Ma'am, is there someone out there?

On the day of the winter solstice, people from the wealthy to the poor in the capital are all celebrating the festive season, and even the huge imperial palace is more joyous and less deserted than in the past.

And the guards guarding the city gate waited for the time to change shifts, and it was unlucky to be on duty on the winter solstice.A few guards chatted one after another, and when they were talking, someone came.

"Come, come, drink a pot!" Someone came over holding a wine jar.

"Drinking?" The guard was moved, but he still waved his hand, "We are guarding the shift here, we will die if we are caught."

"Hey, what are you afraid of." The visitor patted his chest, "Don't worry, you all drink boldly, it doesn't matter if you drink it down, my brothers will help you." Several soldiers followed behind the visitor, each holding a flagon in one hand In one hand, he held roasted chicken and marinated meat.

"This..." The guard was still hesitant, but the group who came poured the wine straight away. The mellow aroma of the wine mixed with the aroma of the meat aroused the gluttons.

"Come on, let's drink to warm our bodies. It's so cold here. Drink some hot wine to warm up. Come on, don't stand still." Later, the guards yelled, some couldn't help it, and drank a Two bites.

If there is one, there will be two. Seeing someone taking the lead, others also picked up the wine bowl and tore up the drumstick and gnawed on it. Not to mention, it was delicious.

"Big brother, today is so good, why don't you bring some food and wine to see our brothers?"

"Hehe, what I'm saying is that we are all brothers, so we should take care of each other, right?" The guard pouring wine put down the wine jar and touched his head, "And don't thank me, I am courting you with other people's things. You Thank you, Captain Qi."

"Master Qi? Hey, what's the matter with Master Qi?"

"It's a good thing... yes. I heard that Mrs. Qi's wife is happy with a son, and I see our brothers working hard every day, so let me bring good wine and food to reward everyone."

"Bringing a son? This is really a good thing!" The guard felt strange, but couldn't explain it for a while, and followed the guard who delivered the wine, "Tsk tsk, today's wine is really good, and it has great stamina."

The guard squinted his eyes, the alcohol was high enough, why did he get drunk after a few sips...

"What is this?" Concubine Rong tapped the basket with her fingertips, and in just a few days, Concubine Rong looked more affluent, even her wrists became rounder, and she looked more like Yang Yuhuan.

The maid replied: "Mrs. Hui, this is a snack from the imperial dining room, and other masters also have it."

"Snacks?" Concubine Rong picked up the silk cloth, and saw the bright and exquisite snacks inside, "I don't want to eat, you can share it."

"Thank you, Madam." The maid who got the snack thanked Concubine Rong, took the snack and went out to share the food.This snack is only available to the masters in the palace, and the ladies in the palace can only look at it.However, it was the winter solstice after all, and everyone got some rewards.No matter how much the palace rewards, they are more exquisite than those outside.But even so, the palace people still missed the days at home, counted the days, and thought about the day when they left the palace.

Naturally, the emperor's bedroom also sent a copy, and the dim sum was specially customized.Emperor Changqing pawed a few times, and wanted to pick up one to taste.

"Wait, don't eat yet." The national teacher stopped him.

Emperor Changqing didn't know why, after seeing the dim sum, the national teacher suddenly pushed the dim sum aside, saying: "Don't eat it, it's not fresh."

Emperor Changqing was very skeptical about the saying that it was not fresh. It was newly delivered by the Imperial Dining Room. Could it be not fresh?That's really the case, the imperial chef really doesn't want to live anymore.

Emperor Changqing was very stubborn, and the national teacher refused to let him eat it, so he wanted to pick it up and eat it.

"Forget it, you can eat." The national teacher didn't stop him now.Anyway, it won't hurt if you eat it, just eat it if you like it.

Emperor Changqing had already eaten one quickly. The stuffed jujube paste was his favorite.However, it's not what it used to be.Emperor Changqing ate one and put it down resentfully.

"Isn't it delicious?" The national teacher pretended to be inadvertent and pushed the plate aside.

"It's not as delicious as it used to be. Did you change the chef?"

"Did you forget? The former chef had already reached the age of begging for bones and had been out of the palace for a long time." The national teacher lied.

"Really?" Emperor Changqing regretted.

Seeing his expression, the national teacher knew that Emperor Changqing simply forgot about this imperial chef because he was dissatisfied with the food one day and changed all the chefs in the imperial dining room inside and out.There are not many old people in the imperial dining room today.It's just that he himself always forgets about it. The emperor just had a whim, so how could he keep others in mind?

Perhaps one day the emperor was in a good mood, asked someone who was mentioned, and expressed regret, but after that, he would forget it completely.

