Chapter 43: The Storm Rises

Wen Ziran's gaze seemed clear and gentle, but when he looked closely, he felt unfathomable, Ruan Qinge smiled at him, then took his gaze back, and took another sip of wine in a chic manner.

"Ge'er, drink less." Ruan Qi Guangjun's face darkened slightly, and he whispered to Ruan Tingge.

Ruan Tingge responded a little perfunctorily, looking at his eldest brother's face, and finally reluctantly put down the wine glass.

His Royal Highness Zhong Lixuan was still talking, "Since the emperor and all the adults think that I and Miss Meng's piano skills are equal, I have nothing to say." ”

Her tone was a little regretful, "It's just that I thought that Jinling was a talented woman who came to the competition with the mentality of being instructed, but I didn't expect it to be disappointed." ”

She glanced at Meng Yanwan, nodded at Meng Yanwan with a smile, and sighed, "Since Miss Meng is the representative of the Jinling ladies, then I know the talent level of the Jinling family ladies." ”

"In my opinion, calligraphy doesn't need to be compared." Although her voice was soft and smiling, her words were tingling.

Meng Yanwan sat in the banquet, only feeling that her face was hot, she had never been humiliated like this when she was so old, and her heart was full of extremely complex emotions such as shame and hatred.

Her nails pinched her palms fiercely, the pain reminding her not to cry in the temple.

Ling Botao's face was extremely stiff, and he felt that he couldn't hold his face, and he was a little unhappy with the Meng family.

The princess's tone was not small.

Captain Meng snorted coldly at this time, "Dongyun is full of talents, and you are a foreigner who came here to put on a posture that you don't look down on my Dongyun. If it weren't for the emperor's generosity, he would have punished you a long time ago. ”

Zhong Liyun's body trembled slightly when he heard this, and his words were full of grievances, "Mrs. Meng has wronged me, I just had a piano competition with Ling Ai, and I felt that Ling Ai's piano skills were good, but it did not meet my expectations, so I sighed, I don't know why I was convicted of such a crime by Mrs. Meng." ”

"You..." Taiwei Meng choked on her words, and the long beard on his face moved angrily a few times.

Zhong Liyun's slender body trembled slightly, as pitiful as a weak willow supporting the wind, "There is no absolute standard for judging the way of piano art, everyone has their own preferred style. ”

She raised her eyes and looked around, "Everyone is a person with fairness and justice in their hearts, and they must not be partial. ”

"Since Your Majesty and all the adults think that I am on a par with Miss Meng," she paused, with a hint of trilling in her voice, as if she couldn't go on, "Then I also believe in everyone's judgment." ”

"It's just," she said, bowing her head, "I don't want to delay your time and have another calligraphy competition." ”

The voice fell, and no one in the temple spoke. Zhong Liyun stood alone in the hall, looking isolated and pitiful.

Seeing that the officials in the palace were gradually turning heads and ears, and the faces of everyone in Nanning were also a little resentful, Ling Botao could only open his mouth to appease, "Taiwei Meng was quick for a while, and his words were inappropriate. I don't mean to blame the princess. ”

Mrs. Meng sat back with a dark face at this time and glared at Meng Yanwan. Meng Yanwan still sat there with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.

Ling Botao didn't want to talk about the previous piano competition, looking at Zhong Liyun in the hall, he also felt that the headache was very eye-catching, but he didn't want to cancel the calligraphy ratio according to Zhong Liyun's intentions, and his momentum was weak.

Just as she had a headache, Meng Yanwan suddenly stood up.

Her face seemed to have returned to normal, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she respectfully saluted Ling Botao and said, "Your Majesty, Yan Wan is not talented, she failed to win against the Thirteenth Princess, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

Ling Botao furrowed his eyebrows in some surprise and looked at her.

Ruan Tingge put down his wine glass, looked at Meng Yanwan opposite, and saw that she seemed to glance at herself, and felt a little uneasy in her heart.

"If you want to say that I am the most famous talented woman in Jinling, it should be the lord of Yun'an. Yan Wan dared to suggest, it was better to let the county lord of Yun'an compete with the thirteen princesses. Meng Yanwan said with malice in her eyes.

Hearing this, everyone in the palace looked at the Fenyang Palace.

Ling Chenghe, who was sitting at the lower end of the right side of the dragon chair, couldn't help frowning and looked at Ruan Qinge with some concern.

And Ling Chengyu, who was not far away, had a warm smile on his face, and when he heard Ruan Tingge's name, he raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of interest.

"The temporary task has been issued, please open the light screen and check it out."

The voice of the neutral machinery in the system suddenly sounded in Ruan Tingge's mind.

Ruan Tingge sighed slightly, it seems that the previous life and the present life are already a little different.

She opened the light screen with an indifferent expression and looked at her attributes:

【Character Information】

Name: Ruan Tingge

Age: fourteen

Health: 22 (Congratulations, you should live to the age of 60)

Force: 20 (There is a turn of martial arts strength, but he is still a clumsy martial arts rookie)

Lucky (hidden): 16 (you should always have some unlucky little things)

Stats: 30 (used to increase stats)

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1. Looks

Facial features: 25 (bland)

Skin: 25 (white jade flawed)

Stature: 25 (still skinny bamboo pole)

Voice: 25 (ear-to-ear)

Appearance comprehensive score: 25 (the face is dull, you can't find it if you lose it in the crowd)

2. Talent

Jean: 21 (Beginner)

Chess: 20 (Beginner)

Book: 45 (Imakusa and hairpin flower Xiaokai barely reached proficiency)

Draw: 0 (no clue)

Song: 12 (The ducks sing better than you)

Dance: 18 (it's not so easy to stumble on the left foot and the right foot)

Mounted Shooting: 20 (riding on a horse just not easily getting dropped)

Female red: 5 (easy to poke hands with a needle)

Talent comprehensive score: 18 (talent is thin and shallow, don't go out to let others see that you are empty)

3. Skills

Pitiful (can be used once a day for half an hour): After turning on this skill, the people around you will have a desire to protect you, and they can't help but pity you and feel sorry for you. (Congratulations!) Acquired one of the White Lotus's signature skills)

4. Items

Small Lotus Pill (1): After eating this pill, you can increase a small amount of luck (this pill is taken from the pure qi of the lotus spiritual realm, integrating the charm of heaven and earth.) Of course, because it's just a small lotus pill, since it's preceded by small characters, the effect won't be so good, so you can make do with it)

5. Tasks

1. Main quest (1): Help Ling Chengsi ascend to the throne of Dongyun Kingdom

Reward: A gift package for the country

Failure Penalty for Mission: Talent attribute cleared

2. Temporary task: Win the calligraphy competition against Zhong Liyun, the princess of Nanning

Reward: Talented Woman

Mission Failure Penalty: None

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Total charm: 23 (ordinary, a random person on the street is similar to you)

Seeing that there was no failure penalty for this temporary task, Ruan Qinge was surprised, indicating that at least this time the system did not force herself to do this task, and she felt a little more comfortable in her heart.

Although Meng Yanwan forced out her name, although it was unexpected, she was not too surprised.

After all, in her previous life, she knew that this woman was a vicious woman with a narrow heart and a clear eye, and the last time she won the title of Lord Ling at the banquet in the Meng Mansion, it was estimated that it caused her jealousy.

But I don't know what the title of this female is?