The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 223
After dinner, Zhao Yao took the initiative to invite Zheng Qian to play another game of chess.

Zhao Yao was trying to save face for Zheng Qian.The reason he gave was that in the previous game, Zheng Qianqian let him, that's why he lost to him.

In Zheng Qian's more than ten years of life, the words "modesty", "modesty" and "humility" have never been used.No matter who Zheng Qian plays chess with or competes with, he will never give in, let alone let go, and will win the opponent mercilessly.

Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng saw that Zhao Yao gave Zheng Qian face like this, and they didn't know whether to be happy for their little brother or to sympathize with their little brother.

Although in the game of chess before dinner, Zheng Qian told Zhao Yao that he was convincingly lost, but in fact he was still very unwilling.Because he underestimated the enemy from the beginning, but he is so strong, he feels that if he loses, he loses, and he has no face to ask Zhao Yao for another game of chess.Unexpectedly, Zhao Yao took the initiative to invite him to play another game of chess, which was exactly what he wanted.

Zheng Qian felt that if he played a game of chess with Zhao Yao again, he would definitely not lose.

After dinner, Zhao Yao went to Zheng Qian's study and played chess with Zheng Qian.

The two brothers Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng sat aside and watched the chess seriously.

In this game of chess, Zheng Qian showed a [-]-point attitude.At the beginning, he was in the upper hand, but after a while, he gradually fell into the disadvantage.

Zheng Qian originally thought that he had figured out Zhao Yao's chess moves through the last game of chess, but he didn't.In this game of chess, Zhao Yao's chess moves are completely different from the previous game.

In the last game of chess, Zhao Yao played insidiously.In this game of chess, Zhao Yao played deceitfully.

Going down to the middle, Zheng Qian couldn't figure out Zhao Yao's chess moves at all, making it hard for him to guard against.Zheng Qian felt that he was being played around by Zhao Yao like a child.

Zheng Qian's Bai Zi was completely surrounded by Hei Zi, and he had no way out.He racked his brains and couldn't think of a way out.

Zheng Rang's chess skills are much better than Zheng Cheng's, he can fully understand the chess game between Zhao Yao and his little brother.

Before, when Zheng Qian played chess with He Xiang and the others, Zheng Rang had already felt Zhao Yao's treacherous and dangerous chess moves, but today he found that Zhao Yao's chess moves were even more sinister and dangerous.

He just sat on the sidelines and watched, and his back was dripping with cold sweat.

Ruthless, really ruthless, no way out!

His Majesty's chess style is completely different from his temperament.

What happened in the past two days, why did His Royal Highness' chess moves become so... chilling?
Zhao Yao patiently waited for Zheng Qian to settle his son, but he felt that Zheng Qian would admit defeat soon, because he had nothing to do.

The art of war used in this game of chess was only learned from my second uncle this afternoon.Except for him and the second uncle, no one can get out of this dead game.

Sure enough, Zhao Yao guessed it right.

After a while, Zheng Qian dropped the sunspot in his hand, stood up and bowed to Zhao Yao.

"I admit defeat, it's because I'm not good at chess and can't compare with Your Highness." He said again, "I lost this time willingly." This time he was not unwilling at all.Skills are not as good as people, skills are not as good as people, there is no need to make excuses for yourself.

Zhao Yao smiled politely: "I have accepted."

To be honest, he was a little cheating, after all, he used the art of war given to him by his second uncle.Uncle's art of war is invincible.

"Master Zheng San, I can see that you know a little bit of art of war, but you are not good at it." From these two games of chess, Zhao Yao had a clear understanding of Zheng Qian's chess moves. "You see me playing chess with the art of war, so you use the art of war to deal with me, but you didn't expect that my art of war is better than yours."

"Yes, I didn't expect it." Zheng Qian said honestly, "Your Highness, my art of war is not as good as yours."

"You should have read a lot of military books, right?" Zhao Yao asked.

"I've read all the art of war at home." Zheng Qian thought that his art of war was good, but after these two games of chess, he found that his art of war was like a pile of waste paper in front of Zhao Yao.

"Master Zheng San..."

