Princess Linyang is elegant and elegant in her gorgeous clothes. Even the loose clothes can't hide her graceful figure. Her beautiful face has a slight smile and a tear mole in the corner of her eye, which makes her look extraordinarily beautiful.
She was sitting on one side of the chessboard, and opposite her sat a handsome young man in a python robe, who was none other than the current crown prince, Zhao Gou.
These two are biological brothers and sisters, born from the same mother, and have had a deep relationship since childhood.
Therefore, in this extremely important matter, Zhao Gou did not hesitate to involve Lin Yang, and Lin Yang also chose to join the game.
Lin Yang twisted the white pieces in her hands, her beautiful eyes always focused on the chessboard. She made crisp moves, like a brave dragon slayer, slowly intercepting and killing the black dragon under Zhao Gou.
The two of them were chatting frequently, and their crisp voices frequently echoed in the East Palace Hall. Occasionally, their conversations could be heard, but they were all insignificant and commonplace.
It can be seen that sweat gradually appeared on Zhao Gou's fair forehead, and his eyebrows were furrowed, as if he had encountered some difficulty.
But this did not affect his move, but gradually, his brows relaxed, as if he was relieved of something, and he sighed softly.
"Admit defeat." Zhao Gou simply surrendered.
Lin Yang covered his mouth and chuckled.
"Brother Emperor, why do you always give up in the middle of a game? How can we know the outcome before we see the final chapter?"
Zhao Gou shook his head helplessly.
"It's so uncomfortable to play chess with you. At first, you always played mediocrely, and even deliberately showed weakness to provoke me to kill all the way. But in the middle game, you would reverse the trend, chase me, and fight for my brother's chess strength.
It’s not good, I think I can’t break through your chess position.”
Zhao Goudao was also free and easy, openly admitting the gap between the two.
It can be seen that the relationship between the two brothers and sisters is indeed quite good.
Since ancient times, the royal family has been at war with each other, but it's usually a dragon's son versus a dragon's son. The relationship between most of the royal brothers and sisters is not too bad, especially those born from the same mother.
Linyang Shishiran leaned forward, picked up the white pieces one by one with his slender hands and put them back into the chess box.
At this time, her position was a little closer to Zhao Gou than before.
She lowered her voice.
"I wonder how the emperor's arrangements are going?"
Hearing this, Zhao Gou's face suddenly became serious. He did not move, looking around with the corner of his eye, and listened again, confirming without a doubt, and lowered his voice.
"Wang Ming, the guard general of Dongcheng, has confirmed his defection. By then, all the 40,000 guards and imperial troops under his command will be at my disposal. The ceremony of declaring the gods will be based on the sound of your cannon, and we will definitely launch an attack."
Lin Yang silently picked up the chess pieces, looking nothing strange.
After a while, she asked softly.
"This is a serious matter, brother Huang, you need to be cautious."
Zhao Gou smiled and said, "Don't worry, sister, my brother has asked him to make a covenant and control his family in his hands. I don't expect him to dare to use tricks. Besides..."
"Who can refuse to become the minister of Conglong?" Zhao Gou's mouth curved.
Lin Yang also smiled. At this time, she had already put away the white pieces, and then quickly put away the black pieces. After doing this, she stood up, bowed and left.
After she left, the maids and eunuchs who originally belonged to the East Palace returned to the main hall one after another to get busy.
They have long been accustomed to the prince and princess meeting and talking since they were young, and they never like to be disturbed by the presence of servants.
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It has already fallen into the night in Bianliang City. In the past, the city was more prosperous at night than during the day. The streets were not only filled with people coming and going, but there was also a scene of the lights coming on.
But it's different now.
A while ago, legends of Yin soldiers attacking the city spread widely in the city, which scared many people away from going out at night for fear of encountering ghosts.
As time passed, there were no more rumors of hauntings in the city, and when people gradually stabilized, another oiran killer ran out, and the murder method was extremely cruel. This time, the ordinary people were really frightened.
The alleys of fireworks and willows were completely deserted, and no matter how prostituted the dignitaries were, they did not dare to enter the brothels for fear of being implicated.
There are three large brothels on Chunfeng Street. On weekdays, there is an endless stream of clients, but now they are also gloomy and gloomy.
Xie Changyuan was sitting here tonight. He moved a bench and sat on the highest eaves of Xianggui Tower. He held a sword in his right hand and the empty sleeve of his left arm swayed in the wind. He held a large golden sword in his hand, which looked very majestic.
