Chapter 714 The Chess Game


    Yun Shang was stunned. She kept silent and her brows puckered. Atst, she satirized, "Why didn''t


    they also poison with the fluffy snow lotus, so that they could show that it was done by the same


    person?"


    Luo Qingyan kept staring at Yun Shang until she calmed herself down. Then he answered, "I guess it''s


    because Liu Yinfeng is a counsellor." He paused as Yun Shang was still confused. Then he went on, "A


    military general is easy to obtain, but a counselor is hard to find. Especially, such an outstanding


    counselor as Liu Yinfeng is more difficult to get.. Our enemy wanted to draw Liu Yinfeng into their side,


    so they didn''t poison him with the fluffy snow lotus, but took him away directly. "


    Yun Shang nodded and relieved a little. She told herself, ''Good, then. Now that we want to make use of


    Liu Yinfeng, we don''t need to worry about his life.''


    Qin Yi stood aside, listening to the conversation between they two. She observed the expression on


    Yun Shang''s face carefully. After a while, Qin Yi asked in a low voice, "I don''t know what the seventh


    prince and his majesty are talking about. What about asking someone to inquire Wang Wanzhi about


    it?"


    Yun Shang thought for a while and shook her head, "It''s not the time to contact her yet. Being around


    the Emperor is as dangerous as apanying a tiger. We''d better keep a distance from Wang Wanzhi


    so that she will be safer. As for the seventh prince... " Yun Shang said with a sneer, "I don''t care much


    about what he is saying to the emperor. After all, he has been hiding himself for more than ten years.


    It''s impossible for him to abruptly show his strength to the full."


    Qin Yi didn''t quite understand what Yun Shang was talking about, but she just nodded and didn''t say


    anything more.


    There was a long silence in the room. Then Yun Shang took out the ount book of the mansion and


    read it.


    "Your highness, his majesty is calling," the housekeeper''s voice came from outside.


    Yun Shang was surprised. She looked up and exchanged a nce with Luo Qingyan. Then she asked


    with doubt, "Xia Huanyu? Why did he call me into the pce? "


    Some thoughts shed through Luo Qingyan''s mind. He pondered for a moment before he said, "I''m


    afraid it''s rted to the matter of poisoning. It doesn''t matter. You just need to remember to stay calm.


    Don''t talk too much. If he asks something that you don''t know how to respond, just say that you don''t


    know it."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly and asked Qin Yi to find a slightly more grand-looking butterfly flowered


    brocade dress to put on, and outside she wore a satin fox fur pleated cloak. Then she had her hair


    stood up and left the mansion with Qin Yi.


    Xia Huanyu summoned Yun Shang in the rear Hall of Taiji Pce. When she entered the rear Hall, she


    saw Xia Huanyu sitting on the chair, with a set of chess in front of him. And Liu Wenan was standing


    quietly beside him.


    Seeing Yun Shange in, Liu Wenan coughed lightly and said, "Your majesty, Lady Rui is here."


    Yun Shang shed a slight smile, and curtsied to Xia Huanyu, "Your Majesty, Long live your majesty."


    Xia Huanyu raised his eyes from the chessboard and nced at Yun Shang. He said indifferently,


    "Since we are here, let''s y chess first."


    Yun Shang responded hastily and sat down opposite to him. The chess game was a mess. Yun Shang


    looked at the chessboard and frowned. It was very clear from the situation on the chessboard that the


    ck stones Xia Huanyu held were already a very obvious victory. However, though the white stones


    seemed to be defeated miserably, but they had hidden quite a few killing tricks, which were very


    vicious.


    Yun Shang thought for a while and remembered her guard''s report that the seventh prince had asked


    to see the emperor in the pce. She estimated that she was summoned to the imperial pce as


    soon as the seventh prince left. It was obvious to know from this mess chess who had been behind this


    game.


    Yun Shang smiled. She picked up a white stone from the basket, and said politely, "I made a fortune. I


    won this round. But, your majesty, don''t me me for my cruelty. It''s not a good chance for the white


    stones. I just took advantage of the situation."


    "You win?" raising his eyes to look at Yun Shang, Xia Huanyu asked, "Do you think you can win?"


    Yun Shang didn''t argue with him. She put down a stone on the board with a smile on her face. In an


    instant, the pale side of the white stones came to life and even ruthlessly cut off Xia Huanyu''s route of


    retreat.


    Xia Huanyu''s eyes darkened.


    Time passed quickly. In just an hour, Yun Shang won the game in a sh.


    Yun Shang smiled and figured out how many stones she won on the chessboard. She looked up at the


    emperor and said, "I was just helped by the previous game. In that game, the white side seemed to


    lose, and the ck side was about to win. But there is an old saying that onlooker is clear. Your


    majesty has been in the bureau, and I was just a bystander when I first came here. So after careful


    consideration, I found that the white stones had winning points in three hidden positions. Though they


    looked declining, they were actually attacking the opponent''s weakness, which was really ruthless.


    Thus, I won three and a half stone." Yun Shang smiled. Then she added, "In the previous game, the


    person who held the ck stones knew how to hide."


