Empress Chu

The favor from above is never something you ask for.

It was exchanged.

Deng Yi has always believed in this way, whether it is using money or other skills, it is all about exchange, not begging.

For example, what the officials just said about Chu Ling.

Everyone said that Chu Ling had lost His Majesty's favor, but no one noticed that a person who had lost His Majesty's favor still held the position of General Guard in the border fortress for more than ten years.

That means that Chu Ling won His Majesty's favor not because of seeking, but because of exchange.

Previously, it was well known that Chu Ling exchanged his talents for Fuyao's promotion to Qingyun, but after that, Chu Ling was convicted and not punished, and there must be this unknown exchange.

Later, King Zhongshan asked him to make friends with Chu Ling if he had the opportunity, which further confirmed his guess.

Of course he didn't mind doing the favor.

Of course, he doesn't intend to make friends with Chu Ling, no matter who they are, he doesn't make friends, it's just an exchange, but he can get a better estimate by knowing more, so he doesn't mind if Chu Ling's daughter deliberately approaches, or in other words, flatters her.

This girl was flattering him unabashedly, from the moment she saw him.

It stands to reason that she should indeed please him, after all, she is the one who came to arrest her, but this girl's character is not like someone who is willing to please others, even when she is pleasing him, the girl's eyes are full of arrogance .

What happened this time further confirmed his point of view, the girl dared not back down in the face of the Third Prince.

Let the third prince bow his head and admit his mistake?To please the Third Prince?She is not willing at all, she is only willing to fight.

Chu Ling and his daughter are very interesting people, Deng Yi smiled.

At this time, we have arrived at the Inner Court Gate, which is the most important palace gate leading to the emperor. The officials in front of the gate saw Deng Yi and greeted with a smile: "Master Deng is in a good mood today."

Deng Yi smiled: "That's right, we're off work, let's go drink, I'll treat you."

Several officials laughed, "Okay, good." "Master Deng's wine is the best." "Master Deng's wine and food are also very good."

A group of people were chatting and laughing when a few eunuchs rushed over from outside. Seeing these people, the officials hurriedly stepped aside, but Deng Yi raised his hand to stop them.

The officials were taken aback, it was too late to say anything, Deng Yi had already said to the eunuchs: "Waist card."

The eunuchs were also taken aback, as if they couldn't believe it, they looked at Deng Yi who was blocking the way.

"Are you blind?" the head eunuch scolded, "Don't you know who I am?"

An official hurriedly laughed with him: "Eunuch Zhu, calm down, Mr. Deng is new here."

The other officials hurriedly whispered to Deng Yi, "This is Eunuch Zhu who is in front of the prince." They urged him to make an apology as soon as possible.

Deng Yi didn't move, and said: "I know Mr. Zhu, so I asked about the badge."

The faces of Eunuch Zhu and the officials became even more ugly. Everyone knew the meaning of these words very well.

"Bold." Eunuch Zhu blushed angrily, "How dare you disrespect the prince! The prince can come and go from the palace at will, this is His Majesty's will, you little official, how dare you provoke—"

The few eunuchs behind him were watching, because the prince likes to ride and shoot and strong people, so the eunuchs around him are also tall and big, and they are gearing up to tear this little official into pieces.

If they really tore an official to death, the prince would not only not punish them, but would also praise them for their bravery.

None of the officials dared to say a word, but Deng Yi continued, "But you are not the prince."

Eunuch Zhu really wanted to do something, but luckily there was laughter from the palace gate.

"Why did Eunuch Zhu come here?" The person who came was also an eunuch, his hair was all white, and there was a bit of resentment on his kind face, "Your Majesty has asked me several times."

Seeing this old eunuch, Eunuch Zhu put away his viciousness, but he was still angry: "It's not that the slaves are late, Grandpa Qi, this slaves can't get in."

The old eunuch came over and probably understood what was going on. He glanced at Deng Yi and said, "A newcomer is here. This Eunuch Zhu is here to deliver something for the crown prince. His Majesty is waiting."

Deng Yi looked at him: "Waist card."

The old eunuch was stunned: "Oh, you don't even recognize me." Shaking his head and laughing at himself, "I don't blame you, I'm old, and I don't come out often."

