Chapter 352: The city gate caught fire

He got up early in the morning and calculated that it was September 24th. Chen Ao ran to the back garden to move his muscles and bones. Liu Sheng ran over excitedly and said unhappily: "Young Master, Young Master..." He gasped and said: "Yesterday, the Liao people asked someone to send 80,000 guan of money, saying that it was to compensate Ye Mingzhu for the expenses."

Liu Sheng thought Chen Ao would be shocked, but Chen Ao didn't expect that Chen Ao would nod in surprise and said lightly: "I understand."

Liu Shengdao: "Young Master Chou, 80,000 yuan. I didn't expect that the Liao people were so generous. If I had known that he would break a few more pearls and porcelain bottles, Young Master Chou would definitely make a big deal."

Chen Ao scolded him and said, "How can you bear it? It's enough for them to lose 80,000 yuan. Do you need to have principles in life? Take me to see where the person is."

Liu Sheng led Chen Ao to the front hall. A Liao man was waiting with a box in his arms for a long time. When he saw Chen Ao coming, he quickly stood up and opened the box. The piles of money in it were dizzy. The Liao man said, "Master Chen, my master smashed your Mingzhu yesterday. I am really sorry, so I specially asked me to send Mingzhu's money."

Chen Ao said politely: "Brother Yelu is so polite. How dare I take this? I should take the money back and tell Brother Yelu that I, Chen Ao, is the most loyal pearl, just a 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. How can I ask him to spend money?"

Of course, the Liao people would not be so stupid that they would go back with money. They hurriedly said, "Scholar Chen is very righteous. Everyone inside and outside Bian Jing knows it, but don't refuse this money. My master said that it is his lifelong honor to meet such loyal friends as Shen Student. If he has the chance, he will come and visit again."

After putting down the money, the Liao people said goodbye, Chen Ao sent the guest, and when he turned around, he immediately counted the money with the box in his arms, counted twice in a row, his face looked a little bad, and said to Liu Sheng: "Liu Sheng, come and count for me."

Liu Sheng counted it and said, "Young Master, it seems that the number is wrong, only 79,800 guan."

Chen Ao said with a stern face: "Shameless, I clearly agreed to have 80,000, but I still have two less." After that, he brought the money back to the back garden and asked Zhenzhen to put it away. Zhenzhen woke up from her dream and first collected the money, and said: "Where did the money come from here?"

Chen Ao said: "Don't tell Mo Er about this kind of thing. Others compensate me for the money. I have to compensate for the damage, right?"

Zhenzhen heard that he couldn't explain clearly, and after thinking about it, she stopped asking. She was a smart woman and a man could not force him too much, so she asked him: "Are you hungry? I'll ask the chef to send some meals."

Chen Ao nodded and just used breakfast. Someone came to the palace. He thought it was the emperor who looked for him, but the eunuch who was born on the side said, "The Queen Mother asked Mr. Chen to enter the palace."

The Queen Mother Chen Ao touched his nose and thought to himself, is it a three-degree one? Alas, these three-degree ones were called here from the palace. I admire, admire, the Queen Mother is indeed different from others.

Sometimes, the Queen Mother’s imperial edict was more effective than the emperor’s imperial edict. When Chen Ao thought of the reprimanding Zhao Ji that day, how could Chen Ao dare to offend the lord of the harem? Even the great things had to be put aside.

As the little eunuch arrived at the palace and came to the bedroom of Queen Mother Qinci, Chen Ao walked in. Seeing that there were several noble ladies inside, he saluted the empress dowager first and looked around. An Ning was not there. Instead, the fairy concubine sat aside, greeted Chen Ao, and asked someone to move Jindun to invite him to sit down.

Empress Dowager Qinci said, "The weather is good today. I asked you to play a few games of Ye Zi. I just yelled to ask someone to ask the official family. The official family said you have nothing to do these days. It's very good. It's just right to accompany the Ai family."

Chen Ao felt in his heart that what does this good weather have to do with playing cards?

Without further ado, the Empress Dowager called Xian Concubine and another noble lady, four of them set a table, and asked someone to take the Ye Zi card to start the game.

This kind of Ye Zi card is easy to get started for Chen Ao, it is much simpler than mahjong, and it is very easy to play. After several rounds, you can win and lose. Winning is a lucky draw, but when you lose, you are intentional. You can't beat the old lady every time.

