Chapter Ninety-Seven: Extraneous Branches

"Before the finals started, there were shameless people who wanted to celebrate in advance, which is really not ashamed!"

At this time, Princess Wuxian appeared behind the three of them at some point, and Xiao Zilin bowed when she heard the words and said, "Zilin has seen the eldest princess." ”

"Sister Zilin, tonight's first name is not necessarily the third sister, you should compliment her first!"

A touch of embarrassment flashed on Xiao Zilin's face, and then disappeared, and said: "The eldest princess misunderstood, Zilin just came to say hello to the princess and Princess Wukang, I haven't seen my sisters for a long time, I miss it very much!"

Princess Wukang saw that Princess Wuxian was disrespectful and showed no mercy, so she sneered at each other: "Our sisterhood is just a deep reminiscence, do we need the eldest sister to take care of it? It's really a joke, the dog takes the mouse, meddles in things, it seems that some people want to compete for the first place and want to go crazy!"

Princess Wuxian pointed at Wu Kang and said angrily: "You must not be too complacent, I will compete with you on the field, and wait to see the good show!"

"If you have the ability, even if you let the horse come, I'm afraid you won't succeed. ”

Seeing this, Xiao Zilin didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the two, so he smiled faintly and said: "Zilin retired first......"

After saying that, he drifted away.

Princess Wuxian has been haunted by Princess Wukang since she was slapped by Princess Wukang in the afternoon, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, at this time she quarreled when she disagreed, and she poured oil on the fire, so she turned around and walked to Xiao Zhen, knelt down and said: "Father, if it is peaceful today, the Quartet is stable, the wind and rain are smooth, and the country and the people are safe." This year's Qixi Festival is even more different from the past, since the father took the ancestral treasure as the first prize, Erchen thought to himself, the difficulty of the finals should be slightly increased, replaced with a nine-hole needle. The so-called life two, two life three, three life all things, all things change, nine nine eighty-one and then recycle to one, just in line with the number of Taoist ninety-nine. Then throw the nine-hole needle through the needle building, and the contestants will thread the needle in the air according to their ability, wouldn't it be better?"

As soon as she spoke, everyone in the audience gasped, you must know that in previous years, most of the seven-hole needles were used, and they were worn within a limited time.

"This ......" Xiao Zhen was silent, with a look of hesitation on his face.

Princess Wukang expected that Princess Wuxian would offer this plan at this time, and she came at herself, and said: "Father, the emperor, and the sons and daughters also have this intention, increasing the tricks and difficulty, so as to reflect the difference of the Qixi Festival in the palace." ”

"Since Princess Wu County and Princess Wu Kang have this proposal, it is not unavoidable. Come on, let's do it according to the wishes of the two princesses!" Xiao Zhen saw Princess Wukang, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he paused for a moment and suddenly said very seriously, "The aerial needle piercing competition is just to learn skills, and the point is set until the end, and there will be no casualties." The palace guards and harem attendants are always on standby, and they must take all possible measures to ensure that nothing goes wrong, otherwise you are the only one who asks!"

The departments of the inner court received the order and went to prepare for the relevant matters.

In the main hall, Princess Wukang and Princess Wuxian looked at each other, and they could feel a strong ** smell.

The princess of the Great Wall walked over at this time, pulled the two apart, and whispered: "They are all sisters in the family, why fight around, if the father and the emperor know, they will be furious!

If you can pray calmly and sincerely tonight, you will not only get a good marriage, but also become more ingenious and beautiful. Therefore, don't worry about trivial things, hurt the harmony, and anger the Cowherd and Weaver Girl in the sky, everything will come to naught. Go and get ready, the competition is about to begin. ”

Hearing the Great Wall princess persuade her so hard, Wu Kang and Wu Xian reluctantly left separately.

