Tangxia Account

Gu Haitang, the concubine of Dingyuan Hou Mansion, was sixteen years old. When she was six years old, her mother died. Before she died, someone brought out an account and left her with a message: "Your mother did not die of illness." When she was ten years old, she knelt in the ancestral hall for three days for the hosta left by her mother-in-law. First game, lost. When she was fourteen years old, she copied three menstrual books in order to seek medicine for her wet nurse. The second game, lost. I endured it for ten years and lost two games. Now, the third game is here. That night, she dug out the old account book from under the box that was twelve years ago. Feed the cat and turn to the first page. Outside the window, there was a man squatting on the wall next door, looking at her for a long time. The man's name was Fu Yunting, Marquis of Zhenbei, eighteen years old. Three years ago, his father and brother died in the battlefield. He pretended to be a playboy for three years while checking another account. Two lives, two accounts. The third game of chess begins. Haitang lowered her head, and the cat turned over in her arms, revealing its soft belly. She scratched its chin and whispered: "Ten years, two games lost. This game, it's time to settle the score."