I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 132 Gambling?Game?
Hearing Queen Mother Dou's words, the ladies only looked around at each other, seeming a little worried, Queen Mother Dou wanted to 'excuse the teacher'.

But after seeing Empress Dowager Dou, the faint smile that gradually emerged on her face, and the rare playfulness between her brows, the ladies secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Concubine, please obey..."

Boxi, in fact, cannot be regarded as a product of the palace. In the beginning, it was a thing that rose up among the people.

According to legend, Boxi originated in the Yin and Shang Dynasties;

To be precise, most of the entertainment methods preserved in this era are basically products of the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

As a dynasty that entertained to death, the Yin Shang left to this era and this nation, only these entertainment methods and novelties.

And 'gaming', as the earliest form of gambling in Chinese civilization, is naturally widely loved by people all over the world.

Especially during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, gambling games became the favorite form of entertainment for noblemen and dudes.

It was only at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty that the Chinese civilization experienced a comprehensive class reshuffle without any dead ends;

The aristocrats who used to "discuss the noble and inferior by blood" were quickly replaced by the military aristocrats who established the Liu Han Sheji.

Compared with the "Boxi" entertainment, which is a bitch entertainment, these new aristocrats who come from warriors obviously prefer entertainment methods that can stimulate adrenaline and show masculinity.

Like a cockfight~
dog fighting~
Or cuju, hunting and so on.

Nobles don't like gaming;
The common people, on the other hand, 'can't afford to like it'.

——After all, no matter how you say it, no matter how nicely this game is said, it is still a game of gambling in essence;
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the reason why gambling games became the exclusive means of entertainment for the nobles, apart from its thin nature, which can naturally find loopholes in human nature, the main reason is that this thing is only played by the nobles up.

Dǔ money, you have to have gambling capital!

With no money in hand, especially no spare money, who would dare to go to the sex table?

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, after decades of wars, although the Chinese civilization experienced an all-round class reshuffle on an individual basis, overall, the productivity and wealth of the Chinese civilization were affected. The flames of war were tormented and suffered a huge blow.

In the words of today's era, it is "there have been many years of war, devastation everywhere, and the world is waiting for prosperity".

Let’s say that at the beginning of Liu Han’s establishment, the national treasury was so poor that it could run away mice;

The majestic body of the emperor, Liu Bang, the emperor Gao, could not find eight horse-drawn chariots of the same color;

Prime Minister Cao Shen didn't even have a horse, so he could only go up and down in an ox cart.

Even if the emperor and the prime minister are like this, it is even more impossible for ordinary people to have spare money to go to the entrance of the village to play games with others.

In this way, the nobles don't like gambling games, and the common people can't afford to like them. Over time, gambling games have become a scenery that belongs to the deep palace and is forbidden.

The reason is also very simple: aristocrats who are born in martial arts will dislike the game "girl chirp";
But these ladies in the palace, she is a woman herself!
Ordinary people will not dare to like gambling games because they have no money;
But these ladies in the palace can be regarded as the most "rich and leisure" group in the whole world.

In addition, on weekdays, apart from being ready to go to bed at any time, the ladies in the palace have nothing else to do, and the entertainment method of gaming does not have any venue requirements or thresholds.

Over time, all the wives in the palace will become 'dǔ sticks', which is predictable.

However, compared to the public opinion that everyone shouted and beaten in the future, in today's era, there is still a relatively relaxed attitude towards the dǔgaming method of gambling.

Especially those who like gambling, most of them are ladies in the palace, which makes the public opinion more tolerant of gambling.

—— Ladies in the palace, you don’t have to worry about food and drink all day long, what’s wrong with playing with two dollars?

Even if you lose everything, you will feel uncomfortable, and you will not be delayed in eating, clothing, living, and transportation.

Furthermore: compared to intrigue all day long and make the harem restless, it is not a bad thing to let these wives have something to do.

The left and right are just two pieces of jewelry~
If you lose, go and act like a baby with the emperor in Weiyang Palace, just ask for two things...

"It's a good thing for Lao Wu to lead the army to suppress the rebellion~"

"It's about earning my Liu family's face and exalting my Liu family's prestige."