After a few games, Empress Dowager Qinci was completely immersed in it, and she was very happy. She even forgot to put on her posture of Mother Yi Tianxia. Chen Ao thought to herself that this is actually just an ordinary old lady. Although she usually dresses like this, she actually played a few rounds of Ye Zi cards and immediately exposed her nature.

As for the Virtue, he always has a bit of elegance when playing cards. Chen Ao knew that the Virtue of Queen Mother Qinci might not be able to open it. After all, he was in front of the Empress Dowager and always had a bit of dignity.

Before he knew it, it was noon. Qin Ci had forgotten even the meal, and it was hard for others to remind him. Instead, the eunuch who brought Chen Ao to whispered: "Empress Dowager, it's time to have a meal."

Qin Ci raised her eyes and looked at the sky: "So quickly? Just take some pastries to eat, there is no need to be so troublesome. Chen Ao, you are a guest from afar, and you are not welcome, why don't you teach someone to buy you some side dishes?"

Chen Ao was hungry and didn't want to eat only some pastries to satisfy his hunger, but he had to reject Qinci's kindness and ate some pastries with Qinci.

After eating the pastry, I continued to fight. After another hour, I heard someone say outside: "The Empress Dowager is here."

Qin Ci raised his eyebrows, but said with a cold face: "Don't worry, keep playing cards."

Chen Ao was a little weak, and he knew a little about the matter in the palace. There was a more interesting phenomenon in Zhao Ji's palace, that is, there were many empress dowagers. The main reason was that Zhao Ji inherited the throne of his brother. After Zhao Ji entered the palace, he naturally had to raise his biological mother Qin Ci. Therefore, the concubine Qin Ci was originally ordered to be the queen mother. In addition, Zhezong was Zhao Ji's elder brother. Now that he passed the throne to him, Zhao Ji could not remain indifferent. Therefore, Zhezong's empress Meng clan was appointed as the empress dowager, and Zhezong's mother, Empress Dowager Xiang, was appointed as the empress dowager.

In fact, by seniority, Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Dowager Qinci are the same. Zhezong and Zhao Ji are brothers. One of these two women is Zhezong's mother and the other is Zhao Ji's biological mother. It is just that because Zhezong was the last emperor, Gao was one generation older than Qinci later. This strange phenomenon is a bit incredible.

Not long after, Gao came in slowly with the help of an old eunuch, and the eunuchs and palace maids inside saluted: "I have met the Empress Dowager."

Concubine Xian and the noble lady could not sit there anymore, so they threw away the card and saluted Gao. Chen Ao saw the opportunity and agreed with everyone. Only Qin Ci was still playing cards on her own, biting her lip and feeling quite unhappy.

Gao smiled and said, "Is the Queen Mother playing Ye Zi Card? I asked someone to invite you to play cards just now. If you don't go, you hide and play on your own. Is the Queen Mother so afraid of me?"

Empress Dowager Qinci ignored her stern face. Chen Ao saw it and thought to himself that there must be a conflict between the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. He just didn't know what Gao was doing at this time. Could it be that he was deliberately causing trouble? Oh my God, my buddy was just three que and one of them was pulled by someone. When the gods fight, don't hurt the innocent.

Who knew what he was afraid of, and the more he was, Gao's face became a little cold. He glanced at Chen Ao and said coldly: "Oh, who is this handsome young man? Can you enter the harem at will? If someone outside saw it, he would still say which palace you are from."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Qinci's face became even colder.

"Your mouth is so poisonous! Your whole family is a concubine!" Chen Ao would not know what the concubine means? Her words imply that Chen Ao became the male favorite of the Queen Mother. On the surface, it was an insult to Chen Ao, but in fact it was pointing the finger at Empress Dowager Qinci.

Chen Ao said seriously: "The Queen Mother's words made the students not understand. The student is the nephew of the Virtue, and he is also close to the Queen Mother. The younger generation comes to visit the elders and ask for peace. This is reasonable. Is the Queen Mother not the younger generation comes to see him?"

Qin Ci's face relaxed a little, thinking to herself that Chen Ao is quite talented in playing cards, and even this mouth is powerful, even the Empress Dowager dares to contradict him. She said seriously: "The Ai family likes this child very much. If anyone dares to talk nonsense, the Ai family will tear his mouth." Her words were told to the eunuchs and palace maids in the bedroom, but the real direction was obviously towards Empress Dowager Gao.

