Anya looked at Xiao Ce's back and couldn't hide her disappointment: "The emperor finally came to Jinyang Palace to visit the imperial concubine, but he never looked at Sister Cui and me."
Cui Jieyu also looked at Xiao Ce's back in a daze, and replied absently: "I have heard that the emperor's cousin has an aloof character. Sure enough, it is better to meet him than to be famous."
The Queen Mother's aunt let her live in Jinyang Palace, thinking that it was also paving the way for her. Now the emperor's cousin saw her, but the emperor's cousin did not look at her.
To be precise, the emperor's cousin did not look at anyone present...
On the other side, Qin Zhao was helping Xiao Atom take a bath. He was a little confused when he heard Xiao Ce's footsteps coming this way.
Xiao Ce didn't like her, so she deliberately avoided her, so why did Xiao Ce come to trouble her?
She quickly helped Little Atom take a bath, wrapped him up and left the clean room.
At this time, Xiao Ce had also entered.
She pretended not to know and focused on dressing Little Atom.
Xiao Ce watched from the sidelines a series of neat movements by Qin Zhao holding the baby. He felt that the little boy who was with Qin Zhao was very well-behaved and sensible. Not only did he not make troubles, but he also did not cry. No matter how he looked at it, he was very lovable.
After Qin Zhao helped Xiao Atom get dressed properly, Xiao Ce then said, "I'm here, can't you see me?"
Qin Zhao was indifferent to him. Don't ignore him too obviously. He couldn't see it even if he didn't want to.
"I'm dressing little Atom, but I can't leave him naked or cold." Qin Zhao had his own reasons.
Seeing her lukewarm attitude, Xiao Ce felt that this woman's temperament was much different from that of the woman who haunted him in his dream.
Soon he remembered something serious and said seriously: "Ji Xiang said that you are good at chess. Come over and play a game with me."
He remembered that Qin Zhao couldn't play chess, but Zhang Jixiang said that Qin Zhao was good at chess and that he came here just to find out the truth.
Qin Zhao didn't expect that Zhang Jixiang would tell Xiao Ce about this. Logically speaking, her relationship with Zhang Jixiang was not good recently, so Zhang Jixiang had no reason to lure Xiao Ce over.
But the last time Xiao Ce went to the cold palace, it seemed that it had something to do with Zhang Jixiang.
Zhang Jixiang is really the same person from time to time.
"I don't know how to play chess." Qin Zhao declined as he didn't want to deal with Xiao Ce.
She knew very well how mean and ruthless this Xiao Ce was, and he would fall out whenever he wanted to. With her current temperament, she might anger Xiao Ce at any time, and she didn't want to live in the cold palace anymore.
"Go get the chessboard." Xiao Ce glanced at the orb.
Baozhu did not dare to disobey the imperial edict, so she brought the chessboard as instructed. Seeing this, Qin Zhao had no choice but to sit down.
"Do you know that lying in front of me is the same as bullying the emperor?!" Xiao Ce suddenly glanced at Qin Zhao with his sharp eyes.
Qin Zhao's heart froze, and she thought that this was really not a master who was easy to bluff. She immediately argued: "I meant that I didn't know how to play chess before entering the palace. I was talking about the past. I just missed two words."
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It is a capital crime to deceive the emperor at every turn. The Xiao Ce in front of her has the same virtue as in her previous life, so she needs to be careful in dealing with him.
If she had to say, the Xiao Ce in this life was better. Unfortunately, when she lost control of her emotions, she called the Xiao Ce from the previous life. This is called a self-inflicted crime and no one can blame her.
During the game of chess, Qin Zhao did not dare to let her guard down, lest Xiao Ce would see that she was letting her guard down, and she would be punished for the crime of bullying the emperor.
She decided not to attack first, but to defend first and then look for opportunities to counterattack. This was her best strategy.
I don’t know if Xiao Ce was in a hurry and wanted to go back to the Yangxin Hall to rest. As soon as Xiao Ce came up, he launched a fierce offensive. She was a little uncomfortable at first and struggled to defend, but then she stabilized.
Xiao Ce is a person who has a lot of time to plan. He felt that it was too late today and he had to rush back to Yangxin Hall to rest early, so he wanted to make a quick decision.
Unexpectedly, as Zhang Jixiang said, Qin Zhao was so good at chess that his defense was so tight that he had no chance of winning with one move.
Two-quarters of an hour later, he finally believed that Zhang Jixiang's words were true. Qin Zhao's chess skills were indeed excellent, at least better than Wu Xirou's. This was beyond his expectation.
This round was a stalemate. About half an hour later, Qin Zhao caught a gap in Xiao Ce's defense. She made a decisive move and won the round neatly.
"Grant me!" Qin Zhao knew that Xiao Ce was accustomed to going to bed early and getting up early, so he said, "Your Majesty will have an early court appearance tomorrow, and it's getting late now. Your Majesty, please go back to Yangxin Hall to rest."
Zhang Jixiang listened with his eyebrows twitching slightly, feeling that it was the imperial concubine who wanted to get to know the emperor. In her place, the virtuous concubine would only want to spend more time with the emperor.
"Another round!" Xiao Ce said suddenly.
It's not that he can't afford to lose, it's that he was too aggressive in the game just now. If he had calmed down, he wouldn't have lost.
"Isn't the Emperor accustomed to sleeping at midnight..."
Qin Zhao blurted out, causing Xiao Ce's master and servant to look at her at the same time.
Qin Zhao also found that she was talking nonsense. She glanced at Zhang Jixiang and said without changing her expression: "It is a good thing that the emperor has a sense of time. This is the blessing of the people of Qi. The emperor will never change his principles because of his concubines."
"Yes, the emperor will have an early court appearance tomorrow. If the emperor wants to play chess with the imperial concubine, he can come to see the imperial concubine again tomorrow." Zhang Jixiang received the look from Qin Zhao and answered the question.
Xiao Ce was indeed a principled person. After calming down, he felt that what Zhang Jixiang said made sense.
When he got up, he still asked: "How do you know that I am resting at Haishi?"
Is it possible that Zhang Jixiang and Qin Zhao are colluding?
"Isn't this something that many people know?" Qin Zhao asked innocently.
Xiao Ce looked into Qin Zhaoqing's clear and bright eyes, not sure whether what she said was the truth.
"If I know that someone close to me is colluding with the concubines in the harem, I will not spare him!" Xiao Ce glanced at Zhang Jixiang coldly, making Zhang Jixiang tremble in fear.
When Qin Zhao saw this small detail, he felt that accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. This sentence is true.
"Your Majesty, don't look at Zhang Jixiang. He didn't tell me about this matter. Let's put it this way, Zhang Jixiang can only be loyal to the Emperor." Qin Zhao still said more.
Although she doesn't like a loser like Zhang Jixiang, there is no doubt about Zhang Jixiang's loyalty to Xiao Ce.
If Xiao Ce even doubts this, then who can he trust in this harem?
Zhang Jixiang didn't expect Qin Zhao to speak for him. He blushed and couldn't utter a word.
Xiao Ce glanced at Zhang Jixiang, then at Qin Zhao who was calm, but said nothing and left Jinyang Palace.
That night, before Xiao Ce went to bed, it was already three quarters to one hour. Xiao Ce realized that he had gone to bed late, and it was all Qin Zhao's fault.
I don't know if he thought of Qin Zhao before going to bed. He was noisy by Qin Zhao in his dream that night, and he couldn't sleep well all night.
It wasn't until he finished practicing martial arts in the training room that he finally woke up.
This chapter has been completed!