Late autumn, dusk, in the courtyard of Taoyao Pavilion.

Yan Guiwan and Xu Moqing are going to have a competition here, the result of this competition is very important, and neither of them dares to underestimate the enemy, because those who underestimate the enemy will lose!

Xu Moqing was dressed in a smoky blue full-color straight robe, with a crescent-white hairband half-tied in a bun, and a pair of satin green shoes on her feet. And Yan Guiwan wore a embroidered gold unicorn ink blue all over the place, tied up her hair in a bun to reveal her beautiful appearance, and looked directly at Xu Moqing with a pair of blazing eyes, as if this competition was bound to win.

But Xu Moqing's momentum is not worse than her at all, and even a few points stronger than her.

Yan Guiwan also pulled out his sword, pointed the nameless sword at Xu Moqing, and said politely: "Moqing is a man, I will let you make three moves, you can do it first." ”

Xu Moqing didn't hesitate at all when he heard this, and instantly got up, and the sword light flashed and stabbed straight at Yan Guiwan, who dodged left and right and didn't take out the sword. Xu Moqing had a faint smile on her face, and then she used two more sword moves, although she also did not stab Yan Guiwan's body, but she could already see remorse on her face, she still underestimated the enemy in the end.

Then Yan Guiwan met Xu Moqing's sword, the two swords kept colliding with each other, making a sound of "ding, ding", Yan Guiwan jumped and pierced behind Xu Moqing, but Xu Moqing reacted immediately, and the whole person turned around with a backhand.

Twenty moves have passed, and the winner has not been decided. Xu Moqing didn't seem to have changed, but Yan Guiwan began to be powerless. Although she didn't let Xu Moqing stand on the slightest advantage, his swordsmanship was continuous and powerful, and his speed, judgment and reaction were beyond her imagination, she couldn't believe that a mere "male" person could use such good swordsmanship.

Before this, the two of them had not fought each other, but in retrospect now, it seems that Xu Moqing deliberately let her play and coax her to play. Xu Moqing, why did he want to practice martial arts, after all, he is a pampered prince, why didn't he learn to rub powder embroidery, but he had to work hard to practice this body of kung fu?

Yan Guiwan pretended to be calm, smiled contemptuously, and said, "Mo Qing is good at swordsmanship, just to warm up his body, and now is the real beginning." After she finished speaking, she took the initiative to attack again, and the sword in her right hand instantly changed to her left hand, and at the same time stabbed Xu Moqing's left shoulder. Xu Moqing was a little surprised, and took three or four steps backwards in a row before standing firm. Just a few millimeters, he was about to be stabbed by Yan Guiwan.

Xu Moqing flicked his sleeves back and retracted the faint smile, and said solemnly: "Evening, I'm offended." As soon as the words fell, Xu Moqing suddenly changed his tricks, the previous twenty or thirty moves, he had already figured out the number of ways for Yan to return to the evening, and it was time for him to show his real skills at this moment. Xu Moqing scurried up and down, sticking to Yan Guiwan's body in a half-circle, and the sword had already stabbed towards her left hand holding the sword. Yan Guiwan jumped back a big step and put the sword in his right hand.

The fight scene has become white-hot, and the hearts of the big officials and young maids in the Taoyao Pavilion follow the wives and husbands up and down, and the crowd keeps making sounds of surprise. The sound in the courtyard attracted the people in the other courtyard, and Yan Zeyin was the first to run to see the excitement, standing in line with the eldest sister for a while, and standing in line with the brother-in-law for a while. Running around in the courtyard, the two people in the competition were not sweating profusely, but he was sweating a lot.

Then Yan Guilan, Liu Lian and calligraphy and painting all came to see the excitement. Liu Lian found Liu Yifeng and whispered to ask the reason, Liu Yifeng only cared about pinching the sweat for Yan Guiwan, and he didn't have time to say anything to Liu Lian, but Liu Fufeng's mouth was pried open by Liu Lian. What can be said is just useless words, except for Xu Moqing and Yan Guiwan themselves, no one knows why the two of them are engaged in this competition.

But for most of the male dependents, family members, and little servants, no matter what the masters wanted, they all hoped that Xu Moqing could win this competition, as if his victory was fighting for them men. In the country of Dongliang daughters, women have always been inferior to men, and they are just women's appendages.

Fifty moves have passed, and the winner has not yet been decided. Yan Guiwan's palms had begun to sweat, but the word "admit defeat" did not come to her mind. Xu Moqing no longer uses those bells and whistles, but moves "deadly", and it can be seen that he also wants to end this fight as soon as possible.

Xu Moqing no longer defended but turned into an attack, Yan Guiwan's advantage on the top gradually weakened, and in the end she was finally reduced to defense, and Xu Moqing became the attacking side. Xu Moqing slashed head-on with a sword, and Yan Guiwan held the sword in both hands to block it in front of him. The two swords crossed each other and sent out a slick of fireworks, accompanied by a piercing sound of swords. Just as Yan Guiwan was resisting Xu Moqing hard, Xu Moqing suddenly retracted his strength, jumped his body, and the sword swept away from Yan Guiwan's head-

Yan Guiwan's hairband was snapped in an instant, and her long black hair fluttered out in the snap of her fingers. There were a few "night masters" in the crowd, and when Yan Guiwan hadn't seen the direction of the sword clearly, Xu Moqing's sword was already at Yan Guiwan's throat.

Yan Guiwan lost.

