Chapter 150 Is She Really a Genius?

The room was pitch black.

But fortunately, Li Xuan was a cat.

With his excellent night vision, he could quickly see the layout of the room.

The layout of the room was one living room and two bedrooms.

The place where Li Xuan climbed through the window was the study, one of the two rooms.

Across the living room in the middle, the other side was the bedroom.

"Let's check if we have found the wrong place first."

Li Xuan walked out of the study quietly and touched the bedroom.

As soon as he came in, he smelled the smell of the eldest prince during the day, and knew that he had not found the wrong place.

But he still climbed to the window and saw the eldest prince who was sleeping.

Even though the eldest prince was asleep, he frowned, and his eyeballs under his eyelids kept moving.

"It seems that it is not a good dream."

Li Xuan shook his head and began to search in the eldest prince's bedroom.

The furnishings in the eldest prince's room are relatively simple. In addition to the bed and wardrobe, the most conspicuous thing is a bookshelf that takes up a large area.

The study was right across the street, but there were many books stored there.

Just by looking at the titles, you could tell that they were all obscure and difficult to understand, which made Li Xuan dizzy.

He quickly turned his eyes away from the books and concentrated on finding the chess.

But after a round in the eldest prince's bedroom, he didn't see any trace.

Li Xuan knew that it might not be here, so he turned around and went to the study next to it to look for it.

But he still found nothing.

"Where is it hidden?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Is it treated as a treasure?"

He felt that he was very fast to accidentally discover the secret of the chess piece because he put it in his mouth.

The eldest prince should not have such a quirk, and it is unlikely that he has discovered the secret of the chess piece now.

"But the question is, where did he hide the prize he won instead of keeping it in his own room?"

Li Xuan searched the eldest prince's room several times inside and out, not to mention the chess pieces, he couldn't even find the shadow of the chessboard.

"Damn it, today's scouting operation failed!"

Li Xuan could not find the Go set, so he had to leave unwillingly.

He planned to come back tomorrow daytime, and find a chance to start after finding the chessboard.

He thought he could find the chessboard easily, but he didn't expect that the eldest prince actually had something and hid the chessboard so well.

But Li Xuan believed that they finally won the prize of a competition, and they would definitely not hide it forever.

"At least they will show it off."

Li Xuan left through the window that he climbed in, ready to wait for a better opportunity.

...

The next day.

As soon as Li Xuan got up, he studied the two jars of chess pieces at home.

He opened his mouth as wide as possible, gestured at the chess jar, and found that he couldn't hold it at all.

"It's so thick, it's really too difficult for my little cat."

Li Xuan shook his head and quickly gave up the option of holding it.

He remembered today that even if he found the chess jar of the eldest prince, how to bring the chess pieces back was still a problem.

If they were to bring them back in batches, it would not only be troublesome, but they would have to go back and forth several times.

Li Xuan's mouth could only hold a dozen chess pieces at most.

With more than 300 chess pieces, how many times would he have to go back and forth?

And the risk of being exposed was too great.

Originally, the other party did not react, but was reminded because he stole the chess pieces, which would be a waste of time.

In Li Xuan's opinion, it would be best to do this silently.

And the important thing is to collect the words on the chess pieces.

Li Xuan guessed that those words were the real rewards for this month's Imperial Garden Competition.

It was just because two people won that the reward was divided into two.

And Li Xuan thought with his toes that this was done deliberately by Emperor Yongyuan to satisfy his own bad taste.

He set the project to Gobang. As long as the strength of the two people was not much different, the probability of a tie in the end was very high.

And Gobang was not Go. The winning condition was five stars in a row, and there was no rule such as handicap.

In other words, Emperor Yongyuan deliberately created a situation where there was a high probability of a tie in the finals, with two top winners.

Then he deliberately divided the real reward into two parts, and started a real secret competition.

See who can discover the secret in the chess piece first, and then collect the other half of the text in the opponent's hand to make up the reward this time.

To be honest, this is a bit like choosing a crown prince.

From this, it can be seen that Emperor Yongyuan did not treat the monthly imperial garden competition as a joke.

But the more so, the more Li Xuan felt that the reward made up of these words must be not simple.

Therefore, he wanted to get this reward for Princess Ankang, preferably without alerting the opponent.

But how to steal the chess piece silently has become a big problem.

Li Xuan took two steps forward, stood up, and easily picked up one of the chess pots with his two front paws.

He was strong enough, even if the weight of two chess pots was added together, he would not be defeated.

But in this case, he could only run on his two hind legs.

This was not only slow, but also looked funny.

Just as Li Xuan was trying, Princess Ankang came in with a laziness.

She had just finished breakfast and strolled around the yard. Because she could not see Li Xuan, she found the house.

As a result, she saw Li Xuan "wrestling" with the chess pot, and she could not help but smile mischievously.

She knew what Li Xuan was preparing for.

Princess Ankang took advantage of Li Xuan's inattention and sneaked outside again. When she came back, she had a small vegetable basket in her hand.

"Oh, it's not good to always put the chess pots in such a mess. It's better to put them away properly." Princess Ankang walked to Li Xuan's side, muttering to herself, and then picked up the two chess pots and put them in the vegetable basket.

