Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 1985

The identity of Changping Jun was a secret that even the emperor did not know.

Emperor Zhaowu originally thought that after winning, he would slowly reveal the answer to Shi Anxia.

He wanted to see her open her always calm eyes wide in surprise, and hear her rare sigh when she lost her composure.

He had even prepared a speech in his mind, "It's not shameful to lose to Lord Changping." He had to pretend to be nonchalant when saying this, but he couldn't completely hide the pride on the corners of his mouth.

He fully expected to hear words of admiration from her lips that he had never heard before.

Which woman in the world doesn’t admire a strong man?

Therefore, he longed to see the dazzling light in the woman's eyes, just like every time she looked at her husband, her phoenix eyes would suddenly light up and shine like sparks.

Whenever she mentioned her husband, her eyes and brows were filled with pride and joy, and she looked so high-spirited and proud.

He wanted to be that unrivaled hero in her eyes.

It was unknown when Emperor Zhaowu began to compete with his son-in-law secretly. But when they compared them carefully, he was not better in terms of civil and military strategy, state governance and national security.

No, he originally thought that there was at least one thing he could do to beat the prince consort. That was Changping Jun's chess skills, which was his only source of pride.

In the past, he played chess with the prince consort, and he won while the prince consort lost.

He had never questioned the authenticity of that victory until just now - the woman casually revealed the cruel truth, "He let you win. His chess skills are better than mine."

Every move she made was like a poisoned dagger, piercing the heart and strangling the throat.

He, the Lord of Changping, who was famous in the northern wing, was defeated by her chess skills.

What horrified him the most was that, with his decades of experience in chess, he could clearly see that she could end the game at any time.

But she was just like a snow leopard playing with its prey, giving him just the right amount of life each time, and then delivering a fatal blow when he was about to catch his breath.

What an arrogant and cruel gesture.

Teasing from a high position, and lingchi with ease! Once upon a time, these were the methods he used on others!

He never imagined that one day this sharp blade would turn around and point directly at his own throat.

He was defeated completely! He was defeated without any dignity.

In fact, the defeat was already apparent, but he was in the game without realizing it.

From the moment Shi Anxia stepped into the capital, the war had already begun to rage.

Before summoning An Xia, Emperor Zhaowu had already laid out a hidden chess game.

First, he left her outside the palace for three whole days on the pretext that she was busy with state affairs; then he secretly instructed his confidants to spread the rumor that "Princess Haiyan's favor with the emperor has declined."

Each move was timed perfectly, and each one was aimed at suppressing her arrogance.

Emperor Zhaowu originally wanted to dampen his arrogance first, and then decide the winner through a game of chess, so that he could eventually tame this fierce horse and bring it into the harem.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, there was another stir in the streets, and there was a rumor that "Princess Haiyan will marry the prince of Liang State".

Emperor Zhaowu was also smart, how could he not know that this must be Shi Anxia's trick to turn the tables? But even though he knew it was a trick, he still couldn't suppress the anger that was surging in his chest.

In a rage, he finally issued an imperial decree to summon her.

But she was the first to propose joining the game and betting on the outcome of the game.

It seemed to be exactly what he wanted, but he didn't know that he had already stepped into the trap she had carefully woven.

It turned out that Shi Anxia was a master of games, and the game was under her control from beginning to end.

Her way of holding a child was a hundred times more skillful than what Lord Changping had imagined.