The speaker was a concubine who was close to the Queen's mother, the Shen family, and whose rank was second only to the fourth concubine.
After she finished speaking, Shen Lanlan's eyes flashed with gloating.
Su Ruotang has no talent at all.
Concubine Wan was probably deceived by her appearance in a veil. When she found out that she was vulgar and had no talent at all, she would definitely not like her again.
Before Su Ruotang could speak, Su Muyao knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, empress, my sister has been immersed in medical skills over the years. She has devoted herself to reading medical books and has not learned any talents."
"She didn't mean to deceive the imperial concubine, please forgive me."
Su Ruotang: "???"
What did she do to deceive Concubine Wan?
Mo Ronyan glanced at her and said in a slightly cold tone, "Sister, you really care about you."
He deliberately emphasized the word "care".
Su Ruotang took it for granted: "Just get used to it."
Emperor Wu Shun showed no emotion or anger on his face and looked at Su Qi, "Su Aiqing, your two daughters have very different personalities."
Su Qi stood up quickly: "Your Majesty, my little girl..."
"Okay, sit down." Emperor Wu Shun glanced at Su Ruotang, who was sitting with lowered eyebrows but still charming, and looked at Su Muyao with faint dissatisfaction.
Liu Wanyue was too lazy to look at Su Muyao and glanced coldly at the concubine who was speaking, "You should marry a virtuous wife. Talent is not as important as conduct."
The concubine's face suddenly turned ugly.
Her natal brother married a rich girl, but the rich girl was not only jealous but also did not know how to love herself.
Relying on her high status, she raised several beauties, but she did not allow her younger brother to take concubines. She made the family a mess.
Emperor Wu Shun nodded in agreement and asked Su Ruotang, "What do you know about chess, music, calligraphy, painting and dancing?"
Su Ruotang stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I...can only play chess."
She wanted to say that she didn't know how to play chess, but when she saw Tan Zhixi's mouth shape from the corner of her eye, she paused and turned into a chess player.
Emperor Wu Shun looked at the Queen: "This palace banquet is hosted by the Queen, so let the Queen take charge of it."
The queen nodded and looked at Su Muyao, "Miss Su, please get up first."
"Thank you, madam." Su Muyao stood up despite the stinging pain in her knees, bit her lower lip, and glanced at Mo Xiaoya.
Mo Xiaoya saw his sweetheart's eyes turning slightly red and tears welling up in his eyes, and felt so distressed that it was hard to breathe.
He was about to get up and speak, but was stopped by the queen's look.
Withdrawing her gaze, the queen's eyes fell on Su Muyao, with an imperceptible murderous intent, and she said calmly: "Miss Su, please step aside first."
Su Muyao couldn't help but return to Shen Lanlan and sit down next to her.
Shen Lanlan rolled her eyes and whispered in her ear, "Su Ruotang really knows chess?"
Su Muyao shook her head worriedly: "As far as I know, she knows nothing about chess, but I don't know if she secretly learned it without telling us."
"I hope she has learned it secretly, otherwise she cannot bear the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Shen Lanlan snorted coldly: "It's better to deceive the emperor. She asked for it."
While the two were talking, the queen looked around at the many ladies and asked, "Which young lady is willing to compete with Miss Su Er?"
Tan Zhixi stood up and walked to the field, Fu Shen said: "Empress, I would like to compete with Miss Su Er."
The queen nodded slightly, and immediately someone from the palace brought a chessboard and set it up.
"Cousin, please."
"Please give me some advice, cousin."
As Tan Zhixi finished speaking, he picked up the sunspots and dropped them.
Everyone's eyes are focused on the chessboard.
Tan Zhixi is a top chess player, and among the noble ladies, only Gu Shuya from the Gu family is slightly better.
At this time, watching Su Ruotang play the chess pieces in a chaotic manner without hesitation, some noble ladies had a look of ridicule in their eyes.
"Take the initiative to give chess pieces to your opponent. Miss Su Er's chess skills are really superb."
