bayedsolid Chapter 117: Tonight's game is different from the past
Chapter 117: Tonight's game is different from the past
The autumn night is as cool as water, and there is also a bright full moon. I don’t know if it is because of the season or the mood of the people, but I always feel that this moon is a cold moon, and the silver light surrounding it is cold and miserable, and everywhere is stained with a trace of sadness...
After dressing up carefully, Yun Jingman dismissed all the palace servants and blew out the candles and lights one by one, leaving only a flickering oil lamp, a faint yellow light that couldn't be any fainter...
She was wearing a thin white dress, her black hair was free of all restraints and casually draped over her waist. She pushed open a window in the bedroom, letting the cool autumn night wind rush into the room with a bit of eagerness, blowing her black hair up...
I picked up a book and flipped through it casually. It wasn't really reading, it was just pretending. I sat by the window with the book in my hand, letting the cool breeze blow on me without paying any attention...
No matter how cold the night wind is, it can never compare to her heart...
She has been maintaining this posture, waiting for that person to come. She is Jiang Taigong, waiting for the big fish to take the bait voluntarily.
Holding his breath, he concentrated his attention and used his sharp ears to listen to all the movements outside the bedroom. The footsteps were getting closer and closer...
"So sad, so sad! There is no need to cry when getting married. I wish to find a devoted person, and we will be together till we are old." She chanted softly with a mocking smile on her lips. She didn't believe it at all now. A devoted person? Never leave each other? It was all a joke from the Arabian Nights, the most hypocritical lie in the world.
"Why do you recite this poem?" He could tell that the person who recited this poem did not have the same sad and desolate mood as her, without any emotion, and he could not hear the emotion emanating from the heart. Simple and rigid imitation could not enter his heart.
The belated discovery and the belated recognition made him feel sad. Was it him or her who played chess that day? Why did he sink into depravity without realizing it? It was all too late...
Yun Jingman was stunned for a moment. He didn't fall for it and was still terrifyingly clear-headed. This man was too treacherous, so why did he attract his attention that day?
The page of the book in her bare hands seemed to slip from her hands accidentally. Barefoot, she relied on the cold moonlight and a ray of dim yellow light to find Baili Haoxuan's location and walked straight towards him...
That casual night was clearly recalled in the minds of both of them, but unfortunately they each had different feelings...
"Because this is what I think in my heart." She walked slowly in front of Baili Haoxuan and looked up at the strong and handsome lines. This was a poisonous poppy flower that could easily cause a person to fall into irreparable destruction.
Baili Haoxuan's heart seemed to be gently struck. Was this her answer? A person with one heart will never leave her. It turned out that what she wanted was so simple. It was a pity...
He was frozen in place, with a bitter and sore throat that made it hard for him to swallow. The longer he swallowed, the more he realized that the woman had taken root in his heart. Everything in the past was as fresh in his memory...
Yun Jingman looked at Baili Haoxuan standing there motionless. The dark night and the dim light made it impossible for her to see the expression on his face, nor could she make any judgment.
"Can you play chess?" If I could rewrite our history, when would I start rewriting the trajectory of our relationship?
"A little bit." Yun Jingman answered following Baili Haoxuan's words.
"Last time I asked you, didn't you say no?" Although he was shocked and surprised and immersed in the memories of the woman in the past, his heart was still clear and bright, and he knew who the woman in front of him was.
Even though it was a coincidence that the situation at that time matched, he knew clearly that the woman in front of him was not the one he loved...
"I'm not very good at chess, and I dare not show off in front of the emperor, so I can only hide my shortcomings and say I can't do it." Yun Jingman's answer was flawless and there was nothing to find fault with.
However, what she faced was a hidden and sinister vixen, yes, a fox spirit. Baili Haoxuan curled his lips and raised his eyebrows and said, "That is deceiving the king. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, you can't do it. There is no such thing as lying because of poor chess skills."
Perhaps most people are also frightened by the word "deceiving the emperor". In a feudal society with strict hierarchy and supreme imperial power, deceiving the emperor means losing one's life. The monarch, who is suspicious by nature, is constantly suspicious and cannot tolerate deception from others, so deceiving the emperor is a very serious crime, enough to lose one's life.
However, Yun Jingman is an ordinary person. She calmed down and smiled lightly, "The emperor's chess skills are the best in the world. Who dares to say that he can really play chess in front of the emperor? In front of the emperor, even if you can play chess, it is just a child's play, not a real chess. So, to the emperor, I don't know how to play chess. But to the secular world, I do know how to play chess. The emperor's heavenly appearance cannot be compared with us secular people."
Clearly, those words were flattering, but she said them earnestly and as if it was a matter of course. There wasn't even a hint of flattery in her voice. On the contrary, it was truly convincing that what she said was indeed true.
"If that's the case, then why did you say we would meet tonight?" Baili Haoxuan asked coldly, his blue eyes holding a complicated look.
"Because, I know that the emperor needs a chess partner. After all, it is too boring to play alone." Yun Jingman said slowly.
His blue eyes looked at the pair of calm and peaceful eyes without blinking. Those eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts and reach the bottom of his heart...
He really needed a chess partner. Playing alone was too boring. Since he met her, playing chess with her every day seemed to be the most interesting thing in his life. In the three years since she left, he was also bored and uninterested for three years...
"Then set up the chessboard." Baili Haoxuan turned away his eyes that could see through people's hearts, put his hands behind his back, and strode to the place where the chessboard was to be set...
Yun Jingman groped in the dark to find a fire starter and lit up the palace lanterns one by one. Baili Haoxuan and Yun Jingman looked very familiar with the place, and even their figures were so similar...
Yan'er, can I sink? Is she you?
The person is right in front of you, but you have to miss him/her from afar. How torturous and lingering is the wait for two people who don’t know each other and don’t love each other?