Chapter 451

"Empress Dowager, Yu Yan ….."

She wanted to refuse, but before she could finish, she was cut off by Chen Ning with a smile, "Could it be miss Xia can't do it? If miss Xia can't do it, then it's my win. "

Xia Yu Yan couldn't help being filled with anger. She turned to look at Chen Ning, not understanding where her confidence came from.

Her chest filled with arrogance. She was the number one talented woman, could she not compare to an idiot?

"Alright, let's compete! Empress Dowager, please choose the topic. "

Empress Dowager Zhou never thought that Chen Ning would propose another topic. It was already hard to compose a poem in seven steps, but if she added another topic ….. She believed that no one in West Chu could do it.

Her deep eyes fell onto Chen Ning's face, wanting to see what this little girl was thinking.

Chen Ning had a calm expression, not showing any fear at all.

Empress Dowager Zhou slowly looked away. She understood what this little girl was thinking.

She clearly knew that she couldn't do it, so she purposely increased the difficulty, making it so Xia Yu Yan couldn't do it either.

If the two of them couldn't do it, it would be a draw and she wouldn't embarrass herself in front of everyone.

It had to be said that this was a smart method.

But since she could see through this little girl's intentions, how could she let her succeed?

"Miss Xia, do you really want to compete? If you don't want to compete, this widow can change the competition method. "Empress Dowager Zhou gently said.

She was clearly biased towards Xia Yu Yan.

It was a pity that Xia Yu Yan was filled with anger and could not hear it. She thought that Empress Dowager Zhou was looking down on her.

"Empress Dowager, Yu Yan is willing to compete with the Princess Consort. Yu Yan believes that if the Princess Consort can do it, then Yu Yan will definitely be able to do it."

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded and no longer said anything.

Su Jin stood behind Empress Dowager Zhou and lowered her head when she heard this. She was thinking that this miss Xia really had a smart face but a dumb heart, not even being able to hear Empress Dowager Zhou's good intentions. Ai, how could this kind of girl be worthy of the emperor?

The lake pavilion was surrounded by strange flowers. When the wind blew across the lake, it brought with it a fresh flower fragrance.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at the butterflies flying around the flowers and casually pointed with her finger as she said, "We'll use this butterfly as the topic."

Since ancient times, there were many poems about butterflies, but it was extremely difficult to recite them in a lively and unconventional manner.

Therefore, this question was neither difficult nor easy.

"Ning 'er, Miss Xia, which one of you will start first?"

Xia Yu Yan thought that whoever started first would be at a disadvantage, so she quickly said, "How could Yu Yan dare to be in front of the Princess Consort? Naturally the Princess Consort will go first."

Chen Ning looked at her and nodded with a faint smile, "Then I'll start first. Aunt Su Jin, I'll have to trouble you to help me count."

Su Jin looked at Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Zhou nodded.

She stood up. Her waist was slender and her figure was graceful. Her aquamarine dress was fluttering in the wind.

She calmly took a step forward and Su Jin counted, "One."

She took another step forward. Her long skirt swayed slightly, and with each step she took, a lotus blossomed. When Su Jin counted to the third step, her eyes lit up and she said with a smile, "Got it!"

Everyone was shocked, and they couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief.

Chen Ning continued to walk forward while using a clear and sweet voice to read it out.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight."