In the Yuhua Palace, the curtains reach to the floor, and the interior decoration is elegant and simple. The fragrance of potted flowers and plants outside the palace sneaks in with the wind. The octagonal glazed palace lanterns engraved with dragon patterns and phoenixes exude an orange halo, projecting

The jewels and jade embedded in the beams and columns are brilliant and shining.

In front of a boxy table, Su Zijin and Wei Xiangge were sitting together. They were wearing a long red skirt embroidered with flowing light and a blue and white moire skirt. There were various dishes on the table.

Delicious delicacies, several palace maids in the distance stood waiting with their heads bowed, looking calm.

"Waiting for me?"

Under the guidance of several palace maids and eunuchs' retinues, the young man wore a bright yellow prince's royal crown. He was tall and noble, and stepped across the palace threshold. With a smile on his face, he looked at Su Zijin and Wei Wei.

The second daughter of Xiangge.

He walked to the side and just sat down. Before he picked up the chopsticks, he heard Su Zijin's doting tone and said angrily: "I haven't washed my hands yet."

Su Zhao was startled for a moment, smiled to himself, and said, "I forgot."

At this time, Shaoyao ordered the palace maid with a smile, and brought over a copper basin filled with clean water, with a towel placed on the side of the basin.

"Junhou..."

The palace maid said timidly.

Su Zhao nodded, stretched out his hands to wash, and wiped his hands slowly.

"Why are you so busy today?" Su Zijin looked at Su Zhao with concern and asked softly. The girl had soft eyebrows and a dignified and quiet temperament.

Wei Xiangge on the side also turned his smart and clear eyes to Su Zhao when he heard this.

"Today I discussed some court matters with Chen Qing. At the court meeting tomorrow, we need to decide some things in advance." Su Zhao sat aside and explained, not shying away from Su Zijin.

His sister was not just a beautiful vase, she was born in a princely family, she was influenced by everything she had seen and heard, and she was not a novice who didn't understand anything about the situation in the court.

Su Zijin said in a clear voice: "I know Brother Zhao has the intention to work hard to govern, but governing a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. Don't be too hasty, but take care of yourself. The day before yesterday, I heard that until midnight, nectar

The lights in the palace are always bright, but if you stay up late and eat late, you don’t know how to cherish yourself, if things go on like this, your body will not be able to bear it.”

Su Zhao nodded and explained: "I am good at martial arts and have lots of energy. I won't be in trouble."

After getting rid of Yuan Bin, Su Zhao basically read and wrote materials at night, staying up all night. If his mind was tired, he would adjust his breath and meditate.

Su Zijin sometimes went to Ganlu Hall to inquire about daily life, and naturally learned some things. After being distressed, she began to advise.

Apparently, Su Zijin didn't know that her younger brother had the tendency to evolve into steel.

Su Zhao picked up the chopsticks, looked at Wei Xiangge, with a smile in his eyes, and said softly: "Let's eat, Xiangge is probably starving."

Wei Xiangge was picking up a piece of tea and passing it to his mouth. Hearing the words, he raised his eyes and looked at the two of them, and responded as if he had the same feeling.

After all, one cannot escape grain before reaching the golden elixir, and as a warrior, only eating grain can accumulate the power of life and blood.

Seeing this, Su Zijin couldn't help but smile, and said no more, "Just be sensible."

Su Zhao picked up the chopsticks, picked up the pieces of seabass, put them into Wei Xiangge's bowl, and said softly: "Xiangge, try this fish. This is a new product in Hongjiang this year. I heard that people in Wei like to eat fish the most."

, the seabass is delicious, and there is also this soup, which nourishes qi and blood, you can drink this soup in a while."

As he said this, his eyes glanced at the pattern on the lapel of the red dress, and it turned out to be a hibiscus woven with red threads, blooming proudly. Well, the wrinkles in the dress didn't seem too obvious.

Wei Xiangge lowered his eyes slightly and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Thank you, Su Zhao, I can just do it myself."

