Chapter 586: Hammer His Dog Head
As another heavy snow fell in the capital, the much-anticipated third round of tests arrived.
After the three noble ladies were summoned into the palace, they found that the emperor was also there today.
Xiao Jin, dressed in a dark dragon robe, sat on the dragon throne. His extraordinary bearing made the three noble ladies' hearts flutter and their minds become confused and dazzled.
However, Su Ying acted in a friendly manner and asked the kneeling ladies to stand up.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of these ladies?"
Xiao Jin turned his dark eyes towards Su Ying, wondering when she had mastered the art of smiling without showing any real smile.
He nodded expressionlessly, "Very good."
"I think it's a good idea too. Today is the final test. As long as all three of you pass it, you can stay in the palace."
Hearing this, the three of them were so nervous that they dared not even breathe. Now the Empress was the only one in the harem, and it wouldn't be too bad if she could really stay.
As Su Ying spoke, she had someone bring up the dark box. There was a hole on the top of the box, just big enough for a hand to fit in.
"For this final stage, I want to test your courage. As members of the royal family, you must not only have extraordinary physical strength and vision, but also extraordinary courage."
As soon as Su Ying finished speaking, Zhou Qing stepped forward and said, "There is something deadly in this box. What the three ladies have to do is to find a small red ball in the box."
The three people's faces changed slightly, which meant that they had to risk their lives to find a red ball in the box!
But Zhou Qing didn't give them too much time to get scared. "Three ladies, let's get started. You only have a quarter of an hour. If you can't find the ball within a quarter of an hour, it will be considered a failure."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Qing stepped aside and revealed the three boxes in front of the three people.
The three men's faces turned pale and they were afraid to step forward, but time was limited and they would fail if they didn't go.
The Queen was trying to scare them, right? How could she let them actually die in the hall?
Thinking of this, a bolder one walked up to one of the boxes, gritted his teeth and reached his hand in.
Her heart almost rose to her throat, and when her fingertips touched the cold liquid, she quickly retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted.
"ah!"
The two ladies who were about to step forward were so frightened by her scream that they almost fell to the ground.
"What, what happened? What did you touch?" asked the little girl in red with trembling lips.
The bold lady's breathing became heavy, "Water, it's water."
"Don't be afraid, it's not a powerful thing." Su Ying soothed softly.
But it's obviously of no use.
Seeing that half of the time had passed, they would fail if they didn't find the ball. It was not easy to get to this point among hundreds of carefully selected people. If they failed, it would be really unbearable!
The three of them once again mustered up their courage and stepped forward. Just as they all reached their hands in, there was a sudden noise outside the hall, and a group of men in black rushed in with bloody swords.
"Dog Emperor, give me your life!"
The assassin pounced towards Xiao Jin without saying a word.
This sudden change happened too quickly, and no one in the inner hall could react. They watched the eunuchs in the inner hall being beheaded by the assassin's sword. Only then did the three young ladies come to their senses, screaming in fear and trying to escape.
Su Ying narrowed her eyes, kicked away the dragon table in front of her, flew forward and started fighting with the assassin.
"Protect the emperor!" Su Ying shouted angrily and punched the assassin in the face.
“Ahhhhh, help, help!”
The screams of the young ladies and the sounds of Su Ying fighting with the assassin mixed together, making people feel cold all over.
Xiao Jin was surrounded by the imperial guards who rushed in, and soon the assassins were captured by Su Ying and the imperial guards.
The assassin was taken away by the imperial guards, leaving streaks of blood all over the inner hall.
The three young ladies were so frightened that their faces turned pale when they saw the body lying on the ground.
Su Ying wiped the blood off her hands expressionlessly and asked the eunuch to clean the inner hall immediately.
The eunuch moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye the inner hall returned to its previous appearance. However, no matter how much incense was burned, the strong smell of blood still permeated the air and made people feel sick.
Su Ying had already returned to her seat and sat down. "Zhou Qing, go and bring three bowls of calming tea for the three ladies to drink."
"Yes, madam."
The calming tea was brought to the three young ladies, but when they looked at the thick dark tea, they thought of the bloody scene just now.
"Ugh!" Someone couldn't help but cover his mouth and vomited.
During the whole process, Su Ying sat quietly in the chair and watched, and only spoke softly after the three of them had completely recovered their breath.
"Are you scared?"
The three of them had pale faces and were speechless.
"Then do you know how many times the emperor will experience something like this in his lifetime?"
"Mother, mother, please forgive me. It's, it's my fault that we are useless..."
Su Ying raised her cold eyes slightly, "You should not have forgotten what I said I would test you today. Courage. As the emperor's people, what is the first thing you should do when the emperor is in danger?"
The three of them had trembling lips, but what came to their mind was Su Ying's figure rushing out without hesitation.
Protect the Emperor...
When encountering danger, the emperor's men should come out immediately to protect him.
"Have you figured it out? The three boxes only contain ice water, and the appearance of those assassins is my real test for you. The role of a woman is not just to persuade a man. You have failed the test, so leave the palace."
The three of them fell to the ground, but for some reason, they didn't feel any regret for not being able to keep them.
"Yes, thank you for teaching me. I'll take my leave now."
After the three of them left, Xiao Jin, who had been holding his hand, finally held Su Ying's hand, looked at her seriously and said, "If something like this really happens, I will never let you rush to the front."
Su Ying felt the warmth in his palm and held his big palm with her backhand, "Don't you think it's a pity that the beauty didn't stay?"
"It would be abominable if you were upset because of others."
Su Ying chuckled, "I don't care about this matter. You can handle the troubles later by yourself." Her attitude was very clear. If you want to enter the palace, you have to pass her test, otherwise go find Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin took her hand and stood up and walked out of the palace, "Well, if anyone dares to bother you again, I will beat his dog head off."
"Xiao Jin, you are becoming more and more violent."
"Otherwise they will think that my fist is not hard enough."
"Ha ha ha ha."
The three young ladies were quickly sent out of the palace. Their families had been waiting outside the palace since early morning and immediately went to greet them when they came out.
"What, what happened? Why does she look so bad?" The one who spoke was the wife of the Imperial Observatory. She was surprised to see her daughter's pale face that couldn't even be covered by makeup.
"Mother, mother, I, I don't want to enter the palace, I don't want to enter the palace!"
(End of this chapter)
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