One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

"You mean?"

"Didn't this Mr. Sun tell Feng Nian many stories? Many stories of strategists who put themselves into the game and managed to win half a move against fate."

These strategists were able to gain a decisive advantage by personally engaging in the game; I, Xu Weixiong, am not necessarily incapable of doing the same. This is our only way to bind Mr. Sun to the chariot of the Northern Liang Prince's court. Does Father have a better method?”

As Xu Weixiong spoke, she walked out the door. Xu Xiao stared at her blankly for a moment, then his expression returned to its former sinister look.

Although he had originally planned to do so, it would have been even better if Xu Weixiong had brought it up himself.

Xu Xiao has never been a kind person. He was willing to sacrifice his own daughter's marriage for the sake of Bei Liang, let alone an adopted daughter.

Using Xu Weixiong's marriage to bind Sun Yao would be a perfect deal for the Northern Liang royal family. However, how to make this deal happen requires careful planning, as Sun Yao is not someone who will be easily captured.

Xu Weixiong, who had returned to his own courtyard, began to think about how to get Sun Yao onto the war chariot of the Northern Liang King's Palace.

Xu Weixiong never minded using his own marriage to gain a rare talent for the Northern Liang royal family, provided that this person was not his father's killer, Chen Zhibao.

Although she could remain indifferent to him in Beiliang, Xu Weixiong could never forget how Chen Zhibao had dragged her father, Ye Baikui, to his death during the Battle of Xileibi.

She looked at the famous spear Bai Kui, a weapon left by her father, in her room, wiped it clean, and then carefully put it away.

After wiping the spear, she turned her head and saw the chessboard in front of her desk. Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she smiled softly. Her bright eyes flickered, as if she had thought of a plan.

"Somebody come!"

At Xu Weixiong's command, a maidservant walked in from outside her room.

"The princess!"

"Go and sort through all the things the Princess gave me during the four seasons and eight festivals, make a list, and send it to Tingchao Pavilion to give to Mr. Sun."

"Give it to Mr. Sun?"

"Yes, when you meet him, you should call him 'son-in-law,' and then you should say something like that..."

After remembering Xu Weixiong's instructions, the little girl went to tidy up the roster, and then quickly walked towards Tingchao Pavilion with the three stacks of roster in her arms.

In the Listening Tide Pavilion, Sun Yao, who was drinking and listening to Minister Nangong recite martial arts classics, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and suddenly had the feeling that he was being plotted against.

However, a sorcerer doesn't consider himself; calculating is useless anyway. In this world, he doesn't have too many enemies; at most, it's just the Dark River and the Li Yang royal family. He just needs to be careful.

He downed the glass of wine he had just picked up but hadn't finished drinking when he saw a little girl walking towards him.

"This servant, Yun Ke, greets you, young master. These are the silver and land deeds that the princess has accumulated over the years. I have already organized them and will hand them all over to you as instructed by the princess."

As Yun Ke spoke, she handed the roster that Xu Weixiong had just asked her to compile to Sun Yao.

"Son-in-law? When did I become your son-in-law?"

Sun Yao did not take the list. Instead, he asked Yun Ke where the name of this son-in-law came from.

"Don't you know, son-in-law? After my princess became famous, she stopped playing chess with her peers, except for the guidance of her seniors."

She also vowed that the man who could surpass her in chess would be her husband. The story of the game you and the princess played outside the city has already spread throughout Liangzhou City. Now the whole city knows that you are the future son-in-law.

The princess said that Wudang Mountain has little wealth, and the incense money she has received is probably not enough for the betrothal gifts. Therefore, she specifically instructed her maid to bring all the silver and land deeds she had saved over the years to give to the groom for the betrothal gifts.

The princess said that although the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion doesn't have high requirements for betrothal gifts, the mansion must maintain its dignity and cannot afford to lose face over the betrothal ceremony. Therefore, she asked the young master to accept this list and not make things difficult for her.

After Yun Ke finished speaking, she handed the invitation back to Sun Yao. At this point, Sun Yao was unsure whether to accept it or not.

Nangong Pushe also stopped reciting martial arts manuals and watched Sun Yao with an air of schadenfreude. Not long ago, she had been humiliated by Sun Yao and served as his study boy, so she was quite pleased to see him suffer.

However, when she heard Yun Ke address Sun Yao as "son-in-law," she felt a little awkward.

She didn't take these unusual things to heart, simply assuming it was because she had never heard anyone else called her son-in-law before, so it felt a bit special, and she would get used to it after a while.

But in reality, things weren't that simple. Her obedience to Sun Yao wasn't because she was being controlled by him, but because she unconsciously did as he said.

Nangong Pushe was born of a dragon, and Sun Yao carries the true dragon's fortune.

Naturally, she would gravitate closer to Sun Yao, and unconsciously listen to what he said.

"Is the Northern Liang Prince's selection of a son-in-law so hasty? If the winner is an old man in his fifties or sixties, will Xu Weixiong still marry him?"

"Of course not. The people playing chess must be of the same generation. Secondly, the people playing chess must be personally selected by the princess. The princess has been away from chess for a long time, and in the past two years you are the only person of her age who has beaten her."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Sun Yao almost spat out his drink; he had never heard of such a ridiculous thing before playing chess.

"Everyone says that bigamy is arranged by parents and matchmakers. Is Your Highness just going to let her do this nonsense?"

"The eldest princess has been married for several years now, and whenever the prince asks her about it, she always uses this excuse to avoid it. Now that you have a son-in-law who can beat the princess in chess, the prince is overjoyed."

Yes, that would make him inextricably linked to the Northern Liang Royal Palace. It would be a miracle if Xu Xiao wasn't happy about that.

However, the more Sun Yao listened to the whole story, the more something seemed off. When he connected it with the inexplicable chill he had just experienced, Sun Yao finally realized what was going on.

"That old bastard Xu Xiao! No wonder I felt a chill for no reason. It turns out it was him plotting against me! Today I'm going to ask him, what is this old bastard's intention?!"

After Sun Yao finished speaking, he disappeared from Tingchao Pavilion, leaving behind only a golden lotus flower that was slowly dissipating.

Since he achieved the Heavenly Vein Golden Body, whenever he used his Shrinking Earth Technique, whether he was leaving or arriving, a scene of golden lotuses blooming from the ground would appear.

When Sun Yao arrived at Xu Xiao's study, he happened to run into Xu Fengnian discussing this matter with his father. After all, one of the parties involved was his sister, and the other was his master.