In front of the Xuan Room Palace, Princess An Ning and Ji Xiuyi sat on both sides of the chess table, facing each other.

Both of them had a calm face, neither was afraid of the other, and both had a faint smile. It's just that one person smiles gently and introvertedly, and the other laughs arbitrarily and charmingly.

Suddenly, the two people picked up the dice cup in front of them at the same time and shook it slightly, one fast and one slow, one light and one heavy. However, gradually, the sound of the two dice cups intertwined, like two people chasing each other, you chase me, I chase you, and in the end they are not separated from each other.

With a "snap", the dice cup landed on the table with a crisp sound.

Princess An Ning pressed the dice cup in her hand with one hand, supported her chin with the other, looked directly at Ji Xiuyi with her eyes, hooked the corners of her mouth and said softly: "Before looking at the points of this dice, why don't we change this game and make it more interesting, how about it?" ”

Ji Xiuyi quietly glanced at Princess An Ning for a few moments, then put her hand under the chess table, and asked softly, "What does Your Highness think?" ”

Princess An Ning's fingers on the dice cup tapped lightly a few times, then raised her chin slightly, and with the hand that cushioned her chin, she pointed to a certain place on the chess table, and said lazily:

"Although this way of playing chess is interesting, but this palace has a look, and this whole chess case is not small. If you have to roll the dice every time, it will take a lot of effort.

Although Hongu likes this new thing, Hongu is too lazy to do it, so it is better to have three chances to roll the dice per person. There is no limit to the number of steps you can take for the first two times, but you can only take one step for the last time. After this step, victory or defeat, life or death, is a foregone conclusion. ”

Ji Xiuyi kept looking at Princess An Ning's eyes, and found that there was really no trace of nervousness in her expression, and she didn't seem to be afraid of the consequences of losing this chess game at all.

She was silent for a while, then suddenly covered her mouth and whispered,

"If Your Highness is not afraid of losing this chess game, then the concubine will naturally be willing to accompany you."

"That's great!" Princess An Ning suddenly sat up straight, clapping her hands and seemed to be very excited, "Then this palace will open it first and see how this first round of luck is." ”

Princess An Ning rubbed her hands slightly, and seemed to open the dice cup with anticipation, but then showed a disappointed expression.

I saw that in the cup containing the dice, three glass dice were lying quietly, but there were two bright red dots and an emerald green two dots on their faces.

"It turned out to be four o'clock, it seems that this first Honggong luck is really not very good. Ji Xiuyi, please. ”

Princess An Ning sighed softly and closed the dice cup again.

The current situation seems to be that Ji Xiuyi has won the battle, even if she doesn't have to open it herself, there will be no points smaller than these four points.

Ji Xiuyi's own face was also relaxed.

But she calmly opened the dice cup, revealing thirteen points.

Then, she smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, it seems that the concubine is going to take the first step." ”

She rowed the chess pieces in the shape of armor on the chess table, came to the city gate on Princess Anning's side, and said: "Fifty thousand soldiers and horses, wave their troops to the south, gather at the city gate, and prepare to go." ”

Princess An Ning sighed twice, seemingly helpless, but her hand did not stop, and she directly picked up the dice cup and started the second roll.

"Pop" twice, and the dice cup fell again.

This time, Ji Xiuyi opened the point first.

Ji Xiuyi didn't bother much, and directly opened the dice cup and reported the points of the three glass dice.

"Five-five-six, sixteen. Your Highness, it's your turn. ”

Princess An Ning didn't delay, and soon opened her dice cup here. After opening it, she couldn't help laughing, and said to Ji Xiuyi: "It seems that this palace has a lot of fate with these four points, one-one-two, Ji Xiuyi, please." ”

Ji Xiuyi stretched out his hand to clipper, "The people of Li are full of righteous indignation, and they meet the palace guards and clash with each other.

Your Highness, next, this is the last round. ”

"yes, that's the final round. Hongu's luck doesn't seem to be very good. But maybe this palace, in the end, will turn over? ”

In the current situation, Princess An Ning looks as if she has been forced into a desperate situation, even if Princess An Ning wins this last round, but with only one step, it seems that it is difficult to recover the defeat.

But Princess An Ning didn't panic at all, but the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, and it seemed that the person who locked the victory now was her.

This time, she just shook the dice cup twice at random, and then opened it directly, revealing three red dots, exposed.

"Three ones, leopards. It seems that the luck of Hongu has returned. ”

Ji Xiuyi's face sank, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

She slowly moved the dice cup, saw the three green flower dice, and shouted excitedly: "Three sixes!" Your Highness, I have conceded. ”

Princess An Ning looked at Ji Xiuyi with a smile, and there was a hint of meaning in her eyes,

"Ji Xiuyi, you have to take a good look, what is in your cup?"

King Xin, who had watched the whole process of the two of them, finally couldn't help but step forward at this moment, glanced at his mother's dice cup, and muttered: "Six, six...... Five! It turned out to be six, six, five, how is this possible! ”

Ji Xiuyi was no longer calm, his face suddenly became ugly, and the smug excitement just now was like a slap in the face.

Princess An Ning stretched out her slender hand and gently pushed Yizi, "The lights are out and the night is dark." Ji Xiuyi conceded it. ”

Outside the palace, the people who had experienced fear in the darkness ushered in their light again.

A row of white lanterns in front of the palace gate was rekindled, but this time, what they shone out was a warm yellow candle flame.

The people slowly regained their composure from the chaos.

They looked at the people on the left and right by the light, and found that they were really not hurt except that they were just as embarrassed as themselves.

Everyone was stunned, completely unaware of what was happening.

And at this moment, Princess An Ning stepped on the palace wall step by step, looking down at the people at the gate of the palace with embarrassed expressions, and laughed "giggles".

She turned against the light, and behind her was the magnificent tower; The lanterns hanging high on both sides of the castle tower shine brightly on Princess Anning's golden hair ornament.

Like a noble and majestic god, she said in a loud voice: "Everyone, it was really hard for you to struggle for so long in the darkness just now. So, this palace now wants to ask you, the taste of light, do you enjoy it? ”