[Strategy of Yanxi Palace] Another year of spring

After the Guerjia family came back from the palace, the mansion returned to tranquility, with a peaceful appearance.

Shi Chun closed the book expressionlessly: "Ruyi, is there really no movement in Madam's yard?"

Ruyi can only say it again: "No, I have been paying attention to Madam these days according to your words. Madam has not gone out recently, and has not sent any letters. However, many mansions have sent invitations to visit, but Madam has also rejected them."

With a "snap", Shi Chun threw the book on the table not far away.

"Miss, my lord and madam hope that you can enter the palace to be a concubine. The emperor is young, handsome and diligent, and the palace is rich and noble. Why do you not want to enter the palace so much?"

Ruyi asked helplessly.

"If I have never tasted hope, then it would be the same for me whether I enter the palace or not. It is a pity that Mrs. Fucha gave me hope, and I cannot accept this result."

Shi Chun raised his chin, his face serious.

As she spoke, she stood up from her chair and walked around the room anxiously.

After walking a few steps, she calmed down, sat back down again, and calmed down.

"Forget it. The Fucha family is indeed the best choice, but it's not the only one. If it doesn't work out, forget it."

She took a sip of the cold tea, and raised her hand to stop Jin Xiu who wanted to change the pot of hot tea for her.

"I have foreseen this kind of outcome," she said thoughtfully: "But it's okay, little Gege is full of the moon, I acted like a baby and asked Er Niang to take me to the Prince's Mansion of Ciping County. Gong, everything is not so urgent."

Thoughts turned a thousand times, but in reality it was only a moment, Nalan Shichun already had a plan in his mind, and smiled again.

She picked up a scattered jade chess piece on the table, examined it carefully with her fingertips, and thought to herself:

"Er Niang, Er Niang, my daughter is not filial, I'm afraid she will disappoint you and Ama this time."

Over there, Changchun Palace.

"Sister, are you looking for me?"

Blowing in the cold wind, the man strode into the hall, in the warmth and richness of this room, like an unsheathed blade glowing coldly.

"Fu Heng, come quickly."

Empress Fucha heard the voice, raised her head with a smile and waved to him.

Fucha Fu Heng hesitated slightly, but finally walked over obediently, took off the flower feathers and put them aside.

"Sister, do you have something to tell me?"

"Sit down." The queen emphasized her voice, and Fu Hengcai lifted his robe and sat opposite her.

"Let's take a look. These are some noble girls whom the concubine Chun will help you pay attention to. They have good family background, appearance, talent and education. See if you like any of them."

Fu Heng frowned: "I thought the empress had something important to do. If there is nothing else, Fu Heng will be on duty first."

He was about to stand up.

"sit down!"

Fu Heng paused and sat back.

"What's the value? You shouldn't be on duty if you can come to see me at this time. It's rare for you to come to see me once. Did you just leave?"

"Anyway, you just treat it as listening to my sister chatting here. You don't have to make a sound, just sit by the side."

The queen lightly left a word, and began to flip through the picture scroll in front of her.

Fu Heng held his temper and heard her praise that this one had a good family background, that one had a dignified appearance, this one was knowledgeable, and that one was proficient in riding and shooting.

He sat on the side with his eyes downcast, and acted like a vivid wooden stake in response to Empress Fucha's words.

After a long time, Empress Fucha asked, "What do you think of Qi Jia's Yumin?"

Fu Heng glanced at the picture scroll in response to her words, but he turned his eyes away without even seeing what that Qi Jia girl looked like: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not very polite."

Empress Fucha said: "Only our siblings are here. If it weren't for you who would pretend to be stupid, I wouldn't do it."

She continued to ask the question just now: "How is it? Miss Qi Jia is 17 this year. If you agree, I will let Er Niang go to propose, so as not to miss out because of the draft."

