In fact, Jiang Yi was right at first, being in this Ning Palace, there are traps everywhere, and it is very likely that an ordinary and trivial matter will become your life-saving talisman.

And Empress Dowager Qin's sending sobering soup was ostensibly to take care of Shen Che, but in fact it was a temptation. If Shen Che hadn't drunk the sobering soup, then Empress Dowager Qin would suspect that Shen Che pretended to be drunk and stayed in the palace, probably for another purpose.

But fortunately, tonight's catastrophe passed peacefully, and he and Shen Ze also saw it, and they had to admit that it was God's favor.

However, although the calamity in front of him has passed, there will be another one tomorrow morning, and he has not forgotten that the Empress Dowager Qin asked Jiang Yi to go to Jianzhang Palace to receive the reward, and this so-called reward is undoubtedly a Hongmen banquet.

I don't know if Jiang Yi can successfully pass the test.

All kinds of thoughts flashed in his heart, Shen Che turned his head to look at Jiang Yi who was sleeping on the bed, sighed, and lay down on the soft couch in the room, closed his eyes, and rested for a while.

When it was almost dawn, Shen Che returned to the bed, took off his coat, and lay down beside Jiang Yi, pretending to sleep with her all night.

In the eyes of others, Shen Che was still a person who was drunk last night, and he definitely didn't wake up so quickly, so when Qi'er and a few other palace maids came in to serve Jiang Yi to freshen up, Shen Che still closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"You all be quiet, don't disturb Your Highness's rest, Your Highness was very tired last night. Because of last night's joy, Jiang Yi's whole person looks a little charming today, and her voice is delicate and can drip water.

"Madame is really considerate, looking at Madame like this, she must have not rested last night, but she still thinks about His Royal Highness King Yi so much. While serving Jiang Yi to dress, Yin Feng spoke, and by the way, he checked Jiang Yi's whole body.

Yin Feng is the henchman of the Queen Mother, and was originally sent to serve by Wu Qianwen's side, but now Gu Qingming has been demoted to a commoner, and Wu Qianwen is not happy with the Queen Mother because of some things, so she has been depressed in the palace. Therefore, the Queen Mother transferred Yin Feng over to serve Jiang Yi.

And this time, Yin Feng's main task is to verify the authenticity of the love last night, and by the way, check if Jiang Yi has anything on his body that should not be bringed, such as hidden weapons or poisons. After all, the Queen Mother is now seriously suspicious, and anyone who enters the Jianzhang Palace must be examined, for fear that something will go wrong.

After searching Jiang Yi inside and out, Yin Feng was relieved.

"By the way, I see it's still early, why has the Queen Mother already gotten up?" Jiang Yi inquired, "There was a lot of noise in the palace last night, didn't you make a noise about the Queen Mother?"

"No, it won't. The place of Jianzhang Palace is deep and quiet, and it will not be disturbed so easily. Yin Feng said, and then ordered someone to bring hot water in, and after serving Jiang Yi to wash, he led Jiang Yi and Que'er towards Jianzhang Palace.

After Jiang Yi left, Shen Che on the bed opened his eyes and looked at the door that had already been closed, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

He seemed to have a premonition in his heart that Jiang Yi's visit to Jianzhang Palace this time was probably not a good sign. And Jiang Yi's ability to adapt to changes was still much worse than Yun Yao's, so he couldn't help but worry.

At the same time, Yun Yao and Gu Qingming, who were constantly thinking about Shen Che, had already started to act in the capital of Haoguo, thousands of miles away.

Gu Qingming inquired for two days, and finally figured out the daily activity rules of Qi Tianbao, the head of the Qi family.

Since Qi Tianbao has already sat in the position of being a family member and is the ruler of Haoguo, he naturally does not have to do many things himself, so the most he does every day is to go to the teahouse to play chess with Renpincha.

Basically, most of the time during the day, he would stay in the teahouse, and it would not be until nearly evening, when he would go to his various shops to take a look at the situation, check the account books of a few shops, and make sure that there was no problem, and then return to Qifu.

And this teahouse, named Guiyunzhuang, is the location chosen by Yun Yao and them.

"Qi Tianbao, in addition to doing business, has only two hobbies in his life, drinking tea and playing chess. On the way to Guiyunzhuang, Gu Qingming explained to Yun Yao and the others, "He is a famous chess addict in Haoguo, and he has few opponents in the entire capital. If someone can beat him in chess, he will be very interested in him. ”

"Qingming, did I ask you to help me find someone?" Yun Yao listened to Gu Qingming's words and asked.

"I've found it. Gu Qingming nodded, "I secretly found seven chess masters, and they were all excited when they heard that they were playing against Qi Tianbao." ”

"Qi Tianbao loves to play chess, let's play chess with him, he loves tea, so let's make tea that he hasn't drunk." Yun Yao said with a smile, "Yingquan's tea cooking technique, even Empress Dowager Jiang is full of praise, I don't believe that this Qi Tianbao can still resist the temptation of this tea fragrance." ”

"What I prepared is the clouds and mist of the Tianshan Mountains, which is a special tribute that His Royal Highness paid to the Empress Dowager Qin in the past, and the Yiwang Palace is only so little, all of which are left to me. Fortunately, Sisi brought it with her when she came out, and coupled with the special brewing technique that my father once taught me, this Qi Yuan will definitely like it. Lu Yingquan opened his mouth and said, wearing men's clothes to cover his slightly protruding belly.

