The princess is killing like crazy again

When Xiao Yurong stepped into the room, Liu Pinjue was sitting cross-legged on the table, playing chess by himself.

He was playing chess with his left and right hands. When he heard footsteps, he didn't even raise his eyelids.

The breeze blew his clothes and his headband became tangled with his hair. He moved his eyebrows slightly, as if he noticed that Xiao Yurong's steps were a little unsteady today.

"Cough cough..." There was a suppressed cough outside the door, and then the man seemed to take a deep breath to calm down, and then he walked in.

Liu Pinjue raised his eyes and looked over. Xiao Yurong had beautiful features, waist-length black hair, and an aura like the clouds and mist of Wushan.

But at this moment, her face was pale, her eyes seemed tired, and her breathing rhythm was different from usual.

Liu Pinjue stood up and helped her up, frowning slightly, "Are you sick?"

"No." Xiao Yurong denied.

Liu Pinjue put his hand on her wrist to check her pulse, and she changed her tone: "It's a minor illness, a common thing, don't worry about it."

"What happened?" Liu Pinjue ignored her nonsense and asked directly.

Xiao Yurong sat down by himself, "I had an argument with someone and got angry."

Liu Pinjue also sat down, "You know you are not in good health, but you are still so angry."

"Sir, it's so boring to play chess alone. Why don't I accompany you?" Xiao Yurong picked up the black pieces by himself.

Liu Pinjue did not stop her, "If that's the case, why don't you ask the imperial physician to take a look? Instead, you came to the Imperial Tutor's Mansion."

"After calling the imperial physician, sir, do you think my father and brother will still trust me to quell the rebellion?" Xiao Yurong asked.

it is more than words.

"I've been feeling unwell lately. Abei, call a doctor to take a look." Liu Pinjue shouted without changing his expression.

His attendant Abei glanced at Xiao Yurong, nodded and left.

Xiao Yurong smiled unconsciously, "Sir, are you unhappy yourself, or did you call him here to show me?"

Liu Pinjue said, "You ask even though you know the answer."

Xiao Yurong began to smile, her dark eyebrows were as charming as a distant mountain, and her green hair was thickly dyed with spring smoke.

"Why don't you make a move?" Liu Pinjue urged her.

"Oh." Xiao Yurong concentrated on the chess game.

When she was concentrating, her eyebrows were calm, and the corners of her eyes were still filled with poetry that was isolated from the world. Her face was blushing in a sickly way, her skin was whiter than snow, and her eyebrows were like ink paintings.

Liu Pinjue glanced at her, his eyes looking silently into the distance, his thin lips slightly pursed in a very shallow arc.

Xiao Yurong made his move and palace bells rang outside.

"Was it the palace bell that I hung?" Xiao Yurong blinked.

"Who else would hang a palace bell under my eaves except you?" Liu Pinjue glanced at her indifferently, "You are so noisy."

Xiao Yurong said: "The palace bells are clear and melodious, how can they be noisy? Moreover, the palace bells can ward off evil spirits, pray for good fortune, and bring good wishes."

She looked around and said critically, "On the contrary, your house is very rigid, with only these few gold and jade decorations, which is really boring."

"It would only be interesting if it were like your princess's mansion, where you can see its splendor from thousands of miles away?" Liu Pinjue said indifferently.

He paused, and added: "The Taifu Mansion is not as good as you wish, the Liu family's ancestral home in Yunzhou will be much more glorious."

Xiao Yurong had never been to Yunzhou, which was a strategically important place with convenient transportation.

It is truly amazing that the Liu family was able to defend Yunzhou for so many years.

"The Liu family has three dukes in four generations. They can choose Yunzhou as their birthplace. Yunzhou must be a place of great natural beauty." Xiao Yurong flattered casually.

Liu Pinjue frowned and said nothing. After a while, he asked, "You are going to Xuancheng despite your illness?"

"Of course." Xiao Yurong answered with extraordinary certainty, "If I miss this opportunity, how long will it take for the court officials to be willing to obey me?"

"Just this?" Liu Pinjue asked.

Xiao Yurong shook his head, "Not only that. If I win this time, then I want to open a school specifically for girls from the common people, and it will be much easier for them to serve as officials in the court."

"It's hard for you to think this way." Liu Pinjue said calmly, "It will be difficult for you to do this."

"I know." Xiao Yurong was also calm, "But I'm not afraid."

She raised her eyes and said, "Who is a man and who is a woman? I rarely face this question."

Liu Pinjue watched her talk quietly.

Xiao Yurong's eyes sparkled as he spoke these words. "Sir is a man, Shao Yan is a man, Ming Yang, Fu Xuan, my uncle, my father and my brother... are all men. They can stabilize a country with their literary talents and rule a country with their military skills. They are all extremely talented and have gathered all the great talents in the world."

"But what's the difference between me and you?" She smiled brightly.

Liu Pinjue was slightly stunned and remained silent for a long time.

