After a while, the results of the competition between the other two pairs of ladies also came out, and the winner was Jiang Yan.
When Qin Zhao learned that Jiang Yan was Jiang Da's sister, he immediately felt good about her.
Because she was the first to win and it was up to her to choose her opponent, she naturally chose Wu Xirou without hesitation.
Wu Xirou thought Qin Zhao would leave her until the end for the duel, but was quite surprised when she learned that Qin Zhao had chosen her as his opponent right away.
Soon she also wanted to understand why Qin Zhao chose to play against her at this time. Qin Zhao was determined to beat her and prevent her from entering the finals.
After Qin Zhao chose his opponent, he was about to start the competition. At this time, Zhang Jixiang handed over a cup of hot tea and said respectfully: "Liangdi has a sip of tea first and then we compete."
Qin Zhao wanted to say that she was not thirsty, but Zhang Jixiang added: "This is meditation tea, specially prepared by His Highness for Liangdi."
"Your Highness specially prepared it for me, so you must drink it." Qin Zhao said, taking the tea cup and drinking it down in one gulp.
When she finished drinking, she saw Zhang Jixiang looking at her with an aunt's smile on his face.
"Liang Di, please take your time to compete. Don't be impatient. Your Highness knows that Liang Di has superb chess skills and can win the competition." Zhang Jixiang said again at this time.
Qin Zhao secretly wondered if Xiao Ce wanted her to win so much? He was supposed to choose the crown princess. If she won in the end, how would he choose the crown princess?
She looked in the direction of Xiao Ce and saw that his eyes were looking at her tenderly, and his eyes were a little numb.
She knew that Xiao Ce loved Cai before. It was because she performed well and made him look good, so he was so happy, right?
She sat down opposite Wu Xirou, with a faint smile on her lips.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to be treating Qin Liangdi well." Wu Xirou's voice sounded.
Qin Zhao didn't answer, looking at the chessboard wondering whether she was holding the white chess piece or the black chess piece.
Seeing Qin Zhao not answering, Wu Xirou didn't think anything was wrong, and asked curiously: "There are many beauties in the East Palace, right? When His Highness the Crown Prince finds other beauties to sleep with, will Qin Liangdi be jealous and angry?"
When Qin Zhao heard this, he finally looked at Wu Xirou.
At this moment, she finally understood that Wu Xirou wanted to disrupt her mind in this way. It had to be said that Wu Xirou was very scheming.
It's a pity that this method is useless on her.
"I am holding the white chess piece, do you have any objection?" Qin Zhao said softly and opened his lips, looking at Wu Xirou like this.
Wu Xirou did not expect Qin Zhao's reaction to be so bland.
She really wanted to disturb Qin Zhao's mind so that Qin Zhao could not concentrate on playing chess. If Qin Zhao was a superb chess player, she could only take the wrong side to have a chance of winning.
But this strategy didn't work for Qin Zhao.
She knew that this game was of great importance and did not dare to be careless in the slightest. If she wanted to win this game, she naturally could not let Qin Zhao take the lead.
"Qin Liangdi is very good at chess. Shouldn't we let a female chess player hold the white chess piece?" Wu Xirou asked softly.
Qin Zhao thought to himself that no one had ever said that her chess skills were great before, but, since Wu Xirou admitted that her chess skills were not bad, she could give Wu Xirou a chance.
"Forget it, Miss Wu, let's hold the white chess piece. Who made me so good at chess? I should let you go and give you a chance." She smiled lightly, as beautiful as a mountain flower in full bloom.
Wu Xirou was now face to face with Qin Zhao at close range, and she realized that Qin Zhao was really good-looking.
Whether you take a closer look at Qin Zhao's facial features or Qin Zhao's entire face, they are all very delicate and beautiful.
God actually gave Qin Zhao such a beautiful face, even she couldn't help but be jealous.
If she had Wu Xiyu's beauty, she might be able to compete with Qin Zhao in terms of beauty.
"Let's start." Qin Zhao didn't want to waste time and urged Wu Xi Judo.
Wu Xirou calmed down and secretly wondered what kind of weakness Qin Zhao had?
Of course, it is not a good time to be distracted at this time, she needs to be fully focused.
Thinking of this, she dropped a child.
Qin Zhao didn't even think about it and just fell behind.
The two of them were going back and forth, and neither seemed to be in a hurry, but they refused to give in to each other.
When Wu Xirou saw this, she secretly thought that Qin Zhao didn't seem to be aggressive and was very patient. Compared with patience, she had no shortage of it, so she used her patience to compete with Qin Zhao. If she found another opportunity to attack, she might be able to surprise him.
Win this round.
While Wu Xirou was making wishful thinking, Qin Zhao's painting style suddenly changed, turning from defense to offense, and launched an offensive without any mental preparation for Wu Xirou.
Wu Xirou did not panic, took the challenge calmly, and took the initiative to defend.
At this time, Qin Zhao's offensive continued unabated, seemingly regardless of the consequences or the empty goal behind him, and eager to advance.
Wu Xirou was overjoyed when she saw this. She saw an opportunity to kill Qin Zhao's escape route.
Who knew that Qin Zhao not only did not retreat to defend, but continued to launch an offensive.
For a moment, the situation on the chessboard looked one-sided, and several people watching thought Qin Zhao was going to lose.
These onlookers included Xiao Ce, and the emperor was also very interested in playing chess. He couldn't help himself and came over to watch the game.
Just when the emperor and Xiao Ce secretly said it was a pity, Qin Zhao suddenly started to fight back.
The onlookers were all chess masters, and they couldn't help but cheer in unison when they saw this scene.
As a person involved, Wu Xirou was in a cold sweat.
She was eager to win just now, but when she saw Qin Zhao showing an empty door, she thought it was an opportunity to kill, but she didn't expect it to be a trap set by Qin Zhao.
Her move opened a hole in her defense, giving Qin Zhao a chance to counterattack.
At this time, her defeat was apparent.
She could no longer retreat and defend. If she didn't defend, she would have to wait for death. In the final analysis, she had no way to attack or defend.
If she had been patient and continued the defensive battle with Qin Zhao, it is still unclear whether Qin Zhao could win this round.
Even the emperor felt a little sympathetic to Wu Xirou.
It's not that Wu Xirou's chess skills are not superb enough, but that his determination is not enough. Qin Zhao won this game because he attacked the weakness of human nature. Wu Xirou's fault was the weakness of insufficient concentration, and he exposed his shortcomings at the critical moment.
Gave Qin Zhao a chance to win against her.
This round lasted only three quarters of an hour, and Qin Zhao won cleanly.
"Miss Wu, give in!" Qin Zhao made another move, winning or losing immediately.
Wu Xirou's face turned pale, and it took her a while before she smiled: "Liangdi is a superb chess player, and she is convinced that she lost."
Yes, she did not lose unfairly in this battle.
In terms of chess skills, she is not as good as Qin Zhao. In terms of determination, she is not as good as Qin Zhao. In terms of intelligence, she is still slightly inferior.
But she was lucky to meet a well-matched opponent.
"If you had appeared earlier, I would not have been your opponent. Of course, it is a fact that you have lost now." Qin Zhao rarely spoke the truth.
If Wu Xirou had appeared earlier, when she was still unconscious, she would definitely not be Wu Xirou's opponent.
It was probably Zhou who appeared in heaven and helped her at the critical moment.
