Chapter 64: How to Play a Good Game of Chess

The play sung by Hua Zixuan is indeed very fresh, to the effect that it is the story of a poor scholar who fell in love with a daughter and a noblewoman, and later the daughter also fell in love with a poor scholar, and the two were happy but were opposed by their families, and finally the story of the noble girl eloped with the poor scholar.

The tune of the play is poignant and tactful, although the plot of this play is exciting, but for the conservative ancients, such a love opera that does not enter the world's eyes should not be on the stage, but on the contrary, Linglong Theater boldly sang such a play today.

At this time, Liu Feiyan couldn't help but blush and said,

"Qingyi, today's drama is too explicit, let's stop listening to it, let's go!" Qingyi also frowned,

"This kind of opera is indeed a bit inappropriate, how can there be a noble girl who wants to die or live to admire the poor scholar, even if she admires it, she also abandons the whole family and elopes with the scholar, I'm afraid this noble girl will do this when her brain is in water!" Nan Qiao put his fingertips on the tip of his nose and couldn't help laughing,

"The county lord of Qingyi is really fast-talking, but there may be unexpected things happening at the end of this play?"

"Oh?" The county lord of Qingyi was a little curious and wanted to hear what she had to say. Nan Qiao lowered his voice and said with a smile to the two,

"The deep boudoir of the noble girl of the high door is not close to ordinary people, not to mention the poor scholar who guards the window of the boudoir every day, the only possibility is that someone in the house frames the noble girl, so that the poor scholar has a chance, even if the noble girl is innocent, she will be slandered, and finally forced to leave the house, only to be said to elope, ruined the reputation of a lifetime!" When the county lord of Qingyi heard this,

"Oh my God, what you're thinking in your head is completely different from ours!" Liu Feiyan couldn't help but answer,

"Wuyu, if that noble girl tells the truth about all this, will the ending be different?"

"Everyone will only believe what they see, even if that noble girl has a lotus tongue, it will be useless, others will only say that after the incident in the east window, she pushed out the poor scholar for the sake of glory and wealth, which will also damage the woman's reputation, and finally become a 'poisonous woman' scolded in everyone's mouth."

"It's so vicious, the person who framed the noble girl is too insidious, forcing the noble girl to run away from home and ruin her reputation!" Liu Feiyan couldn't help but open her mouth wide.

Nan Qiao just smiled,

"Unless that noble girl can let everyone see a different side, she can turn things around and find out who is behind the scenes." When the two of them heard this, they immediately became interested, and the county lord of Qingyi couldn't help but take Nan Qiao's hand and said,

"Wuyu, tell us quickly, how did the noble lady reverse the situation?" Nan Qiao said mysteriously,

"County Lord Qingyi, it's already dark outside, I'm afraid it's not safe to go back alone, can you take the carriage of you and the third lady back?" I'm good enough to tell you the story of that noble girl in the carriage! When the two of them heard this, they excitedly agreed without saying a word.

The play on stage is nearing the end, Hua Zixuan's play has not yet finished, and Nalan Wuyu in the audience has already left with the other two beautiful women.

Hua Zixuan had no intention of singing any more, and ended it after a few perfunctory strokes. When he chased him out, there was still a shadow of Nalan Wuyu, but today Nalan Wuyu was willing to come to the theater with him to listen to the play, which can be regarded as a gain.

In Liuhua Palace, Gonggong An, who was next to the emperor, came to pass the decree, saying that the emperor was still dealing with things in the imperial study, and he would come over later, so that Concubine Nan could prepare.

Nan Musheng finally cleaned up for a few days, and now Yu Wenmo is bothering him again, it's really enough! He impatiently threw the chess pieces between his fingertips into the chess box, and asked the palace maids who were waiting around him to retreat.

After the palace maid retreated, Nan Musheng looked at Xin Xiaojin on the opposite side of the chessboard, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

"Xin Guiren's chess skills are exquisite, and this palace is really inferior to others!" Xin Xiaojin has always been grateful to Concubine Nan for saving her life, even if she played chess, she never thought about winning her, and besides, this game of chess was obviously Concubine Nan herself who had the upper hand, but Concubine Nan still said something she didn't understand.

"Concubine Nan, if you play this chess game again, you will win, what?" Nan Musheng's slender fingers slid a few chess pieces between the chess pieces, and then he raised his head slightly, and the peach blossom eyes looked at her with a smile and said,

"When has the chess of this palace been won, Xin Guiren will take a good look!"

"This..."Xin Guiren was confused,

"Why did Concubine Nan deliberately lose to her concubine?" Nan Musheng said,

"The former Shangshu Shilang is the father of Xin Guiren, who was demoted out of Chang'an because of a major corruption case, and was sent to an unknown poor country to become a county official, and your mother died of serious illness on the way, since the decline of the Xin family, the emperor has never called Xin Guiren to sleep, is this palace right?" Xin Xiaojin looked at him in surprise, and then like a frightened rabbit, he left his seat and knelt down towards Nan Musheng.

"Concubine Nan, concubine... The concubine has no intention of competing with you for favor, you are the concubine's life-saving benefactor, the concubine just wants to serve you well, since the emperor is coming, the concubine will avoid it! With that, she was about to get up and leave.

