Vol 2 Chapter 134: Chess game (two more)

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the talents displayed by the young ladies in Beijing lasted most of the time. When the waiter of the courtesy department called out the names of Xu Lingyi and Su Fengnuan's chess game, all the people in the hall were excited.
Xu Lingyi glanced at Su Fengnuan, then stood up, his back straight, and walked towards the prepared chess table.
Su Fengnuan received Xu Lingyi's glance. Although she was very quick, she still caught her contempt and contempt. It seemed that it was due to the emperor's order that she had no choice but to play against her, otherwise she would not deserve to play against her at all.
Su Feng Nuan smiled slightly, put down the wine cup, stood up slowly, left the table at will, and walked to the prepared chess table.
After the two sat down, someone lit an incense burner and curled up cigarettes, which smelled very good and refreshing.
Su Fengnuan remembered Xu Lingyi's comment: The censer is not lighted and the incense burner is not lighted. There are rumors in the world that it is a great honor to play against Miss Xu. It seems that she is really honored today.
But sometimes a person is held up too high, I wonder if I can bear the pain of falling?
She held a chess piece in her hand and turned her head slightly to look at Xu Yunchu.
Xu Yunchu pursed his lips slightly. Seeing her, he gently clenched the hand holding the wine cup, but after a moment, he nodded at her invisibly.
Su Fengnuan withdrew his gaze, playing with the chess pieces, his expression was a bit careless.
Xu Lingyi looked at her with an upright posture, with a three-pointed noble expression, and seven-pointed proudly speaking, "Miss Su, chess is an elegant skill of a sage, and your attitude like this is the learning skill of a vulgar sage. "
Su Fengnuan smiled when he heard the words and said, "Elegant skill lies in the state of mind, not in posture. Between the gods and forms, lies in the gods, not in the form. Miss Xu loves chess and becomes obsessed, and misses the chess skill itself. Things that entertain people are too high."
Xu Lingyi choked all of a sudden, and her face was choked very ugly. Is the chess skill that she is proud of, in her eyes, is nothing more than an entertaining thing? She said stiffly, "Ms. Su speaks like this, is she able to beat me? She speaks so boldly and insults the saint's inheritance skills."
Su Fengnuan's eyes moved, and he smiled lazily, "I learned art from Taoist master since I was a child, majoring in martial arts and medicine. As for chess, I really can’t say that I’m proficient, and I’ve never learned it well. I dare not say that I can win. "Miss Xu." After a pause, she said, "What I just said is that the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees wisdom. Miss Xu's claim that insults the saint's inheritance skills is too trivial. In my opinion, playing chess. Entertainment is not as practical as martial arts."
Xu Lingyi's complexion was a little uncontrollable, and his eyes finally shattered with coldness, "In that case, let's start! But Miss Wangsu is worthy of my order of the incense burner."
Su Feng Nuan smiled and nodded.
Everyone looked at the two. One was sitting upright, the other was sloppy, both beautiful, very eye-catching. The southern Qi and Beijing were all women like Xu Lingyi. Although beautiful, after a long time, they would be boring, and Su Fengnuan Although it is invisible, but no matter how you look at it, it is more pleasant to watch.
Everyone listened to the words of the two again and found that Su Fengnuan's words were not unreasonable.
Xu Lingyi's chess skills are famous, not only in Kyoto, but also in the world. Almost everyone felt that the emperor let Xu Lingyi and Su Fengnuan play chess, purely to add some excitement to today’s Mid-Autumn Festival. The outcome of this round has already been determined, and Su Fengnuan’s chess skills will definitely not be the same. Xu Lingyi's opponent.
The empress dowager, the queen, and the head of the country also thought so.
Madam Su saw that the two had spoken a few words, and when the words were not very harmonious, she confronted Yi. She turned her head and asked Ye Shang quietly, "Xiao Shang, do you think Nuan'er can play Miss Xu?"
Ye Chang said without raising his head, "Natural energy."
Madam Su looked at him with a smile and said, "You child, in your eyes, Nuan'er is naturally good in everything. Even if she can't lose, you will say that she can win. But Miss Xu's chess skills But it’s famous. This reputation is not false."
Ye Chang finally raised her head and glanced at Su Fengnuan, and saw that she was playing with the chess pieces casually, with a consistent randomness and carelessness. After Xu Lingyi made the move, she then dropped a chess piece. Without even thinking about it, he took it back. Looking at her, she smiled at Madam Su, and said softly, "Auntie, you may not know that the mad Taoist master in her mouth is an orthodox heir from the line of Emperor Wangdishan. She can still close her eyes. Won Xu Lingyi."
Madam Su was taken aback for a moment, and immediately whispered, "Why haven't I heard her say that her mad Taoist master inherits the line of Wangdishan Emperor? Isn't it a Youfang Taoist?"
Ye Chang smiled, "No, otherwise, why do you think the Jiangnan Ye family would entrust the only heir of the heir to a lunatic Taoist You Fang to learn art?"