As soon as Zhao Yao spoke, he was interrupted by Zheng Qian.

"Your Highness, just call me by my name, you don't need to call me Young Master Zheng San."

Zhao Yao called out in a polite manner: "Zheng Qian."

Zheng Qian's attitude became very respectful: "Your Highness, please speak."

"You don't think you know the art of war after reading a lot of military books, do you?"

Zheng Qian didn't understand why Zhao Yao asked such a question, but he still said very frankly: "That's right, I think my art of war is very good."

Zhao Yao didn't expect that Zheng Qian really thought so, he was stunned for a moment, and then he burst out laughing.

Seeing Zhao Yao laughing suddenly, Zheng Qian had a puzzled look on his face. He didn't understand why Zhao Yao laughed suddenly. He didn't say any funny jokes just now.

"I haven't read any military books, but I've been reading "Spring and Autumn", trying to figure out the art of war from the stories in "Spring and Autumn". What do you think of my art of war?"

When Zheng Qian heard Zhao Yao's words, his eyes widened in shock, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Haven't you read military books?"

Zhao Yao said: "No, I haven't read a serious military book yet."

"How is it possible?" Zheng Qian didn't believe it, "Your art of war is so superb, how could it be possible that you haven't read military books?"

Zhao Yao spread his hands: "Really, I haven't read a single military book."

Zheng Qian stared at Zhao Yao in astonishment, seeing his frank expression, he knew that Zhao Yao was not lying.

"Then where did you learn such a superb art of war?"

"My husband taught me. He taught me the art of war by playing chess."

"Who is your husband?"

"I can't tell you that." Zhao Yao himself didn't know who his second uncle was, so he quickly brought the subject back, "Zheng Qian, don't think that you know the art of war after reading a few books on war. It's as simple as you imagined. What you know is just on paper. If you go to the battlefield, you and your soldiers will have been wiped out long ago with your military skills on paper."

Zheng Qian has always been conceited.He can read it at a glance, and he thinks the same is true for military books.He thought he knew the art of war after reading the art of war, but now it seems that he is really talking about war on paper.

Zhao Yao picked up a white piece and dropped it seemingly at random, but this white piece turned the situation around and gave the white piece a lifeline for the white piece that was surrounded by black pieces and had no way out.

Zheng Qian was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

"The art of war is dead, but the art of war is alive." Zhao Yao dropped another white piece, and this time the white piece directly beat the black piece. "The art of war is flexible, it can't be explained clearly with just a few lines in the book of war. You underestimate the art of war." If the second uncle knew Zheng Qian's thoughts, the second uncle would scold Zheng Qian to death.

Zheng Qian stared blankly at Zhao Yao's son who had just dropped.He couldn't believe that this move turned defeat into victory.

This move was really wonderful, but... He never thought of it, and he never thought of it.

Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng were also dumbfounded.

"The battlefield is changing rapidly. If you don't know how to use the art of war flexibly, then what's the use of reading all the books on war in the world." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Zheng Qian, don't you know that there is a saying, Is it better to have no books than to believe in books?"

Zheng Qian was unable to refute what Zhao Yao said.

Zhao Yao said again: "Zheng Qian, don't underestimate the art of war in the future."

Zheng Qian saluted Zhao Yao again, and said solemnly, "My lord, this subordinate has been educated."

Zhao Yao, who had just picked up the teacup, was about to open his mouth to drink water. When he heard Zheng Qian calling him "Master", he was stunned, and immediately looked up at Zheng Qian: "What did you call me just now?"

Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng also heard Zheng Qian call Zhao Yao "Master", and they both showed disbelief on their faces.

Wait, little brother just called His Royal Highness the "Lord"!
They heard it right.

"My lord!" Zheng Qian suddenly gave a very grand gift to Zhao Yao, "My subordinate Zheng Qian has met my lord!"

"My lord?" Zhao Yao was so startled that the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground, "Me? I'm your lord?"

"Yes, you are the lord I have been looking for!" Zheng Qian looked very solemn, and his tone was very sincere, "From today on, you are my lord! I, Zheng Qian, will definitely follow the lord in the future!"

With a clatter, the teacup in Zhao Yao's hand still fell to the ground.

This sound brought Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng who were in great shock back to their senses.The two of them exclaimed: "Little brother, what are you talking about, Your Highness is your lord?"

"Yes, Your Highness is the lord I came to the capital to look for!" Through these two games of chess, Zheng Qian was able to confirm that Zhao Yao was the lord he was looking for!Although the protagonist's age and identity were beyond his imagination, through these two games of chess, he could see that Zhao Yao was smarter than him.

Although it is only two games of chess, many things can be seen.His Highness's intelligence is not only because he is smarter than him in the chess game.

"How is it possible?" Zhao Yao and Zheng Rang shouted in unison.

"Little brother, did you make a mistake?" Zheng Rang asked.

Zheng Qian glared at Zheng Rang, and said expressionlessly: "How could I be wrong, Your Highness is the lord I am looking for..."

Zhao Yao interrupted Zheng Qian: "Wait, Zheng Qian, you don't think I'm your master just because I won two games of chess?"

"That's right, little brother, didn't you say that the lord you are looking for is smarter than you?" Zheng Rang said, "Didn't you say that your lord should be the smartest person in the world?"

"My lord is the most intelligent person in the world." Zheng Qian said proudly.

Hey, hey, Zheng Qian, what does your proud look mean, have I agreed to be your lord?Who else will tell you that I am the smartest person in the world, why don't I know it myself.

"I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense." Zhao Yao shook his head, "I'm not the smartest person in the world as you said, I'm just an ordinary person!"

"My lord, don't be humble, you are the most intelligent person in the world!" Zheng Qian looked at Zhao Yao with fiery eyes.

Zhao Yao was terrified by Zheng Qian's eyes, he quickly stepped back a few steps, and distanced himself from Zheng Qian.

"I'm not! I'm very stupid in reading! I'm not the most intelligent person in the world, don't talk nonsense!" After finishing speaking, he ran away.

"My lord!" Zheng Qian hurriedly chased after him, but after running a few steps, Zheng Rang grabbed his wrist.

Zheng Rang gave Zheng Cheng a look, Zheng Cheng understood and hurriedly chased him out.

"Your Highness, please wait."

Zhao Yao stopped when he heard Zheng Cheng's voice.He turned around and was relieved to see that only Zheng Cheng was chasing him.

"Zheng Cheng, what's the matter with your little brother, how can you mistakenly recognize the lord?" Zhao Yao was terrified by Zheng Qian's words just now, "I knew your little brother would mistakenly recognize me as the lord, and I wouldn't mind if you beat me to death." Come play chess with him."

"Your Highness, I'm sorry." Zheng Cheng said with an apologetic face, "Young brother has always been talking about God, so you don't have to take his words to heart."

"No, I think your younger brother's appearance just now is serious, and he doesn't seem to be crazy."

"Your Highness, he is going crazy, you must not believe his words."

"I definitely won't take his words to heart." Zhao Yao waved his hand to Zheng Cheng, "It's getting late, I should go back to rest, and I'll take my leave today."

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect..." Zheng Cheng said with a guilty face, "I didn't expect to scare you."

"It's okay, I didn't take it to heart." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "The food cooked by Zheng Zhengshi is delicious, I didn't come tonight in vain."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Zheng Cheng was relieved.

"I'm leaving."

"Your Highness, go slowly." Zheng Cheng didn't ask Zhao Yao where to rest.

Zhao Yao bounced away, and Tong Xi hurriedly followed behind him.

Seeing Zhao Yao's lovely back jumping away, Zheng Cheng couldn't help laughing.Thinking of Zheng Qian's words just now, the smile on his face froze immediately, and he hurried back.

When Zheng Rang saw Zheng Qian was serious, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zheng Cheng hurriedly asked: "Little brother, are you serious?"

"Of course I'm real." Zheng Qian felt that he was very serious, why did the elder brother and the second elder brother think he was joking. "The Tenth Prince is the lord I'm looking for!"

"Just because the tenth prince beat you in chess?" Zheng Cheng asked incredulously, "You think that the tenth prince is smarter than you?"

