No matter what Zhu Yong thought in his heart, he naturally didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Ji Lingyun. However, with a cup of tea, the seventy-three people of King An's Mansion gathered in the courtyard of the exquisite small building.

Zhu Yong stood in the front hall and said to Bai Yanran and Ji Lingyun who were seated: "The whole house is here, I don't know what the princess and princess have to order?" ”

Ji Lingyun said in a deep voice: "It's not a big deal, it's just that everyone is called to recognize the princess's familiar face, so as not to make it inconvenient for the princess to take charge of the palace in the future." ”

Everyone was well organized, apparently well-trained on weekdays. At this moment, everyone in the courtyard was divided into four columns, and they were all lined up with their immediate superiors.

Behind Aunt Shan is a group of people in the kitchen, the elderly Zheng Bo is in charge of the flower room and the horses, the kind-faced Hui Niang is in charge of the girls in the house, and the little maids everywhere are in charge of Zhu Yong himself.

Mr. Pei Tang was personally hired by Ji Lingyun, so he only recognized Ji Lingyun alone, and Zhu Yong had to spend extra money and had to be breathed by Ji Lingyun to get it. The guards directly obeyed Gu Fang's orders and were not subject to Zhu Yong's jurisdiction.

Right now, a group of people are crowded here, and some of the timid ones don't even dare to raise their heads, Bai Yanran can only remember a rough idea. But for now, it's enough to remember the various stewards, and the rest will take your time, anyway, there will be time later.

Seeing Bai Yanran nodding, Ji Lingyun said again: "I have seen it all today, and everything in the palace will be decided by the princess in the future." You should treat her as if she were me, and if there is a deception and a deception, and a violation of yin and yang, this king will not tolerate it. ”

Originally, Zhu Yong's face was holding a fake smile, but he couldn't even pretend to laugh at the moment, so he stiffened his face and clasped his hands to make a loyal servant and nailed it to the spot.

This was a bit heavy, so Ji Lingyun gave a candy after hitting a stick, and said in a slow tone: "But you do your duty honestly, and this king and princess will naturally not treat you badly." In the past few days, you have been busy with the king's wedding, and you have also put your heart into it, so you have paid an extra three months' monthly money, which can be regarded as a reward from the princess to you. ”

As soon as these words came out, they naturally showed a happy look, and they all thanked and said, "Thank you for the reward of the prince and the princess." ”

Ji Lingyun turned his head to look at Bai Yanran, and Bai Yanran said knowingly: "I also learned to take care of the chores in the house when I was in my mother's house in the past, and I know that there are always omissions in things, you work hard, and you don't have to worry about losing your errands if something goes wrong."

But as the prince said, if you dare to deceive the upper and lower levels, and disobey the yin and the yang, there is no room for sand in my eyes. Naturally, if the errand is done well, I will also see it in my eyes, we have clear rewards and punishments, and it depends on me what kind of life can be lived, understand? ”

Everyone looked at each other, made eye contact, and then replied in unison, "Understood." ”

Bai Yanran nodded and said lightly: "Then it's all gone, go and go busy with your own errands." ”

Zhu Yong quietly glanced at Zhu Ling, who was accompanying Bai Yanran at his side, Zhu Ling lowered her eyes, looked at her nose, nose and heart, and didn't seem to notice it, so Zhu Yong led everyone away.

After all the things were settled, Ji Lingyun had time to talk to Bai Yanran alone for a while, and asked, "It's still early now, what is the lady going to do?" ”

Bai Yanran asked rhetorically: "Didn't the prince just come back from the prince's mansion and don't have to deal with official business?" ”

Ji Lingyun said with a smile: "My uncle works in the Ministry of Rites, and the lady should know that the Ministry of Rites is very idle when it is rude, no sacrifices, and no festivals.

