Chapter 212
The carriage of the Prince's Mansion entered through the back door of Liuquanju, but the front door was completely blocked by people, making it impossible to get in.

The first shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper personally went to the back door to welcome them in. With a glance, they saw two very beautiful little yellow doors behind Shizi. No need to guess, they knew at a glance that they were the wives and concubines of His Highness Shizi.

But the two couldn't make up their minds for a while, which one was the main room, which was the side room, or which one had a higher status.

Generally speaking, the concubine's room would walk behind the main room, but the two walked side by side.

As for the shopkeeper's guess, he thinks that the taller one may be the main room, with that majestic appearance, and the aura of the whole body, he is more sufficient than the petite one next to him.

Song Qingyue wanted to roll her eyes, she also knew that her appearance was soft, and she was half a head shorter than Ning Yueyao, she had no choice but to write down another note for Miss Ning Er in the little book in her heart.

Song Qingyue thought, how about finding a way to get a pair of high heels?But she quickly dismissed the idea.There is almost no smooth road in this era, and if you want ankles, you don't even want to think about high heels.Besides, those things are not as comfortable as the cloth shoes on my feet now.

Well, comfort is the most important thing!

But in Li Zhao's eyes, this is not the case. Song Qingyue is a bit more white than Ning Yueyao. You may not feel it when you look at it alone, but when they are side by side, the contrast is extremely tragic.Especially under the sun, Song Qingyue looked like an extremely delicate jade doll, so white and shining.

Li Zhao was dazed by the sight, stretched out his hand unconsciously, said that she was drawing closer, and led her away.

The shopkeeper's dog-legged head hunched forward and led the way backwards, wondering in his heart, could it be that this short, delicate and timid person, whom I feel pity for, is the rightful concubine of the crown prince?

It is said that this person is extremely favored, and it turns out to be true!

The storefront of Liuquanju is very large, with one hundred small tables on the first floor, there are one hundred pairs of chess games going on at the same time.

The shopkeeper led them to a private room on the second floor. There was a screened area for them in the corridor at the door. They could lie on the railing and see the chess game below. Tea and snacks had been prepared in the private room.

The shopkeeper put Song Qingyue first in the order of serving tea.

The tall man on the side stared angrily at the shopkeeper who was pouring tea, and stared at the shopkeeper with sweat on his brow, but he looked at His Royal Highness An Ran's expression and felt that he should have done nothing wrong. Pass it to Song Qingyue first.Following His Royal Highness's wishes will never go wrong.

Ning Yueyao said unhappily that she didn't have anything to eat, Song Qingyue looked through the menu with high interest, ordered a crispy roast duck, then went out of the box, and lay on the railing to watch the people below play chess.

At this time, Liuquan Juli was overcrowded, and the railings on the second, third, and fourth floors were full of people. For today, the shopkeeper specially reinforced the railings before the game to prevent too many people from crushing the railings.

It is a small matter that the railing is broken, but it is a major matter that people fall and become disabled or die.

However, although there are many people in the store, it is not noisy, and everyone's voice is extremely low.

Song Qingyue glanced at the dozens of tables on the first floor, some were placed quickly, while others were placed slowly.If you play fast, the winner will be decided without a cup of tea.

The winner returns the small red hot flowered bamboo piece with his name written on it to the counter, and the counter will give his business card to the boy, who will go outside and take it from a long display board with his name on it. The green scalded bamboo piece, replace the red one, and then return the green one to the man.

Tomorrow, he can come to the second match with that green bamboo piece.

As for the loser, the red bamboo slices don't have to be returned, they can be taken home as souvenirs.In addition to the exquisite and beautiful patterns on the bamboo slices, dipteroincense is also smoked, which smells really good.

The tables they vacate can be reserved for others to compete.

For the first three days, the matches were all men, so they were all arranged in Liuquanju. This is the downtown area of ​​the capital, where there are many people and lively.The shopkeeper also set up two oversized large chessboards outside, and selected one or two well-known young masters for live broadcast.

There is also a betting place next to it, where you can place bets on any player who is expected to win the championship. The top [-] players who have received the most bets are even hung up. Can bet.

It was as lively as the start of the World Cup, with the attention of the whole people and the participation of the whole people.

