Chapter 146 What Prize?

Pah——

Princess Ankang placed her last chess piece, occupying the only two spaces on the chessboard.

Then the eldest prince also decided on his last move, placing a black piece, filling the chessboard.

The huge chessboard was packed to the brim, and there was no room for any more black or white pieces.

The two flowery eunuchs on the side were already sweating profusely, but at this moment, they finally ushered in the last stroke.

As one of the flowery eunuchs recorded Princess Ankang's last move, the game of chess finally ended.

But the problem is that no matter whether it is the chessboard on the table or the huge chessboard standing up, there is no five-star connection.

Whether it is white or black, there is nothing.

Draw!

The whole audience was in an uproar, and someone from Concubine Zhang's side immediately spoke up for Concubine Zhang: "What should we do?"

Someone from Concubine Zhao's side couldn't sit still either, and immediately said: "General Manager Zhao, how do you determine the winner in a draw?"

Zhao Feng walked to the front of the stage, raised his hand and pressed down, asking everyone to be quiet.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Princess Ankang breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, she almost failed to defend against the last attack of the eldest prince, but fortunately she defended it all.

It must be said that the eldest prince's chess skills are indeed better than Princess Ankang.

If it weren't for the last critical moment, Princess Ankang had already realized that she had no chance of winning and directly devoted herself to defense, I'm afraid that the eldest prince would have won the first place in this Go game.

Li Xuan meowed tenderly, then stretched out her cat's paw to wipe the sweat off Princess Ankang's forehead.

Yu'er also hurried over and rubbed Princess Ankang's shoulders to relax her tense body.

As we all know, playing Gobang not only tests brain power, but also physical strength.

Since morning, we have been playing Gobang here, and it is almost noon now.

If we don't finish it quickly, the three little ones will not be able to go home for lunch.

That's the imperial meal!

What a waste if it gets cold!

"Your Highness, it's a tie, that's great."

Yu'er said happily.

When she was watching the game just now, she also saw that Princess Ankang was pressed step by step, and the slightest mistake would lead to a complete loss.

There were several moves that she didn't understand at first, but later she realized that they were all murderous, and if she didn't notice it in advance, she would be killed, which made Yu'er, who was watching the game, very scared.

Li Xuan, who was equally good at Gobang, was naturally the same, but he would never admit that he didn't see it.

Anyway, he could only meow, and if it was Princess Ankang and Yu'er, they could guess something from his shocked expression, but it was not so easy for others to see through Li Xuan.

But Zhao Feng was not among these others.

When Zhao Feng was the referee, he didn't even look at the two players, but his attention was all on Li Xuan.

Through Li Xuan's shocked eyes, slightly open mouth and tongue that he forgot to retract, Zhao Feng had completely figured out his Go level.

"The level of the royal children can't be higher."

The eldest prince on the opposite side looked at the chessboard full of chess pieces tiredly, but he couldn't ignore the two people and the cat who appeared in his sight.

"Isn't it a draw?"

"Why are they so happy?"

"It's strange that we didn't win the game again."

He looked numbly at the audience and saw his mother with a frosty face.

"That's right, that's normal."

The eldest prince quickly retracted his gaze, sat in a relaxed posture, leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

To outsiders, this was the eldest prince's calmness and calmness.

But only he himself understood that he didn't care about the result.

It's not that he didn't know the consequences, but he became numb under the long fear.

Although Zhao Feng took some effort, he still managed to calm everyone down.

He said calmly: "Ladies, please don't worry."

"Your Majesty has long anticipated this situation, so I will deal with it according to your Majesty's instructions."

As soon as this was said, all other voices died down.

Since Emperor Yongyuan had already made arrangements, it means that there is no room for negotiation.

Therefore, everyone can only hope that Emperor Yongyuan's arrangements will be more beneficial to themselves.

"Your Majesty has previously specifically ordered that if there is a tie in the final, both sides will be judged as winners."

"In other words, the first place in today's Go game is the eldest prince and the thirteenth princess."

"Congratulations to the two princes!"

Zhao Feng finished speaking to himself and took the lead in applauding.

The flowery eunuchs under his command immediately followed and applauded.

The concubines and the eliminated princes and princesses also clapped their hands in confusion, looking at each other, unable to accept the result.

But unlike before, no one dared to say anything easily.

Emperor Yongyuan's arrangements had never been changed because of the noise of others.

Although Concubine Zhang and Concubine Zhao Shu had different expressions, they could only remain silent and look at each other's reactions.

"Oh, congratulations, sister, you finally got what you wanted."

Concubine Zhao Shu congratulated Concubine Zhang across the pavilion.

"No, no, the child is just doing well. I didn't do anything. Thank you so much, sister."

Concubine Zhang responded with a fake smile.

Although she was very uncomfortable that Princess Ankang tied for first place, no matter what, the eldest prince finally got back a city and had a chance to show his face.

Otherwise, if he lost again, Concubine Zhang would not know how to persuade herself to look forward to the next round of the game.