Madam Su was silent for a long while, laughing blankly, and cursed at Su Feng Nuan with a smile, "This girl, why is her life so good? It turned out to be a descendant of Emperor Wangdishan."
Ye Chang accepted a smile, "Her life is not good. The Emperor Wangdishan's line of accepting disciples is extremely harsh, not to mention, the art is also harder than ordinary people. If you are not real gold, you can't fire it. Tolerate ordinary people. Unbearable and unbearable by ordinary people can you achieve what ordinary people can't. Otherwise, Wangdi Mountain will not last for thousands of years, and it is still undefeated."
Mrs. Su remembered that Su Fengnuan had suffered a month of being imprisoned in the Su Family's Wuwanggu Valley in Yanbei. It was all due to her master's training on her. She nodded momentarily, "That's right, it's really hard. It’s warm, no wonder she goes home for not two days every year, so she leaves in a hurry. I have used many methods to keep her at home, but I can’t keep it, so I just follow her. This child, for so many years, has never said how much she suffers. She always has injuries on her body. I always thought she was left behind by fighting with people outside."
Ye Chang said, "Even though she loves fighting with Brother Su, not everyone is qualified to let her do it."
Madam Su looked at Ye Chang and sighed with relief, "My mother doesn't know Nuan'er as much as you do. It's a failure."
Ye Chang smiled, "My aunt gave birth to her and raised her. It is different from what I think she treats her. You love her a lot, but I do everything to her. She can have her present temperament, which is related to your love. It is also related to my request. You are not a failure. I sometimes fail when I do it. Although I think I know her, I haven't understood her all."
Mrs. Su smiled and said, "Take your time, although you have known each other since you were a child, you have been acquainted with each other for many years, but you have never been together for a long time. Now it is the tempering period, and after this stage, it fits.
Ye Chang nodded, "I think so too."
While the two were talking, Su Fengnuan and Xu Lingyi's chess game had already gone halfway.
Xu Lingyi first fell like raindrops on the ground, very fast, but after halfway through the chess, he gradually slowed down, his expression condensed, and his brows frowned slightly. As usual, Su Fengnuan is casual and careless. Looking at her appearance, it makes people feel that she is not playing games, but playing in her free time.
Everyone in the hall looked at both of them unanimously. Those who had good things, such as Statement, Shen Qi, Qi Shu, etc., privately pulled a lot of children from the mansion of noble descendants and started gambling. Betting on Xu Lingyi and Su Fengnuan who wins and who loses.
Everyone knows about Xu Lingyi's chess skills, and there are also sayings in the world that Miss Guozhangfu's chess skills are excellent, and she will be lucky to be in the next game. Therefore, nine out of ten people hold her.
The statement naturally bet Su Fengnuan.
Liu Yan looked at Ye Chang and also charged Su Feineng.
Seeing that both the statement and Liu Yan were betting on Su Fengnuan, Shen Qi asked them, "Do you think Miss Su can really win Miss Xu?"
The statement nodded, "I think I won, but I won't bet her."
Liu Yan said, "I don't know if I can win, but Brother Ye likes Miss Su, so I will bet Miss Su."
Shen Qi was speechless.
Qi Shu pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "We are Ye Chang's brothers, so naturally we want to marry the person he likes, and I will also take Miss Su."
After hearing this, Shen Qi gritted her teeth and detained Su Fengnuan.
The governor watched the two play more than half of the game, Xu Lingyi was getting slower and slower, while Su Fengnuan seemed to be playing casually, but he was thinking about it. He turned his head and asked Xu Yunchu, "Do you think your sister has won Su this time? Is the wind warm?"
After taking a sip of tea, Xu Yunchu shook his head gently.
Seeing this, the head of the country looked ugly, but did not speak any more.
After playing the chess game for more than half an hour, everyone in the hall saw that Xu Lingyi had only lost a son for a long time, and Su Fengnuan didn’t know when someone gave her a pot of wine and a plate of peanuts, and she just drank the wine like that. He held the peanuts and threw them into his mouth without urging Xu Lingyi.
At this time, everyone who thought that Xu Lingyi would win earlier felt that Xu Lingyi was going to lose this time. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe that Miss Xu's well-known chess skill could not be quick and decisive. Won Miss Su. On the contrary, it seems that there is a downward trend.
An hour later, there was one piece left in both hands. It was Xu Lingyi's turn to place the piece first, but her piece still lingered after holding two cups of tea in her hand, frowning deeply. Su Fengnuan ate the peanuts in the plate, and after drinking a pot of wine, he played with the empty wine pot boringly.
Everyone in the hall felt that this game was really long, and those who loved chess would frown as they watched the game.
The emperor finally lost his patience and urged, "Miss Xu, the hour is almost up, it's time to drop the one in your hand."
When Xu Lingyi woke up when she heard the words, she gritted her teeth abruptly and dropped the chess piece in her hand. Then, she raised her eyes and stared at Su Fengnuan.
Su Feng Nuan smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth when she saw her drop the chess piece there, and put down the empty flask.
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