The competition started at the beginning of Mao. Those who come early will start the competition early, and those who come late will see if there is a place. Those who do not have a place will have to wait until the competition is over and the place will be vacated before starting.

Li Zhao saw that Song Qingyue was looking at it seriously, so he pointed out: "Look at the table at No. 58, that table is interesting."

Song Qingyue glanced at him: "So quickly, have you seen all the hundred tables?"

Li Zhao raised the corners of his lips, let out his wild and evil signature smile, and whispered in her ear: "I don't say your husband is a national player, but he is almost the same."

Song Qingyue sneered: "Just blow it up."

Seeing that she didn't believe it, Li Zhao clicked his tongue and said, "How about I go down?"

"Don't! You go again on the fourth day of junior high school. What's the point of winning today."

"Okay, I'll go on the fourth day, but with your husband's good looks, aren't you afraid that another girl will fall into your arms?"

Song Qingyue glared at him angrily: "You don't have to show up, there are girls who want to throw you into your arms!"

"Really, who wants to throw himself into his arms? Let me see." Li Zhao straightened up and looked around and upstairs as he spoke. Not to mention, there are really many people in front of the boxes on the third and fourth floors. The young ladies came to Liuquanju to watch the battle, and there really were quite a few of them looking at Li Zhao frequently.

When they saw Li Zhao looking towards them, they shyly covered their faces with a round fan, but they didn't completely cover them, half-covering and half-exposing, and secretly flirting.

Song Qingyue bit her back molars and stomped on him hard. Li Zhao pressed her fist to her lips and smiled softly, with a graceful and handsome smile.

Song Qingyue looked at him and sighed in her heart, this big pig's trotter was just good looking.

The shopkeeper personally brought the crispy roast duck that Song Qingyue ordered, specially cut it into small pieces, and put it in a small bowl. You can eat it with a skewer while lying on the railing to watch the game.

The shopkeeper brought another small plate of square yellow pastries, and enthusiastically sold them: "You can try the chilled date paste and pea yellow."

Song Qingyue tasted a piece, it was fragrant, sweet, and glutinous, and it was really delicious, but she only tasted one piece, and she couldn't eat more if it was sweet, because she had a small appetite and had to save her stomach to eat more protein, so she fed Li Zhao a piece , smiled and said: "The shopkeeper's recommendation really makes sense."

Li Zhao nodded and asked someone to reward the shopkeeper and cook.

Ning Yueyao stared blankly at the side, but Li Zhao didn't notice that she also wanted to eat. There were three small pieces of pea yellow on the plate, and the last piece was fed to Song Qingyue.

Ning Yueyao was still waiting for Li Zhao to feed her, but Li Zhao just stuffed it into his own mouth!

It was still the shopkeeper's carefulness, and asked someone to serve Ning Yueyao another plate of chilled jujube and pea yellow, but Ning Yueyao didn't feel like eating it by herself, and she wanted to feed each other with her cousin.

But Li Zhao didn't look at her very much, he just whispered to Song Qingyue all the time, and ignored him.

Ning Yueyao was sour all over, but as long as she didn't have Song Qingyue's yin and yang aura, she could still control herself.

She strained her ears to listen carefully to what they were saying, and after listening for a long time, it turned out that her cousin was teaching Song Qingyue how to play chess.

Li Zhao said: "He shouldn't go here for this move of black chess, he should go up first."

"why?"

"What did you say?"

"Shangxia is too far away?"

"Yes, the opening move is not good. The formation is too flat, and you can't connect up and down. It's easy to break the middle. You can see that the white chess is decisive, and the black chess is pressed. Look, it's broken, right? Now the top One slice was eaten. See if the next one survives."

The two watched for a while, and Song Qingyue suddenly asked: "What did Bai mean by that move just now?"

Li Zhao hissed, thought for a while, shook his head, and said honestly: "I don't understand. If I want to, I must continue to press down and play." He stared at it for a long time, watching the white chess continue to move down, still shaking his head , said: "Well, I didn't understand that move just now. Maybe he wanted to eat the upper left piece too, but I don't think black will let him do that."

After watching for a while, Ning Yueyao finally couldn't help but asked, "Didn't the concubine Shizi learn it when she was in her boudoir?"

"Well, I don't have time to study." Song Qingyue said truthfully.

