The voice was so abrupt that all the men looked over.
The emperor was wearing unusual clothes, and neither the master nor the scholars had seen him before and did not know who he was.
Song Wangyue froze.
The old gentleman sitting with a reserved smile on his face also saw it and was instantly about to get up, when the emperor gave a look over and the old gentleman changed to a slight yawn.
The emperor looked at Song Wangyue, “This girl, how is it?”
“Fine.”
Song Wan Yue also came back to her senses and readily agreed.
The priest hastily walked over to a table and took the black and white pieces on it back into their respective boxes.
Seeing that the priest had done it himself, the scholars and scholars knew that this man was not a simple person, so they all stepped back a little, made room and withdrew their voices.
The emperor walked over and sat down, and Song Wangyue also lifted her feet towards the table, her eyes looking at the old man and seeing him nod without a trace, she had an idea in her mind. She sat down at the table and made a gesture of invitation.
His Majesty was not polite, picking up a black piece and placing it in the middle of the board.
Eunuch Huang waited at his side and the priest stood on his other side, both of them staring at the board with burning eyes.
His Majesty was unhurried and Song Wangyue was playing with ease. Half an hour passed and both of them were still at ease, the crowd of onlookers and scholars couldn’t help but move forward.
The emperor, although not as immersed in the chess path for decades as the old man, has always loved playing chess and often plays a few games with a group of ministers, rarely meeting an opponent. Originally, he did not put Song Wangyue in his eyes, a small girl, how capable can she be, to be able to play one against ten, but is only a set of sacrificial wine. Only at this moment did he realise that Song Wangyue was not a fluke, she was indeed very good at chess.
With this in mind, he suddenly changed his chess path and set several traps in quick succession, so that if Song Wangyue stepped into one, she would lose the whole game.
He wanted to give Song Wan Yue a wink and ask her to give up something without any trace, but Song Wan Yue just kept her head down and looked at the chessboard, so he could not prompt her at all.
Song Wangyue continued to play without panic, each piece landing around the trap as if she could enter it on the next move, but in the end she went around it one by one, then formed a closed circle, blocking all the opponent’s back paths, unable to move.
The priest wine could not resist calling out, “Good!”
Only when the words were out of his mouth did he remember that it was the emperor who had lost, so he hurriedly looked at his face and was slightly relieved to see that he was not angry.
“Well played indeed.”
The emperor conceded defeat, “I can’t believe you’re so young and so accomplished in the art of chess.”
“I’m sorry for your compliments, I’m just more talented.”
The emperor laughed and got up to leave. The priest tried to see him off, but was stopped by Eunuch Huang with a wink; the Emperor would not want anyone to know his identity, nor would he want word of today’s events to get out.
As soon as they left, the invisible oppression disappeared and the onlookers, husbandmen and scholars, came to a boil. They did not dare to gather around the old gentleman and Song Wan Yue, and surrounded the priest in a group, begging for a game for Song Wan Yue.
Word of what had happened here soon reached the ears of the First Prince and the Second Prince.
After being reprimanded by the emperor a year ago, the eldest prince did not do much these days, but now that he heard the news, he could not sit still and called his staff to discuss the matter.
The advisor offered his advice, “Your Highness, you can go to the Xu residence under the name of playing chess, so that you can not only get in touch with the old gentleman, but also with that Song Wan Yue, if you can bring her in too, the throne will definitely be yours.”
The Grand Prince thought this was a good idea.
However, if he was so eager to go to the Xu residence, if his father knew about it, he would inevitably think more about it, and he could not let his father reprimand him again.
“This is a good idea, only that I can’t go now, wait for a few days, when this wind has passed, I will go to the Xu residence again.”
After hearing this, the second prince called for the guards to come in and gave a few orders, and the guards left the palace and went to stand guard at the door of the Household Department.
When the time came for the court to be dismissed, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs came out one after another, Song Si walked to the middle and all of them greeted him, Song Si answered them one by one, walked to his carriage and was about to get on, when the guard appeared in front of him, “Squire Song, the Second Prince has an invitation.”
Song Si was slightly stunned, “What does His Highness want from me?”
The guard’s face was expressionless, “Squire Song will know when he goes.”
Song Si then did not ask any more questions, got into the carriage, followed him to a teahouse and went up to the elegant room on the first floor.
The Second Prince was dressed in his usual clothes, sitting on the main seat, leisurely drinking tea, seeing him enter, without raising his eyes.
Song Si saluted, “Greetings, Your Highness.”
The Second Prince did not make a sound until he had finished the tea in his teapot, “Sit down.”
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
Song Si sat down, and the Second Prince did not allow anyone to serve him tea. The Second Prince twirled the tealight, then let go and it fell to the ground, shattering with a snap.
“See, no matter how good the porcelain is, if it is not well cared for, this is what happens to it, Song Si, you are a smart person, you should know what to choose. ”
“Your Highness says so.”
The second prince couldn’t figure out what he meant by that statement and stared at him.
Song Si rose and bent down Avray, “I am willing to follow Your Highness, but Your Highness needs to promise to protect my family.”
The Second Prince was overjoyed, “Fine, as long as you serve His Highness, not to mention your family, even the Ding Guo Gong House can be protected by His Highness.”
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Song Wan Yue once again made a name for herself in the capital, and wherever she went she heard people talking about her, and the Xu family was even more popular.
Those who had connections with the Xu family came straight to their doors, while those who had no connections came to theirs, wanting to play against Song Wan Yue, but were dismissed by the old man on the grounds that he was going to Jiangnan in a few days and needed to make preparations for the next few days.
In Meng’s courtyard, Sister Wu was talking to Meng with a smile on her face, “I just heard from the housekeeper that no less than ten groups of people have come in the morning, all looking for Miss Sun to play chess.”
The people in the house had been talking about Song Wan Yue’s chess skills for the past few days, and Meng couldn’t hide her happiness, “You heard what Wan’er said, she didn’t teach Yue’er the art of chess, the child is completely gifted.”
“No, Miss Sun has talent in everything she does, playing chess and doing business.”
“Who says it isn’t, even my big brother says Yue’er is a whiz at business, I wonder who the child has followed.”
“Of course she follows her grandmother.”
Along with the words, Song Wan Yue lifted the curtain and entered.
Meng’s heart blossomed as she listened, beckoning her to sit beside her, “Why have you come so early today?”
“I wanted to ask Grandma if she had anyone under her who was familiar with the docks, and I wanted him to take me there to rent a big boat.”
Meng looked at Sister Wu.
Sister Wu smiled, “Master Liu is very familiar with the docks, I’ll send someone to get him over here.”
“No need, which shop is he in, I’ll go over and find him.”