Chapter 146 What prize?

Chapter 146 What prize?

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Princess Ankang settled on her last chess piece, occupying the only two spaces on the chessboard.

Then the eldest prince also decided his last move, landing black stones and filling up the chessboard.

The huge chessboard was so packed that there was no room for any black or white stones.

The two eunuchs in colorful clothes on the side were already sweating from exhaustion, but at this moment they finally came to the final touch.

As one of the colorful eunuchs recorded Princess Ankang's last move, the game finally came to an end.

But the problem is, whether it is the chessboard on the table or the huge standing chessboard, there is no five-star continuation.

White or black, none of them.

draw!

The whole place was in an uproar, and someone from Concubine Zhang's side immediately spoke on behalf of Concubine Zhang: "What should we do?"

Some people on Concubine Zhao Shu's side couldn't sit still and immediately said: "Manager Zhao, how do you calculate the outcome of a draw?"

Zhao Feng walked up to the stage, raised his hands and lowered his hands to ask everyone to be quiet.

Taking advantage of this time, Princess Ankang breathed a sigh of relief.

She almost failed to defend against the eldest prince's final attack just now, but luckily she was able to defend against it all.

It has to be said that the eldest prince's chess skills are indeed better than those of Princess Ankang.

If not for the last critical moment, Princess Ankang understood early that she had no chance of winning, and directly devoted herself to defense, I am afraid that the eldest prince would have won the first place in this backgammon game.

Li Xuan meowed tenderly, then stretched out his cat's paw and wiped the sweat from Princess Ankang's forehead.

Yu'er also quickly came up and rubbed Princess Ankang's shoulders to relax her tense body.

As we all know, playing backgammon not only tests your mental strength, but is also a physical activity.

I have been sitting here playing chess since morning, and it is almost noon now.

If we don't end it quickly, the three little ones won't be able to go home in time for lunch.

That’s the royal meal!

What a waste when it gets cold!

"Your Highness, it's great that it's actually leveled."

Yu'er said happily.

When she was watching the battle just now, she also saw that Princess Ankang was pressed hard at the end, and if she made a slight mistake, she would lose the whole game.

There were several chess moves that she didn't understand at first, but later she realized that they all contained murderous intentions. If she didn't notice them in advance, she would be killed, which made Yu'er who was watching the game terrified.

Li Xuan, who was equally good at chess, naturally did the same, but he would never admit that he didn't see it.

Anyway, he can only meow. If Princess Ankang and Yu'er can guess something from his shocked expression, it will not be so easy for others to see through Li Xuan.

But this other person does not include Zhao Feng.

When Zhao Feng was on the sidelines as a referee, he didn't pay much attention to the two players at all. Instead, his attention was entirely on Li Xuan.

Through Li Xuan's shocked eyes, his slightly opened mouth and his tongue that he forgot to retract, Zhao Feng had completely figured out his backgammon level.

"The level of royal infants cannot be higher."

The eldest prince opposite looked tiredly at the chessboard filled with chess pieces, but he couldn't help but notice the two men and the cat in his sight.

"Isn't it a draw?"

"Why are they so happy?"

“It’s weird not winning the game again.”

He looked numbly at the audience and saw the concubine with a frosty face.

"Yeah, that's normal."

The eldest prince quickly withdrew his gaze, relaxed his posture a little, leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

In the eyes of outsiders, this means that the eldest prince is calm and calm, not surprised by any changes.

But only he himself understood that he actually didn't care much about the results for a long time.

It wasn't that he didn't know the consequences, but he was becoming increasingly numb due to the long period of fear.

Although Zhao Feng took some effort, he still calmed everyone down.

I saw him saying calmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please don't be anxious."

"Your Majesty has already anticipated this situation, so I will respond according to your Majesty's instructions."

As soon as these words came out, all other voices suddenly died down.

Since Emperor Yongyuan had already made arrangements, it meant that there was no room for negotiation.

Therefore, everyone can only hope that Emperor Yongyuan's arrangements will be more beneficial to them.

"His Majesty has specifically given instructions before. If there is a tie in the final, both sides will be judged as winners."

"That is to say, the first place in today's backgammon competition is the eldest prince and the thirteenth princess."

"Congratulations to your two highnesses!"

After Zhao Feng finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding.

His eunuchs in colorful clothes immediately followed, and there was thunderous applause.

The concubines and the eliminated princes and princesses also clapped in confusion, but they just looked at each other, unable to accept this result.

But unlike before, no one dared to say anything easily.

Emperor Yongyuan's arrangements had never been changed because of other people's noise.

Although Concubine Zhang Guifei and Concubine Zhao Shu had different expressions, they could only remain silent and watch each other's reactions.

"Oh, congratulations sister, you finally got what you wanted."

Concubine Zhao Shu congratulated Concubine Zhang from across the pavilion.

"No, no, the child is just trying to impress me, and I didn't do anything. Thank you very much, sister."

Concubine Zhang replied with a smile.

Although Princess Ankang was tied for first place, which made her feel uncomfortable, no matter what, the eldest prince finally made it back and had a chance to show his face.