Ning Yueyao smiled contemptuously, and asked: "No time? What is Shi Zifei so busy that she has no time to study? Is it because she has no time or you can't learn?"

"Ask Your Highness if I can't learn it." Song Qingyue looked at Li Zhao.

Li Zhao said suddenly: "Why don't you two try a game? I remember that the side concubine is good at playing chess." Li Zhao patted Song Qingyue on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Come to the moon, don't be afraid, try your skills, don't give it to me. Master, I am ashamed."

Ning Yueyao held back her breath and said proudly: "Okay, I'll see how Shi Zifei has learned."

Song Qingyue smiled and went back: "I've only been studying for a few months, side concubine be careful not to lose, that would be embarrassing."

Lin Wanfu had asked Eunuch Qin to prepare a chessboard in the box.

Song Qingyue and Ning Yueyao sat on both sides, and Li Zhao sat on the side and watched the battle while making tea.

Ning Yueyao said: "Cousin can watch the battle as long as he watches the battle, but you must not be partial to give Shi Zifei a reminder."

Li Zhao hummed: "I won't talk. You should also be serious. Don't look at Shi Zifei who only learns for a few months and then lets her go. She is not easy to deal with when she shows her real skills."

The guards guarding outside the wing took out the bank notes at the same time, and said one by one, "I'm betting on the concubine."

The other said: "I am also betting on the princess."

There are two other concubines who are also concubines. They looked at Eunuch Qin, who laughed and said, "I am also concubine."

In the end everyone looked at Lin Wanfu, Lin Wanfu snorted and said, "Then I'll take care of the side concubine."

This time playing chess, Song Qingyue was more serious than when she played against King Su, she really wanted to win.

Once Song Qingyue's competitive spirit is aroused, her brain will be particularly easy to use, and she will perform supernormally.

The two downloaded it for almost an hour, and it was finally over.

Outside the door, Eunuch Lin paid the money, and several guards smiled and said: "Thank you, Manager Lin."

Little Eunuch Qin also laughed wickedly: "Thank you, master!"

Eunuch Lin kicked his ass: "You talk a lot! Come in and serve me!"

Song Qingyue laughed contentedly, lay down in Li Zhao's arms, and said, "Master, the apprentice didn't embarrass you, did he?"

Li Zhao touched her cheek, at this moment he really wanted to kiss her, but Ning Yueyao was beside him, so he held back.

Ning Yueyao's forehead was covered with sweat, and her back was wet. Xiao Huangmen, who had been fanning her all the time, handed her the handkerchief, but Ning Yueyao didn't pick it up. She wanted Li Zhao to hand her the handkerchief. But she knew that Li Zhao would not hand her the handkerchief in front of Song Qingyue.

She could only take out her handkerchief to wipe off the sweat.

Seeing her like this, Li Zhao said, "The side concubine is also tired, go and change."

Ning Yueyao gasped for several breaths, and said in a low voice, "Yes." She dragged herself to change clothes.

Song Qingyue was spread out in Li Zhao's arms, without the strength to move. Song Qingyue didn't sweat much, mainly because she didn't like sweating, so now her body temperature was a little high, just like a CPU overloaded with heat. Her body still needs to be recuperated. There may be a problem with the thermoregulation function...

Li Zhao asked someone to twist a veil soaked in ice water and put it on Song Qingyue's forehead. Song Qingyue sighed comfortably, closed her eyes and wanted to rest for a while, but accidentally fell asleep.

After Ning Yueyao changed her clothes, she sat in the dressing room for a while.

She didn't really want to go back and watch Li Zhao and that little bastard Song San being intimate. Seeing it made her stomach sour, and she felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to vomit.

Being defeated by Song Qingyue, her self-esteem was severely hit, but what made her feel even more frightened was that she felt that she couldn't get in, between her cousin and that little bitch.

It's only been a year, and the little bitch has already used this opportunity to hold his cousin's heart tightly in his hands.

Her cousin's love for her was completely beyond expectations.

Ning Yueyao supported her head, suppressing tears, trying hard to calm herself down and think about what she should do in the future.

The cousin is no longer a cousin, but her husband, and even the heir of Su Wangfu.

He no longer called her Yao'er like before, he always called her side concubine.

Now, she is just his side concubine.

Ning Yueyao suddenly felt a headache, big teardrops fell on the dark green eunuch's clothes like broken pearls.