Fu Heng didn't know what the word "Zai" meant in her mouth, and he didn't bother to find out: "Sister, please don't worry, Fu Heng is currently focusing on errands. My sister thanked the pure concubine for my kindness." , but next time, I hope that the pure concubine will stop wasting time on these things, and if others find out, I'm afraid they will be called 'meddling their own business'."

"Your mouth is really unforgiving and very poisonous." The queen said: "Concubine Chun is close to me. You are my younger brother, so naturally she cares about you as a younger brother. If you don't thank others, Still saying these things here."

Fu Heng was silent.

"Er Niang is right, you are indeed very stubborn, and no one can persuade you to change your mind," the queen said, "I wanted to find you someone who couldn't be better, but I didn't think about it. If you want to participate in the draft, you are still pushing and resisting, but fortunately, the second girl Nalan was not delayed."

Some doubts appeared in Fu Heng's eyes.

"That's all, since you are using your errand as an excuse, then you should take this errand seriously. The emperor's promotion of you as a first-class bodyguard so quickly is a compliment to you. You must do your best and don't let the emperor down." love."

"Yes." Fu Heng bowed his head and saluted: "Sister is fine, so Fu Heng resigned first. It's not good to stay in the inner palace for a long time. Brother always thinks about you."

"Go ahead and have a sip of hot tea first. The Forbidden City in April is still a little cold. When you are on duty at night, remember to add two more clothes."

Fu Heng drank all the hot tea and quit Changchun Palace.

He walked out, but was stopped by another call.

"Fucha bodyguard!"

Fu Heng turned his head and saw Er Qing lift the curtain and chase out with a cloth towel in her hand.

"Miss Erqing?"

he asked suspiciously.

"Guard Fucha, your sleeves are dirty."

After hearing this, Fu Heng raised his arms and looked down.

"It's okay, it should be rubbing against the stone lion at Qianqing Gate, I'll just shoot it off when I turn around."

Erqing said: "The slave took the cloth towel, wipe it off for the guard."

"No, I'll do it myself."

Fu Heng took the cloth towel from her hand and wiped off the white ash on the clothes.

"Thank you." He handed the cloth back: "My lady, I hope you can untie it more."

"Naturally. Don't worry, guard Fucha, I understand." Erqing said hurriedly.

Fu Heng nodded, turned and left.

Behind him, Er Qing clenched the cloth towel in her hand, staring at his back in a daze.

"Fu Heng! Come on, come on."

Hai Lancha saw Fu Heng walking in and looking around from a distance, and shouted.

Seeing him, Fu Heng squeezed through the crowd and walked over there.

"Why did you come to the chess club today so well?"

Fu Heng asked curiously.

Hai Lancha stretched his neck and looked downstairs, and answered his question casually: "Isn't this chess club famous? I heard that a famous chess player started to challenge the best players in the major chess clubs in the capital last year. Defeated, today he competed with the most powerful chess doctor in this chess club, and wanted to win the No. 1 chess in Beijing. Not so many people have been there."

Indeed not, Fu Heng thought to himself.

It's not because he guessed like Hai Lancha, it's just that he is a frequent visitor to this "play chess club".Before entering the palace for business, he was sometimes secretly entrusted by the emperor to do some spying in Beijing, and thus often set foot in some horse farms, teahouses and chess clubs. Although "Playful Chess Club" is not as famous as the three big chess clubs in central Beijing, fortunately, there are often interesting chess games to study, and the quality of the chess records collected is also good. He pays attention to it, so he comes here often.

Now the emperor does not assign him those secret jobs, and he is already very busy on duty for a month, so he has reduced the frequency of coming here, so he will come to sit here during the monthly rest, hiding at home and forcing him to get married My mother-in-law, come to find peace.

Fu Heng knew that the level of chess doctors here was indeed first-class in Beijing, but he had never seen that famous chess player who entered Beijing last year play chess. The edge came closer.

Thanks to Hai Lancha who came early and was flexible and strong, he was able to occupy a good seat in this increasingly crowded place.

"Miss, is there something wrong with you coming out of the private room? There are so many people here, fish and dragons mixed together, if Madam knows that you are crowded here, she will scold the servants to death when she goes back."

