At this evening's palace banquet, if we were to say who was the most eye-catching person, it would be none other than our Xiao Wenrou, who has the aura of the heroine.

In order to shine at the palace banquet, she absorbed the luck of many men in the inn and exchanged it with her own system for the aura of the heroine.

Just to suppress An Xin, the leading female official, and become the most dazzling presence in today's palace banquet.

However, as the most dazzling existence, she was successfully looked at a few more times by the King of Nanyu, and also caught the attention of Concubine Huarui.

Participating in this palace banquet also allowed An Xin to know which countries had received invitations from the Kingdom of Nanyu.

The participating countries this time are Daqian, Beiming, Nanzhao, Dongli, Xijin, Liuli, Longyuan, Ningyun, Qixi, Linyue...

In addition to the Beiming Kingdom, which had just had friction with Daqian, there were also several small countries that were dependent on Beiming. When they saw An Xin and his men, they rolled their eyes and glared at them.

Teams from other countries treated An Xin and his group as normal, except that they were curious about the fact that there were women in their team.

However, just as there are small countries that depend on Beiming, there are also neighboring countries that depend on Daqian.

At the banquet, Nanzhao Kingdom, Dongli Kingdom and several other small countries surrounding Daqian all expressed goodwill to An Xin.

After the banquet, when leaving the palace, Xiao Wenrou approached Feng Yuxiu, Si Wei and others, wanting to take the opportunity to absorb their luck.

An Xin, who was walking in front, turned around and gave him a look with a smile.

Xiao Wenrou felt as if she was caught red-handed. She shuddered and felt a chill on her back. She quickly followed Si Han and dared not act like a troublemaker anymore.

An Xin's meaning was very clear. If Xiao Wenrou dared to reach out to the people around her, she would dare to absorb the luck that Xiao Wenrou had absorbed and then give it out.

After walking out of the palace gate, two leading teams came up to An Xin and bowed politely.

"Emissary An, I am Xi Munan, the prince of Duke Xi's Mansion in Nanzhao." The man pointed to the young man beside him and introduced, "This is my cousin Xi Shanruo."

When An Xin saw this cousin of Xi Shizi, the boy who made her little Lingling blush, she couldn't help but smile: "Nice to meet you."

Pointing to the group of people beside him, he said, "They are all the ones I brought here this time. You can get to know them more in the future if you have more contact with them."

An Rui, Liu Boxing, Feng Yuxiu, Si Wei, Shan Yongzhen, Chi Lan... all of them were very friendly to those who came over to Nanzhao to say hello, and nodded in return with a smile.

The man who walked over with Xi Munan bowed to An Xin naturally.

An Xin smiled slightly, guessing that this man must have been in the army for many years, and this salute was completely subconsciously performed by him.

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The man said in a steady voice: "The young general is Ye Yanci from Dongli Country. Our country is Daqian's eastern neighbor, and the two countries have always been friendly and helpful."

"Friendship and mutual assistance are good, friendship and mutual assistance are good. I hope your country can always be friendly and harmonious with our Daqian, and prosper together."

An Xin felt that she was not suitable to be a diplomat as greeting people was not her strong point.

However, for Nanzhao and Dongli, which are weaker than Daqian, the friendship, harmony and common prosperity that An Xin talked about are what the two countries want most.

So the three teams left here happily talking.

When the people in the Beiming Kingdom's team saw this scene, they snorted coldly and left indignantly.

Xiao Wenrou looked at An Xin's back, a hint of viciousness flashing in her eyes. She must find a way to get rid of An Xin, the woman who seemed to be her nemesis.

Si Han quietly looked at the woman who looked indifferent wherever she went but could not be ignored, with a dark look in his eyes.

The next day, the competition began.

There was no opening ceremony. Only an official from Nanyu who presided over the Cuju competition said something about the competition.

Many people from all around Nanyu came to watch Cuju.

This time, some countries sent one team, and some countries sent two teams.

The official presiding over the Nanyu Cuju competition said that for the sake of fairness, their country would not send a team to participate in the competition.

An Xin looked at the upright faces of the officials from Nanyu, raised his head to look at the blue sky, and the beautiful scenery at every step on the island. He began to wonder if he was overthinking.

At this time, the Nanyu official who was presiding over the meeting said, "A total of 21 teams from various countries have come, and one team may have a bye.

From now on, no matter whether they are from the same country or not, they will all draw lots at the same time..."

Everyone understood that if they were drawn against a team from their own country, they could only consider themselves unlucky.

At this time, the palace servant brought a bamboo tube with twenty-one lots stuck in it and asked the leaders of An Xin and his team to draw lots.

Shan Yongzhen, who was standing in the team, clasped his hands together and muttered devoutly, "Buddha, Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, please bless my teacher to get a bye, so that we can successfully make it to the next round."

"Shan Jiling, what are you talking about? Why do you have so little confidence in us?" Gongsun Lanyue said angrily.

Shan Yongzhen rolled her eyes at her and said, "I have the confidence, but my strength does not allow it!"

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To prove what he said, he pointed to the teams on the left and right.

Gongsun Lanyue and the others looked left and right in the direction Shan Yongzhen pointed, with sadness in their eyes. They put their hands together and began to pray.

"Gods and goddesses, please bless our team to draw a bye. I'll offer chicken thighs to you when I get back."

Chen Runzhi patted her brother on the forehead and said, "You have made great progress. You are willing to give away your favorite chicken drumstick."

"I don't want to either. Look at the teams on both sides. They have strong adult bodies." Chen Runze curled his lips, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

When he looked at his bamboo-like body, everyone understood the following words.

They are still teenagers around fifteen or sixteen years old. They are certainly not as strong as adult men. Not to mention their football skills, they can be knocked down on the court just by their physical strength.

After hearing what the Chen siblings said, everyone prayed more devoutly.

When An Xin saw this scene, the corners of his mouth twitched.

“……”This is too self-aware.

The appearance of Shan Yongzhen and Chen Runze made the people of Beiming and some teams who thought they were powerful express contempt and disdain.

Shan Yongzhen and his friends, who were well aware of the situation, expressed their understanding of the teams' whispered ridicule, but it was undeniable that they still remembered these people.

I'm going to write it down in a little notebook and put him in a sack when I get the chance.

Here An Xin and the others started drawing lots.

Perhaps everyone wanted to strike first, so they all took action.

However, An Xin thought that as long as she didn't draw a bye, it would be difficult for their little team to win no matter which team she drew, so the drawing of lots was not very urgent for her.

Standing aside, I admired the first few teams of people who squeezed to the front and drew lots. Some of them were relatively calm after watching.

Such people almost certainly did not draw the team from their own country, or their country has already sent a team, so it doesn't matter which team they draw.

Some of them looked unhappy after watching it. Needless to say, most of them were drawn to the other team from the same country.