Chapter 998 305 Enforcement

After returning to the palace, Xiao Yi still did not go to the Wucheng Bing.

He accompanied Nangongyue to lunch, and after the two walked in the garden to digest food, Nangongyue went to bathe and change clothes to wash away the dust for half a day.

Nangong Yue had just sat down in front of the dressing table and let Baihe dry her hair when Xiao Yi came in with a tray in hand. Seeing this, Lily couldn't help snickering again, put down the veil, and pulled Baihui back together. down.

Nangong Yue knew what Xiao Yi brought her without asking—

Medicated meal!

Since the sunflower water from Nangong Yue came a few days ago, An Niang would instruct the small kitchen to cook her medicated meals every day, and then Xiao Yi would personally supervise her medicated meals every day as long as she was in the palace.

At first, Nangong Yue would still blush and finish eating without a word, but now, her face has thickened a lot, although her face is still red, she still said implicitly: "Ayi, in fact, I... get well soon. No need to eat these medicated meals anymore."

Xiao Yi personally brought the cup of medicinal food to the dressing table, took the handkerchief left by Lily to wipe her hair, and said of course: "An Niang said, you need to make up more!" Thinking of that day, Nangongyue had so much blood, Xiao Yi still had lingering fears. He felt that the medicated food and brown sugar water he drank these days were simply not enough.

Thinking about it, Xiao Yi looked at Nangong Yue cautiously again, as if she was a delicate and famous flower.

Seeing Xiao Yi's familiar eyes, Nangong Yue probably guessed what he was thinking about, and hurriedly said, "Can I eat it?"

She picked up the medicinal meal and slowly finished the cup as if she was going to the execution ground. Xiao Yi hurriedly took the empty porcelain cup and said ramble: "I think this medicinal meal is very good, you can eat it. After a few days, the complexion became more ruddy... why don't you continue to eat it in the future." After a pause, he said again, "Stinky girl, you are a doctor, you should know some dietary prescriptions for nourishing blood, tell me quickly. ."

Nangong Yue looked at him speechlessly, thinking: Even if she knew, was she stupid enough to tell him to help him torment herself?

And Xiao Yi quickly changed his mind and said to himself, "Forget it, I'll go ask my grandfather..."

She just came to Sunflower Water, not sick! Nangong Yue pulled his sleeve and shook it, and said with a hint of coquettishness in her tone: "Ayi, I've been drinking three cups a day for the past few days, and I've been drinking so much that my body smells of medicinal food."

Xiao Yi felt that his heart was numb, he wrapped his arms around her slender waist and brought his face to her neck, took a deep breath and said, "I didn't smell it. It seems that I haven't eaten enough!"

There was a playfulness in his tone, obviously teasing her.

Nangong Yue blushed a little after being teased by her, pushed him away, yawned deliberately, and tried to change the subject: "Ai, I'm a little tired, so let's take a nap first. You go to Wucheng Soldiers and Horses. Well, otherwise the emperor will ask you to have a heart-to-heart talk."

Taking more rest can also replenish vitality! Xiao Yi skipped the second half of the sentence and said in a hurry, "Go and rest when you're tired."

If it wasn't for her firm attitude, he almost wanted to carry her across the couch again.

Nangong Yue tucked into the thin quilt in her middle clothes, Xiao Yi helped her tuck the quilt, but did not leave immediately, but gently stroked her back with his right hand, again and again, with an unbelievably gentle movement. like a child.

Nangong Yue was originally just an excuse, but in his regular strokes, he gradually felt a little sleepy coming up, and his eyelids became heavier and heavier...

Nangong Yue's breathing quickly became even and subtle. Xiao Yi knew that she was asleep, so he couldn't help but leaned down and kissed her delicate cheek, and then kissed again, his heart was soft and sweet.

It would be great to be able to accompany and watch the stinky girl like this all the time.

In the small inner room, it was warm and quiet, and people's hearts became calm, and Xiao Yi suddenly felt a little sleepy.

Do you want to accompany the stinky girl to take a nap to hide from laziness?

Xiao Yi was still hesitating when Baihui quietly picked up the curtain and entered.

