The night is as cool as water, the faint moonlight sprinkles on the mottled shadows of the trees, it is too quiet, the moonlight seems to be a brocade cloth woven from hazy silver yarn, with the wind slowly blowing over the branches, over the pillars, through the window lattice, the candlelight will be the cloud pattern on the robe of the shoulder with silver thread to reflect the brilliance of infinite. When she returned to Jingren Palace half an hour ago, she was already there, and Princess Rongshou only sat in the palace for a moment before she retreated with full of interest.

Bai Ge added a tea cup and led Ying'er and Que'er out of the house, the door was gently closed, the two sat at the table, speechless for a while, I only looked sideways at the blue and white porcelain vase on the side of the case for a red plum, the petals are lubricated and transparent, the color as bright as the morning glow reveals the elegance of ice and jade, and the original light fragrance is slightly baked by the charcoal heat in the room and becomes rich. Zai Yan's gaze kept roaming around the room, and after a while, he said, "Yang Lishan has done a good job, this Jingren Palace looks much better than a few days ago." ”

When I heard this, I also looked around, put my arm on the table, supported my cheek with the back of my hand, and said with a smile: "Lord Yang is quite talented, and the emperor will definitely use it well." ”

Zai Yan leaned forward and asked me curiously, "You came back so late, what did you do in Ningshou Palace?" ”

I looked at him and smiled lightly, "Lafayette is bored in the town, so I called everyone in the harem to accompany me and touched a few dominoes this afternoon." ”

Zai Xiang smiled and asked, "Won?" ”

I glanced at him, and couldn't help sighing, "What do you win, the minions don't know dominoes, and Lafayette refuses to let go, and if the minions go up, they can only play with them blindly," he changed his hand to support his cheeks, and said, "In the end, it was about Lafayette who watched the minions lose and let the minions come back!" ”

Zai Yan raised his hand and touched his chin, and looked at me at the same time, "There is still Zhen'er who can't?" ”

I frowned, "What did the emperor say, the emperor thinks too highly of the minions!" There's a lot of things that minions don't know! ”

Zai Yan's eyes lowered, and he said, "What is Zhen'er...... Gobang...... will ......" Before he could finish speaking, I was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Backgammon?" ”

Jae-yan stared at me with his eyes wide open and nodded.

I stared at me and asked, "How does the emperor know?" ”

Zai Yan smiled, "The last time Zhirui told me when he entered the East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace," and said with a smile, "Zhirui boasted about Haikou in front of me, saying that Zhen'er's five-in-a-row chess is outstanding, and there is no other in the world, saying that even he himself is willing to bow down." ”

I asked, "The last time the slave of the Dongnuan Pavilion was there, when did he tell the emperor about this?" ”

Zai Xiang smiled, "I told me for a while before you came!" ”

I sighed, "Don't believe Zhirui, the emperor likes to talk about this matter everywhere, for fear that no one will know, and the minions are just more skilled than others, how can he be as god as he says!" ”

Zai Xiang just laughed, and after a moment, said to me, "Do you know what he said to me? ”

Naturally, I was also curious, "How do you say that?" ”

Zai Yan smiled and shook his head, "He actually compared the scene when he played backgammon to a person like Hu Zhaolin, I was very surprised when I heard this, Zhirui can be regarded as a chess master, how can he be forced to run away like this by my Zhen'er in backgammon?" He raised the corners of his mouth lightly and continued: "After listening to what Zhirui said, I feel that this five-in-a-row chess is not very difficult, and even has something in common with Go in some aspects, so I have no intentions, but as soon as I said this, Zhirui hurriedly told me that I must compete with Zhen'er in the future to know the secret, saying that in the mansion, he and his family brothers are now only playing these five-in-a-row chess. ”

Hu Zhaolin was a Yangzhou salt merchant during the Qianlong period, and he loved to play chess. Rumor has it that once, Hu Zhaolin played chess with the famous player Fan Xiping, and when he reached the middle game, he was obviously at a disadvantage, so he didn't dare to play again, and lied that he had a stomachache and closed the game and retired.

Recalling the scene when he played backgammon with Zhirui for the first time in ancient times when he was in the mansion, it turned out that he left in a hurry not entirely because it was too late, but also because he didn't dare to play anymore, but he had to pretend to be serious and take out his pocket watch to look at it, which made me believe it, and I didn't doubt it, and now I can't help but think that Zhirui's guy is really funny and cute!

