A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

“Wood” Yingchun, “sensitive” Tanchun, “pretty” Ping’er, “brave” Qingwen, “intelligent” Zijuan, “simple” Xiangyun, “gold” Yuanyang, “silly” Xiangling…

In the original novel, Yuanyang was not moved at all when faced with the forced marriage by Jia She, the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion. She cut her hair with scissors to show her determination, and would rather become a nun than be Jia She's concubine. In addition, her original surname was Jin, and she had a golden character, so she could indeed be called a "golden" Yuanyang.

Compared to Yuanyang's cleverness and Tanchun's agility and courage, Yingchun is a little dull after all. She is the type of person who doesn't even cry out in pain when pricked by a needle.

When they were in Rongguo Mansion, Lu Cheng helped Yingchun drive away the evil servants, and he took care of her in daily life. Yingchun had already developed a good impression of him, but she was not good at expressing it in words. Every time the sisters gathered together, she would always sit aside, looking at Lu Cheng from time to time, or occasionally saying a few words, and she would feel happy in her heart.

"It's cold and windy outside, and Sister Yingchun is weak, so she shouldn't be exposed to too much wind. I've always heard that she's good at chess, so why don't we go back and play a game of chess?"

Yingchun's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Since Brother Cheng is interested, Yingchun will naturally accompany you."

After entering the house and setting up the chessboard, Yingchun seemed like a completely different person. Her eyes were fixed on the chessboard in front of her, and she was fully focused on the game on the chessboard.

Speaking of the four arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, Lu Cheng can be called the saint of music, calligraphy and painting, but he did not spend too much time studying chess.

But with more than a thousand years of life experience, he has reached a sufficient level even if he uses it for occasional entertainment.

Yingchun was originally quite confident in her chess skills. After all, she had a natural talent in this area. In addition, she spent all her free time studying this art. When she played chess with others, she usually won more than she lost and rarely met an opponent.

Now facing Lu Cheng, Yingchun felt a little tired. She paid more and more attention to the changes on the chessboard and made moves slower and slower.

Lu Cheng also gradually saw Yingchun's chess skills, so he deliberately held back when making his move. He gave Yingchun three points and fought hard with her on the chessboard.

The game of chess lasted for a long time, and finally, under Lu Cheng's intentional guidance and control, he narrowly defeated Yingchun.

"Sister Yingchun's chess skills are indeed extraordinary. This is the first time I have played a game of chess with someone for such a long time. If it weren't for luck, I might have lost to my sister. If we play another game, the outcome is still unknown."

Yingchun raised her head and looked at Lu Cheng expectantly: "Brother Cheng, can you play another round with me?"

"I have nothing to do right now, so let's play another round."

The second game started quickly. The two players made their moves much faster, but it was still a close match until the end, when Yingchun finally won by a narrow margin. With a look of joy on her face, she looked up at Lu Cheng with her watery almond eyes.

"Let's play again. However, no matter whether you win or lose this round, you can't play again."

"Hmm~"

The pace of the third game was faster, and in the end Lu Cheng won again with a slight advantage.

No matter what competitive game it is, the evenly matched battles between masters always make people feel like they have met their worthy opponents.

And losing in such a game is even more memorable and lasts a long time. Afterwards, people will replay the game over and over again in their minds, always feeling that if they had made a wrong move, perhaps the result would have been different.

Yingchun was like this at the moment. She completely forgot about everything else around her and stared blankly at the chessboard. When she finally looked up at Lu Cheng, there was a little more expectation in her eyes.

"Playing chess is very exhausting, so you should go to bed early. If you have free time later, come and play chess with me."

"How about tomorrow?"

"Not sure yet."

"Hmm~" Yingchun was a little disappointed.

"I try to make time."

"Okay~" Yingchun immediately showed joy.

After Lu Cheng left, Xiu Jue was a little anxious: "Girl, why were you so focused on playing chess just now? You should have spent more time talking to Uncle Cheng."

"I was just playing chess, so it's not convenient to talk."

"My girl, you also have to think about the future."

"In the future...if I can play chess with Brother Cheng often in the future, then..." At this point, Yingchun suddenly remembered the sound she heard coming from next door at night recently, and her heart immediately became uneasy.

However, at night, the charming and seductive voices of Ping'er and Wang Xifeng could be heard from next door, and occasionally there was the commanding tone of Brother Cheng, such as "Turn over... Lie down... Higher..."

That night, Yingchun had another dream. She dreamed that she was playing chess with Brother Cheng. Every time she lost, she had to take off a piece of clothing, and finally fell on the bed...

When the fleet entered the Huai River, news came from the front that Jinling Prefecture and Zhenjiang Prefecture had been captured one after another. The Azure Dragon and Suzaku armies were rapidly occupying all the surrounding cities and approaching Yangzhou Prefecture. The Yangzhou prefect secretly sent people to express his willingness to surrender.

At this time, the war in the south had basically stopped, and what remained was to quickly stabilize the area, consolidate the rule, and prepare for moving north in the early spring of next year.

Since Lu Cheng and the other girls were not in a hurry to travel, they stopped along the way and sometimes went into towns along the way to buy supplies. This also made Tanchun and Yuanchun, who had fallen behind for a few days, gradually catch up, and the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.

At the same time, Lin Ruhai, who set out from Nanyang Prefecture, was almost reaching Jinling.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year was approaching. The fleet that Tanchun and the people of the Jia family were on finally caught up with the fleet that Lu Cheng was on, and the two groups successfully reunited. At this time, the fleet had also arrived near the city of Jinling.

At the same time, something unexpected happened again in the northern capital city of Kyoto. Emperor Changtai had just raided a number of houses, arrested many people, and chopped off many heads when he fell ill again.

Moreover, this time, Emperor Changtai died within less than three days of falling ill.

Later, news came from the palace that someone had presented a mysterious elixir to Emperor Changtai, which made the already terminally ill Emperor Changtai recover miraculously. After that, Emperor Changtai took one elixir every three days, his body gradually recovered, and he began to rule the country again.

However, just after Emperor Changtai took the sixth mysterious pill, his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse and he died suddenly within three days.

For a time, all the civil and military officials in the court demanded a thorough investigation of the case, believing that the emperor must have been murdered and that the so-called mysterious elixir must be a poison.

The three princes who were originally imprisoned in their respective homes to reflect on their mistakes, also walked out of their homes one after another, starting a new round of struggle for the throne.

The city of Kyoto was in chaos, and there were even several conflicts between the Five Cities Army and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, resulting in considerable casualties.

The people of Kyoto Xuanwu Hall also began to become active, secretly supporting the third prince of Emperor Changtai and fighting endlessly with his two brothers.