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

When Qiao Shinian came out with the bulging cloth bag, Wen Jiu had not come back yet. She stood aside awkwardly and looked at Mu Qingchen, then immediately lowered her head and carried the cloth bag into the bedroom and put it away.

Yue Yu prepared some fruit tea for Qiao Shinian and stood aside obediently.

"Yue Yu, go and get Wen Jiu back quickly. The atmosphere is so awkward. I can't stand it." After waiting for more than ten minutes, Qiao Shinian felt that the air seemed to be frozen. She pulled Yue Yu aside and whispered.

Yue Yu pulled Qiao Shinian and whispered in her ear when Qiao Shinian bent down, "When His Royal Highness the Virtuous Prince came over, I sent someone to look for him. He should be back soon, don't worry, young lady."

"It seems that Wen Jiu won't be back for a while." Mu Qingchen has been here for almost an hour. He turned around and saw Qiao Shinian with his eyes wide open, seemingly distracted.

"Miss Qiao, come and play chess with me for a while."

"Your Highness, I can't do it." Qiao Shinian came back to her senses immediately and walked to Mu Qingchen, looking embarrassed. "I am dull and can't learn to play chess. Your Highness, why don't you wait a little longer? I will go find my Highness now."

She had had enough. Whenever Mu Qingchen came, Wen Jiu was there and she only had to stand behind him as a background. When she went to the Imperial Concubine's Palace, she only taught and never spent time alone with the Imperial Concubine.

Mu Qingchen smiled slightly, "I heard from Qiu that you can play Gobang, why don't you teach me, so I can have something to do to pass the time."

"If Your Highness wants to kill time, why don't I go get two books?" Qiao Shinian gritted his teeth and tried to change the idea.

"No, I will play Go with you."

"Yes." Qiao Shinian took a deep breath and asked Yue Yu to bring the chessboard over.

It seems that this wise king also has a bad temper! He gets angry after just a few words and even uses me.

"Oh, the rules are very simple!" Mu Qingchen said with a smile after listening to Qiao Shinian's explanation of how to play Gobang.

Seeing Qiao Shinian's reluctant look, he suddenly found her a little pleasing to the eye.

When Qiao Shinian's desire to win was aroused, she no longer cared about Mu Qingchen's identity and stared at him unwillingly.

Why!

How could he beat her with the moves she had practiced for years just by playing one game?

Why! This world is not fair at all! She doesn't want to play Gobang anymore!

On the computer, she was directly competing against a master!

Seeing Qiao Shinian glaring with anger, Mu Qingchen restrained his tough tactics and began to quietly give in, dragging a two-minute game to a five-minute one.

This change not only did not make Qiao Shinian happy, but instead made her feel that Mu Qingchen was pitying her for losing too quickly!

Although this is indeed the case, she feels increasingly frustrated!

By the time Wen Jiu came back, her resentment had reached a point where it was almost visible to the naked eye.

Mu Qingchen just bullied her because she was not good at chess. Wen Jiu might not be able to beat him at Go, but he was very strong at Gobang.

"Your Highness, you come back at a good time!" As soon as he saw Wen Jiu coming in, Qiao Shinian immediately put down the chess piece and stood up, staring at Wen Jiu with a look that said 'I'm being bullied, come on'.

Wen Jiu glanced casually at the chessboard and said with a smile, "Your Highness the King also likes to play Gobang. Why don't we play a game?"

"Okay." Mu Qingchen naturally saw Qiao Shinian's little action and smiled indifferently.

Just when the chessboard was about to be filled with chess pieces, the white piece placed by Wen Jiu defeated the black pieces that were besieging him.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Shinian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he won!

Wen Jiu looked up at Qiao Shinian, and when he saw that her expression had calmed down, he spoke to Mu Qingchen: "Your Highness, so why did you wait for me for so long?"

"I invite you to go for a walk outside the city with me." Mu Qingchen only said the purpose of his visit. Jianwen Jiu looked at him without saying anything, and frowned slightly: "Don't you want to go out for a walk with me?"

"It doesn't matter. It's the same everywhere. I'm just curious why His Royal Highness the Wise King invited me to go out with you. There must be many people in this capital who want to go out with you!"

Mu Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He kept a warm smile and spoke in the same gentle tone as before: "Being with you makes me feel relaxed. I think what Miss Qiao said makes sense. Going out to relax is a good idea, but Wenshan is getting married and can't travel with me, so I think you are worthy of my invitation as travel companions."

Wen Jiu wanted to say something else, but when he looked up at Qiao Shinian, he saw that her eyes were full of expectation.

"Okay, then thank you for the invitation, Your Highness."

"Let's go. It's getting late. It will probably be dark by the time we get there." Mu Qingchen stood up and walked out.

The sun was blocked by a large passing white cloud. Birds perched on leafy branches chirped once or twice. The incessant chirping of cicadas added some fun to the trip.

Sitting on the horse's back again, Qiao Shinian still held Wen Jiu with trepidation, his whole body stiff, afraid that he would fall if he moved too much.

This trip is not like the previous ones where we rode slowly on horseback, this time it is about speed and passion.

Qiao Shinian didn’t know when Wen Jiu learned to ride a horse, but from the long time they had spent together, she knew it wouldn’t have been too long.

She is so scared!

Not safe at all!

So dangerous, no seat belts!

If you fall down, you will be disabled if not dead.

She didn't even dare to turn her head to look at Haruyuki and Yueyu who were following behind her. She prayed all the way to reach her destination safely.

As if he could see Qiao Shinian's nervousness and fear, Mu Qingchen, who had been leading the way, slowed down to look at Qiao Shinian. He saw her hugging Wen Jiu, bending over, with her head resting on Wen Jiu's back and her eyes barely open.

This posture made the two people on horseback look a little strange, so strange that he couldn't help laughing out loud.

After running across the official road and walking through the tree-lined path, Mu Qingchen slowed down a little. Wen Jiu also slowed down as Mu Qingchen did and followed him to look at the white smoke rising from a dozen houses not far away.

"Is this a village? Or is it..."

"This is the village. The officials' manors are on the other side." Mu Qingchen looked at the village not far away and said, "We'll stay here tonight."

Qiao Shinian slowly sat up and looked into the distance. There was a river surrounding the village, and the rice in the fields seemed to be growing very well, at least it looked like a bumper harvest.

As they walked up the main road leading to the village, the younger children playing outside would look at them curiously and warily, while the older children would protect the people around them and watch them very vigilantly.

Qiao Shinian finally moved in the familiar rhythm and turned to see if Chunxue and the others were keeping up. Then she saw the two guards brought by Mu Qingchen. She felt that good-looking people are always surrounded by good-looking guards.

At least he looks energetic and you can tell at first glance that he is not someone you can easily mess with.

"Are you not afraid anymore?" Seeing Qiao Shinian looking around curiously, Mu Qingchen couldn't help but teasing him.

Qiao Shinian immediately sat up straight, trying not to look around: "Your Highness, I'm not afraid anymore."

Waiting for the answer, Mu Qingchen blurted out, "Outside, you don't have to be as restrained as you are in the palace. You can be bolder like before."

"I'm sorry for offending Your Highness before. Please forgive me and don't take it to heart." Qiao Shinian obviously didn't give Mu Qingchen this face.

Wen Jiu's lips curled up slightly, he was in a good mood, his sister was the closest to him.