As I have said many times before, I was not beaten much by my father when I was a child, but there was a powerful teacher in my family who started beating me when I was sixty and continued until I was seventy.
On average, I get beaten four times a day, two of which are for schoolwork, one for my study attitude, and the third one for music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In fact, you want me to catch crickets, hide and seek, jump squares, whip old cows, smash donkeys, etc. I am proficient in everything. If I were to do anything else, I would be blind.
Once, after my father heard me play a piece of "Yun Ying Fu", he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Playing the piano to a cow is actually nothing. The worst thing is a cow playing the piano to you."
Later, my father discussed with my husband to cancel my piano lessons and focus on chess.
My father’s explanation is that playing chess can be used to pass the time and communicate with others in a disguised form. The so-called disguised communication means playing chess with others and building relationships with others. It is better than being alone and bored in the house. No one plays.
But I overheard the conversations in the house, and they said that the reason why my father wanted me to learn to play chess was because he was afraid that if I got married in the future, if I was ignored by my husband, I would find someone to play chess with to relieve my boredom.
Of course, this is another thing for another time. Unfortunately, I am not talented enough. I used to play three times a day, but since I got an additional chess subject, I played four times a day.
My father saw how pitiful I was, so he had no choice but to withdraw from this subject.
To this day, I can only compete with children under the age of eleven. If I meet a talented child, I probably won't be able to compete with him.
But now my opponent turns out to be the cunning King of Yama. Doesn’t this cost my life?
Just when I was thinking about whether to tell the King of Yan that I was not feeling well and stay the next day, a good-looking father-in-law came in with his umbrella, kowtowed to me and said: "See King Xia, our King has been waiting for a long time. Please also ask King Xia to move."
Thinking about playing chess later, my head is getting big.
"Go back and tell your king, I will be here soon." I waved the eunuch away.
Seeing that I was full of sorrow, Liang Tao said: "Your Majesty, are you worried about the Queen's affairs?"
Duotong said: "Your Majesty, please relax. The Queen and the Queen are auspicious and will never make any mistakes. The King has forgotten that Yan Xiaoqing and the Queen ate Bodhi seeds together. Now that Yan Xiaoqing is fine, the Queen will definitely not have any trouble."
They comforted me word by word, which was really reassuring, but they didn't know that what really bothered me was not this matter, but my next game of chess with the King of Yama.
I know that I am a bad chess player. If I am exposed, won't it make Xia Yan's situation even more difficult?
I covered my forehead and sighed. Although these two people are Xia Yan's confidants, there are some things that I still can't confess to them. What should I do?
He suddenly raised his head and said: "Liang Tao, go and call the Queen."
Liang Tao was stunned: "Call the Queen?"
I nodded firmly: "Yes, call her here. I have something to tell her."
These two people must have known that the woman following Xia Yan was a fake queen. They looked at me suspiciously and then retreated.
After a while, Liang Tao hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, your Majesty...she is taking a bath."
Bathing? I actually took a bath on a heavy rainy day. I rolled my eyes and said, "I'll go and see for myself. Just wait. You're not allowed to go in without me."