    Yun Shang stopped at the point with a smile. Then she picked up the white stones and put them back


    into the basket.


    After a long while, Xia Huanyu finally smiled and said, "To hide, ha..." Then he fixed his eyes on Yun


    Shang.


    Yun Shang acted as if nothing had happened. She put all the chess pieces away, sat up straight and


    asked softly, "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"


    Xia Huanyu was not in a hurry to answer her question. He put away the chess pieces slowly and then


    said, "It was a mess game just now. Let''s y this game together."


    Yun Shang nodded simply.


    Xia Huanyu put down a stone while asking YUn Shang in a seemingly casual manner, "How is Prince


    Rui doing?"


    On hearing this, Yun Shang frowned and bit her lip. She replied, "I don''t know how to describe his


    situation. It should be neither good nor bad. The poison of the fluffy snow lotus may be not deadly, but


    he just can''t wake up temporarily."


    Xia Huanyu nodded and said, "Thank you for taking care of him."


    They had their conversation at a proper speed while at the same time ying chess. Xia Huanyu


    continued, "The seventh prince came to report that Liu Yinfeng had an ident and was just missing."


    Yun Shang''s hand taking a stone stopped. She was surprised. After a while, she asked, "Is Mister Liu


    missing?"


    Seeing that Yun Shang stop her action, Xia Huanyu kept calm. He nodded slightly and said, "The


    seventh prince told me that you doubt the State of Yng nned all this."


    Yun Shang put down a stone before replying, "I don''t know much about the political affairs in the court.


    I just guess. I have heard from his highness that your majesty wanted Lord Hua Guo to lead his troops


    to go out and threaten the State of Yng. But before he set out, something happened to him. His


    highness told me that if Lord Hua Guo couldn''t lead the army, he would be the general to lead the army


    to the border. Unexpectedly, he was poisoned, too. Worse still, Mister Liu, who should be the military


    counsellor, disappeared, too. If it weren''t for the tricks of the State of Yng, I really don''t know what


    has happened. "


    Xia Huanyu did notment whether Yun Shang was right or wrong. He remained silent while ying


    a few more stones before he said tly, "Lord Hua Guo was poisoned. Prince Rui was poisoned. And


    Liu Yinfeng disappeared. But on the border, the State of Yng is still hostile. It''s constantly harassing


    the people and the guards at the border. Lady Rui, please tell me, in the current situation, who should I


    send to lead the army? "


    Yun Shang didn''t expect that Xia Huanyu would ask her this question. She thought for a moment, and


    replied lightly, "I know very little about the Court Affairs. Even his highness sometimes mentioned it, but


    it was very limited. I am really at a loss who to send to lead the army. Your highness, how about the


    seventh prince? "


    "The seventh prince?" Xia Huanyu was also surprised, "Is it all right with his weak body?"


    Yun Shang''s eyes shed a cold light. She thought to herself, ''Weak?'' She didn''t find out in which way


    the seventh prince was weak.


    But she couldn''t say that to Xia Huanyu. Instead, she replied with a smile, "The seventh prince is also


    the son of your majesty as well as a suprememander. He doesn''t have to fight in person. I thinkRêAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only


    the seventh prince is physically weak, but he is smarter than anyone else in intelligence and strategy. "


    Xia Huanyu was about to speak when they heard footsteps. Both of them turned around and saw a


    eunuch walk in hastily. "Your Majesty, the Empress asks to see you."


    The empress also came for fun.


    Yun Shang smiled and raised her eyebrows.


    Hearing that, Xia Huanyu frowned in an almost invisible way and said in a loud voice, "Call her in."


    Yun Shang rose to her feet to wee the empress. She heard the faintest sound from her clothes


    approached. The empress paid her respects to Xia Huanyu.


    Yun Shang bowed to the empress as soon as Xia Huanyu asked her to straighten up. "Nice to see you,


    your majesty."


    "Oh?" the Empress sounded a little surprised at seeing Yun Shang there, Lady Rui is here? "


    Yun Shang was amused by her words. She had been in the pce for an hour, and had already


    finished a game of chess with his majesty. The Empress, of course, should have been informed of Yun


    Shang''s arrival, so her surprise revealed her affectation.


    "Hm, I summoned her to the pce. Prince Rui has been poisoned for a few days. I ask her about the


    situation and y chess with her, " before Yun Shang could answer, Xia Huanyu replied.


    The empress was suddenly enlightened and asked, "Is Prince Rui all right? The person who poisoned


    is really too arrogant, so we should find out the truth and give her a certain punishment as soon as


    possible. "


    Yun Shang replied, "His highness is still in aa, but he won''t be in danger."


    The empress said softly "Oh", and before she could say anything, Xia Huanyu said, "the Empress is in


    a hurry. What''s the matter?"


    The empress nced at Yun Shang and smiled. "I''ve heard that the State of Yng has been very


    arrogant at the frontier these days. Now that Lord Hua Guo and Prince Rui have been poisoned, his


    majesty has not yet found someone to lead the troops out. That''s why I''m here. I have a


    rmendation... "