The King of Shu and the Queen left the Chixia Palace, and Zhuge Dun said: "Xiao Rong, take advantage of the dawn to take the Yan family sisters and brothers to the Shu Palace, and let the palace people arrange a place for them to live. It's rare that Brother Wu will not be here today.

After struggling with me, I finally got free and wanted to play a game of chess with your Uncle Xiao."

Qingyu volunteered and said, "My lord, you have taken us two brothers to many places in the past three years. How about you let us take your lord to see Yilan Palace today?"

Shu'er smiled and said: "Brother Qingyu, Brother Yifeng, you don't need to call me 'Lord' anymore. The appointment to present the sword has been held, your highnesses don't want this sword anymore, and I don't need you as a guard anymore. You call me

'Miss Yan' would be fine."

Yi Feng muttered "Miss Yan", then scratched his head and said, "I'm not used to it! It's better to call me 'Lord'." Qing Yu also nodded.

Shu'er had no choice but to leave Chixia Palace with them.

For a moment, the palace was empty, with only Zhuge Dunji and Xiao Xun left. Accompanied by the sound of water flowing down in the distance, the two restarted a new chess game.

Xiao Xun used the white jade to hold the white jade. Zhuge Dunji used the black jade to hold the black jade.

The two of them chatted about everything while crossing paths.

Xiao Xun asked: "I wonder what brother Zhuge has planned for Xiao Rong's wedding?" Although Xiao Xun knew that Zhuge Dunji's real name was "Jiang Ji", like others, he was used to calling him by his alias in the world.

Zhuge Dunji said: "Since Xiao Rong wants to hold the Four Kingdoms Army Alliance and the wedding banquet of the two people separately, it is better to wait until the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival for the wedding banquet."

Xiao Xun nodded and said: "When the flowers are blooming and the moon is full, we are married as husband and wife. It is indeed a good intention. Brother Zhuge, your upbringing of Xiao Rong is even better than that of an ordinary person's biological father. Xiao Rong has you as his adopted father, how good is he?"

A lifetime of blessing."

Zhuge Dunji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother Xiao, thank you. In fact, I am very strict with Xiaorong. He has suffered a lot more than ordinary children. And this suffering will continue to increase, perhaps forever, throughout his life.

.I am not a good adoptive father. If he were my biological son, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the heart to let him get involved in such a muddy water. Look at King Sheng of Chu State, on the eve of the Disaster of the Seven Kings, he will

My wife and children were sent out of the Chu Kingdom, for fear that something might happen to them in the war. But what about me? I only knew how to push Xiao Rong into the fire pit and send him to the top of the waves. Even his life-long events were ignored by us.

He made use of it to form a marriage alliance between Qi and Wei. If he hadn't spoken out to defend himself, I'm afraid that we three self-righteous elders would have mixed the two children's happy life into the flames of war of the Four-Nation Army Alliance."

Xiao Xundao: "Brother Zhuge, don't blame yourself too much. Although I have no children, I also know that parents of each family care about and love their children, but in different ways. Xiaorong was brought up by you since he was a child.

Traveling around the country with you, the relationship between your father and son can no longer be measured and defined by blood ties. He said to me personally that you two are father, brother, teacher and friend. This kind of relationship is really enviable.

.You have high expectations for Xiaorong, so you push him to temper in the fire pit and hone himself on the wave. He must also understand your hard work and will not disappoint you."

Zhuge Dunji let out a long sigh, looked at the darkening sky outside the window, and whispered: "Brother Xiao, what you and I have planned, if it succeeds, it will last forever, but if it fails, it will be extremely evil. This is a gamble that neither you nor I can control.

Even we ourselves are pawns here. The four-nation military alliance and the restoration of the country are just the beginning. Sometimes, I really can't bear it. I would rather Xiao Rong can travel around the country with his beloved woman and stand by, and don't want him to... and

We are both the same, we have been alone all our lives."

Xiao Xun rubbed the white jade chess piece in his hand, looked directly at Zhuge Dunji, and said: "Brother Zhuge, when we decided to play this game of chess, we were no longer qualified to enjoy life and have descendants. We will not be famous throughout the ages.

If we are defeated, not even our bodies can be broken into thousands of pieces to compensate for the sins we have committed. As far as Xiao Rong knows, he is already standing by and watching. In fact, the Four-Nation Army Alliance has not yet been completed, and it is still too late to regret it now."

Zhuge Dunji put down a jet-black diamond chess piece and said in a solemn and low voice, "No regrets when you make a move."

Xiao Xun put down a pure white Qibai jade chess piece and said: "If you don't go against the world, how can you build an eternal legacy? You and I are both living dead crawling out on the bones of pill blood, so why should we ask for the understanding of ordinary people?

Today, Kyushu Chess may be able to be played again in just a few generations."

****

The King of Shu and the Queen invited everyone to have dinner together. The dishes were complete, with meat and vegetables mixed in. Dongfang Sui grew up in the smoke-filled Chu Kingdom. Even the meals in Prince Sheng's palace were regulated like those in the army. Naturally, he had never experienced Jinyi.

Jade food. After dinner, he was so full that he smiled and said calmly to Shu'er and Zhuge: "Sister Yan, brother Rong, you are really a noble man. If I don't come to Shu Palace with you, what will happen to me in this life?"

Will you be able to taste the delicacies of the mountains and seas at the royal palace dinner?”

Shu'er smiled and said: "Don't you still want to send a letter home to Queen Chen? When the time comes, you can just stay in Jinyang Palace and not stop until you eat up Chen Palace's dining room."

Dongfang Sui opened his eyes wide, rubbed his stomach and said, "I have a stomach that is open to all rivers, so I have to judge whether the food from the Yilan Palace of the Shu Kingdom is better, or the food from the Jinyang Palace of the Chen Kingdom."

Zhuge patted Dongfang Sui's shoulder calmly and encouraged: "Little Dongfang, a piano player who can't eat must not be a good swordsman. Just keep growing like this!"

When several people laughed, Qingyu and Yifeng had already led them into the vacant Lanyun Pavilion. There were several guest rooms in Lanyun Pavilion, which were allocated to Dongfang Sui and the three guards of Prince Sheng's Mansion.

Qingyu and Yifeng took Shu'er and Zhuge Rongrong to Guanzhuxuan. This was the place where Zhuge Congrong and Zhuge Dunji lived every time they came to Yilan Palace. There was a small bamboo forest in Guanzhuxuan, and there was another deep in the bamboo forest.

It was in a secluded guest room, separated from the rooms of Zhuge Congrong and Zhuge Dunji by a small bamboo forest. The palace servants had already packed it out, and it was just in time for Shu'er to stay.

After Qingyu and Yifeng said goodbye, Zhuge Rongrong and Shu'er saw that Zhuge Dun had not returned and knew that he had gone to play chess with Xiao Xun after dinner, so they left Guanzhuxuan hand in hand and went to Yilan Palace.

The highest point, the bluestone platform of Renxuan Hall, is a place for stargazing and heart-to-heart talk.

The two of them sat on the ground in the center of the bluestone platform. Zhuge calmly and gently took Shu'er into his arms and asked: "Shu'er, do you still remember King Zhou Le's "Luohua Wuyou"?"

Shu'er nodded and said, "I remember. My favorite sentence is, 'It borders Wei Song in the north, and there is heavy snow like jade catkins in winter, and it reaches Bashu in the south, and there are stars dotting the sky in summer.' Tonight, let's watch the stars in the Shu Palace, and say

Maybe it won’t be long before we regain the homeland of Weiguo and then go to Lingxi Palace in Dongyang to cook wine and enjoy the snow.”
Chapter completed!