Ji Chengjin picked up the bouquet of jade plum blossoms, pretending to glance out the window casually, and the people on the wall had already run away.

Recalling Cheng Xi's various actions after falling into the water, he can be sure that Cheng Xi in the past and now are like two people, although they have the same appearance and voice, they are very different in personality, preferences and even words and deeds.

Before falling into the water, she was emotionally uncertain and elusive, and she had always called her name and drank to herself, but now, she is smart and strong, loves and hates clearly, treats everyone equally, treats those close to her become gentle and easy-going, smiles and welcomes, and will never tolerate things that she dislikes.

Ji Chengjin couldn't help but think of the words he heard during the day, what the four princes said about the possession of spirits, could such a strange thing really appear by his side? Otherwise, how to explain Cheng Xi, who is very different from before and after?

Ji Chengjin decided to observe it carefully.

Cheng Xi got up early every day to practice martial arts, and studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting for a morning, and felt that he had achieved a little bit compared to before, and was about to find someone to test the learning results, Cheng Hong came to the door.

"Princess, the fifth prince asked you to meet you in the Huxin Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, saying that they wanted to learn chess skills with you." Hongye walked in from the outside, saw Cheng Xi who was walking in the yard to eat, and spoke.

She knew it! Cheng Hong is now in the rebellious period of his youth, he is a character who does not admit defeat, in fact, he understands his mind very well, but he just uses the method of agitation to provoke him, and he will come to himself obediently now.

Cheng Xi walked leisurely to the Imperial Garden, and saw Cheng Hong looking around from afar, she smiled, and only then approached the Huxin Pavilion, and heard Cheng Hong's complaining voice: "Sister Xi, your walking speed, I'm afraid snails are faster than you." ”

"Brother Hong, what are you doing in such a hurry, just after lunch, you can't exercise and eliminate food."

Cheng Xi walked into the Huxin Pavilion with a smile, and at a glance saw Cheng Hong's face with a look of no trouble, and with a faint expectation, she looked at the stone table, the chessboard and black and white had already been placed neatly, and she was only about to sit down.

Cheng Hong raised his head to look at Cheng Xi, nodded at the opposite position with his chin, and said straight to the point: "Since you want to eat, you might as well play a game of chess with me to see who is better between the two of us, I won't lose to you!" ”

"Okay, then let's compare." Cheng Xi ignored Cheng Hong's provocation and sat down opposite him.

Cheng Hong was full of interest, looking ready to go, he was about to fall, but Cheng Xi shouted to stop, and Cheng Hong looked at her dissatisfied.

She tapped her fingers lightly on the table, winked at Cheng Hong, and proposed in a brisk tone: "What's the point of playing chess like this, let's bet, how about it?" ”

Seeing that Cheng Hong was puzzled, Cheng Xi explained: "The loser has to promise the winner one thing, of course, this matter cannot violate conscience or endanger safety, in addition, anything can be done, is Brother Hong willing to come and play?" ”

Cheng Hong thought for a moment, and saw that there was nothing suspicious about this proposal, so he clapped his hand and said: "Come on, Sister Xi will lose anyway!" ”

Cheng Xi ignored the trash talk before his opening, anyway, he finally looked at the result.

Cheng Hong started with a small layout, while Cheng Xi used a star layout, the two of them each occupied a big field, but Cheng Xi didn't panic at all, she was a person who had made up for her chess skills day and night, plus there was still a daily chess guide, after a few moves, her advantages were revealed.

Obviously, Cheng Hong also discovered his disadvantage, he hurriedly came to make eyes, but it was too late to remedy, and finally watched Cheng Xi eat his white seed.

The defeat was decided, Cheng Hong stopped struggling, threw away the chess pieces, and said sullenly: "I lost to Sister Xi." ”

Cheng Xi looked at his appearance, like a defeated rooster, and while putting away the chess pieces, he comforted: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, your sister and my chess skills, but I grew up after hell training, I believe that under my guidance, there will be a day when the blue is better than the blue!" ”

"Really? Sister Xi, teach me! ”

Cheng Hong, who was not happy just now, immediately raised his head when he heard Cheng Xi say this, and looked at her with bright eyes like a deer, Cheng Xi couldn't help laughing, he was really a diligent and enterprising student.

"Do you know where you lost just now?" Cheng Xi picked up a white piece casually and landed on the chessboard, "A good layout is equivalent to half the success, in the process of the game, we must have a view of the overall situation, and we can't only take care of local interests and ignore the long-term. ”

Seeing Cheng Hong's attentiveness, she thought about it, acted as a spiritual mentor again, and said seriously: "Go masters are good at competing for the first, at the right time, when it is time to shoot, in an unfavorable situation, you must also learn to abandon the child, it is not advisable to stick to the rules, and unpredictable changes are the charm, remember?" ”

Cheng Hong nodded, looked at Cheng Xi incredulously, his eyes were full of admiration: "I didn't expect Sister Xi to know so much, why didn't I find out before, it seems that I blamed Sister Xi by mistake, thinking that you are a stupid princess who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to go, and only knows how to revolve around Shen Xiaohouye." ”

Listening to Cheng Hong's undisguised ridicule of her, Cheng Xi didn't say a word, and was about to knock Cheng Hong's head directly, but he didn't expect Cheng Hong to be flexible, and ran out of the Huxin Pavilion directly, and Cheng Xi chased him behind to talk ruthlessly.

Seeing the two of you chasing after me, the maids who ran out of the Huxin Pavilion with them couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh.

In the end, Cheng Xi grabbed Cheng Hong, ignored his shouting, and put his head between his arms to prepare for revenge, and saw Ji Chengjin walking across the trestle bridge, and stopped when he saw himself.

"Ji Gongzi, it's such a coincidence, you also come to see the scenery." Cheng Xi let go of Cheng Hong, and Zhao Ji Cheng beckoned.

Ji Chengjin originally just wanted to come to the lake to breathe, but he didn't expect to bump into Cheng Xi and Cheng Hong fighting, and as soon as he stopped, Cheng Xi beckoned to him, and he had to take another step and walk over.

As soon as he got closer, Cheng Xi saw him holding a small square box in his hand, and couldn't help asking, "What did Ji Gongzi bring?" Is it fish food? ”

Ji Chengjin said "um", but he didn't expect Cheng Xi to guess it, and couldn't help but look at her quietly.

Cheng Hong looked at Cheng Xi strangely: "How do you know it's fish food?" ”

Cheng Xi actually had a whim, but she didn't expect to guess correctly, she pretended to be speechless and said: "Ji Gongzi took this box to the lake, is there anything else to do besides feeding the fish?" You still call me stupid, but I think you're stupid. ”

"It could be something else, and I think you're blind too." Cheng Hong retorted unwillingly.

Even if he said it, Cheng Xi would not admit it, but she saw Ji Chengjin standing on the side, and she was a little embarrassed, so she didn't continue to quarrel with Cheng Hong, but talked to Ji Chengjin.

"Why did Ji Gongzi feed the fish, is it because of the koi fish I mentioned last time, you also have a strong interest?"

Ji Chengjin looked at the sparkling surface of the lake, and did not answer Cheng Xi's question, but asked: "According to what the princess said, those koi fish can really bring good luck?" ”

"Of course, koi fish are special existences, and the wish is very spiritual, didn't I say it last time, after I fell into the water, I made a wish to come up alive, and then it will be fine!"

Cheng Xi is full of nonsense, anyway, chatting, and don't be responsible!

After listening to the conversation between the two, Cheng Hong looked into the lake, and kept asking where it was, Cheng Xi pointed to a red and white fish to explain to him, and he didn't notice that Ji Chengjin was staring at her with an inquiring and wonderful gaze.

After feeding the fish with the fish food in Ji Chengjin's box, the three of them went back to their respective homes, Cheng Xi thought that he had conquered the chess in the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the rest was the qin, calligraphy, and painting.

She felt that she still needed to communicate more with Du Yunyan.

Since Du Yunyan came to Fengyang Pavilion and had a good conversation with her, she regarded Du Yunyan as a friend worth dating, after all, her only best friend at present is Cheng Ying, the lord of Ruiwang County, and Cheng Ying is alive and well at the border, in order not to let herself be too disconnected from the current affairs outside the palace, she decided to make a few more friends.

And after Du Yunyan chatted with Cheng Xi, she thought that the gap between herself and the rumors was too big, obviously she was a princess with a blue heart, how did she become a vicious princess who only knew how to frame and bully others?

Just thinking about it, the maid next to her came to tell her that Princess Mingruo sent someone to invite her to a small gathering in the palace, Du Yunyan cleaned up and brought some folk gadgets with her, and she found that Cheng Xi was very interested in these.

The two met, and Cheng Xi first asked Du Yunyan for some poetry writing, and then listened to her talk about the new things that happened among the people.

Du Yunyan took out a thin booklet from his sleeve, handed it to Cheng Xi, and said: "This is a new book written by the owner of the study, the stories in it are very interesting, if the princess doesn't dislike it, take it to have fun." ”

Cheng Xi was interested when she heard it, and when she sent Du Yunyan away, she sat in the room and looked seriously, but the stories in it were all things she had read, what scholar passed by the broken temple and met a fox spirit, a fisherman caught a fish and saved a snail and became a girl, etc., what a big disappointment!

Closing the book, Hongye entered the door and said that the five princes would come tomorrow to ask for chess skills, and after Cheng Xi should play, he came to Ji Chengjin's side courtyard with Du Yunyan's script.

"Ji Gongzi, don't you feel bored reading every day?" Cheng Xi stood beside him and suggested, "Come and play chess tomorrow?" ”

Ji Chengjin raised his eyes to look at her.

"If you don't speak, I'll take you as a default, so happily decided!" Before Cheng Xi left, he put the script in front of him, "It's very tiring to read every day, you have to take a break in time, take this to read, and the return of chess is absolutely good-looking!" ”

After Cheng Xi left, Ji Chengjin looked at the thin script, the first story is that a carp fairy gave up his life in heaven, went down to the earth to transform into the appearance of a princess, punished evil and promoted good, and finally became a lover with Zhuang Yuanlang.

He silently turned back to the title page, and three words were written on it: Fish Beauty.