Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 152 Zizhu Storm
Huo Qi was so pestered by Luo Rou that he couldn't refuse. He asked Wang Rong with his eyes. Seeing Wang Rong smiling and nodding, he didn't mind and let Luo Rou get up and stuff her into the armchair.

"It's your turn." Wang Rong made a "please" gesture.

Huo Qi had just roughly judged the situation of the chess game, and now after a little calculation in his mind, one piece has already landed on the chessboard.

Wang Rong glanced at the position of the chess piece and said with a smile: "Miss Huo really wants to play here? Our chess game today is just for fun. If you want to regret it, I will not take it seriously with you."

Although Li Jiayin's chess skills are not outstanding, his basic skills can still be seen.She stood aside to watch the chess game with a cold attitude, but when she saw Huo Qi's position, his mouth had opened like a round egg.Isn't it obvious that she is waiting for Wang Rong to come and swallow her?

Was Huo Qi kicked in the forehead by a donkey?

Luo Rou was also anxious, and then she thought about the incident where she bumped into the female corpse in the Royal Garden, and the atmosphere was already heavy.After finally having lunch, Wang Rong said she wanted to play chess. She thought that everyone would not look up and down during this period, and wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so she and Wang Rong started fighting on the chess board.

Now this chess game is a mess, and the odds of winning are not good. It doesn't matter if Huo Qi loses.Is it possible that if you lose the chess game, you have to throw yourself into the lake?Besides, playing chess is just for fun, why should she be worried now?

"Thank you, but I'll stay here." Huo Qi smiled and shook his head.

"Then I won't be polite." Wang Rong couldn't wait to take out a sunspot.This chess piece was aggressive, domineering like a crab, and swallowed Huo Qi's five chess pieces unceremoniously.

The rest of the people took a breath of air. Wang Rong threw the extra chess pieces in his hand into the chess basket, holding only one in his hand. A smile that had not been seen before appeared on his face, he was full of ambition and high-spirited.

Huo Qi was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and placed the chess piece in an inconspicuous position on the board, and smiled calmly: "Miss Wang has accepted."

Wang Rong smiled and carefully reviewed the situation, only to realize that Huo Qi had calmly captured her army!Huo Qi just now deliberately used a flaw to lure her into the trap, and then quietly reverse the situation, so that he could attack the east and the west with one move!
Wang Rong has always been a chess fanatic. Now that she saw Huo Qi defeating her, instead of feeling unhappy at all, she admired Huo Qi very much.She threw the chess pieces into the chess basket and said in admiration: "I am convinced of Miss Huo's chess skills. It's no wonder you can win the first place in the six gates."

Nie Ying snorted softly while hiding behind the person. She just showed affection to Wang Rong. Wang Rong looked cold and indifferent, but now she is very warm to Huo Qi. She is really blind!Seeing that Wang Rong lost a game, not only did she not think about how to get back the game, but she was willing to gamble and admit defeat. She was also short-tempered.

Wang Rong didn't realize it, and was about to pull Huoqi to fight another round, but suddenly a few eunuchs came into the courtyard, all of them were fully armed, some were holding wooden ladles, and some were holding bamboo shovels .

For a moment, everyone looked over curiously.

The little eunuch who was leading the way came over, saluted and explained his intentions: "I'm disturbing the girls' pleasure, the servants are from the Lin Heng Bureau, because the few bamboos in Yupeng Hall were newly transplanted a few days ago. , worried about the acclimatization, so the admiral ordered his servants to come and take a look at the situation."

"These bamboos are so delicate. Could it be that they are famous products?" Wang Rong asked curiously.

The Lin Heng Department is responsible for taking care of the flowers and plants in the palace. It is indeed their duty to send people to take care of the few bamboos in the Yupeng Hall.But that bamboo actually made the admiral and eunuch of Lin Heng Department pay attention to it, so it must not be an ordinary thing.

There was nothing unspeakable. When the little eunuch saw her curiosity, he took out some talking skills and said with a smile: "Famous products are indeed famous products. These purple bamboos were originally presented to the Empress Dowager Pei in the history of Cangzhou Governor. Later, His Highness Feng Qi On her 12th birthday, Queen Mother Pei gave these purple bamboo tails to His Highness the Seventh Prince as a birthday gift. The wind had been strong at night recently, and His Highness the Seventh Prince felt that these purple bamboo tails disturbed people's sleep. It happened that Jing'an Palace was not far from Yupeng Hall. So I transplanted the purple bamboo to Yupeng Hall. Speaking of which, this purple bamboo can ward off evil spirits!"

Li Jiayin understood, and couldn't help thinking, this Highness is really delicate, no matter how loud the shaking of the purple bamboo is, how loud can it be, and it takes so much manpower to transplant the purple bamboo to the Yupeng Hall?
Luo Rou curled her lips, stared at the position of the purple bamboo and murmured in a low voice: "Isn't that purple bamboo just outside the window of Aqi's house? His Highness is quiet, but it is tiring others."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Nie Ying's eyes suddenly shot to Huo Qi.

