Self-cultivation after the cannon fodder

"Your Highness is going to have a tea party?"

Concubine Lu Gui was a little surprised. On the morning of the second day of the emperor's wedding, when all the concubines in the harem went to the Jiaofang Hall to pay their respects, Zhu Sining was the only one present.

At that time, everyone knew that this was Zong Qihao's new vase in the harem.

And Zhu Sining didn't seem to care much about this, and he said a few words so that the concubine didn't have to greet her every day, and she would live in the same way as before, and if she needed anything, she would go to the concubine first, and if the concubine couldn't solve it, then she would just go to him .

The emperor didn't even want to give the harem a look, there was no so-called favor to fight for, the way to get promoted was basically cut off, and the whole harem became a lot more peaceful and peaceful, everyone was going through it bit by bit according to their seniority come up.

The starting point at the beginning is their respective family backgrounds, and they are all treated equally after that.

Except Lu Guifei.

Concubine Lu Guifei's family background can be regarded as shabby compared to other concubines. After entering the palace, she thought she would be forgotten by the emperor to a corner, but she never thought of rising all the way to the second in command of the harem.

After the new queen entered the palace, she also relied heavily on her trust—although it may be because the other party is not proficient in these mundane affairs.

Such things as status can best be reflected in the treatment and benefits. Concubine Lu Gui’s super-fast promotion made the other concubines feel dissatisfied, but they couldn’t catch her private transaction with Zong Qihao. The Second Young Master would target Concubine Lu Gui and put on some lively scenes for the peaceful harem, but he didn't expect that she didn't want to take care of things at all, and just left things alone and sat on the sidelines making tea and enjoying the flowers, enjoying a leisurely day.

Others outside the palace don't know much about it, they can only see the difference in status. Every family visiting day, Concubine Lu is a model for parents to educate their daughters.Coupled with the conflict between the management and the managed, it is only natural that Lu Guifei's hatred is firmly established.

Concubine Lu Gui: "The concubine thinks... this may be a bit difficult."

Zhu Si Ning didn't care about business and was not familiar with the concubines, but she was the concubine's number one object of hatred, especially when a letter of greeting was sent to the harem every year and festival.

She definitely couldn't invite people to this non-work-necessary friendship gathering. Zhu Sining found the wrong people.

"It seems a bit." Zhu Sining sighed. This kind of open question type, under the banner of expansion and innovation, is actually making things difficult for the answerers.

After silently drinking tea and having nothing to eat, Concubine Lu Gui said, "Your Highness will post invitations by himself, so it doesn't mean you won't be able to invite people."

Seeing Zhu Sining's thoughtful appearance, Concubine Lu Gui recommended herself again: "If Your Highness is worried about how to handle it, the concubine can come."

Such a subordinate who is so anxious about the boss's urgency should not be too considerate. Zhu Sining made some calculations. Now the harem staff say that there are not many people. If everyone gathers together, they can just play two tables of mahjong. The only problem is...he can't play mahjong Mahjong.

Sure enough, I still want to play Shuo-Hardou Landlord!

Zhu Sining was gearing up, and first distributed Amway to Concubine Lu Gui: "Is your concubine interested in learning about new puzzle games? There are many exciting ways to play, and it depends on luck. It's very fun!"

"Yes... what is it?" Concubine Lu Gui was very worried, "Are you eager to learn?"

To be honest, she has always had doubts about the tea party suggested by Zhu Sining. The capital is the political, economic and cultural center of the country, and all fashions started here, and the imperial palace represents a kind of taste. It's not easy for the noble people inside.

Zhu Sining grew up in the frontier, in the eyes of the concubine, who has been well-clothed and well-fed since she was a child, it is a barren land, and I am afraid there is nothing interesting about it.

"Of course you are eager to learn, our entire Qin-Wang Mansion will know it."

Zhu Sining excitedly took out his long-cherished poker: "I used to play it a lot when I was in the palace, and everyone who has come into contact with it said it was easy to play."