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It was Shen time when Song Qingyue woke up, and the afternoon game had already started for more than an hour.

Li Zhao smiled and said, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"

Song Qingyue rubbed her eyes, her head was still a little dizzy, and she asked, "What time is it?"

"The time is three o'clock."

"Then I'd better eat some."

Li Zhao beckoned to the shopkeeper and said, "Let's have something light, stewed lion's head. The concubine's favorite food is cold cucumber, three-color radish, cabbage in soup, emerald shrimp, and Wensi tofu."

Song Qingyue said: "There is still oily eel paste! Suddenly I want to eat that, let's have a bowl of rice."

The shopkeeper responded with a smile, and said: "Today's perch is also fat, and it is still alive and kicking! How about putting some soy sauce and steaming it?"

Song Qingyue nodded: "Okay, steamed ones are the best."

The shopkeeper hurriedly wrote down that the imperial concubine likes steamed fish.

After the dishes were served, Song Qingyue was used to facing so many dishes by herself. There were standards and rules for everything in the royal family, and so did her diet. Even if she had a small appetite and couldn't eat much, she still had to serve so many dishes.

Liuquanju's stewed lion head is made with shrimp roe, crunchy horseshoe is added to the meat filling, and crab roe is wrapped inside, which tastes very delicious; three-color radish is made of white radish, green radish, and carrot cut into thin shreds and stewed The milky white crucian carp soup is steamed; the emerald shrimp is dyed green with spinach juice, then thickened and stir-fried until the color is green, which makes people appetite.The oily eel paste is well made, the oil is poured after the dish is served, the same dish, whether it is done carefully or not, the difference is really big.

The sauce of the steamed sea bass is also well adjusted. I can see that Song Qingyue loves Huaiyang cuisine, and she also knows that she grew up in Lingnan.

Seeing that she was eating well, Li Zhao was quite relieved and said, "Your appetite is much better now than when you first married me."

"That means my health is better than that time." Song Qingyue dug a spoonful of lion's head and fed it to Li Zhao's mouth, and Li Zhao ate it with her spoon.

"This is really well done, isn't it?" Song Qingyue asked him.

"Well, it's better than the cooks in our house." Li Zhao affirmed, glanced at Lin Wanfu, and said, "Go tell the shopkeeper, the lion's head is well done, and reward it. By the way, ask the cook who made this dish." Would you like to go to the palace to be a cook?"

"Don't!" Song Qingyue stopped him, "In the future, I want to eat and ask him to go to the mansion to make it. The cook is gone, and the restaurant can't be opened. If it's another restaurant, just dig it away, there's no prying Is the one in the corner of your house still making money?"

Li Zhao had no choice but to say yes, wondering if earning money was more important than living comfortably?

Although Song Qingyue's appetite was better than before, she still didn't eat much. When the plate was removed, it looked almost the same as when it was brought in. She asked the guards outside the door to divide it up. They were all young men of Li Zhao's age. It is time to eat.

This amount of weight can make a round for two of them, let alone six.

Song Qingyue realized that Ning Yueyao was gone when she was full.

Looking around, I saw her standing outside watching the battle.

Song Qingyue smiled, and said to Li Zhao, "You sit here, and I'll go and have a few words with Miss Ning."

Li Zhao asked, "What do you want to say?"

Song Qingyue said: "If I told you, why did I ask you to stay here?"

Li Zhao shook his head helplessly: "I just don't listen."

Song Qingyue walked outside the box and waved Lin Wanfu and Eunuch Qin into the box.

She walked up to Ning Yueyao and said with emotion: "He is really stubborn, he just refuses to go back first!"

Ning Yueyao snorted and ignored her.

Song Qingyue continued: "That's right, we went out together, but you went back first, and you will be looked down upon in the mansion later, so, even if you bite the bullet, you still have to stay here, it's really hard work. The stewed lion head in this restaurant is good, have you tried it?"

The corner of Ning Yueyao's mouth twitched into sarcasm: "I have lived in the palace since I was a child, and I am the companion of the girls in the palace. Whenever there is a banquet in the palace, the cooks here will go to the palace to help. Do you think I have eaten?"

