Empress Chu

Zhou Jiang shook his head: "No, Chu Zhao and I are not on good terms, and we have hardly spoken."

The old man Zhou smiled, and asked again: "Then you want to show off? Want to show off your skills in front of people?"

Zhou Jiang shook his head again: "Why does my granddaughter care about this? If she really wants to show off, she can do it at home now." She glanced at the men standing in the corridor.

Men are annoyed by this look, what do you mean? !

Mrs. Zhou smiled: "What is that for?"

Zhou Jiang said: "At that time, that man talked arrogantly, talking about a little girl, saying that the little girl won a few games and then looked at no one. I can't see this kind of behavior. Didn't he just win a little girl? How can he be arrogant? People There are people outside the sky, there is no limit to learning, if Chu Zhao is said to be arrogant, why isn't he also?"

The old man Zhou laughed: "You bully others at chess, aren't you afraid that you will lose?"

Zhou Jiang said: "If you lose, you lose. I will study harder in the future."

The old man Zhou nodded: "Okay, dare to lose and dare to win, you are indeed my granddaughter." He raised his hand after saying that, "Go, let grandpa see, how many consecutive victories can you win before you lose."

The reason why she shed tears before was because of the old man Zhou's words, which made her feel that her grandfather didn't blame her. This feeling was really true, and not only that, her grandfather also asked her to go on—

Zhou Jiang looked at his grandfather, stretched out his arms and hugged his neck—this was the first time he hugged his grandfather since his grandfather stopped her from learning chess.

"Grandfather, just watch." She said loudly, and ran away happily with her skirt in her hands.

Old Master Zhou coughed a few times: "This little girl is too strong, she almost strangled me."

The other people in the corridor were dumbfounded, and they swarmed over, "Grandfather, what are you doing?" "Grandfather, you want A Jiang to go to Chu Garden to mess with that Chu Zhao, aren't you trying to annoy the Third Prince?"

"What nonsense!" Mrs. Zhou patted the table to keep them quiet. "My Zhou family is very good at chess. Why did my granddaughter annoy the third prince when she played chess? What about monarchs and ministers? I played chess with His Majesty back then. Let Your Majesty win, and Your Majesty did not cut off my head!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up, asked the maid to take down the bird cage, and walked away.

The remaining group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, and then their eyes focused on the middle-aged man with short beard.

"Brother Ah Zhe, it seems that you can no longer be grandfather's first disciple."

Chapter 48 Transition

Chu Yuan's competition suddenly became different.

When Chu Zhao lost in the art of calligraphy, the young master on the opposite side prepared to teach the little girl a few words according to the usual practice. After receiving the proof of admitting defeat, he just said, "You—"

A girl came out from the corridor: "Don't be complacent, let me compete with you, you won Chu Zhao, not all the little girls!"

The young master was stunned: "Actually, it's not—"

"What? Don't you dare?" the girl said immediately.

Saying he dared not dare to a little girl under the watchful eyes of everyone, the young master couldn't say it no matter what, so he could only bow his hands in embarrassment: "Miss, please."

Chu Zhao's position was robbed again, looking at the girl: "You—"

"Don't ask, you will know my name when I win." The girl raised her chin slightly and said.

Chu Zhao laughed, and deliberately said, "Then what if you lose?"

The girl was ashamed: "Then I will also tell the world my name."

Chu Zhao laughed, and called the maid behind him: "Serve the pen and ink for this young lady."

Hearing the news here, the people in the Chu Garden gathered again, seeing that there was another girl in the arena, they talked one after another.

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……

The girls in the cloister, the flower hall, etc. also talked about it, but this time, few people said anything about this young lady who is close to Chu Zhao, and how to fight for Chu Zhao.

Qi Leyun looked shocked and muttered something.

Chu Zhao came over at this time.

Since coming to Chu Garden, Chu Zhao has never paid any attention to them. At first they thought Chu Zhao sneered and ridiculed them, and drove them out. Later, they thought that Chu Zhao would be grateful and thank them for coming to support, help, and make a big impact. No.

Chu Zhao looked at everyone—there were more girls and more unfamiliar faces than before.

