Chapter 453 Thrown into Disarray by Abandoning a Chess Piece
Once Lin ngya set down the chess piece, she breathed out deeply.
The chess ga could turn around any mont, just like what she was experiencing at this mont. There were dangers at every corner and she had to put in her all every step of the way.
“You’re spinning a cocoon around yourself, making things difficult for yourself.”
Zuo Qiuyu did not really get what Lin ngya was trying to do. Her style was decisive and it caught him unprepared.
Why then did she back away after she almost struck?
Although Zuo Qiuyu did not understand her thoughts, he thought he had found an opportunity to use his white chess piece to regain lost ground.
Zuo Qiuyu seed rather content now, for the black chess pieces seed to have taken half the territory. It appeared that the ga had turned around in his favor.
Lin ngya, on the other hand, appeared to have lost her direction. Zuo Qiuyu thought that her subsequent moves were wasting her chances.
When it looked to Zuo Qiuyu as if she was going to lose one of her chess pieces, Lin ngya quickly set down a chess piece decisively and the ga turned around once again.
The player holding the black chess pieces seed to have been raised from the dead. After a few rounds, the white side, which seed to be winning, looked to be losing.
Zuo Qiuyu could not be more shocked. By this ti, it seed that there was no way for him to salvage his situation.
When he looked up at Lin ngya’s eyes, which were sparkling, he still hardly had ti to make sense of how he was defeated.
“I see that you’ve given up small benefits, strengthened your base, and lured the enemy into the trap, thereby destroying them completely. My dear cousin, nothing escaped you. You’ve thought about every detail. In this case, I felt much assured.”
Lin ngya looked up from the chessboard and was surprised to see Zuo Qiuchen, who had left but was heading back again.
However, in contrast with the way he left in a rage, Zuo Qiuchen was wearing a smile on his face this ti. He was crossing his arms in front of his chest and there was a look of admiration in his eyes.
“When did you arrive? Did no one see you?”
Lin ngya glanced at the spot behind him out of habit. They were all very cautious. Seeing that he walked in openly, she concluded that nobody must have seen him.
Zuo Qiuchen did not reply but simply smiled.
Nevertheless, he had kept his eyes on the chessboard all this ti.
Lin ngya had been so engrossed in her thoughts that she had not noticed how much ti had passed.
Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuchen had waited for the two of them for four hours.
“My emperor brother, why didn’t you help out when you’ve been watching?” Zuo Qiuyu protested.
He had always been a rather good chess player among his peers since young.
Little did he expect this novice to rob all the glory from him. How could he not feel frustrated?
“You didn’t really completely ss up in this chess ga. ngya was definitely not as skillful in chess as you. However, you’ve been fickle-minded since the beginning of the ga, and you lost the opportunity to strategize early. This was why she grabbed that chance to defeat you. If you had remained steady right from the beginning, there was no way she could defeat you. Am I right?”
In terms of the skill in playing chess, Zuo Qiuchen was definitely an expert.
Zuo Qiuyu, whose weakness had been pointed out by the expert, could only swallow his pride even if he did not want to resign to his fate of being the loser.
After all, he had started off being careless.
“Cousin Chen’s eyes are wickedly sharp. To be honest, I learned a lesson through this ga of chess. I must have advanced rashly in the beginning. I hope I’ve not ruined Cousin Chen’s plan.”
Lin ngya smiled. With Baishao’s help, she moved her legs to loosen them.
Little did she expect herself to be so serious in this ga of chess. She finally understood the reason why the enemies in television dramas would almost always start their confrontation with a ga of chess.
The movents of the black and white chess pieces would be the initial battle. Victory and defeat could more or less be decided based on the ga of chess.
Zuo Qiuchen was slightly taken aback, but soon any sign of shock disappeared.
The lass was indeed very smart. The speed at which she grasped concepts was faster than what he imagined.
It appeared that in order to salvage the ga, they needed Lin ngya, this certain chess piece.
“There’s no harm. Anyway, they are small fry and would not shake the foundation. By the way, the more important is whether you’re all set for the day after tomorrow when you will set out?”
It was as if he had given them a riddle, but only Zuo Qiuyu and Baishao did not understand his point.
One of them had been restricted by his IQ, while the other, had always stuck with the principle of not probing as long as her master did not ntion it to her.
When Zuo Qiuyu saw that his brother, the emperor, and his cousin, Lin ngya and her husband seed to understand each other without conversing, he rolled his eyes and went away. He wanted to start preparing the things he needed for the journey.
As Zuo Qiuchen watched Zuo Qiuyu left, there was a worried look in his eyes.
Lin ngya had caught the expression in his eyes.
The two n were after all blood brothers. Zuo Qiuchen might have been blunt with the words he spoke to Zuo Qiuyu, but there was no denying that his brother ant a lot to him.
“Actually, he is more suited for a place like the Pavilion of Herbs.”
Lin ngya spoke her mind after pondering for a mont.
