Glory all the way

Chapter 20
In the etiquette class at noon on the second day, Bai Yingluo was almost able to keep up with the progress of the class. Now, comparing with the others, it is not at all obvious that Bai Yingluo came ten days late.

The noble and awe-inspiring sixth princess is in front, and the gentle and gentle ladies are behind. Every movement is indescribably beautiful. Rao is the unsmiling wife on weekdays. His complexion is soft and warm all afternoon. meaning.

After class, Dou Xiuqiao and the other five went back to their rooms to rest, and Bai Yingluo followed the sixth princess back to Yunrou Hall silently, but unexpectedly, the sixth princess was very approachable today.

"I thought you came late, but I didn't expect you to be a smart person. It took only three days, and the etiquette is already the same as those of us who have learned it for more than ten days. If this is the case, you don't need to spend any more time with me. Go down and rest."

Princess Six said.

In this case, to Bai Yingluo, it is no different from the sound of nature, but it is hard to change the nature of the country, and the sixth princess obviously doesn't like her to the extreme, so how can she let herself go so easily?
Thinking of this, Bai Yingluo's attitude became more and more respectful, "It's all thanks to the princess that Yingluo can follow the course so quickly, Yingluo thanks the princess."

Kneeling down and saluting, Bai Yingluo stood up, turned around and left Yunrou Hall, behind her was the sly face of the Sixth Princess with a smile on her lips.

At a moment's notice, in Xinlan Pavilion, Mr. Mo Zhe, who teaches chess, stepped into the gate.

Mrs. Mo Zhe is over sixty years old, his white hair is only tied with a ribbon, and he likes to wear white clothes. Looking from a distance, it makes people think that he is a banished fairy in a fairyland on earth.

He has a cheerful personality and loves to talk and joke a lot on weekdays, so in the chess class, the girls seemed much more lively, not as cautious as they were in other classes.

"People say that there are no fathers and sons on the battlefield. This chess game is just like the battlefield. There is no sympathy for it. But the most important thing in chess is to meditate. If you are unsteady, how can you make a good game?"

Stroking his beard, Mr. Mo Zhe shook his head and said, after finishing speaking, he looked at the seven girls sitting down and said, "As in the previous rules, two people play chess in pairs, and the kung fu of a stick of incense must Determine the outcome. Miss Dou, you and the old man are in a team, okay?"

"It's an honor to be embroidered skillfully."

Standing up and answering, in Dou Xiuqiao's eyes, there was a bit of complacency that couldn't be concealed, while the others, except for Sun Yantong's disapproving expression, were a little annoyed. Obviously, some people were not convinced by Dou Xiuqiao's chess skills.

"You can choose your own chess friends."

Greeting Dou Xiuqiao to come and sit opposite him, Master Mo Zhe spoke loudly, while turning around and ordering the little boy to light a stick of incense.

The sixth princess didn't move, and the other ladies didn't dare to move either.

"Miss Bai, let's form a group."

The sixth princess raised her eyes, and said to Bai Yingluo with crooked eyebrows.

"Yes, Yingluo is very honored."

Nodding her head in response, Bai Yingluo got up and walked towards the position opposite the Sixth Princess. When passing by those ladies, Bai Yingluo clearly heard that they all sighed a few times with relief.

After a while, the Xinlan Pavilion became quiet, except for the ding-dong pearls of the chess pieces falling on the chessboard, which brought some coolness to the hot summer.

She was serious about it, but after only a dozen or so steps, Bai Yingluo realized that the sixth princess was not only inexperienced in chess, but also a stinky chess basket. If she wanted to win her, it would take no effort at all.

But when she looked up, the sixth princess looked focused, carefully thinking about where she could place the child, and Bai Yingluo hesitated.

Looking back, not to mention Master Mo Zhe and Dou Xiuqiao, even Sun Yantong's game of chess was excellent, but the chess game between himself and the sixth princess looked terrible.

Bai Yingluo remembered a joke that the second young lady Bai Yingqiao once said.

I still remember one time, just when the master in the boudoir school asked for leave to go out, the ladies of the Jing'an Hou Mansion also took a day off.

Not long after Bai Yingluo got up, she was dragged by Bai Yingyun to find her second sister Bai Ying to play. After sitting for a while, Bai Yingyun insisted on playing chess.

The servant girl set up the chessboard, and Bai Yingyun and Bai Yingqiao each held a piece. At that time, Bai Yingluo had only just learned how to play chess, so she watched from the sidelines.

After a game of chess, Bai Yingyun won, danced happily, took a green jade hairpin she won from Bai Yingqiao and ran away, leaving Bai Yingluo one step behind.

At that time, Bai Yingqiao shook her head and smiled, and said to Bai Yingluo with a helpless face: "The most painful thing in life is not meeting a master who makes you lose miserably, but meeting a weak person who is obviously vulnerable. But I have to be patient and accompany her to the end, and I have to lose to her."

At this moment, Bai Yingluo has the same distress as Bai Yingqiao.

Although Bai Ying had lost, she won the joy of her younger sister. The affection between the sisters is commendable.However, Bai Yingluo cannot be equated.

A few moves can clearly determine the outcome of the chess game, but if you have to play dozens or even hundreds of moves, Bai Yingluo just thinks about it, and feels a little impatient.

But after thinking about it again, losing to the sixth princess might not be harmful, but if she wins, Bai Yingluo can imagine that what she will face next will be the sixth princess's tricky smile, and endlessly intensified punishment .

