Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Qiaoqiao glanced at Lin Chuqi and awkwardly stretched out her hand. Lin Chuqi coughed twice and also stretched out his hand. The two hands separated as soon as they touched.

All right, Bai Zhi thought, this can be considered a handshake and peace.

"Chuqi, have you ever been to a carriage shop?" Bai Zhi asked.

Lin Chuqi nodded: "I have been in."

"That's good. Take Qiaoqiao with you to hire a carriage." Bai Zhi pushed the two of them forward a few steps. "Qiaoqiao, you still remember where Laicai Tower is, right? Yuanyang Tower is less than a mile south of Laicai Tower. After you hire the carriage, take Chuqi with you. I'll wait for you there."

The two looked at each other, Qiaoqiao turned her head and walked forward, and Lin Chuqi followed silently behind. Bai Zhi coughed twice towards the sky and whispered, "Follow them."

Shake hands and make peace, help each other, this is the trick that the dean used when Bai Zhi quarreled with others when she was a child. At that time, she sneered and thought that the dean was meddling in other people's affairs. She didn't expect that when it was her turn to meddle in other people's affairs, she could only dig out this old trick from the bottom of the box.

These old tricks have been passed down from generation to generation and they are really damn timeless.

The seventh prince's palace was built in the deep mountains and dense forests in the northern suburbs outside the capital. There was not even a single guard around it. It seemed easy to attack but difficult to defend, and full of loopholes. In fact, the area within a radius of five miles was full of confusing traps. Whenever a hunter walked into the circle, the trap would be triggered, and he would be inexplicably asked to leave in the end.

Not to mention people, even birds can't get in.

The people who set up the city defense mechanism were now walking towards the palace gate unhindered.

"Your Highness, the Seventh Prince has been waiting for you in the back garden for a long time." A servant who looked like a book boy was waiting at the palace gate. He greeted the visitor politely and said, "Your Highness, please follow me."

Chu Yunchuan nodded and walked into the palace.

The courtyard in the palace is quiet, elegant and not too ostentatious, but upon closer inspection, you will find ingenious craftsmanship hidden everywhere, making it seem as if it were created naturally in this deep forest. It can be seen that the owner of the palace is well aware of the principle of "the great image is invisible" and "the great skill is ingenious yet simple".

The servant led Chu Yunchuan to the entrance of the back garden and bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, please come in."

Chu Yunchuan nodded, and walked through the flowery path as if he was walking home. The Seventh Prince was sitting on a rattan chair beside the koi pond, with a chess game of black and white in front of him. He waved his hand: "Brother Chuan, you came at the right time. See how I can solve this deadlock?"

On the chessboard, the black pieces and the white pieces were already in a state of siege. Chu Yunchuan sat down opposite the Seventh Prince and said, "Brother, when the left hand plays against the right hand, how can there be a dead end?"

"Two hands may not be of one mind." The Seventh Prince pushed the black chess jar in front of Chu Yunchuan, "Brother Chuan, it's time for the black chess piece to make a move."

"Didn't my royal brother ask me to help Baizi out of this dilemma?"

"How the white piece breaks the situation depends on the black piece's decision." The Seventh Prince poured a cup of tea for Chu Yunchuan. The tea leaves swirled in the cup and stopped at the middle of the cup. He raised his eyelashes and looked at Chu Yunchuan, and said in a long and intriguing tone, "Should we trap the white piece to death, or - leave a glimmer of hope for its survival."

Chu Yunchuan stared at the chessboard intently, thinking hard, and after a moment he said, "Brother, the white piece has no chance of survival."

"Oh? How do you say it?"

"If I play black, I will definitely win by trapping the white pieces. But this is not a good idea." Chu Yunchuan directly scattered the chessboard, picked up the black and white pieces, took back the chess pot, and pushed the black pot in front of the Seventh Prince. "Brother, the last game was too bloody. How about I play another game with you?"

The Seventh Prince laughed: "Good!"

Chu Yunchuan: "Brother, please."

The two men played chess in silence. After half the game, the black chess pieces seemed to be at a disadvantage, but in fact they had temporarily won more than ten pieces and were entangled with the white chess pieces like a snake.

"Brother Chuan." The Seventh Prince said, "The chess field is like a battlefield. Brother Chuan is so gentle, are you trying to make me?"

"Your Majesty, you're overthinking it. I'm not good at chess." Chu Yunchuan rubbed the white piece back and forth, frowning slightly, seeming to be quite distressed. "I'm not as good at chess as your Majesty, so I don't ask for a complete victory. It's enough for me to just keep my little piece of land." He placed the piece with his hand down, and just as he said, he only saved one little piece of land on the huge chessboard.

"Then I will let Chuan brother have one son." The Seventh Prince made a move to make a useless son. Chu Yunchuan smiled and said, "Thank you, my brother. This way I can live another three points."

"Until this game is over, if Brother Chuan only defends three-tenths of the territory, then I will let you have three-tenths of the territory."

Chu Yunchuan bowed and said, "Thank you, my dear brother."

After the game, the black pieces won a big victory, and the white pieces only held a small piece of territory in the southwest corner of the chessboard. The Seventh Prince beckoned the servant boy and told him to take the chess pieces away. Then he smiled at Chu Yunchuan and said, "I have carefully read the letter you sent to me three days ago. The cold winter month is a good time for surprise attacks. It's a pity for those generals who died. I always cherish talents. If they had turned back earlier and left the prince to join my army, why would such a loyal and good man end up like this?"

Chu Yunchuan: "When my brother takes control of the country, we can recruit all the loyal people in the world."

The Seventh Prince nodded: "Thank you for your kind words, Brother Chuan. I will go to the palace to visit my mother in a while, so I will not keep Brother Chuan with me."

Chu Yunchuan bowed and said, "I will take my leave."

After Chu Yunchuan left the palace, the servant came to clean up the tea residue on the table, moved the Seventh Prince's rattan chair a few times to make it a bed, and began to massage the top of his head: "Your Highness, have you solved your worries?"

The Seventh Prince completely relaxed, closed his eyes and replied softly, "It's solved then."

"It seems that His Highness is still worried."

"The secret art of the Lou family can be used as a reclining rattan chair, or for secret talks between me and my subordinates. The prince's group has so many eyes that they can't even detect the slightest clue. The queen is afraid that I will snatch the crown prince's position, so she has placed so many spies around me that they can't be killed. They are watching my every word and action. Even meeting my mother requires her permission. Chu Yunchuan can even let me leave the capital without alerting the spies. Isn't this kind of magic that can allow people to fly to the sky and hide underground exactly what I need?"

"This is like adding wings to a tiger. What else is there to worry about, Your Highness?"

"He showed his loyalty to me today, but I don't believe it. What will happen to me if I can't win the throne?" The Seventh Prince murmured, "I need him... but I am also afraid of him."

Fu Yao was wearing a bamboo hat and fishing alone in the cold river snow deep in the mountains. Chu Yunchuan walked over on the thin snow, sat next to him, and said with a smile: "The water is frozen, what are you fishing for?"

"When you were on the mountain, an old fisherman came and told me that if I chiseled the ice and cast a big net, I could catch a lot of fish even in winter. A few times of fishing would be enough for a good year. Unfortunately, the ice was too thick. I spent a lot of time chiseling only a shallow hole. I could only put a big bait and hope that the fish would see me and break the ice by themselves."