Ye Yibai hugged Hua Yanxi tightly and said in a low voice: "I can't afford it. Didn't you say that I am cowardly and afraid of ghosts? At this time, shouldn't I be hiding in your arms and trembling?"
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The corner of Hua Yanxi's mouth twitched slightly: "There's no one here, you're pretending to be a ghost."
"Anyway, if you say I'm afraid of ghosts, then I have to be afraid now."
"I'm counting to three. Get up quickly and don't get in my way."
"I don't. Unless you go out and prove to me that I'm not afraid of this kind of thing at all, otherwise I will trap you." Ye Yibai said, taking the opportunity to rub his hand on Hua Yanxi's waist again, his face filled with tears.
It's proud.
The two of them were chatting, but pitifully, the two palace ladies across from them were trying their best to pretend to be ghosts. They kept roaring until their throats became hoarse and they didn't even let out a single scream from the two in front of them.
In the darkness, they didn't know who the two people in front of them were. They only knew that their duty was to scare the people who entered this door.
Hua Yanxi moved her fingers from his back collar to his ears and grabbed them directly: "You were the one they asked to hold me back, right? If I go out late, you can take them all home later, right?"
Ye Yibai suddenly felt aggrieved: "How could it be? Aren't these levels easy for you? If you go out too early, they will definitely think that you designed the levels and know the tricks. It's better for us to stay inside and talk."
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When Hua Yanxi heard this, she thought it made sense. She glanced at the two palace servants pretending to be ghosts in front of her and said, "Go and bring some snacks and tea."
Playing ghost palace: no one told them that in addition to scaring people, they also need to work.
The two bared their teeth and grinned again. After being punched by Hua Yanxi, they immediately became more honest and immediately went to prepare snacks.
After finding a quiet place, the two of them sat down and began to rest, much to the dismay of everyone waiting outside.
From the moment Hua Yanxi and his wife entered, the ladies raised their heads and waited eagerly. Seeing that no one came out, they couldn't help but whisper.
The emperor sat high up and looked at him from time to time, looking worried.
"What exactly is there? Does such a big place require such a long walk?" the emperor asked anxiously.
In order to gain favor in front of the emperor, Liu Xiangyun immediately stepped forward and told them how they came out. She was even more eloquent when talking about the thrilling parts, leaving more suspense than the storyteller, which made the emperor frown even more.
"Nonsense, this is selecting a concubine, not training, how can you be so ridiculous?"
Liu Xiangyun took the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't send someone in to take out the fifth princess and the fifth prince, they must be trapped inside too."
Liu Xiangyun's words were simply stepping on Hua Yanxi.
I can't get out of the levels I designed. It's clearly to prevent the emperor from choosing a concubine for the fifth prince.
Before the emperor could speak, Xiao Huai said on the side: "The time has not come yet, so it is too early to say this. Since the fifth prince and concubine dare to go in, naturally they are not afraid that they will not be able to get out."
The emperor glanced at him and knew that he was from the fifth prince's residence. He snorted and said nothing, but he didn't say anything about asking anyone to find him.
Liu Xiangyun was too sensible to say anything, but she was thinking in her heart that if the fifth prince came out later and was frightened, Hua Yanxi would naturally not be able to eat and walk away.
After two full cups of tea, the emperor finally couldn't hold himself back and ordered: "Go in and bring the people out."
"Yes." Eunuch Wan responded, and just as he was about to lead people there, he saw two people coming out of the door of the back hall.
The emperor was shocked and stood up suddenly. He didn't even know that he knocked over the tea cup. He strode forward and said in panic: "What's wrong with Xiao Wu?"
The two people who went in holding hands turned out to be carrying each other on their backs. How could this not be confusing?
But Hua Yanxi walked up to the crowd, bent down and put the person on her back on a chair aside, and said calmly: "I fell asleep after eating."
"Asleep?" The emperor was still guarding Ye Yibai in confusion, as if he couldn't understand.
Hua Yanxi said without any psychological burden: "Yes, I made a fuss after going in and felt hungry. After eating, I felt sleepy and refused to leave. Seeing that the time was almost up, my daughter-in-law had no choice but to carry the person out first."
Ye Yibai, who was "asleep", pinched her hand secretly when no one was paying attention, obviously dissatisfied with what she said.
It was obvious that she suddenly tapped his acupuncture point when she was about to go out. If he hadn't been prepared, how could he have been betrayed like this by her?
Hua Yanxi didn't seem to expect that Ye Yibai woke up so quickly and heard her words.
Hua Yanxi said without blushing, "I have passed this level, which proves that other ladies are indeed not suitable for the position of concubine. As for the next two levels, I will also accompany several ladies, but now
Just start?”
"What's the beginning? I didn't see that Xiao Wu was so sleepy that he fell asleep. That's it for today. I'll take him down to rest first. We'll talk about the rest of the competition tomorrow." The emperor said solemnly.
Hua Yanxi was not surprised by this, but the other ladies had different expressions.
Didn't everyone say that the fifth prince should not be pampered? Why, today, when I saw it, the emperor was clearly defending everything. It was still early in the day, but because the fifth prince was sleepy, he postponed the competition to tomorrow.
When Liu Xiangyun was led down by the palace servants, she looked at the backs of the fifth prince and others leaving, her expression thoughtful.
Ye Yibai was helped to lie down in the palace by the palace attendants. As soon as the palace attendants left, he sat up straight and looked at Hua Yanxi dissatisfied: "Yanyan, you deliberately harmed me."
Hua Yanxi was pouring herself a cup of tea. When she heard what he said, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "What have I done to you?"
Ye Yibai snorted coldly: "Be good when you leave the palace, let everyone know that I am not only afraid of ghosts, but now I am also delicate."