Xiao Yurong's words were powerful and resounding: "What you can do, I want to do too. I can do it too. Not only do I want to do it, I want all women in the world to do it."

There is fire in her soul, like a wild flower standing alone in the wilderness, swaying before the storm comes.

The body is so bright and beautiful, and the red grass is so brilliant.

"So you came to me to ask for something?" Liu Pinjue asked.

"Yes." Xiao Yurong nodded. "The supplies from Yujing to Xuancheng have to pass through Yunzhou, so naturally we need you to help us travel smoothly. The subsequent continuous supply will also require Liu's escort to arrive safely at the front line."

Liu Pinjue raised an eyebrow, "Where did all these supplies come from?"

Xiao Yurong said frankly: "Wang Shi will pay for it, sir, don't worry, I have my own way to deal with Fu Xuan."

"Then how can you be sure that I will help you?" Liu Pinjue twisted the chess piece, which was as smooth as jade, between his fingertips.

He lowered his brows and looked at the chess board.

Xiao Yurong had never defeated him as his master, and he was not like Li Yaozhi who would let Xiao Yurong win or lose on purpose.

Losing is losing, winning is winning, there is no difference.

Recently, Xiao Yurong's chess skills have improved. He has started to make long-term plans and his style of play is cunning and unscrupulous.

Although she was immature, she was hard to guard against, and Liu Pinjue gradually began to be unable to see through her thoughts.

But even so, Xiao Yurong still couldn't defeat his cunning and scheming.

But in this game, Xiao Yurong was not sincere at all, and his mind was not at peace.

By the time I realized it and calmed down to look at the chess game, I realized that I had already made a wrong move and the whole game was ruined.

Even if he tried to turn the tide now, there was no possibility of him winning against Xiao Yurong.

"Sir, have you ever lost a game of chess?" Xiao Yurong suddenly asked this question.

Liu Pinjue was stunned for a moment, then calmly replied, "Never since I left school."

Ever since he started playing chess by himself, the most he had ever done was a draw. As for losing, that had never happened before.

Xiao Yurong smiled and said, "But I have lost before."

"When you lose a game of chess too badly and can't bear the cost, you will want to win." She tilted her head, "If you don't want to lose, the only way is to win."

She changed the subject and said, "After weighing the pros and cons, Sir, you will naturally know what is the best and most profitable thing to do. If we lose this battle, it will not be good for you, right?"

At that moment, they were in perfect sync with each other. The master and disciple understood each other very well and believed in this deeply.

The truest sincerity is ambition.

"You've learned to be smart." Liu Pinjue was not annoyed, but felt happy instead.

Xiao Yurong looked at the chessboard, watching the chess pieces as if he were watching his heart, and this game of chess began to regain its murderous intent.

Xiao Yurong thought for a moment before carefully placing his chess piece, smiling, "Besides, I am your disciple, so why would you not help me?"

Liu Pinjue snorted and laughed, "If you don't lose this game of chess, I will help you with all my strength."

"Okay." Xiao Yurong said, "Fathers and sons fight together in battle, and brothers fight together to kill tigers. I know that Master never lets you off, so don't accuse me of not remembering our friendship."

"Your wings have become stronger." Liu Pinjue raised his eyebrows.

The two of them played chess, each step carefully.

"I taught you this when I first taught you how to play Go." Liu Pinjue's eyes never left the chessboard. "Go is a game that seeks the unity of man and nature."

Xiao Yurong nodded, "Yes, I remember. The master said that the two sides of the chess game gain living space through the struggle between black and white, yin and yang, and through the existence of 'qi', they feel the changes of the way of heaven, and finally achieve harmonious coexistence and accept their destiny."

Liu Pinjue asked: "Now, do you think that the way of chess is the way you pursue?"

"Earlier, a saint attained enlightenment in Longchang. Now, sir, you want me to attain enlightenment by playing chess?" Xiao Yurong asked.

"It's impossible for you and I, as master and disciple, not to talk about state affairs and love affairs. Since we have to talk about everything, let me see how much you have grown now." Liu Pinjue made another move.

"Black and white, yin and yang, fight each other for living space." Xiao Yurong raised his eyes and looked at Liu Pinjue solemnly, "Finally, they achieved harmonious coexistence. This is symbiosis, a draw. If they can't coexist, then they can only win."

Liu Pinjue said meaningfully, "So do you want to draw first and then win, or win first and then draw?"

"It depends on who the opponent is." Xiao Yurong looked at the chess game. "If I were to play against Mr. Shang, I wouldn't have much chance of winning."

Liu Pinjue did not comment.

The two men moved their chess pieces back and forth for a long time and reached a stalemate.

If Xiao Yurong's black pieces were to lose the lead, Liu Pinjue's white pieces would only need to catch them, and Xiao Yurong would lose several pieces. She certainly could not accept this result.

But if the black pieces do not lose the initiative, Liu Pinjue's white pieces cannot lose the initiative either.

