Chapter 144: The Yin and Yang of Chess, the Dao as the Longitude and Latitude

Concubine Zhao Shu retracted her gaze, and a hint of mischief flashed across her face.

These concubines stayed in the harem with nothing to do all day, and every day they just thought about making trouble for their opponents.

Concubine Zhao Shu had no hobbies on weekdays, but she liked to see Concubine Zhang's frustrated expression.

Everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Zhang wanted to help her eldest son to ascend to the throne.

However, Concubine Zhang's children were really disappointing.

Otherwise, Concubine Zhang would not have a stern face all day like now, as if everyone owed her money.

Zhao Feng's preparations were soon over.

After arranging the tables, chairs and chessboard, the eunuchs in flowery clothes retreated one after another and gave up the venue.

Zhao Feng walked to the center of the venue, facing everyone and loudly announced: "Pass on the emperor's oral order."

"Today's Imperial Garden Competition is--"

Zhao Feng dragged out a long tail tone, attracting a crowd of expectant eyes.

Then he suddenly took out a scroll from his sleeve and unfolded it in front of everyone.

【Gobang】

Looking at the three words written by the emperor on the scroll, everyone present seemed to have pressed the pause button.

Even Li Xuan was stunned.

No one expected that the competition items proposed by Emperor Yongyuan would be so trifling.

Some people counted them and found that there were indeed three words on the scroll, not two.

But many people at the scene recognized Emperor Yongyuan's handwriting.

On that scroll, the three words "Gobang" were indeed the handwriting of Emperor Yongyuan.

A young prince couldn't help but ask with courage: "Zhao Zongguan, did you take the wrong scroll?"

Zhao Feng shook his head firmly and replied: "Your Majesty, only give me this scroll."

Then he asked dangerously: "Or does anyone think it should be other items?"

"Uh..."

Since Zhao Feng asked this, who dared to talk nonsense again?

Concubine Zhang also noticed something was wrong. She looked at the person who asked the question before, and her eyes could not help but glance around to check the reactions of the crowd.

Concubine Zhao Shu exchanged glances with Feng Zhaoyuan in a subtle way, and they shook their heads gently and stopped communicating.

Others also looked at each other with their eyes and noses, and their noses looked at their hearts, with an attitude of "no opinion at all, don't ask me".

Zhao Feng snorted coldly, and then said: "Your Highnesses, please come up and draw lots, and the winners will advance to the next round."

"The winner will be the first place today."

Zhao Feng didn't smile much today, and he didn't seem to be in a good mood.

The princes and princesses came forward to draw lots, hoping not to draw a strong opponent at the beginning.

Although Princess Ankang can walk on her own now, she is still sitting in a wheelchair.

There is no need to let these brothers and sisters know that her health has improved a little, and there will be no benefit.

Considering her "inconvenience in movement", Princess Ankang asked Yu'er to wait until the end to get her own lot.

The three children of Jingyang Palace waited quietly for the other princes and princesses to finish drawing lots, and then let Yu'er push the wheelchair forward.

Zhao Feng held up the bucket with only one lot left in both hands and brought it to Princess Ankang.

Princess Ankang smiled and thanked, then drew her own lot.

"Seven."

Zhao Feng smiled sincerely when he saw that Princess Ankang had also finished drawing lots.

In the venue, each table had its own number.

Yu'er pushed Princess Ankang to the table number seven, and the flowery eunuch who was serving on the side immediately moved a chair that was originally placed beside the table to make room for Princess Ankang's wheelchair.

Princess Ankang's opponent was a little kid, and a familiar face.

"Isn't this the little master who taught me the powerful Vajra Leg?"

Seeing that the familiar little prince was opposite him, Li Xuan couldn't help but be excited.

The little prince was full of fighting spirit, as if he was sure to win, and said arrogantly to Princess Ankang: "Thirteenth sister, I won't let you."

"The chessboard is like a battlefield. There is only victory and defeat on the battlefield, no mercy!"

Princess Ankang couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, please give me more advice, eighteenth brother."

Li Xuan in Princess Ankang's arms couldn't help but be amused.

"You little kid is quite arrogant."

Although he and Yu'er are equally bad at chess, Princess Ankang is different. Her strength completely crushes them.

Although it's just Gobang, it's also very powerful.

Come to think of it, the competition items set up by Emperor Yongyuan are reasonable.

If it's Go, I'm afraid these little kids don't even understand the rules.

Gobang is better. Even if they haven't played it before, they can understand the rules with a little explanation.

No matter whether they play well or not, at least they feel involved.

At the beginning, the little kid was full of fighting spirit, but after less than twenty moves, he started to sweat profusely.

He held a chess piece, and he was undecided about where to put it.

Little Douding looked at the four white pieces on the chessboard, and didn't know where to put it.

Princess Ankang was not in a hurry, and silently watched Little Douding struggling in vain, laughing secretly.

At this time, one of Little Douding's attendants came to his ear and whispered, "Your Highness, you lost."

"Hurry up and throw it."

Little Douding couldn't hear this truth, and immediately threw a tantrum on his seat, shouting and yelling.

"I didn't lose, I didn't lose!"

"I didn't pay attention just now, this one doesn't count!"

"Another one, another one..."

The attendant was used to it and looked down at the stage.