"As a mother, Cheng Ji is worried about her son's safety. This is human nature."

"But worry is nothing but worry. When it comes to a critical moment, Cheng Ji shouldn't stop it."

"—Old Fifth's general seal was bestowed by me myself."

"If you have any grievances, Cheng Ji, you can send them to me..."

Taking advantage of the time when the palace people went to get the gaming equipment, Empress Dowager Dou seemed to say something casually, causing Cheng Ji to get up and kneel down in front of Empress Dowager Dou in a respectful manner.

"The queen mother taught me..."

"As the biological mother of the prince, she should know the seriousness;"

"—but the concubine was born in a small family, and she is very stupid on weekdays."

"I can't help trembling when I think of my son who was born in September of my pregnancy and going to the place where the battle was fought..."

In just three or two sentences, Cheng Ji's tone was already filled with sobs;
She quietly raised her head, and when she saw Empress Dowager approaching, she gradually showed some sympathy. Cheng Ji simply lowered her head, knelt down in front of Empress Dowager Dou, and wiped her tears miserably.

Seeing Cheng Ji like this, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't bear it, she hurriedly groped for the maid beside her, and stepped forward to help Cheng Ji up.

When Cheng Ji stood up sobbing, Empress Dowager Dou took a deep breath, sighed bitterly and shook her head.

"I understand what Cheng Ji said..."

"—Let's not talk about Cheng Ji, even my old bones are also worried about my son who is traveling far away..."

"I'm also worried that the dangerous battlefield will take my son's life..."

With a mournful expression, she let out a lament, and was stunned for a moment, before Empress Dowager Dou regained her worried and sad look on her face;
She fumbled and stretched out her hand, and when Cheng Ji took the initiative to take a step forward, Empress Dowager Dou took Cheng Ji's hand and patted the back of Cheng Ji's hand lightly.

"Cheng Ji, don't be too sad;"

"Because this is the fate of the sons and phoenixes..."

"—During the time of peace, the descendants of the dragon and the phoenix are naturally supported by the world;"

"But when the country is in trouble, it is necessary for these clansmen, sons, princesses, and old masters to stand up and be the first in the world..."

"Cheng Ji, gave birth to a good son for the emperor;"

"Give me Mrs. Liu, a man who is indomitable."

"Even in this battle, Cheng Ji should be proud of what happened to the fifth brother..."

The tone was full of gentle persuasive voices, which also made Cheng Ji nod sobbing, and then saw Queen Mother Dou forced a smile, and nodded again to Cheng Ji in front of her.

"Furthermore, Lao Wu is well taken care of by Cheng Ji on weekdays;"

"—that body is as strong as a calf."

"Even if you talk about the crown to the outside world, you have to be praised: you are a stalwart husband!"

"If you think about it, even if you go to the place of life and death on the battlefield, with that kind of body and bones, such a brave spirit beside you, plus the protection of your ancestors, the fifth child, you can't go wrong..."

"what?"

Sensing the authoritative meaning of Empress Dowager Dou's words, Cheng Ji nodded in tears;

But Empress Dowager Dou smiled warmly, pulled Cheng Ji's hand down, turned her head sideways, and looked in another direction: "Beauty Wang, please sit beside me too."

As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the other ladies were quite normal;
Only Li Ji, who hadn't recovered from Cheng Ji being pulled by Queen Dowager Dou's side and sat beside her in surprise, saw Wang Meiren also being called to her side by Queen Dowager Dou, she just pulled her face down in an instant.

Empress Dowager Dou seemed unaware of the change in Li Ji's complexion, she just pulled Cheng Ji and Wang Meiren to sit down on either side of her;

Then, he looked at Cheng Ji full of sighs.

"Wu and Chu rebelled, and Cheng Ji sent her son to fight against the rebellion;"

After saying something softly, Queen Dowager Dou turned her head and looked at Wang Meiren on the other side.

"Before, the Huns sent envoys to make peace with our Han family. Beauty Wang almost lost her own daughter."

After saying that, Empress Dowager Dou just turned around, her unfocused gaze fell aimlessly outside the gazebo, among a clump of inconspicuous weeds.

