"Every place is different, so of course there are some differences. The sensory experiences are also different. What do you think?"
Yi Zexuan raised an eyebrow: "I see."
Then, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn quickly passed, and the winner was Tie Niu.
The eunuch called him forward to receive the award. This time, Su Lixia saw him, paused for a moment, opened her mouth in surprise, and then quickly turned her head away to prevent him from recognizing her.
Yi Zexuan noticed Su Lixia's action, then took a closer look at Tie Niu, his eyes narrowing, wondering what was going on between the two of them.
"Do you know him?" Yi Zexuan asked.
"I don't know her, I don't know her." Su Lixia shook her head.
"Then guess who I was asking you about just now?"
Upon hearing this, Su Lixia was stunned. Are you trying to trick me?
"I don't know," Su Lixia shook her head again.
"Then how do you know you don't recognize them?"
Fortunately, Su Lixia changed the subject in time and explained, "Because I don't know any of these people, so I don't know any of them no matter which one you ask."
Yi Zexuan nodded and hummed in agreement, but he still glanced at Tie Niu. He could clearly sense that she knew this person, but unfortunately, he had asked the wrong question, which allowed her to take advantage of the situation.
Fortunately, Tie Niu was stage-frightened and didn't dare to look around in front of so many people. He quickly went down after receiving the award, otherwise he might have actually recognized Su Lixia.
After this round ends, it will be time for the competition among royalty and nobility, but this competition is the least interesting and full of fluff.
So Su Lixia muttered that it was boring.
Yi Zexuan overheard this and asked, "It hasn't even started yet, how do you know it's going to be boring?"
“It’s pointless for the ministers’ sons to compete with the royal family. They’re not exactly close friends. Even if one of them is exceptionally skilled, they wouldn’t dare to beat the royal family. What do you think?”
"I'm not entirely sure what the situation is here, but from what you've said, it must be like this in the Central Plains."
Su Lixia's lips twitched; she couldn't argue with him anymore.
"Can I not participate in this event? It's so boring!" Su Lixia patted Yi Zexuan on the shoulder.
"Does the princess wish to participate herself?"
Su Lixia waved her hand, "Going on stage would be the end of it..."
"I just want to go back and rest, that's all."
The lord, who was not far away, saw this scene and asked, "What happened? Is something wrong with the princess?"
Upon hearing this, Su Lixia was about to explain when Yi Zexuan interrupted her, saying, "The princess saw them competing and got itchy to try her hand at it herself."
Su Lixia looked at her in astonishment. What was going on?
"Haha." The lord laughed twice, then said, "That's right, I also want to try it myself. Why don't we have a match after they finish this round?"
Su Lixia looked at him with a bitter expression, and was about to speak, but she didn't want him to continue: "Look at what I'm saying, let's leave it at that, then Princess, go back and prepare, change into your riding clothes and come back, then they'll be done by then."
Su Lixia exclaimed in confusion, only to see Yi Zexuan stand up, pull Su Lixia up, and then say to his lord, "Then I will also go back and change my clothes."
Seeing this, the Empress quickly gave a signal to the person beside her, who then said that he had left as soon as Yi Zexuan and the others left, to arrange their long-planned scheme.
"I really just want to rest, I didn't say I wanted to play." Su Lixia jogged after Yi Zexuan, talking incessantly.
Even though she had already reached his doorstep, Yi Zexuan ignored her.
Su Lixia was almost hit in the face by the suddenly slammed door, and she bared her teeth as if she was about to bite.
"Princess, let's hurry back and change our clothes, or the prince will be waiting for us again."
“Fine, I won’t go then,” Su Lixia pouted.
Then, after returning home, she obediently changed her clothes.
"Your riding outfit is a bit tacky," Yi Zexuan said, looking at her attire.
Su Lixia's riding outfit was also all red, quite dazzling. Was she challenging an animal like a bull?
"No way! I think it's very beautiful. Look how exquisite the pattern is."
"It looks nice but is useless."
Su Lixia sighed softly: "You really don't know how to have a conversation. I can't keep talking to you."
On second thought, she felt it was an honor that he had told her so much, so she waved her hand and said, "Never mind, it's normal that you don't understand this."
"I would like to hear the details."
"Another day, another day, don't worry about these things." Su Lixia said, then passed him and strode forward.
"Am I particularly bad at speaking?" Yi Zexuan asked Yuan Ruo.
Then the latter shrugged and said, "I didn't think so either. What does it have to do with whether you understand or not?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan gave him a disdainful look and said, "Never mind." He then strode away.
Yuan Ruo was bewildered and asked, "What's going on?" Then she followed after him with small, quick steps.
When they arrived at the scene, the group hadn't finished yet, and the lord wasn't there either. They hadn't seen him wearing riding attire earlier, but he was wearing it today, and they wondered if it would suit him.
Not long after, the team started to return one after another. Unexpectedly, it turned out that the young masters had won, not the royals.
Su Lixia tensed up upon hearing the news. How could this work? The royal family didn't win?
Didn't the royal family win in the original book? What happened?
At this moment, the mini-system popped up and explained: "Due to a time-space distortion, the female lead is not here, which has caused the plot to change. If this situation occurs again in the future, it will be a reasonable phenomenon. Please do not panic too much."
Although Su Lixia was startled, she was relieved once the cause of the matter was resolved. The eunuch didn't even wait for the emperor to arrive and had the awards brought to them, which inadvertently drew ridicule from the royal family.
"Huh? Could it be that His Majesty left just to avoid giving you the awards?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd laughed instead of getting angry. One of them retorted, "In my opinion, the reason His Majesty left is not because of anything else, but because you were all too embarrassing. You couldn't even cheat properly!"
Upon hearing this, the royal children were displeased and began to question them.
What are you saying?
As they talked, some disagreements arose.
Su Lixia was speechless looking at them. How old were they to still be so childish? Did boys even know how to be happy?
"Do you think they won't start fighting?" Su Lixia asked.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a fight broke out below.
"You guessed right." Yi Zexuan chuckled.
Su Lixia scratched her head. "Brothers, you're awesome! Mighty..."
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