she didn't have the sense of stability of the children of the nobles of the family, but she was very lively.

I don't know when it started, Xia Zimo himself doesn't remember. When did it start? When he looked at Qiu Luoxue, he always smiled unconsciously. (Maybe it started when Qiu Luoxue said "because I like you".) ）

In short, he felt that Qiu Luoxue was different from others, she lived a very honest and pure life, she had no extra thoughts, and she was very happy all day long. Such a woman, in the officialdom full of profit, is rare in itself.