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The second segment was for the beautiful ladies to answer alone.

Her Majesty was especially appreciative of Leng Ziyuan, and told her to go up first and answer him.

As long as they answered each other correctly, Leng Ziyuan's ranking should be the highest amongst them. Thus, all of the maidservants pricked up their ears to listen to the empress dowager's tone.

After answering the question, the empress dowager smiled at Xuan Yu and said, "Leng Zi Yuan, remain. You shall be bestowed with the status of a fifth-grade starlight, and be granted residence in the Hall of Pinglan."

When Leng Ziyuan heard this, her face flushed red and then white. She never thought that her performance would be so good. Even the empress dowager was so fond of her, yet she was only sealed to fifth rank.

Li Wanshu lightly nudged her and reminded her in a low voice, "Leng Zhaoyi, why aren't you thanking me?"

Leng Ziyuan bit her lip and kneeled down, feeling wronged. "Chenqie thanks esteemed empress dowager for her grace …"

As she spoke, she took the jade pendant and scarlet gold plate that the steward brought over with a golden plate.

The word "Zhaoyi" was written on the jade pendant, and beneath the writing was a round indentation, just large enough to fit a pure gold plate, and that pure gold plate was used to carve her surname. On the back of the jade was carved three words, "Hall of Push".

Leng Ziyuan was a proud and arrogant person, and this position of Zhao Yi was two levels lower than she had expected. She received the blow with trembling hands and immediately lost her soul.

Feng Ning Yan looked at these flower-like young girls, and thought of the Emperor's dispirited expression, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Most of them would probably die of old age in the palace without ever seeing the emperor.

If not for Shen Ling Jue's timely marriage proposal, she would have been listed on the talent list and become one of these people. Just thinking about it makes her feel cold all over.

Li Wanshu glanced at Leng Ziyuan, lowered her head, and said, "Leng Zhaoyi, you have to remember, the reason why we're in such a miserable state is all because of Yuwangfei!"

When Leng Ziyuan heard this, she raised her head to look at Feng Ning Yan, a trace of hatred igniting in her eyes.

After that, the empress dowager gave Li Wanshu as a concubine and a sixth rank; Su Jianmin as a noble and a sixth rank;

Those who passed the final selection were conferred titles one after the other. Indeed, none of them surpassed Leng Ziyuan's rank, and all of them were of the seventh rank of the sixth rank.

As for those who failed, they would naturally be assigned to the Sixth Martial House as female officials, starting with the eighth rank female history. There were also a few who were sent back to their places of origin.

In the end, only Hua Ruyu had not been conferred the title.

Li Wanshu and the other maidservants finally understood that Yu Wangfei was indeed a 'sinister' person who would not even let her own cousin go.

Finally, the empress dowager said, "Flower Palm Ink has an elegant character and a pure heart. This one has decided to marry her to Prince Cheng as a secondary wife."

Hearing that, Hua Ruyu's face turned pale.

What!

Why was it not the main wife, but the secondary wife!

The news that Shen You Huang had ordered people to send to the palace last night clearly told her that he was begging the empress dowager to grant him a marriage, as well as permission for her to become his official wife.

How come today, she became a side room!

Although there was a "concubine" written on his name, the mansion could only have one wife, and that was the main wife. The secondary wife was just a concubine!

She knew that the Empress must have done it deliberately because she was not satisfied with her.

She hated the empress dowager and Feng Ning Yan to the extreme. She thought to herself, You want to belittle me, but I want to ride the wind to rise up and show you! Sooner or later, the main wife position will be mine!

At this moment, a person from the long line of beautiful ladies rushed out. He knelt in front of the palace and wailed:

"Yuwangfei!" You are vicious! In order to curry favor with Imperial Concubine Su, you actually took the future of all of our beautiful girls as a joke, and didn't allow the empress dowager to be conferred a higher position! "

At this time, those beautiful girls who were indignant and indignant also could not hold it in anymore and began to quarrel with each other.

"Esteemed Empress Dowager has seen this clearly. There were many strict selections for the contestants, and they were just. Why was it so unfair when it came to the final hurdle?!" We are all unwilling! "

Leng Ziyuan's resentment had also been incited, as she walked out and said, "Empress Dowager, Xuan Qiuqian, there shouldn't be anyone outside the palace present for the harem's talent show. Yu Wangfei can do whatever she wants in the prince's estate, but no matter what her seniority, it's not her place to criticize the talent show! "I beg the empress dowager to invite Princess Yuhuang out of the Qi Long Palace and reconsider the matter of the bestowment!"