Otherwise, if she loses again, Concubine Zhang will not know how to persuade herself to look forward to the next round of competition.

But rather than the eldest prince winning, she was more concerned that Princess Ankang actually won again.

"What a nuisance, with the same virtues as her short-lived mother!"

Concubine Zhang Guifei thought bitterly.

Because even if the eldest prince wins this time, he has not regained his disadvantage, and the gap is still there.

It has to be said that the last animal taming competition gave Princess Ankang a great advantage.

If he wants to regain this advantage, the eldest prince must win by stepping on Princess Ankang.

If we just get an insignificant tie for first place like now, it will have no effect at all.

This is also the problem why Concubine Zhang cannot feel happy at all.

But no matter what happened, Concubine Zhang could not continue to care about it. Instead, she began to look forward to the prizes in this competition.

If she could receive an extraordinary honor like last time, Concubine Zhang would not be completely unacceptable.

After announcing the results of the competition, Zhao Feng turned to the eldest prince and Princess Ankang and said: "Congratulations to your two highnesses, please wait here while I go and get the prizes prepared by your majesty and present them to your two highnesses. ”

After saying that, Zhao Feng left in a hurry.

Li Xuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the prize this time was actually prepared in advance.

Last time, it took them several days to get their prize to Jingyang Palace.

"It seems that they have experience in organizing competitions and they are getting better and better."

The three little ones smiled sillyly, happily looking forward to today's prize.

If it weren't for the presence of outsiders, Princess Ankang and Yu'er would have pulled Li Xuan and jumped around in circles to celebrate.

After waiting boredly for a while, Zhao Feng returned to the field with two eunuchs in colorful clothes.

The two eunuchs in colorful clothes each held something covered in red cloth, but it was hard to tell what it was.

But I guess this is today’s prize.

"Mysterious, what on earth is it?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but become curious. He stood up slightly from Princess Ankang's arms and tried to see the prize from below.

As a result, the prize was still contained on a wooden plate, and Li Xuan could only see the bottom of the wooden plate.

"Please also invite your two highnesses to come forward and receive the prize for today's first place."

Zhao Feng extended his hand to Princess Ankang and the eldest prince.

The eldest prince sighed and stood up to receive the award.

Yu'er also pushed Princess Ankang to the other side of Zhao Feng.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

Zhao Feng said as he handed one of the wooden plates covered with red cloth into the hands of the eldest prince.

Then he brought another wooden plate and handed it to Princess Ankang, who was sitting in a wheelchair.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

Zhao Feng turned to face the crowd and announced loudly: "Today's Imperial Garden backgammon competition concluded successfully."

"The winners are the eldest prince and the thirteenth princess, their two highnesses."

"Based on the results of the two games, the current points ranking is."

"First place, Her Royal Highness the Thirteenth Princess, accumulated two points."

"Second place, His Highness the First Prince, accumulated one point."

"I also ask other His Royal Highnesses to continue working hard and achieve even better performance in future competitions."

After Zhao Feng made these announcements, he bowed and left the Imperial Garden in a hurry, as if he was eager to go back and report today's results.

But Li Xuan really couldn't restrain his curiosity and quietly put his head into the red cloth covering the wooden plate.

As a result, after he saw what was inside, he couldn't help but said in surprise:

"ah?"

…

"Your Highness, do you think Manager Zhao got it wrong?"

After returning from the Royal Garden, the three little ones couldn't wait to study the prizes for today's competition, and they didn't even have time to eat the lunch that was delivered to them.

As a result, they all couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Yu'er looked at the so-called prize with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.

Not to mention Li Xuan, he even doubted whether the real prize was stolen by Old Zhaotou and made such a thing to pretend to be the prize.

Princess Ankang was smiling and holding the prize, very satisfied.

"Sister Yu'er, what's wrong with this? We can use it to play together in the future."

"And these things are warm and moist to the touch, so they must be very comfortable to play with."

"It feels so smooth, and you will never hurt yourself."

Hearing what Princess Ankang said, Yu'er couldn't help but touch it twice and nodded.

"It feels really good. I don't know what kind of jade it is made of, but it's actually so warm."

Princess Ankang smiled and nodded: "That's right, and these matching gadgets are all made of the same material. I'm afraid this set is expensive to make."

The little girl showed an expression like a money addict.

Although the three little ones were a little disappointed with the prizes, they were still within an acceptable range.

After all, Jingyang Palace now has no worries about food and clothing.

However, if the eldest prince received the same prize as them, I'm afraid he wouldn't be as open-minded as the three little ones.

Especially that Concubine Zhang.

And what they thought was indeed very different.

Qingshu Palace had already exploded.

Concubine Zhang did not bother to eat after she came back, but she was very angry.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

"Why is today's prize like this!"

"Call Zhao Feng to me, I want to question him carefully!!!"

Facing his mother and concubine who kept getting mad, the eldest prince could only sigh helplessly.

He just wanted to have a meal, but the table was overturned and all the food fell to the ground. It was so ruined that he could no longer eat it.

The eldest prince threw the rice bowl and chopsticks in his hands to the ground, stood up and replied: "Concubine, please wait a moment, I will go and ask for Manager Zhao right now."

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