"That's right, this is the first time in my life that I have seen someone playing chess like this. Is it because you think you didn't lose quickly enough?"
"Miss Su Er, is this considered bullying the emperor?"
Shen Lanlan's eyes were full of gloating.
"Oh, under His Majesty's eyes, Tan Zhixi dare not let go. Su Ruotang doesn't even understand basic chess skills. There is no way to escape the crime of deceiving the emperor."
She must make a good complaint to her in front of her aunt later. It would be better if she could be caned on the spot.
Su Muyao hid the excitement in her eyes and pretended to be anxious, "Lan Lan, can you ask for a favor from the Queen later? She is my sister after all."
Shen Lanlan seemed to have seen Su Ruotang being killed with a stick, and nodded when she heard this, "Don't worry, Sister Yao, I will ask my aunt to leave her a complete body."
As soon as she finished speaking, there were bursts of exclamations among the ladies.
"what happened?"
"What's going on? It's clear that all the white chess pieces have been taken by black chess pieces, so how come it's all black chess pieces that suddenly get swallowed up?"
Shen Lanlan and Su Muyao looked quickly.
I saw that on the chessboard in the field, the black chess, which was originally in a good situation, was completely captured by the white chess.
Shen Lanlan looked in disbelief: "How is it possible? How could Su Ruotang win against Tan Zhixi?"
Su Muyao was also in disbelief: "My sister obviously doesn't know how to play chess, how could she beat my cousin?"
The same doubts pervade the hearts of many noble ladies.
"Could it be that Tanzhi River deliberately released water?"
"It's impossible. Tan Zhixi's doing this is tantamount to bullying the emperor."
"Your Majesty is proficient in chess. If the water in Tanzhi River is released, Your Majesty will definitely be able to tell."
"Has Su Ruotang really been hiding his clumsiness all these years?"
"Look at Tan Zhixi's expression, it doesn't look like she's faking it."
Tan Zhixi still held a black chess piece in her hand, looking at the chessboard with eyes full of shock.
She knew that her cousin didn't know how to play chess, so she told her cousin to choose a chess piece with her lips.
In this way, she can take the opportunity to propose a game of chess with her cousin and guide her cousin to make moves.
First, it can prevent other people from finding out that the cousin does not know how to play chess and labeling the cousin as a bully.
Secondly, she was confident in her chess skills. After pretending to win against her cousin, she asked the queen for instructions and said she wanted to play against Gu Shuya.
She had already made an agreement with Gu Shuya to let Shuya lose to her calmly.
In this way, she is the first place, and the queen's plan to give the jade mandarin duck to Gu Shuya as the first place prize for her future daughter-in-law will come to nothing.
When I was born, my father saved my life, and my Majesty promised me that I could marry freely.
Therefore, as long as she did not agree to marry Mo Xiaoya, the queen could only choose another gift.
But now, the layout is disrupted by my cousin.
Su Ruotang frowned: "Cousin, I accept."
In her previous life, her master asked a national master to teach her chess skills.
The master's style of chess was unique and without any rules, but it was difficult for people to guard against.
She secretly gave Mo Ronyan a proud look - am I great?
Mo Ronyan looked at her bright eyebrows and understood the meaning in her eyes. He slightly hooked his thin lips and silently uttered two words, "General."
Su Ruotang's proud expression froze, and she glared at him bitterly.
A dog man who doesn’t understand the charm.
This kind of dog man should lie in the grave and come out to steal the corpse when necessary.
Mo Ronyan looked at her lively and bright expression, with a faint smile in his eyes.
The fingers with clear joints were stroking the ink-colored tea cup.
Liu Wanyue saw the two people's little actions in her eyes, and her eyes gradually brightened.
What matters is that the mother-in-law looks at her daughter-in-law, and the more she looks at her, the more satisfied she becomes.
The queen took a deep look at the chessboard: "Miss Su Er, you seem to have many secrets?"