"And my son is also in Suiyang right now, waiting for him..."

"This is our life..."

"—Since you are married to the Liu family, you should be prepared for this day, for losing your son and daughter..."

Some sighing and sentimental words also made the atmosphere in the gazebo gradually a little more tragic;

Coupled with Cheng Ji's occasional weeping, the surroundings of the gazebo were filled with an inexplicable sadness and melancholy.

After a long time, when the palace people brought the 'dǔ utensils' needed for the game, Queen Dowager Dou took a deep breath and looked at Cheng Ji by her side again.

"Since the fifth child is away on an expedition, then Cheng Ji, don't play this 'game of gambling';"

"Otherwise, if this matter gets out, I'm afraid someone will say that I, a blind old woman, don't care about the safety of my grandson or Cheng Ji's worries about her son, and force Cheng Ji to have fun with me in the palace... ··”

Empress Dowager Dou spoke softly, but Cheng Ji raised her head leisurely.

Chuchu looked pitifully at Empress Dowager Dou, and quickly wiped away the tears on her face with her hands, forced a smile, and shook her head slightly at Empress Dowager Dou.

"The concubine is stupid, the concubine does not understand the teachings of the queen mother;"

"But the concubine thought about it, and vaguely understood some truths."

"——The son is away on an expedition, and the concubine is a mother. If she is depressed all day long, then the son who is away on an expedition will probably worry all day long."

"Because I was distracted because I was worried about my mother, and finally made a mistake on the battlefield, then this crime, my concubine cannot afford it..."

"So, maybe the concubine should make herself happy, so that the son who is away from the army doesn't need to be distracted by the depressed mother;"

"While concentrating on killing the enemy, can you also protect yourself to avoid accidents on the battlefield?"

The slightly miserable and tentative words came out, which only aroused Empress Dou's sympathy even more.

In the end, he just stretched out his hand, patted the back of Cheng Ji's hand again, and lamented again, but didn't speak again...

After sitting like this for a while, Empress Dowager Dou still forced herself to get out of this inexplicable depression;

With a strong smile, he greeted all the ladies sitting around the wooden case, and today's 'gaming' is about to begin.

"Since I asked you to come here, let me be the manor;"

Saying something softly, before Queen Mother Dou stretched out her hand, the wooden cup used for gambling games was picked up by Cheng Ji who was beside her, and handed to Queen Mother Dou.

Seeing this, the ladies on the side also hurriedly cheered up, forcing themselves to adjust from the previous sad mood to the joy and relaxation that betting games should have.

——At this moment, even as a dǔ technique, the meaning of gambling has been pushed to a level that does not belong to it...

Kaka;

Kaka.

As Empress Dowager Dou held the wooden cup with both hands, she shook it back and forth symbolically, and a wooden strip with black characters was thrown out of the wooden cup with the opening facing upwards.

Knowing that Empress Dowager Dou's eyes are inconvenient, Mrs. Cheng at the side hastily stretched out her hand, took a look at the wooden stick, and placed it in front of Empress Dowager Dou with a forced smile.

"It's six;"

Hearing Cheng Ji's words, the wives shook their heads and smiled, and searched for jewelry that could lose to Queen Dowager Dou...

At this moment, what Empress Dowager Dou and the ladies are playing is the "six games" in the game;
The six blogs are divided into big blogs and small blogs.

Between the two, Xiaobo is more complicated, consisting of six chopsticks and twelve chess pieces.

Twelve chess pieces, each side gets six pieces, which are respectively placed on the "home array" on the chessboard;
The six chopsticks are roughly equivalent to the dice of later generations, with the words one, two, three, four, five, and six written on them.

When playing Xiaobo, the two sides alternately "dice the chopsticks", and if they are screened out, they can move one of their chess pieces a few steps, no more steps, no less steps.

In the end, whoever is the first to drop all six pieces of their own chess pieces to the opponent's 'home formation' will be considered the winner.

In this way, this 'Xiao Liu Bo' can also be said to be the original version of flying chess.

But today, what Empress Dowager Dou played with several wives is obviously the big six games.

——Because of the small six games, only two people can play, while the big six games have no limit on the number of people.

