The demon concubine of rebirth, you have been tricked by gl

Because Cao Yi and Xia Qiulian played against each other in the Imperial Garden, and Cao Yi once asked Emperor Yan not to be disturbed by others when playing games with Xia Qiulian, so the Imperial Garden was quiet today.

There are no concubines who come to enjoy the flowers and chat to pass the time, only the little maids and eunuchs who occasionally walk by with their heads down.

Although Cao Yi is a good man with broken sleeves, it is not easy for him to get along with Xia Qiulian alone. Yan Huangcai specially asked Yan Banting to stand aside, saying that he was a witness, and at Cao Yi's request, It's also good to avoid suspicion.

The two chess players seemed to be in meditation as old monks. They never spoke, but the chess piece fell on the chessboard and made a crisp sound of "click".

Yan Wanting sat on the side, watching the two chess players with great interest.

Cao Yi's chess style is offensive, quite aggressive, while Xia Qiulian focuses on defense, Cao Yi just loses the game and Xia Qiuluan breaks the game.

Cao Yi is indeed a master of chess, his skills change extremely fast, and his seemingly random moves are densely covered with dark nets, making it hard to guard against.

Looking carefully at the expressions of the two, they seemed to be very calm. On Cao Yi's flowery face, there was still his signature smile, frivolous and lazy. Upwind or downwind.

Xia Qiulian was even more indifferent, her eyes just lightly fell on the chessboard in front of her, and she occasionally glanced lightly at Cao Yi, as if she was just sipping a pot of tea leisurely, even her posture was very casual.

This game of chess has been played until noon without a winner.

Yan Wanting leaned to the side and gave up exploring and breaking the chess game long ago. If she came to solve it, no matter if it was a black piece or a white piece, she would not know where the chess piece would fall.

It seems that every step is a loss, and if you make a wrong step, you will lose everything.

Yan Wanting suddenly remembered her previous life, she also pestered Xia Qiulian to play chess with her.

At that time, she had won against Xia Qiulian several times, and she was very complacent and complacent.

Thinking about it now, if Xia Qiulian hadn't let her go, she might not be able to survive under Xia Qiulian's hands.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, Yan Wanting saw that the two of them didn't seem to stop, so he winked at Qing Yuan who was standing behind Xia Qiulian leaning on the pillar.

Qiu Lian was not in good health, so it was time for her to rest.

It's just that Qingyuan couldn't understand Yan Wanting's eyes at all. She clearly saw Yan Wanting looking at her, but she pretended not to see her and turned her head away.

She just doesn't like this Her Royal Highness, even if she winks at her now.

This girl's film is getting less and less attention to her

Yan Wanting raised his eyebrows.

And this time.

Cao Yi, who was sitting quietly, suddenly raised his head and laughed twice.

"Ha ha...."

Yan Wanting turned around, and saw Cao Yizheng put down the chess pieces in his hands with excitement, with an unstoppable smile on his face.

Could it be that...he won, did Qiu Lian lose?

Yan Banting glanced at the board full of chess pieces, but couldn't tell whether the black pieces won or the white pieces won.

Xia Qiulian also put down the clear white chess piece in his hand, a slight smile suddenly appeared on his fair and delicate face, and even his cold eyes were tainted with a smile.

She spoke softly, with a little lightness in her tone.

"Mr. Cao is really amazing."

Seeing the smile on Xia Qiulian's face, Yan Wanting was stunned.

Since Xia Qiulian entered the palace, it seemed that it was the first time she saw Xia Qiulian smiling so happily.

Cao Yi stood up with a smile, bent over and cupped his hands at Xia Qiulian.

"No, no, no, Cao is convinced that he lost, and your empress is worthy of being the master of the country."

After Cao Yi said this, Yan Wanting realized that he had not won, but lost.

But looking at Cao Yi's happy and excited face, it's strange, ordinary people can't be so happy when they lose.

Cao Yi smiled and frowned suddenly and felt a little lost, he shook his head and muttered.

"Cao hasn't met an opponent like Niangniang for a long time. Alas... But it's a pity that even though Cao has lost a lot of money, he can only play such a game with Niangniang."

Cao Yi was telling the truth, the reason why he willingly gave the [-] good horses in his hand to Emperor Yan was because he wanted to use this to play against Xia Qiulian.

Cao Yi is a chess idiot. Ever since he learned how to play chess with his master, he has been addicted to it.

He has traveled around the world for many years, specifically looking for those people with superb chess skills to play chess, whether they are princes or nobles, or villains in the world, or hidden masters, he has searched all over, just to defeat them.

He had heard of Jiang Guo Xia Qiulian's name a long time ago, she had never lost at a young age, and was called Jiang Guo Guo's woman.

I wanted to go to Jiang Guo to find Xia Qiuli in a while, but I didn't expect Xia Qiuli to marry Yan Huang as his concubine.

It was just a game of chess, as if Cao Yi lost his soul.

Before leaving, Yan Wanting spoke to him half inadvertently and half deliberately.

"If Mr. Cao wants to enter the palace to play against Qiu Lian in the future, all he needs to do is tell me, and I will ask my father for orders. You can think about it carefully."

Cao Yi naturally understood the meaning of Yan Banting, if he really went to Yan Banting, then he would have a request for her, and if he had a request, he would definitely exchange something of equal value.

But even if Cao Yi chopped off his hands, he would not betray Tianyi Pavilion.

The pavilion masters of all dynasties have kept a rule, that is, Tianyi Pavilion cannot collude with any court forces.

He didn't want Tianyi Pavilion to be cut off in his hands.

Cao Yi went to thank the Emperor Yan and left the palace. After a few days, he should also leave the country of Yan, and he should go to the country of Jiang to discuss a business deal in response to Jiang Xunyan's appointment.

