Chapter 122: Volume 1, Chapter 122: Yun Sanyuan Is Going to Cause Trouble Again

The crowd: "..." They had seen shameless people, but never such a shameless one.

For a moment, the situation was deadlocked.

And those four elders who acted as judges also looked at each other, not knowing what to do at all.

At this time, the Emperor Xuanyuan Kun saw the situation was deadlocked and couldn't help but speak to smooth things over: "What Qiyue said also makes sense; in that case, just compete with the first place at the end."

Either way, sooner or later she would go on stage, and face would still have to be lost.

After Xuanyuan Kun said this, even if some people were dissatisfied in their hearts, no one dared to refute it again.

Then, drawing lots began.

A total of seventeen people started a new round of competition.

In this round of competition, everyone almost brought out their unique skills and went all out.

However, the judging criteria for this second round were stricter.

Finally, of the twelve who passed the first round, only five remained, including Yun Yaxiang, Princess Jiayan, Tang Simin, and Qi Xue.

There was also the daughter of the Crown Prince's tutor, Qiao Heyu, Qiao Zhiyao.

Although Qiao Zhiyao's father was the Crown Prince's tutor, Qiao Zhiyao didn't have any outstanding performance on weekdays, and could be said to be an unknown noble miss, truly upholding the principle of not leaving the house.

Now that she could enter the final, it was truly surprising to many people.

And among the five women who obtained the second round of competition through drawing lots, only one woman named Sun Banxue successfully counterattacked.

This Sun Banxue was the granddaughter of the Minister of Justice, Sun Kaian.

After these six people advanced, the competition became even more intense.

If Yun Qiyue had looked listless and uninterested before, this time for the final, Yun Qiyue perked up and watched seriously.

And the rules for the final were different from before; after performing on stage in turn, the four judges would collectively comment on the top three, and the Emperor, Empress, and Regent also had the qualification to choose the top three.

The first to go on stage was Yun Yaxiang.

If you ask who surprised Yun Qiyue the most, it had to be Yun Yaxiang.

Compared to Yun Yarou, Yun Yaxiang looked much more innocent.

Of course, saying innocent was still a compliment to her; Yun Yaxiang, to put it bluntly, was brainless.

However, this Yun Yaxiang, who appeared a bit brainless in front of people, successfully entered the final of the Hundred Flowers Feast.

Subconsciously, Yun Qiyue looked toward Li Shulan.

Only to see Li Shulan at this time talking to the Old Matriarch with a face full of respect and a smile, not knowing what she said, which made the Old Matriarch burst into laughter.

Withdrawing her gaze, Yun Qiyue's eyes darkened slightly.

This Li Shulan might be more unfathomable than she imagined.

If not for this, how could she teach a daughter like Yun Yaxiang?

Such people must be guarded against.

Thinking of this, Yun Qiyue withdrew her thoughts and continued to watch the performance on stage.

Yun Yaxiang's body was very flexible; in the first round, she danced, in the second round, she still danced, and now in the third round, she was still dancing.

It's just that Yun Yaxiang's dance style was different each time.

In the first round, Yun Yaxiang focused on softness, showing softness to the extreme.

In the second round, Yun Yaxiang focused on charm, showing a woman's charm to the fullest.

In the third round, Yun Yaxiang focused on liveliness, with every movement appropriately showing a young girl's liveliness.

It had to be said that Yun Yaxiang was very scheming in choosing dances.

Because all three rounds were dances, the judges and the audience might have been tired, so the last one with the theme of lively and eccentric was able to sweep away the previous fatigue and make people's eyes shine.

The fact was also the same; watching Yun Yaxiang, who was as eccentric as an elf and had smooth movements on the field, the four elders nodded frequently.

The second one, the Xihai Princess, also performed a dance.

Compared to Yun Yaxiang's diversity, Qin Jiayan performed a sword dance.

In red clothes, holding a long sword, Qin Jiayan was like a chivalrous woman, her movements sharp, soft with charm, charm with strength, very different from ordinary noble girls, heroic and spirited, making many young masters stare straight.

Next, there were those who performed the pipa, those who performed the zither, and those who performed dance and painting at the same time.

The last to appear was the expected Qi Xue.

Qi Xue had also performed dance and calligraphy and painting before; this time, everyone was looking forward to Qi Xue's performance, not knowing what Qi Xue would perform in this round.

Until Qi Xue walked to the pipa.

This made Sun Banxue, who played the pipa, stiffen slightly.

Everyone knew that Qi Xue's pipa was unique, and no one in the capital could surpass it.

Whoever played the pipa in front of her was just showing off in front of an expert.

Many misses who were good at the pipa were very glad that Qi Xue didn't choose the pipa before, otherwise, how could they compete?

However, Qi Xue using the pipa in the final round was also something everyone could predict.

After all, the trump card is usually left for the end, right?

Qi Xue played "Spring River Flower Moon Night," and after one song, many people were conquered by Qi Xue's zither sound.

Finally, they voted.

Four elders, two voted for Qi Xue, one for Yun Yaxiang, and one for Princess Jiayan.

After the results came out, it was the Emperor and Empress's turn to speak.

For the sake of harmony between the two countries, the Emperor voted for Qin Jiayan, while the Empress voted for Qiao Zhiyao because she didn't want to give Yun Qiyue ten thousand taels of silver.

In this way, it was two votes for Qi Xue, two votes for Princess Jiayan, and one vote for Qiao Zhiyao and Yun Yaxiang; there were four candidates for the top three, and the first place hadn't been decided yet.

Thus, everyone's gaze fell on the Regent Ye Lanjue, because Ye Lanjue's vote played a very important role.

Facing everyone's gaze, Ye Lanjue didn't express his position, but looked at Yun Qiyue, "Who do you want to compete with?"

The crowd: "..." Is this what they thought it was?

Could it be that whoever Yun Sanyuan wanted to compete with, the Regent would vote for?

Although they were puzzled in their hearts, everyone had a certain answer in their hearts.

Therefore, even though Qin Jiayan and Qi Xue's expressions were equally ugly, they couldn't help but look at Yun Qiyue.

Because Yun Qiyue could decide who between them would win first place.

And such a fact made them both very angry, drowning out the excitement of their standing out.

Yun Qiyue looked at the two people who were looking at her with hatred and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter who I compete with."

Anyway, just compete once.

Ye Lanjue nodded, and then, just when everyone thought Ye Lanjue was going to vote, Ye Lanjue said indifferently, "I abstain."

Was an irrelevant woman worth his vote?

The crowd: "..."

Although the Regent had abstained in previous years, abstaining at this time was really helpless and speechless.

Because Ye Lanjue abstained, for the sake of harmony between the two countries, Xuanyuan Kun announced that Qi Xue and Qin Jiayan were tied for first place.

In this way, Yun Qiyue had to compete with both of them.

In the final competition, Qi Xue and Qin Jiayan both chose to use musical instruments.

When Yun Qiyue was asked what she would use, Yun Qiyue didn't answer immediately but looked at the Empress.

Yun Qiyue's operation made everyone's first reaction: Yun Sanyuan is going to cause trouble again.

Even Empress Yu felt her heart tighten as she watched.

This Yun Qiyue, what is she going to do again?