After the courtiers walked out of the ZhengZheng Hall, they did not return to their respective departments as usual. Instead, they found their seats at the tables on both sides of the square. After they were seated, they laughed and chatted with their colleagues on both sides.
Changde had been waiting at the door when the officials began to leave the court. He silently followed behind Emperor Jing until Emperor Jing took his seat at the head of the table at the front.
The envoys of the Qi Kingdom also had their seats, but the expressions on everyone's faces were not pleasant.
It was supposed to be a very serious and formal competition, but it seemed to have become a performance. The officials of the Jing Kingdom sat on both sides to watch, and there were many envoys from other countries among them. It was said that even their families would come in a while. A proper competition had become a group of people to watch. This was undoubtedly a great insult to them.
Li Yi had just learned that the Empress and many socialites in the capital would also come here after the charity event.
His current title was the County Earl, which was not a big deal in the circle of the nobles in the capital. However, his seat was very close to the front, and there was a small roof above it to block the sun. There were not many people with this privilege, and there were only about a dozen of them in the audience.
Naturally, the County Earl did not have this privilege, but Li Xuan did. The position here was big enough, and the view was wide enough. It was a rare treasure.
It was not bad to not have to bask in the sun with most people. Li Yi sat there alone and ate two pieces of fruit. It was rare that they were iced. Not long after, there was an uproar in the audience. Li Yi looked up and saw dozens of figures rushing out from another direction.
Many women walked out from a door of the hall. Countless palace maids came forward to greet them respectfully and led them to their designated seats.
"Qin 'er, here." Li Xuan waved to a nearby place and said.
The Crown Prince's wife and Ruyi walked over hand in hand, whispering something as they walked.
Although Ruyi was also the county countess in name, she was actually the same as him. She was not very familiar with the other nobles in the capital. Because of his relationship with Li Xuan, she had met the crown prince's consort a few times. After a while, they gradually became familiar with each other.
Li Yi and Li Xuan gave them the shady seats in the back and sat in the front.
Before the official match, there would always be some important figures who would make some speeches. This process was usually very boring. When he finally got to the beginning of the match, he looked up and found that the one who represented the Jing Kingdom was Xue Yong, whom Li Xuan had just introduced to him.
When he saw the people sent by the Qi Kingdom, Li Xuan's expression was clearly startled.
"A woman?"
He didn't discriminate against women, but not every woman was like MIngzhu. For the Qi Kingdom to send such a woman to compete with Xue Yong, could it be that they had already given up?
Are all these youngsters from the Qi Kingdom here to watch the fun?
If that was the case, then today's competition wouldn't be so exciting.
Although the winner wouldn't be decided in a single match, and there were three people on each side, it would be considered as the winner if two out of three matches were won. However, it wouldn't be so easy to win if one person was killed at the very beginning.
When Li Yi saw the familiar woman walking into the field, a hint of surprise appeared on his face. How could it be her?
Xue Yong walked into the field, laughed and said, "Haha, is there no one else in the Qi Kingdom? You've actually sent a woman here. I, Xue Yong, don't want to bully a woman. You'd better send someone else here as soon as possible!"
A burst of laughter broke out in the surroundings. The courtiers of the Jing Kingdom were naturally happy to see the Qi Kingdom make a fool of themselves.
"Hmph, how arrogant! You'll talk after you win!" an ambassador of the Qi Kingdom snorted coldly and said.
Although he didn't know why the Third Prince had made such an arrangement, he was also doubting whether this woman whom he had just met for the first time could win. So, he naturally didn't show any fear on his face.
"Is Xue Yong very powerful?" Li Yi tilted his head and looked at Li Xuan as he asked.
"Of course." Li Xuan said without hesitation, "Xue Yong was trained by Old General Xue. When he was young, he was the best fighter among all the children of the general's family. Moreover, he often received guidance from Steward Chang. It's impossible for him to lose to a mere woman."
"Can he win … that person?" Li Yi looked to the front and gestured to him.
Seeing MIngzhu standing there, Li Xuan was stunned and said, "MIngzhu? She can't be counted …"
"That means he can't win."
According to people's common sense, women were born to be in a weaker position when it came to such matters. However, this didn't mean that there were heroines like Princess MIngzhu and Miss.Liu who could put countless men to shame. Li Yi felt that there was something strange about this woman. The people of the Qi Kingdom weren't stupid. It wouldn't be easy for Xue Yong to win.
"Since that's the case, excuse me, young lady!" With so many people watching the competition between countries, Xue Yong didn't really walk up to the woman in a gentlemanly spirit.
However, he still looked down on the woman. He didn't choose a weapon. When he walked up to the woman and saw that she didn't move at all, he couldn't help but stop and ask, "Are you going to compete or not?"
The woman finally looked up at him and said, "Are you ready?"
"Of course, but you …" Xue Yong said, feeling somewhat baffled.
"Okay."
However, before he could finish his sentence, he felt a flash in front of him and the woman's figure disappeared in front of him.
Subsequently, he felt a pain in his neck. After a moment of blackness, he completely lost consciousness.
Plop!
Xue Yong fell to the ground. The competition was over.
Someone had just picked up a piece of fruit. Before he could put it in his mouth, his wrist shook and it fell to the ground.
Li Xuan was even more stunned on the spot. An instant kill. Xue Yong was actually defeated in an instant. Didn't that mean that the woman, who looked younger than Xue Yong, was much more powerful than him …
While Li Yi was also shocked, Ruyi walked up and said, "Husband, don't you feel that this woman looks a little familiar?"
Since even Ruyi said so, it seemed like they did have some sort of interaction before.
Li Yi frowned. When he was thinking hard, there was an uproar on both sides because of what had happened just now.
"How could this happen? Even Xue Yong lost. Who else among the younger generation can go up?"
"Look at the scene just now … Alas, the gap is too big. The gap is too big!"
"What should we do now? Is the Qi Kingdom really going to win this round?"
…
…
It was unexpected that such an ordinary-looking woman could be so powerful. Although there were still two more rounds, if no one among the younger generation could defeat her, the result would be the same even if there were ten or a hundred more rounds.
Xue Yong was quickly carried away by two guards. After the Imperial Physician examined him, he looked at Old General Xue and said, "It's okay. He just fainted. He will wake up in a while."
Old General Xue's expression softened a little. Emperor Jing looked at the young woman in the field, and a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes. Even he knew that in the competition between the younger generation, there was not much difference in strength. As an outstanding disciple of the family of generals, Xue Yong was already very powerful, but even he was not a match for the woman from the Qi Kingdom. In the next two rounds, no matter who was sent up, wouldn't they lose?
Behind him, Chang De frowned. When he looked at the woman, his eyes flashed and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"Father, let me go up for the next round."
At this moment, a sweet voice suddenly came from his side.
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