She recalled the green bamboo-patterned hosta on Huo Qi's head when she first met him.

Huo Qi's love for bamboo is not something everyone knows, but if you inquire about it, it's not difficult to find out.A few years ago, when the capital joked that Huo Qi and Zhenyuan Hou Shizi's childhood sweethearts would be married, they often talked about the fact that Yuan Shao searched the entire capital to find a few phoenix-tailed bamboos to coax her to show off her beauty many years ago.

But thinking about how Huo Qi and Shen Yuning didn't know each other that day at Taiyuan Gate, and how calm Huo Qi looked when they saw each other again, Nie Ying felt that she might be overly concerned.

She stared at the hairpin on Huo Qi's head, her eyes thoughtful.

*
At three o'clock in the morning, it was past dinner time.

Shen Yuning just came back from outside the palace, walked down the steps step by step to the outside of Fuyun Hall, and saw Cheng Chang guarding the door with a sword in his arms.

Cheng Chang had been waiting at the entrance of the palace. When he saw Shen Yuning returning, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, my subordinates have been guarding outside the palace today. No one has been here."

I don't know if he heard it, but Shen Yuning didn't respond and entered the hall with a flash of his figure.

Cheng Chang followed closely behind.

Shen Yuning always didn't like strangers in the inner hall.At this moment, except for him, Fuyun Palace was empty as usual, with only a six-lamp square left that could barely see.

Suddenly, Cheng Chang saw that Shen Yuning's eyebrows looked tired, so he deliberately didn't mention the court affairs, and then remembered what Shen Yuning had ordered a few days ago, and said, "Your Highness, those purple bamboos have been sent to the Yupeng Palace today. Just plant it outside the house where Miss Huo lives, Miss Huo will definitely like it."

"understood."

Shen Yuning responded lightly.When there is no one around, what is often revealed is the truest face of the person.At this moment, he could no longer find the usual lazy smile on his face, and between the prominent brows, there was only a coldness and tiredness of being alarmed.

Cheng Chang was used to Shen Yuning's appearance, so he paused and said, "Your Highness, a little palace lady just sent a letter saying that Miss Huo has something important to discuss with you and wants to see you."

"Huo Qi is looking for me?" Shen Yuning frowned.

Cheng Chang quickly took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Yuning.

Shen Yuning unfolded the letter paper, and there was only a simple sentence on it, "at the moment of Haishi, there is an important matter to discuss beside Taiye Lake", just like Huo Qi's calm and concise tone.The letter paper was not signed, but there were a few bamboo leaves in the envelope, which were obviously taken from those few stalks of purple bamboo and used as tokens.

The person who sent the message must know the purpose of those purple bamboos.

Cheng Chang glanced at him and advised: "Since Miss Huo has sent the letter, will Your Highness want to come over?"

Selfishly, Cheng Chang hoped that Shen Yuning would attend the appointment.

There was no other reason. He felt that Huo Qi might be an opportunity for Shen Yuning, an opportunity to get his life back on track.In his eyes, Miss Huo came from a noble family, was smart and prudent, and understood the overall situation. Except for her cold temper, she was top-notch in everything.The most important thing is that his master's heart is obviously biased towards Huo Qi.With Miss Huo, the master can be more concerned about her and gain some popularity.

Shen Yuning just sneered: "This letter was not written by her."

Those charming plans in Cheng Chang's mind were immediately knocked back by these words.

Indeed, the little palace maid who came to deliver the message today said that she was sent by Miss Huo.But Miss Huo has always been calm. After the last incident at Taiyuan Gate, she must have known that His Highness was in a difficult situation in the palace, so why would he rashly send a little palace maid to deliver a message?Then he said: "Your Highness, you mean that someone deliberately lured you there to test your relationship with Miss Huo?"

Seeing that Shen Yuning didn't say a word, Cheng Changquan took it for granted and said anxiously: "Then, Your Highness, what should we do with this letter? If people know that Miss Huo was tricked into the palace by the master, I'm afraid it won't be good."

"Liar?" Shen Yuning caught the key point with a dangerous tone.

Cheng Chang received his master's death gaze, and hurriedly changed his words: "Your Majesty is talking about it, you are talking about it, please, please enter the palace. Is your Highness not going to Taiye Lake?"

Shen Yuning crossed his long legs and leaned lazily on the couch.Cheng Chang froze for a moment, and felt that the coldness on Shen Yuning's face had dissipated a lot, and he only heard one sentence: "Go, of course."

　Let's brush up some snippets of the sisters' life first, Huo Qi and Shen Qi will meet tomorrow

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