He had promoted it in the Prince Qin's Mansion before, but it's a pity that the game of poker can easily lead to the wrong path of gambling. His elder brother was afraid that this bad trend would be caught in the army, so he ordered that it be strictly forbidden to spread it outside.

This led to Zhu Sining being invincible all over the Qin-Wang Mansion, and it was really lonely to seek defeat alone.

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After the early court, Zong Qihao had to call a few courtiers back to the imperial study to continue the small meeting, discuss the issues before drafting the decree for approval.

Afterwards, it was necessary to approve the memorials sent in from all over the country. Zong Qihao sat for almost the whole day and ate his lunch hastily.

Even though he has memories of his previous life, he can't remember every little thing. When the sun moved westward, Jiang Wei whispered to him to go out for a walk before getting up and moving.

Jiang Wei: "There's news from Jiaofang Hall that Concubine Lu Guifei sat with His Highness all afternoon and hasn't left yet."

Zhu Sining was a man, Zong Qihao didn't want to change the color of his hat, he wanted to attract attention.

"One afternoon?" Zong Qihao recalled it carefully, but couldn't find the relevant memory, "Do you know what they were doing?"

Jiang Wei shook his head, Zhu Sining didn't like too many people around him, so Zong Qihao didn't have many people staying at Jiaofangdian.It's just that Zhu Sining is too lazy to move most of the time, and he is not close to other concubines, so it is not difficult to investigate.

Zong Qihao walked around in a circle, feeling that his hands and feet were not so stiff, so he said leisurely: "Zhu Sining has no such heart, so don't make wild guesses."

In other words, Jiang Wei had been serving him since he was a child to be so bold. If there were other people, Zong Qihao would have thrown him out long ago.

Zong Qihao raised his hand and picked up the last memorial. The content on it was exactly the same as in the previous life. Once again, he could predict the consequences, avoid unnecessary loss, and quickly come up with a solution.

Except that he deliberately changed and made different choices from his previous life, many things happened as usual in his previous life, that is to say, Zhu Sining will be the same as his previous life, having no other relationship with his concubine, and will fall in love with him in the end.

After approving the memorial, Jiang Wei still had to go forward to sort it out for him and send it to the cabinet.

"Keep this one for now, don't post it." Zong Qihao suppressed the last memorial, "Show Jiajiaofangdian...don't pass it on."

Jiang Wei understood, and immediately asked the people below to get ready.

When the emperor travels, he must first clear the road and notify the person in charge of the destination to prepare for the pick-up early.

If there is no transmission, what Zong Qihao saw when he arrived at the Jiaofang Palace might be...

Zhu Sining and Concubine Lu Gui fought from afternoon to night, they were fighting so hard that they couldn't even make arrangements for dinner.

In one afternoon, the two changed several ways of playing one after another. At the beginning, Zhu Sining could easily suppress Concubine Lu Gui with his experience.

There was no communication, and the palace guards on duty at the Jiaofang Palace suddenly panicked when they saw Zong Qihao's arrival—inside, Zhu Sining had played to the top, with no demeanor, not as serious as attending public occasions with Zong Qihao in the past.

Jiang Wei quickly stopped the people in Jiaofangdian, asked where Zhu Sining was, and followed Zong Qihao to the flower hall.

"Pair eight." Concubine Lu Gui drew a pair of cards, then drew out one of the cards and flipped it over, exchanging it with Zhu Sining.

After the two exchanged, Zhu Sining quickly shuffled the cards so that Concubine Lu Gui could not guess where the exchanged card was put.

The same is true for Concubine Lu Gui on the opposite side.

On the other side of the table are six cards of unknown suits. Zhu Sining and Concubine Lu Gui will exchange cards to make a pair and see whose cards run out first.

This kind of game is a test of the player's reasoning ability and strategy. For Zhu Sining, the more cards are pressed, the greater his winning rate will be.

"Pair eights." Zhu Sining drew the last pair of eights. After exchanging cards, he closed the poker in his hand and said with a smile, "I only have eight cards left now."

Using the cards exchanged just now to make a pair, Concubine Lu Gui still has twelve cards left in her hand.

