20demayo Chapter 57 057 The Game
Chapter 57 057 The Game
Chapter 57 057 Chess Game
Inside Luowang Pavilion, a refreshing aroma of tea filled the air. Chunyu Shan and Chunyu Yang sat facing each other, playing chess.
On the chessboard, Chunyu Shan's white pieces had been almost entirely captured by the black pieces. It was a sure defeat, yet he remained furrowed in thought, meticulously calculating the best place to place his pieces. But no matter how he looked at it, he realized his defeat was inevitable. With a sigh, he tossed the pieces back into the box and complained:
"We played three rounds, and you won every single one, Third Brother. Can't you let me win just once?"
Chunyu Yang calmly picked up his teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and said, "Your mind is not at peace, so naturally you cannot beat me."
Chunyu Shan swiped open the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and so many beautiful women have come to Qionglin Garden. Only you, Third Brother, can calm down."
Chunyu Yang cleared the chessboard again and asked, "Want to play another game?"
"You really intend to keep me playing chess until dawn?" Chunyu Shan wailed. "I was thinking of going to the garden to find a beauty to chat about poetry and literature after I sobered up!"
"Who are you looking for?" Chunyu Yang picked up a black chess piece and placed it on the board. "The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anshi's mansion?"
Chunyu Shan had no choice but to continue playing chess with him, a faint smile appearing on his handsome face: "It's been a long time since I've seen such an interesting woman. Do you still remember how she defended herself in front of the Emperor? Calm and composed, reasonable and well-founded. Even when she was in a trap, she always managed to escape from a desperate situation. Tsk, interesting."
"A glimmer of hope in a desperate situation?" That's a fitting description. Chunyu Yang thought in agreement.
"By the way, Third Brother, I heard that you brought a young lady to Qionglin Garden today. Is that true?" Chunyu Shan asked casually.
"Yes."
"I knew it! Why did you suddenly come to the banquet today?" Chunyu Shan laughed twice. "Tell me quickly, which family's daughter is it that could get you, Third Brother, to personally escort her?"
"The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anshi's family."
Chunyu Shan: "..." What? Did he hear that right? It's that young lady he's been quite interested in? This is too... too... too coincidental!
"Third Brother, where did you meet her?" Chunyu Shan asked, his face full of surprise.
"Little Wilderness Mountain".
"What are you doing at Little Wilderness Mountain?" Chunyu Yang asked curiously. "Wait, why did she go there too?"
“I went to gather herbs, as for her…” Chunyu Yang paused, “as you said, she just escaped from a desperate situation.”
A narrow escape? The process sounded extremely dangerous. Chunyu Yang wanted to ask more, but Chunyu Yang, who had silently captured many of his pieces, could no longer contain himself and said:
"Alright, focus on the game."
His third brother wasn't the type to meddle in other people's business. What kind of desperate situation could require his third brother to lend a hand and personally escort him to Qionglin Garden? Chunyu Shan pondered this as he placed a chess piece on the chessboard.
Suddenly, the door of Luowang Pavilion made a soft sound, and then it was pushed open violently. A figure stumbled in, and Chunyu Shan was delighted the moment he saw who it was.
That slender and graceful figure, and that familiar veil—wasn't that the young lady of the Marquis of Anshi's mansion they had just been discussing?
Unexpectedly, there were other people in the room, and they were none other than the familiar Prince Beiwu and Prince Dongxu. Ye Pianran was startled and quickly bowed, saying, "I did not know that the two princes were here. I have been very rude. Please forgive me!"
Seeing her still-shaken appearance, Chunyu Yang frowned slightly and asked, "What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
Emerging from that eerie bamboo forest, Ye Pianran was indeed somewhat frightened, but perhaps because Chunyu Yang had saved her, she felt inexplicably at ease upon seeing him.
"I just took the wrong turn for a moment, and it was getting dark, so... I was a little scared."
"Went the wrong way?" Chunyu Shan laughed nonchalantly. "Ranfang Pavilion and Luowang Pavilion are in two different directions." Just how confused could she be to go the wrong way and end up at Luowang Pavilion? Or was she deliberately looking for her third brother?
"Where did you come from?" Chunyu Yang asked, frowning as he keenly sensed something.
Ye Pianran replied, "Yinlu Garden."