Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

Wen Jiu was quite helpless. He whispered, "Sister, stop reading this."

"No, we have to learn from our experience now. You are so beautiful, if we meet you in the future, we will know what to do." As soon as Qiao Shinian finished speaking, the door of the inner hall was opened. Mu Qingchen, wearing ill-fitting clothes, looked at Qiao Shinian.

He heard every word of the conversation between the two people just now. Although there were some parts that he didn't quite understand, he understood the general meaning.

Qiao Shinian looked at Mu Qingchen. The candlelight was dim and she couldn't see clearly whether his face was red or not. But she was very interested in this man who had been drugged. It was a real man who had been drugged standing in front of her alive. What a strange thing!

Facing Qiao Shinian's scorching gaze, Mu Qingchen turned away unnaturally to look at Wen Jiu, "I wonder if the Thirteenth Prince can play chess. The Thirteenth Prince has been here for a long time, and I have never had a good chat with you."

When Qiao Shinian heard this, she lowered her head to look at Wen Jiu. She had only played Gobang with him before, and she had heard Wen Jiu say that he could play Go.

Qiao Shinian was a little worried. She met Wen Jiu's gaze and whispered, "I'll go get the chess pieces."

"The Thirteenth Prince's maidservant is a rare person of true character." After taking his seat, Mu Qingchen looked at Wen Jiu. He didn't have a deep understanding of Wen Jiu, he only knew that he was the child that King Chu Wen had just found.

In his opinion, Wen Jiu's coming to Zhou as a hostage was tantamount to abandoning one's own children.

Judging from the palace maids, eunuchs and guards who accompanied them, this was indeed the case.

Having met him several times at banquets, Wen Jiu gave him the impression of being a quiet, hungry and quiet person, but his eyes were calm and reserved.

"The chess board is here." Qiao Shinian came out holding the chess board, poured some clean water for the two of them, and then stood quietly behind Wen Jiu.

Wen Jiu and Mu Qingchen each held a piece and started to arrange the dishes.

Hearing the dispute, the black piece falls first.

Qiao Shinian didn't understand Go, he just watched quietly, as if Wen Jiu wasn't that good.

As Qiao Shinian stood behind Wen Jiu and yawned, Wen Jiu turned around and said to Qiao Shinian, "Sister, go back to your room and sleep first. There is spring snow outside the door, don't worry."

Qiao Shinian nodded and saluted to Mu Qingchen, "Then I will withdraw first."

Mu Qingchen nodded. He didn't need to look up to know that Qiao Shinian must be observing him with wide eyes. To be honest, he had seen such a look before, but Qiao Shinian's eyes were too clear, so they were different from anything he had seen before.

I don't want to do anything to him, I'm just curious.

When Qiao Shinian returned to the room and closed the door, Mu Qingchen looked at the man in front of him who was looking at the chessboard seriously, and said with gratitude, "Thank you, Thirteenth Prince, for taking me in."

"You're welcome. Thank you for teaching me how to play chess." Wen Jiu didn't even raise his head, staring at the chessboard that no longer required any moves.

He and Mu Qingchen played ten games in total, and he lost ten times.

Ever since he lost the game for the second time, Mu Qingchen has been leading him to play chess.

Each new game is a replay of the previous one.

Mu Qingchen looked at Wen Jiu's serious expression and wanted to say something. His lips moved but no sound came out.

Wen Jiu looked up and asked, "When will your people arrive?"

"We're already here." Mu Qingchen stood up with a smile, "Then I'll take my leave first, thank you."

"You're welcome. My sister spoke a little harshly just now. She asked me to express her apology to you and ask you to forgive her mistake." Wen Jiu stood up and sent Mu Qingchen away.

Mu Qingchen thought of those bright and curious eyes, and couldn't help but feel curious: "She? Why is she so bold?" Mu Qingchen couldn't find the right words to describe Qiao Shinian for a moment.

"Her previous status should be quite high, right?" Suddenly, Mu Qingchen seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Wen Jiu, "Do you need me to teach you how to play chess? As a reward for your help tonight and as compensation for occupying the pool where she cools off."