Xu Moqing did not show the joy of victory, but only hugged his fists and said: "Wife, accept it." ”

His sword was already in the sheath, and Xu Moqing, who was wielding his sword in a dashing manner just now, disappeared immediately, and he changed back to his daily appearance.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiu Ling hurriedly evacuated the little maids who were watching. Liu Fufeng dragged Liu Yifeng back to the house, and the calligraphy and painting also slipped out of the Taoyao Pavilion, Liu Lian was originally going to leave, and he didn't want to be held by Yan Zeyin's arm and couldn't go. Yan Guilan herself had no intention of leaving, and the rest of the people stood abruptly in the courtyard, looking at each other.

Nine Spirits giggled, and Nine Orioles followed behind her.

"Our Taoyao Pavilion is really lively today, masters, let's move to the main hall and sit." Jiu Ling glanced at Jiuying, and she immediately ordered her to go down and let the little maid hurry up to see the tea.

But Yan Guiwan froze in place and refused to say a word. Xu Moqing panicked, and hurriedly sent guests on her behalf, "Sister-in-law, Lan'er, Ze'er, please come to Taoyao Pavilion another day, she ...... the late wife."

Liu Lian took the opportunity to salute Xu Moqing, and said smartly: "Your Highness, this one will step back first, and then come back to disturb you one day." ”

Liu Lian shook off Yan Zeyin and strode out of Taoyao Pavilion, Yan Guilan saw that the limelight was not good, and said "retirement" to Xu Moqing and ran out, only Yan Zeyin looked at the eldest sister's long hair, revealing a lonely expression.

"Brother Ze, you should go back first." Xu Moqing was still persuading.

Yan Zeyin walked behind the eldest sister and stroked her long hair, "Sister." ”

Yan Guiwan said fiercely: "Get out!" ”

Yan Zeyin's face turned from pale to red, he looked at Xu Moqing innocently, and just wanted to say something to Xu Moqing, but Xu Moqing raised his hand and signaled him not to continue.

Yan Zeyin paused again, and only after a moment did he leave angrily.

The door of Taoyao Pavilion was closed again, only to hear Yan Guiwan say coldly: "Jiuling, who is guarding the gate today and bombarding her out of the house." You and Jiuying knelt outside for two hours. ”

Jiu Ling and Jiu Ying were obviously intimidated, "Night Lord! ”

"If you don't do it, get out of the Taoyao Pavilion and go to the housemother to ask for another job." Yan Guiwan added resolutely.

Jiu Ling and Jiu Ying didn't dare to fight back, the two of them went to the next room to find out the maid who was guarding the door today, and took her out of the Taoyao Pavilion without saying anything, and sent her to Shu Xiao on the master's side, and handed over the matter of driving her out of the house to Shu Xiao. Shu Xiao wanted to ask what was going on, but when he saw that Jiu Ling and Jiu Ying's faces were extremely embarrassed, he swallowed his words back. I can only report this matter to the mistress and wait for the fate.

Jiu Ling and Jiu Ying dealt with the matter and returned to the courtyard of Taoyao Pavilion to receive the punishment, the night had already fallen, the stars were shining, and the cold was coming. Jiuying and Jiuling have been by Yan Guiwan's side for more than ten years, and they have never been punished like this by Yan Guiwan. The two dignitaries knelt at the door of the main hall, and these were the longest two hours they had ever had. Fortunately, Jiuying has a foundation in martial arts, but Jiu Ling is a little unable to kneel, and it all depends on Jiuying to help him.

As soon as Yan Guiwan's punishment came out, Jiu Ling and Jiu Ying suddenly realized that they had committed Yan Guiwan's taboo. What's more, this contest ended with Yan Guiwan's defeat, Yan Guiwan actually lost under Xu Moqing's sword, and a female monarch was defeated by a man! How could Yan Guiwan accept this result, and it was watched by so many people in the house, this was a slap in the face!

It was the negligence of these two big officials, which they should have prevented from happening, but the two of them were so fascinated by it that they did not fulfill their duties.

Qiusheng and Tongsheng didn't know when they came out, and they also knelt beside the second female official together.

Jiuying asked Xiang Qiusheng in a low voice: "Qiu Guan'er, what do you two mean by this, it is us who will punish you in the evening, what do you have to do with it?" ”

Qiusheng put his hands on his knees, sighed and said: "We are both big officials of Taoyao Pavilion, where is the reason to only punish you and not us?" ”

Although the four of them didn't know what the reason for Yan Guiwan and Xu Moqing's competition this time was, they all held their breath and knew that the two people in the main room were bound to make a big noise.

"A gentleman's words are hard to chase, and since I have lost, I will no longer be with you in the future. Husband, please rest assured. Yan Guiwan was still leaning in front of the window, looking through the gap at the four big officials kneeling in the courtyard under the moonlight.

Xu Moqing slowly approached her, "I'll tie up my hair for my wife, okay?" ”

Yan Guiwan unconsciously "snorted", "Seeing that I am about to rest and sleep, what kind of hair are you still wearing?" ”

"Wan'er is aggrieved, is it because I am ashamed of my lack of martial arts because I defeated you, or because I am a man who won the female monarch and made you lose face?"

Seeing that Yan Guiwan was silent, Xu Moqing continued: "Or is it because you lost, I refused to go to the imperial court to speak well for you, making you think that I am unkind?" ”

"All. All of you are right, without exception! Yan Guiwan confessed angrily.

Her tone was full of resentment, there were too many things in their marriage, the empress's place on the Yan family, the burden of Kuang Fu Yanmen, and the love seedlings that their wives and husbands had finally sprouted......

How to unravel a mess of things, and what should Yan Guiwan do to face the upcoming incident? Xu Moqing repeatedly calculated in his heart, is there any chance of winning this chess game? As far as he is concerned, what will he have to do to save the day?