Seeing Xiao Yi make a "shush" gesture to her, Baihui immediately understood that Nangongyue was asleep, and lowered her voice: "Master Shizi, Butler Zhu has something important to discuss with you."

Xiao Yi nodded, walked out of the house lightly, and closed the door carefully.

By the time Xiao Yi came back, more than an hour had passed.

He opened the door softly, and was greeted by Nangong Yue's beautiful smile and the voice, "Ai, you're back."

Originally, after hearing Zhu Xing's report, Xiao Yi's mood was still a little down, but that smile seemed to be the sunshine that could sweep away all the haze, and all his annoyances were all swept away.

He already has his stinky girl, which is the best treasure in his life, and the rest is not important at all.

Nangong Yue just woke up after a full sleep, sitting on the back of the bed, yawning lazily.

Xiao Yi walked to her bed and sat down, and said with a smile: "Just now, Zhu Xing came to find out that he just got news from the palace that the case of the traveling steward has been closed at Jingzhao Mansion."

Nangong Yue's eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "How do you say it?"

"The tour manager finally gritted his teeth and admitted that he had embezzled three thousand taels of silver." Xiao Yi said indifferently, "It was said that the princess brought him to the capital with six thousand taels of silver, but he was greedy for a while and did not take any of them Three thousand taels."

Nangong Yue pursed her lips and smiled, "So, he admits that the only six thousand taels of silver that Concubine Ji asked him to bring?"

He didn't know if he was loyal or stupid. Although he recognized that he had lost 3,000 taels of silver, he exposed Concubine Ji. The emperor ordered Xiao Fang to repay the silver that had been swallowed up over the years, but she only gave it a mere 6,000 taels. Now, in the eyes of the emperor, I am afraid that it is an open disobedience to the decree.

This time and again, he provoked the imperial power, and the emperor had a good face. In his opinion, I am afraid that the king of Zhennan had supported his concubine and deliberately went against him.

The smile on Nangong Yue's face increased again, and she said, "What did the emperor say?"

"It is said that Lei Ting was furious and the emperor immediately issued an imperial decree to take the imperial concubine Ji's life." Xiao Yi said with a light smile, "Princess Ji's luck is really bad."

Nangong Yue pursed her lips and smiled. Today, the emperor's mood must have been quite unhappy because he has won the championship twice in succession.

This time, the imperial concubine's life following the concubine could not be preserved!

The two looked at each other, and Nangong Yue said with frowning eyes, "...Ai, we still need to fan the flames."

The southern border is thousands of miles away, even if Xiao Fang was deprived of the imperial concubine's life, but if there is King Zhennan to protect her, then in the southern border, she will still be the "princess", and this is not Nangong Yue's original intention. These days, things have come down one after another. Judging from the news from the southern border, King Zhennan's patience and trust in his concubine Ji has already been greatly reduced. As long as he stirs up the flames a little bit, I am afraid that King Zhennan will still be happy to make a small party. Shi did not have this imperial concubine's order.

Xiao Yi hugged her distressedly and said, "You're not feeling well recently, don't worry about it anymore."

Nangong Yue was helpless, she couldn't imagine what she would do if it was like this every month in the future. I just hope... uh, Xiao Yi will get used to it sooner or later.

Nangong Yue stopped arguing that she really wasn't sick, but took his hand, changed the subject subtly, and said, "Ayi, after this time, Princess Zhennan's honor will always only belong to her mother."

Xiao Fang was only deprived of her official life, but was not divorced. Naturally, King Zhennan could not re-marry. From then on, no woman would be named "Princess Zhennan" again. Although Xiao Yi was born without a biological mother, Nangong Yue would always hear him mention it, and the nostalgia in that expression was hard to hide.

Xiao Yi hugged her tightly, with a forcibly suppressed choking in his tone, "Stinky girl, I really like it, I like you very much!" Only his stinky girl would think so wholeheartedly for him.

His strength was a little stronger, but Nangong Yue didn't break free and let him hold it.

After a while, Xiao Yi's voice was muffled and said, "Zhu Xing just received a letter from his father from southern Xinjiang, asking me to hand over half of the property my grandfather gave to Xiao Luan."