Gao snorted coldly, but did not target Qin Ci. He just pretended that Qin Ci didn't hear it, and sneered at Chen Ao and said, "There is no place for you to speak here. You know how to be arrogant because of your favor and have no rules at all."

Concubine Xian wanted to defend Chen Ao: "The Empress Dowager..."

Gao looked at Concubine Xian coldly and interrupted her: "He is your nephew. Your nephew is amazing. Mrs. Xian, you run to Yonghe Palace all day long, who are you going to curry favor with?"

Concubine Xian was relatively weak. When she heard Gao scolding her like this, she was already tearful and could not speak anymore. She bit her lip and held back the tears in her eyes.

Chen Ao was a little angry when he saw that the virtuous concubine was angry, but he did not dare to be arrogant. After all, Gao's power in this palace was quite powerful, so it would be fine if he offended her. The virtuous concubine's life would be even more difficult in the future.

Gao looked at Ye Zipai on the table with pride and said to Empress Dowager Qinci: "I came here to play cards specifically. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager had already called someone to come. It seems that he didn't dare to play with me anymore. It's okay, come and let's go back to Shenning Palace."

Empress Dowager Qinci sneered and said, "Since you are here, then you might as well play a few games. I lost a jade hairpin last time. Did you bring it?"

What Gao used to do was to provoke Faer. Seeing Empress Dowager Qinci get angry, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes and said, "I'm afraid you won't win back."

Seeing that Concubine Xian looked like this, Empress Dowager Qinci said to Concubine Xian: "Madam Xian, let's go back to the bedroom first, and Chen Ao will sit in the diagonal corner of my body. Mrs. Zhao, you will accompany the Empress Dowager."

Sitting down again, Chen Ao deliberately sat in Gao's family's previous house, thinking to himself that Gao's family is so arrogant, I'm afraid that the card skills are not inferior, so let's take a look at her skills first.

Chen Ao deliberately said: "The bet we made just now is very big. Will the Empress Dowager must come?"

Gao smiled and said, "How big is it?"

Chen Ao casually said, "One thousand volts are the same."

Gao said confidently: "I am afraid that you can't afford to lose." Then he took the lead in reshuffling.

Chen Ao was not in a hurry to win at first, but observed Gao first. When she saw her getting good cards, her knuckles couldn't help knocking on the table. When she took the bad cards, she would glance at the corner of her mouth in a slight way. She had a scheming in her heart and deliberately lost Gao's two sets first.

Gao won the card and was even more happy, which made Empress Dowager Qinci's face turn pale. However, Mrs. Zhao, the noble lady sitting at the lower side of Gao, looked a little dazed. She was not as arrogant as Shen and arrogance. In this palace, she did not dare to offend Empress Dowager Qinci, nor could she offend Gao. Therefore, although she was fully focused, she was completely absent-minded. She made the wrong cards several times, which made Empress Dowager Qinci even more unhappy in the next round.

Chen Ao remained silent and thought to himself that the time was almost done. In the next few games, he began to calculate the number of cards and observe Gao's face. After seven or eight games, Gao actually lost seven consecutive games and lost in a terrible defeat.

Gao turned from joy to anger, and said a lot of unpleasant words in his mouth, complaining that Chen Ao played cards randomly. Chen Ao thought to himself, I am your opponent, do you still have to put cards for you? What are you scolding?

Later, Gao was so tired that he lost more than 20,000 yuan in just one hour. It should be noted that although the women in the palace were not short of money, especially those of Gao, there was no gold or silver. There were regular rules every month, and they would be paid on time in a month, neither too much nor too little. In recent years, Gao had saved a lot of money. She had the most monthly money and had no money in daily life, but she could not withstand such a crushing defeat.

Seeing that her face was getting worse and worse, Chen Ao deliberately pushed the card and said, "I've been playing almost the same thing today, so let's get here. The student should say goodbye first."

Gao said coldly: "Cai Fangfang sat down and you are leaving? Play a few more games."

Chen Ao said: "Then let's play one game, how about the outcome of the game?"

Gao thought for a while: "How to determine the outcome in one game?"

Chen Aotu saw it and smiled and said, "It's very simple. If I lose, all the money I just won will be eliminated, but what if the Empress Dowager loses?"

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Chapter completed!