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Clearly seeing the dejection in Chu Yin's eyes, An Yue's heart also surged with an enormous uneasiness.

She thought for a bit, then ordered someone to take some dried fruits, snacks and the like. She pinched one piece and placed it next to Chu Yin's mouth.

Chu Yin frowned, and directly brushed her hand off.

The bitterness in He Yue's heart was instantly magnified to the extreme.

She stuffed the dried fruit into her mouth, only feeling waves of bitterness in her mouth.

No matter what she did, could it not compare to Wei Qing's position in Chu Yin's heart?

It was clearly impossible for them to escape, but why was he still unable to let them go?

She took deep breaths to suppress the astringency in her heart.

All three matches of the first round had ended, leaving a total of 24 people, divided into the inner and outer circles, each with 12 people.

Wei Qing and He Yue were also in the same circle. She smiled at He Yue faintly, but that smile was extremely weak.

She could not help but think that with how Chu Yin treated He Yue mercilessly, He Yue would definitely place everything on her shoulders. Once a woman developed jealousy in her heart, especially for a proud woman like He Yue, it was possible that she would cause trouble for herself.

With this thought, she instantly raised her guard and began to take every game seriously.

In order to save time from understanding the game, Wei Qing decided to play this game in front of him along the way. She also had to pay attention to the situation of the game on the next table, which was a bit disinterested.

But from within the chessboard game, Wei Qing finally understood why the four nations' competition of talent was set up to have such a reason.

A true chess player not only wanted to win or lose, they also wanted to have the ability to turn the situation around.

After finishing her ten moves, Wei Qing moved to the next table.

Because she had already paid attention to the situation at the second table ahead of time, Wei Qing was able to quickly react.

It was the same for He Yue. The two of them instantly became the center of attention.

Xiao Qingqian concentrated on Wei Qing with shining eyes and swept his gaze across Chu Yin.

Although Chu Yin's gaze seemed to be fixated on He Yue, as a man, Xiao Qingqian could still tell that Chu Yin's gaze was basically chasing after Wei Qing.

He raised his eyebrows and moved to Chu Yin's side.

"Princess He Yue is truly talented and beautiful. She is more than enough to match Prince Qi."

Chu Yin squinted at him, "Prince Chu is joking."

"Is that so?" Xiao Qingqian's gaze sharpened. "Could it be that Prince Qi still has this king's wangfei in his heart? That's not good, right? "

"Prince Chu, you are only slightly luckier than me!"

Xiao Qingqian said softly, "Do you think this king is luckier than you, that it's that simple?"

Chu Yin raised his eyebrows, and did not reply.

However, his action of raising his eyebrows had already expressed his intentions.

If not for the fact that he had chosen to return to the Southern Kingdom and Xiao Qingqian had not been constantly wandering around Wei Qing, it would have been impossible for him to obtain Wei Qing's heart.

"Prince Qi cannot give up the throne that is above ten thousand people, but this king can give it up for Qing`er!"

Chu Yin's originally solemn face suddenly darkened, he judged and stared at Xiao Qingqian, for a good long while.

"It doesn't matter if you believe me or not. Qing`er just needs to believe me!"

Chu Yin's eyes flashed.

It just so happened that Wei Qing raised his eyes and looked over, and when Xiao Qingqian saw her eyes, he smiled gently.

When Chu Yin saw the light that was being exchanged between the two, he could not help but feel a little disappointed.

Wei Qing pinched one of the chess pieces and when it landed, it instantly turned into a prairie fire, devouring a large portion of Hei Zi.

The person in the outer circle had a look of disbelief on his face. "You, you actually won?"

Wei Qing smiled faintly, "Thanks!"

Out of the twelve people in the outer circle, one had been eliminated so quickly. Everyone was somewhat shocked.

"Seventh Brother, don't be distracted by Prince Chu's words." Chu Tiange advised softly.

In her view, no matter how outstanding Wei Qing was, she no longer had Chu Yin in her heart, so she would not be her friend!

Chu Yin did not utter a word, his eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of dense fog, causing people to not be able to guess what he was thinking.

"Seventh Brother?"

"Concentrate on watching the match!"

Chu Tiange sighed.

How could she not know what her seventh brother was thinking? It was just that, he wanted to fall into the water!

Right at this time, one of the people in the inner circle was defeated, and the other two were evenly matched.

The process repeated over and over again until there were only four participants left in each of the inner and outer circles. The competition had reached its climax.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, there were people below the stage who decided to set up a gambling house.

Xiao Qingqian curled the corner of his mouth, took out a thousand liang, and bet on Wei Qing winning.

Chu Tiange thought that he was simply provoking her, and pulled on Chu Yin's sleeves: "Seventh Brother, you can't admit defeat!"

Chu Yin squinted his eyes to think, and also took out a thousand silver to gamble and win.

When the Old Emperor and the empress dowager saw the two of them spending so much money in such a lavish manner, their eyes brimmed with interest. They called out to a eunuch and whispered a few words into his ear.

The eunuch raised the duck and shouted, "Your majesty the Emperor has bet five hundred taels of gold that the two of you will achieve a draw!"

Boom — —

As these words were spoken, the entire arena seemed to have exploded into a thunderclap.

Everyone was discussing amongst themselves. After all, in the many years of competition between the talents of the four empires, there had never been a draw!

The straightforwardness with which the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom had made his move was truly amazing.

Old Emperor's eyes flashed with a smile, "Imperial Mother, are you interested?"

The empress dowager raised her eyebrows. "This one will take a liking to Wei Qing. Nanny Qiu, use a thousand taels to bet on Wei Qing's little girl's victory!"

The Nanny Qiu nodded and followed along.

Seeing that the gambling stakes were growing higher and higher and the people who were betting on it were increasing, Wei Qing couldn't help but think that it was actually Alexander who had placed the bet.

He Yue turned her head to the side and looked at Wei Qing, raising her eyebrow, as though saying: "I will not show mercy."

Wei Qing smiled sweetly, not at all frightened by He Yue.

She had played chess with Xiao Qingqian countless of times, and her chess was getting more and more proficient. Although the people who bet on her to win were increasing, making her feel pressured, Wei Qing was still relatively calm.

The chess game continued at the four tables on the stage.

The remaining eight people were all experts in chess. In order to obtain the last six slots, they had racked their brains and set up a barrier around their opponents.

Wei Qing not only had to guard against the "teammates" in the inner circle, she also had to think of a way to defeat the opponents in the outer circle as soon as possible.

His heart started to beat faster and faster. Wei Qing felt that this kind of playing style was very exciting.

Wei Qing walked over to the next table, narrowed her eyes, pinched a white piece of paper, and dropped it.

At that moment, everyone felt as if the white piece of chess had turned into a giant dragon, instantly surrounding Hei Zi and causing the battle to officially begin.

She Yue squinted at Wei Qing's chess game and could not help but exclaim in her heart.

With such an ingenious fall, most likely only Wei Qing would have the guts to try.

The other party was staring at the chessboard without blinking. After a long while, he cupped his fist and said to Wei Qing: "This fall is truly marvelous!"