It can be seen that although Miss Zhou Jiang's accident happened, the families did not prohibit the girls from coming to Chu Garden.

"Everyone, how is my game?" She asked with a smile, "Is it more fun than yours before? Are you having fun playing with me?"

It turned out to be to show off, the girls were astonished and a little bit at a loss.

Qi Leyun said angrily, "We're not here to play, but to see how you lose to others."

In fact, this was often said before, and no one thought much of it, but this time many girls felt uneasy, and some people reached out and pulled Qi Leyun's sleeves—don't say that.

Chu Zhao was not angry, let alone hit her, still smiling: "I am not afraid of losing to others, and now it seems that many people are not afraid, such as Miss Zhou, and this lady."

She pointed to the girl present. The girl was concentrating on writing with two pens. This skill attracted more onlookers.

Qi Leyun actually felt a little guilty when he said that before, but now seeing that Chu Zhao didn't pursue it, he breathed a sigh of relief, clenched his hands, and said, "Miss Zhou and this lady will not lose."

"I know, they are better than me." Chu Zhao nodded, "But they didn't think that they would never lose before they left the field. No one can fully say that I will not lose. After all, there are people beyond people and others."

This sentence is correct, the girls nodded, Qi Leyun opened his mouth and said nothing.

"I'm different." Chu Zhao said with a smile, "I knew before I played that I must lose."

Many girls couldn't hold back their snorts.

Qi Leyun muttered: "So you know."

"Yeah, of course I know. I know how much I am." Chu Zhao spread his hands and said, without waiting for anyone to ask, he continued, "But if you know that you have to lose, you have to compare. If you lose after the competition, if you don't compete with me, you will lose." Admitting defeat is different. I have always been in Bianjun. Although Xiliang has surrendered and surrendered, there are still many Xiliang soldiers in Bianjun after so many years. Bianjun raided and plundered, and A Le and I have seen several battles—”

She pointed to A Le beside her.

"Miss and I both ride horses with the army." A Le said loudly, "We carry arrows and knives with our backs, and we also draw bows and arrows at the Xiliang bandits—"

Speaking of this, he hummed again, a little embarrassed.

"It's just that the archery is not good, so I missed it."

The girls all laughed, but it wasn't ridicule, and some girls whispered: "It's not surprising that you are so small."

Ale nodded: "Yes, we are too young, but Miss and I have never stopped practicing archery, even after we entered Beijing. When we fight against Xiliang soldiers next time, we will definitely be able to kill a few."

The girls giggled and looked at this maid, although she was still rustic, she felt quite cute.

Chu Zhao smiled and waited for A Le to finish, and then continued: "Why did I also admit defeat? I chose to lose after the competition, because my father taught me that a soldier would rather die than flee without fighting. The former is a hero, and the latter is a hero." Those who are cowards are cowards. Compared with the real battlefield, my loss is just a few words of humiliation. If I don’t even dare to do this, let alone being a hero, it is simply a waste of human beings.”

The girls did not speak, each thinking.

Chu Zhao suddenly bowed to them: "But I'm not good at learning, and I've hurt everyone."

The girls were a little surprised - Chu Zhao's behavior was always surprising. Someone waved his hand and subconsciously said, "No, no, how do you say that?"

"I'm a little girl." Chu Zhao stood up and said, "I lost, and I was laughed at one by one, like all the little girls lost, and they lost face."

She sighed softly.

"That's why Miss Zhou and this lady are not reconciled, and want to save face for the little girl."

Fighting for face for the little girls, the girls looked at the field. At this time, the girl had finished writing, and the maidservants unfolded it for everyone to see. .

"I'm not good at skills. It doesn't mean that all the little girls are like this, such as Miss Zhou, such as this lady, such as all of you."

Chu Zhao looked around at everyone.

"Each of you has some advantages. If I lose, it doesn't mean that the little girl will lose."

"Even if Miss Zhou and this lady lose, it doesn't mean you lose too."

Qi Leyun couldn't help but stand up again: "That's right, to be honest, my calligraphy is also very good."

The girls beside me laughed, "Qi Leyun, you're bragging." "I've never seen you write." "You always doze off at parties."