Xiao Yi never cared about how much property he had. He didn't even know how much money he had in his family, but such a request would still make him feel a little depressed.

But think about it, his father was not always like this, these things, just get used to it.

Nangong Yue opened her arms around him, and leaned her body into his arms.

Xiao Yi was overjoyed, sure enough, pretending to be wronged in front of the stinky girl still works!

He sniffed the fragrance of the soap horns on her body and didn't want to let go of her for a moment.

The emperor's imperial decree was issued at a speed of 3,000 miles, and it was estimated that it would take ten days to reach the southern border. Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi went to Nangong Mansion the next day to meet the uncle Nangong Qin, and listened on the way back. Everyone was talking about the Baiyue Saintess winning the first prize in the Jinxin Club, and everyone paid special attention to the "chess" and "poetry" competition that was going to be held on the second day.

For a time, Jin Xinhui's limelight reached its peak.

Those ordinary people have no way of knowing the identity of the participating girls, but the children of noble families and officials are different. They have already begun to analyze the level of each girl, who is likely to win the championship, and what are the chances of winning the championship...

In this discussion, the white girl who shined in the preliminary competition of the poetry competition will inevitably be constantly mentioned. These young gentlemen have not only studied the poems written by the white girl in the preliminary competition, but even her excellent works in the past. It was also turned out and evaluated repeatedly. Many people thought that this white girl was very likely to be able to beat the Baiyue Saintess in the poetry competition.

In the spotlight, the third round of Jinxin Club finals is coming.

On this day, Nangong Yue got up early, but Xiao Yi was earlier than her, and went into the palace as soon as the day dawned. The night before, Xiao Yi received an oral order from the emperor, asking him to enter the palace today to accompany him. .

Originally, Xiao Yi planned to send Nangong Yue to the Imperial College in person, but Emperor Jinkouyu said that even if Xiao Yi didn't want to, he had to change his original plan. He procrastinated in the mansion until the last moment, and asked Nangong Yue to add a cloak, and then he entered the palace unwillingly.

Around the Guozijian, more and more people gathered. The nearby teahouses and restaurants were full. Those people gathered on the side of the street, so that those carriages that wanted to enter the Guozijian were almost unable to move. Fortunately, the governor of Jingzhao got the news and hurriedly dispatched them. The yacha came over to evacuate the crowd, otherwise it's hard to say whether today's game will start on time.

As soon as Nangong Yue entered the door, she happened to meet Yuan Yuyi, who was one step ahead of her. Yuan Yuyi's eyes paused behind Nangong Yue, and she deliberately teased: "Ayi didn't send you here?" Although she didn't say anything , but the meaning in the eyes is obviously, haven't you two always stick as tightly as you can?

Lily was about to laugh sullenly again, but thinking that this is the outside world, she should pay attention to protecting the face of her master, so she held back and made a respectful appearance.

Yuan Yuyi quickly thought of something and asked again, "Could it be that Yi was recruited into the palace by the emperor's uncle like my mother?"

Nangong Yue nodded slightly, Yuan Yuyi showed her expression "as expected", and then looked up and down at her somewhat out of place dress. Curious eyes seem to be asking: It's early summer, still wearing a cloak to go out?

Nangong Yue blushed, took off her cloak and handed it to Lily to hold it. Fortunately, Jiang Yixi and Fu Yunyan came over at this time, which finally allowed Nangong Yue to temporarily escape this topic.

It didn’t take long for the girls to take their seats in the Qiushui Pavilion, and the Empress soon came again. This time, the Empress was accompanied by a large group of people like the stars and the moon, including Yuncheng, the three princes, Xiao Yi, Master Chen, old Lu Ge who has already started his official career... Guan Yubai, the Marquis of Anyi, also accompanied him.

Looking at the identities of these entourages is not simple, you can see that the emperor attaches great importance to these two competitions today.

The first test of "chess" was held today. In order to see the chess game more closely, the emperor did not enter the Qionghua Pavilion as the day before, but sat in the pavilion near the test venue.

There are still eight girls participating in the competition, because many foreign men have arrived today, and these girls who have not been out of the boudoir have all covered their faces with white gauze.