Shi Chun only looked down, the chessboard was ready, the two masters were officially seated, and the noisy crowd gradually quieted down.

She put one finger up to her lips to signal Ruyi to be quiet, but her eyes were only on the emptied hall on the first floor.

Ruyi and Jinxiu looked at each other, and they both grimaced.

Originally, the girl was just reading the novel chess records newly transcribed by this chess club in the private room. When she heard the noise outside, she sent a servant out to inquire about it. When she heard that she had caught up with the battle of masters, she immediately turned pale. Excitedly came out of the private room.Even if all the chairs near the railing on the second floor have been taken up, Shi Shiran stood with the people who came to see the excitement, so scared that Ruyi and Jinxiu rushed to her side to separate her from the people around her .

"It's started." Shi Chun muttered to himself.

Ruyi and Jinxiu saw that she was staring at her insanely, and they strengthened their vigilance to observe the surroundings, and secretly winked at the servants brought out, telling them to disperse nearby, ready to protect the girl at any time.

However, the bad things they had imagined did not happen. The people who rushed here today were not chess lovers, but just to watch the fun. For a while, everyone's eyes were attracted by the thrilling chess games that came and went. Have time to make trouble?

This chess game was played from noon to dusk, and it turned out that the mysterious chess player who came to the capital actually kept his undefeated record. After this battle, all eighteen chess clubs in the capital were overthrown by him. To be famous.

Shi Chun thumped his sore leg, only to realize that he had stood motionless for so long.

The evening sun climbed up the wooden stairs, and the crowd dispersed, discussing in twos and threes and starting to go downstairs.

Those who were not in a hurry to leave returned to the private room, or found a casual seat outside, and excitedly called the chess boys from the chess club to set out the game of chess just now and study it aftertaste.

Shi Chun was a little dazed looking at the gathering and parting of this group of people.

The years are too quiet and the sun is just right.

"Go in and pack up, I want to go back."

Yes, go home, there are Ama, Erniang and younger sister waiting for her at home.

Time is so fast, in the blink of an eye, those days that are discussed, whether excited or worried about it, will always come.

Tomorrow, when the draft starts, she will be sent to Shenwumen by her father and cousin, where she will start a dangerous adventure.

While waiting for the servant to come back, she looked up at the chess club.

This is her favorite place to come. In the whole capital, except for her home, she has spent too much time here.

I don't know if she can come here again after this general election.

She stood beside the pillar at the stairway, half covering herself with the shadow.

Seeing Jin Xiu come back, she stepped out and said softly, "Go back to Nalan Mansion."

She stared at the chess record that Jinxiu held in her hand, which she just borrowed from here today.

I don't know whether to return this book next time, whether the mansion will send someone to deliver it or she will return it in person.

The sound of "Nalan House" followed the breeze and entered the ears of those who were walking down the stairs.

Fu Heng walked past the wooden pillars of the chess club, and walked down the steps with Hai Lancha.

The girl's voice was blown by the breeze, and in the aftertaste of the wind, the scent of bluegrass was unique and fresh, with a little bit of familiarity.

He glanced back casually.

A side face gilded with gold in the setting sun, three points melancholy and seven points absent minded.

It turned out that it was the girl from Nalan Mansion.

Fu Heng turned around.

Before, he was thinking that it would be deeply offensive and rude to add such an absurd title as "the most beautiful woman in Manchuria" to a teenage girl.

So now, he insists on what he thinks is inappropriate, but admits that there will be no second person who can bear this arrogant-sounding title.

Many years later, when he was lying on his back on the land of Jinchuan, this picture appeared before his eyes for some unknown reason. His face was gradually buried by sand, but his heart beat faster and faster, supporting him to get up. Step by step, towards the direction of the Forbidden City.

Just as he didn't know, some things went around and around, and looking back, it was a bit funny to say.

There is no ocean in the world.

He didn't understand until later.

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