After the etiquette class ended on the last day, Zhuo Ye told Qiao Ling to start packing. After spending this last night in the palace, they could leave this gorgeous prison and return to Prince Jin's Mansion to live a comfortable life.
Zhuo Ye had a happy smile on her lips, and her palms unconsciously touched her lower abdomen. She was looking forward to the birth of the little life in her belly, and she was also looking forward to every day of her life in the future...
During dinner, Feng Linrui came over to Tingfangzhai to have dinner again. Although Zhuo Ye didn't want to eat with the difficult-to-serve emperor, the palace was their territory, and it was hard for her to chase them away.
In fact, the entire country belongs to others. Even if Feng Linrui came to her house to have a meal, she would not dare to kick him out...
But... Zhuo Ye glanced at Feng Linrui secretly, and secretly cursed in his heart: You said you just eat when you want to eat. Why are you keeping a straight face and frowning? By the way, this meal today is not Western food.
It was made by the royal chef in the palace. It's not that bad, right? Why are you looking so sad as if you're swallowing medicine?
After finally finishing the meal with Feng Linrui, the emperor seemed to have no intention of leaving just yet. He sat there and drank half a cup of tea in silence. Then he looked at Zhuo Ye and said, "Come and have another dish with me."
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Zhuo Ye grinned bitterly, nodded and said, "Okay."
Zhuo Ye felt very miserable every time he played chess with Feng Linrui. He took the initiative to give up his pieces, but he thought it was a loss of face, so she didn't say anything. Instead, he asked to give up, but the level of the two of them was still not at the same level. Winning
You can’t win, and you have to lose without leaving a trace. It’s so tiring!
But Feng Linrui opened her mouth. Did she dare to say "no"? Alas...
Feng Linrui waved his hands to the left and right: "You all can go down."
"yes……"
Qiao Ling, a group of palace maids, eunuchs, etc. all left as instructed, leaving only Feng Linrui and Zhuo Ye in the room.
Zhuo Ye looked at Feng Linrui clearly, waiting for him to say how many sons he would give up.
Feng Linrui picked up a black stone and dropped it on the chessboard. Then he raised his head and glared at Zhuo Ye: "Play chess! Why are you looking at me? Have I painted my face on the chessboard?!"
"..." The corner of Zhuo Ye's mouth twitched. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, do you want to start like this?"
"How can we start if we don't start like this? Is there any other way to play chess?" Feng Linrui asked with a stern face.
"You don't need to be a daughter of the people... How many children do you have, Your Majesty?" Zhuo Ye asked in a low voice. He sent out all the people who were serving him, wasn't he afraid that he would be embarrassed to speak?
"What nonsense! Did I say that I want you to give up my son? Just do it like this!" Feng Linrui's face turned a little darker.
"Oh..." Zhuo Ye finally figured out that this man was upset today and she didn't care about him...
"Show your housekeeping skills and don't give in to me!" Feng Linrui said again.
Zhuo Ye was stunned for a moment and said with some embarrassment: "But your Majesty...what if...what if..." What if you lose and trouble her again?
Although Zhuo Ye hadn't finished speaking, Feng Linrui had already understood her concerns and said with a tigerish face: "I don't blame you for losing. Do you think that I am a narrow-minded person who will seek revenge?!"
"That's not what the daughter of the people means..." In fact, that's what he is! Zhuo Ye said this, but he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
"Excuse me, if you dare to play tricks with me, I will punish you for bullying!"
"The daughter of the people obeys the decree!" Zhuo Ye twisted the white piece and dropped it with a "snap", thinking to himself: You are the one who asked for the abuse, but don't blame her for being rude!
In a short time, the game of chess was over. Feng Linrui was killed without leaving a single piece of armor behind. Zhuo Ye was secretly relieved.
"One more plate!" Feng Linrui said.
Zhuo Ye pursed his lips and continued to play chess with Feng Linrui.
With Feng Linrui's words, Zhuo Ye showed no mercy, the situation became one-sided, and the war soon ended again.
"Come again!" Feng Linrui became more energetic.
"..."
After playing four games in a row, all of which ended in Feng Linrui's disastrous defeat, Zhuo Ye felt relieved and began to sigh to himself, feeling so unfulfilled...
She finally understood that Feng Linrui sent everyone away not because he wanted to ask her to give up his son, but because he was determined to seek torture. He was afraid that the maids and eunuchs would see his miserable state...
At the end of the sixth set, Zhuo Ye felt a little soft...
"Your Majesty, do you still want to get off?" It was already getting late, and she wanted to rest early. Now her body was not alone...
"Forget it, no more playing." Feng Linrui threw away the chess piece in his hand angrily.
Before Zhuo Ye could breathe a sigh of relief, Feng Linrui continued, "Sing me a song."
"Ah?" Zhuo Ye was about to yawn, but he suppressed it when he heard this. By the way, what kind of song are you singing this late at night?
"I'm in a bad mood." Feng Linrui said quietly.
"The emperor has something on his mind?" Zhuo Ye asked carefully.
"Hmm..." Feng Linrui glanced at Zhuo Ye, smiled bitterly and said, "But I don't want to tell you."
"..." Zhuo Ye was speechless, and she didn't want to hear it, but his tone just now clearly meant that he wanted to talk. Otherwise, wouldn't he be in a good mood to mention something to her?
"I want to hear you sing now!" From now on... I can't let her sing for him alone... Feng Linrui felt extremely uncomfortable.
"What kind of music does the emperor want to listen to?" Zhuo Ye said helplessly.
"It's a bit sentimental."
"Sentimental?" Zhuo Ye scratched his head. She is happy now. Why must she sing a sentimental song? "Your Majesty, if you are not in a good mood, you should listen to something lighter..."
"We must listen to sadness!" Feng Linrui slapped the table.
"Okay, okay, the sad ones are just sad..." Zhuo Ye compromised, wrinkled his little face, and murmured to himself: "But the sad ones... are all love songs..."
Feng Linrui's ears were so good that he heard Zhuo Ye's soliloquy clearly and said, "Just sing a love song!"
Zhuo Ye was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "Is the Emperor in a bad mood because of Lian Qin's departure?"
When Feng Linrui heard this, he shot the knife towards Zhuo Ye with a cold eye.
Zhuo Ye regretted her words as soon as she said it. She should not be concerned about the emperor's emotional privacy...
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, the daughter of the people...the daughter of the people shouldn't talk too much..."
"How can you come up with so many words when I ask you to sing a song?!" Feng Linrui stared.
"Oh, okay..." Zhuo Ye frowned and thought for a moment, and then he had an idea in his mind. He cleared his throat, opened his lips and sang:
"The beautiful woman is wearing red makeup under the moonlight. I don't know who hurt her. The birds are still in pairs, and they are busy singing duet to each other. I can't help but shed tears..."
After Feng Linrui listened to these lyrics, Fang couldn't help but pause in his movements to drink tea, and a look of surprise flashed across his face.
"The girl is singing alone in the moonlight, with only the solitary shadow wandering together, lying under the willow leaf skirt, she seems to be heartbroken, and sighing with her at the cool evening breeze..."
"People say that if two people love each other forever, how can I have a dream with you? In the play, my heart breaks, and in the dream I think about it secretly, asking myself who is spinning the mandarin duck in my hand..."
Feng Linrui's face looked a little dazed...
"Looking back at the lonely shadow under the moon, which is gradually becoming blurry, and the inexplicable amorous feelings are surrounding the fallen flowers. In the play, the two are boundless, in the dream, in the heart, let you admire Yi Hongzhuang alone..."
Hearing this, Feng Linrui's expression became even more unnatural...