As soon as Cao Yi left, Xia Qiulian asked Qing Yuan and Lv Ruan to put away the chessboard on the table.

Yan Wanting stood aside with folded arms and said.

"Go back to Jingling Palace first after packing up your things. I have something to say to your empress."

Qingyuan and Luruan looked up at Xia Qiulian.

Xia Qiulian nodded, she looked at Yan Wanting's pursed lips and slightly cold side face, and ordered Qingyuan and Luruan.

"Go down first, I'll be back in a while."

Qing Yuan and Lu Ruan retreated, and Li Fengyou also retreated, but she didn't go far, she just stood on the shore and looked around.

After a while, only Yan Banting and Xia Qiulian were left in the pavilion.

When Yan Wanting opened her mouth, it was her own purpose, her eyes were condensed and determined.

"I need you to help me recruit Cao Yi."

Xia Qiulian narrowed her eyes slightly, her voice was cold.

"I'm not sure."

"At least you are more sure than others."

Yan Wanting's words were full of determination, she looked at Xia Qiulian's delicate and pale face, her brows were slightly frowned, and her heart trembled slightly.

She turned her back to Xia Qiulian and lowered her voice.

"Jiang Xunyan is recruiting Cao Yi. He and Cao Yi accompanied him all the way to the country of Yan. This time, after the emperor's birthday, he will go to Jiang country with Cao Yi. Once in Jiang country, I don't know whether Cao Yi will be persuaded by Jiang Xunyan. uncertainty."

The people behind said nothing, Yan Wanting continued.

"Cao Yi's Tianyi Pavilion has power all over the frontiers of the Central Plains. There was a scuffle in the Central Plains countries decades ago. There were wars everywhere, and there were bandits and stragglers everywhere. The caravan under Tianyi Pavilion even passed through safely. The border battlefields of various countries, Qiu Lian, do you know what this means?"

Yan Wanting turned around and looked at Xia Qiulian. She grabbed Xia Qiulian's shoulders eagerly, staring at her tightly with her dark eyes.

"This means that if either I or Jiang Xunyan can recruit Cao Yi, the odds of winning will be higher by a few levels."

Yan Wanting grabbed Xia Qiulian's hand a little harder, Xia Qiulian's old wound was a little sore, she frowned slightly and remained motionless.

She looked at the pair of eyes that were once clear enough to be seen through at a glance, but now concealed the dark light and enthusiasm that cannot be seen through, and suddenly felt uneasy. She looked at Yan Banting's eyes, as if she wanted to see through her eyes Looking deep into the dark clouds in her eyes, she asked softly.

"Your purpose is just to get rid of Jiang Xunyan, right?"

Yan Wanting loosened Xia Qiulian's hand little by little, and she looked directly into Xia Qiulian's eyes, saying with a little deep meaning.

"It's not my purpose, it's our purpose."

The flash of ambition in Yan Wanting's eyes made Xia Qiulian's heart sour, and she was a little scared.

What Yan Wanting wanted was really just to get rid of Jiang Xunyan?

Xia Qiulian took half a step back. She looked at Yan Wanting, her cold face seemed to be covered with a layer of ice.

"Yan Wanting, I want you to swear to me."

Yan Wanting looked at Xia Qiulian in surprise, and asked in a daze.

"Swear, what swear?"

Xia Qiulian's voice was firm and firm.

"I want you to swear, once Jiang Xunyan dies, you will never attack Jiang Guo again."

Yan Wanting was stunned for a moment, she looked into Xia Qiulian's eyes, her face turned cold little by little.

"Do you think I will attack Jiang Guo after I get rid of Jiang Xunyan?"

Xia Qiulian closed her eyes, her face was as pale as paper, and her thin body trembled in the breeze.

"Do you dare to swear that if you attack Jiang Guo after Jiang Xunyan's death, you will die forever."

Yan Wanting looked at Xia Qiulian in disbelief. She stared at the overly beautiful and cold woman in front of her with wide eyes. Her body trembled slightly uncontrollably. She lowered her voice and asked calmly.

"What did you say."

Xia Qiulian opened her eyes, she looked at Yan Wanting's somewhat bewildered eyes, bit her lip and endured the pain in her chest, and repeated it.

"If you attack Jiang Guo after Jiang Xunyan's death, you will die forever."

"Ah."

Yan Wanting smiled coldly, she raised the corners of her lips, and the cold smile spread from the corners of her lips to her heart.

Her eyes turned cold little by little, under the coldness and disdain, there was that fleeting injury.

Yan Wanting's words were clear, she gritted her teeth and bit every word very hard.

"Okay, since you don't believe me, then I swear to you. If after Jiang Xunyan's death, I still dare to lay hands on the innocent people of Jiang Country, I will live forever and die forever. The soul cannot get out of the underworld, and it will never be safe. You are satisfied with this."

Not only did she swear, she also wanted Xia Qiulian to hear every word clearly.

Xia Qiulian turned around in a panic, with her back facing Yan Banting, her body trembling slightly.

"Tomorrow, His Highness will go to His Majesty. If Mr. Cao can enter the palace again and let Mr. Cao spend a few sticks of incense alone with me, I will try my best to persuade Mr. Cao."

Xia Qiulian's back was so thin that it could be blown away by a gust of wind. Holding the hem of her skirt, she walked away quickly, her steps faltering.

Yan Wanting's cold eyes looked at Xia Qiulian's back, with her hands behind her back, she held a small teacup in her hand, and at some point, the teacup shattered in her palm.

The sharp and sharp porcelain pierced into the flesh, and the thick and bright red blood flowed down the veins of her palm and fell to the ground drop by drop.