Su Zijin paused slightly with the chopsticks in her hand, seemed to change the direction, silently picked up a bamboo shoot, and ate it in small bites with the rice in the bowl.

The people of Xiangchu naturally also love to eat fish.

"Sister, you should also eat more green vegetables." Su Zhao picked up the spinach and bracken and put them all in Su Zijin's bowl.

Su Zijin: "???"

Su Zhao met Su Zijin's complicated gaze and said softly: "Well, eating more vegetables will help you grow taller."

According to the metric system of later generations, according to Su Zhao's visual inspection, Wei Xiangge was about 1.75 meters tall. He was slim and erect, only slightly inferior to himself today, while his sister Su Zijin was

She inherited the petiteness of a southern girl, only over 1.6 meters tall.

However, both of them are now twenty-eight years old and still have room to grow taller.

Following the etiquette of saying nothing while eating and saying nothing when sleeping, the three of them finished their dinner, rinsed their mouths, and drank tea.

At this time, Shaoyao and several palace maids offered the chess playing field and said with a smile: "Princess, Miss Wei, do you still want to play a game of chess?"

In this era, there is no entertainment, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Recently, the two girls' entertainment activity is to play Go. Not only Su Zijin, but also Shaoyao have good chess skills.

Su Zijin smiled and said: "Xiangge's chess skills have improved by leaps and bounds recently. I can no longer play Xiangge. Brother Zhao, why don't you come?"

Su Zhao put down the tea cup and said, "I don't like playing Go, so how about playing chess?"

"Chess?" Wei Xiangge asked, her eyes sparkling. She has been a little obsessed with this kind of chess game recently. She always feels that she has the momentum of leading an army to conquer.

In this world, there is no chess yet. Compared with the plan-and-play layout of Go, chess is more like a war.

Su Zhao smiled. In fact, instead of chess, he wanted to sort out the cards and play a game of Landlords with three people. But think about it, if this kind of game spreads, the minister will probably be frightened.

And it leaked the national policy...

Moreover, what is detrimental to his reputation is that he is not like a human being, indulges in gambling, is debauched and immoral... these rumors have all come out.

In this era, the requirements for the conduct of the saints were very strict. In the previous generation, there were three styles and ten sins. Dancing in the court, indulging in drinking and singing, this was the witchcraft style, greed for wealth, obsession with beauty, and endless hunting were the lustful habits.

Playing Go, playing bridge, drinking Moutai... these elegant interests, in this era, will also cause criticism once indulged in them.

"Shaoyao, go get a piece of cardboard and a red and black writing brush."

At this time, it is definitely too late to rush to make chess pieces, but it is okay to draw the chess grid first and cut it into a circle with cardboard.

Not long after, Shaoyao quickly ordered the eunuch to take out the cardboard.

Su Zhao's parallel fingers were like a knife, cutting them in threes and sevens. This is the mystery of magic power. It can be soft or strong. Not long after, thirty-two round cardboards appeared aside, and they were written one by one with red and black pens.

Get on the chariots, horses, artillery, generals and soldiers.

This scene confused Su Zijin and Wei Xiangge, and they looked at each other in confusion.

Then, Su Zhao used a brush to draw a criss-cross, neatly square chess grid on another cardboard.

"Okay." Su Zhao placed the chessboard on the Go chessboard and said with a chuckle: "The horse moves on the sun, the elephant moves on the field, the rook moves on a straight path, and the cannon goes over the mountain. Xiangge, can you see some tricks?"

As he spoke, he laid out the chess pieces and explained the rules of chess.

Wei Xiangge's eyes sparkled and he said in surprise: "It does look like two armies fighting. How did you come up with this? This is so fun."

As she spoke, she moved the chess pieces. This woman, who was very savvy, picked up the red cannon, placed it behind the elephant, and fired a cannon. On her forehead, which was as clear as jade, a little cinnabar was as bright as fire.

Su Zhao smiled and jumped on his horse.

I don’t know if this scene is foreshadowing anything.
Chapter completed!