But what she cared more about than the eldest prince's victory was that Princess Ankang actually won again.

"It's really a nuisance, just like her short-lived mother!"

Concubine Zhang thought bitterly.

Because even if the eldest prince won this time, he did not make up for the disadvantage, and the gap was still there.

It must be said that the last animal training competition gave Princess Ankang a great advantage.

In order to regain this advantage, the eldest prince must win once by stepping on Princess Ankang.

If it is just like now, getting an insignificant first place, it will not have any effect at all.

This is also the reason why Concubine Zhang can't feel happy at all.

But no matter what, since it has come to this point, Concubine Zhang can't continue to care about it. Instead, she began to look forward to the prizes of this competition.

If she can get an extraordinary honor like last time, Concubine Zhang is not completely unacceptable.

After announcing the results of the competition, Zhao Feng turned to the eldest prince and Princess Ankang and said, "Congratulations, Your Highnesses. Please wait here. I will go and bring up the prizes prepared by His Majesty and present them to Your Highnesses."

After that, Zhao Feng hurried away.

Li Xuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the prizes this time were actually prepared in advance.

Last time, their prizes took several days to arrive at Jingyang Palace.

"It seems that they have experience in organizing competitions, and they are getting better and better."

The three little ones smiled foolishly, looking forward to today's prizes happily.

If there were no outsiders, Princess Ankang and Yu'er would have pulled Li Xuan and jumped around to celebrate.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Feng returned to the field with two eunuchs in flowery clothes.

The two eunuchs in flowery clothes each held something covered with red cloth in their hands, and it was hard to tell what it was.

But I think this is today's prize.

"Mysterious, what is it?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but get curious, and stood up slightly from Princess Ankang's arms, trying to see the prize from below.

As a result, the prize was still placed on a wooden plate, and Li Xuan could only see the bottom of the wooden plate.

"Please come forward, Your Highnesses, and receive the prize for today's first place."

Zhao Feng extended his hand to Princess Ankang and the eldest prince.

The eldest prince sighed and stood up to receive the prize.

Yu'er also pushed Princess Ankang to the other side of Zhao Feng.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

Zhao Feng said, and handed one of the wooden trays covered with red cloth to the eldest prince.

Then he brought another wooden tray and handed it to Princess Ankang, who was sitting in a wheelchair.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

Zhao Feng turned to face the crowd and announced loudly: "Today's Imperial Garden Gobang competition has come to a successful conclusion."

"The winners are the eldest prince and the thirteenth princess, both of you."

"Combining the results of the two competitions, the current points ranking is."

"First place, the thirteenth princess, accumulated two points."

"Second place, the eldest prince, accumulated one point."

"Please continue to work hard and get better performance in future competitions."

After Zhao Feng announced these, he bowed and left the Imperial Garden in a hurry, as if he was eager to go back and report today's results.

And Li Xuan couldn't hold back his curiosity, and quietly put his head into the red cloth covering the wooden tray.

As a result, after seeing the things inside, he couldn't help but say in surprise:

"Ah?"

...

"Your Highness, do you think that Chief Steward Zhao took the wrong one?"

After returning from the Imperial Garden, the three little ones couldn't wait to study the prizes for today's competition, and didn't even have time to eat the lunch that was delivered.

As a result, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Yu'er looked at the so-called prize, her face full of dissatisfaction.

Not to mention Li Xuan, he even suspected that the real prize was embezzled by Old Zhao and made such a thing to impersonate.

Princess Ankang was smiling and holding the prize, very satisfied.

"Sister Yu'er, what's wrong with this, we can play with it together in the future."

"And these things feel warm and moist, it must be very comfortable to play with."

"It feels so smooth, it will definitely not hurt yourself."

Hearing what Princess Ankang said, Yu'er couldn't help but touch it twice and nodded.

"It feels really good. I don't know what kind of jade it is made of, but it's so warm."

Princess Ankang nodded with a smile: "That's right, and these matching small things are also made of the same material. I'm afraid this set is very expensive."

The little girl showed a money-grubber expression.

Although the three little ones were a little disappointed with the prizes, they were still within an acceptable range.

After all, Jingyang Palace is now well fed and clothed.

However, if the eldest prince got the same prize as them, I'm afraid he wouldn't be as open-minded as the three little ones.

Especially that Concubine Zhang.

And what they thought was really the same.

Qingshu Palace had already exploded at this time.

Concubine Zhang didn't even bother to eat after she came back, but she was so angry that she was full.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"

"Why is today's prize this kind of thing!"

"Call Zhao Feng to me, I want to ask him a question!!!"

Faced with his mother who was constantly going crazy, the eldest prince could only sigh helplessly.

He just wanted to have a meal, but the table was overturned, and the food was all thrown to the ground, ruined and inedible.

The eldest prince threw the bowl and chopsticks in his hand to the ground, stood up and replied: "Mother, wait a moment, I will go and invite Zhao the chief steward."

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