As the prince's cousin, Young Master Yang also received an invitation today. He specially found a place close to Yan Cheng's location to facilitate conversation.
Prince Fu also liked to join in the fun, so he dragged Yan Cheng to have a drink.
Suddenly Yan Cheng was surrounded by people.
Yan Cheng had seen this kind of scene many times, and he quickly got along with everyone and got along well with everyone.
The prince watched with boredom. Young Master Yang asked about the appearance of Guanzhong, Prince Fu said about hunting and horse racing, but he was not interested in any of these.
Yan Ling saw the opportunity and came over to ask: "Your Highness, are you bored?"
As soon as the prince heard this, he knew what Yan Ling was going to do, so he asked, "What are your ideas?"
Yan Ling pursed her lips to her elder brother: "When my elder brother came, he scolded me and said that I followed His Highness all day long and did nothing serious."
The prince spoke to him: "How can there be nonsense? We are all doing serious things. We have to go to school every day, and recently we have to listen to the tutor's lectures on government affairs. After things are done, we should relax and relax, right?"
"No!" Yan Ling said angrily, "That's what I said, and my eldest brother reprimanded me for daring to talk back."
The prince felt the same way. He often did this, and no one listened to him even when he explained.
"So? How are you going to vent your anger?"
Yan Ling chuckled and glanced at Yan Cheng: "It's a rare holiday today, is it okay for us to play a game of gambling?"
The prince understood: "Do you want Gu Ying to win your eldest brother?"
Yan Ling nodded repeatedly: "Your Highness is very skilled in gaming. My eldest brother has never played much, so he will definitely not be able to beat you! If he loses, just make an embarrassing request to tease him."
The prince agreed without much hesitation. On the one hand, his hands were indeed itchy, and on the other hand, the prank was not serious and nothing would happen. Yan Ling had helped him so many times, so it was right for him to help him vent his anger!
The two of them discussed it in a low voice, and when Yan Ling returned to his seat, the prince saw the opportunity and said, "It's a rare holiday today, how about we play a card game?"
As soon as the prince said this, someone immediately responded. There was no singing or dancing planned tonight, and they were feeling bored!
So the prince asked someone to bring the leaf cards and looked at Yan Cheng: "Does Prince Yan know how to play?"
Yan Cheng bowed his hand to him and replied: "It is forbidden to play games at home. I have only seen them having fun in the military camp, so I don't know much about it."
The prince was relieved after hearing this, and laughed and said: "It's okay, let's just have fun today, and you can learn from it."
"This..." Yan Cheng hesitated, "I'm afraid it will ruin His Highness's happiness."
"What's this?" Prince Fu immediately answered, "There are so many of us, we all need to be taught and trained!"
"Yes, yes! Just feel free to play. If you don't play, His Highness will be disappointed!" Others agreed.
Yan Cheng had no choice but to agree and said humbly: "If Your Highness doesn't mind it, then I will learn from it."
The prince happily agreed and asked someone to deal the cards.
It is said that newcomers are very lucky, and it is true. Yan Cheng still needs to be taught how to play cards, and he often hesitates and doesn't know what to play, but his luck is unbelievable. After a few rounds, everyone except the prince was defeated.
The prince was already talented in gambling, and everyone deliberately gave in to each other, so only he was slightly better than Yan Cheng.
In the last round, when the prince looked at the cards, he couldn't help but smile and asked Yan Cheng on the other side: "It's the last one, shall we bet on something?"
Yan Cheng thought for a while, took off the golden unicorn from his waist, and said, "I don't have any silver coins with me, but this is the only one I can use."
The prince waved his hand: "I don't want this. I'm playing games for money. Then my father should scold me for making the palace a mess."
Yan Cheng thought about it, put the golden unicorn away, and asked: "What does your highness want?"
The prince rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Changning got a magpie bridge made of cakes. The treasure must be like something, and I won't give it to you even if you want to see it. If you lose, get the magpie bridge.
How about everyone enjoying it?"
"Isn't it appropriate?" Yan Cheng shook his head, "I am a foreigner, but now I can see the princess privately? This is so offensive!"
The prince disapproved: "Don't worry, Gu has already thought about it. The concubine Xian built a begging tower in the palace. If they go there to beg for tricks, the magpie bridge must be placed in the building. You can go there quietly and get it back when no one is around.
That’s fine, there’s no need to meet them, it won’t offend them.”
Yan Cheng still shook his head: "Your Highness, if I accidentally bump into the princess, I will be guilty of a big crime."
The prince frowned: "This request is very simple. Could it be that you still want to do nothing after losing?"
Seeing that the prince was unhappy, Prince Fu supported him: "Yeah, we are not playing with money today, we have to play something exciting, right? I was just picking up something, and I accidentally got bumped into, so run away! With so many of us testifying,
Your sins will not be punished."
Everyone tried to persuade him.
Yan Cheng had no choice but to relent and said: "Then let's bet on this. If I win by luck, then your highness will go down."
"Okay!" The prince agreed.
So the two started asking for cards.
The cards were laid out one by one, and the prince smiled.
How could he not win against a newbie...wait!
Seeing the last card, the smile on the prince's face froze.
Yan Cheng let out a long breath, turned around and asked, "My cards are bigger, right?"
The prince's face dropped. What's going on? It's really weird today. There is only one situation where Yan Cheng's card is better than his, and he actually bumped into it.
Yan Cheng smiled slightly: "Your Highness, I agree."
Even if he told it in person, the prince would have to admit it, so he could only say: "You win, I will steal...get the Magpie Bridge."
Yan Cheng said hurriedly: "Your Highness, there is no need to go. Fang Caichen was just joking..."
The prince interrupted him: "I am willing to admit defeat. I will not be so shameless and go as I say."
Mr. Yang hurriedly said: "Your Highness, how about I go for you?"
The prince became angry and refused: "You will lose by yourself, of course you have to go in person!"
With that said, he pushed Mr. Yang aside and strode out.
"Your Highness!" Yan Ling caught up with him, "Shall I go with you?"
The prince was a little embarrassed: "Forget it, I just wanted to help you vent your anger, but in the end, you got yourself into a trap."
Yan Ling reassured: "Your Highness lost because of me, how could I ignore it? We share the blessings and the difficulties, let's go, let's go together!"
The prince was so moved by what he said that he felt a surge of pride in his heart: "What you said is right, then we will share the difficulties today."
The two walked through the corridor and went to the back of the terrace.
As expected, there was an exquisite begging building there, and bursts of laughter could be heard from the building.
Yan Ling pulled him and the two of them hid in the shadows.
"It seems that we haven't paid homage to the Weaver Girl yet. Let's go in after they come out."
The prince nodded, followed his example, and carefully hid in the grass.
After a while, there was still no movement. Yan Ling wondered: "You have finished worshiping the Weaver Girl, right? Your Highness, how about I go and lead them away?"