After exchanging cards, there were only six cards left in Zhu Sining's hand. Concubine Lu Gui held the cards in her hand, unable to decide which one to change for a long time.

After realizing that suddenly there was a figure beside him, and it was Zong Qihao, Concubine Lu Gui immediately became more nervous.

Zhu Sining greeted him with a normal expression: "Why is Your Majesty here? No one was notified. Nothing is prepared here, and I am not finished here."

Zong Qihao: "No need, you go ahead, I'll just watch."

It's just a few cards that took up an afternoon?

Zong Qihao didn't understand the gameplay, so he had to sit silently drinking tea and watch.

Pointing at the poker cards with Koudan-painted fingers, Concubine Lu Gui's heart beat faster—not only because of the tension brought about by the game, but also because of Zhu Sining's attitude towards Zong Qihao as if she was chatting with each other.

Didn't it mean... the empress is just a superficial couple?

Concubine Lu Gui held the cards in her hand tightly and tried her best to concentrate. No matter what, let's win Zhu Sining first!

After another exchange, Zhu Sining chose not to play any cards.

Concubine Lu Gui resolutely took out the previously exchanged cards that had successfully made a pair and exchanged them again.

As a spectator, Zong Qihao could naturally see clearly that the card exchanged by Concubine Lu Gui to Zhu Sining happened to help him make up a pair.

Now Zhu Sining has all pairs!

Noticing Zong Qihao's eyes, Zhu Sining unfolded the cards into a folding fan to cover the lower half of his face, and winked at him slyly.

Zong Qihao: "..."

He turned his head slightly, Concubine Lu Gui concluded that Zhu Sining had no match after she chose not to play any cards, and her confidence increased greatly.

After Concubine Lu Guifei finished playing her cards, Zhu Sining put all the cards in her hand into pairs and threw them away.

Among all the pairs, there is a suit that Concubine Lu Gui opened just now.

"I lost." Concubine Lu Gui put down the cards in her hand, turned over the six suppressed cards and unfolded them, "It's too difficult, and I was fooled by His Highness again."

"It would be nice to play a few more times. I am very optimistic about you. You are very talented. You can play six cards for the first time." Zhu Sining put away all the playing cards and began to shuffle them.

Zhu Sining generally uses the dovetail shuffling method to shuffle the cards.After the two sides are separated, the cards are crossed and stacked. After the overlap is complete, hold the cards in both hands, bend them into an arched shape, relax your fingers and put them together.

The clean, white and bony fingers move flexibly on the cards, and with the refreshing crackling sound, the whole set of movements is smooth and natural, and it can even be said to be quite pleasing to the eye.

When the last card fell, Zhu Sining moved one hand away, and all the cards were neatly placed in his palm.

Zong Qihao couldn't look away, and he was still a little bit unsatisfied after watching it.

It's getting late, Zhu Sining put away the poker cards, saw that Concubine Lu Gui was still in a daze, and comforted him: "Accordingly, the loser should shuffle the cards, but it's your first time today, so I'll shuffle the cards." Come quickly, if you lose later, I won't wash it."

"Oh...well, thank you Your Highness."

Lu Guifei suddenly came to her senses, this afternoon Zhu Sining has been using this shuffling technique, but no matter how many times she looks at it, she still thinks it is simple and beautiful.

Zhu Sining: "Why don't you stay and eat tonight, the kitchen should be ready." After playing for so long and still winning, it would be too unkind to let Concubine Lu Gui go back on an empty stomach.

He looked at Zong Qihao who came uninvited: "What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

Taking a casual glance at Concubine Lu Gui, Zong Qihao said with a gentle smile: "It seems that Zitong already has guests tonight, and I don't have any more."

Zhu Sining: "There must be. You can tell what your majesty wants to eat." Anyway, you are the boss, and the imperial dining room will definitely cook for you.

"I will eat whatever Zitong prepares."

Zhu Sining responded, and secretly slandered, as if it wasn't you who ordered the food before...

