The hamster with its ruffled fur looked completely bewildered.

Ji Yan lowered her eyes, explaining without blushing or skipping a beat: "Your Majesty, His Majesty hopes that you will concentrate and not be distracted or look around."

This man was too immersed in his role. Shen Jiao felt that his "looking around" had a hint of "being fickle." She twitched her lips and said, "Is that so? What else did His Majesty say?"

Ji Yan blurted out, "He also said that if Your Majesty really wants to look around, just look at me, I'm the most beautiful."

Shen Jiao: "..."

This self-promotion and self-praise is just ridiculous; all I can say is "666".

Murong You's resentful gaze fell on the tyrant's retreating figure.

What's wrong with taking a look?

It's rare to see a worthy opponent. Let's take a look and see what's going on.

With this, the final round of the competition came to a complete end. Following the principle of seven advancing to four, the four who advanced were Shen Jiao, Murong You, a woman from southern Xinjiang, and Shen Yu.

"Great! I knew my little sister was the best!" Gu An was so happy that she danced with joy.

Shen Qingfeng retorted, "Shameless! She's clearly my sister!"

“They’re mine!” Gu An crushed five walnuts in one go.

"Mine!" Shen Qingfeng retorted, crushing six walnuts in one go.

The two of them then began to secretly compete with each other in their kneading.

Shen Qingcheng sighed, thinking he was acting like a three-year-old, and shook his head, unwilling to pay attention to the two idiots.

The two elders of the Shen family looked pleased.

Madam Gu smiled and said, "Sister Shen's daughter is so capable."

Madam Qin smiled and replied, "Not at all, the Gu family's daughter is quite good too."

Shen Qingcheng: "???" Aren't both of your daughters Jiaojiao?

Marquis Anbo covered his swollen cheek and sullenly said, "What an unfilial daughter! As the elder sister, you play so well, why don't you let your younger sister have a turn!"

Master Gu couldn't stand it any longer. He crushed the teacup in his hand with a "crack," stood up, and led Marquis Anbo by the back of his collar toward the outhouse.

"Old man, I think we need to discuss life some more."

Marquis Anbo's expression changed drastically: "!!!"

...

Sun Mengyao never expected that she would be eliminated!

She felt that anyone who even glanced at her was making fun of her, and Sun Mengyao smashed her zither in anger.

In his excitement, he let out a series of farts.

When Shen Yu came to find Sun Mengyao, she was sobbing uncontrollably in Madam Sun's arms.

"Waaaaah, Mother, I don't want to live anymore, I don't want to live anymore, waaaaah! Everyone is laughing at me, I want them dead, Mother, waaaaah, go and kill them for me!"

Madam Sun had only one daughter. When she heard her daughter crying and saying she didn't want to live anymore, she turned pale with fright.

She kept comforting him, saying, "Don't cry, don't cry. Mother will go and kill them in a little while. My dear Mengyao, how can I live if something happens to you?"

Sun Mengyao gritted her teeth and said, "Not a moment, go now, go right now!"

Madam Sun has a large head.

The ladies who can attend the Four Flowers Banquet are all noblewomen from various places who are either rich or noble. Can they just be killed like that? It's not that easy.

“Madam Sun, why don’t I have a word with Mengyao?” Shen Yu took two steps forward.

Madam Sun frowned slightly.

She was unwilling. Although she held prejudices against Shen Jiao, she also despised this traitor in every way.

Shen Yu cursed the old bastard under her breath, but smiled nonchalantly and said, "Mengyao and I have a good relationship. Don't worry, Madam Sun, I'll just persuade her to leave."

Madam Sun had no way to deal with Sun Mengyao, so she said no more and decided to try anything as a last resort and left.

Having lost her mother, Sun Mengyao could only throw herself into Shen Yu's arms: "Waaah... Yu'er, what should I do? I didn't even make it to the first round, what should I do?"

Shen Yu felt like vomiting as soon as she saw her, and unconsciously gagged twice in Sun Mengyao's blind spot.

Don't be disgusted... Great people don't sweat the small stuff... She's gold, she's meant to shine...

After a while of mental suggestion, Shen Yu finally forced herself to pat her friend's head and sighed, "Alas, it's not really your fault. If your sister hadn't played so well, you wouldn't have made a mistake and wouldn't have been so embarrassed. If only she had let you have your way. In the end, it's all because your sister went too far."

Sun Mengyao's sobs suddenly stopped. "It seems...that makes sense."

Shen Yu said earnestly, "If you hadn't come to the Four Flowers Banquet, you would have advanced. So, it's not your fault. Blame it on your sister for coming to join in the fun."

This was not only to comfort Sun Mengyao, but it was also her true feeling. She had thought Shen Jiao was a good-for-nothing, but it turned out that she could actually play the piano.

And you play it so well?

The sudden change made Shen Yu very uneasy; she didn't want to sit idly by and wait for her fate.

Upon hearing this, Sun Mengyao froze, a sinister glint hidden in her teary eyes. She thought to herself, "Yes, why can't that wretched woman just be an empress?"

Why did you have to come and join in the fun!

...

Because Shen Jiao's performance was so outstanding in the morning, people's opinions of her began to change. Although she could not be called a talented woman, at least she was no longer considered a useless person.

We played chess in the afternoon.

When Shen Jiao woke up from her afternoon nap, Ji Yan played Go with her to wake her up from her drowsiness.

She yawned slightly, and then saw Liang Heng carrying the lottery box, taking one step and then three steps with a sway, as he came in through the door.

Upon seeing this, Wang Fuyi, who was guarding the door, immediately muttered a curse under his breath: "So ugly! I must be blind!"

He rushed out.

Liang Heng was speechless for a moment, then blinked his left eye: "Is it really necessary? Is it really necessary?"

He simply added two more moles from the morning, along with blush and lipstick, and it took him more than half an hour to get ready!

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