The officials hurriedly said: "Master Deng, this is Eunuch Qi who is in front of His Majesty, and he is serving His Majesty's daily life." Then he explained to Eunuch Qi, "The newcomer was originally outside the palace, Weiwei's Mansion, and he had never been to the palace at all. ,do not understand anything."

Eunuch Qi sighed: "Why did you send someone who doesn't understand anything?" With a raised eyebrow, he sized Deng Yi up, "Are you offending someone?"

This is not easy for everyone to answer, just laugh.

Deng Yi didn't answer either, he just said: "No one is born knowing it, they learn it step by step, next time I meet my father-in-law, I won't fail to recognize it, but—"

Eunuch Qi didn't wait for him to finish, he reached out and took out his badge: "This is my badge, I'm here to pick up Eunuch Zhu, okay?"

Eunuch Zhu sneered: "Why tell him more, just drive him out."

Deng Yi ignored him, took the badge and looked at it carefully, nodded, and made way: "Please."

Eunuch Zhu glanced at him up and down: "Deng Yi, right? Our family remembers you."

Deng Yi Shili said: "I just came here, and I don't know any rules. If I offend you, please bear with me. I will learn more about the rules here, and I will never delay my business affairs in the future." He took off a jade pendant in his waist, " This is the jade handed down by the lower official's family, please accept it with a smile."

Who is this!Eunuch Zhu was stunned: "You, you."

There are a lot of gifts for eunuchs, but it is the first time I have seen such a public gift, and it is calm.

Is this little official teasing him?

"Who cares about your things." Eunuch Zhu flicked his sleeve angrily, and knocked Deng Yi's jade pendant to the ground, "Get out of the way."

Deng Yi stepped aside as he said.

Eunuch Qi laughed: "Okay, don't get angry with him." Pulling Eunuch Zhu inward, he said in a low voice, "It must have been assigned to offend someone—go back and ask Mr. Yang and the others, you will probably know What happened."

If he offended someone and was thrown here, waiting to see him get into trouble and get a lesson, then Eunuch Zhu would not want to stand out. He can teach others, but he can't be used as a whip—and neither can the members of Uncle Yang's family.

"Not everyone can come to this palace gate." He said angrily, "I will tell His Highness the Crown Prince to check them carefully, it's outrageous!"

The two gradually drifted away and could not be seen without entering the deep palace.

Deng Yi leaned over to pick up the jade pendant from the ground, and then looked at the officials around him, who had complicated expressions on their faces.

"It surprised everyone." Deng Yi said with a smile, shaking the jade pendant, "Wait for me to be it, and I will surprise everyone tonight."

The officials were very angry and funny. They understood Deng Yi's behavior and why he gave gifts everywhere but couldn't keep them anywhere.

"What are you talking about?" They said helplessly.

Deng Yi smiled: "Tu, no matter what happens, you can't retreat without a fight."

If you can't fight, just bow your head.

In this way, although it will be ridiculed by some people, it will also be remembered by some people.

He looked in the direction of the deep palace.

……

……

Compared to Deng Yi, a petty official who guarded the gate with due diligence, the imperial guards patrolling the palace city were more knowledgeable. They stood still and did not look sideways, allowing the eunuchs to come and go.

A young boy with phoenix eyes standing on the city wall yawned boredly, and glanced at the guards gathered beside him.

"Hey, what's new lately?" He asked.

The guards shook their heads: "There are so many new things."

"Not necessarily." The phoenix-eyed boy frowned, and his long eyebrows raised again, "Have you heard about the Yaqu Pavilion in the city? A woman—"

Before he could finish his sentence, the guards rushed over, pinching their arms and pressing their shoulders, and some of them bowed again and again.

"My ninth master, please forgive everyone. I have said this several times."

"You can't talk about it for a lifetime after watching a scene of excitement."

"Yan Lai, please go out again, maybe you can see new excitement."

go out?That's absolutely impossible, Xie Yanlai sneered, a group of people were laughing, and the guards watching the excitement suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, when it comes to new excitement, there really is." He said, "Everyone about the Yaqu Pavilion in the city—"

The guards immediately wailed, "I've heard it all!" "I've already memorized it." "My dream is Miss Chu—"

Speaking of being kicked here, I didn't see who kicked it clearly, so I could only scream.

