The Rebirth of Han Yuxi

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As a result, she had gained a reputation as a talented woman in the capital.
This also caused Jiang Qi to be very proud of herself, which made her completely not attach any importance to Yuxi as her sister-in-law.

 

At the very beginning of them playing chess, Jiang Qi already made a killing move.
She wanted to disturb Yuxi’s mind, thus disturbing Yuxi’s layout and achieving the goal of winning the chess game early.
The idea was good, but Yuxi had always been a steady chess player so she would not change her layout just because of Jiang Qi’s killing move.

 

Jiang Qi’s chess skill was very good, but her state of mind was very poor.
Seeing that she had not achieved the expected results, she was somewhat confused.
This chaos gave Yuxi a chance for her to take advantage of, and it didn’t take long before she gained the upper hand.

 

Jiang Qi put down her chess piece and said, “I lost this set, but we won’t know who will lose and who will win in the next set.” This meant that they would have to play another chess game after this match.

 

The smile on Yuxi’s face remained unchanged as she stated, “Take a rest first!” Once she was done saying that, she immediately went to Yuchen’s side.

 

Yuchen’s chess skill was out of the ordinary, but Yu Xiyu’s chess skill was also really high which made the two equally matched.
Yuxi was not that surprised by this situation either.
This only confirmed that Yu Xiyu’s great reputation wasn't something that just suddenly got blown out of proportion.

 

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At that moment, a maid brought in some cakes.

 

Yuxi looked at the crispy tart skin on the outer layer of the dish, while the inner layer was filled with a sweet yellow solidified egg pastry, as her pupils suddenly shrank.
However, she responded quickly.
Almost instantaneously, she smiled and asked, “What is this? Just by looking at it, it can already arouse one’s great appetite.“

 

Chinese Style Egg Tarts
Image Credit | Clarissa Wei (A visual history: the evolution of the egg tart, July 18th, 2018)

Heshou Xianzhu was not there at that time, as she had gone out to entertain guests.
The maid who served the dessert replied instead, “This is an egg tart, which is the new food developed by our Xianzhu.
The biscuits are still being made in the kitchen and will only be available until later on.“

 

Jiang Qi couldn’t help gasped in admiration, “Xianzhu Jiejie is really good.
She can even come up with so many different kinds of foods.” There had already been juices and egg tarts been served, and next would be biscuits.
She didn’t know what other good things would come out of the kitchen later on.

 

Yuxi couldn’t wait to eat as she took one and nibbled at it lightly.
It was soft, crispy and also rich with milk and egg fragrance.
It was sweet but not greasy.
After eating one, she happily exclaimed, “This is really delicious.”

 

After eating and drinking, Jiang Qi’s fighting spirit became stronger.
While Yuxi repressed the strange feeling that suddenly appeared in her heart.
This time, she stopped being clumsy and showed her true ability to fight Jiang Qi.

 

Since Yuxi had decided to win, it would be much better if she could win beautifully, so she played really hard and in the end, Jiang Qi lost quite badly.

 

After three games, three wins and loses, it had already passed half a shichen.
This showed how short they had played chess against each other.
Of course, this had something to do with Jiang Qi’s attitude in making quick decisions in chess.

 

Yuxi never cared about Jiang Qi’s changeable colourful face, as she said, “You have let me win.” Then she ran to watch Yuchen's game against Yu Xiyu.

 

In chess, Yuxi’s skill was much higher than Yuchen.
Therefore, she soon saw that Yuchen was outwardly strong but inwardly weak.
Sure enough, before a quarter of an hour, Yuchen was finally defeated.

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At this time, the maid of Gongzhu residence brought out a plate of fruits.
Each of these fruits had its own characteristics.
For example, in the middle of the plate beside Yuxi, there were slices of oranges, bananas were put under the oranges, cherries between the oranges and kiwi fruit were put in the periphery.
If modern people saw these, they would surely recognise them.
To them, this dish was called a fruit platter.

 

Yuxi smiled and remarked, “Xianzhu has a really exquisite heart.
She can even think of all these patterns.
I really can’t help but admire them.”

 

Up until now, Yuxi still didn’t know why Heshou Xianzhu was being hostile towards her.
Personally, she felt that this animosity was truly stupid.
If she guessed correctly, Heshou Xianzhu was likely to be in the same situation as her.
Yuxi felt really grateful to Momo Quan now.
To make her reach the point where she would remain calm even when Mount Tai collapsed in front of her, Momo Quan had spent a lot of effort to train her all those years.
Otherwise, she would have been exposed much earlier.

 

For Heshou Xianzhu to steal other people’s creativity, Yuxi didn’t pay much attention to it.
Just because she did not dare to use it, didn’t mean others would not use it.

 

When Heshou Xianzhu saw Yuxi praising her sincerely, the corners of her mouth revealed a smiling expression, “It just that I’ve nothing to do on weekdays.
So I spend my time figuring these dishes out.” She suspected that Yuxi was also reborn like her.
However, Yuxi’s performance today made her hesitant with her claim.
For Yuxi to not even know these common things, how could she be the same as her! However, just to be saved, she decided to carefully observe her once more.

 

Jiang Qi whispered a few words in Yu Xiyu’s ear, then looked up at Yuxi and said, “Yuxi Jiejie, my Biaojie said she wants to play chess with you.
What does Yuxi Jiejie think?” Jiang Qi’s mother, Yu Shi, was Yu Xiyu’s aunt.
Of course, Yu Shi was born from a concubine, not from the main wife.
Otherwise, she would not have married as a second wife to a widow.

 

Yuxi decided to refuse, “My chess skill is mediocre and I don’t dare to follow behind my Jiejie.” This was the same as disguising herself by admitting defeat early.

 

Yu Xiyu said, “If you can win against my Biaomei three sets in a row, you are already qualified to play against me.” She knew quite well of Jiang Qi’s chess skills.
For Han Yuxi to win against Jiang Qi three times in a row was enough to show that the Fourth Miss of the Han family was very good at chess.

 

Yuxi felt uncomfortable when she heard her words.
What was this about her being qualified to play with this, Yu Xiyu? She just didn’t want to compete with others at all.
This was no different than driving a duck onto a perch.

 

Yuchen smiled and said, “Yuxi, your chess skill is kind of good, though I believe, you have no chance to win against Yu Jiejie.” Yuxi was not good at showing how talented she was.
With this push, she believed that Yuxi would not be able to hide how talented she was anymore after this.

 

When Yuxi heard Yuchen’s words, she knew there was no way out.
Urgh, she didn’t know whether to thank Yuchen for her kindness or blamed her for being too troublesome.