The steward immediately said respectfully: "What His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince said is that you are the real Prince of Great Kun, and the current crown prince, no matter what aspect, can not be compared with you." ”

The Eighth Prince nodded, and at this time, an old man came to the Eighth Prince's side and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the old man hasn't played chess with His Highness for a long time, and I want to test whether His Highness's chess strength has increased, how about it?" ”

The Eighth Prince showed a smile of admiration on his face and said, "Master, you can accompany the apprentice to play chess, and the apprentice can't ask for it." ”

The two sat opposite each other, and the steward arranged the chessboard, and soon the two began to play against each other.

After only a quarter of an hour's effort, the Eighth Prince's face showed a look of pride.

"Master, I seem to have won this game of chess."

The old man on the other side shook his head and said with a smile: "Until the last moment, no one can say that they have won." ”

"The more proud you are now, the more it hurts to lose when the time comes."

Saying that, the old man pondered for a long time, and suddenly made a surprise attack, and the side pawn arched, and suddenly broke the momentum of the Eighth Prince, and the original good situation was torn open.

The Eighth Prince originally surrounded all the old man's chess pieces in an all-round way, hoping to form an iron curtain to block all the old man's forces and achieve the goal of winning without a fight.

But he didn't expect that his negligence of a lineman would lead to a major mistake in the iron curtain he blocked, and now it seems that it is too late to reverse it.

After the master's sidemen broke through his iron curtain, they actually moved forward bravely, God blocked and killed God, and Buddha blocked and killed Buddha!

His iron curtain was broken cleanly, and he lost everything by accident, and all his calculations and plans were in vain.

When his veteran was checkmated, the Eighth Prince found that he had been shocked into a cold sweat.

"Eighth Prince, the chess game is over, you have lost."

The words of the old man on the other side woke up the eighth prince from his shock, he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and said with a forced smile.

"The master's chess skills, the apprentice is still invincible after all, although the chess is one move, but it seems to be a realm behind."

The old man shook his head and said, "The Eighth Emperor doesn't have to be so modest, in fact, you and I have chess strength in the control of each chess piece." ”

"You lose in arrogance to a lineman, this is also your weakness, because of your identity, for this kind of small role, you don't pay attention to it at all, and by the time you discover his huge energy, it's already too late."

"It's not hard to remedy it, as long as you take every pawn who might threaten you seriously, you can improve to a big level."

The Eighth Prince was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy: "Thank you master for the bump, the apprentice understands." ”

"Fortunately, this is just a chess game, not a life-and-death contest between friends and enemies, and I still have time to regret it."

"Report!"

A guard rushed in from outside, saw the old man, saluted the old man, and then knelt down to the eighth prince.

"Your Highness, this time in the Wendou outside the city, the Northern Yuan Mission lost."

When the Eighth Prince heard this, he was immediately shocked, and said in disbelief: "What are you talking about, the Northern Yuan Mission lost?" ”

Even the old man was surprised: "The Northern Yuan Mission is led by Liu Yuan, and it is coming with great momentum, how can it be lost, are you sure you are not spreading the news?" ”

The guard hurriedly said: "Your Highness, it's true, Li Baiyi performed amazingly in the literary fight, wrote two poems and one lyric, and both of them were evaluated by the first place, and the anonymous score on the spot is absolutely not possible." ”

"Li Baiyi not only defeated the Northern Yuan Mission, but also made several courtiers kneel after the Northern Yuan Mission entered the city."

"The prince also got benefits, Li Baiyi basically gave the credit to the prince, saying that the prince invited someone to help him make up for his knowledge, so that he could win."

The Eighth Prince waved his hand with an ugly face and said, "Got it, you go down first." ”

The guard immediately walked out of the small courtyard, and the steward on the side muttered: "Your Highness, I didn't expect that Li Baiyi, a gentleman, would be able to make a splash and win the first place, this kid is hidden deep enough." ”

The Eighth Prince nodded, and then slapped the table, and the tea on the table spilled all over the ground.

The old man said respectfully: "Eighth Highness, the matter has happened, it is useless to be angry, what we have to do now is to remedy it." ”

When the eighth prince heard this, his face showed a touch of self-deprecation.

"Master, how to remedy? This time, in order to make the Northern Yuan Mission invincible, Gu's uncle, Prime Minister Guo Wentian, left the northwest to deal with the tea and horse business, in order to make the Northern Yuan Mission sure to win. ”

"The result? Tang En and Song Guang are wastes, none of them are useful, and Li Baiyi's knowledge is against the sky, and they haven't even found out any of them. ”

"Lone's elaborate plan was broken like this, and this time it could have hit the Li family hard and make the prince lose his right-hand man."

"This is good, instead of hurting the prince and the Li family, it made the Li family show their faces, and made the prince a miscellaneous person to gain prestige."

"Come on, tie Tang En and Song Guang to Lone, and Lone should clean up the things that are eating inside and out."

The steward immediately agreed, and was about to send someone to arrest him, but was stopped by the old man.

"Your Highness is angry, according to the old man's opinion, this time it's no wonder that they are, it should be that this kid of the Li family is hiding too deeply, and others can't see it."

When the eighth prince heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "The master is saying that this kid is a genius, self-taught, not taught by others, so he can deceive others." ”

The old man nodded and said: "That's what old decay means, even if it is really their negligence, Your Highness is now the time to employ people, you must not let them be afraid, turning the crown prince is not a good thing for Your Highness." ”

The Eighth Prince thought for a while, nodded and said, "What the master said is, then keep their lives first and do things for Lone." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the lineman on the chessboard, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "This Li Baiyi is like a lineman on the chessboard, he was caught off guard, and it seems that the strategy is about to change." ”

"The prince's prestige has increased unprecedentedly this time, and he can't be allowed to continue, so that Da Kun thinks that Lone is the true son of destiny."

"Li Baiyi, this kid must be eliminated, of course not now."

"What we have to do now is to take the prince's disaster relief over, and if this matter is done well, it can not only win the support of the displaced people, but also make meritorious contributions, and be more confident in front of my father."

The old man nodded and said, "Your Highness, this arrangement is good, but the old man thinks it can be improved." ”

"This time, His Royal Highness participated in disaster relief, and he could take the opportunity to divide the prince and the Li family in Baiyi, even if it was unsuccessful, he could sprinkle salt on the prince's wounds, which is the so-called murder and punishment."

When the Eighth Prince heard this, a smug smile appeared on his face: "Master's trick is wonderful, just do it,"