The competition soon began, and it was held in an extremely spacious open space in front of the emperor, with the men's competition space on the left and the women's competition venue on the right. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The competition venue was guarded by officers and soldiers armed with weapons, and some tables and chairs were placed around it, and the children of noble or valuable families were seated, as well as the talented and beautiful women who participated in the competition, and they were all arranged to sit and watch the game.

As for the people who came to see the excitement, they were not qualified to meet in front of the emperor, so they could only stand around and watch in an orderly manner, but they were already very satisfied.

Because, not everyone can come in to watch the game, they are all people who are qualified to enter after paying silver, and some are still guests from afar, who can have a place to sit by spending a little more money, and can choose a place at the front for a little more silver.

The first thing to do is the competition of the piano in the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the first round of the primary selection is carried out first.

It is said that it is a primary selection, in fact, the talented and beautiful women who can come to the pre-imperial competition are all the best talented women and talents selected from various places in Dongzhao, and they naturally have some ability, but the people who have the ability from all over the country add up to not mention that there are still thousands of them, even after layers of screening, there are hundreds of people who can perform in front of the palace in the end, and it will be noon after the first trial.

"The first round of the competition is very simple, a group of 10 people plays the piano and plays the whole piece drawn from the box, which is considered to be a pass."

The officials presiding over the Hundred Flowers Festival stood in the center of the venue, looking at the musical instruments placed on the edge of the venue on the left and right, each of which has ten instruments, such as ten guzheng crosses, ten flutes, ten flutes, and so on......

The boys and girls of the competition have entered the venue, and after they have selected the guqin to be used, there will be eunuchs to help carry or put the instruments on the ten wooden tables.

"You send someone up to draw lots!" The presiding officer stood solemnly in the open space between the two venues, explained the rules of the game, and pointed to the bamboo tube on the wooden table next to him.

The ten girls looked at each other, and finally recommended a girl dressed in rich clothes as an example, and together with the polite young man who was elected on the other side, one of them drew a lot from the bamboo tube and handed it to the presiding official.

The official took the bamboo stick and looked at it, and announced loudly, "Women's group, please play "Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon Night", men's group, please play "Alpine Flowing Water", prepare!" Begin! ”

So after the sound started, Ling Shaofeng, who was sitting in a remote position on the emperor's platform, suddenly felt a noisy sound in his ears, it should have been a beautiful music, in the case of twenty people playing two tunes at the same time, the sound of the piano was mixed everywhere, the height was different, the speed was different, the good or bad was unpredictable, it would be interrupted for a while, and it would be continued, in short, it was two words, it was hard to hear.

Slowly, at first twenty people played together, then it became eighteen, then fifteen, and then, there were fewer and fewer people playing the piano, and some of the boys and girls who were affected by the confusion continued to play intermittently, and some gave up helplessly.

This competition seems to be not difficult, but in fact it is a very test of people's hearts, and in the end, only one or two people can play the whole song.

Next, the game is still continuing, the piano music competition in a group of ten people made the people on the scene dizzy to hear, their heads as if they had been beaten dozens of times, and they couldn't wait to leave the venue directly, but they were reluctant to let go of the combination of handsome men and beauties, and the silver that was spent.

Even the concubines sitting on the platform mostly covered their ears with their hands, eager to make those people stop.

The queen and Concubine Shu, as well as the other three concubines, did not cover their ears, but the frowning brows were also obvious, and it seemed that they were also poisoned by the sound of the qin.

Among the boys and girls who did not have a competition, many of them had nervousness and apprehension in their eyes, and they were all thinking that it was impossible for this kind of rule of competition to be unaffected, and what was the way to let them pass.

Of course, there are also people who are confident and confident, who also cover their ears and look at the young ladies who have been defeated one by one with contempt.

For example, the young ladies and sons of those important ministers' families, such as the two ladies of the Zhenguo General's Mansion and a prince, such as the two young ladies of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the young ladies of the Taiwei Mansion, and so on, these people also happen to be the beautiful and talented women who gave Ling Shaofeng a war letter.

They judged the women in the competition one by one, while leisurely drinking tea, not only not nervous, but even a little gloating, because, relying on the power of their families, they can directly participate in the finals without participating in the preliminary examination.

Ling Shaofeng is also one of the privileged girls, but Ling Shaofeng is obviously not as the daughters of those important ministers think.

