The Legend of Nanshan Jun

From that day on, Fan Jianbin seldom appeared in front of me, and I enjoyed it too. Every day I was either reading books or playing chess with someone who knew how to play chess. I lived a very leisurely life.

"I heard that the emperor's chess skills are outstanding. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to watch it." I spread out the chessboard in the gazebo, pointed at the chess board and smiled.

"You have searched all the concubines in the palace, and now even I will not let you go?" Li Zhenrui was a little helpless.

I smiled lightly, "The emperor can also deliberately lose to the humble minister, so the humble minister will not be embarrassed."

"Hmph, you think well, if you don't frustrate your spirit, you really think that no one in this palace can cure you?" Li Zhenrui snorted and sat down.

"Your Majesty, you want to avenge your humble minister!" Fang Shengze gave me a vicious look from the sidelines, still feeling jealous that I won his treasured Ye Mingzhu.

Cui Minglang smiled, and put a jade pendant beside me, "I bet on Ling Xi to win."

Li Zhenrui also didn't care, just smiled, "It seems that this jade pendant is going to belong to me."

Sima Qingyan also quickly took down a hairpin, "Your Majesty, I bet you to win."

Fang Shengze also quickly put away the jade fan in his hand, put it on the table and said only four words, "Your Majesty, take revenge."

I raised my head and smiled at Fang Shengze, "Thank you Brother Fang for your love, Ling Xi is not welcome."

"You...don't be stinky, you don't know who wins!" Fang Shengze glared at me angrily.

"Please." Li Zhenrui raised his eyes to look at me, motioning for me to choose.

I chose the white piece to fall in the middle at will, and then he dropped the black piece.

He moved very quickly, almost without thinking. I began to adjust my previous comfortable look and gradually concentrated.

Li Zhenrui's chess skills are indeed outstanding, no wonder no one has ever dared to challenge him.

An hour later, the black and white pieces on the chessboard were anxious and indistinguishable, and I moved very slowly, but he still looked at ease, the two sides were very different.

I sighed slightly in my heart, secretly lost to him in terms of chess.

It's just that I have been insisting on following him closely without showing any timidity, so although I gradually fell behind, I was not completely dominated by him.

Li Zhenrui's chess game is huge, but I pay too much attention to the small things and often lose sight of the other, while he often trades a small price for a large territory, which has caused me to gradually turn from the initial advantage to the current disadvantage.

The sky was a little dark, but I didn't want to admit defeat, and I was still struggling.

During the period, Fang Shengze persuaded me to admit defeat several times, but I didn't, and I would not easily admit defeat until the last moment.And Li Zhenrui looked at me leisurely, without urging or reminding me.

"Winning or losing is so important?" He raised his eyes and asked casually.

I sighed softly, and bent over, no longer as stiff as before.

My heart is also relieved. In fact, it is obvious that there is indeed a gap between Li Zhenrui and I in terms of chess skills. Even if I pursue closely, I still have to admit it.

In the face of absolute power, any struggle is futile.

I was a little discouraged, but I still continued to make moves according to the situation. I was a little tired but I still insisted, "If you lose, you lose. I can afford to lose, but I will never surrender."

"Okay." Li Zhenrui glanced at me with a smile, and motioned to the maid next to him to light up the lamp, which instantly illuminated the blurry chessboard.

Fang Shengze yawned, looked at the chessboard in a daze, and left under Sima Qingyan's urging.

I rubbed my eyes and felt a little sore, but I still focused on the burning chessboard.

While concentrating on looking for a breakthrough, the left hand on the lap seemed to be suddenly wrapped by another big warm hand.

Those hands were very warm, the palms were a little rough but soft, he held my hand gently, and pressed my palms with his fingertips, a little itchy.

I was stunned for a while, but I didn't expect to pull away from it.

In such an evening, when playing chess quietly, the two hands under the white jade table are gently but tightly held together, which feels very warm.

I looked up at him, and he was looking at me with a smile, pampering and caring.

The breeze is coming, and the Penglai Pond is still quiet, but it is no longer cold.

His hand stroked mine lightly, then wrapped it all up.

Just like this, the two hands have been entangled for a long time, as if there are silver threads all over us, entangled us round and round.

I don't know when Cui Minglang left, and I don't even know how I lost later, I just sat in Penglai Pond with Li Zhenrui foolishly for a long time.

"Xi'er." His lips opened and closed, with the sound of the wind, as if he was calling my name.

I lowered my head and buried my face in the night.

In fact, that day was just holding hands with him, but this feeling is a fond memory that I will cherish for many days to come.

He was very gentle that day, and he walked me to the door. This was the first time that I did not speak to him in a provocative tone, as if I was saying goodbye to him with a blush and a heartbeat like an indifferent boudoir girl.

It's just that after that day, I haven't seen Li Zhenrui for many days. I think it's just my illusion. How can he be so easily tempted?

Every day, I read books leisurely, and occasionally chatted with people I met, but I was always intoxicated by the fragrance of books.

With my reading speed, I almost read all the books about stars in Yushuzhai, but I still have more to say.

Great Xia's collection of books in this area is really pitifully small. If it were in the Western Qin Dynasty, it would be a different world, but it is as far away as the Western Qin Dynasty, which I dare not imagine.

However, it is Li Zhenrui's kindness to be able to borrow the books in Yushuzhai, and it is really lucky to be able to see Qin Tian Jiancheng in Penglai Pond from time to time.

