0p0 Chapter 511: Emperor Yongshun Plays Poker
Chapter 511: Emperor Yongshun Plays Poker
Facing the surprise of the crowd, Duke Zheng smiled smugly again, thinking: "Look at your ignorant expressions. It's just a deck of cards. What's the big deal?"
So he cleared his throat and pretended to be calm as he continued to explain: "There are four colors of playing cards, namely spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds..."
Duke Zheng explained the words and rules on the cards, but some people didn't understand and kept asking questions. Duke Zheng said impatiently, "Why don't you understand?" Then he raised his voice and said, "Someone come here."
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant ran in and asked, "Old Master, what can I do for you?"
"Go and invite the Third Prince, Zhiyuan and Young Master Zhong over, and tell them that I have something extremely urgent to discuss with them." Old Duke Zheng said in a serious tone.
The servant glanced at the people in the room and saw that they were all looking at him eagerly. He knew that the situation was indeed urgent, so he turned around and ran out.
After a while, the servant led the Third Prince, Zhiyuan and Zhong Ruiyu in. At the same time, Emperor Yongshun also came in with Eunuch Mu.
Seeing everyone sitting together and talking at once, Zhong Ruiyu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Grandpa Zheng, what do you want to talk to us about?"
Without even looking up, Duke Zheng replied directly, "You are here. These old guys are so stupid. I taught them how to run fast, but few of them understood after I talked for a long time. So I called you to show everyone how to do it."
After saying this, he continued to study the cards in his hand with his head down, not noticing that Emperor Yongshun had arrived.
When one of the ministers saw the emperor, he wanted to kneel down and salute him, but Emperor Yongshun raised his hand to stop him: "What are you discussing?"
"Hey, Your Majesty, it was Duke Zheng who said he had an interesting game to teach us, but haven't we learned it yet?"
"Oh? What game? I want to learn it too." Emperor Yongshun asked curiously.
Duke Zheng Lao felt guilty. Just now, the emperor had finished his meal and went to see the eldest and second sons. He thought that the two would send the emperor away after discussing things, but they followed him here. Now it was impossible to stop the emperor from playing. So he stood up and wanted to give up his seat, but Emperor Yongshun said, "You sit down, let me see how to play."
Seeing this, Sheng Zhen picked up the playing cards and started to play with them. Then, like Zheng Laogong just now, he patiently taught everyone to recognize the cards. He was very detailed and used the number song circulating in the market as a foundation, so many people understood it.
Sheng Zhen smiled and waved to Duke Zheng and Zhong Ruiyu, motioning them to sit around the table and prepare to start the game.
He said softly, "My Lords, let's play a few games first, so that you can better understand the rules and how to play. Father, you should also play, and I will guide you from the side."
When Emperor Yongshun heard this, he could no longer suppress his curiosity and anticipation. He walked to his seat without hesitation and sat down happily.
At this time, Zhong Ruiyu was the most active. He was the first to pick up the poker cards on the table and shuffled them skillfully.
However, Minister Zhong frowned and tapped him lightly on the head, saying in a slightly reproachful tone: "You little brat, how can you be so ignorant and disrespectful? The Emperor and the Duke haven't even started yet, and you can't wait."
Zhong Ruiyu covered his head in pain and cried out. He was usually not particular about small matters, but now he realized that he had lost his composure in front of the emperor.
Seeing this, Emperor Yongshun quickly waved his hand to stop him and said, "It's okay, it's okay. When learning new things, you don't have to pay attention to these details. We should take the capable as our teacher, and we can't blame the children for such a small matter."
Zhong Ruiyu glanced at Emperor Yongshun gratefully, and said with a grin, "Hehehe, thank you for not blaming me, Your Majesty. Now let me tell you, the first thing to do before playing cards is to shuffle the cards. The so-called shuffling is to shuffle all the cards and make them irregular."
After saying this, he continued to shuffle the cards attentively, the crisp sound echoing in the air.
He shuffled the cards several times before starting to draw the cards. Sheng Zhen stood behind Emperor Yongshun and taught him how to draw the cards and how to organize them.
Because it was Emperor Yongshun's first time, Sheng Zhen patiently explained to him: "Father, you don't need to look at the suit of the cards to run fast, just look at the size of the cards. I just said that two is the largest, followed by one, which is A, and three is the smallest, and so on..."
Emperor Yongshun listened with great interest and asked some questions from time to time. Sheng Zhen answered them one by one and told him how to decide which cards to play and how to play them to win the game based on the cards in his hand.
As time went by, Emperor Yongshun gradually mastered the rules and techniques, and developed a strong interest in playing poker.