After the marriage, my husband's family listened to my voice and turned the tide

Shang Tingli had no idea what they were thinking.

As the ladies talked, time passed by bit by bit. It was almost noon, and the He family served a banquet, and everyone was invited to eat.

After eating and drinking, everyone left one after another.

Because it was Old Master He's 60th birthday, the He family held a three-day banquet. Even though some guests had left, new guests would come.

Long after Shang Tingli left the study, Old Tutor He called He Man and Madam He and told them that Shang Tingli and Madam He looked exactly like each other when they were young. He Man was surprised and sent trusted people to Cangjiang and Nanwu to find out the truth.

However, we still have to wait for some time for the result. After all, Shangjing and Nanwu are quite far apart. Not to mention the time it takes to verify, the round trip also takes time.

The next morning, Shang Tingli entered the He family's main door again. She was shocked when she saw the faces in the room.

Why does it look like a trial by three judges?

Actually, it is not accurate to say that the whole room was filled with faces, because the He family had only one population, and the old master He had only one wife, Madam He, who gave birth to the eldest master and He Man. And He Man also had only one wife, Madam He, who gave birth to only two siblings, He Zhiheng and He Zhiheng. So there were only a few people present.

Just by looking at the tears in the eyes of several elders, Shang Tingli knew that they probably still believed that her father was the eldest master of their family. She was somewhat helpless and could only choose to ignore their sentimentality.

Shang Tingli said, "I am here today to keep an appointment. I promised to visit Master He and play a game of Xiangqi with you. I thought, let's do it today."

"Okay." Old Master He responded happily and said to the person behind him, "Put it up."

He Man asked, "Princess, can I watch from the sidelines?"

Shang Tingli: “Okay.”

After the servants brought up the chessboard and chess pieces, Shang Tingli and Old Tutor He began to play chess in front of the crowd.

Shang Tingli did not choose the usual "general" and "soldier", but chose "general" and "pawn", and let Master He go first.

Old Master He did not bother to be polite with her and made the first move. The positions on the chessboard were symmetrical. In addition to one general and five soldiers, the remaining chariots, horses, elephants, soldiers and cannons were all two, also symmetrically distributed. He used the horse to move the day, and the horse on the right was the one he moved.

Shang Tingli first moved the second "pawn" from the right. The soldiers all moved one step at a time, and she took a step forward.

After a few moves, Old Master He raised his eyes to Shang Tingli and laughed, "Little girl, this move is quite wild."

Shang Tingli smiled slightly: "You see through me."

Old Master He nodded seriously and said "hmm": "If you don't see through it, the next step will be to be checked." As he said that, he moved the "elephant" on his right hand.

Shang Tingli said: "Oh, that's a pity."

Old Master He laughed: "The only advantage of me is my age, otherwise I would have really lost to you." After saying that, he continued to comment, "You are greedy, if you didn't want to take down my handsomeness in one fell swoop, you could have taken away one of my rooks with this move."

"The younger generation will be taught."

Shang Tingli accepted it with an open mind.

She was indeed greedy. She aimed her left-hand "cannon" at the "general" of He Lao Taifu, and wanted to use her right-hand "cannon" to take down his "elephant". If she was not greedy, her right-hand "cannon" would eat up He Lao Taifu's "elephant" and thus become the general. In order to protect his "general", He Lao Taifu would definitely move his "soldier" so that she could eat up his "chariot".

Unfortunately, the old man is still the most experienced. Old Master He saw through her purpose and had already moved an "elephant" in advance. If she still insisted on taking the "elephant" she could get, exchanging "cannon" for "elephant", she would be at a loss.

"The Crown Princess's elephant play has some shadow of Yunfan, but not entirely." Seeing this, Heman said from the side.

Shang Tingli continued: "I learned it from my father, so it's inevitable that he will be similar. But after so many years, he has his own personality."

He Zhixing did not hesitate to praise: "Sister Tingli is really capable. If it were me, I would only be able to go this far."

Shang Tingli couldn't help laughing and said, "Sister He, you are exaggerating. We were in the rain for a long time that day."

He Zhiqi blinked, turned around and asked Old Master He and He Man: "Grandfather, Dad, do you think a quarter of an hour is long?"

This remark caused laughter in the room.

How can the winner of an elephant game be decided in just a quarter of an hour? If so, one of the players must be unfamiliar with the game.

In the end, Shang Tingli only lasted two quarters of an hour at the hands of Old Master He before he was defeated.

He Man was very satisfied with the game and wanted to play a game with Shang Tingli. Shang Tingli agreed, but He Lao Taifu did not agree because he was not satisfied yet. After another game was over, He Lao Taifu moved his seat and let He Man play.

At noon, Shang Tingli asked to leave, but was asked to stay for lunch. She didn't want to stay any longer, but somehow, seeing everyone's expectant eyes, she nodded and stayed.

When they left, He Zhiying saw them out, and Shang Tingli did not let the elders see them off.

After they got down the steps at the door, Shang Tingli called out, "Sister He."

He Zhiying smiled and replied, "What's wrong? The word '鹤' is redundant. I may have to change it in the future."

Shang Tingli smiled helplessly and said, "What if it's really a coincidence? I remember that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also went to Nanwu in July. He probably didn't gain anything at that time?"

He Zhiqiang chuckled.

"He had other things on his mind at the time. Looking for someone was just an excuse."