Chapter 143 Simple Answer

Li Xuan fled away, leaving Caiyun Palace without looking back, not daring to stay here.

The aura of those eunuchs in black clothes just now was not weaker than that of ordinary eunuchs in flowery clothes.

It was even stronger.

These people should be the confidants kept by the concubines in the palace.

Although most of the good players in the palace wore flowery clothes, the eunuchs in flowery clothes were directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs after all, and nominally they were Zhao Feng's subordinates.

How could the concubines dare to use such eunuchs in flowery clothes at ease, no matter how powerful they were.

But these eunuchs in black clothes were different, they were cultivated by the concubines themselves at their own expense.

If there was an opportunity in the future, Deng Weixian could also take this path and become a confidant around Wang Suyue.

At that time, although he was wearing black clothes, his strength and status were not inferior to the eunuchs in flowery clothes, and he might even far exceed them.

After all, no matter how powerful the Ministry of Internal Affairs was, it would need to support many eunuchs in flowery clothes.

But being a confidant of a nobleman is a treatment that only a few people can enjoy.

The two are not comparable.

Li Xuan could only let it go tonight.

It was not appropriate to forcefully inquire about the situation in Tingyun Palace at this time, otherwise, under the strict guard of those black-clothed eunuchs, he might also be trapped.

Recalling the murderous intent that seemed to be real before, he was still in shock.

"A good master of the inner palace didn't even let a kitten go."

"Is there any humanity in this? Is there justice?"

Li Xuan had no choice but to go home cursing and wait to see if anything would happen tomorrow.

...

Starting from the next day, Li Xuan personally came to keep an eye on Deng Weixian, fearing that someone would come to invite him for tea at any time.

Deng Weixian didn't seem to sleep well last night, and he was in a trance all day.

Whenever he heard someone suddenly call his name, he couldn't help but stiffen all over, and only slowly relaxed after he found that it was other palace maids in the other courtyard who called him.

If Li Xuan could speak, he would have wanted to ask Deng Weixian in person what the poem on the silk cloth meant and why it made him so nervous.

One day, two days, three days passed like this...

Days passed, but nothing happened in the palace.

These days, Deng Weixian's godfather also disappeared and never appeared at night.

This made Deng Weixian absent-minded every night when he practiced.

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel more confused, wondering if something went wrong.

He began to wonder if his operation was redundant, causing the matter to go to an unknown abyss.

But no matter what, Deng Weixian is still safe so far.

Neither his godfather nor other people in the palace have any intention of coming to the door.

But even such a calm still makes Li Xuan and Deng Weixian feel uneasy.

All this seems to be just the calm before the storm.

...

As time passes, it is time for the next Imperial Garden party.

This month there will also be what Emperor Yongyuan called "fun competitions".

But it was a little different from the last time. Neither Zhao Feng nor Shang Zongguan came to inform the content of the competition in advance.

Even Li Xuan and Princess Ankang thought that maybe it was just a little special for the first time.

But after all, they had tasted the sweetness once, and they were more looking forward to the fun competition in the Imperial Garden than others.

On the day of the competition, the three little ones from Jingyang Palace appeared in the Imperial Garden early.

Not only was it hard to suppress their expectations, but they also wanted to see in advance whether they could guess the content of today's competition through the layout of the venue.

If it was still related to animal training like last time, I'm afraid Li Xuan would still kill them randomly and win the grand prize for Jingyang Palace.

But their cleverness obviously didn't come in handy.

The original venue of the Imperial Garden had been demolished long ago and restored to its original appearance.

And there were many people who had the same idea as them.

Many princes and princesses came to the scene early accompanied by their mothers and concubines, found their own places, and waited comfortably for the competition to start under the service of their attendants.

Li Xuan found that some of them seemed to be particularly confident.

Of course, the princes and princesses are always confident.

Li Xuan had seen this in the last animal training competition.

After experiencing a failure, they were still so confident and calm. Perhaps this is the so-called royal temperament.

Li Xuan did not think much about it, and lay in Princess Ankang's arms, waiting for the start of the competition.

According to his expectations, he might not have much to show this time.

Emperor Yongyuan could not ask the same questions every time.

And last time, Li Xuan had already demonstrated overwhelming strength among all the animal trainers.

If a similar animal training competition is held again, it would be better to save everyone's time and give the prize directly to Princess Ankang.

If Emperor Yongyuan was really so partial, I'm afraid all the princes, princesses and concubines present would explode on the spot.

As more and more people arrived, everyone began to hug each other in a clear group, standing together with familiar people and talking in low voices.

And the three little ones in Jingyang Palace still found a corner and kept a low profile as they did last time.

It's just that after winning a game last time, they were destined to attract the attention of others.

From time to time, some people cast their eyes on Princess Ankang, but more of them looked at Li Xuan with greedy eyes.

In their opinion, the seemingly ordinary black cat in Princess Ankang's arms is a magic weapon to win the animal training competition.

In the last competition, Li Xuan's performance was obvious to all.

It is a pleasure to have such a human pet by your side, even if it is not used for competition, it is also a pleasure to entertain and amuse yourself.

"I don't know what luck our sick princess has, to get such a clever little cutie, and let her win the overwhelming glory."

"I don't know what His Majesty is thinking, to give her three meals a day of imperial cuisine."

When they mentioned this, they couldn't help but grit their teeth in anger.

"Forget it, let the past be the past."

"Today's game can't be won by luck again."

As soon as these words came out, the concubines who were discussing things in a low voice couldn't help but smile inexplicably.

Zhao Feng, who was in charge of hosting the game, soon came to the Imperial Garden.

