Later, Twilight grew up a little more, and realized that even if she practiced martial arts to be unparalleled in the world, she would not be able to fight side by side with her father and fight in the north and south - just because she was a woman. Later, the boys who practiced martial arts with her grew taller and stronger, and she often couldn't beat them, so she gradually lost interest in martial arts.

"A man with the best martial arts can become a general, but what will a woman with the best martial arts become?" When Twilight begins to think about this question, she gets an answer: "It's going to be the queen......"

The figure that walked towards me in the backlight many years ago came to my mind again.

So Twilight picked up the sword again.

But no longer for the father, but for another person.

Maybe one day in the future, that person will also be cornered by enemies like the vicious dog when he was a child. At that time, I wished I could be by his side......

Help him, protect him.

When the playoffs came three days later, Shen Yan'er never saw Concubine Wan until the end, but Xiaoqing asked Yi Xiangxi to plead with Phoenix and secretly came to the Hailsnow Palace to see Shen Yan'er once. She knew that Shen Yan'er's three-legged cat's kung fu couldn't even kill a mouse, how could she go to the martial arts competition? So kindly persuaded Shen Yan'er to quit. turned out to be persuaded by Shen Yan'er later, and she was full of energy to cheer Shen Yan'er before leaving.

On the day of the competition, Shen Yan'er came to the martial arts arena where the ring was built with Jing Hao's company. Concubine Wan, Xiaoqing, and Miao Pu had already arrived, some of them were moving their muscles and bones, and some were wiping their weapons. All of them were real swords, with sharp edges shining in the strong sunlight. It emits a dazzling glow like a sharp needle.

The ring is directly opposite a three-story building, where the subjective battle seat is. Although there is not even a single figure now, the two chairs in the center covered with bright yellow satin cushions reveal the mystery of who will sit there later--there are the seats of the emperor and the queen mother.

There are more than 20 other luxurious chairs neatly arranged next to these two seats, which look very solemn, and one of the seats should be Phoenix Nanhua. There are also seats on the slightly lower small buildings on the left and right sides of the ring, but the back of the chair and the armrests are carved and inlaid with jade, which is beautiful and prosperous, and should be prepared for the concubine of noble status. If Concubine Wan didn't run today, she would have been the guest of honor in those positions.

The re-election of the show girl has always been held at this location. Today because it's a four-person scuffle. So the ring has been doubled beforehand. Xiaoqing, Miao Pu and Wan Guifei have long been accustomed to the bricks and tiles here, only Shen Yan'er is completely unfamiliar with this environment.

"Miss, I think they all seem to be very powerful, you must be more careful......" The voice trembled quietly, and Shen Yan'er was more nervous. For the past two or three days, she has been frowning sadly. Didn't even sleep well. always sighed at Shen Yan'er.

Shen Yan'er nodded. After whispering a few words, he waved goodbye to Jinghao. There are only four contestants left around the venue, and everyone else has to leave. Even Concubine Wan's henchman Izumo didn't appear, and Jinghao was even less qualified to stay and serve Shen Yan'er.

After quietly leaving. There was a solemn silence around the venue.

The four candidates had their own thoughts and expressions. Miao Pu must have received the order to "kill Concubine Wan", and his whole body exuded a suffocating cold killing intent. Xiaoqing always cast a concerned look at Shen Yan'er, as if she wanted to talk to Shen Yan'er, but because of Wei Shixuan's identity, it was inconvenient to be too close to Shen Yan'er.

As for Concubine Wan, she hadn't glanced at Shen Yan'er from beginning to end, but had been observing the hostile Miao Pu. She is already acutely aware that Miao Pu, a mysterious woman of unknown origin, will become her most dangerous enemy in the ring today.

After a while, the number of people in the stands gradually increased. First, the concubines sat on the chairs on the left and right sides in twos and threes, and then a man dressed in an official mansion ascended to the front stand. Shen Yan'er kept shouting "so-and-so has arrived" from the eunuchs above her head.

At this time, Shen Yan'er and the other three were sitting in the four seats facing the main stand under the ring. I don't know how long it took, but all the seats in the stands were filled. The spectators, who were estimating the time, ended the discussion with tacit understanding and entered a state of silent waiting. At this time, Shen Yan'er finally heard the eunuch's highest-pitched voice-

"The emperor has arrived, and the queen mother has arrived."

So there was a crisp and neat standing sound in the stands, and all the officials and concubines knelt on the ground with uniform movements. Shen Yan'er also hurriedly learned the appearance of Concubine Wan, Xiaoqing and Miao Pu beside her, and lay on the ground respectfully.

At this time, there was a neat and loud shout from the stands of Shen Yan'er around the front, left, and right: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" When Shen Yan'er, who was in a panic, just reacted and wanted to shout, the others had already finished shouting.

Next, the loud-voiced master of ceremonies and eunuchs shouted "Zhongqing Ping" and "Give a seat" for Feng Feng Ke. Shen Yan'er also wanted to stand up, but found that Wan Guifei and the others were still lying on the ground and did not move. Just when Shen Yan'er was wondering, she suddenly heard a well-trained and neat footsteps getting closer and closer—it seemed to be a team of guards.

Shen Yan'er raised her head slightly, peeked at it, and never expected to see the figure of Phoenix Ke walking towards the ring under the escort of the guards. There is also a woman beside Feng Feng Ke who is similar to Twilight Xin's facial features and has a luxurious temperament, which must be the Queen Mother Twilight Caizhu.

It turned out that the emperor and the queen mother did not go directly to the main stand, but first sent blessings to the show girls who participated in the election. As the commander of the harem, the queen mother dipped her fingertips in a bowl of water held by the eunuch with her fingertips wearing exquisite gold finger covers, and then sprinkled the water on the top of the show girl's head. While whispering in the voice of the show girl, he helped the show girl up from the ground.

After Concubine Wan, Xiaoqing and Miao Pu were helped up by the Queen Mother in turn, it was finally the turn of Shen Yan'er, who was at the end of the line. However, at the moment when Shen Yan'er raised her head and looked at the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother gasped as if she had seen a ghost.

The Queen Mother's violent reaction startled Shen Yan'er. Even Phoenix Ke, who was standing behind the Queen Mother, noticed that the Queen Mother's expression was abnormal, revealing a puzzled look.

After a moment's pause, the Queen Mother realized her gaffe. She quickly calmed down, smiled and blessed Shen Yan'er, and then ascended to the main stand with Phoenix Ke.

Looking at the back of the Queen Mother walking away, Shen Yan'er didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Without anyone to explain, after a while, Shen Yan'er guessed the answer by herself.

Since Twilight could recognize that she looked like Concubine Hui at the beginning, the Queen Mother, who had a deeper grudge with Concubine Hui, would definitely be able to recognize it. The reason why the Queen Mother was so frightened just now must have thought that she had seen Concubine Hui's ghost.

Amid the shouts of the master of ceremonies, the four candidates stood in the four corners of the ring.

"The hour has come! The joust begins—"

When the sun was directly overhead, another eunuch on the drum tower raised his gavel and struck the gong that announced the beginning of the contest in a loud shout. (To be continued......)