The Rebirth of the Empress

Challenge him!

One Shen Yue song made everyone listen as if they were drunk and stunned. Women who have superior Qin skills will be loved anywhere and especially if this woman is beautiful. At least in front of the male side of the banquet, the First Grade students were too young but the Second and Third Grade youths paid a lot of attention to this side. Although in Guang Wen Tang, Qin Qing's beauty was ranked first but she had a proud temperament and was not as gentle and pleasant as Shen Yue.

"Your sister is playing very well." Feng An Ning reluctantly said, “I don't know where he hired his Qin teacher. Tomorrow I will also ask Mother to find me a famous Qin teacher for a lesson. ”

They were all at a young age when their desire to compete was the highest. Just like when Shen Miao had just become Empress, she took everything casually except for Fu XiuYi's heart where she tightly controlled it. As long as Fu Xiu Yi gave another woman a kind expression, she would start to worry. Moreover with all the truth and fiction in the Inner Palace, one would personally stumble and stab others. He had the temperament to take revenge that he received immediately and therefore offended many people. Right now, his temperament had not changed but he would not resort to methods that would injure himself.

“Mong-by the way, the Second Young Miss of the Shen family is a rarely seen beautiful woman with talent.” Everyone liked the beauty and Prince Zhou felt amazed by Shen Yue but he simply said, "It's a pity."

Although others might not understand what was unfortunate, there was no way some of the princes present did not understand. Shen Yue was born charming with boundless talent and had such a beautiful and eloquent person as a couple, it would probably be one of the greatest things in life. Unfortunately she did not crawl out of the womb of Furen Shen and was not the daughter of the First Household of the Shen family but of the Third Household.

Unfortunately Shen Xin who had military power in her hands, had an idiot daughter like Shen Miao. Although he looked a little different today, one's impression was not something that could be changed overnight. They believed that Shen Miao was being guided by someone behind the scenes and was still an idiot who knew nothing more.

After Gao Yan stepped off the stage, Pei Lang slowly calmed down. It was his first encounter in this life for such a situation. Although he did not understand it, he did his best to dispel his anxiety. By the time he heard Prince Zhuo's words, he couldn't help but look at the purple-clothed young lady by the side of the banquet lady.

He was holding a chess piece while immersed in his thoughts. Even though they were far apart and he could not see his eyes, he could feel that those eyes were filled with careful examination and profound intent, as if it was like when Shen Miao was staring at him. How could such a person be an idiot?

But people would not change overnight, except for Shen Miao who acted silly and stupid. Why would he do it?

Even someone as smart as him could not think of what was going on.

The group of 'selection' women ended with the completion of Shen Yue's 'Singing to the Moon. Shen Yue was naturally ranked first, but today he did not feel happy because of this but instead felt ashamed.

He glanced at Shen Miao and saw that Shen Miao was engrossed in his chess game and did not even see it. Shen Yue knew that Shen Miao had no skills in the four scientific arts and would know nothing about chess. To look so serious today, it was just deliberately pulling his face down. Chen Rou Qiu watched her expression and warned her in a whisper, "Yue-er, you've forgotten yourself."

Chen Rou Qiu's hope for his daughter was that regardless of any situation he should remain calm. Whether he was really calm or acting, he should always let others see a calm image. When a woman had a calm appearance, their temperament would be superior but if one was confused, she would not have the bearing of a noble family. To be honest, Chen Rou Qiu's method of teaching women was indeed good and he himself did very well. Unfortunately Shen Yue was still rather young and had yet to experience failure so he did not understand how to endure it secretly.

Hearing Chen Rou Qiu's warning, Shen Yue slightly pulled back the anger on his face. The waiter by her side served her a cup of tea, “May Young Miss drink a sip of tea to refresh your throat.”

Shen Yue took his tea and looked at the waiter. The servant smiled at him and Shen Yue understood in his heart before the smile on his face became real. He said, “It's kind of warm. I am very interested in the next 'challenge' category.”

As Shen Qing ranked first in 'chess', her mood was much more pleasant as she smiled, "This year there will be no difference between gender or grades, so the challenge should be more intense."

It goes without saying that the 'challenge' round is the most anticipated of the three. This is because in the 'draw draw' round, one may not draw the best, in the 'selection' round one will pick their best skill to perform. So in the 'challenge' round there will always be two people competing against each other to the best of their ability. Since women tend to be outwardly friendly, they should portray indifferent expressions to show that they do not appreciate the outcome of this round. But the man is different. Youths want to compare with others to rank each other and at this age where they are most competitive, it will always be the most intense during the annual 'challenge' round.

Indeed there are no challenges this year in literary topics so the spotlight falls naturally on military topics.

This practically isolates the possibility of female involvement. Although there was no shortage of military princesses who possessed martial arts skills, but compared to their male counterparts, there was a huge difference and thus one would not succeed.

But people were surprised to see that from the men's side of the banquet, Cai Ling stood up first and went up on stage.

The examiner asked him what field he was challenging, he pointed to a piece of paper that showed shooting arrows and said, "Shooting arrows from a distance."

That's clear to everyone. This master, Cai Lin, knew nothing in literary matters but was considered outstanding in military skills. Where his shooting skills were the best as he could shoot his target at any moment and even ranked first in the academy exam last year about shooting arrows.

Who will he challenge today? Among the spectators, there was no one more outstanding than him in shooting arrows from a distance.

Cai Lin stuck out her neck and suddenly her hand pointed towards the side of the banquet lady.

When everyone saw that he was pointing towards the female side of the banquet and not the male side, they were shocked. When they finally saw clearly who he was pointing at, their jaws gaped and even the discussion came to a halt.

He also deliberately shouted loudly, “I want to challenge him, Shen Miao!”

The purple-clothed young lady who was immersed in the chess game raised her head and looked straight at the person on the stage with clear bright eyes. His expression did not seem to fluctuate and there was no mistake in his actions, as if this electrifying sentence was just an ordinary greeting that he did not need to answer.

Chen Rou Xiu frowned. He had taught Shen Yue wholeheartedly but Shen Miao seemed to be the one who learned to keep his composure.

In the distant pavilion, the handsome young man who was casually drinking tea suddenly spurted out everything and there was a hint of surprise in his reckless expression, "Are the boys from the Cai family crazy?"

Shen Miao stood up. At a chess game on the table, black pieces spread across the board and approached it.

The first pawn has been sent.

He took a white piece and put it down. The black pieces were swallowed and he threw them gracefully into the bamboo basket.

"accepted." He answers.