At this moment, eight chessboards have been placed on the field, separated from each other by screens. Each chessboard has the same endgame. What the eight girls have to do is to solve the endgame on the chessboard and play against them. It was Master Yu who taught Go in the Imperial College.

Master Yu was nearly sixty years old, wearing a simple gray robe, with a clear face, half-white hair and beard, and bright eyes.

Although Master Yu had to fight one against eight, the endgame was difficult to solve, and the black stones on the chessboard had an almost overwhelming advantage. It was not easy for these girls with white stones to break the game.

Sure enough, in less than a stick of incense, three of the eight girls had already conceded defeat and retired.

After another stick of incense, another girl threw a child and conceded defeat.

In the end, only three girls broke the first endgame, and one of them was the Holy Maiden.

Although this is only the first endgame, it has already made the spectators agitated. Could it be that this saint is really a peerless genius who knows everything?

While everyone was whispering, the original eight chessboards and five of them had been removed, and three new chessboards had been replaced.

Everyone's expressions were condensed when they saw it, and the difficulty of this second endgame suddenly rose several steps.

On the chessboard, Black has a tendency of "big eyes eat small eyes", and White has fallen into the desperate situation of heavy siege. It can almost be seen that after a few steps, White will not escape the ending of the entire army...

Those who know chess have already seen it, this is "Ten Evil Situations", the famous endgame. There are many clues in the overall situation, involving the life and death of several pieces of chess. It is not easy to survive in defeat and chaos.

The three girls who were promoted were all sitting in front of the chess game, their bright eyes staring at the chessboard for a while, and they didn't move for a long time...

After a while, the girl in Cuiyi on the far left finally picked up a white stone and dropped it.

As soon as she dropped the chess piece, two maids in blue immediately reported the position where she dropped the chess piece to the Qiushui Pavilion and demonstrated the chessboard there for everyone to watch.

Nangong Yue frowned when she saw it.

I'm afraid this step is not good.

Fu Yunyan looked at Nangong Yue's face and asked, "Ayue, what's wrong with Miss Ling's steps?"

Nangong Yue shook her head and said in a low voice, "If my estimate is right, Miss Ling should take two or three steps if she is fast, and no more than ten steps if she is slow. I'm afraid she will lose."

Jiang Yixi also nodded and said, "Sister Yue is right..."

While sighing, they saw that the green-clothed girl Ling's brows were knit together, and her whole body froze like a sculpture for a while, and then they bowed their heads and conceded defeat.

At this time, the clothes finally moved, and Xian Xian Su's hand gracefully dropped the white child.

"Fourteen pheasants, seven."

Following the notification from the blue-clothed maid, the placement of the clothes was displayed on the chessboard in the Qiushui Pavilion.

Jiang Yixi looked straight at the chessboard and said thoughtfully, "I can't understand this step..." Jiang Yixi's chess power is slightly higher than that of Nangongyue. When she said this, Nangongyue's eyes darkened slightly. There was a vague foreboding.

In the field, Master Yu quickly dropped Heizi with confidence.

"Seventeen stars, three."

Master Yu took this step steadily and expanded his encirclement a bit...

"December, Friday."

"Eleventh winter, four."

"..."

It was just a short tea room, and the two sides made more than a dozen moves, until the strange chess move that self-destructed the future with one step made everyone at a loss.

"Kyushu, six, break."

"She is actually cutting her own way?" Even if Fu Yunyan didn't know much about chess, she could see it.

The basic principle of this chess game is to connect one's own chess pieces together, but how to do the opposite?

Nangong Yue thought of something, looked deeply at the chess game in front of her, and murmured, "Chess grows from a broken place... It's not good."

Her premonition was tested, and after that, Bai Zi's offensive step by step became more and more fierce, and the chess style was not as delicate as her appearance, as if a fierce general on the battlefield was wielding a butcher's knife and whistling.

And Master Yu's sunspots were tit-for-tat without showing weakness. Black and white sides can be said to be swords and swords, and their hands are stacked together. The two sides are full of dangers, and the chessboard is surging and clouds are surging, and onlookers are dazzled.