"If you beat you in two games of chess, do you think His Highness Ten is smarter than you?" Zheng Rang asked in amazement, "You just lost to His Highness Ten in the art of war, but it doesn't mean you will lose to His Highness in other aspects."

"Brother, didn't you find the lord to play chess with me? Aren't you and the second brother eager for the lord to win me?" Zheng Qian looked at his two elder brothers strangely, "Now that the lord has won me, shouldn't you be happy?" ?"

These "Master" calls are really sweet, but they are not so sweet when they are called.

"But we didn't expect you to recognize His Royal Highness as your lord." Zheng Rang took a deep breath to calm himself down. "Little brother, it is not a child's play to recognize His Majesty the Tenth Highness as your lord, so don't mess around."

"That's right, little brother, you can't be willful!"

Zheng Qian frowned dissatisfiedly when he heard the words of the two elder brothers: "Big Brother, Second Brother, when did I ever play tricks, and when did I play around?"

Zheng Cheng said unceremoniously: "Have you ever done a lot of willful nonsense since you were a child?"

"In your eyes, it's a willful thing, but I'm serious!" Zheng Qian said with a serious face, "I don't know how to joke about my lord!"

"What is your identity, and what is your identity as the Tenth Highness?" Zheng Rang said with a cold face, "Do you know what will happen if you recognize the Tenth Highness as your lord?"

"What will be the consequences?" Zheng Qian sneered, "Big brother, second brother, are you afraid that I will bring trouble and danger to the Zheng family if I recognize His Highness as the Lord?"

"Since you know, you still consider His Highness the Tenth Prince as your lord."

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you always say that I am selfish and selfish. I don't care about you, my father, and the Zheng family. But aren't you selfish?" Zheng Qian didn't know anything.In fact, with his extraordinary wisdom, he knows everything, but he speaks lazily. "You came to the capital for your future, so can't I do it for mine?"

"We didn't stop you from looking for the lord, but the tenth prince can't do it. Our Zheng family never participates in the competition between the princes. If you consider the tenth prince as the lord, you will participate in it. Do you know how dangerous it will be?" ?" Zheng Rang turned blue with anger, "You think I'm afraid you'll cause trouble for us, I'm afraid you'll be in danger."

"Brother, when were you so naive?" Zheng Qian said coldly, "Do you think you will be safe if you don't participate in the battle between the princes? Do you think you can sit back and relax as Zheng Xilin's son? ? Do you think it was He Xiang and Liu Taishi?"

"From the moment we came to the capital, we were in danger and trouble!"

Zheng Qian's words made them unable to refute.

"Before I came to the capital, I looked for my father. I told him that I went to the capital to find my lord, and my father said that the person who can make me think of the lord must be very powerful." Zheng Qian said, "I still talk to him He said, what should I do if the lord I recognize is the prince? Dad said it doesn’t matter if he is the prince, let me do what I want. Dad also said that although he is no longer a captain, he still has the ability to protect the three sons .If he doesn't even have this ability, his life will be in vain."

Zheng asked Zheng Cheng to be surprised when he heard it.

"Dad actually told you these words?"

"Father also said that you two are stupid, let me, the younger brother, help you more." Zheng Qian said angrily, "Father also said that it doesn't matter if the three princes we support are different, because he will protect us." The three brothers are fine."

Both Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng were shocked.They didn't expect their father to say such words, after all, before they left, father did not say such words to them.Daddy just lets them do what they want and nothing else.

"Father also said that if the three of us support different princes, we each support our own lord based on our ability, but the three of us cannot kill each other."

"How could we kill each other?"

Zheng Rang understood what Zheng Xilin meant.His expression suddenly became very serious and he said to Zheng Qian: "Since Dad said that he can protect the three of us, then you can do what you want, little brother, and your second brother and I will not interfere with you."

Hearing what Zheng Rang said, Zheng Cheng naturally wouldn't object to Zheng Qian's recognition of the lord, but he still felt that the younger brother was too hasty.

