Xia Shang sat and glanced at Miss Nami secretly. He didn't know why, but when there was no one else around, he felt a sense of intimacy in his heart when he looked at this woman.
"Miss Nami, why are you calling me here at this time?"
Nami smiled and looked at Xia Shang for a long time, and then pointed to the chessboard in front of her: "Mr. Xia, I heard that you just lost to Matsumoto. You must be extremely skilled in chess. How about having a game with the little girl? The little girl also wants to
Feel for yourself the true strength of Mr. Xia."
Xia Shang frowned: "Miss Nami, didn't we already have a game at the Kyoto Teahouse before? You should be very aware of Xia's strength."
Nami's expression was a little strange. She was silent for a while and then said in a panic: "Then... I wasn't serious at all at that time. Naturally, I didn't understand Mr. Xia's chess skills, so now... now I want to seriously compete with Mr. Xia.
"
After saying that, he hurriedly made a gesture of invitation.
Xia Shang glanced at Nami, then turned to the chess pieces, picked up one and placed it on the chessboard.
Nami opposite is very serious, and it seems that she is really as she said, and she will take it more seriously this time.
However, after only a dozen moves in the chess game, Xia Shang stopped moving.
Nami was a little surprised by the sudden pause and raised her head curiously.
Xia Shang narrowed his eyes and suddenly boldly grabbed Nami's little hand on the side of the chessboard.
Such an action scared the maid next to her so much that her eyes almost popped out and she almost screamed.
Nami was also so frightened that her face turned red and she wanted to take her hand out.
"Stop pretending! Jizi." Xia Shang said calmly with sharp eyes, and at the same time, his hands became harder.
Upon hearing this, the other party suddenly stopped struggling, and the blush on his face gradually faded away, leaving only a slightly alluring color.
"Princess!" the maid next to her screamed.
Jizi turned around and made a silent gesture towards her.
Although the maidservant had lost her voice, her eyes were still bulging, with a look of bewilderment on her face.
Jizi ignored the maid and glanced back at Xia Shang, with a touching hint of resentment: "You just recognized it?"
Xia Shang let go with some reluctance and looked at Jizi again: "Why are you
Is it Nami’s outfit? What’s the relationship between Nami and you?”
"Actually, it doesn't matter..."
"It doesn't matter? But why do you look so similar?"
Jizi frowned: "I don't know, maybe everything is fate, right?"
Xia Shang also frowned and looked back at the lively atmosphere over there: "So, the person who appears in people's field of vision on your behalf now should be Nami? That Nami is just to act as your stand-in and help you in the scene.
Do you appear in people's sight at such a moment to prevent the real Japanese princess from being threatened?"
Yoshiko also looked over there and nodded: "But this is not my wish, everything is my father's arrangement."
"It seems that your father really cares for you. For your safety, he even found a substitute for you in advance. If that's the case, why do you appear here alone? Isn't there anyone worried about your safety?
"
"Of course I'm worried. That's why I sneaked out alone to get some air..." Jizi said with a sad look on his face, "I know all about it, because I encountered danger in Dahua last time, and now everyone is worried about me.
I'm very nervous about security, and this time I followed him all the way to Dahua, and there was no time to relax. However, I prefer freedom, and this life in a cage is driving me crazy."
Jizi spoke very quickly, and the Japanese accent was much less pronounced, making her sound much more comfortable.
Seeing Jizi talking to him incessantly, Xia Shang also felt very cordial.
However, Xia Shang didn't know how to feel when he thought about Jizi's mission to Dahua.
Jizi didn't know whether she could see Xia Shang's thoughts at this moment, but he kept talking: "Xia, I finally have a chance to go out for a walk, please take me out to see the scenery of Dahua Kyoto."
"Ah!"
?You also have to consider your own safety."
"It was precisely because I considered my own safety that I found you immediately. Being by your side is naturally the safest. After all, you have protected me for a long time, otherwise I would have died countless times.
"
Jizi was talking and thinking
The mood returned to the past, and a hint of sweetness and warmth appeared on his face.
Xia Shang frowned, feeling that this decision was a bit willful.
Ji Zi stood up, grabbed Xia Shang's arm, and said coquettishly: "Come on, we haven't seen each other for so long. Do you want to meet in a place with so many people? I have a lot to say to you..."
"However, I am still the representative of Dahua. If I suddenly disappear at this time..."
"The chess game will continue for at least two games. As long as we estimate the time and come back, no one will find out."
Xia Shang's heart felt a little loose, and he had to admit that he still longed to enjoy the taste of seeing each other again after a long absence.
After thinking for a while, Xia Shang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."
…
Outside the Qinhe Pavilion is a desolate official road. Apart from some snowy scenery, there is nothing worth admiring.
Xia Shang took Jizi back to Donglin Xiaoju, and returned to the house where Xia Shang lived for three days.
After closing the door and turning on the gas brazier, the small room immediately felt warm.
In this confined space, people's defenses will always relax a lot. After entering the room, Jizi seemed to be more enthusiastic. He grabbed Xia Shang's hand and did not hesitate to see the friendship in his eyes, which was full of affection and flashing with mist.
.If there wasn't a follower that he couldn't get rid of, he would probably have jumped into Xia Shang's arms right now and pushed Xia Shang down.
"Xia, I came back to Dahua not for marriage, but just to see you again. I knew you were in the capital of Dahua, so I originally planned to find an opportunity to exchange identities with Nami after arriving in the capital, and then secretly find you.
Unexpectedly, I heard the news that you were also participating in the cultural gathering today, so I have been trying to find an opportunity to sneak out."
"Forehead……"
Xia Shang did not expect such a situation and did not know how to react for a while.
"Princess...Princess..." The maid behind her blushed and pulled Jizi to move her closer to Xia Shang, "It's inappropriate for you to be like this...You are the princess of Japan and you are going to marry the Prince of Dahua.
person, but now you are with another man...this..."
"Don't worry about me!" Yoshiko was a little impatient and shook off the maid, but tears started to fall down her face. "For the sake of the country and my father, I agreed to this marriage, but don't I even have the right to secretly talk to the person I like?