Seeing that noon was approaching, the last group of ten boys and girls just finished the competition, and only two of them won the game and entered the semi-finals.

The presiding official glanced at the self-conscious emperor, and the queen mother who couldn't hold back her smile, and then looked at the people who seemed to have been beaten by frost, and said loudly, "The preliminary round is here......

So far, but before the two words could be spoken, they were interrupted by a cold female voice.

The presiding official was about to get angry, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the pale green figure of the future Princess Chen flashing, and he had already come to his side, and immediately respectfully clasped his fists, "I've seen King Chen's mansion, I don't know, what does Princess Chen command?" ”

Ling Shaofeng's veiled little face loomed, and Liu Yuemei raised her hand lightly, "This adult doesn't need to be polite, it's the concubine who is abrupt!" But ......"

Speaking of this, Ling Shaofeng couldn't help but look up at the emperor on the high platform, and King Chen, who was worried but was pressed in a wheelchair by King Xu, nodded lightly to signal him not to worry.

"However, please forgive your son for being rude, and if you say a word, your son suddenly interrupted this adult's words, for the sake of the justice and fairness of this Hundred Flowers Festival."

The emperor's gentle handsome face is a little interested, the ordinary and noisy game is annoying, or this daughter-in-law like a spring breeze is more interesting.

"Shaofeng said to hear it! How is it for the fairness and justice of this Hundred Flowers Festival! ”

The queen and Concubine Shu were shocked by the veiled girl's profound light skills, and when they came back to their senses, they looked at Ling Shaofeng's smug and calm appearance, and knew that she was about to make something happen again.

"Father, since this Hundred Flowers Festival is a national competition, then we can't let the people of the other three countries grasp the handle, saying that our Dongzhao royal family or officials use their power for personal gain, and let their children directly participate in the finals without going through the preliminary round, isn't this unfair and unjust for those talented and beautiful people who participate in the preliminary round?"

As soon as Ling Shaofeng's words came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and those young boys and girls who had just participated in the preliminary round and were brushed off all felt that what Princess Chen said was very true, and began to loudly oppose the children of those important ministers to directly participate in the finals.

Of course, the important ministers and their children hated Ling Shaofeng's many things, and immediately stood up respectfully and saluted the emperor, and refuted Ling Shaofeng's words.

"Your Majesty, the rules of this hundred festivals for a hundred years are like this, how can you say that it will change, besides, isn't Princess Chen also able to participate in the finals directly? On what basis to blame others! ”

"That's right, the emperor, the princess has a noble status, how can she have a preliminary competition like those ordinary people, isn't this a slap in the face of the princes?"

Those ministers who had children participating in the competition all immediately stepped forward to besiege Ling Shaofeng, and they couldn't wait to tear Ling Shaofeng apart.

Ling Shaofeng looked back at the emperor disapprovingly, and said firmly, "For the sake of fairness, Erchen is willing to participate in the preliminary round!" ”

In the entire main general's platform, only King Xu and King Chen supported Ling Shaofeng, and King Chen was a fool who didn't participate, so he could only support it with words, and pouted, "Shaofeng is right, what Shaofeng said is right!" ”

King Xu made an elegant and atmospheric example, standing in front of the emperor with his fists and saluting, and his words were sincere, "Father, the son thinks that the third sister-in-law is very right, since it is to select talents for the purpose of participating in the elite meeting of the four countries, then it should be fair and just, the Hundred Flowers Festival should not value the identity of the person, but should value the talent ability, and the son is willing to participate in the preliminary competition!" ”

As soon as King Xu finished speaking, Ye Xuan, the prince of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, also stood up, saluted the emperor from a distance, and hugged his fists, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Mrs. Ling said is very true, and the minister and the two sisters are also willing to participate in the preliminary competition." ”

At this time, two more handsome-looking girls made an exception and curtsied, "For the sake of fairness, the courtiers are also willing to participate in the preliminary competition!" ”

How could they actually be willing to participate in the preliminary round with civilians, but if they didn't participate, even if they won the first place in the future, they would be ridiculed by the world in the name of unfairness.

In this way, the unwilling Miss Ouyang family and her children also agreed to participate in the preliminary round, and Ling Shaofeng's net had just been cast. (To be continued.) )