After returning from Beicheng, Xie Changyuan asked Mother Wang to come forward and invite all the women from the big and small brothels in the city to come here and place them in Xianggui Tower, Hehuan Tower and Cuiyang Tower respectively.
Sitting at the commanding heights of Xianggui Tower, he could monitor three brothels at the same time. If anything happened at any one of them, he would be there as soon as possible.
The ancients said that it is cold at high places, but it actually makes sense. The eaves here are more than ten feet above the ground, and you can almost see the houses within a few miles. The cold east wind blows, although it cannot shake Xie Changyuan's figure, but
It gave him a chill.
He was never afraid of the cold. When he defeated the Jin army, he went shirtless and led five hundred cavalry to attack for hundreds of miles. He crisscrossed the northern battlefield in the harsh winter and beheaded the Jin prince.
But things are different today. He has already cultivated the Buddhist indestructible golden body. At first, he cast himself with fine iron and used medicinal herbs to absorb Geng metal energy into his body. He is like a big melting pot and needs surging energy and blood to drive the Geng metal energy flow.
Only by turning your whole body around can you maintain your current appearance.
If his blood became cold, he would completely turn into an iron statue, so the cold weather had a great impact on him. Even without Bai Yu recommending Tianbao City to him, he was destined not to stay in the north for long.
The sound of stepping on tiles could be heard in his ears. Xie Changyuan turned his head and saw that they were actually several large teapots he had used during the day.
With smiles on their faces and baskets in their hands, they climbed up the eaves very hard and carefully. After a lot of effort, they came to Xie Changyuan's side and nodded and bowed to him.
"What are you doing here?" Xie Changyuan said displeased.
The leader noticed Xie Changyuan's mood, but did not leave. Instead, he chuckled.
"Little Liu San, I have met Mr. Xie!"
After speaking, he asked several other people to pass the basket over. When he opened it, there were several plates of cooked beef, fried peanuts and sake.
"Young men know that Mr. Xie has worked hard and are afraid that you will catch the cold on the roof, so we specially sent you some wine and meat to honor Mr. Xie!"
Liu San smiled apologetically, put the beef on the side of Xie Changyuan's bench, and was about to pour the wine after he stood firm.
Unexpectedly, a strong gust of wind came out at this time, and with a roar, several people on the roof were blown away. They immediately squatted down and grabbed the eaves.
Liu Sanke was unlucky. He still had a wine bottle and a cup in his hand, so he didn't grab the eaves immediately, and he lost his balance and slipped down.
With a scream like a slaughtered pig, accompanied by the crackling sound of tiles breaking, Liu San's figure slid down the eaves. This was a ten-foot-high roof. If an ordinary person fell down, he would definitely die or be disabled.
At this moment, a big hand picked up Liu San and led him smoothly back to the eaves.
Xie Changyuan sat down, and Liu San beside him still looked frightened. When he came to his senses, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Xie Changyuan.
"Thank you grandpa for saving your life!"
Liu San kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic. The people who had just seen Xie Changyuan's skills were even more impressed and kowtowed together.
Xie Changyuan glanced at them indifferently, and did not touch the beef they brought, but said in a bad mood.
"No reward for no merit, you guys said you brought something to honor me, maybe you have something to ask for, right?"
Hearing this, Liu San waved his hands repeatedly.
"Grandpa misunderstood. You guys definitely don't have such thoughts. Even though we are all doing dirty work, we admire heroes from the bottom of our hearts. Grandpa, we all know that you killed the Western barbarian lackey in the ring, and we feel sorry for him in our hearts.
I admire you a thousand times, but you don’t have much, so I can only prepare some beef in the kitchen to honor you. I hope grandpa doesn’t look down on you..."
Liu San was sweating and carefully explained to Xie Changyuan.
Behind him, a man with a bruise on his face was still obedient.
"No, if you had said that you were Xie Changyuan from the beginning, even if I were blind, I wouldn't dare to block your way..."
Obviously, this is the big teapot that Xie Changyuan slapped in the face as soon as he entered the door.
Xie Changyuan smiled helplessly, and seeing that they were also sincere, he stopped showing off.
He grabbed a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it. Seeing this, several big teapots also chuckled. Apparently in their eyes, Xie Changyuan had accepted their "filial piety".
After swallowing a mouthful of meat, Xie Changyuan felt that it tasted pretty good. He immediately nodded and gave instructions to several big teapots.
"When this matter is over, you all should quit your jobs and find something serious to do. Don't do this kind of business of giving birth to a son without an asshole."