As soon as Meng Xiuyuan said this, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum still did not calm down. Instead, everyone was very curious and asked what was going on.
Helpless, Meng Xiuyuan had to start from the beginning, as if telling a story, and roughly told a few girls about the Great Wheel Ming King.
Meilan Zhuju didn't know Jiumozhi, so they didn't pay much attention to what Meng Xiuyuan said. They just thought it was that the Lord had done another great deed.
On the contrary, they were more concerned about little Gesang's story. They surrounded Meng Xiuyuan and said one by one:
"Lord, is it true what you said about the little girl on the plateau?"
"Can your Lord be able to make up such a cruel thing?
I'm only worried about what will happen to the girl in the end, whether she has really been murdered..."
"Don't worry, the Lord will take action himself, there will be no worries.
Lord, am I right?"
Meng Xiuyuan smiled slightly and nodded immediately. When the four girls saw him like this, they felt relieved.
While several people here were making noise, Wang Yuyan remained silent on the side, feeling quite emotional in her heart. She only thought that the world is impermanent. Jiumozhi, a ferocious and evil person, could actually realize it overnight and transform into something new.
An eminent monk.
She pondered for a long time, and then she seemed to have figured out something, and said to herself in a slow voice:
"It turns out that many things in this world seem unchangeable, but they are only a matter of one's own thoughts..."
Seeing Wang Yuyan's worried look, Mei Lan, Zhu Ju and Mei Lan Zhuju guessed that her mother had died and her grandfather was alone, so they felt sad and couldn't help but persuade her:
"Sister Wang, the deceased is gone, don't think too much about it.
Since you have entered Lingjiu Palace, and grandma sincerely accepts you, we are your family..."
Wang Yuyan heard the sound and shook her head slightly, indicating that this was not what she said. But when Mei Lan Zhuju asked her what was going on, she was unwilling to speak.
Seeing this, the four girls had no choice but to silently hold Wang Yuyan's hand to express comfort.
There was a bit of silence in the room for a while, no one spoke.
Under such circumstances, the girls did not stay in Meng Xiuyuan's room any longer, and soon went back to their houses to make preparations for today's selection of the consort.
…
When everyone met again at the gate of Xixia Palace, each of the five girls had changed into scholar clothes and turbans and pretended to be men.
Lingjiu Palace's disguise skills are also quite good. With a slight change in the faces of the five people, they really look like handsome young people. If they are not acquaintances, it is not easy to identify their identities.
"Lord, don't blame us.
In order to fulfill grandma's order, we can only snatch this princess from you.
What do you think of our appearance? Are we as handsome as you?"
Mei Jian winked at Meng Xiuyuan and said mischievously.
Meng Xiuyuan smiled slightly and did not talk to her. He just walked forward, handed the name card that Li Qiu Shui had prepared for him to the official of the Xixia Rites Department at the entrance of the palace, and entered the palace first.
When several girls saw this, they had no choice but to follow him quickly and enter together as his followers.
The Xixia Imperial Palace is not big, so Meng Xiuyuan and others followed the official and quickly arrived at the place. He thought that when the Xixia Emperor wanted to invite his bride, he would at least hold a banquet to entertain everyone, but he didn't expect that he was immediately arrested as soon as he entered the palace.
Was taken to a square.
On the square, there were more than a hundred young people who came to choose the prince-in-law. They were scattered everywhere. They were all gearing up, stretching their waists and kicking their legs, as if they were preparing for action.
"Lord, this is the news we have inquired about.
The princess of the Western Xia Kingdom actually wanted to compete in a martial arts competition.
Humph, that woman Li Qiu Shui is really cunning. She knew that Your Majesty is invincible in martial arts, so she took this method.
Why didn't she just name him and say that only someone named "Meng Xiuyuan" could win the prince's consort?"
The bamboo sword was attached to Meng Xiuyuan's ear and he said slightly angrily.
Meng Xiuyuan was waiting for a reply when he heard a familiar voice beside him.
"Brother Meng, Wang...Miss Wang, why are you here."
When he went to look for fame, it was Duan Yu who was rushing towards him with slight steps on the waves.
"Brother Duan" "Mr. Duan."
When Meng Xiuyuan and Wang Yuyan saw Duan Yu appear, they each said hello. However, the prince of Dali behaved as usual. He only said a simple hello to Meng Xiuyuan, and then began to stick to Wang Yuyan's side to greet him and ignore Meng Xiuyuan.