But maybe it’s because you have to pay attention to your image in front of beauties, and it’s not good to give people a bad impression. Zhu Sining politely asked the guests for their opinions: “Just tell me what the imperial concubine wants to eat, we don’t choose.”

Zong Qihao smiled lightly, as if he was letting Zhu Sining arrange him.

Concubine Lu Gui: "Courtesy and concubines...anything is fine."

"Isn't there any choice? Is there nothing you want to eat?" Zhu Sining was a little confused. The word can be used anywhere, but it is also the most difficult to arrange.

Zong Qihao: "Zi Tong can eat whatever he likes, and I can do it."

Concubine Lu Gui followed suit and nodded: "I will listen to Your Highness."

Since there is no objection, Zhu Sining ordered a few dishes that he likes and tastes popular. There are three people in total. In fact, they can't eat much. Concubine Lu Gui is obviously not familiar with Zong Qihao. Zhu Sining has cultivated colleagues all afternoon The friendship was frightened by Zong Qihao and disappeared again.

The meal was boring, Zong Qihao and Zhu Sining could still talk normally, but Concubine Lu Gui wished she didn't exist, so she hurriedly left after the meal, and the tea party plan that had just started was shelved .

After the meal, Zhu Sining habitually checked the system interface, and the purple progress bar did not move.However, the red progress bar that previously showed 90.00% nine has changed to 90.00% eight.

What does it mean?

Recently, Zhu Sining has not completed other tasks, so the progress bar should not change.The red progress bar is easily associated with the blood bar. Seeing the blood bar decrease, it is easy for Zhu Sining to have some bad associations.

However, the system is not equipped with customer service, and it will only ring once when a task is sent, and no one will solve his doubts for him.

Only one step at a time.

Hope it's not a countdown to death...

Zong Qihao was very interested in playing cards, so he took the playing cards and looked at them one by one.

"How do you play this card?"

Zhu Sining was disturbed by the red blood bars, and said absent-mindedly: "If your majesty is just learning, you can play some simple familiar suits first."

Counting 24 points is a game that does not need to recognize suits.

Draw four cards and calculate them together, whoever gets to 24 first wins.

I wish Si Ning had gotten tired of playing this kind of game for a long time, and he could quickly figure it out as soon as the cards came out. Only when you think about it will you come up with a solution.

Zong Qihao saw it after a few rounds of handicap.

"Zitong is so fast at this game, I always have to slow down and always ask Zitong to wait for me."

"If you are familiar with this game, you will soon catch the pattern." Zhu Sining was not very excited. "There is no particularly complicated algorithm for this game, and the numbers are not big."

Zong Qihao couldn't give an answer, Zhu Sining untied it and shuffled the cards again.

After shuffling the cards, Zhu Sining made a few scissors cuts, and then turned over the first card with one hand.

Zong Qihao rubbed his nose: "Otherwise we change, I basically recognize all the suits, and the one played by Zi Tong and the imperial concubine doesn't seem to need to be counted."

Ten, three, eight, seven.

Zhu Sining has already turned over four cards.

Unable to think of a solution for a while, Zong Qihao chatted with Zhu Sining and calculated quickly: "What's the name of the one Zi Tong and the imperial concubine are playing with?"

"Husband and wife card."

"Husband... Husband and wife card?"

"Ah."

Zhu Sining reached out to put the cards away.

According to Zhu Sining's description, Concubine Lu is a fast learner, and she can figure out everything in less than half an hour at 24 o'clock. She advanced to husband and wife cards and can press six cards in one afternoon... This game is difficult and durable, Still such an ambiguous name...

Zong Qihao hurriedly pressed the card: "Wait a minute, I will do this! Don't accept it yet!"

Zhu Sining: "..."

He was so anxious that he forgot to call himself. Thinking of Zong Qihao's occasional problem of being concerned about face, Zhu Sining said: "Let's change it, there are other games besides the husband and wife card..."

Zong Qihao insisted: "This is what I need, and if I figure it out, I can exchange it for a husband and wife card!"

Zhu Sining: "..."

I don't think you can change it in your life.