The Queen Mother, sent Concubine Li away. Mama Luo was puzzled, "The eighth prince is young, and he is premature and needs the most care from his biological mother, why do you toss Concubine Li every day?" ”

The spacious and bright Cining Palace is far more gorgeous than the palace room of Ning'an Hall. The Empress Dowager Xiao, who got her wish, used to play with the Bodhi Zi enshrined in front of the Buddha, and the copper incense burner smoked the deep wood incense to dispel the dampness and coolness of the night.

Tonight, she wore a homely Fulu Suxi cardigan, her silver and white hair was tied with a pine and bamboo hairpin, and she lay lazily on the soft couch and closed her eyes to recuperate.

Mama Luo felt that she shouldn't talk too much, and softly withdrew from the palace people who were waiting in the palace.

"Toss? The mourning family is carrying Concubine Li! Although Concubine Xiao is a woman in the family, she is useless, the sixth child is getting older, if he is disobedient, the mourning family still has Yu Wenhui in swaddling clothes. As she spoke, Empress Dowager Xiao showed a smile that was bound to win.

Anyway, she only needs a puppet, and this puppet doesn't necessarily have to have the blood of the Xiao family.

"The Queen Mother is wise." After flattering Mama Luo, she said, "I heard that the prince recruited a lot of people to take care of the affairs of the county government, but Tao Yuhong was set aside and almost couldn't intervene. ”

The imperial examination system of the Tianxi Dynasty is second only to the Jinshi in terms of merit and fame, and the official position cannot be directly appointed or dismissed without special reasons. However, if he is appointed, it is not abrupt to assist in the management of the county yamen.

Empress Dowager Xiao took off the jade-inlaid sapphire armor worn on her little finger, such a luxurious armor, she had not worn it again in the past few years. Looking at the natural jade, she said firmly: "This idea will not be what the prince himself thinks. ”

Mama Luo asked suspiciously: "Why did Niang Niang say this?" ”

"The idea of taking a risk like this should come from Zhang Anjiang's martial artist." The corners of Empress Dowager Xiao's purple lips pursed deeply, "Most of the officials of Suzhou County have died, and the prince is now unavailable, so he has to agree." ”

Mama Luo's eyes flashed: "Your Majesty has entrusted the affairs of Suzhou to the crown prince, if those people act inappropriately and stab Lou Zi, His Royal Highness the prince will bear the brunt of the accountability." ”

"The mourning family not only let him be held accountable, it is better to die directly in Suzhou County, and he will never be able to return to Beijing to get in the way!" At this moment, the poison in the eyes of Empress Dowager Xiao is even better than when she planned the layout in the past.

She's been at this age, she's been staying up for decades, and she can't wait any longer!

Hearing this, Mama Luo froze her nerves, and said worriedly: "The Tianhe faction is reckless enough to kill some county officials, if you order them to assassinate the prince, I'm afraid they won't have the guts." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao's vicissitudes of life showed a treacherous smile on her old face, and her voice was a little excited: "The gangs in the rivers and lakes boast of righteousness, and the Tianhe faction will have an alliance as long as they speak out." You handed the news to Xiao Wu, saying that as long as the Tianhe faction dared to besiege and kill the prince in the city, the mourning family could reward him with a title and give him Suzhou as a fief. ”

Suzhou is the richest land of fish and rice, and the big boss of Suzhou to the Tianhe faction is a fief, and the queen mother promises to award the knighthood in the future. Even if the gangs in the rivers and lakes are powerful, they can't get on the stage, and they are all ordinary people from humble backgrounds. She throws bait, so tempting that she can help them get rid of their unchangeable identity, and no one will be afraid to refuse.

In fact, besieging the city gates, assassinating the prince, and triggering a rebellion, regardless of success or failure, these crimes will inevitably be killed, and the court will send elite soldiers to encircle and suppress it. Of course, Empress Dowager Xiao will not fulfill her promise, and keeping those lawless recklessness will lead to a catastrophe in the future.

Empress Dowager Xiao instructed again: "Also, send some more dead soldiers of the Xiao family to help, remember to dress up as a Tianhe faction, and you can't be seen flawed." ”

Mama Luo has been loyal to Empress Dowager Xiao for most of her life, and now she understands it and hurriedly responds.

Empress Dowager Xiao seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "Where is the emperor staying tonight?" ”

"Your Majesty went to the Imperial Garden to practice swords, only accompanied by the county guard, and then went back to Zhaoyang Palace directly."

Dai Xin?

Empress Dowager Xiao thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "The mourning family remembers that there was a beautiful Jiangnan girl in the draft, where is she now?" ”

"The slave maid knows that it is the daughter of the Zhu family, a wealthy merchant in Suzhou, whose name is Linyu." Mama Luo felt a little regretful, "She looks good and knows poetry and books, but unfortunately her rank is not high, she is just a seven-grade beauty." ”

"You keep an eye on the mourners."

……

Suzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is the spring season, and the morning is quite early.

In the post station, in the morning, there are maids who take the dew they have painstakingly collected to cook tea, and the steaming tea is boiling in the purple clay pot.

The young men and women in the room sat opposite each other, each holding a chess game and deciding on it, and the black and white sons on the chessboard were entangled vertically and horizontally, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.

Yu Wenye holds the sunspot, and Bai Muguan holds the white. Their respective layouts are falling, you come and go, hiding the edge.

