The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 671 - 671 318 Glory (First Update)

Chapter 671: 318 Glory (First Update) Chapter 671: 318 Glory (First Update) The Imperial Palace, where the moon rises over the treetops.

The crown princess sat kneeling on the floor that exuded a faint woody fragrance, and right in front of her was a low rectangular table on which a chessboard was prominently placed.

The crown princess was not a person who was particularly fond of the hustle and bustle. The East Palace was usually quite tranquil, but only when Qin Chuyu was there, it would be somewhat lively. However, in recent days, Qin Chuyu had moved to the Emperor’s Huaqing Palace.

So, the East Palace once again became as peaceful as a beautiful, undisturbed pond.

The palace maids stood by the crown princess’s side, focusing their eyes on their noses and their noses on their minds, not making a single sound.

Suddenly, a snap sound echoed as a chess-piece hit the chessboard. The crown princess breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, saying, “Finally.”

Only then did the palace maids dare to look at her. A lady-in-waiting who served her closely said with a smile, “Crown Princess, what finally happened?”

The crown princess’ eyes shimmered with joy as she said, “I have finally cracked this chess game.”

“Which game did you crack?”

The crown prince came striding in.

The lady-in-waiting and all the palace maids knelt in unison, saying, “Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

As the crown princess was about to stand up to pay her respects, she was stopped by the crown prince, who quickly walked up to her.

The crown prince took her hand and sat down next to her. He looked at the chessboard on the table and said, “You’ve been playing chess again?”

“With nothing much to do, I played a few rounds,” replied the crown princess.

The crown prince chuckled and said, “I think you play every day. Do you love chess so much that you spend more time with the chessboard than you do with me?”

The crown princess gently replied, “The crown prince is teasing.”

“I’m not joking. I’m really getting jealous,” the crown prince said, but his eyes and gestures were full of love for the crown princess. He gripped her hand tightly and asked her, “You didn’t answer my question earlier. What chess game did you solve?”

The crown prince didn’t really have much interest in playing chess. But if it was something related to the crown princess, he would take it very seriously.

Pointing to the chessboard with her other hand that wasn’t held by him, the crown princess said, “This one, the Kun game.”

The crown prince paused for a moment, “The Kun game? Which one? The one laid out by Old Master Meng?”

In the realm of chess, the only game worthy of being called the Kun game seemed to be the one laid out by Old Master Meng.

Even though the crown prince didn’t particularly enjoy playing chess, he had heard of Old Master Meng, who was renowned as the chess saint of the six countries.

Throughout his life, he had set up countless chess games, among which the eight major games were the most famous. Very few people had managed to solve them. However, the crown princess managed to crack the first game at the age of thirteen.

In the following years, she successfully solved five more games. Such an achievement was extremely rare in the six countries, especially given her young age.

It’s worth noting that the chess master of the Jin Country, who was over forty, managed to solve six games but failed to crack the final two games: the Qian game and the Kun game.

The crown prince, full of excitement, held her hand tight, looking deep into her beautiful eyes, “Linlang, you’ve done something that no woman in the world has done! No, it’s not just the women, you’ve done something that no one in the world has done! Even men can’t match up to you!”

With a shy smile, the crown princess lowered her gaze and said, “During my recovery, I devoted myself to studying chess in the East Palace. Looking back, it seems like a blessing in disguise.”

The crown prince firmly said, “What do you mean by ‘disguise’? Others study their entire lives and still can’t figure it out! No, such exciting news, I must report it to father!”

As he said it, he did it. He immediately went to find the emperor.

The emperor was diligent, working late into the night and rising early, he was still reviewing documents in the Imperial Study Room at this late hour.

Seeing the crown prince coming, he didn’t show much change in his expression, just rubbed his tired eyebrows and asked, “Why do you come here so late?”

Behind the screen, a small couch for the emperor to rest was placed. Same well-paced soft snoring sounds came from there. It was none other than Qin Chuyu who, having played too much in the Imperial Study Room, had directly fallen asleep on the couch.

The crown prince shifted his gaze back and asked, “Father, do you want me to take Xiaoqi back? So as not to disturb you.”

That little snore was indeed too rhythmic!

The emperor said, “No need, what’s the matter?”

“It’s like this, Linlang has just cracked Old Master Meng’s chess game.” The crown prince couldn’t help declaring proudly, “It’s the Kun game.”

The emperor’s hand, which was reviewing the documents, paused for a moment, surprise flashed in his eyes, “Really?”

“Absolutely! If father doesn’t believe it, you can summon Linlang.” The crown prince patted his head with a smile, “I was in such a hurry that I forgot to bring the chessboard. Guard! Bring the crown princess’s chessboard from the East Palace!”

“Yes!”

Outside the Imperial Study Room, an eunuch responded.

The eunuch quickly retrieved the chessboard and presented it to the emperor on his desk with both hands.