The guard waved his hand: "No, I mean that because of the Yaquge incident, there was a new incident, and it was related to the third prince."

Something to do with the third prince?The laughing people stopped and looked at him.

Xie Yanlai also looked over, her eyes fixed, and she immediately figured out something, gloating and muttering, "It deserves it, I knew it would be like this."

Others were asking "what's up?"

"It's that Miss Chu." The guard said, "I'm done competing with my brother, and now the Third Prince has asked her to compete with everyone."

Although there was no fight like in Yaquge, Miss Chu suffered much more than being beaten.

"Bowing your head and admitting defeat over and over again, writing calligraphy and painting bets on others, the shame is engraved on your body, and it will never be washed away in this life."

The other guards imagined that the scene happened to them, and they died, or they never came out to see anyone in this life.

They are men after all, what will happen to Miss Chu's family with a girl in the future.

"It's also Miss Chu's fault. The third prince clearly asked her to admit her mistake." A guard frowned, "She admits defeat at the beginning, saying that she is no match, and it's fine if she doesn't. Any scholar really makes things difficult for her."

The other nodded: "That's right, she is still too crazy, anyway, she is admitting defeat, why bother."

Someone laughed.

"Bullshit."

who?Everyone's eyes followed the sound, and they saw that it was the young man with hyacinth eyes who was lazily leaning against the city wall at the back.

"Retiring without fighting is admitting defeat." He said, "If you lose a battle, you are not losing."

What is not losing?The guards frowned.

"Besides, if you lose or lose, you might win." Said the young man with water eyes, laughing, "Once she does, she can go wild."

……

……

A group of ten people was seated, the girl leaned slightly and stood in front of one of them, with a contemplative expression, then picked up the chess piece and dropped it.

When the chess piece fell, the situation on the chessboard was instantly reversed, and the face of the young man sitting across from him turned pale instantly, and a woman's clear smile fell on his head at the same time.

"My son, you lost."

The people watching from all around saw this all the way, and shook their heads one after another, expressing that there was no way to recover from it. The young man simply abandoned his son and surrendered, and wanted to get up and leave, but was stopped by Chu Zhao.

"Wait a minute, son." She said, "You are not as good at calligraphy as I am, and you are not as incisive as you were on topics just now. Now that you have lost in chess, then it must mean that I have defeated you."

The young man turned his head to look at the girl. The girl's brows and eyes were shining brightly, and the corner of her mouth was smiling. She looked really pleasing to the eye—that's all, just pretend to be Bo's face and smile.

He nodded and cupped his hands: "I lost." After saying that, he wanted to leave, but Chu Zhao still called out to wait.

A maidservant also appeared and blocked the way with a stern eye.

"Mr. Zhang." Chu Zhao looked at him. The girl was only 13 years old, and she was shorter than these men, but at this moment she raised her chin slightly, her eyes lowered high, her expression arrogant and indifferent, "Although there are so many people Witness, but what you say is useless, please write it down on this piece of paper, Yuancheng Zhang Liangshu is not as talented as Chu Zhao."

This Mr. Zhang was stunned, and his face turned red immediately, and the other people around him also frowned.

It turned out to be returning what others said to her earlier.

This woman has been admitting defeat for the past few days, with a respectful and humble attitude. She won only once, and she is so rampant.

"Miss Chu, you only won once." Someone said in a strange way.

Chu Zhao smiled: "If you win once, you are also winning."

She glanced at everyone and smiled mockingly.

"What? I can afford to lose, but you can't afford to lose?"

Chapter 41 Spread the Word

The scene spread quickly.

Laughter resounded from the walls of Miyagi.

"Well, it's exactly as I said." Xie Yanlai folded her arms and laughed, "It's lively enough."

If it's just the girl who keeps losing, it's quite boring. The two of them compete, and it's lively when they win and lose. The other guards nodded.

"Miss Chu's provocation made the scholars irritated." A guard who went to see the scene described, "The fighting was very lively. How do you say that? Literal and sharp! There is no trace of elegance."

"That's really good." "It's the first time I've seen this kind of fighting scene among scholars." "It's worth going to see." "Can anyone enter?"