With his arrival, a group of eunuchs in flowery clothes brought a series of tables and chairs for two people to sit opposite each other, and neatly placed them on the open space of the Imperial Garden.

Everyone present stopped chatting immediately, and everyone sat upright.

After the tables and chairs were placed, another exquisite chessboard was placed on the table, and there were two chess pots woven with purple bamboo in the middle of the chessboard.

Seeing this scene, many concubines and empresses had stern faces, lowered their eyes, and pretended to be calm.

However, the younger princes and princesses could not help but smile, and became more confident.

Li Xuan opened his eyes silently, watching Zhao Feng directing the eunuchs in flowery clothes to make arrangements.

"Play Go?"

Then he shook his head secretly.

"It seems that there is no hope today."

Although the three children in Jingyang Palace can play Gobang, only Princess Ankang can play Go a little.

But even Princess Ankang only knows some basic rules, and is not proficient in this.

After all, only Concubine Xiao taught him these things before, unlike other princes and princesses, who have many teachers to teach them. No matter what they want to learn, they can teach them as soon as they say it.

Seeing the chessboard, Princess Ankang and Yu'er also guessed the content of the game. The two couldn't help but look at each other and smiled bitterly, knowing that the chances of winning today were not great.

They had won once before, which brought about earth-shaking changes in Jingyang Palace. The quality of life was improved overnight. They no longer had to endure hunger and hunger. It could even be said that they became rich overnight.

Although the term "becoming rich overnight" is not suitable for a princess, it is the fact.

I thought that I could make another fortune today if I was lucky, but now it seems that my luck has run out.

Li Xuan looked at the concubines in the audience with boredom and found that Empress Wu was not there again.

Compared with other concubines and princes and princesses, Empress Wu seemed to have no interest in the competition in the Imperial Garden.

Feng Zhaoyuan, whom he cared about, was naturally not there.

Feng Zhaoyuan's child was not born yet, so why did she come to join in the fun.

But just as Li Xuan was thinking this, he suddenly saw Feng Zhaoyuan, accompanied by her attendants, walk into the Imperial Garden and then walk into a pavilion with a smile.

Li Xuan looked at Feng Zhaoyuan's arrival with some surprise.

He clearly remembered that Feng Zhaoyuan did not come last time.

Feng Zhaoyuan stepped into the pavilion and then respectfully saluted a concubine sitting in the first seat.

Li Xuan recognized that person, it was Concubine Zhao Shu.

The Tingyun Palace that Feng Zhaoyuan went to that night was the residence of this person.

Concubine Zhao Shu looked about the same age as Concubine Zhang, but she always had a gentle smile on her face, which made people want to get close to her.

She saw Feng Zhaoyuan coming and asked her to sit next to her.

The seat on her right had been empty, obviously prepared for Feng Zhaoyuan.

Then after they sat down, they talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was much better than that of Concubine Zhang's pavilion.

Concubine Zhang was solemn as if her father had died, and she didn't even dare to breathe.

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel sad for the concubines under Concubine Zhang.

"The leadership style is really important."

Even if someone in Concubine Zhang's pavilion suddenly couldn't stand it and hanged himself on the spot, he wouldn't be surprised.

"There are always people who like to pass on their stress to others."

Li Xuan sighed, yawned, and continued to sleep.

Now this matter has nothing to do with him, he just needs to be a cute little cat.

But not long after Li Xuan closed his eyes, his mind suddenly twitched and a flash of inspiration came to him.

The poem on the silk cloth suddenly became clear in front of him, and he couldn't help but stare at the chessboards that had been set up on the field.

"Go!?"

"The poem is about Go!"

"So simple and crude?"

Li Xuan suddenly understood the meaning of the poem.

"Winning during the period of military management, splitting the land does not require merit."

"Half-dead siege interrupted, full life outside the festival."

"The geese are not fake wings, and the formation is cloudless."

"Playing with this Sun Wu idea, refreshing the mind and calming the atmosphere."

Li Xuan is not illiterate, at least he can understand the basic meaning of these poems.

Isn't this about Go?

He thought there was some important information hidden in the poem.

It turned out to be just to convey two words: "Go".

But in connection with the scene in front of him, Li Xuan couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Did Deng Weixian's godfather leak the emperor's questions?"

After thinking about it for a while, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel that this was worse than leaking questions in the imperial examination.

Emperor Yongyuan personally set the questions to test his own children!

After figuring out this question, Li Xuan realized what Deng Weixian was involved in.

"No wonder they say that if something happens, even he can't protect Deng Weixian."

But in this way, Li Xuan was even more confused about the purpose of Deng Weixian's godfather.

"Does he want to influence the succession?"

Li Xuan's big eyes were full of brilliance. After his curiosity was satisfied, he was so sour to the extreme.

But as he figured out one problem, new problems followed.

Naturally, there were many people who were as excited as him.

Concubine Zhao Shu and Feng Zhaoyuan exchanged glances quietly, and the meaning was self-evident.

That night, when Feng Zhaoyuan suddenly came to her with the silk cloth, Concubine Zhao Shu also had doubts.

But even if this matter was wrong, there would not be too much loss, so she quietly ordered the concubines of the nobles to prepare for their children.

Judging from the current results, they have a much better chance of winning this game.

Concubine Zhao Shu quietly observed Concubine Zhang's movements and found that she was still as cold as usual, and even frowned a little more.

Seeing Concubine Zhang's expression, Concubine Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

She was not interested in the throne, she knew her own weight.

Concubine Zhao Shu's purpose was very simple, as long as the eldest prince did not get points from His Majesty, she would be satisfied.

The main point is a mischief.

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