Jiang Qingwan was also a little confused. This heroine always had to wait until the critical moment to appear, which amazed everyone.

Why is she so impatient today, as if she is afraid that others will steal her glory?

Could it be that when she was at the Donglin Chess Academy, she appeared late and someone else stole the spotlight, so she got scared?

And her eyes were always fixed on this side.

Are you looking at your sister?

This heroine seems to be a little different.

There is only one chance. Although several vassal states have brought difficulties, the only thing that belongs to the heroine is the Nine-Curved Pearl.

The other questions have been solved by others.

After all, the Yuan Dynasty is indeed full of talented people, and it is difficult to stump them with ordinary questions.

The tribute ceremony ended smoothly and soon it was time for the performance.

Most of these were young ladies from aristocratic families who volunteered to perform in order to show themselves.

The heroine from the previous life also went on stage and performed a modern dance that amazed the audience and won a lot of applause.

Thinking that she would go up again later, Jiang Qingwan looked at her with bright eyes, wanting to see how the heroine would kill everyone.

But until the end, the heroine was still sitting there motionless?

[She's not going up? What's going on? This heroine isn't playing by the rules.]

Ruan Hezhu glanced over here again, his expression stern.

She really had no plans to go on stage today. In her previous life, she didn't understand the thoughts of these wealthy families. She only wanted to use her own talents to amaze everyone.

Even though she had won many titles before and was already a truly talented woman, she still wanted to overshadow everyone else.

Therefore, when she knew that there would be a performance at the palace banquet, she began to prepare.

The Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl is an opportunity given to me by God.

The performance was an opportunity she had fought for herself, and she had hoped to use it to become the most dazzling star in the capital.

Unexpectedly, he almost fell down.

This is called a performance, but in fact it is just for the young ladies to show themselves and hope to marry their ideal husband.

Those who came today were all royal relatives and powerful families. Although the young ladies from these families were proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, they felt that performing in public was a form of flattery.

They all want to be the legitimate mothers of the family, so naturally they are unwilling to condescend to please men.

Over time, the woman who went up to perform became a woman who was willing to be a concubine in everyone's mind.

Concubines use their beauty to serve men. Whether they want to enter the palace as a concubine, marry into the prince's mansion, or become concubines of other noble families, they can all go up to perform.

The woman performing the show turned her gaze to the man she admired.

If a man is interested, he can take her as his concubine after the palace banquet.

These are the hidden thoughts of the crowd. Some people are unaware of them and just think of it as a simple performance.

In her previous life, she went up because she didn't know, and although she won applause, she became a woman who used her beauty to please men.

If she hadn't figured out the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl and obtained the title of Princess, all her previous efforts would have been in vain.

Later, it was only when Song Yu told her that she realized she had made a mistake.

Her life in this world was not as smooth as her previous one, so she couldn't go on stage again this time no matter what.

She looked at Miss Wan on the stage, who was playing the piano and winking at Song Yu, and she felt angry.

It's so shameless for a thief to come out and perform so blatantly.

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have exposed her true identity.

"Zhu'er, what's wrong with you?"

Noticing that she was in a bad mood, Yu Sanniang expressed her concern.

"I… nothing."

Ruan Hezhu was a little impatient.

In the past, she was grateful to her stepmother and felt that she was a benefactor in her life.

But with the memory of her past life, she already knew that Yu Sanniang was her biological mother.

She is her and Jiang Weiyan's illegitimate daughter.

Yu Sanniang kept this matter a secret very well. She didn't know about it until she became the Crown Princess in her previous life.

After knowing this, she sent people to kill Yu Sanniang and Jiang Weiyan.

Her identity must not be discovered by anyone.

If the illegitimate daughter of Lady Ning'an and the third master of the Jiang family were discovered, how would she be able to keep her position as the Crown Princess?

It's not that she is cruel, but she has no choice.

Now she still wants to kill them, but she doesn't have the strength to do so yet, and she still needs their help.

They made great efforts in bringing down the Jiang family, so they cannot die now.

When I sit on the supreme position again, I will still give them a decent death.

Now she had no gratitude towards Yu Sanniang at all. Whatever she asked for from her, she should give it to her.

She had already confessed to her that she knew about her background, but she had concealed the fact that she knew Jiang Weiyan was her father.

After all, even her adoptive father, Lord Ruan, didn't know who the adulterer was. If she told him, Yu Sanniang would definitely be suspicious.

Now Yu Sanniang still lied to her, saying that she was the daughter of Earl Ning An, but for some reasons, she could not be recognized.

She pretended to believe it. After all, as her daughter, she could ask for anything from her without any scruples.

Whatever she wants, she will give it to her.

This Yu Sanniang, the worse I treat her, the more she tries to please me. She is really a good mother.

Before she succeeds, she should play this role well first.

Sure enough, seeing her unhappy expression, Yu Sanniang didn't dare to say anything more.

She looked aggrieved and fawning, as if she was the inferior one.

After seeing a woman with outstanding performance also receive gold, silver and jewelry as rewards from the emperor, Ruan Hezhu finally couldn't help but ask.

"Foster mother, I unlocked the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl, so why is the Emperor's reward to me so simple?"

Yu Sanniang was startled at first, looked around, and then breathed a sigh of relief when she found that no one had heard what she had just said.

"You should be grateful for any reward the emperor bestows upon you. Besides, your reward is quite high. Didn't the people who solved the other puzzles also receive a hundred taels of gold?"

"Besides, Lord Ruan has been promoted, so please stop talking nonsense."

"But..." But she had gotten much more than this in her previous life. She couldn't say these words, so she could only say it indirectly.

"The Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl is more difficult than the other puzzles. No one can solve it except me. I have saved the reputation of the Great Yuan Dynasty."

"How do you know that no one else can solve it except you?"

This sentence was like a revelation to Ruan Hezhu, and she finally understood that she had appeared too early.

In her previous life, she deliberately put it last because she wanted to come out to save the situation at the critical moment.

But this time, she didn't dare. She was afraid that if she appeared a second late, Jiang Qingluo would preempt her.

She was afraid that others would think the question was simple, so she specifically explained its difficulty in detail.

She thought everyone understood, but now it seems that they still don't understand.

The emperor also only regarded the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl as an ordinary question.