With these words, everyone fell to their knees.

"I beg the empress dowager to invite Princess Yuhuang out of Qi Long Palace and reconsider the matter of the bestowment!"

The empress dowager, Feng Ning Yan, and Xuan Yu were all stunned as they looked at each other.

From the meaning of the ladies' words, they suspected that Feng Ningyan was slandering the empress dowager for the sake of helping concubine Shufei.

Of course the Empress Dowager knew who had come up with this idea, but she had not expected that this bunch of pretty girls would dare to question her wise decision in front of them.

Feng Ning Yan slowly stood up, looking down at the kneeling girls from above.

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation, treating her as their enemy. Only two people remained calm.

The most relaxed was of course Hua Ruyu, who had already been conferred the title of the next wife to Prince Cheng, and the other one, was Hua Ruyu's concubine, Li Wanshu.

Feng Ningyan immediately understood the situation in front of her like a mirror.

Only Hua Ruyu knew of the empress dowager's decision yesterday. She also knew that not a single girl from today's talent show would be able to make it to the top spot.

Therefore, in order to incite the hearts of others, Hua Ruyu said that in order to help concubine Shufei, Feng Ning Yan had slandered the empress dowager, lowering everyone's status and making everyone hate Feng Ning Yan.

Of course she had a purpose for doing so, given her self-destructive character.

For the harem to have an extra person who hated Feng Ningyan and Princess Shishi, even if Hua Ruyu left the palace, she could still rope them in and use them to deal with Feng Ningyan, Prince Yu's estate, and Imperial Concubine Fu.

And since Hua Ruyu had done this, she definitely wouldn't expose him. Li Wanshu, who was at the side, was her 'spearhead'.

Seeing the indignant crowd of beautiful women, the Empress was so angry that she could not breathe.

Xuan Yu had never seen such an uncontrollable talent show ceremony. She only cared about passing on the message to the imperial physician, standing there and stroking the empress dowager's chest, not knowing what to do with it.

It was not easy for the guards to come forward and suppress them. After all, they were a group of beautiful women with tears in their eyes, and they could not be killed.

Up until now, there had never been a single Grand Selection Ceremony that had caused such a commotion.

However, Feng Ning Yan was not flustered at all. She raised her head, stuck out her chest and walked down one step at a time. As she stepped onto the red carpet in the hall, she drew the sword at the side of the guard's waist.

A draconic roar echoed out, shaking the entirety of Qi Long Palace.

There was complete silence.

No one dared to cry, curse again, and beg the empress dowager to expel Feng Ning Yan from Qi Long Palace. They could only raise their heads and look at Feng Ning Yan in a daze.

Feng Ning Yan raised her sword and pointed at the crowd. She smiled charmingly and said, "Just now, who said that this wangfei wasn't qualified to host a talent show? "Stand out."

As soon as she said this, Leng Ziyuan trembled. Not only did she not dare to stand out, but she also retreated a few steps and stepped on the hands of the kneeling girl behind her. Both of them cried out in alarm.

Like this, Feng Ning Yan grasped her sword and walked over to Leng Zi Yuan, saying, "Leng Zhaoyi, you have the highest ranking here, and you are also the one who is the most ignorant. "Since you're so ignorant, I feel that the empress dowager has given you a high score for the fifth rank, making it suitable for you to go to the Sixth Bureau and become an eighth rank woman."

Everyone was shocked, and only the empress dowager looked at Feng Ningyan in surprise. On the contrary, there was an expression of admiration on her face.

Leng Ziyuan was truly too insensible. She had the highest status, yet she didn't know how to treasure it and still dared to stand out.

If he wanted to suppress the others and not use her, who else could he use?

Leng Ziyuan stared at the tip of her sword, both shocked and fearful. With a 'putong' sound, she kneeled down in front of Feng Ningyan.

"I... "I …" She was so frightened that she began to cry. She looked at the empress dowager and said, "Empress Dowager, chenqie shouldn't be so impudent. She shouldn't be deposed for her crimes … This wangfei … "Yu Wangfei dares to draw her sword recklessly in front of the empress dowager and Xuan Yu, and even wants to kill chenqie. Empress Dowager, please save chenqie!"