Chapter 36 Oh my, I’m shy!
He wanted Lu Yao to plead for him.
However, before he could utter the second word, the secret guard beside Lu Yanshi took action.
His mouth was covered, he was dragged away, and beaten with thirty sticks.
His mouth was covered, so he couldn't even scream, and he was finally knocked unconscious.
"I don't want to hear this kind of person's excuses. The assessment continues!" Lu Yanshi announced with a gloomy face. The remaining nine people didn't dare to say anything and stood there obediently.
Those who made it to the finals were not too bad in academics, but none of them were particularly outstanding either.
Lu Yanshi sighed and asked Lu Yao to choose a few that she was satisfied with.
Then we prepared to enter the second round of assessment - competition.
Unexpectedly, before Lu Yao made her choice, Lu Li had already made the decision for her.
[Ah, Xu Ying can't do that. His mother only has him as her son, and he's already sixteen years old, but his mother still has to hold him to sleep! ]
Lu Yanshi:?
Lu Yao:?
Aren't you still breastfeeding at the age of 16? It's not ethical for a child of this age to still need his mother to hold him while sleeping!
The two of them silently drew a cross on Xu Ying's name.
[This Han Yi Jin likes to sneak around the casino. Will she steal the eldest sister's money to gamble in the future? ]
Lu Yanshi frowned.
This is the youngest son of Minister Han of the Ministry of Revenue, and he actually likes to go to casinos. This is not acceptable.
If he loses the bet in the future, won't that force Minister Han to embezzle funds from the Ministry of Revenue?
He immediately felt a sense of crisis and decided to focus on investigating Minister Han.
Lu Yao silently put Han Yi Jin's poem aside. Very good, this one can also be ruled out.
[Zhao Jianyang snores very loudly when he sleeps, which disturbs the eldest sister. If he snores so loudly, does he have a hidden disease? I don’t think this is a good idea.]
Lu Yao smiled as she listened. Ninth sister had thought about it very carefully and even figured out such a small matter.
Lu Li mentioned the shortcomings of several people in one breath, and Lu Yao listened to her advice and excluded those people.
In order to avoid arousing suspicion from her father and ninth sister, she also selected a few more people whose looks did not suit her preferences and eliminated them.
"Well, father, let's keep these four people." Lu Yao handed over the list.
Lu Yanshi looked at her and found that the people she excluded were the same as those Lu Li complained about.
Could it be that the eldest daughter could also hear what Xiaojiu was thinking?
He asked tentatively: "Why did you leave these people behind?"
"I don't like the looks of the other people." Lu Yao smiled shyly.
Lu Yanshi was stunned. He didn't expect that his eldest daughter cared most about appearance.
That's right, those who can enter the final selection are at least qualified in the six arts of a gentleman. After all, they will sleep together for so many years, so it's better to choose someone who looks like her.
Lu Yanshi did not continue to ask questions and directly eliminated those people.
Everyone was confused. They hadn't even met the princess yet, but they were eliminated just because they wrote a poem?
The remaining four people were divided into two groups to compete in martial arts. The winners of each group entered the final competition.
The winner is the prince consort.
Lu Li watched without blinking, fascinated.
[Lin Boyan actually lost on purpose. Does this guy really not want to be a royal consort? ]
[My eldest sister is kind and beautiful. It is your blessing to be her consort, but you deliberately lost. How despicable.]
When Lu Yao heard her inner thoughts, he became so angry that his face turned red.
Is she that bad!
After hearing this, Lu Yanshi's face turned ugly and gloomy.
OK, they actually fixed the game in front of him.
Just pretend that this emperor doesn't exist, right?
So after the first round of competition, Lu Yanshi issued an order: "The two losers will be sent to the border for training."
When these words came out, the two of them were dumbfounded.
Going to the border camp for training is like walking on the edge of a knife, and your life is at risk at any time. It is better to be the consort of the princess and be a leisurely gigolo.
"Your Majesty..." The two families wanted to plead for the child, but were interrupted by Lu Yanshi.
"You don't want to be a royal consort, isn't it because you are afraid that you won't be able to serve as an official in the court and serve Daxia? Now I give you a chance to go to the military camp for training, but you are unwilling to do so?" Lu Yanshi sneered.
The two men dared not to say no, so they could only kneel down and kowtow to thank the Holy Lord for His grace.
Seeing them in such a mess, Lu Yanshi felt much better.
Humph, what qualifications do they have to dislike his daughter?
Isn't it just a trivial matter that the son-in-law of the emperor cannot serve as an official in the court? He just changed this broken rule.
In the end, only Pei Zhiyu and Chai Weiqing were left as the candidates for the title of Prince Consort.
"Brother Chai, can you deliberately lose to me later?" Taking advantage of the break, Pei Zhiyu found Chai Weiqing.
"Are you crazy? Impossible, I don't want to lose to you. If I lose, I will be exiled to the frontier." Chai Weiqing shook his head frantically.
If the emperor had not issued that order before, we would have lost.
But now, he absolutely cannot lose.
"I'll give you one hundred taels of silver and you lose to me, okay?" Pei Zhiyu tried to bargain.
If Song Zhen hadn't deliberately defeated him just now, he would definitely not have made it to the finals.
He is extremely anxious now.
[Hey, this Pei Zhiyu dares to find someone to play a fake game, isn't he afraid that his father will throw him to the border. ]
There were only two candidates for sister-in-law left, so Lu Li naturally focused her attention on them.
Poor Pei Zhiyu thought his conversation was flawless, but he didn't expect that he was being monitored the whole time.
Hearing Lu Li's thoughts, Lu Yanshi and Lu Yao both frowned.
Wasn't this kid shocked by what happened before? He actually dared to fix a match.
[Oh, I misunderstood. This guy has liked the eldest sister for many years. He was afraid that he couldn't win, so he spent money to make her lose to him.]
[Hahahahahahaha, I'm afraid that my father will throw me to the border, so I'm determined not to do it.]
[It's over. This guy is going to lose in all likelihood.]
Lu Yanshi didn't expect that things would take such a turn.
Lu Yao was a little confused. Pei Zhiyu has liked her for many years?
How come she doesn't know anything about this?
After hearing what Lu Li said, she paid more attention to Pei Zhiyu.
Pei Zhiyu noticed that someone was staring at him, and subconsciously looked for the person who was looking at him.
Unexpectedly, I met Lu Yao's eyes.
He recognized Lu Yao at a glance, and his face turned red like a monkey's butt.
【Oh my, I’m so shy! 】
[What's the point of being shy? If you can't win, the position of the consort will go to someone else.]
Lu Li's complaints calmed down the shy Lu Yao.
The candidate for the prince consort has not yet been decided.
I don’t know if my father can hear my ninth sister’s thoughts.
Lu Yao bit her lip, seeming to want to say something but stopped herself.
Lu Yanshi announced the start of the competition without saying a word.
Pei Zhiyu gritted his teeth and stepped onto the fighting arena with his sword in hand.
"Brother Chai, please give me some advice."
Having said this, he took the initiative to attack.
But his martial arts skills were indeed not good enough. After only ten moves, he showed signs of being defeated.
Lu Yanshi's face turned black. This guy just wanted to marry his daughter, but turned out to be such a loser.
"The first day of the new year."
Lu Yanshi called the secret guard and whispered a few instructions.
Just when Pei Zhiyu felt despair, a small stone hit Chai Weiqing's knee.