At this moment, neither the chess player nor the chess spectator has any idea what year it is today... Until another white stone fell out of nowhere, as if a thunderstorm fell, and the surroundings were silent, as if the battlefield was broken and sanded again in an instant. Back to the gentle place of Guozijian...

Everyone knew the victory was decided.

Master Yu stroked his beard, pondered for only a moment, and then decided to throw a piece and admit defeat: "The Holy Maiden is extraordinary at chess, and the Holy Maiden won this game."

At this time, the girl in the yellow shirt next to her was already sweating profusely, and her hands were tightly clutching the skirt.

Although there is no specific time limit for this match, it is necessary to drop the first child within a stick of incense. Now that the stick of incense is almost here, if you still don't make it, you will flee without a fight.

She bit down, and finally took out a white stone from the chess urn, and then clenched her teeth and fell...

Master Yu only glanced at it, and then shook his head secretly... Within five steps, the girl in the yellow shirt could only bow her head and admit defeat.

Chess skills do not need to be judged. Since the dress is left to the end, it is the leader of the chess skills.

The emperor's face was so dark that it couldn't be darker. At this time, he heard Grandmaster Yu suddenly say to Qi Yi: "Girl Qi Yi, since you have this chess skill, you must also be a chess lover. This old man is for today's Jin Xin Club. Three endgames have been prepared, I wonder if the girl is interested in challenging this last endgame?"

Li Yi smiled confidently, no matter whether she could solve the third endgame or not, she was a well-deserved leader, so Luo Luo said generously: "Li Yi is willing to give it a try."

The third endgame was quickly set up, and the same chessboard was set up in the Qiushui Pavilion and the gazebo as usual.

Everyone looked around the chessboard. They thought that what Grandmaster Yu had put up would be another famous endgame, but they didn't want to wait to see it again, but they didn't know the name.

At first, this endgame doesn't seem to be complicated and messy like "Ten Evil Situations", but when I look at it again, I feel that this endgame is really meaningful. There are three tribulations in it. If there is another one, then the game of chess will follow a similar path repeatedly, and the two sides will not be able to distinguish the winner. This three-calamity cycle game is quite rare, and it can be said that there is "no one in ten thousand".

It is not an exaggeration to say that this endgame is unprecedented.

Since Qiu Yi is a master of chess, he will naturally taste it very quickly.

This game is not simple, not only not simple, Qi Yi has no way to solve this game, the entire chessboard is like a huge vortex, as if it can swept all her thoughts into it. I have a poetry competition next, it is really not suitable for this unnecessary game to fall into a magical obstacle and distract my energy.

She made up her mind, immediately made a decision in her heart, and readily conceded defeat.

In the pavilion, Guan Yubai has been paying attention to every change in his expression, his eyes darkened, and whispered to Xiao Yi next to him: "Ayi, watching chess is like watching people, this woman has a calm heart, she is decisive in killing, and The palace is quite deep, and if she is married to Da Yu in the future, I think there will be disasters."

Xiao Yi responded vaguely, looked absently at the direction of Qiushui Pavilion, and thought: The stinky girl is not wearing a cloak, I don't know if she will freeze... An Niang said that she can't catch a cold now. Those two little girls are really unreliable, they still have to watch it for themselves!

Guan Yubai saw that his heart had already flown to the Qiushui Pavilion over there, and shook his head with a smile.

At this moment, the emperor suddenly stood up and said in a slightly raised voice, "Where is Marquis Anyi?"

Guan Yubai got up when he heard the words, bowed in a salute, and said with a smile: "I am here, I don't know what the emperor ordered?"

The emperor's eyes looked at Qiyi not far away, his face was covered with dark clouds, and he said solemnly: "Marquis Anyi, do you think this last endgame can be solved?"

Guan Yubai smiled lightly, and replied with a bow: "Back to the emperor, this game is not difficult, it can be solved naturally."

As soon as Qiu Yi heard this, he saw an unfamiliar man standing beside the emperor. He was handsome and tall, with a slightly thin body. He just stood there so quietly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which made people It is impossible to ignore his existence, gentle as jade, elegant and meaningful. Such a handsome man is the only one to see in his life.

Can he solve this game?

