Chapter 149 The Little Thief Cat Is Coming

Li Xuan used the water droplets to see the black dots on the chess piece.

It was not a black dot on the chess piece at all, but a very tiny word.

[Law]

There was a smaller mark under the word "Law", which read "Three".

"What does this mean?"

After seeing the words clearly, Li Xuan handed the chess piece to Princess Ankang and Yu'er, and then dripped water on it.

Princess Ankang and Yu'er also saw the words through the water droplets.

"What is this!?"

The two little girls' reactions were exactly the same as Li Xuan's.

While their mouths were slightly open, their eyes widened.

They were surprised that there were words engraved on the chess piece, and they were also surprised that the water droplets could actually enlarge the font.

"Ah, Ah Xuan, what is your method? How can water droplets..."

Yu'er stuttered and could no longer speak clearly.

Princess Ankang reacted quickly and ran back to the house to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Now that there are abundant supplies in Jingyang Palace, there are as many of these things as you want.

She wrote down the words on the chess piece according to her memories.

First, there was a big "Law", and then a much smaller "Three" was written under the "Law".

Princess Ankang's handwriting was very large, making it easy to read.

"Sister Yu'er, please get me a pair of scissors."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Yu'er didn't waste any words and quickly found the scissors.

After Princess Ankang took the scissors, she cut the words she had written on the paper directly and made a small square copybook.

Then she pressed the chess piece with words on it on the copybook.

"Ah Xuan, how many chess pieces do you think there are in here?"

Princess Ankang's eyes lit up and she said excitedly.

"Your Highness, are you saying that there are still many chess pieces with words like this?"

"When do we have to find them?"

Yu'er looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

"Sister Yu'er, we have nothing to do anyway, and aren't you curious about what the words above would look like when connected together?"

Princess Ankang was already interested and was about to do something big.

Although Yu'er felt that this was not an easy task, she still planned to accompany Princess Ankang to have a good time.

"It's rare that your highness is so interested, I must not spoil the fun."

Yu'er looked at Princess Ankang and Li Xuan who were full of energy and couldn't help but smile.

"As long as your highness and Xuan are happy, Yu'er will be happy too."

Yu'er thought silently, got up and fetched a basin of water, ready to use it to drip water to read the words, and then asked Princess Ankang if she needed anything else.

The three little ones gathered together to study how to act later.

Li Xuan quickly found the chess piece he had spit out before, and then swept it aside, shaking his head at Princess Ankang and Yu'er, then pointed to the chess piece on the copybook, and then pointed to his mouth, opened it, and stuck out his pink tongue.

"Ah Xuan, you don't mean to say that you can taste the chess pieces with words, right?" Yu'er joked.

As a result, the next moment, she saw Li Xuan nodding frantically.

Although he distinguished by subtle taste, there was nothing wrong with saying that he could taste it.

"Then this saves a lot of effort."

Princess Ankang clapped her hands and said happily.

"In this way, Ah Xuan, you pick out the chess pieces with words, and Sister Yu'er and I will sort out the words on them, and finally see what they are."

"Sister Yu'er, help me drop water on the chess pieces, and then help me cut the copybook and sort out the chess pieces."

"In this way, it shouldn't take long for us to sort out all the words."

Princess Ankang assigned the tasks in a few words, and felt like a female general on the battlefield, commanding the troops with a snap of her fingers, full of vigor and vigor.

Li Xuan and Yu'er saw Princess Ankang so proud for the first time, and they couldn't help but bowed and shouted:

"Meow!"

"Yes, sir!"

Seeing that even Li Xuan followed suit and crossed his two front paws, Princess Ankang's face suddenly turned red.

She felt that she seemed a little too "arrogant" just now.

This made her a little uncomfortable.

Li Xuan and Yu'er couldn't help laughing at Princess Ankang's cute blushing face.

Princess Ankang felt even more embarrassed.

"Oh, don't laugh, don't laugh."

"Sister Yu'er, Xuan——"

Princess Ankang dragged out a long tail tone, covering her red face with shame, and dared not look up.

The joyful laughter came from Jingyang Palace, and the flower-clothed eunuchs guarding the door heard it.

The two flower-clothed eunuchs looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

The flower-clothed eunuchs who came to Jingyang Palace to guard the door knew that although Jingyang Palace was a cold palace, it was actually not deserted.

It was even more humane than other places in the palace.

They used to feel sorry for Princess Ankang.

But now I don't think so.

To some extent, Princess Ankang is actually happier than anyone else in the palace.

Even the flowery eunuch who has always been cold and ruthless can find a trace of tenderness in his heart by guarding the gate of Jingyang Palace.

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The bright clouds are red at sunset, the clouds are light, and the bright moonlight is just beginning to spit out.

As the weather gets warmer, the time for the sun to get off work is constantly delayed. Every day, he always puts one foot on the edge of the west mountain early, but has to wait a long time before he can punch in and go home.

After working all afternoon, the three children finally found all the chess pieces with words as they wished, and recorded the words on them.