Qi Leyun retorted angrily, "I'm too lazy to write it for you." "My parents won't let me write it." "I dozed off because you were so boring playing the piano and talking!"

The girls were boisterous, but the atmosphere was cheerful.

Chu Tang came out from the side, and said with a smile, "Which young lady won face for the little girls, and I will give her tea today for free."

The girls suddenly laughed louder.

"A Tang, you are so generous!" "If I win, treat everyone to a snack, will you also be free?"

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When the young lady left the stage satisfied with her success in writing three books in a row, the young masters wiped off their sweat thinking that it was finally over and they could start the next game, but it was not Chu Zhao who stood up at the beginning, but a few strange girls.

"I don't know if anyone is willing to compete with us?" They said, "Let us little girls also see your demeanor?"

The onlookers were shocked and helpless.

"It's a mess, it's a mess!"

"Ridiculous! These women!"

"It's all Chu Zhaoqi's head, it's spoiling the atmosphere!"

"They must be taught a lesson!"

Although there was a lot of discussion, more men also stood up, and the competition continued even more enthusiastically.

The onlookers watched more intently, the girls watched more seriously, and Chu Tang was even more busy, while Chu Zhao became the most leisurely one.

She took Ale back and watched all this quietly.

"Miss." A Le whispered, "I really didn't expect things to turn out like this."

Now the matter is no longer a battle between Chu Zhao and the three princes, but a competition between the little girls and the boys.

It became a fun, elegant thing.

Of course, the third prince would still hold grudges against Chu Zhao, but on the bright side Chu Zhao would no longer be ridiculed and humiliated blindly.

"I didn't expect it either." Chu Zhao said, he didn't expect that Miss Zhou would stand up, and he didn't expect more and more girls to stand up.

In her last life, she always thought that she was looked down upon by girls. Before becoming a queen, she was inferior, and after becoming a queen, she was proud, and she didn't want or want to deal with girls.

Ale shook Chu Zhao's hand: "Miss, it's because you stood up first, if you were defeated and retreated from the beginning, you wouldn't be here now."

Chu Zhao smiled and said sadly: "Yes, people must humiliate themselves and future generations will humiliate them, and those who respect themselves will be humiliated."

Ah Le said: "Miss is really getting more and more knowledgeable now, and I can't even understand the words."

Chu Zhao laughed.

Chapter 49 Seeing

At dawn, Mrs. Jiang came to the Chu Garden and assigned a maid: "I will use this pavilion."

The servants didn't answer immediately, "Look at me, I'll look at you."

Jiang was annoyed: "What? I can't even make decisions about my own garden now? This place has become Miss Azhao's world?"

A maid hurriedly shook her head: "No, no."

Another maid rushed to say: "You have to ask Miss A Tang, she is the master of the garden."

Hearing that it was A Tang, Mrs. Jiang was not angry at all, her face was full of surprises: "My son is amazing, so what else should I watch, let my son make arrangements." Tang.

Since Chu Tang came home, he has stopped eating with his parents just like Chu Zhao. The reason, of course, is unnecessary.

She just sighed and said, "It's not good for me to live in someone else's house all the time."

Mrs. Jiang held her in her arms distressedly: "You are in your yard, you don't need to come out, I will open a small kitchen for you, and you can decide what you want to eat and drink."

Mrs. Jiang hadn't seen Chu Tang for several days. She didn't know that her daughter had the final say on what happened in the garden. She came to Chu Tang's place happily. Quiet, but surrounded by seven or eight maids and maids.

These seven or eight maids and maids are not serving meals, some are holding account books, some are talking, chattering and making noise.

This scene is really in charge of the house, Jiang Shi ouched with a laugh: "Miss A Tang is busy."

The room was quiet, and the servants and maids were busy saluting, Chu Tang stood up with a smile and greeted him: "Mother, come quickly."

He took Jiang's hand and sat down at the table.

There are only simple congee and vegetables on Jiang's table, and thick ledgers occupy most of the table, with different colors and labels.

"What is this? Zuixianlou—" she said, reaching for it.

But Chu Tang had already spoken first, urging the servants and maids: "Put it away quickly, and put the food on the table." Then he asked Jiang, "Mother, have you eaten yet?"