Su Yizhao thought of him as a profit-seeking person, which made him very angry.
"The little girl is full of plots and plots!"
Zong Zeming was so angry that he went back to bed. He was feeling unwell and did not want to see the emperor tomorrow.
Su Yizhao thought for a while and sent Meng Yi to follow Su Wenqing.
The next day, as soon as Su Yizhao arrived at the Hanlin Academy, a message came from the imperial study room saying that he had been summoned by the emperor.
Isn't the emperor sick? He hasn't even been to the morning court for several days, and now he summons himself?
Following the chamberlain to the royal study, Su Yizhao found that the emperor's face was indeed much paler than before, and even his eye sockets were somewhat sunken, giving him a sickly look.
Didn't you say you were infected with typhoid fever? Why do you look so ugly after resting for so many days?
Su Yizhao was surprised, and after bowing politely, he stood aside.
"I have been lying down for the past few days, and my old bones are all tender from lying down. The imperial doctor also told me not to work too hard, so I feel a little bored."
Su Yizhao heard this and said quickly: "Your Majesty, you are in the prime of life and your dragon body will be fully recovered soon."
Emma! The emperor said that he was old, how could she obey him?
The emperor laughed and snorted, "You are just like them, using these words to fool me."
"Prince Jing'an is ill today and can't play chess with me anymore. It's better for Su Aiqing to accompany me to relieve my boredom! By the way, I asked you to come over and talk to me."
The emperor always felt a sense of intimacy when looking at Su Yizhao and wanted to get closer to her.
Perhaps it was the young man's vitality that made him feel happy and made him feel much younger.
Zong Zeming is sick, but didn't he look fine last night? Su Yizhao had some doubts in his heart.
"How about we talk about it?" the emperor said with a smile.
Su Yizhao smiled sheepishly, "Father often said that I am a bad chess player. If I make you angry, you cannot blame me."
The emperor laughed heartily, "What are you talking about? I won't blame you, come here quickly."
The emperor happily ordered Xu Luo to put on the chessboard and urged Su Yizhao to sit down, "I want to see how bad your chess skills are."
As the emperor spoke, he also picked up the black piece and asked Su Yizhao to go ahead with the white piece.
Su Yizhao was not polite and tried his best to start the game.
Playing chess is like going to the battlefield. Once you start, it is no longer a child's play.
The two of them were going back and forth, but soon the emperor didn't notice and Su Yizhao got the upper hand.
"Huh? Didn't you say that you are a bad chess player? I specially asked you to do so. You are obviously very good at chess!"
The emperor felt regretful, he would not have given in if he had known it earlier.
Su Yizhao's chess skills have improved rapidly in the past two years, but he was still defeated by Su Wenqing and Li Shouzhi.
"This is your request to me! I played chess with my father and teacher, and I lost more than I won. My chess skills are indeed not superb." Su Yizhao said humbly.
"It seems that your teacher and your father are very good at chess! I am a little curious. I will definitely compete with them when I have the opportunity!"
The emperor saw that he had been eaten by Su Yizhao several times, and he immediately regretted: "I was careless for a moment, and I was deceived by you."
"Huh? This kid fell out of my hand. I didn't expect it to be here."
As the emperor spoke, he reached out to pick up the chess piece he had played before, but when his hand touched the chess piece, Su Yizhao quickly held him down.
"Your Majesty! You don't regret your moves! You can't regret your moves. It's not the behavior of a gentleman!"
Xu Luo on the side felt the sweat on his forehead. Master Su is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers!
If the emperor wants to regret his move, just step down and let him ruin it!
"That's not possible. I fell down, so it doesn't count!"
The emperor insisted on regretting the move, but Su Yizhao refused, and the two began to argue.
I didn't expect you to be such an emperor. Su Yizhao can't believe it. Why are you still a swindler?
"If you pick it up, then you lose." Su Yizhao pressed the chess pieces and said helplessly.
"Hmph! I was deceived by you just now. Let's try it again. This time I am determined to win against you."
The emperor immediately asked Xu Luo to put the chess pieces back into the flag box, muttering to himself that he would make Su Yizhao lose so hard that no one would be left alive.
"In this way, if I lose this game, then I will lose this jade pendant to you. If you lose, you can run an errand for me, how about it?"
The emperor looked confident and said cheerfully.
He took off a jade pendant depicting a carp leaping over the dragon's gate from his body and placed it on the table.
Su Yizhao was shocked, and she said how could the emperor ask her to play chess for no reason? It turned out that he was waiting for her here! It must be up to no good.
It seems that she will go all out in the next game, and no one will be willing to do that job.
However, Su Yizhao and Su Yizhao played for more than an hour in the second game. Seeing that Su Yizhao was in sight of another victory, Xu Luo stepped forward to pour a bowl of tea, his sleeves brushed against the chessboard, and several chess pieces moved instantly.
"Huh? That's not right. The chess pieces I just placed were not placed here."
When Xu Luo retreated, Su Yizhao immediately noticed something was wrong and said.
"Ah? This? My slave didn't move!" Xu Luo said with an innocent look.
"Where has it moved? It's obviously not moved!" The emperor opened his eyes and looked at it, and said immediately.
Su Yizhao was furious, were these two people plotting against him? It was obvious that he was not in this position just now.
Well, once the situation changed, the game she had set up before became a mess. If she still wanted to win, she had no choice but to make another plan.
It's a pity that the emperor had also made plans before, and Su Yizhao's situation was ruined, and he fell behind after a while.
"Haha! If I win, you lose. How about I just say you will lose? I am willing to admit defeat."
The emperor was particularly happy this time, and his face flushed with excitement.
Su Yizhao twitched the corners of his lips, convinced that he was so shameless.
"Your Majesty is very good at chess, but I am not very good at studying. I'd better wait until I practice hard before I play chess with you."
I will never play with you next time. I didn’t expect the emperor to regret his move so much.
No wonder Zong Zeming used the excuse of being ill because he didn't want to play chess with the emperor. She had learned a lot.
"You promised me that you are willing to admit defeat. Now I have an errand for you to do." The emperor said with a flash of light in his eyes.
Su Yizhao immediately stood up and saluted, "The Emperor has given orders, and no minister dares to disobey."
"Okay! I know you are very experienced in investigating cases. Now a secret report came from the border, saying that someone purchased some horses from Donglin Kingdom in the name of the government, but the number of horses counted was wrong."
This Donglin country is adjacent to the Dayun Dynasty and the vassal states. They are also mostly nomadic people and mainly produce horses.
Their horses are all fat and strong, and some of them are excellent breeds that can compete with sweat-blooded horses.
The imperial court always purchased horses from Donglin Kingdom, which were generally used as war horses and to supply nobles.
As the emperor spoke, he ordered Xu Luo to hand over a dossier, "The secret reports from the border have been compiled in it. The day before yesterday, Liang Yiheng, the censor of Zuoqiandu of the Inspectorate, made a secret report for this very purpose."