He was also very surprised to see me, but I couldn't help but ask him some questions, and he answered them one by one, as if we met each other later.

"It's a pity that your lord is in the harem, otherwise I will beg the emperor to accept you into the Qin Tianjian." I couldn't help but feel a little proud of receiving such a compliment from him. It can be seen that the books I read these days were not in vain.

"My lord seldom entered the palace before, why do you have the time to visit Penglai Pond these days?"

"Hey, I didn't dare to come here, but the emperor said that I was bored in the Qin Tianjian all day long, which was not good for my practice, so I asked me to come out more often, so..."

"So that's the way it is. Your Majesty has the best of intentions. Your Excellency must not let you down." I smiled, but there was a tinge of warmth in my heart. Maybe Li Zhenrui did this because of me, although he never said anything.

Now that I got Li Zhenrui's acquiescence, I let go a lot, even at night, I would point to the starry sky to discuss with Qin Tianjian Cheng.

This Penglai Pond is not a remote place, opposite is a theater that is open all year round, it is very lively, even though I am a male concubine, it is not too polite to talk to Qin Tianjian Cheng openly.

All along, he has only a half-knowledge of the stars, and guesses based on his feelings. After his explanation, he has made his predictions more accurate.

I have always wanted to find my own star in the starry sky, but I couldn't find it.

For astrologers, divination of one's own horoscope is the most difficult thing, because one always brings in subjective factors, and over-speculation will shorten one's life. However, this curiosity is hard to get rid of easily.

Under the guidance of Supervisor Qin Tian, ​​I seem to have vaguely deduced something.

In fact, some of the predictions I said to Li Zhenrui before were my uncertain speculations, and I was betting on myself.Although I am not sure now, I seem to have grasped something, and feel that everything is moving towards an unknown trajectory of destiny.

But on this point, Qin Tian Jiancheng has always refused to give me further guidance, only saying "the secret of heaven must not be leaked"...it is simply absurd.

However, it doesn't matter if he doesn't want to tell me, anyway, sooner or later I will know the secret.

Today, just as he could see his background, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Li Zhenrui approaching from a distance.

I closed the book and smiled at him, "The emperor has been coming to Penglai Lake to visit my minister for several days."

Li Zhenrui was startled, but raised his eyebrows and said, "Did I come to Penglai Lake to see you?"

"Oh?" I couldn't help laughing out loud, "It turns out that the emperor came to enjoy the flowers. It's really a pity."

"You can't see the word regret on your expression."

I pointed to my heart, "I have regrets in my heart."

Li Zhenrui's eyes were dark, and his mellow voice sounded slowly, "The alluring masculinity is cold and proud of the world. If the north of the water, the south of the Nanshan, what do you think?"

I gave him a slightly surprised look, "Isn't the emperor not interested in this?"

"I'm interested now." Li Zhenrui said lightly, but his expression was neither happy nor angry, which disappointed me a little.

I still smiled lightly, "It turns out that the emperor likes the humble minister so much", I twirled the black hair in my hand, but I didn't approach him, I only raised my eyebrows slightly in the distance.

Li Zhenrui's forehead twitched, and he said helplessly, "Xie Lingxi, you are really narcissistic."

I didn't blush because of his words, I went back under the tree, opened the book in my hand and continued to read.

He turned around in front of my eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Xia Liguo has never established a Nanshan Lord in a century. What should my Nanshan Lord look like?"

The words seemed to be talking to myself, and I didn't respond, but I didn't hear him continue.

I looked up and saw him looking at me, I couldn't help but smile, "Why, the emperor already has someone in mind?"

"Shangguan is gentle and knowledgeable, gentle and honest, he is indeed a suitable candidate. I may call him into the palace someday." He looked at me with a smile, as if he was waiting for my evaluation.

I stopped laughing, stood up again, walked in front of him, raised my head and said dissatisfiedly, "The emperor is really...eating what's in the bowl and looking at what's in the pot." After speaking, I turned around and wanted to leave.

He suddenly grabbed my hand, pulled me to his side again, slightly raised his eyebrows, "Did I eat anything from the bowl?"

My face blushed slightly, and then I raised my chin boldly, "The ones in the bowl can be eaten sooner or later, and the ones in the pot can't even be thought about."

Li Zhenrui suddenly laughed, put his arms around my waist, but looked down in disbelief the moment he hugged my waist.

Yingying grasped it, feeling weak.

I'm also a little embarrassed, it's not that I eat less, it's just that I don't gain weight, and there's nothing I can do about it.

Even though they are all men, Li Zhenrui's figure is much stronger than mine, his waist is twice as big as mine, and his shoulders are broad... Due to years of martial arts practice, his body proportions are very coordinated, which is completely different from mine.

At this moment, I was really ashamed of myself, I lowered my head and dared not look at him.

His fingertips lifted my chin, sprayed his warm breath on my face, smacked his lips and said, "When is the best time to eat that bowl?"

I smiled slightly, slowly unfolded my long eyelashes, looked into his eyes and said, "The day the emperor admits defeat is the time to eat from the bowl."

He looked at me with deep pupils, and then gently let me go, still standing with his hands behind his back, but his tone was much lighter, "It's not good for the male concubine to be too arrogant."

I didn't reply, just looked at him with a smile, then bowed to him, then turned and left.

All I want is someone who will be with me forever.

If you can't get all these, how will you spend the long and lonely years in the deep palace?