At this moment, neither of them could kill the other, but at the same time neither of them could escape from this situation.

Four kalpas cycle.

At this moment, Liu Pinjue had a slight advantage, but only a little.

He didn't dare to eliminate the disaster rashly, because he and Xiao Yurong knew each other too well, so neither of them was willing to take the risk.

"Basically there is no such thing as a draw in chess, but you can play a four-disaster cycle, haha." Liu Pinjue laughed, "You have made some progress."

Their situation is balanced, and whoever destroys the balance first will lose the game.

"If you break the calamity, you will lose." Xiao Yurong smiled, "There are only three choices now. One, a draw. Two, no winner. Three, play again."

After several rounds of chess, the game ended in a draw. Although Xiao Yurong did not win, according to Liu Pinjue's conditions, she also won.

Because as long as she doesn't lose, Liu Pinjue will help her.

Liu Pinjue clapped his hands twice, neither too light nor too heavy, "Not bad."

Xiao Yurong raised his eyes and asked with a smile, "Sir, can you help me?"

"Yes." Liu Pinjue said.

After getting Liu Pinjue's promise, Xiao Yurong returned to the princess's mansion.

She was so busy that she had no time to rest, reviewing documents non-stop.

The affairs of Fuyangwei were piling up like a mountain. Although there was water to share the burden and Yu Shu kept trying to take more charge, there was always more work to do.

I took the medicine prescribed by the doctor who saw Liu Pinjue and had to drink it when I returned to the princess's mansion. It was so bitter.

Xiao Yurong was so busy that she had a lot of things on her mind. The weather was turning cold. She was already feeling unwell, and being angered by Wang Fuxuan made her feel even worse.

She was feeling dizzy and someone came to act rudely in front of her.

"By then, you will also accompany the princess to Xuancheng. The internal affairs of the mansion and those official documents will be unattended. You must be worried, right?" Gongsun Qin held the wine pot in one hand and pinched the fresh fruits in the other.

He was hanging around in front of Xiao Yurong who was handling official documents, looking so despicable that it made people's teeth ache.

Xiao Yurong expressionlessly snatched the wine pot from Gongsun Qian's hand, threw it to Yu Shu, and said, "From today on, Gongsun Qian's regular dishes will be halved, and the wine money will only be five taels. Also, ask two Fuyang Guards to follow him and not let him go out to fool around!"

"Ah!" Gongsun Qian screamed, holding his chest and falling at Xiao Yurong's feet, "This is tantamount to taking my life, Princess, please think twice!"

"If you continue to act like that, I'm afraid you won't even have enough money for five taels of wine." Seeing that Xiao Yurong was unmoved, Yu Shu was not surprised.

He has been dealing with Gongsun Qin a lot recently, mostly because Xiao Yurong could use Gongsun Qin.

So he went to various brothels to pick up Gongsun Qin, who was drunk and didn't know what the world was.

Gongsun Qin wiped away his tears, brushed off the dust on his body and got up.

He glared at Yu Shu fiercely and cursed with gritted teeth: "Running dog!"

Not only did this not cause any harm to Yu Shu, but Yu Shu even curled the corners of his lips, as if this was the highest praise and honor.

Damn, this guy is having a good time! Gongsun Qian is unable to catch up with Mei Moji.

"I am really sad that the princess treats me like this." Gongsun Qian pretended to squeeze out two small pearls, "I clearly wanted to help the princess and recommend talents."

Xiao Yurong suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Gongsun Qian, and his eyes shook up and down like a wildfire.

Then she relaxed her brows, her expression softened, and she smiled and said, "Look at you, you are so silly. Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?"

Gongsun Qian: “…”

He pointed at Xiao Yurong and gestured, "Do you know? Master, you couldn't hide your eyes just now, just like a wild beast."

Xiao Yurong glanced at him and noticed that he had changed his address.

"What are you talking about? Don't shake people's hearts." Xiao Yurong waved his hand, "Tell me about the talent you mentioned."

"Oh, this Yu Shu is exactly my younger brother - Gongsun Zhao." Gongsun Qin was quite confident.

He began to brag about himself: "I am an excellent writer, and my brother is good at distinguishing right from wrong. We two brothers have a deep family background, and all the scholars in the world are ashamed of ourselves."

Gongsun Qian was arrogant and talented, and he did a lot of ridiculous things. He didn't dress properly, had no respect for etiquette, and loved drinking, which was also criticized by many people.

But Gongsun Zhao was unknown.

Xiao Yurong didn't care about reputation. What was important was that Gongsun Qin was recommending his own younger brother.

She immediately lost interest. "Oh, forget about opening a house for a great talent like you. Zhaoyang Mansion can't afford to support a second one."

"Stop it! My Lord, take another look!" Gongsun Ling laid on the ground again, hugged Xiao Yurong's thighs and started howling, "Buy one get one free is a good deal. We two brothers work for you, serving you like dogs and horses, and dying for you!"