In fact, from how Zuo Qiuchen appointed Zuo Qiuyu to escort them to the old capital and how he wanted Lin ngya to help out during the dical conference in the Pavilion of Herbs, she could more or less guess his intention.
Emperors were almost always suspicious, which was why they would kick sobody out after his services were no longer required.
This was especially true in the Pavilion of Herbs, where it held sovereignty over the citizens of the Nation of Lintian.
The person in charge of the Pavilion of Herbs should be Zuo Qiuchen’s confidante, or soone who would not be a threat to his status and would not collude with a foreigner to usurp his power.
Otherwise, as the new emperor of the Nation of Lintian, he would have suffered insomnia and impairnt in his taste bud because of anxiety.
Even a trusted subject personally nurtured could beco ambitious once he had been holding powers for a long ti.
People not of the sa blood would not be united in their hearts. This was not a prejudiced thought.
This was especially true under the present circumstance when power was supre.
As the emperor of the Nation of Lintian, the only candidates he would use would be the woman, Lin ngya, and his blood brother, Zuo Qiuyu.
Obviously, Lin ngya would be eliminated. Zuo Qiuyu, his always loyal brother, would be the best candidate.
More importantly, Zuo Qiuyu was a simple man whose only passion was to be imrsed in the study of dicine.
Yet at the sa ti, having grown up within the royal family, he obviously had an upper hand over the physicians in the Pavilion of Herbs in terms of his experience in devising sches against others as well as dealing with the ploys of others.
If Lin ngya was in Zuo Qiuchen’s shoes, she would have chosen likewise.
This way, he would be able to secure his power over the nation within a short period of ti.
As for the next step he should take, it would no doubt be to weaken the authority and reputation of the Pavilion of Herbs. Thereafter, he would be able to win over the hearts of all the people.
Zuo Qiuchen had always been ambitious. What he lacked at this mont was the ti for him to grow.
On this point, Lin ngya and Long Tianyu had arrived at a consensus.
It would be much more beneficial to them to befriend soone who was especially ambitious than to make one more enemy.
Otherwise, why would Long Tianyu readily agree to let Lin ngya take this risk?
“Of course I know. Compared to being an idle prince, it would be best for Yu to go to the Pavilion of Herbs. Nevertheless, I’m sure those people would not let us have our way so easily. I’m most concerned about Yu’s safety and yours.”
Zuo Qiuchen was speaking the truth.
No one would be happy if he were to have a foreigner who appeared suddenly to snatch away what he was about to lay hold of.
However, with Zuo Qiuyu’s special status, Lin ngya and Long Tianyu, who was a powerful help, they stood a big chance in winning.
“You don’t need to worry about this. While there are many things that could take away a man’s life, there are also many things that could save a man’s life. There are definitely many ambitious people in the Pavilion of Herbs, but most of them don’t have strong backing. There shouldn’t be a problem as long as you provide us with sufficient protection.”
Lin ngya said, smiling. For so unknown reason, she had mustered her self-confidence over the last few days when she should have been anxious about visiting the Pavilion of Herbs.
Perhaps it was because the Shen Nung System in her had been updated to the 2.0 edition and so its effect had increased exponentially.
This certainly was like a cheating device that preserved her life and was a secret that should never be made known to anyone.
“Oh yes, did Sui tell you that I’m not my mom’s own flesh and blood?”
Lin ngya asked in a casual tone. Sui was a joke to them anyways.
Zuo Qiuchen composed himself and said in an indifferent tone, “Yes, her master taught her well. Unfortunately, she is rather a dimwit who couldn’t even express herself properly. I suppose they will try to produce so evidence to prove that my aunt is not your real mother. Nevertheless, this dimwitted girl is getting very impatient. Not only did she said that you’re not a princess of Lintian, she even tried to pass off as you.”
Lin ngya dazed for a mont, and then shook her head in disbelief.
She even gave Long Tianyu, who remained silent by her side, a cheeky look.
“Oh my, she is acting so rashly without considering the consequences, all for the sake of the handso Mr. Long. Prince Yu, you’re indeed very charming.”
Long Tianyu instinctively gave Lin ngya a look of warning at her strange way of addressing him.
However, the number of tis he managed to scare Lin ngya had seemingly decreased.
Alas, did they not agree that Long Tianyu should be submissive towards her? Now it seed that it was an empty promise.
Long Tianyu coughed softly and pretended not to see. He turned away to look out of the window and ignored what Lin ngya’s teasing.
“She’s being very stupid. I believe her master’s intention was for her to make use of so clues which seem like proves to plant doubts in you. In this way, you just have to hesitate a mont when I et with any danger, I would die. Unfortunately, a chess piece had ssed up a good ga.”
Lin ngya said regretfully. A chess ga would be delightful if one t his match.
If there was a great disparity between the skills of the opponents, it would only result in one party prevailing over the other.
Apparently, Lin ngya would only derive fun from challenging a difficult opponent.
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