Empress Chu

"So I'm going to go this way." She couldn't help but say, "I just made a mistake just now."

Ms. Zhou slammed the chess piece down, and shouted: "Watch the chess without saying a word."

So fierce, Chu Zhao smiled and stopped talking. Young Master Pengcheng on the opposite side frowned, and the sweat on his forehead could be seen faintly under the sunlight. This girl who just came out was indeed very fierce-the chess style is very fierce.

This girl doesn't seem to need to think about playing chess, she just comes up with a killer move, pressing every step of the way.

a woman!

Mr. Pengcheng was very annoyed, but he couldn't deal with it, so he could only retreat step by step, retreating again and again, there was no way to retreat.

He held on to the chess piece for a long time and couldn't drop it, and the people around him were silent, all of them were thinking hard, but finally shook their heads.

It's not that Mr. Pengcheng can't afford to lose, so he abandoned his son to admit defeat, got up and left.

"Don't worry, my lord, this is not considered a loss to me." Chu Zhao hurriedly said afterward, "You can still say that I am not as good as you."

How could he have the face to say it!Besides, he won against Chu Zhao, but lost to a woman, so what's the difference!Mr. Pengcheng hurried away with a flick of his sleeves.

But this girl who played fiercely at chess was as insolent as Chu Zhao, she stood up and pointed at Mr. Pengcheng's back and shouted.

"When you win a woman, you dare to speak boldly, look at no one in your eyes, and think that women in the world are inferior to you?"

This is the return of what Mr. Pengcheng scolded Chu Zhao earlier.

Arrogant!

The people around sounded a commotion.

The expressions of the girls in the pavilion in the corridor also changed from shock to bewilderment.

"A Jiang." A girl murmured, "So it's so fierce."

I couldn't see it at all before.

Everyone has been playing chess since they were young, and they are very familiar with each other. Ms. Zhou is obviously a quiet and well-behaved girl with few words. Her family is full of chess players. She can naturally play chess, and she often plays chess with her sisters, but sometimes she loses. He won, but he didn't show how superior his skills were, and he wasn't so aggressive when he won.

Some people confuse Miss Zhou's strange temperament, while others confuse Miss Zhou's behavior.

"Ah Jiang is helping Chu Zhao?" Qi Leyun asked, "Since when did she become so close to Chu Zhao?"

Rushing out on such an occasion and teaching the person who defeated Chu Zhao a lesson, isn't this taking out his anger for Chu Zhao?

This kind of behavior is what the book says is stabbing a friend in the ribs, right?

A girl next to her chuckled lightly: "You think too much, not because of this."

why?Qi Leyun looked at her.

"For herself," said the girl.

What good does it do me to stand out at this time and provoke public anger?Qi Leyun was even more puzzled.

The girl stopped talking, and looked at Miss Zhou who took Chu Zhao's place and stood in the competition seat.

Miss Zhou was shrouded in a look she had never seen before.

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Chu Zhao looked at the girl who was standing in his place, and coughed lightly: "This, miss, what's your name?"

The 13-year-old Chu Zhao may know this young lady, but she really doesn't have the slightest impression.

Is this lady invincible in chess?How come I never heard her name in that life.

When Ah Jiang couldn't speak, he was held in his arms by his grandfather and watched chess.

When she can speak, she can play chess with her grandfather.

It was a child's play, of course, at first, but once she made a move that made my grandfather think about the time of a cup of tea, he began to see her differently.

She started to learn chess from her grandfather, and when she was ten years old, there were not many people in her family who could play chess with her.

"If you were a man, grandfather would be able to recommend you to the Imperial Academy right now." Grandfather once said with a smile.

She was a little puzzled and asked her grandfather, "Can't I be a daughter?"

Grandfather laughed, and the rest of the family laughed too.

"Of course my daughter can't." The grandfather felt helpless and regretful, "A man can live and live by learning chess, but a daughter can only learn chess for fun."

But my mother had other ideas.