Already having an idea in her heart, Bai Yingluo lost her impatience just now, and instead calmed down and watched the chess game in front of her make plans. When Yixiang finished counting, the sixth princess actually won a piece.

For this reason, Bai Yingluo felt rather complacent.

Looking up, she met the disapproving eyes of the sixth princess, and the solemn face of Mrs. Mo Zhe, who could barely suppress the smile, but Bai Yingluo suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Ms. Dou's chess skills have improved a bit, and she has a bit of the demeanor of Master Dou. I am very pleased, very pleased..."

After Chong Dou Xiuqiao finished speaking, Master Mo Zhe stood up, looked at the chessboard of Sixth Princess and Bai Yingluo, stroked his beard and commented: "It's worthy, Sixth Princess's chess skills have also improved a lot, very good."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the sixth princess to answer, Master Mo Zhe walked to the other two chess games with his hands behind his back, looked at each of them and made some comments.

"Today's chess class will end here. Sixth princess and all the ladies, please go back. Miss Bai stays..."

The one who was sitting upright sat upright, Master Mo Zhe said in a deep voice.

After the words were finished, the interior of Xinlan Pavilion was a little warmer than before. Not only the sixth princess, but even Dou Xiuqiao, who was usually cold and cold, playfully greeted Mr. Mo Zhe and went out.

Bai Yingluo knelt and sat on the spot, feeling a little uneasy in her heart.

"Miss Bai, it was just a game of chess, do you have any experience?"

Looking up, seeing that the figures in the yard had all disappeared, Master Mo Zhe turned his eyes away, looked at Bai Yingluo and asked in a cold voice.

This is the first time Bai Yingluo sees Mrs. Mo Zhe, but thinking of the response of the sixth princess and the five young ladies, she knows that Mrs. Mo Zhe is an easy-going old man. At this moment when he asked such a cold question, Bai Yingluo immediately understood, Just now I blindly pandered to the Sixth Princess's behavior, I'm afraid that some people in Mr. Mo Zhe's place will be too annoying.

With a flushed face, Bai Yingluo lowered her head and replied: "Yingluo is stupid, but hitting a stone with an egg is tantamount to asking for hardship. Therefore, choosing the lesser of two evils, Yingluo chose the most superficial method. I hope Master will forgive me. "

The answer was irrelevant, but it was considered an indirect answer to Mrs. Mo Zhe's question. Mrs. Mo Zhe was looking at Bai Yingluo, and a few mischievous smiles that did not match her age suddenly appeared on her face.

"Obviously she's a little girl, it's really boring to have to act like she has read the world."

While shaking his head and talking, Mrs. Mo Zhe felt relieved a little.

He beckoned and signaled Bai Yingluo to come over and sit opposite him. Master Mo Zhe pointed to the chessboard and said, "The old man just said that there are no fathers and sons on the battlefield. For chess players, this chess game is like a battlefield, so it is impossible There is a trace of scruples. However, the old man knows a thing or two about the temperament of the sixth princess, so this time, I will forgive you."

With crooked eyes, Bai Yingluo nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "What the master taught is that Yingluo will keep it in mind, and she will definitely not be like today in the future."

A smile gradually appeared in Mrs. Mo Zhe's eyes.

"Since you admitted your mistake, let's play another game, how about it? It won't delay your return from the palace, right?"

Master Mo Zhe asked kindly.

"No, no, no..."

Shaking her head again and again, Bai Yingluo smiled flatteringly, "It's Yingluo's honor to be able to play chess with my master, the greatest honor."

Master Mo Zhe stroked his beard and laughed.

An old man and a young man gently picked up the black and white chess pieces back into the chess box. Mr. Mo Zhe, as the elder, held the black chess pieces first, while Bai Yingluo stared at the chessboard closely without daring to be sloppy, and slowly set up the chess game.

At first, the two played chess fairly tightly, but after a while, they slowed down.

Master Mo Zhe's biggest hobby is playing chess. Now he is sent to teach a few girls to play chess. Except for Miss Dou in the prime minister's mansion who can barely cope for a while, let alone the others, it will take less than a month. , Mr. Mo Zhe is already in a bit of misery.

Fortunately, he was originally a free and easy-going and funny personality, and he got along with a few girls who had already passed the age of fortification.

One stick of incense, two sticks of incense...

A game of chess lasted for more than half an hour before it ended. Mr. Mo Zhe counted his pieces and boasted with admiration: "It's unbelievable, you are also somewhat talented. It can be seen that you have not studied for a few years, but you can have such a skill." The skill is really rare.”

"The master is absurd."

Bai Yingluo said modestly with a shy face.

Smiling, Master Mo Zhe glanced out of the window and said in a low voice, "It's easy to win chess, but it's not so easy to lose if you want to lose. The old man just took a few glances at that game of chess, and with that stinky chess basket of the Sixth Princess, it would be hard for you to be able to spend a stick of incense with her."

Bai Yingluo pursed her lips and smiled cleverly, "The one who knows Yingluo is Master Mo Zhe."

The young and old looked at each other and smiled, and all the unhappiness just now dissipated.

In the Yunrou Hall, the servant girl who was sent said that Bai Yingluo was playing chess with Mrs. Mo Zhe, and she had already poured two sticks of incense and hadn't finished. The sixth princess's face immediately turned a little ugly.

"Don't think that if she pretends to lose to me, I will accept her love."

Said angrily, the sixth princess beckoned to Lihua, and whispered something in her ear.

(End of this chapter)