After a game of chess, Zhang said that he must have admitted defeat without releasing water this time, and the reason for his loss was the same as Xue Chongxun's loss of Go, which he was not familiar with. The two put down the chess pieces to drink tea and rest, Zhang said that he was going to the toilet, so he got up and left for a while.

When he walked down the aisle, he met the charming woman who greeted them at first, so they turned the aisle together, Zhang Shuo looked back at the woman and said, "Why did you come out in person?" ”

The woman said: "Didn't Zhang Xianggong send your family's name to come and tell me that I was coming to visit?" ”

"Forget it, it's no wonder you're here, it's me who added the snake. I mean, I'm here, and you don't have to come out. What did this guy come with him, he didn't need to think about it at all. Zhang Shuo frowned and said, "But if you come out, just come out, what do you mean by saying something like 'I'm a chess piece'?" What do you mean by what do you mean? What kind of person is the emperor, some words are too obvious, you are afraid that he will not know your identity. ”

The woman said angrily: "I don't understand, since you don't want him to know, why did you bring it here?" ”

"How could I take the initiative to bring him?" Zhang said, "It's a complete coincidence, the emperor himself is coming, can I still stop it." Xiao Xiang trusted me, so he told me about you. Now if the emperor is suspicious, he asks the ears and eyes of the inner factory to check, isn't everything clear? Why is Zhang embarrassed to face Xiao Xiang? ”

"What will the emperor do to Xiao Xiang and affect his career?"

Zhang Shuo thought for a while and said: "That's not going to happen, the emperor is not a person who can't rub sand in his eyes when he makes a fuss." But you have to be clear about the relationship. He lowered the speed of his speech, and said clearly, "The Cui family is working against the emperor, Cui Mingshan is dead, and the others are exiled to Yingzhou, as many as more than a thousand people; You, originally Cui Mingshan's concubine, have no more relationship with the Cui family than the exiled Qianren, right? So where should you be now? Such a coming-and-going principle makes sense, so what kind of wind do you come out to recruit? ”

The woman said with some grievances: "I'm just a concubine, I never thought about what to do with the emperor, what's wrong with me, why do I have to be sent to Yingzhou?" ”

"There are more people who have done nothing wrong." Zhang Shuo glanced at her and said, "I'll have to go over, you can do it yourself." ”

He didn't go to the toilet either, and went straight back to the study after speaking, and saw Xue Chongxun playing with the expensive Go chess pieces from before. But the two didn't mention buying this set of chess, Zhang said: "Lang Jun, you see that it's almost time for lunch in a blink of an eye, I'll send someone to find a quiet place to order a table of wine and food?" ”

Sanniang said coldly: "There are many people in the downtown area, so let's change places." ”

"Listen to Sanniang." Xue Chongxun said with a smile, "Today is almost all fun, why don't you go back and eat laba porridge." With that, he got up from his cork chair, and then the woman came in and beckoned, "Are you two guests leaving?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "You are very good here, and you are hidden in the city." We'll have a chance to come back. By the way, I haven't asked the little lady for her name. ”

The woman said: "The slave family is not from a good background, I don't know the surname, and I am called a maiden." ”

This name made Xue Chongxun's expression change slightly, and he remembered a past incident about his family, and the heroine in this incident was called Sun Yaoniang. But more than 20 years have passed since that incident, and Sun Yaoniang has also been dead for more than 20 years, even if she is not dead, she should be a half-old now, obviously not the same person...... It was the period when Wu Zetian was in power, Wu Chengsi was her own nephew, and at that time she could do whatever she wanted, and she happened to fall in love with the beautiful Sun Miaoniang, but she was forced to die instead of possessing it, and it was a great tragedy to involve an official eunuch who raided the family and exterminated the family. The relationship between the Wu family and Xue Chongxun is also a big family, Wu Zetian is his maternal grandmother, and his mother-in-law Princess Taiping's second marriage is also a Wu family, so Xue Chongxun has long known about Wu Chenghei.

The woman in the story and the woman in front of him were not the same person, but they evoked Xue Chongxun's memories, so he asked casually: "Is it really called My Aunt?" ”

The woman said softly: "The slave family does not dare to talk in front of Mr. ”

"It's a good name." Xue Chongxun smiled to cover up the past, and hugged his fists to leave. My fair lady hurriedly bent her knees to send each other off.

The group went out to leave Dongshi by car, and today was on vacation, Zhang said that there was no need to go to the south of Daming Palace, and when he arrived at a fork in the road, Zhang said that he got off the car and changed horses and said goodbye to Xue Chongxun. And Xue Chongxun's pine carriage continued north to return to the palace.

There were only Xue Chongxun and Sanniang left in the carriage, and Xue Chongxun said: "When I see Zhang Xiao, you ask him to notify the inner factory to send someone to check the chess hall just now, don't alarm people but find out the ins and outs of it, especially that fair lady." ”

Sanniang responded, and today she somehow said more: "I guess Zhang said that he would dedicate that chess to the palace in the afternoon." ”

"Haha." Xue Chongxun smiled, "Don't sacrifice people to it, I don't want to be Wu Chenghei." Seeing that Sanniang was puzzled, Xue Chongxun told the incident during the Wu Zetian period, and said, "The figure of that lady in the chess hall is very good, but there are so many women in the palace, I can't do that." ”

In the afternoon, Xue Chongxun watched the recital in the greenhouse hall, and sure enough, a eunuch came up with the chess piece in his arms, saying that it was presented by Zhang Shuo in the Chinese book. Xue Chongxun opened it to observe, turned his head and glanced at Sanniang, and it happened that Sanniang also looked over, and the meaning of the four eyes was self-evident. Xue Chongxun found that Sanniang, who was often expressionless, had a smug smile in her eyes at this time, as if to say: Look at me, I guessed right.

Xue Chongxun put down the music and greeted his sister who was sitting next to the next incense case: "Don't worry about those pieces for now, come and practice chess with me, I really lost face when I played Go with Zhang today." ”

Sanniang blurted out: "Didn't Lang Jun win?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "It's better to lose." ”

The princess of the river stared at Xue Chongxun for a long time and said, "Brother is really not in a hurry?" Xue Chongxun said: "What's the hurry? The princess shook her head and sighed, "I admire my brother's heart to play chess. ”

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "The sky can't fall, even if it falls, there will be a tall brother to hold on to you." Originally, I asked you to review the recitals so that you had something to do, but you really paid attention to it. Are you willing to play chess, and you are not willing to let Yao Wan come. ”

The princess of the river immediately said: "Yes, it is rare for my brother to have leisure." ”

Xue Chongxun got up and changed his position, sat down in front of a wooden case, pointed to Zhang Shuojin's chess and said: "This chess is not simple, Baizi is based on Guanzhong, Heizi Western Regions, chess jar Hebei, chessboard South China Sea, from the four directions of the sea, it seems to be holding the country, interesting." ”G