Xiao Ce glanced at the chessboard and then at Qin Zhao, only to see her looking at him eagerly.
"That's all, let's have lunch first." Xiao Ce opened his lips calmly.
As soon as he opened his mouth, the dishes were immediately passed around.
This was Xiao Ce's first time dining at Jinyang Palace. He glanced at the dishes and found that they were all his favorite dishes.
He tried the chopsticks and found that the taste was even more delicious than what the imperial chef had cooked. He felt like a new world had opened up and he ate with gusto.
Zhang Jixiang hasn't seen Xiao Ce eating so happily for many days. Now that he sees Xiao Ce eating happily, he is also happy.
"Who cooked this meal? It tastes good." Xiao Ce gave a rare compliment.
"It's my concubine's personal attendant Baoyu who is replying to the emperor." It was Qin Zhao who replied.
"There is a reward." Xiao Ce was happy and started to reward again.
This time Qin Zhao was secretly happy for Baoyu.
Baoyu is rewarded, and she also has face, right?
After this lunch, Xiao Ce had enough to eat and drink, and was in a good mood. Then he took Qin Zhao to continue the unfinished round.
People say that when you are full and warm, you will be full of lust. Qin Zhao felt sleepy as soon as she finished eating. This is because she has been in the habit of taking a nap for many years, and her biological clock is reminding her that it is time to take a nap.
She just sat across from Xiao Ce and couldn't help but yawned.
When Xiao Ce saw this scene, he raised his lips with a half-smile and said, "Concentrate, my dear concubine."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Zhao sat upright and managed to cheer up.
She just hoped that this round would come to an end soon so that she could take a nap.
Zhang Jixiang was busy pouring tea and water, and looked at the development of the chess game from time to time.
It can only be said that both of them are masters. The chess game is in a stalemate. Two quarters of an hour has passed and the winner has not yet been determined.
This should be what is called meeting an opponent in chess, right?
It is rare for the emperor to meet a master like the imperial concubine in the harem who can also make the emperor relax.
For Qin Zhao, the longer the delay, the more difficult it became. Although she was trying not to yawn, she was actually terribly sleepy, her concentration gradually became less concentrated, and her defense was no longer as airtight as before.
Naturally, Xiao Ce would not miss such a good opportunity. As soon as he saw Qin Zhao's flaw, he made a decisive move to seal the victory.
This game, which had been stalemate for an hour and a half, finally came to an end.
Qin Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could take a nap.
She was busy singing praises to Xiao Ce: "The emperor's chess skills are so superb, I am convinced that I lost."
"One more round." Xiao Ce's next words made Qin Zhao's raised lips suddenly fall down.
She just wants to take a nap, not play chess. What's the point of playing chess? How can her bed be as comfortable?
"But Little Atom has to take a nap. Why don't you wait until I finish coaxing Little Atom and then play chess with the Emperor?" Qin Zhao said cautiously: "Or the Emperor should go to other palaces first?"
"This is an imperial edict, how dare you disobey it?!" Xiao Ce acted like an emperor.
Qin Zhao's face dropped, but what could she do? Who calls him the king of Da Qi?
"What about the little atom?" Qin Zhao still wanted to make a death struggle.
"Baozhu, go and coax A Yuan to sleep." Xiao Ce said impatiently.
Qin Zhao knew that the situation was over. She no longer wanted to play chess with him, so she could only risk her life to accompany the gentleman.
"Your Majesty, how about this? If I am lucky enough to win this game, I will not win today. If your Majesty wins another game, I will accompany you until the end of the world! You have to have a lucky draw to be motivated. Your Majesty thinks
What?" Qin Zhao said calmly.
If she can take a nap if she wins, then she will definitely find a way to win this game.
Xiao Ce took a deep look at Qin Zhao and said, "Yes!"
When Qin Zhao heard this, he felt like he had been given a shot of chicken blood, and he immediately became energetic.
She quickly laid out the chess pieces and said, "I will go first in this game."
Xiao Ce had no objection, he thought this was not a big deal.
He just didn't believe that Qin Zhao could beat him because of the lottery.
But before the game had just begun, Qin Zhao suddenly changed his previous gentle chess style and took the lead in launching a fierce attack, seemingly not afraid of showing any flaws.
Xiao Ce didn't know what Qin Zhao was up to, but this woman's reaction was not quite right. There might be a trap in it.
So much so that when he saw Qin Zhao shrinking, he didn't attack immediately.
And this played into Qin Zhao's plan.
From what she knew about Xiao Ce, he was very suspicious, whether he was a person or a person, and I believe it would be the same in a chess game.
She just bet that when she took the initiative, Xiao Ce would not dare to attack easily, and if she found a gap in Xiao Ce's defense during this period, she would be able to seal the victory.
After Qin Zhao's series of attacks, Xiao Ce found it really difficult to defend. He had never known a woman to play such a fierce and courageous chess style.
Not to mention women, even men's chess style is not as fierce as Qin Zhao's.
It was after Xiao Ce hesitated to make a move that Qin Zhao saw the defensive gap left by Xiao Ce. She made a decisive move to block Xiao Ce's retreat.
When Xiao Ce found that his chess path was blocked, it took him a while to recover: "I lost."
He didn't lose this battle unjustly, but it was a bit ugly, because in less than two quarters of an hour, he was killed by Qin Zhao and had no room for a backhand.
Qin Zhao was secretly happy because she could only use this method to make Xiao Ce lose face and prevent Xiao Ce from saying anything wrong about her.
But she didn't show it on her face, and said humbly: "I am the concubine who has won the luck."
Xiao Ce saw the corners of Qin Zhao's raised lips and thought of how Qin Zhao secretly yawned from time to time in the last game, and suddenly had a new idea.
"My concubine is very good at chess, and I admire her very much. My concubine is also good at the piano, and I like it very much. Let's do this, my concubine will play me another song." Xiao Ce opened his lips indifferently.
He finally figured it out. Qin Zhao suddenly changed his chess style and defeated him so quickly. He just wanted to get rid of him and take a nap.
This woman was full of tricks, but he didn't notice it and fell into her trap.
"No, Your Majesty didn't say that if I win, then..." Qin Zhao stopped.
She remembered that what Xiao Ce had played was that she could stop playing chess if she won, so Xiao Ce asked her to play another song.
She wished she could beat herself to death because she was teased by Xiao Ce again.
"My beloved, why don't you continue talking?" Xiao Ce raised his lips with a half-smile.
Qin Zhao forced a smile: "It is my honor to be able to play a piece for the emperor."
Her nap today was most likely in vain, but it didn't matter, Xiao Ce, a busy man, didn't have time to walk around the harem all the time.
Xiao Ce could only torment her today, she had nothing to fear.
She sat back in front of the guzheng. After playing one piece of music, Xiao Ce asked for another piece, but she had never heard it before: "I don't know the music that the emperor mentioned."
If she was willing to learn how to hold someone's feet temporarily, Xiao Ce might not have the patience to wait for her to learn it.
This chapter has been completed!