"My daughter can learn to live and work in chess, but this body and life are her future husband." The mother took her hand and said, "A Jiang, you have to remember that you play chess to please your husband. You can beat him, but You can't win him all the time, win or lose, your goal is to make your husband happy."

According to what her mother said, she put away her edge and deliberately lost when she played chess. Sure enough, people who were upset by her before at home and outside the house all liked her again.

But every late night, she sat alone under the lamp, fighting with herself, aggressively, carefree and angry.

She is clearly skilled at chess, but because she is a daughter, she has to hide it.

Other people's liking for her is actually obtained by her admitting defeat again and again, so what's the point of liking her?

In the past few days, I watched Chu Zhao admit defeat again and again, and fight again and again. Whether she wins or loses, she is in control. Even if those people hate her, so what, she loses freely and wins recklessly.

A mere woman, a mere woman, so what!

She also wants to have fun like this once!

Zhou Jiang looked back at Chu Zhao and said, "When I win these people, you will know my name."

Chu Zhao was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "Then I wish Miss a great reputation in Chu Garden."

She backed away after speaking.

Zhou Jiang's hands hanging in the sleeves trembled slightly. She stepped forward, looked at everyone and asked loudly: "Who else? Dare to fight me!"

Chapter 47 Watching

The matter of Xiaowangchunyuan Literary Association has become a topic in the capital, and restaurants and teahouses talk about it every day, who won and who lost to the little girl of the Chu family these days.

Ximoxuan's anthology is sold everywhere, and many people will look through it when they have nothing to do, and comment on the game in it.

It was all laughing at first.

Because the game is really not exciting, in the eyes of scholars, it looks like a toddler.

This is not surprising. A little girl who is only thirteen or fourteen years old can read, read, play, play, play, play, play, and use it for entertainment and self-cultivation. How can she compare with the men who use reading to settle down.

But in a few days, the games in the anthology can no longer be glanced at at a glance, and they must be read carefully. Although the girl still lost after reading it, everyone laughed less happily.

Some people don't even smile anymore.

"This little girl, not only did not lose her momentum because of losing, but she is learning and growing." An older man sighed.

This little girl is winning more and more, writing articles, characters, and chess skills are almost a leap in three days.

The anthology is in front of you, clearly visible.

Although this girl's arrogance and arrogance are unpleasant, but this attitude of being eager to learn is admirable. The two kinds of conduct are intertwined, and they can better educate the children and grandchildren of the family.

As a result, the anthology of Chu Yuan, which was circulated in restaurants and tea shops, was also sent to the compound of the deep house. The children who concentrated on studying, the ladies who did not stay out of the boudoir, and the daughters-in-law who served their uncles all began to read it, which caused more controversy. .

"It's easy to learn, but you should not be ashamed to ask if you are eager to learn, but she wants to provoke."

"What you said is wrong. It wasn't her provocation at all. Others came to the door first. I think if someone came to the door, it should be provocative."

"Her knowledge is not as good as mine, and she won't be able to become a master just because of a competition. Why did grandpa let me learn from her?"

"She is aggressive and aggressive all by herself, disturbing the uneasiness of so many people, it will only make everyone unhappy."

But suddenly one day, the newly delivered anthology stunned those who read it.

"Come and see." The girl greeted her sister, "There is an extra name here."

The girls gathered around, and sure enough, they saw a new name.

"Zhou Jiang." The girls read, "I seem to have heard of it somewhere? Is it Miss Zhou's family?"

There are many families in the capital, and not everyone knows them.

"It must be Miss Zhou's family." The sisters-in-law of the girls also came over to look at it, pointing to the chess record, "The Zhou family is a master of chess, and if they can win [-] games in a row, it must be from the Zhou family."

She looked a little surprised again.

"However, all the men in the Zhou family are skilled at chess, but the girls have never heard of it, so they are also so good."

The girls gathered around, both shocked and curious. Although Miss Zhou and the others didn't often play together, they occasionally met a few times in Beijing. I've heard that he is good at chess.