Qi Yi was a little unbelievable. Although she only watched it for a while, she was already stunned by the subtlety of this endgame. She believed that this game must be unsolvable.

Li Yi couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, can you deny that this Marquis gave some pointers to Li Yi, what should be the solution to this situation?"

The emperor nodded slightly to Guan Yubai, but the latter did not step forward, just smiled lightly and said: "The key to this game is the upper left corner, just abandon this half-dead Baizi, and you can get a big dragon of Heizi into it. Then open the robbery and convert it.”

Qi Yi looked at the chessboard again, and at that moment, it was as if he was enlightened, and he immediately understood.

How could this seemingly simple move be described by the word "excellent", he must have considered the evolution of the entire chess game.

"Miao, it's really wonderful!" Master Yu praised without hesitation, got up and bowed to Guan Yu Bai Zuo, "Today's game, the old man has benefited a lot. I wonder if Guan Hou will have time to talk with the old man in the future. One round?"

Guan Yu gave a salutary in vain, "It's a great honor." His every move was indifferent, with a kind of bearing that seemed to be inherent in him.

An Yi Hou? Baiyun raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking to himself: I don't know which mansion's Hou Ye is so extraordinary. After today's competition, I must go and find out.

The emperor's face finally looked better, and the conversation changed: "Next is the poetry competition." There were no emotional fluctuations in his voice.

Yes, next is the poetry contest.

Saintess Baiyue had already won three titles in a row, and as long as she won another one, she would have to let Kui Lang out of the prison of the Punishment Department.

The next battle is really important! Da Yu can't lose!

Mrs. Jijiu stepped forward and replied cautiously: "Go back to the emperor, the poetry competition will start in half an hour."

There was already a cold sweat behind Mrs. Jijiu, and probably no one would have thought that a little Baiyue saint could defeat a talented woman of Taiyu! Now Longyan is furious, and if one gets it wrong, the relevant people may be angered.

The emperor responded and said nothing.

The emperor and everyone accompanying him were introduced into Qionghua Pavilion. At the same time, preparations for the next poetry competition had begun in the garden below, and the desks were neatly placed on the field; and Ten Guozijian students were also introduced into the Tingzhu Pavilion next to the Qiushui Pavilion by the blue-clothed maid.

In addition to the ten literati in the Qionghua Pavilion, the ten students of the Imperial College will also judge the works of the girls.

On the other side, the eight participating girls were already on standby in the pavilion outside the arena, including Bai Muxiao naturally.

Of course, Bai Muxiao heard the news that Qi Yi had won the third kui, but unlike everyone else, she smiled slightly.

Although for Dayu, losing three games in a row is not only a loss of face, but also makes the situation precarious, but for Bai Muxiao, this has become her biggest opportunity, allowing her to show her face in front of the emperor. , to find a splendid future for herself.

A gleam of confidence flashed in Bai Muxiao's eyes.

"Ladies," at this moment, a blue-clothed maid entered the pavilion and saluted respectfully, "The game is about to start, please come over with the servants."

The blue-clothed maid led the eight girls into the arena one by one. After they stood still in the arena, even the surrounding spectators were a little nervous.

Dayu can no longer lose!

No one recognized Bai Muxiao in the preliminary round before, but this time, the situation has changed dramatically. Everyone in the surrounding Dayu people knows that the one in the moon white dress is the white one who shined in the preliminary round. Girl, only she can compete with the saintess.

For a time, everyone's eyes were focused on the quiet blue-eyed Bai Muxiao and the blue-eyed Zhan Zhan clothes. The other six girls seemed to be their supporting roles.

The emperor in Qionghua Pavilion was also looking down at the two girls, his eyes first paused on the body of the clothes, and then fell on Bai Muxiao, thoughtfully.

Although this Bai Muxiao has a somewhat out-of-the-ordinary personality, she is indeed an extraordinary talent and can bring unexpected surprises to herself every time.

Hopefully this time is no exception!

Thinking of Bai Muxiao's famous poems, the emperor's heart settled down.

When Guan Yubai looked at Bai Muxiao, he also remembered those few widely circulated poems, raised his eyebrows slightly, and showed a faint smile on his lips.

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint!