"I'm not talking about now. I mean two months from now. Will you promise me then?" Ru Yi stared into the eyes of the woman opposite him, speaking each word deliberately, his eyes filled with determination.
Donghua closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then she replied, "Okay, I promise you."
She knew that she loved the man in front of her. Since she loved him, she would marry him. After all the matters were settled two months later, she would tell the Queen about it and ask her to preside over the wedding. In this way, she could be the proper woman of the man in front of her.
Hearing her answer, Ru Yi smiled. Then he hugged the woman in front of him and said, "I'll also be devoted to you for my whole life!"
The two of them laughed together.
After the wedding, they bid farewell to Su Luo and Rong Yi. Then they rushed to Shen Fu's small shop in the capital city to pick up the "mahjong" set and returned to the palace.
At this moment in the Queen's palace.
Dongfang Yi was watering her beloved chrysanthemums, but she kept sighing. Seeing this, Xiao Lan hesitated for a moment and walked over. She asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Are you tired or something? Why do you keep sighing?"
Seeing the worried look on the little maid in front of her, Dongfang Yi heaved another heavy sigh. Then she said listlessly, "I'm so bored!"
Early this morning, Donghua had gone to watch the wedding, and Helian Qi had been busy and hadn't accompanied her. There was nothing interesting in the palace, so of course she was extremely bored.
At this moment, she suddenly missed her mobile phone very much. A mobile phone was such a great little thing for entertainment.
"Your Majesty, if you're bored, you can play with this servant," Xiao Lan said, blinking her big eyes expectantly.
Dongfang Yi really didn't want to disappoint her, but she really thought the little maids in the palace were extremely boring. So she heaved another heavy sigh and walked into the inner chamber.
Just then, there came the sound of footsteps outside the palace gate. Then a female voice was heard saying, "Your Majesty, I'm back!"
The next moment, Donghua rushed in.
Dongfang Yi was really driven crazy by boredom. When she saw Donghua, she regained her spirits. Then she rushed over and asked, "Did you bring me anything interesting?!"
Donghua knew she would ask this. She quickly held up the box in her hand and said, "I met Mr. Shen Fu in the city. He said the mahjong set you wanted was ready. But what exactly is mahjong?"
"Mahjong?!" Dongfang Yi exclaimed. She took the box from in front of her and put it on the table. Then she opened it.
Inside were rows of small wooden blocks. Each block was polished very smoothly, and there were colorful patterns carved on them.
"What on earth is this?" Donghua couldn't help asking again.
"This is even more fun than poker. Hurry up and go call Concubine Shu over," she ordered Xiao Lan behind her.
Soon, Concubine Shu rushed over. Now a square table had been set up in the inner chamber. There was a cotton cloth on it, and on top of that were four neatly arranged rows of small wooden blocks.
"Your Majesty, why did you call this concubine here in such a hurry?" she couldn't help asking. When Xiao Lan came to call her just now, the panicked look on her face made her think something had happened to the Queen.
Hearing this, Dongfang Yi let out a soft laugh. Then she waved her hand, signaling the other three to sit on the stools.
"Me... me too?!" Xiao Lan asked, feeling flattered.
"Yes, you need four people to play mahjong!" she replied. After seeing that all four of them were seated, she began to explain how to play mahjong.
Fortunately, everyone was quite smart. After playing a few rounds, except for Xiao Lan who was still a bit confused, the others had completely grasped the rules of the game.
"Your Majesty, I find this mahjong more fun than poker," Donghua said.
Her eyes never left her own tiles, looking completely immersed in the game.
"Haha, of course. I love playing mahjong," Dongfang Yi replied. Back in the day, she was the mahjong queen in the whole alley. She was invincible at mahjong!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help throwing her head back and laughing. She hadn't expected that she had felt so bored just now, but now with mahjong, she immediately felt fulfilled.
The several of them kept playing and didn't even realize that it had gotten dark outside. It was almost past the time for dinner.
When Helian Qi arrived, this was the scene he saw. Four women were sitting around a table, shuffling the small wooden blocks with a clattering sound.
He always felt that this scene was a bit familiar. It seemed that not long ago, three people had been playing a kind of card game called "poker" in front of him. And now what was this game they were playing?
Thinking of this, he deliberately coughed twice, wanting to remind them of his arrival. But his cough was completely drowned out by the sound of the mahjong, and no one noticed his presence at all.
Ru Yi behind him naturally saw his master's embarrassed look. He tried hard to hold back his laughter, but the corners of his mouth still twitched.
After all, he was the emperor. When had he ever been treated like this? Only the Queen dared to treat him like this.
After Dongfang Yi finished the round, she stretched. Then she waved to the other three and said, "The game is over. Let's play again next time!"
After saying that, she trotted over to Helian Qi with a big smile on her face.