"Miss Wang, have you been eating enough and wearing warm clothes these days?" "Did Grandma Shantong give you any trouble that day?" "Everyone in the Lingjiu Palace is bored?" "What about the girls in the palace?
Didn’t they exclude you?”
Duan Yu missed her so much that he asked a series of questions like a barrage of questions.
Fortunately, Wang Yuyan was a gentle person. Although she was a little dizzy when Duan Yu asked her questions, she still had the patience to answer them one by one.
The plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums on the side couldn't help but snicker when they saw this. They exchanged looks with each other and thought about teasing the idiot. Unexpectedly, at this moment, another familiar voice came, looking for fame. It was Murong Fu who brought him.
With his four retainers.
"Mr. Meng, you are indeed here.
Seeing the position of the consort is really touching, even a master like you has some ideas..."
Murong Fu looked ugly, bowed his hands to Meng Xiuyuan, and then said reluctantly.
Just the opposite to Duan Yu, Murong Fu only had Meng Xiuyuan in his eyes at this time, and his eyes were fixed on Meng Xiuyuan, as if Duan Yu and Wang Yuyan didn't exist.
But you can't blame him, after all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Emperor of Xixia put up this formation obviously to let everyone present to compete in martial arts.
From this point of view, Murong Fu only said that even if he immediately gave birth to three heads and six arms at this moment, he would not be the opponent of Meng Xiuyuan in front of him.
Meng Xiu saw that he was like this, so he didn't want to explain more. He just greeted him "Mr. Murong" and ignored him, leaving Murong Fu standing there alone with his brows furrowed and his face full of sorrow.
At this time, the people in the field were almost all present, and only the sound of soldiers' armor was heard. A group of golden-armored guards holding halberds walked out, followed by a big man dressed as a general, holding a scroll in his hand, standing in front of everyone.
He recited loudly in front of him:
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Fa Tian responded, Guang Sheng Shen Wu, and the Emperor of Daxia said:
I highly commend you all for coming from afar as you were called, and I hope you will try your best to display your bravery. The best among them, even if they are not chosen as princes-in-law, can be hired according to their talents and awarded with official titles. Thank you very much!"
Immediately, the general put away the scroll respectfully, and when he spoke again, he was not as solemn as before, but explained in a normal tone:
"Everyone, according to the imperial concubine's will, today is to determine the position of the consort through martial arts.
However, the princess thought that it was not easy for you to come from thousands of miles away, so she did not set such strict restrictions.
In the competition later, you can not only compete by yourself, but you can also ask the accompanying experts to do it for you.
Everyone only needs to win ten games to be considered a winner..."
General Xixia was explaining the rules until now. Murong Fu's expression immediately relaxed and softened a lot. He secretly glanced at Meng Xiuyuan again and said that there was still suspense in today's battle between the prince-consort.
Everyone present had no objections to this martial arts competition. After all, under these rules, you can win regardless of whether you have force or power. No one can say anything wrong with choosing a prince consort based on this standard.
In this way, in Xixia's organization of general guards and first-class masters, everyone present quickly began to compete in batches. For a while, the sound of humming could be heard constantly in the field, which was very lively.
Meng Xiuyuan did not listen to the specific challenge rules and had no interest in understanding them. He just stood in the middle of an open space under the guidance of the Xixia military attache and was challenged by strange teenagers. Every time he waved his sleeves, he won.
Until Meng Xiuyuan won nine consecutive victories, Wang Yu suddenly found him, heard the sound and said:
"Mr. Meng, can you let me compete for you?"
Meng Xiuyuan was very surprised when he heard this, but it sounded like everyone had a chance to lose, so he did not refuse and nodded, wanting to see what this girl wanted.
After the two reported to the Xixia military attaché, Wang Yuyan stood in the open space for Meng Xiuyuan. The next moment, they saw Murong Fu being led in as the last opponent.
"cousin?!"
Murong Fu also had nine consecutive victories. When he was walking this way, he knew that he was going to face Meng Xiuyuan in this round. He just thought that he had lost and was thinking about his opponent in the next round. But he didn't want to go any closer.
Seeing that it was Wang Yuyan who was fighting for Meng Xiuyuan, I couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Wang Yuyan looked at his happy expression, her heart trembled, and she knew what he meant.
Recalling the several months she stayed in Lingjiu Palace for Murong Fu, she was silent for a while and finally asked:
"Cousin, do you really want to be the Xixia Prince Consort?"
Murong Fu didn't know Wang Yuyan's intention. He was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said to Wang Yuyan:
"Of course it is.