"Although the princess of the Great Wall is the second princess, she does not have the rudeness of Princess Wukang, nor the nonsense of Princess Wuxian, but she is more mature, stable and elegant, knowledgeable, and understanding, which is like a royal princess and a famous lady. ”

Li Ji secretly admired in his heart, and couldn't help but look at the princess of the Great Wall a few more times, only to see that she was wearing a light pink dress, long to the ground, with a thin waist restrained by a cloud belt, and even more unexpected, her face was extremely gorgeous, with red lips and bright teeth, a green silk combed into a Chinese bun, beautiful and graceful, the Hunan skirt was half exposed, the bow shoes were small, the green sleeves were slightly comfortable, and the wrist was long, like a fairy who did not eat fireworks in the world.

When the princess of the Great Wall saw that there was a little eunuch who had been staring at her, she couldn't help frowning slightly, her eyes were like autumn water, her eyes were like horizontal waves, her brilliance turned skillfully, and she glanced at him lightly, so frightened that Li Ji hurriedly lowered her head and left in a hurry after Princess Wukang.

"When did Wu Kang have such a little eunuch beside him who didn't know how to be polite?"

The princess of the Great Wall was slightly shocked in her heart, although this little eunuch was young, she was magnificent, standing among her subordinates, as if standing out from the crowd, different.

Although he was a little confused, he didn't think much about it, so he lowered his eyebrows, shook his lotus step gently, and returned to his seat.

At this time, there was a burst of laughter like the moon in the main hall, and Xiao Zhen asked, "Twelfth brother, who do you say will be the winner tonight?"

"Brother Huang, according to the humble opinion of the minister, Princess Wukang will be the first. ”

"The wild girl's strength is indeed good, but she can't hold her breath, she may not be able to get the first, the twelfth brother should not think that I am used to her, so I will talk perfunctory. ”

"Brother don't dare!"

As he was talking, he only heard the sound of gongs and drums, and shouted with the eunuch: "Please invite the five finalists to enter the needle floor, and the finals of the needle fighting have officially begun!"

I saw the princess of Wuwu County, the princess of the Great Wall, the princess of Wukang, the princess of Jiangxia, and the lord of Shanyin County standing in the needle tower in turn, waiting for the battle.

At this time, the sky was suddenly covered with silver embroidery needles, as thin as hair, only to see the five girls waving the multicolored threads, one dodge, and then they were all in the air to thread the needle.

Li Ji now knows that a small embroidery needle still has such a way to play, and the aerial needle is not only a test of speed, accuracy, strength, but also a test of skill and body method, etc., which is indeed not simple. If it were him, he would have been pierced by silver needles all over his body.

Looking at the delicate figures flashing in the field, Li Ji said secretly: "I can't imagine that the crazy girl is arrogant, but once she gets serious, she threads the needle and leads the thread, and uses her hands and feet at the same time, and her skills are extraordinary." Although he is young, he can also be among the ranks of martial arts masters, which shows that the world's No. 1 embroidery village of the Zhang family in Longmen, Suzhou is not in vain! On the other hand, Shennong Villa is also a Taoist spiritual cultivator, famous in the world, and the spirit conference is about to be held, with his existing skills, I am afraid that he will not even be able to enter the preliminary competition. ”

In this society, men and women should be equal, break stereotypes and bad customs, and sometimes, there are some things that women do better than men.

The more Li Ji thought about it, the more ashamed he became, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look around at everyone, only to see that everyone was amazed by the ethereal and light talents of the five girls in the competition.

Xiao Zhen, who was sitting upright on the dragon chair, also showed a look of approval again and again, and secretly said: Wu Kang has indeed grown up, and now he is slim and elegant, and his skills are extraordinary, but he seems to have the demeanor of the year.

Thinking of this, my heart twitched, and my wrinkled face suddenly became gloomy, and the hands between my sleeves were already tightly clenched.

Princess Wuxian caught a glimpse of Princess Wukang descending slowly, dancing very lightly, and flowers and leaves falling from time to time, like a goddess scattering flowers, gorgeous and colorful.