And I'm still married, and the royal brother will not send me official business, so I just have to accompany my wife these days. Ladies don't have to be restrained, this is your home in the future, you can call whoever you want, including me and listen to you. ”

Ji Lingyun still remembers following Bai Yanran when he was a cat, watching his Yan'er being bullied by his aunt and sister-in-law who don't know what to do, but his father-in-law was dizzy, and he couldn't do anything.

Therefore, Ji Lingyun was in a hurry to support Bai Yanran in the palace today, just for fear that she would be wronged in the palace.

Regardless of whether this was just a joke on a whim, Bai Yanran was still very useful, glanced at him with a smile, and said, "In that case, if you have nothing to do left and right, let's play two games of chess." ”

Bai Yanran heard Su Xin say that Ji Lingyun answered his best chess skills in front of Qiu Fanyuan, although he didn't know where he heard about it, but now he has the heart to play a few games with him.

As the saying goes, life is like chess, the chessboard does not move, and the chess pieces remain the same, but it can give birth to thousands of changes, just because people's hearts are changeable. Sometimes people are like their own chess, and their thoughts and character can be seen from the chess game.

Ji Lingyun happily agreed, and said: "I saw that you liked the silver carp at the palace banquet last time, so I asked my mother to come some, it is better to set up the chessboard in the Liuxin Pavilion, and you can also take a look at the silver carp by the way." ”

Out of the exquisite small building, through the rockery from the middle of the path, and then to the east corridor walk for a while to the willow pavilion. The willow heart pavilion is built according to the water, the pavilion is rippling blue waves, and the lake is the willow according to the willows, so it got the name of the willow heart pavilion.

The two sat down, and Zhu Ling and Chunyi, who came with them, served tea and snacks beside them, and Ah Ruan and Xiaoba stayed in Linglong Xiaozhu to take care of trivial matters.

Su Xin is the girl Bai Yanran brought from her mother's house, and the little girl has now become a confidant of the princess. She doesn't have to worry about such trivial chores anymore, she just listens to Bai Yanran's instructions to do things.

It was about the morning when he touched a soft nail, but Chunyi was honest at this time, and stood aside with Zhu Ling in a proper manner. It's just that she still can't control her eyes, and glances at Ji Lingyun from time to time, and she doesn't know what she is thinking.

After a while, someone took the white jade chessboard that Ji Lingyun was accustomed to, this chessboard was made of ebony as the base, and the black seeds made of obsidian were carved from warm white jade, which was extremely precious.

It must be a tribute from outside, and Emperor Yuanhe rewarded it to Ji Lingyun. The things given by the emperor are naturally more precious, so ordinary people can't touch them, and they are generally collected by Liu Xing'er, who is with Ji Lingyun.

Just now Ji Lingyun said that people should set up the chessboard, and a girl was busy going to Yinfeng Xuan to call Liu Xing'er, so at this moment, it was Liu Xing'er who had not been out of the door for a whole day and a night.

Although Liu Xing'er had freshened up before coming, the red and swollen eyes that were crying could not be eliminated for a while, and everyone noticed it as soon as she approached the pavilion. Chunyi, in particular, sneered disdainfully.

Bai Yanran naturally also saw Liu Xing'er's appearance, she held the teacup in her hand, thinking that in her previous life, Liu Xing'er was unexpectedly favored when Ji Lingyun was drunk, so she was accepted as an aunt.

But now it seems that Liu Xing'er has always had Ji Lingyun in her heart, or is it ......

It was about Gu Yueyao's domineering temperament in her previous life, and the girls below were afraid of her, so people such as Liu Xing'er and Chunyi didn't dare to make a mistake, and even Bai Yanran didn't notice Chunyi in her previous life.

It seems that she has changed herself in this life, she has no family background, and secondly, she is not as "famous" as Gu Yueyao, so these people regard her as a soft persimmon.

Ji Lingyun was also stunned when she saw Liu Xing'er's appearance, and then took the chess urn containing the sunspots casually, and said to Bai Yanran with a smile: "Lady, you come first." ”

Bai Yanran bowed her head, picked up the white child and wanted to fall, suddenly paused, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, it's boring to play a game, why don't we make a fortune." ”

Ji Lingyun naturally agreed, and asked with great interest: "What color head?" ”

Bai Yanran pondered for a moment, and then said, "How about a wish?" The one who loses owes the winner a promise. ”

Ji Lingyun squinted at Bai Yanran slightly, and asked meaningfully, "Any wish is it?" ”

I don't know why, when Bai Yanran was looked at like this, her face turned crimson, and she couldn't help but remember that when she was in love last night, he asked himself to call "husband" over and over again.

So today, listening to him without shying away from a mouthful of "lady", she couldn't call the word "husband", and only shouted "prince" in a regular manner.

Bai Yanran's eyes fell on the white jade chess pieces in her hand, this jade is really a good jade, and it is also warm in autumn, it is a rare warm jade.

"As long as it doesn't violate morality and etiquette, and it can be done."

Ji Lingyun nodded, watching Bai Yanran drop the first white seed, and without hesitation, he held the black son and followed closely behind. Just like that, you come and go, the black and white chess pieces are staggered, and soon half of the chessboard is occupied, and the two are indistinguishable from each other.

Bai Yanran found that although Ji Lingyun's chess moves looked wide open and closed, and she was not informal, in fact, every piece fell just right, and when she came back to her senses, she was shocked that she had almost fallen into a trap unconsciously.

Fortunately, Bai Yanran never underestimated Ji Lingyun, and was cautious at the beginning, so she was able to get out in time. The white son in Bai Yanran's hand turned around and decisively changed his chess path.

Ji Lingyun sighed twice with some pity, but his eyes were full of appreciation, and Liu Xing'er beside him was sour, and he was almost about to cry again.

Su Xin, who was on the other side, inadvertently looked up and saw her red again, her eyes were shocked, and she couldn't figure out what was wrong with this person.

The little girl doesn't know how to play chess, and at most she will judge the winner or loser. She originally wanted to save face for her young lady outside, but she couldn't help but be attracted by the silver carp swimming in the lake.

At the previous palace banquet, Bai Yanran couldn't take the attendant girl there, so Su Xin saw this rare thing for the first time, and she was fascinated for a while.

She leaned out more and more, trying to get closer and see better.

But you might as well fly a small pebble from somewhere, and you feel that it is wrong to step on your toes, but you can't stand firmly, so the whole person goes to the lake.

Before everyone could come to their senses, a black figure flashed in between the lightning and flint. Su Xin had already closed her eyes and waited for her to fall into the water, but someone behind her pulled her back and fell into a magnificent embrace.

Bai Yanran got up and called out in shock: "Su Xin! ”

Ji Lingyun saw that everyone was fine, but said with a smile: "Gu Fang, you came at a really good time, just in time for the hero to save the beauty." ”

Su Xin's face turned red, and she hurriedly withdrew from Gu Fang's arms, and the soles of her feet happened to step on the stone again. She hurriedly removed her feet and looked down, only to find that it was not an ordinary pebble, but a pebble that only existed in a flower bed, no wonder it was so slippery.

Su Xin had a strange instinct, so he took advantage of the effort of rubbing his feet to cover his sleeves and put away the pebbles. Then he got up and said to Bai Yanran embarrassedly: "Miss, don't worry, the slave maid accidentally slipped under her feet, but fortunately, the Gu Fang guards rescued me in time, thank you." ”

The last sentence was said to Gu Fang, and Ji Lingyun quipped: "Yes, it's really timely." ”

After a false alarm, he turned his head to look at the chess game again, and it was time for Bai Yanran to fall. But Ji Lingyun didn't see where there were more white seeds, but his own black seeds were missing.

He looked over and happened to see Bai Yanran drop the white child in his hand where he was missing the sunspot, raised his head and said to himself with a smile: "The prince lost, and the concubine won." ”