You should know that since I want to revive Great Yan, the position of Prince Consort of Xixia is extremely important to me.
Cousin, you helped me today and you were kind to me. I will definitely remember it.
Wait for me in the future..."
Before Murong Fu finished speaking, he saw Wang Yuyan shaking her head and immediately interrupted softly:
"Cousin, don't say any more.
If you want to be this prince-in-law, you have to be better than me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yuyan waved her palm to attack Murong Fu. Her body looked like a butterfly wearing flowers, floating and agile. Murong Fu never thought that Wang Yuyan would have such superb martial arts. He was very surprised for a moment and couldn't help but lose the opportunity.
He had to barely resist.
Meng Xiuyuan and Meilan Zhuju stood aside and watched the competition between the two. The four girls were quite emotional and couldn't help but chat softly:
"It seems that Sister Wang still can't let go of her cousin..."
"Well, Sister Wang was in a bad mood this morning, probably because she thought about this."
"It turns out that Sister Wang's indifferent attitude when she saw Murong Fu before was just an act."
"Hey, what do you think is so good about Murong Fu that he deserves to be liked like this by Sister Wang..."
After Meng Xiuyuan heard this, he did not agree with the four girls' views, because he saw a sense of determination in Wang Yuyan's moves, which was very different from her previous character.
At this time, the battle in the field has entered the final stage. Wang Yuyan's moves are getting faster and faster, and each move comes from a completely different martial arts routine. They hit Murong Fu's vital points directly, making Murong Fu unable to defend himself and almost falling immediately.
defeat.
"You?!" Murong Fu shouted in embarrassment and fear. He felt humiliated that he was going to lose to Wang Yuyan, but he was also worried that after this defeat, he would encounter some hidden master and lose his fortune.
Compete for the qualifications of the Prince Consort.
Wang Yuyan seemed to turn a deaf ear and immediately took Murong Fu's chest with her palm, intending to seal his acupuncture points with this move.
Between the lightning and flint, Murong Fu's eyes suddenly flashed, and he was overjoyed. Because he saw that although Wang Yuyan's move was extremely powerful, it had a very secret flaw because he was too impatient and lacked actual combat experience.
"Cousin, I'm sorry!"
Murong Fu's arms wrapped around her like a snake, and he did not hesitate to hit Wang Yuyan's throat hard.
He knew that as long as he implemented this move, Wang Yuyan would inevitably be seriously injured and the root of the disease would be caused. But at this moment, he could no longer think about that much. Compared with the position of the Xixia Prince Consort, Wang Yuyan really occupied a higher position in his heart.
Not much space.
"As expected..."
Just when Wang Yuyan was about to be hit, she suddenly trembled her arms, knocking Murong Fu's move away, then took two steps back and said indifferently.
Obviously, Wang Yuyan had already prepared to break the move, and the "flaw" just now was deliberately revealed to Murong Fu as a test.
"I..." Seeing that his killing move failed, Murong Fu was frightened and panicked, and could not speak for a while.
Wang Yuyan suddenly smiled slightly, her expression much more relaxed than before:
"Cousin, I wish you can really become the Prince Consort of Xixia and revive Dayan in the future."
After saying this, she turned around and left briskly without looking at Murong Fu.
…
After a while, the competition gradually stopped, and a dozen winners were selected from the crowd, including Meng Xiuyuan, Murong Fu, Duan Yu, and a Tubo prince.
The losers all looked sad, but they had nothing to complain about, so they had to be guided to eat and rest first.
A Xixia general walked up to the remaining dozen people and said politely:
"Her Royal Highness the Princess has an order, please all guests please move to the study room..."
Meng Xiuyuan nodded when he heard this. What he had been waiting for finally came.
In fact, the reason why Meng Xiuyuan was willing to come to participate in the selection of the Prince Consort today was just to take the opportunity to meet Li Qiushui.
He had already searched the Xixia Palace several times, but found no trace of the third senior sister.
Judging from Li Qiushui's temper, it was impossible to escape from the palace at this time. It was very likely that he was with Princess Yinchuan.
This so-called "inner study" is actually the most secret place in the Xixia Palace. It was originally Li Qiushui's old residence when he was young. As she got older over the years, she gave it to her granddaughter Li Qinglu.
Meng Xiuyuan took such pains to participate in the selection and met her through formal channels, which could be regarded as giving the third senior sister enough face.
Since he wanted to get the magical power but was unwilling to take it by force, it was appropriate for him to put in a little effort.