The falling flowers on the ground began to fly slowly, colorful and circulating, flying to the air petals, fluttering and sprinkling, one after another, dancing and spinning, peach and white, fireworks are empty.

The jade hand fluttered and danced on the silver needle in the sky, silently passing through the multicolored thread!

Those scattered residual leaves and fallen flowers have been spread all over her feet, and a trace of cunning appeared on Princess Wuxian's face, and suddenly a silver needle with a dark blue glow in her sleeve came out of her hand, silently, and went straight to Princess Wukang.

Princess Wukang, who was busy threading needles in mid-air, had no idea that a deadly silver needle with a fierce dark energy broke through the air.

Li Ji's ears and eyes at this time were already different from ordinary people, and suddenly an extremely subtle sound of breaking the air stabbed towards Princess Wukang, staring at it, shocked in his heart, and shouted: "Be careful that there is a needle behind your back." ”

Princess Wukang was stunned when she heard this, and she saw the silver needle shining with a cold cross light, and galloped over, secretly saying that it was not good in her heart, and her figure stagnated in the air for a while.

Seeing that the silver needle was flying from the direction of Princess Wu County, she immediately understood that she did it, and in a fit of anger, she hit her backhand, and the silver needle bounced back.

I only heard the princess of Wuxian snort and slid down from the air, everyone was shocked, but fortunately, the palace guards around were quick and flashed to catch it, so they didn't fall to the ground.

Princess Wuxian covered her arms and glared at Princess Wukang with angry eyes.

At this time, the big gong and drum suddenly sounded, and the game ended.

The five eunuchs held purple sandalwood trays in their hands, walked up to the five women in turn to collect nine-hole needles and threads, and then brought them to the emperor Xiao Zhen and the empress.

Xiao Zhen said slowly: "Tonight's nine-hole needle threading is really unique, and it is indeed exciting. Now the results are announced, the fifth princess of Wu County, the fourth princess of Wukang, the third princess of Jiangxia, the second princess of the Great Wall, and today the laurel is the lord of Shanyin County. ”

As soon as the results were announced, everyone was in an uproar.

Everyone looked at Xiao Zilin, who was silent, in disbelief, when she didn't speak, she was like a wisp of ghost standing there, her cold eyes were terrifying.

"Congratulations to the ...... of San'in Prefecture"

When everyone came back to their senses, they all congratulated this inconspicuous girl.

As I said, I gave the ancestral treasure "Yin Fu Jing" to praise his talents, and hoped that you would be loyal to the country, benefit the people of Li, and carry forward the legacy of the ancestors. ”

Xiao Zilin knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for the reward." ”

Then he said to Princess Wukang, Princess Wuxian, Princess Changcheng, and Princess Jiangxia: "Thank you for your concession." ”

The master of ceremonies and eunuchs at this time hold a long nine inches wide and eight inches of mahogany flower carved ancient box, the wood color is reddish bronze, the structure of the falcon, the four corners can be seen clear swallowtail falcon, five carved decorations, pavilions and pavilions, the sail mast towers, the knife is smooth, the god has both, the copper lock is outside, although the surface is mottled with years of erosion, but the structure is firm, the lines are not moving, as if it is natural.

Xiao Zilin hurriedly bundled his clothes and took it with both hands.

"This holy relic has not been opened for many years, and today it will reappear in the sky, God bless the Great Qi, the country will be long, and I will cherish it!" Xiao Zhen looked at Xiao Zilin, and then looked at Princess Wukang, and a trace of loss rose in his heart.

Xiao Zilin said respectfully: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Zilin will be properly treasured, and always remember the emperor's grace!"

In a burst of congratulations, Xiao Zilin quietly retreated, sat down in the seat, and opened the mahogany flower carving ancient box to see, which turned out to be a book written by the heavenly seal, with the three words "Yin Fu Jing" on it.