"Stop!" Nan Musheng stopped her,

"Do you want your father to never come out for the rest of his life?" Xin Xiaojin hurriedly turned around,

"..."

"What do you think of this palace helping you, regaining your favor and clearing your father's name of corruption?" Xin Xiaojin's eyes lit up,

"Really, but Niangniang is being favored now, why do you want to help me?"

"What if you're favored? I am just the county lord of the Southern Jin Dynasty, and I have no mother's support in Daye, if I can help your father return to the court and help you to ascend to the throne, you and I will also rely on each other in the palace in the future, so as not to become fish and meat to be slaughtered under the knife of the Feng family! Hearing Concubine Nan say this, Xin Xiaojin suddenly understood,

"But in this way, wouldn't the concubine become the ungrateful person, not to mention, the emperor may not like the concubine!" Xin Xiaojin is self-aware, in front of the concubine Niangniang, who is captivating the country and the city, she is an ugly duckling at best.

Nan Musheng hooked his lips and smiled, beckoning to her,

"Come here, this palace will teach you how to play a good game of chess!" As soon as Xin Xiaojin walked over, Nan Musheng pulled off the hairpin on her head,

"Don't wear this, it's too cheesy!" As he spoke, he stuck the cheesy hairpin on his head again, and deliberately matched two big red flowers on his temples to try to make himself look vulgar.

Xin Xiaojin was completely surprised,

"Niangniang, didn't you say it was too vulgar?"

"If this palace is a little more good, how can you show that you are a fairy beauty in that day!" After carefully admiring Xin Xiaojin's little face, Nan Musheng was quite satisfied,

"Alright, now let's play chess again!" In the middle of the unitary hour, an ordinary carriage stopped at the gate of Nalan Mansion, at this hour, Nalan Guangyao had already returned to the house, and on the way back, he heard some bad rumors, which were about Nalan Wuyu.

He was about to send someone out to look for Nalan Wuyu, but he didn't expect her to come back by herself. As soon as Nan Qiao got out of the carriage, Nalan Guangyao walked over, and he asked solemnly,

"Yu'er, where did you go today?" Before Nan Qiao could answer, Nalan Yanqin's voice came from not far away, and she walked out of the mansion with a smile on her face,

"The second sister is finally willing to come back, is the drama in the theater good?" Nan Qiao smiled brightly,

"It's very good, do you want to listen to the last paragraph with you another day?"

"Presumptuous!" Nalan Guangyao shouted at Nan Qiao, but thought that in case the rumors were misinformation, wronging Yu'er would make her daughter's family lose face, so he said,

"Don't go to a place like a theater in the future, you have to watch a play, tell your mother, and ask her to invite someone back to the house to sing!"

"I know my father, but my daughter met the county lord of Qingyi and the third lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion today, and they hit it off at first sight and became friends, so I was happy for a while, and we went to the Linglong Theater to watch the play together, since the father is not happy that his daughter goes to the theater, then the daughter will not go in the future, if she sings in the house another day, can the daughter invite them to watch together?" Nalan Guangyao was stunned for a moment,

"You... With the county lord of Qingyi today? ”

"Yes, but they were tired of listening to the play, and they fell asleep in the carriage on the way back to see their daughters." Nan Qiao waved at the coachman,

"Hurry up and send the county lord and the third lady back!" The coachman nodded and was about to leave, when Nalan Yanqin ran up quickly and stopped the carriage.

"Wait!" She turned her head unkindly and glanced at Nan Qiao,

"Who is the second sister deceiving, the county lord of Qingyi and the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion will ride in such a dilapidated carriage? Father, daughter dare to assure you that it is definitely not the county lord of Qingyi and the lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion on the carriage. When Nalan Guangyao heard Nalan Yanqin say this, he was a little skeptical, this carriage was indeed very ordinary, not like the county lord of Qingyi would ride.

"Yu'er, is it really the county lord of Qingyi and the third lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion on the carriage?" Nan Qiao frowned and nodded in embarrassment,

"Indeed it is! also asked his father to let him go, in case he woke up the county lord and the third lady, I was afraid that they would not be friends with their daughter in the future. Seeing that she was blocking her in every possible way, Nalan Yanqin was even more convinced that the people inside were definitely not the county lord and the third lady, that Hua Zixuan could let Nalan Wuyu obediently follow him to the theater, and he would definitely insist on sending her home, as long as her father saw Hua Zixuan, look at her Nalan Wuyu's quibbles!

Nalan Yanqin does not give up,

"Father, don't believe the second sister, you see that the lantern on this carriage clearly has flower characters written on it, this is not the carriage of the county lord of Qingyi at all, it is obviously a carriage used in the theater, and the head of the Linglong Theater is surnamed Hua, and his righteous son is called Hua Zixuan." Nancho explained,

"No, father, you listen to my explanation, this carriage is indeed from the Linglong Theater, after the daughter came out with the county lord of Qingyi and the third lady, she found that the wheels of the carriage of the county lord of Qingyi were broken, so she borrowed a carriage from the Linglong Theater!"

"Second sister, you can see if the county lord and the third lady are on the carriage at a glance, why do you have to argue again!" After speaking, Nalan Yanqin was about to go up and open the curtain.