After all, he is a "dictatorial, autocratic, vicious and selfish emperor".

"Do you want to play a game of chess?"

"Play chess?" Lu Xuanyi's face turned dark. It's not that the national teacher doesn't know that his chess skills are very poor. The national teacher only let him win a few games. "Okay, how about playing chess?"

Of course the national teacher knew that Lu Xuanyi didn't like to play chess, nor could he play chess well.He has never played a few games seriously, and often starts to give up on himself and even regret his moves as soon as he sees signs of losing.If it is not the emperor, but an ordinary chess player, he will be scolded to death.

"Don't want to? Oh, that's right, you are not good at chess." The national teacher stroked a lock of long hair, as if recalling, "In the past, when Emperor Hongxi tested your chess skills, you just played tricks and didn't work hard. It's really not even the slightest bit like Lu Chen's."

"Just go down." Lu Xuanyi agreed.

It was late at night, and the entire palace was silent.

Although Lu Xuanyi was already yawning constantly, and he had no interest in playing chess, but the national teacher kept dragging him, and a few hours passed without knowing it.

This is probably the longest time that Lu Xuanyi has played chess continuously.

The national teacher dropped a sunspot, raised his head and glanced at Lu Xuanyi, who was already falling asleep with his chin propped up.

"Sleepy?"

"Sleepy..." The national teacher suddenly spoke, waking up Lu Xuanyi who had already fallen asleep.The national teacher never speaks when playing chess, so he always forgets that he is playing chess with the national teacher. "Can I go to sleep?"

"This disc is over."

Lu Xuanyi let Bai Zi down indiscriminately, and the national teacher suddenly laughed.

"How long has it been since I taught you how to play chess?" the national teacher asked suddenly.

"How long?" Emperor Changqing counted with his fingers, but he couldn't remember clearly.

"Forget it, I haven't taught you how to play chess since the death of Emperor Hongxi." The national teacher dropped another particle, not looking at Emperor Changqing, "You are not at ease, I have taught you for a while, I don’t want to teach much.”

"I..." Lu Xuanyi wanted to say how bad he was, but it was hard to continue in the middle of talking.He was really not sure. Emperor Hongxi was tired of inspecting his chess skills from time to time, and the National Teacher didn't listen carefully.Back then, Emperor Hongxi's eyes of regret when he looked at him let him know that he was not suitable to be the king of a country.As a big and useless idle prince, eating, drinking and drinking, no one will say anything, but he is in the position of the lord of a country who decides the world's affairs.

His ability does not match his status, Lu Xuanyi already understood.Therefore, he became more self-defeating and disgusted with business affairs.

"Do you know where you lost?"

Although the national teacher asked, he didn't wait for Lu Xuanyi to answer, and continued talking on his own.

"The same thing that you can't do, you will use various ways to escape, start to give up on yourself, as if seeing the signs of losing, you will surrender your guns and surrender, and never think about turning around. It's like playing chess. If you don't play well, you escape, and Not studying hard. Running away if you can't compare, how cowardly. Lu Chen will not be like this."

"I..." Lu Xuanyi blushed furiously, but couldn't think of anything to refute, and finally could only roar with a red face.

"You tried everything possible to tell me, I can't do it, what do you want from me?"

The national teacher didn't answer, but put the last particle on it, and a black dragon locked Lu Xuanyi's white particle to death.

He stood up, swept all the pieces on the chessboard, and said, "If..."

An abrupt loud noise interrupted the national teacher's words.

"What happened?" Emperor Changqing shouted, but no one answered.In the huge emperor's bedroom, the palace people seemed to be fast asleep.The dead silence filled the resplendent palace, and the red candles crackled and crackled a few times.

An inexplicable fear struck Lu Xuanyi's heart.

"National teacher! What's the matter?" Fortunately, he is not alone.

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"Master!" The night guard servants of Zhuo's mansion were patrolling every courtyard, and when they came to Prime Minister Zhuo's courtyard, they saw that Prime Minister was still sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard in the middle of the night, which made him startled.

"What day is it?" Xiang Zhuo looked at the sky, layers of dark clouds covered the sensual moonlight, and the night seemed more intense than usual.

"Go back to my lord, it's time to be ugly." The servant replied anxiously, the lord who was blowing the wind in the middle of the night seemed to make him feel hairy.To change the scene, if it was in the wilderness, it would definitely be hell.

"It's time to be ugly."

"Is there something wrong, my lord?"

"No, nothing. How could something happen?" Zhuo Xiang laughed a few times.

This inexplicable laughter made the servant even more frightened. Isn't your lord crazy?