"I've been learning chess since I was six years old, and I've been doing it for more than 10 years. There are very few people who can compete with me, and you are rare at such a young age. Yu Wenye inquired with an approving smile, "I don't know who Guanguan studied with?" ”

Yu Wenye has been practicing the six arts of a gentleman since he was a child, all of them are refined, he has a quick mind and talent in chess, and now there are only a handful of people who are superb in chess. Nowadays, the style of writing is prevalent, and most of the women in the boudoir will also learn chess, and most of them do not seek to be proficient but only to dabble in it. Bai Muguan, who doesn't want to be six or seven years younger than him, is also good at playing chess, and his movements are as fast as the wind, and he is not far behind in strategy.

From the beginning of the fight before dawn to the present, it is difficult to distinguish between winning and losing, and they do not give in to each other.

"When I was young, I studied with my father for two years, but I didn't formally apprentice, and then I studied chess on my own." The girl smiled casually, and her eyes jumped with pride.

She does have a talent in the six arts of a gentleman, especially in the game of chess, which she seems to have been born with.

Yu Wenye fell into the sunspot without hurry, and said in surprise: "General Bai was born in a poor family, could it be that he has also learned the six arts?" ”

Xi Liuyi was born in the family of Zhong Ming Ding Food, or the children of scholars. Bai Zhanyi's fame today depends entirely on his own bloody battles to fight Bolai, how could he be involved in Yayi when he was young?

"My father is respected as the god of war of the Cullinan Dynasty, in addition to being good at riding and shooting, he is also good at leading troops, otherwise wouldn't the word god of war be in vain?" The girl bent her lips and smiled, comparable to a hundred flowers blooming, "Leading the troops to fight is focused on layout, and the confrontation between the two armies is like a chessboard game." My father painstakingly studied the book of war, so he naturally had some experience, and he didn't need to learn any more six arts. ”

After that, the girl quickly fell into the white child, and the speed caused psychological pressure on the opponent that could not be underestimated. The luck is fast when playing, which means that the brain moves quickly.

Yu Wenye pinched the sunspot between his fingers, thin sweat oozed from his forehead, and he thought about it again and again, but he didn't know where to start. Suddenly brought the topic back: "Suppose this chess game represents the contest between me and the Queen Mother, in your opinion, where is the breakthrough point between winning and losing?" ”

That's what he's playing chess for! Bai Muguan raised his eyes and decided to tell the table: "You and I have been playing for nearly an hour, and it is difficult to distinguish between winning and losing on the surface, but in fact, it is not. You only need one move to completely contain my white piece, and I seem to have a slight advantage, but in fact the defeat is already a certainty. ”

As soon as she said this, Yu Wenye suddenly realized that the chess pieces made of jade fell on the chessboard with a crisp sound.

This last step is a matter of winning or losing. It's a pity that the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and just now he was trapped in the chess game and didn't know why, she simply broke it, and he won the game.

Winners and losers have been decided, and Kuroko wins.

Yu Wenye's sword eyebrows stretched, and he smiled happily: "No wonder Mingjun needs the support of Liangzuo, Guan Guan is smart and wise, and it is really my blessing to accompany me!" ”

Looking at his overjoyed look, Bai Muguan secretly sighed. I thought he would choose a draw, but I didn't expect him to care too much about winning and losing, and he cared about gains and losses. If she doesn't say anything to remind her, Baizi is not a dead end, and if the situation turns around in two more steps, the winner will be her.

She wouldn't spoil his interest, so she only answered lightly: "You ordered someone to spread words in the capital to slander the reputation of the Empress Dowager Xiao, the words were fierce, and there were many responders, Your Majesty pretended to be deaf and dumb and ignored it." In the past, the Xiao family was involved in the court, and the officials saw it in their eyes, and they dared not speak out. Now rumors are falling from the sky, and I don't know how many people have joined people's hearts. ”

Because of this, those rumors are like a plague, out of control. Empress Dowager Xiao re-lived in Cining Palace, and she became the target of public criticism, embattled. If there is no proverb to fuel the fire, who dares to say more than half a sentence? The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the Xiao family also has Xiao Wu, the Duke of Hengguo, and the intertwined clan, in the final analysis, this is the emperor's family matter, and the official and imperial history dare not speak out.

"Treating others the way they would be treated, this is the countermeasure you have thought of for me. After that day's quarrel, I still owe you a word of sorry. He held the girl's soft little hand, raised his eyebrows, and looked at her deeply, "Wanguan has good intentions, I understand." ”

That day, he was so enraged that he walked away, and after a long time of calming down, she came to offer advice. Although he listened to the plan, these days he was angry and alienated. She wholeheartedly hoped that he would reflect on himself as soon as possible, and that he should not think very highly of himself as a monarch, otherwise he would be stubborn and difficult to listen to advice.

Bai Muguan saw that he could honestly say that he was sorry, which could be regarded as an improvement, and he was as arrogant as him, and his temperament was difficult to change day and night. couldn't help but bow her eyebrows softly and whispered: "Your Highness can understand, I haven't worked in vain." At that time, I deliberately provoked you to blame me for being inappropriate, and I couldn't be angry regardless of your body. ”

Isn't she proud? Wholeheartedly think about planning for him, but because of love.

In an instant, Yu Wenye's eyes were clear: "Where does the word waste start?" ”

The girl pulled out the hand he was clenching, pointed to the chessboard and asked, "Next, does His Highness plan to strike first or wait and see?" ”

"You woke me up with a word to win this game, and against that vicious old witch, only a preemptive strike can win."

Yu Wenye's fingers on the chessboard were clenched into fists, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

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