Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

The team braved the wind and rain to advance.

When traveling to a fork in the road, the convoy stopped.

Now there are two roads ahead of them.

The road on the right will pass a big river, and the only way to cross the river is to cross the rope bridge.

But that cable bridge has been there for many years, and it is very dilapidated. I don't know if it can support so many carriages and horses.

In contrast, the road on the left is much safer.

Li Cheng naturally chose the road on the left.

The confidants around him whispered reminders.

"The last batch of teams delivering relief supplies encountered robbers on the road on the left."

Li Cheng: "..."

Why didn't you say something so important earlier? !

The confidant explained.

"If you take the road on the left, you will pass through a valley.

There are rocks on both sides of the valley, and only the narrow road in the middle can pass people.

The last batch of people who transported supplies was in that valley, and they were ambushed by bandits. They suffered heavy casualties and all supplies were robbed. "

Li Cheng said with a cold face: "In that case, then take the road on the right."

Although they brought a lot of people this time, but the sword has no eyes, what if they hurt him?

As the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he must not encounter accidents in this ruined place.

So the convoy continued along the road on the right.

When Li Ji heard about this, he smiled lightly.

"The prince is quite naive."

Hua Manman was putting black pieces on the chessboard, and upon hearing this, she was not only curious.

"Why did the prince say such a thing?"

Li Ji picked up a white chess piece casually and said leisurely.

"No matter which road is left or right, it is the only way to go south.

If this king were those bandits, he would definitely set up ambushes on both roads, so as to ensure nothing goes wrong. "

Hua Manman was startled: "Those mountain bandits still want to come and rob? They are too courageous!"

Li Ji: "Those who can become bandits are naturally cowardly."

He captured the thoughts in Hua Manman's heart, knew where she would go next, and directly placed the white chess in that place.

As a result, Huamanman's layout was completely disrupted.

She stared at the chess game in front of her, blowing her beard and staring with anger.

"How could you do this? Why did you put the pieces here?"

Li Ji smiled slightly and said leisurely.

"There is no rule in this place that only black chess can be played."

Hua Manman starts to play tricks.

"I don't care about myself, you have to take this chess piece back, let's play this chess again."

Li Ji raised his eyebrows: "Are you going to regret the game?"

Hua Manman clasped his hands together and begged eagerly.

"It's just one step, will you let me be a good concubine?"

Li Ji smiled lightly and said: "Playing chess is about making a move without regrets, and what you are doing is not what a gentleman would do."

"A concubine is a woman, not a gentleman."

Under Hua Manman's hard work, Li Ji finally chose to compromise.

He took back the fallen white pieces.

Hua Manman stared at the chessboard for a long time, finally carefully chose a new position, and put the sunspots on it.

However, within two steps, her way was blocked by King Zhao's white chess.

Seeing that he was about to lose again, Hua Manman started cheating again.

"No, no, this step is wrong, the concubine has to do it again!"

Li Ji: "..."

His Royal Highness King Zhao, who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, never thought that someone would regret a game so naturally.

Hua Manman picked up the white chess piece and put it back into King Zhao's chess box.

She hesitated again and again, and chose a new position to make a move.

Li Ji picked up the white chess and looked at her steadily.

"Won't you regret it this time?"

Hua Manman nodded vigorously: "No more!"

Li Ji put the chess pieces on the chessboard.

When the white piece was only half an inch away from the chessboard, Hua Manman suddenly called out.

"Wait a moment!"

Li Ji paused.

Hua Manman grabbed his right hand with sharp joints, and smiled flatteringly.

"I regretted it, I have to do this step again."

Li Ji: "Didn't you say you no longer regret it?"

Hua Manman deliberately coquettishly said in a soft tone.

"Oh, anyway, your chess piece hasn't landed yet, so this isn't considered regret."

Li Ji looked at the white piece in his hand.

It just barely missed the board.

Anyone with eyes can see where he wants to put the chess pieces.

What's the difference between this and already settled?

Li Ji looked at the hand tightly held by her again, and sneered.

"You're pretty good at taking advantage of loopholes."

If someone else dared to play tricks on him like this, he would just kick them out.

But now facing Shanghua Manman's beautiful big eyes, Li Ji once again chose to indulge.

That's all.

Anyway, the journey was far away, and he would be bored if he was idle, so it didn't matter to let her play a few rounds, as it was just a way to pass the time.

Under Hua Manman's repeated cheating, she finally won the game with difficulty from King Zhao.

She cheered happily.

"The concubine finally won!"

Li Ji had almost never lost a game against others before.

Now meeting such a stinky chess player as Hua Manman gave him a rare taste of failure.

Looking at the appalling chess game in front of him, he was a little suspicious of life for a moment.

Seeing that he was silent, Hua Manman hastened to comfort him.

"Don't be sad, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, just get used to it."

Li Ji: "..."

He was about to teach this smug little thing a lesson when the carriage stopped.

Chen Wangbei's voice sounded outside.

"My lord, the rope bridge is ahead."

Hua Manman pushed open the car window, looked out, and saw that there was indeed a wide river ahead, and the river was rushing continuously.

Above the river, hangs a long cable bridge.

According to visual inspection, the cable bridge is indeed very old, and the wooden boards in some places have fallen off, which looks very unstable.

Seeing this, Li Cheng couldn't help hesitating.

He can't swim. If he is unlucky and falls into the river, he will definitely be drowned.

He called his confidants and asked if he could choose another way to cross the river.

The confidant answered truthfully.

"If it were normal times, maybe we could build boats and cross the river.

But now that there is such a heavy wind and rain, the river is much more turbulent than usual.

As long as the boat enters the water, it will be washed away, and it will never reach the other side.

We can only go over this cable bridge now. "

Li Cheng was very disturbed.

But now everyone is waiting for his order, and he can't delay for too long, lest he be suspected of being timid.

Lin Qingzhi suggested at the right time.

"Why don't Your Highness call King Zhao to discuss it? Maybe he can do something."

Li Cheng was unwilling to ask King Zhao for help.

But what Lin Qingzhi said next made him change his mind.

"If King Zhao is allowed to make this decision, even if something happens when we cross the river, it will be King Zhao's responsibility, and His Royal Highness has nothing to do with it."

Li Cheng thought so too, that's the only role left for that useless King Zhao now.

So he nodded, agreeing.

Soon King Zhao's carriage approached.

The two parties were still the same as last time, sitting in their respective carriages and talking through the windows.