There was a young concubine there, covering her eyebrows with one hand and waving to the attendant with the other hand weakly.

The attendant received the signal from the master and directly carried the little bean to the stage. Before leaving, he apologized to Princess Ankang: "Your Highness, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Princess Ankang smiled and waved her hand, sending her eighteenth brother away.

Although she rarely left Jingyang Palace, thanks to the imperial garden party once a month, she at least knew most of her brothers and sisters, and remembered the order silently in her heart.

As for those brothers and sisters who were too young or just born and could not attend the imperial garden party, Princess Ankang was completely unfamiliar with them.

No one would specifically tell her about these things.

Fortunately, there was a flowery eunuch responsible for refereeing at each table. Even if the little bean was throwing a tantrum, the flowery eunuch still announced the result seriously and responsibly.

"The Thirteenth Princess wins!"

In a row, the Sleeping Dragon came out of the mountain!

Li Xuan shouted for Princess Ankang in his heart.

"Little bean, dare to compete, it's really ridiculous."

The victory and defeat of Gobang is relatively fast, especially when the strength is very different.

Basically, all the little kids were defeated in the first round, and the winners were waiting for the next round to begin.

Of course, the draw was random, and there were also little kids playing against little kids, so there were a few particularly tense games, almost filling up the board.

Even if there was no referee to remind them, they didn't know the winner had been decided, and they were still playing endlessly.

Taking advantage of this lively time, Concubine Zhao Shu and Feng Zhaoyuan started to communicate.

Concubine Zhao Shu's lips moved, and she whispered to Feng Zhaoyuan: "Keep the matter of silk cloth to yourself, and don't mention it again in the future."

"I will also tell others to forget about it. If your majesty asks, just push it to me, and I will help you stop it."

"I'm afraid the other party put the silk cloth on your bed with bad intentions."

"But you don't have to worry too much. The other party didn't even want to put the bait, so it's not worth mentioning."

Feng Zhaoyuan nodded, but her mood was inevitably heavy.

Concubine Zhao Shu combed her hair with some distress and comforted her: "You did the right thing in this matter, don't think too much."

"Smile more, otherwise it will affect the child."

Feng Zhaoyuan felt warm in her heart and replied softly: "Thank you for your concern, Concubine Shu."

Concubine Zhao Shu patted Feng Zhaoyuan's slightly bent back and asked her to hold her head high.

Then, Concubine Zhao Shu swept her eyes around the pavilion, and the other concubines immediately understood what she meant.

The concubines with children immediately pulled their children aside and whispered something.

And those whose children were still playing on the field told their attendants to invite them back immediately after the game, and they had something to say.

Concubine Zhao Shu did not dwell on this issue, and even in her opinion, it was a good thing that she did not guess the question correctly.

...

In another pavilion, Concubine Zhang's eyes were fixed on the eldest prince.

The eldest prince successfully defeated the first opponent and was sitting in his seat with his eyes closed, preparing for the next round.

However, although Zhao Shufei's actions were subtle, they still attracted Concubine Zhang's attention. She just didn't show it.

This judgment had no rational basis at all, but Concubine Zhang was extremely sure.

It was a kind of smell of something wrong from the flow of the atmosphere.

This was a subjective and emotional judgment, but Concubine Zhang judged that something happened with Zhao Shufei based on this feeling.

Concubine Zhang calmly summoned her attendants and gave them some instructions.

This is how the confrontation in the harem is. The winner can be decided in silence.

Concubine Zhang smelled a suspicious flaw, so there was no reason to let it go.

...

The first round of the game was finally over.

Princess Ankang was taken to table number five as she advanced to the next round.

This time her opponent was not a little kid, but a prince who was one or two years older than Princess Ankang.

But this prince had big dark circles under his eyes and looked listless.

This was natural.

He studied chess manuals all night last night and memorized more than a dozen practical routines and killer moves.

As a result, who would have thought that the game today was Gobang.

If the prince had not met a little kid in the first round, he would have been in a state of mental collapse.

Who could understand the pain of studying all night and then memorizing the wrong subject?

The second round of the game continued.

Princess Ankang faced the prince who was mentally collapsed, and pressed forward step by step without rushing. After a long and protracted battle, she took advantage of the opponent's sleepiness to seize the opportunity and set up an ambush, and finally completed the five-star chain at the last moment.

Double chain, one battle to become famous!

Princess Ankang won consecutive battles and advanced to the next round again.

The prince who fell asleep was hurriedly carried away by his attendants, but the noise was not small, and some people began to discuss that the prince was beaten to a cerebral hemorrhage by Princess Ankang.

Recalling the performance in the last animal taming competition, Princess Ankang's dark horse theory was mentioned again, becoming the hot spot in today's Gobang competition.

Even Li Xuan and Yu'er were moved, and the hope of winning the championship was rekindled in their hearts.

"Hey, it seems like there's a chance."

"These guys don't seem to be as good at Gobang as Yu'er (Ah Xuan)."

The man and the cat looked at each other and saw each other's excitement.

Their thoughts at this moment were surprisingly similar.

Only Princess Ankang was calm and composed. She smiled slightly in the face of consecutive victories, and looked confident that she had won.

Go is about yin and yang, and Tao is the longitude and latitude.

The Way of Gobang is all in it!

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