The audience was dazzled by Su Daji's magnified beauty. They stared in a daze at her delicate, boneless hand that blocked their view before they came to their senses and regained their breath.
"I have to admit, this woman is so beautiful, I felt like my soul was stolen just now."
"It's not just her impeccable looks, but her alluring charm that makes my bones almost melt. P.S. I'm a woman."
"Woman +1, this woman is so alluring, she's irresistible to both men and women!"
"It's sooooo beautiful, I almost licked the screen just now."
"Su Daji is truly stunning, but am I the only one worried about the stage? In just this short time, the massive speakers, almost half a person's height, were nearly blown away, and I even saw the host being forced to move several steps by the wind..."
"Wait, it sounds like thunder!"
Boom—
Amidst the oppressive feeling of being pressed down by dense dark clouds, a bolt of lightning suddenly ripped across the entire sky, causing everyone to instinctively close their eyes and avoid the dazzling light.
The next instant, the drumbeats, like those that pounded on the heart, exploded higher and higher, making one feel as if it were the afterglow of thunder, or a scream that tore at one's eardrums, or even a bombardment like the appearance of gods creating the world.
It's the background music for the song "I Am the Empress".
Upon hearing the familiar musical prelude, the audience subconsciously reacted, struggling to open their eyes amidst the dense barrage of large raindrops, and instinctively looked towards the center of the stage.
A broad, silvery bolt of lightning snaked downwards, illuminating a large patch of gloomy sky and a dense, torrential rain curtain, revealing a massive golden dragon throne large enough to accommodate three or four people, with a silver-clad queen sitting proudly within it.
The gale, torrential rain, lightning, and thunder did not affect the stage design; on the contrary, they added to the powerful atmosphere of the stirring song, making it even more stunning.
It's Su Daji.
Before the audience could even process the breathtaking scene, two more women in phoenix robes emerged slowly from a blindingly bright spotlight.
It's Xiaoyu and Xu Zhenzhen.
Bang—
The music, loud enough to deafen anyone, reached a frenzied climax, the wind whipping through the microphone with the sound of torrential rain, a white lightning bolt flashing across the sky, and thunderclaps exploding in time with the drumbeats.
Stepping to the deafening music, Xu Zhenzhen snatched the microphone stand, drowning out the raging wind and rain, and responded to the music with a voice that sounded like it was being torn apart: "...eating human hearts, beheading good ministers, raising snake basins, destroying the world, everyone says I am a demon concubine."
"absurd!"
"absurd!"
"A load of utter nonsense!"
"With the hearts of the common people, I will cultivate granaries and persuade emperors to become empresses."
...
As that piercing voice exploded forth, all the contestants and viewers exchanged glances, including those watching on the other side of the live stream screen, and all felt a jolt in their hearts.
"Did they change the wording?"
"Not only that, the melody has also been rearranged!"
"I have to say, this change to 'I Am the Empress' is actually quite exciting!"
"I just don't know if it was Xu Zhenzhen or Su Daji who changed it!"
"I don't know why, but I have a feeling that this melody might have been changed by Xu Zhenzhen, in her usual style, but the lyrics are definitely not from Xu Zhenzhen's hand, but rather seem to be the work of Su Daji."
"Su Daji, isn't she the infamous femme fatale who brought ruin to the country?"
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