Reborn as the crippled king's favorite

Chapter 280 The unclean eunuch

Murong Jiu was a little moved.

The second prince has recruited many talents under his command, some of whom he found himself, and some of whom were collected and sent by the Yun family.

Although today's second prince is not as high-spirited as in his previous life, he is hampered in every way. Just like in his previous life, his right-hand man and right-hand man were all gone - a guard with strong martial arts skills was beheaded by the second prince out of suspicion, and the other was the money-making shopkeeper Chai and Louzixi.

Lou Zixi was really smart at that time and gained a lot of benefits from planning for the second prince.

Now that Shopkeeper Chai and Lou Zixi had been taken under Murong Jiu's command, the second prince did not have enough money to bribe officials, recruit troops, and train private soldiers. He also missed many opportunities to win people's hearts.

But there are still many useful people under the Second Prince. At least, everything that happens in the capital, especially the affairs of the major families, will be found out and sent to the Second Prince.

Murong Jiu believed that the second prince would not miss such a good opportunity, a good opportunity to be closely connected with the elders of the three dynasties.

Because I forgot about this matter and did not prepare in advance, it would definitely be too late to search for a chess genius to replace the boy from the Yun family at this time.

In her previous life, she had heard the second prince praise him. The boy from the Yun family had outstanding talents and was loved by the old prince. He was even better to him than to his great-grandson.

And Xiaoqin is indeed very good. Jun Yuyan belongs to the ranks of those with superb chess skills and can praise Xiaoqin so much. Maybe her talent is not worse than that kid from the Yun family.

"Let's ask Xiaoqin's family first. They may not agree."

Unexpectedly, Chang Chonghai and Jing Niang immediately nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

The two of them originally wanted to repay the princess. The old Duke was a veteran of three dynasties. If Xiaoqin could be favored by the old Duke, it would be a good thing for Prince Ling's palace.

Of course, if the old man doesn't like Xiaoqin, there's nothing they can do.

Chang Chonghai also smiled and said: "Xiaoqin has never learned to play chess. Neither Jingniang nor I can. She once learned to play chess from a few old people at the entrance of the village. It seems that Xiaowen taught Go."

This time it was Murong Jiu's turn to be surprised. She and Jun Yuyan looked at each other and said in surprise: "I thought Xiaoqin had been learning for a year or two, but she is actually a beginner? Then her talent is really terrifying."

Xiaoqin pursed her lips shyly.

Jun Yuyan also said: "Learning from the old Duke is not a waste of this incredible talent."

He asked Xiaoqin: "Are you willing to learn?"

Xiaoqin nodded and said in a low voice: "As for the prince, Xiaoqin is willing."

She likes to play chess and played chess with the princess in the afternoon. The princess taught her a lot. She likes the feeling when playing chess.

So the matter was decided.

The next day, Jun Yuyan personally sent Xiaowen to the Duke's Mansion.

Murong Jiu was waiting at home. Although he had confidence in Xiaoqin, he was also a little worried.

After all, Xiaoqin is a girl, and some pedantic old masters are not even willing to teach girls how to read and write.

Jun Yuyan came back very quickly, in less than an hour.

The Duke's Mansion is not far from Prince Ling's Mansion, just a few streets away. It takes two-quarters of an hour to walk, and it doesn't even take a quarter of an hour to ride a carriage.

"How is it? Has the old master accepted Xiaoqin?"

She looked behind Jun Yuyan, but did not see Xiaoqin.Jun Yuyan laughed, rubbed his palms to warm them, and then led her to sit down: "Take it, take it."

Murong Jiu's face showed joy, "That's great! Tell me about the situation at that time!"

"When I went there, there happened to be a few boys who were brought in. It happened to be that these boys were found by the housekeeper. They said they were very talented in chess and asked the old prince to see if they could take his fancy. I asked the old man to test them first, and among them there was a six-year-old boy named Yun who had the most outstanding talent. When he saw it, the old man was so happy that he almost accepted him as his apprentice."

Under Murong Jiu's expectant gaze, Jun Yuyan continued:

"I interrupted the old Duke, then explained my purpose, and asked him to point out the Xiaoqin. Neither the old Duke nor the old housekeeper took it to heart. The little boy named Yun even showed a contemptuous smile. , talking about what kind of chess girls should learn. Although the old Duke didn’t say anything, he also acquiesced. It can be seen that he likes this boy very much. "

His tone deliberately paused, and Murong Jiu said angrily: "You are so bad, you deliberately whet my appetite!"

Jun Yuyan's smile deepened, and they squeezed into the same chair. He played with her soft and boneless catkins, and then said:

"The old prince likes the boy just because he appreciates his talent. He doesn't have much prejudice against girls. He just thinks that women are generally not that good at chess. He asked the boy to play chess with Xiaoqin. The boy was very proud. Of course he Her chess skills are indeed not bad. She made great progress from the beginning, hoping to show her strength, but Xiaoqin is more talented, more flexible in mind, and can also set traps. It seems that you taught her yesterday. When the boy reacted, It was too late, and then he was killed to pieces. You didn’t see how bright the old Duke’s eyes were at that time.”

Although Murong Jiu didn't see it, she could imagine it.

The old prince cherishes his talents and loves chess as much as his life. Otherwise, he would not be so old yet, and he would still be struggling to recruit apprentices and teach what he has learned throughout his life.

The old housekeeper was bribed by the second prince's people so that he could bring the people gathered by the second prince in. I think his face would be very ugly at that time.

But the ugliest thing is undoubtedly the arrogant boy from the Yun family.

Just as Murong Jiu expected, the boy is a genius among everyone and thinks very highly of himself. He didn't expect to be defeated by a girl younger than him. His mentality collapsed at that time. After all, he was still young and didn't know how to restrain himself. After seeing the old country When the father asked Xiao Qin Cihe, his jealousy and anger drove him crazy. He actually knocked over the chessboard and the chess pieces fell all over the floor.

The old Duke originally planned to take in these two apprentices, but seeing how frivolous and shameless they were, he calmly asked the old housekeeper to send him out.

So in the end, the old Duke only accepted Xiaoqin as his apprentice.

The old Duke even wanted Xiaoqin to live in the Duke's mansion, but Jun Yuyan declined and took Xiaoqin back to the palace, saying that Xiaoqin's parents would come to the house tomorrow with gifts to pay homage to the old Duke.

The old Duke reluctantly sent them out in person.

After Jun Yuyan came back, he asked Chang Chonghai to go back and let the three of them discuss what apprenticeship gift to give to the old Duke.

The gifts don't need to be expensive, as the old man has no shortage of them. What matters is the thought.

Murong Jiu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Very good, another way has been cut off for the second prince.

"By the way, from now on Xiaoqin will be picked up and dropped off by Chang Chonghai personally when she goes to the Duke's Mansion every day. I'm afraid someone will hurt Xiaoqin."

It's so close that it doesn't take much effort to go back and forth, and naturally there are people in the Duke's mansion who protect the old Duke.

Jun Yuyan nodded naturally.

"There is one more thing I want to tell you. Yesterday, a group of new eunuchs entered the palace. One of them was not clean and was tortured. Today, he got something."

Murong Jiu's breath shortened: "Could it be that he just wants to be a chess piece in his scheme against the mother-in-law?"

(End of this chapter)