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In the Zhou family, a middle-aged man with a short beard came in, covering his face with his sleeve, and shouted to the old man who was feeding the birds on the porch, "Master."

The old man glanced at him, but the middle-aged man still covered his face with his sleeve and did not put it down.

"The disciple is incompetent, so he lost." He said in a low voice, "Mister, you are ashamed."

The old man glared at him: "Look at your talent!"

There were more people, most of whom were young people pouring in, calling for grandpa.

"A Jiang is too much." "How could she do this?" "This is to bring disaster to our Zhou family."

The birds on the porch were so noisy that they all shrank in their cages. The old man raised his hand and knocked on the porch pillar, and said angrily, "Shut up, shut up, and call A Jiang."

Hearing the message in the inner house, Zhou Jiang, who was sitting between the old lady and the sisters, stood up.

Since that day, she didn't go to Chu Garden again, and she didn't mention this matter to her family when she came back, but she knew it couldn't be kept secret.

At that time, Chu Zhao said that Chu Yuan's matches would be transcribed and compiled into a book: "Of course, if it's not convenient for you, Miss Zhou, I will let them not put it in."

Even if you don't put it in, so many people in Chu Garden have seen it, and you can't hide it, Zhou Jiang shook his head: "Since I have done it, I am not afraid of being known, please feel free, Miss Chu."

What's more, she has maidservants to accompany her. If she did such a thing outside, the maidservants must not dare to hide it from the family.

Sure enough, the family knew about it the night they got home, and their parents were furious and locked her up. After three days, her anthology was sold, and her name spread.

Parents didn't dare to take care of her anymore, and sent her to the old lady to discuss how to deal with it, but before the discussion came out, the old man who was devoted to studying chess and ignoring foreign things came to call someone.

"A Jiang, you really annoyed your grandfather this time." Grandma said helplessly.

Zhou Jiang knew that it was her grandfather who taught her how to play chess, and it was also her grandfather who stopped her from playing chess. She saluted everyone, turned around and left.

The sisters looked at it with mixed emotions: "How did A Jiang become like this?" "It was all brought down by that Chu Zhao." "Poor, A Jiang is going to be sent out of the capital to the countryside, right?"

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When Zhou Jiang came over, Mrs. Zhou was reading a collection of essays. There were a group of young people standing on the corridor, including brothers from the family and Mrs. Zhou's disciples.

"I told you not to study chess at that time, and it seems that you didn't listen." Old Mrs. Zhou said.

Zhou Jiang bowed his head and responded: "The granddaughter has never let go of it. She learns chess by herself and plays chess with herself."

Mrs. Zhou slapped the anthology on the table: "I knew it! You learned it by yourself, with such a narrow horizon!"

Seeing Mrs. Zhou getting angry, the young people around expressed their anger with their eyes. Zhou Jiang lowered his head and bit his lower lip.

"—Look at your chess move, how bad it is!"

babble?The angry young people were taken aback, and Zhou Jiang also raised his head.

"Which one?" Zhou Jiang hurried over and stood next to his grandfather to read the chess records in the anthology, "Impossible, I won this game."

Old Master Zhou was even angrier: "Are you still not convinced? So what if you win? Look at your game of chess, it's sloppy. You won this time because the opponent's chess skill is poor, not because you are good at chess."

He said, pointing his finger at one place.

"What if the other party took this step at that time?"

Zhou Jiang looked down at the game map, and the old lady's finger clicked, and the situation of the chess game changed instantly. She frowned and thought for a moment, and finally gave up: "Then I can't win."

Old Master Zhou snorted: "You are young, don't be self-righteous."

Zhou Jiang bowed his head and answered yes, tears fell inexplicably.

Although she was scolded by her family these few days, she didn't cry at all. At this moment, the old man's words made her unable to bear it anymore.

Is it because of being scolded?No, it's because——

"Why did you come out to play chess with others?" Old Master Zhou glanced at her, and didn't ask her why she was crying, but asked, "You are very close to that Chu Zhao? Do you feel wronged for her?"