Compared with the small six-game game where you dice first and then play chess, the big six-game game is also simpler: only dice and no chess moves.

Generally, the person who sits on the dealer screens the number first, and then the other players screen the number in sequence.

If the number screened out is larger than the banker, the player wins;
If the number screened out is smaller than the dealer, the dealer wins;

If the number screened out is the same as that of the dealer, the dealer still wins.

In this way, the big Liubo is actually equivalent to the size of the original version of the dice cup.

And this time, Empress Dowager Dou, as the banker, has taken the lead in rolling out the biggest 'six';
As the wives of the idle family, no matter which number one, two, three, four, five or six is ​​dice, Queen Dowager Dou will win.

Therefore, after seeing the dice chopsticks with 'six' written in front of Empress Dowager Dou, the ladies didn't struggle much;
Those who only accepted the bet took out a piece of jewelry and put them on the wooden table in front of them.

After a few hands, the situation didn't get any better.

——In the second roll, Empress Dowager Dou rolled five;

Except for Tang Ji, who was so lucky in "Again" and rolled a six, and won back the hairpin she had exported from Queen Dowager Dou, the other ladies lost to Queen Dowager Dou again.

In the third hand, Empress Dowager Dou rolled out a six, and all the ladies quickly paid.

In the fourth roll, it was rare for Empress Dowager Dou to roll a three, but only Tang Ji rolled a five, and took back her slightly shabby hairpin from the table again.

By the fifth round, Empress Dowager Dou rolled two, and all the ladies finally won once, but when Li Ji rolled a 'one' unluckily, the atmosphere gradually became a little strange...

"It was fine when I went out, but after a while, all the jewelry on my body was gone!"

"Just returning to the palace with disheveled hair, people who don't know may say that I have met a villain!"

An unrepressed voice complained, but only caused Empress Dowager Dou to let out a sneer indifferently.

"There is no more jewelry, Li Ji can stop playing."

As soon as these words came out, the ladies turned their heads one after another, and looked at Li Ji with a hint of worry and persuasion;
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Queen Mother Dou's words, Li Ji snorted coldly, turned away, and put on a posture of 'if you don't play, you don't play'.

She turned her body away, but Li Ji's mouth obviously hadn't had time to turn her back on everyone.

"Your Majesty only gave us a piece of jewelry in a year and a half. It's not as good as the Queen Mother. There are so many jewelry that you can't use them up..."

Empress Dowager Dou didn't pay attention to Li Ji's muttering.

After playing a few more rounds, Empress Dowager Dou was still as lucky as ever, rolling several fives and sixes in a row, and basically won seven or eight of the jewelry on the ladies.

At this time, Wang Meiren beside Empress Dowager Dou spoke.

"On weekdays, concubines don't come out of their palace very much, and concubines don't know how to play this game;"

As she spoke, Wang Meiren lowered her head, took out a cloth bag wrapped with jewelry from her bosom, and put it on the table in front of her without hesitation.

"I only have so much jewelry on my body."

"I really don't know how to play gambling games. I still want to look at the Queen Mother. Don't blame me..."

Seeing Meiren Wang's attitude of "I admit defeat, I'll give it all to you", although Queen Dowager Dou's complexion was normal, there was a hint of admiration in her brows.

On the other side of Empress Dowager Dou, there was a burst of trivial explanations from Mrs. Jia.

"how?"

"Mrs. Jia, you can't play with me, so you want to send someone back to rescue the soldiers?"

"I still want to call the emperor and let you decide~"

Seeing the palace servants who were ordered to leave, Empress Dowager Dou asked softly, but Madam Jia shook her head with a wry smile.

"It's rare for the queen mother to be happy. I want to play with the queen mother for a while;"

"It's just that I was in a hurry when I went out, and I didn't know that I was going to play a game of gambling. I really didn't bring much jewelry with me."

"That's why I sent the people around me back, and brought some jewelry, so that I can have fun with the queen mother..."

When she said so, Mrs. Jia did not forget to turn her head slightly and smiled at Cheng Ji beside her.

"Mrs. Cheng, that's what I mean..."

(End of this chapter)