Wen Jiu was silent for only two seconds, then he smiled and said, "Okay, I will obey your command. Thank you, Your Majesty."

Mu Qingchen frowned, he couldn't go back on his words now that he had spoken, so he walked to the outer door accompanied by Wen Jiu. When he opened the door, he saw two guards standing outside with their heads lowered.

When he saw Mu Qingchen coming out, he immediately knelt down and apologized: "Your Highness, we..."

"Get up, let's go back." Mu Qingchen interrupted the two of them, turned his head to look at Wen Jiu who was standing at the door looking at him, and smiled slightly, "I'll come to see you after noon tomorrow."

"Okay." Wen Jiu nodded, turned around, closed the door and went back to sleep.

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When Qiao Shinian got up, he stretched out of habit and found that the window was not open today. So he rubbed his messy hair and walked to the window and pushed it open.

He turned his head and called out, "Yueyu, help me comb my hair."

"Ahem, sister, clothes!" Wen Jiu turned around and saw Qiao Shinian was only wearing a suspender skirt. Although he knew that Qiao Shinian was wearing summer pajamas under her skirt, but...

Mu Qingchen also looked up upon hearing the voice, and stared at Qiao Shinian with wide eyes for a second before immediately lowering his head.

What did he see!

He couldn't believe that Wen Jiu and Qiao Shinian were so extravagant in private.

"Fuck!" Qiao Shinian couldn't help but swear and immediately closed the window.

Only after Yue Yu had fixed her hair did she walk out.

She didn't know why she still felt a little ashamed. She thought it was because she had stayed in ancient times for too long.

"Ahem, Your Highness the Wise King. I was very rude just now, please forgive me." Qiao Shinian walked behind Wen Jiu and saluted to Mu Qingchen. Regardless of whether she was wrong or not, he would apologize first. This was the procedure for survival in the palace.

Mu Qingchen looked up at the dignified Qiao Shinian, sorted out his shock, and tried to make his voice as normal as possible, "It's okay, it's my fault."

He just couldn't understand, what kind of lady would sleep until noon and then open the window like that! She wasn't afraid of what the eunuchs and maids outside would say!

And what's with the short hair and clothes?

The more Mu Qingchen thought about it, the more she felt that Qiao Shinian lacked the virtues of a woman. No, it should be said that she was very strange!

Looking at Qiao Shinian's appearance, he had reason to suspect that this person might have come from a brothel?

But this conclusion was quickly overturned. People who came out of a brothel wouldn’t have such... such clear eyes. She was like a fairy who was ignorant of the world...?

He couldn't think of any country in the world where women would be allowed to behave like this. Women in the world all follow certain rules and are not as free, innocent and smart as her.

However, this agility seemed to be hidden now. From the moment she saw him, Qiao Shinian's expression changed to the same as that of the palace maids: cautious, careful, servile, fawning, ingratiating, and fearful.

The posture when he opened the window just now seemed like just his fantasy.

Qiao Shinian was ready to make eye contact with Wen Jiu, so after the two of them stared at each other and made faces for a while.

As a bystander, Mu Qingchen coughed lightly, interrupting the two people's uncoordinated behavior: "In order to thank the Thirteenth Prince for his kindness last night, I will come to teach him how to play chess every day in the future. The young lady went to bed early last night, so she may not know that it was my abruptness that frightened her."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay... I'm just surprised to see a big man like you coming here." Qiao Shinian waved his hands quickly, suddenly realized something was wrong, and immediately lowered his head with a serious look.

It is actually a little difficult to pretend in a familiar environment. Once she leaves this place, Qiao Shinian is always ready to deal with everyone, but in this courtyard, she instinctively relaxes and feels at ease.

This is also the only place in the palace this week where she can feel at ease, the only place where she can let go of everything and be herself.

But after hearing what Mu Qingchen said, Qiao Shinian's eyes suddenly lit up again. Wen Jiu had finally found a thigh!