"Little brother, you want to recognize your lord. We have no objection, but are you sure that your lord is the tenth prince? The tenth prince is not favored. There are no ministers in the court who support him. Also, the tenth prince said that he wants to be a prince when he grows up." The idle prince, he will travel around and eat delicious food all over the world in the future, he doesn't want to seize the heir, are you sure you want to recognize him as your lord?"

"Second brother, did you misunderstand something?" Zheng Qian said, giving Zheng Cheng a contemptuous look, "The reason why I consider His Highness the Tenth Prince is because he is smarter than me, not because he is the Tenth Prince. .I'm not trying to assist the lord to win the heir."

"Then why do you recognize the lord?" Zheng Rang asked in amazement, "You recognize the lord, don't you want to help the lord achieve a great career?"

"No, I recognize the lord because I only recognize people who are smarter than me. Of course, if the lord wants to seize the throne and become the emperor, then I will help him. If the lord only wants to be an idle prince, then I will go with the lord." Travel around the world and eat delicious food all over the world." Zheng Qian said, "I will help the lord do whatever the lord wants to do."

Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng didn't know what to say for a while.Because it is completely different from what they imagined.

"Then what's the point of you accepting the lord?" Zheng Cheng was puzzled, since he didn't help the Tenth Highness win the heir, why should the younger brother recognize him as the lord.

"Second brother, are you a pig brain?" Zheng Qian looked at Zheng Cheng very disdainfully, "Didn't I just say that I recognize the lord because the lord is smarter than me. How much do you want me to say? You can understand." He and the second brother are really brothers?How could he have such a stupid brother?

"Little brother, His Highness the Tenth Highness is not smart in reading, and in the eyes of everyone, the Tenth Highness is an idiot."

Hearing this, Zheng Qian raised the corners of his mouth and sneered, "If the lord is really an idiot, how did he make new paper and movable type printing?"

Zheng Cheng agreed with Zheng Qian's words, nodded repeatedly and said: "If His Highness the Tenth Highness is really a stupid person, it is impossible to make new paper and movable type printing. His Highness just doesn't like reading. If His Highness can Reading, you must be very smart in reading."

"The lord has been hiding himself." Zheng Qian said meaningfully, "The lord is not as innocent as he appears on the surface."

"What do you mean?" Zheng Rang was taken aback by Zheng Qian's words, "You mean His Royal Highness has been pretending to be crazy..."

He was interrupted by Zheng Qian before he finished speaking.Zheng Qian glared at Zheng Rang, and said, "What do you mean by pretending to be crazy? My lord is as wise as a fool."

Zheng Rang complained in his heart: This is the protection.

"Little brother, why do you think so?" From Zheng Rang's point of view, the Tenth Prince is not a scheming person, after all, His Highness's eyes are too clear and clean. "You just played two games of chess with His Highness the Tenth Highness, and you haven't had contact with His Highness the Tenth Highness before, so you are sure that His Highness is extremely smart and has been hiding himself?"

Zheng Cheng echoed, "That's right, how long have you known His Highness the Tenth Prince?"

"Two games of chess are enough." Zheng Qian glanced at the two dazed elder brothers with disgust, "Of course you two idiots can't understand."

Zheng Rang and Zheng Cheng, who are dismissed as stupid everyday: "..."

"Then what are you going to do next?" Zheng Cheng thought of Zhao Yao's attitude just now, and laughed gloatingly, "Your Highness the Tenth Prince doesn't want to be your lord."

Zheng Qian said: "Next, I will go to the palace to accompany the lord."

Zheng Rang was shocked and said, "What, are you going to the palace?"

"How do you get to the palace?"

"Of course I walked into the palace, otherwise I would still be able to fly into the palace." How could he have such dull brothers.He certainly wasn't his own.

"No, little brother, with what capacity do you enter the palace?" Zheng Rang didn't know where Zheng Qian's confidence came from, and felt that he would definitely be able to enter the palace.

"Of course I entered the palace as the lord's companion." Zheng Qian said confidently, "I'm so smart, the emperor will definitely allow me to be the lord's companion."

　Tonight's second is even more powerful, please praise me.

　　Zheng Qian: My lord, here I come!
　　Zhao Yao: Don't come here, stay away from me!
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