Not to mention, the size is just right.

Li Xuan's eyes lit up, and he tried to pick up the basket, and found it was much easier than picking up the food box before.

"This is not bad."

He thought so, looked up, and found that Princess Ankang was staring at him with shining eyes, with an expression on her face, "Is it easy to use? Is it easy to use?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but glance at her speechlessly.

"Little friend, do you know that instigating cute kittens to steal is a serious crime?"

As a result, Princess Ankang didn't notice Li Xuan's question at all, stepped forward to measure the size of the basket, and muttered to herself: "Is it too big? It's a bit inconvenient."

After that, she went out and got some thin ropes, put them on the chess pot for a while, and then helped Li Xuan twice, and actually made a simple knot and put it on Li Xuan.

The knot was fixed on Li Xuan's body, and on both sides of his body were two chess pots that were also fixed. Because they were close to the body, the impact on the body was reduced.

The knots that fixed the chess pots were empty, so they could be easily taken out and put in.

And as long as you are careful when moving, the chess pots will not fall out, which is very convenient.

Li Xuan was surprised when he saw the knots on his body.

He knew that Princess Ankang liked to play the game of flower ropes when she was bored.

Although there were no flower ropes in Jingyang Palace before, there were only a few thin ropes that she didn't know what they were tied to.

But Li Xuan didn't expect that Princess Ankang was so clever.

The knots he had on him now were very practical.

Li Xuan took the two chess pots, jumped off the table, ran around the room twice, and then jumped back on the table.

The chess pots were full, so the sound was not loud when moving.

In addition, Li Xuan deliberately reduced the amplitude of the movement, which could minimize the movement.

He tried to take off the chess pots again, and then put them back.

He had no problem doing this operation himself, but because his claws were inconvenient, he needed to operate more carefully, but it didn't take much time either.

"Okay, okay, so you are my best partner."

Li Xuan stared at Princess Ankang and nodded.

If this girl had helped him when he "took" the imperial meal before, he wouldn't have to be so tired every time.

Li Xuan decided that when he went to steal the eldest prince, he would wear the knots that Princess Ankang had made for him.

Li Xuan could put on and take off this knot by himself, but it was easier to let Princess Ankang do the knotting part. Otherwise, it would take a lot of effort for Li Xuan to put it on himself.

After all, at this time, the flexibility of cat claws is not as good as that of human fingers.

Li Xuan first asked Princess Ankang to help him take off the knot, then said hello to her and went out.

After all, he couldn't go to Qingshu Palace to "take" chess pieces in broad daylight.

This matter had to wait until the evening.

Princess Ankang was also very sensible. She didn't urge Li Xuan, but smiled and watched him go out.

"This girl looks honest, but she is actually up to no good."

Li Xuan smiled and shook his head, planning to go to Qingshu Palace to check out the situation.

We must first find out where the chessboard is, so that we can start at night.

Li Xuan first went to the Imperial Garden and confirmed with Mao Ba and the others that nothing had happened recently, and then he went to Qingshu Palace by himself.

Caiyun Palace is far away from the main activity area of ​​Mao Ba and the others, and there are always flowery eunuchs coming and going. Li Xuan still tries his best not to let Mao Ba and the others move there.

Last time, Mao Ba and the Cow encountered those small dogs nearby, so it is better to be careful.

Li Xuan came all the way to Caiyun Palace, but before he reached Qingshu Palace, he met Zhao Feng halfway.

Zhao Feng was leading a group of flowery eunuchs, and he didn't know where he was going.

When Li Xuan saw Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng also keenly noticed his gaze and looked over directly.

Zhao Feng's originally expressionless face bloomed with a smile the moment he saw Li Xuan.

Zhao Feng waved to Li Xuan from a distance.

Li Xuan knew that he couldn't outrun the old man, and he was too lazy to bother with him, so he walked over obediently.

Seeing Li Xuan approaching, Zhao Feng also squatted down, stretched out his fingers and rubbed his head, and asked: "Ah Xuan, where are you going?"

Li Xuan used the same trick again, turned his head to bite again, and naturally Zhao Feng easily dodged it again.

"Still so naughty."

Zhao Feng shook his head helplessly.

"Meow. (You don't understand what I said.)"

Li Xuan replied impatiently.

Zhao Feng also heard Li Xuan's impatience, and then said: "Okay, as long as you don't go to Qingshu Palace, I can't control you."

"Uh..."

Li Xuan looked at his feet with a guilty conscience and didn't say anything.

If he didn't know how to whistle now, he would have whistled twice to ease the awkward atmosphere at this time.

"Alas."

Zhao Feng sighed, then pinched the skin on the back of Li Xuan's neck and hugged him into his arms.

"Oh no, I'm controlled by this old man again!"

Li Xuan was once again oppressed by the invisible energy and could not escape from Zhao Feng's arms.

"At least don't make trouble while I'm in Caiyun Palace."

"Meow, meow, meow, woo! (Old man, I'm not here for revenge, I'm just here to take things, you misunderstood!)"

Li Xuan tried hard to defend himself, but it was just as he said before.

He meowed, and Zhao Feng didn't understand at all!

"Meow—— (Let me go——)"

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