Song Qingyue said: "You know, when I first entered the mansion, I was in very poor health. If I get a little cold or blow a little wind, I will get sick. I like to eat, but I often have no appetite at all. No matter how delicious things are It will also taste like wax."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Ning Yueyao frowned and asked her.

"It's nothing." Song Qingyue suddenly smiled lowly, raised her eyes and looked at her leisurely, "I just want to tell you that your days will be harder in the future, and you have to be prepared."

She smiled very sweetly, seeing it was extremely dazzling in Ning Yueyao's eyes, a sense of fear rose in her heart for no reason.

"Concubine Shizi, you and I have no grievances, why do you have to target me?" Ning Yueyao suddenly acted very innocent and wronged, "Concubine Shizi, I just admired my cousin since I was a child, and I didn't want to be against you. How about the two of us not interfering with each other in the future?"

Song Qingyue let out a long sigh, shook her head and said, "You are really shameless and shameless. You have no grievances? Heh. Miss Ning, I will give you one last chance, but what do you want to tell me?"

Ning Yueyao vaguely had a bad guess, but she didn't want to think about it, and asked, "What do you say?"

"Aren't you apologizing?" Song Qingyue asked again.

"What are you apologizing for? I have to apologize when I marry my cousin as a side concubine? There is no reason for that. Even if my cousin's side concubine is not me, there will be someone else. As for the favor, I don't think I need to apologize for this?" Ning Yueyao said.

Song Qingyue shook her head, she yawned, said nothing, and walked back to the box.

Li Zhao asked, "Is it over so soon?"

Song Qingyue shrugged, and said in a very relaxed and indifferent tone: "The side concubine is too shameless to tell me that we have no grievances or enmity, so I don't want to say anything more."

Li Zhao's smile froze on his face for a moment, and he suddenly remembered why Song Qingyue's health was so poor at that time.

It was caused by Ning Yueyao in the year they got engaged.

She made Yue'er almost die.

He still remembered her pale and bloodless cheeks at that time, as thin as a skeleton wrapped in skin, so fragile that it seemed as if it would shatter when pinched.

He still remembered her pale face when she fainted on their wedding night. When she first married him, she often didn't want to eat for a day, she would be full after a few bites, and she would fall ill several times a year.Last year, I was tired and sick after just having a birthday party...

Every pile of piles was caused by Ning Yueyao.

She made Yue'er drunk and passed out in the snow, and she wanted Yue'er to freeze to death alive.

Looking back on this matter, it was like a poisonous thorn in his heart, completely obliterating the love for being his cousin.

If Ning Yueyao didn't choose the way to enter the mansion, he thought it was Ning's family, because she was Ning Yuan's compatriot sister, and because she was his cousin, he would spare her.

But since Ning Yueyao chose this path by himself, Song Qingyue can't be blamed for taking revenge on her, and he can't spare Ning Yueyao.

Li Zhao asked Song Qingyue, "What do you want me to do?"

Song Qingyue leaned close to his ear and whispered: "I don't allow her to have children, not a single one. Girls are also not allowed. Will you agree?"

Li Zhao pulled her into his arms and hugged her, and said softly, "Okay, I promise you."

"I know she is your cousin. You have known each other since childhood. But we have also known each other since childhood! You must not pity her, and you must not feel guilty towards her!"

"No." Li Zhao sighed, "I just feel ashamed of you."

 I think it is necessary for me to explain, so as not to be blown up by the comments again.

  Song Qingyue never regarded Li Zhao as a pure love object, but always treated him as the future emperor.It's not that she has no real affection for Li Zhao, she is the kind of person who can "handle" political issues and emotional issues separately.

  No matter how she quarreled with Li Zhao, she did so under the condition of ensuring that the political interests of both parties would not be harmed.

  The Ning family holds 10,000+ frontier troops with outstanding combat power in the Northeast. The weight of the Ning family in King Su's eyes and the importance of Li Zhao's side are no less than that of the Song family.

  As for whether or not to touch Ning Yueyao, Li Zhao can only make his own choice. Song Qingyue can only move her with affection, but she cannot make this request explicitly, because this request is detrimental to Li Zhao's interests, so she only asks Li Zhao didn't give Ning Yueyao a child, but he didn't ask him not to touch Ning Yueyao.

  It is not easy to maintain fighting spirit and ride the wind and waves in adversity, but it is even more difficult to maintain sobriety and restraint in good times.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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