This is Yun Yao's plan, do what she likes.

They wanted to find this Qi Yuanwai, but in order to hide people's eyes, they couldn't take the initiative to find it, and if they were discovered by the Empress Dowager Qin's people, I am afraid it would be another trouble. So they can only hide their identities and wait for Qi Yuanwai to come to the door by themselves.

Gu Qingming inquired that in order to play chess with others, it was not uncommon for Qi Yuanwai to come to the door with a chessboard and chess pieces, so doing so would not feel abrupt or suspicious.

The group of four went in ahead of time before Qi Tianbao arrived at Guiyunzhuang. Sisi accompanied Lu Yingquan to find the shopkeeper of Guiyunzhuang, and bought the right to cook tea for Qi Tianbao at the price of ten taels of gold, and then Lu Yingquan began to boil water to prepare tea, and Sisi gave her a hand.

And Yun Yao and Gu Qingming are also dressed in men's clothes, sitting behind the screen in the teahouse hall, looking very mysterious.

After a while, there were a few shouts outside: "Master Qi is here, come on, old rules, serve tea to Master Qi——"

When Yun Yao heard this voice, she glanced at Gu Qingming and saw the same information in each other's eyes - the fish began to be caught.

Soon, there was a lot of noise outside, and many people who came to play chess with Master Qi began to look for him and talk to him. Then it was natural to set up a game, and the two sides fought.

Lu Yingquan's tea was served just halfway through the fight between the two sides.

She walked very slowly, and Sisi followed her very carefully, for fear that the people of Guiyunzhuang would come and go and hurt the child in Lu Yingquan's belly.

Because of this, the tray in her hand was held very steadily, the teapot and teacup did not shake at all, and the fragrance of tea overflowing from the spout was floating in the entire air with Lu Yingquan's movement, refreshing.

Qi Tianbao originally played chess well, but suddenly smelled a refreshing fragrance, and when his nose trembled, he actually smelled all the way along the source of the tea fragrance, and happened to meet Lu Yingquan who was serving tea.

"Master Qi, please use tea. Lu Yingquan saluted Qi Tianbao, then put the tray on the table beside him, poured a cup of tea from the teapot and handed it to Qi Tianbao, bowed down and said.

Qi Tianbao couldn't suppress the desire in his heart for a long time, picked up the teacup, took a sip gently, and praised it: "Good tea!"

"Thank you Master Qi for the compliment. Lu Yingquan bowed down and said, "This is the boss's new Tianshan clouds, and I know that Master Qi loves to taste tea, so I specially took it out to entertain you." ”

"Young man, this is the clouds of the Tianshan Mountains? don't lie to me. Qi Tianbao said, "I have tasted the clouds and mist of the Tianshan Mountains in the Haowang Palace, which is far less mellow and delicious than this tea, and the lips and teeth are fragrant." This tea does have a bit of the taste of the clouds and mist of the Tianshan Mountains, but according to the old man, it is even better than the clouds and mist of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"Master Qi doesn't know, this is indeed the clouds of the Tianshan Mountains, but the new guy in our store is a master of tea cooking, so he can cook such a good taste. The shopkeeper quickly explained.

"Yes, it's good, it's rewarded. Master Qi said, took out a bag of gold from his sleeve, handed it to Lu Yingquan, and spoke again, "With your skill in cooking tea, it's worth it!"

After saying this, Master Qi sat down again and continued to play chess with the person opposite.

Master Qi is not a stingy person, usually when he comes to Guiyunzhuang, the tea he orders will be shared with his chess friends, but today, he seems to be reluctant to give this pot of tea, and does not share it with others, just let the guy serve tea alone to entertain chess friends.

Lu Yingquan took the money and went down satisfied, she checked the weight of the bag, but it was more than ten taels of gold, it seemed that she still earned it.

After changing out of the young man's outfit in the back kitchen, Lu Yingquan also returned to the back of the screen and joined Yun Yao and Gu Qingming. The four of them sat behind the screen, waiting for Master Qi and his chess friends to finish fighting.

"Master Qi's chess skills are very good, when I went to serve tea, his black son was completely surrounded by white sons, and it is estimated that within ten moves, white children will be defeated. Lu Yingquan said.

While speaking, the fight outside was exactly ten moves, and soon the opponent's voice admitting defeat came: "Master Qi's chess skills are superb, and he really deserves his reputation, and the villain is willing to bow down." ”

"Eh, Your Excellency is too humble. When Master Qi heard the praise, he was in a good mood, and said with a smile.

And at this time, Yun Yao got up, smiled at Gu Qingming, and came out with a folding fan.

Yun Yao's identity today is Gu Qingming's little scholar, and her purpose is to arouse Qi Tianbao's curiosity about Gu Qingming, and then compete with one of them.

"I have long heard that Master Qi in the capital of Haoguo is very good at chess, and he has never been defeated in all directions, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that. With a slightly disdainful smile on her face, Yun Yao walked out and said.

"Where did you come from, a stinky boy, who is actually making a lot of nonsense here?" Someone hindered Master Qi's identity and financial resources, and spoke out to defend it, "You are young, do you know how to play chess? If you don't understand, don't be embarrassed here." ”

"I don't know how to play chess, but my son-in-law does. Yun Yao walked up to Master Qi with a smile and said, "Master Qi, my son-in-law wants to fight with Master Qi, I don't know what Master Qi wants?"