But before they had time to take a closer look, dinner was delivered.

The three children were just hungry, so they took back the copybooks and chess pieces they wrote down in the room first, and studied them after dinner.

After eating and drinking, they sat together in the room drinking tea and digesting dinner.

Princess Ankang couldn't wait to take out the calligraphy she had written and began to study it.

"Ah Xuan, what do you think these are?"

Li Xuan huddled in Princess Ankang's arms, accompanying him to look at the characters with serial numbers, and had some guesses in his mind.

They had a total of 361 chess pieces in their hands, of which 181 had characters, accounting for a full half.

But the characters on them were in a mess, and it was impossible to piece together the complete content.

Li Xuan believed that perhaps half of them were in the Go set of the eldest prince.

He realized at this moment that the second Imperial Garden Competition was not over, and it could even be said that the excitement was just about to begin.

"Emperor Yongyuan is quite interesting, but I don't know if he guessed that Ankang could also get a Go set."

Li Xuan thought to himself, and he already understood what this round was really about to test.

At this time, Yu'er also said on the side: "Your Highness, these serial numbers are not complete, I'm afraid you can't see anything, right?"

"That's what I mean." Princess Ankang put down the calligraphy pieces in her hand with some discouragement.

"It would be great if the chess pieces in the chess pot that don't have words on them could also grow words."

"In that case, Ankang would know what these words mean."

"I don't know if there will be such a day——"

"If that happens, Ankang will be very happy, very happy——"

"Ah——"

Princess Ankang's tone suddenly became strange, and she even sighed in a pretentious manner.

"This girl!"

Li Xuan's eyes jumped, and he felt something was wrong.

"The child is getting older, and it's getting harder to fool him."

Although he knew that such a day would come, it came much faster than expected.

Since he was rewarded with three meals a day of imperial standard, Li Xuan knew that he could not hide the good things he had done in the past.

"Looking at the girl's pretentious tone, she should have known it."

Li Xuan pretended to be nothing, calmly put his paw into Princess Ankang's teacup, washed his paw, then took it out and licked it dry, and drank some tea by the way.

But he was already panicking in his heart.

Princess Ankang should have known that it was him who brought her midnight snacks before, and that the food he stole was her father's leftovers.

It's better to pretend that he doesn't know about this kind of thing.

But just like Princess Ankang was curious about the remaining half of the story, Li Xuan was also curious about what the words on the Go board would say when they were put together.

"This girl has also learned bad things, and now she is trying to get me to steal the chess pieces of the eldest prince."

Li Xuan thought so, and felt very relieved.

"This is my good princess!"

In fact, Li Xuan had already had the intention of stealing.

The eldest prince may not have reacted to this matter yet, so naturally he should be caught off guard and taken down as soon as possible.

Otherwise, after he reacts and is on guard, it will be difficult for Li Xuan to do it.

Li Xuan first pretended not to understand Princess Ankang's hint, and then waited until late at night, went to see Deng Weixian practice, and then turned to Qingshu Palace.

The last time he was looking for the mastermind, he found the fourth prince all the way. He was on the wall of the courtyard, but was brought back by Zhao Feng at the last moment.

But Li Xuan still remembered the way to Qingshu Palace, and soon found it again.

He was just here tonight to check the place. If there is a chance, it will not be too late to take action.

But the chessboard is a prize given by the emperor after all, I am afraid it will not be so easy to get it.

And what Li Xuan needs to steal are only the two jars of chess pieces.

He is not interested in the chessboard.

Of course, for safety reasons, Li Xuan will have to do a detailed inspection later, in case the eldest prince's chess is different from Princess Ankang's, and there is another mystery.

Late at night, because no one is walking around, it is difficult for Li Xuan to tell where the eldest prince's residence is.

He can only check one by one according to the specifications of the other courtyard.

Even in the middle of the night, Qingshu Palace is still brightly lit.

Li Xuan walked around and found the key targets that needed to be investigated.

At the door of several rooms, there were eunuchs and maids on duty, ready to serve their masters at any time.

Presumably, the nobles of Qingshu Palace must live in these rooms.

Li Xuan first eliminated the rooms in the main hall.

That should be Concubine Zhang's room.

Then, he eliminated the room of the fourth prince.

Li Xuan had been to the courtyard of the fourth prince and knew where it was.

So there were only two rooms left.

But Li Xuan still did not act rashly.

He came to the remaining two rooms, raised his nose, smelled carefully, and then successfully eliminated another room.

"That room full of the smell of powder should not be the eldest prince's."

"If it is, then I am narrow-minded."

Li Xuan snorted, convinced of his judgment, and went to the last remaining room.

There were two eunuchs and two maids waiting at the door, a total of four people.

They lit lanterns, but they were not in high spirits.

Although they were all standing, one or two of them were secretly closing their eyes and taking a nap.

Li Xuan bypassed them, walked around the room, and finally found a suitable window, then used his housekeeping skills and climbed in at once.

"The little thief is here~"

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