The old gentleman sensed what he had said and wanted to bite his tongue in remorse.
Song Wangyue looked gloomy for a moment, then quickly lifted up again, “Big brother is also very good at chess, let him accompany you.”
“Good, good, good.”
The old gentleman was busy responding in a flurry of voices, remorseful.
Xu Liang quickly set up the chessboard and Song Si sat down to play with the old gentleman, while Song Wan Yue, as usual, moved a stool and sat on the side to watch.
Xu Yan also moved a stool and sat next to him.
Song Si’s style of chess was steady, but less sharp. Every time he made a move, the old man would anticipate his next move, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the old man won the first game.
“Big brother is too much of a novice, I’ll do it!”
Song Si was used to her occasional unintelligible words and got up to move out of the way and when she sat down, he sat off to the side to watch.
Song Wangyue pulled up her cuffs and assumed the stance of a great victory over the old man, “Grand great grandfather, be more careful, I won’t be merciful.”
The old gentleman had played chess with her and knew her way of play, so he added some caution, but within a few moves he realised that Song Wangyue was not using her old way of play, but a way similar to Gu Yi’s, or rather Gu Yi’s way of play.
He looked up incredulously and looked over. Everyone has their own characteristics, whether they are doing something or playing chess, and once formed it is very difficult to change.
“You should be careful.”
Song Wangyue dropped a piece.
The old gentleman withdrew his mind.
The two of them fought back and forth, no one letting them go. A game of chess was played for more than an hour until Xu Liang came in and said lunch was ready and Song Wangyue dropped a piece, “A draw.”
He had never played chess with Song Wan Yue before and had no idea that she was so good at it.
Song Wan Yue agreed, “Sure, uncle, be careful, I’m very aggressive.”
Xu Yan was amused, “Fine, just let your horse come, if you win, uncle will give you a good thing.”
Song Wangyue’s eyes instantly lit up.
Song Wan Yue went to the dining room and asked Xu Liang to get Mr. Er to come over as well. After the servants had served the food and retreated, she told them about the Emperor’s decision to make an exception for Song Si to be the Minister of Household.
After hearing this, they all looked so grave that they didn’t even feel like eating.
Song Wan Yue took her chopsticks and gave each of them a chopstick of food, put them down, picked up some of her own and put it on the plate in front of her, “The emperor is doing this to give us a warning, to tell us that he is above us and wants to kill us just like stepping on an ant, but it is only a warning, there will not be any big action, after all, my elder brother and I have just donated one million taels. After all, my elder brother and I had just donated one million taels. If he dares to take personal revenge, my elder brother will dare to sue him, after all, there were several lives on Wen Zhong’s body in the first place, and not involving his family is already considered a mercy.”
“That’s the way to say it ……”, Xu Er Mao was very worried, Song Si had just joined the court not long ago and had no roots, if he really encountered anything, there would be no one to advise him or help him, “The Minister of Household has been in that position for He has been in that position for many years and is an old fox, if he makes things difficult for Song Si, there are plenty of ways.”
“Then soldiers will come and go, big brother needs experience too.”
“Yue’er is right, Song Si really needs training, so after dinner, I will take Song Si to the Minister of Household Affairs’ residence and prepare some small gifts, for my sake, he will not dare to make things too difficult for Song Si.”
I am saying that he would not dare to make things difficult for him, not that he would not make things difficult for him.
Mr. Xu nodded, “Good, let’s be courteous first and then be military, if the Minister of Household Affairs really makes things difficult for Song Si in the future, we won’t stand by and watch.”
“Thank you, old man, you’d better not go.”
Song Si spoke up, he had followed Yue’er over just to tell Old Mister about this, not to make Old Mister pull down his face to beg for him.
“After I enter the Ministry of the Household, I will try to do my best so that he won’t find an excuse to make things difficult for me.”
“You’re thinking too simply.”
Although Xu Yan did not join the court, but these years have walked through too many places and seen too many dark things, “If it is difficult, he will not only be in the open …… or let grandfather take you over to show our Xu family’s maintenance, he will weigh in if he wants to make things difficult for you in the future. ”
Song Si had to say something else, was stopped by Song Wan Yue.
After eating, the old man asked Xu Liang to prepare a gift, he took Song Si to the Household Ministry Shang Shu House.
Song Wangyue and Xu Yan went back to the old gentleman’s house to play chess.
Song Wangyue changed back to her own chess path, Xu Yan saw it clearly and was shocked, distracted by the fact that Song Wangyue dropped a piece, “I win.”
Xu Yan smiled and shook his head, put the chess piece in his hand back into the chess box, got up, and took Song Wan Yue to his courtyard.
Yun had accompanied Meng to eat and talk for a while, and had just returned. When she saw Xu Yan enter with Song Wan Yue with a smile on his face, she hurriedly got up, “What’s so happy?”
“This girl, she beat me at chess in just a quarter of an hour.”
Yun was surprised, although she did not come from a big family, she had learnt qin, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, especially chess, she was slightly better than ordinary ladies of the ladies’ court.
“You go and bring the things we used to use on the road.”
Yun was even more surprised, but said nothing and went into the inner room, quickly carrying a box out and placing it on the table.
Xu Yan opened the box and unfolded the contents, “This is a sleeve arrow, when we went out to look for your mother, I had it specially made for fear of danger on the road, but it’s a good thing we haven’t used it over the years.
Song Wan Yue was overjoyed, “I have heard from my master that this is easy and useful, thank you uncle.”
Xu Yan showed her how to use it.
Song Wangyue quickly learnt how to use it, and after putting it on, she excitedly went outside, aimed at a robin in a tree, lifted her arm and shot it out, which instantly silenced the robin.
Xu Yan and Yun looked on in amazement.
Back then, Xu Yan had practised for half a month before he was able to hit the target with his sleeve arrows.
“Yue, Yue’er is, is a prodigy, right?”
Yun stammered.
Xu Yan was full of approval, if she wasn’t a prodigy, how could she learn at the drop of a hat? Then he was honoured with the fact that this was his niece.
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The House of the Minister of Household Affairs.
The Minister of Household did not yet know about Song Si’s transfer to the post of Minister of Household, and was puzzled when he heard his subordinates report that the old gentleman and Song Si had come to visit him with gifts, so he personally went out to welcome them in.