I smiled, "How can backgammon be compared with Go, to put it bluntly, it's just a thing, compared to Go, it's about shallow planning and deeper than strategy!" After thinking for a while, I said, "But backgammon has another advantage, that is, it doesn't take time, and winning or losing is much faster than Go!" ”

The corners of Zaiyan's lips moved slightly, "Or, Zhen'er will also teach me personally?" A game with me? ”

I didn't look over my head and smiled, and came back with my arms on the table, holding my chin with both hands and jokingly asking: "So, Zhen'er is also an emperor like Lord Weng Tongshuweng?" ”

Zai Yan stretched out his hand and lifted my chin with his index finger, his eyes were slightly wide, and there was a heavy smile in it: "If you count it like this, there will be too many emperors," he glanced at me, and said, "It doesn't matter if you count Zhen'er more." ”

I grabbed his index finger and refused to let go, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, even if the state affairs are heavy, does the emperor still have to learn?" ”

Zai Yan nodded, stared at me and said, "Combine work and rest." ”

I smiled, "Okay," and as I spoke, I took out the Go chessboard that Bai Ge had collected from the cabinet next to the small table, laid it out, and gave it to Zai Yan Heizi, I took the white zi, and said with a smile, "The emperor will ask first." ”

Zai Yan asked: "Where is the first son, can there be a saying?" ”

I shrugged my shoulders, "Feel free, just find a way to live, just don't block yourself." ”

Zai Xiang raised his eyebrows and smiled, and then fell in the center, I saw it, and sighed that Zai Xiang was quite talented, but much smarter than Zhirui, so he asked: "The emperor has been down before?" ”

Zai Yan shook his head, "I've only played Go. ”

I asked, "The strategies for playing Go and backgammon are very different, how can the emperor know how to make moves without following the way of Go?" ”

Zai Yan smiled proudly, "I'm not stupid, if this five-in-a-row game is the same as Go, why do you need to divide it into two chess types?" ”

It's quite reasonable, after I got two more sons, I just felt that Zai Xiang was really not easy to deal with, only a few rounds, told him the general rules, and after two more sons, he seemed to have figured out the gameplay strategy, not only has his own formation, but also menacing, three here and four, I can only be led by the nose, in addition to blocking or blocking, "I knew that the emperor was so powerful, and I didn't let the emperor go from the beginning!" ”

Zaiyan's eyes were fixed on the chessboard, "I haven't won yet!" ”

I'm not angry, "Your Majesty wants to win the minions for the first time, but it's not that easy!" As I spoke, I blocked another one.

Zai Yan was always thinking about attacking, but neglected defense, and after looking at the overall situation later, he was suddenly surprised, "When did you have so many white sons who are about to be connected in a line?" ”

I touched the tip of my nose and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minion is called defending as attack, and retreating as advance!" ”

Zai Yan thought about it for a while, and also gave up the attack, and began to block my white son, but fortunately, it was not too late for him to wake up, and he went all out to defend before I could make up his mind, and finally eliminated the threat.

A flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, thinking of this backgammon chessboard, isn't it like the pattern of life, and thinking of the Narsu I saw when I came out of Ningshou Palace at night, "Your Majesty, looking at the overall situation, the attack must be important, but don't let your guard down," and said, "Has the emperor ever heard the term 'black under the lamp'?" ”

Zai Yan fell, raised his eyes and asked, "It's dark under the lamp?" ”

I smiled and pushed the candle lamp that was lit on the table in front of Zai Yan, and pointed to the dark area under the lamp because it was blocked by the glass lamp holder itself, "It is dark under the lamp," and a chess piece between my index finger and thumb fell on the line where four sunspots were about to be connected, which was a trap set by Zai Yan for me, and he had already expected it to be three steps away, "Sometimes, the more people and things that happen close to me, the more difficult it is for people to see and perceive. ”

Zai Yan shook his wrist, slowly put down the chess pieces, leaned against the table, raised his eyes and asked me, "Zhen'er wants to remind me of something?" ”

I smiled slightly, the golden candle color reflected a little bright luster, "Zhen'er just wants to remind the emperor not to take it lightly, don't let the backyard catch fire." ”

Zai Yan smiled, reached out and scratched the tip of my nose, and then the palm of his hand rested on my cheek, "Isn't my backyard you, Zhen'er?" Then he asked seriously: "Will Zhen'er let my backyard catch fire?" ”

I raised the corners of my mouth lightly, reached out to stroke Zaiyan's hand, and said slowly, "Of course Zhen'er won't." ”

His hand was warm, moving gently across my face, "That's enough." ”

I looked at him and exclaimed, is that really enough?

After playing for a while, the game was evenly matched, and in the end there was no winner. Maybe there is no need to win or lose between me and Zae-yan.