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"Are you returning to the palace tomorrow?" Hong Zhong turned her head to look at Baili Yi Chen.

Baili Yi Chen coldly snorted, "Didn't anyone tell you?" The matter of blessing had originally been arranged for three days. Due to some matters happening in the middle, it was delayed a bit. Tomorrow, the Queen Mother would take the carriage and return to the palace. Mother's birthday feast will be in a few days. Although all formalities have been arranged, you still have to return to the palace as soon as possible and make your preparations. "

"That's great." Hong Zhong nodded her head sadly. Originally, she thought that she could enjoy a trip to National Temple for two more days, but who knew that she would almost lose her life here!

"Good?" Baili Yi Chen coldly snorted and said, "Imperial Mother's birthday banquet. All of you noble ladies are capable of performing talents. What do you plan on performing?"

"Ah?" I still want to perform! " Hong Zhong's face stiffened, "I … Singing, okay? "

When he thought about how he still had to watch this woman perform and sing again, he felt a little bad, "I'm warning you not to sing. If you dare to perform and sing at my mother's birthday banquet, I'll punish you for your crime of cheating on the monarch!"

Hong Zhong was also stunned, "But... What else can I do but sing? "

"Don't you have any other skills?! For example, embroidery. It might be possible for the Queen to live forever, or it might be possible for her to know calligraphy and painting, or it might not be too difficult to draw a picture that is as long as a pine crane is young. Or it might be possible to play a song? " [This woman is not so useless!]

Hong Zhong thought about it, and in the end, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked: "Then, can I not participate?"

"No way!" Baili Yi Chen decisively interrupted her fantasy, "Not only do you want to participate, you also want to fight for the title of champion for me!" Originally, he had planned to inform her after she had returned to the palace. However, since he had come today, he decided to tell her about it as well.

After listening to Baili Yi Chen's words, Hong Zhong only felt the sky rumbling, and only the two "Conquering Dragon" remained in his mind. He could not help but gnash his teeth and say, "Aciba!"

"Hong Zhong, what did you say!" Baili Yi Chen slightly frowned, and coldly stared at Hong Zhong. This woman, if she couldn't even speak ten sentences, she would definitely anger him! Looking at this woman's expression, one could tell that those words were definitely not good.

Hundred Miles Yi Chen's condescending aura caused Hong Zhong to tremble. In the end, he helplessly sighed, and looked up towards Baili Yi Chen's extraordinarily handsome face. "Your Majesty, maidservant, why do you think that!? Why do you want me to play a game with such high difficulty? "

F * ck, I really don't understand why this f * cking emperor brought his head out the door just because he was so arrogant! He thought that she was just a little kid who had played house before. She didn't have any skills, so how could she be the champion!

"Of course you don't have to worry about that. Just think of a way to win." He would never tell her that the singing and dancing performance that the Empress Dowager's birthday feast had performed that day was actually one of the examinations for the selection of his consort. If he had been the champion that day, he would definitely have been chosen by the royal family to enter the palace to be his concubine. Just think about what you're good at. Just do that. "

Hong Zhong seemed to be seriously thinking about it, and then said in a serious manner: "Besides zither, chess, painting, poetry, zither playing, singing, riding, ceremonial shooting, needling, and embroidery … I know a little of everything! "Actually, Your Majesty, since we're participating, we'll have to participate. Why do you want me to be the champion? With this level of difficulty, it would be better for me to travel a thousand years to leap into the Huangpu River."

"..." This was the first time in Baili Yi Chen's life that he had met such a righteous person with nothing good about him! After thinking for a moment, he spoke up irritably, "I don't care what you are up to. If you dare not participate, you might not be able to get first place! Then you can travel a thousand years to jump the Huangpu River! " Then, he turned and left without looking back!

Looking at Baili Yi Chen's arrogant and haughty back, Hong Zhong could not help but shout out, "Asiba!" After roaring angrily, they turned around and left. All the men of this generation looked at the people who had stories, but were always so annoying. Did they really think that she, Hong Zhong, was someone easy to bully?!

… ….

Hong Zhong returned to his room in the East Garden with a belly full of resentment and took out the small book that Baili Mingyue had given her. She studied it seriously, not even realizing how serious she was when she entered the room.

Qing Ya carried a cup of cooling tea and walked over. "Miss, what are you doing?" Could it be that Miss was suddenly enlightened, thinking that in a few more days, she would be at Empress Dowager's birthday feast, so she decided to hug her leg, preparing to amaze everyone at the birthday banquet?

Hong Zhong lifted his head, swept her with her gaze, and said: "To study for my rise!" Those bastards really thought she was easy to bully, didn't they? When she was able to master her martial arts, she would definitely beat them up until they were so fat that their mothers wouldn't even recognize them. Un, that's right!

"What do you mean?" Qing Ya was speechless!

Hong Zhong looked at her: "Literally, it means that I, your young miss, will need to study more from today onwards and work hard for my rise. The simplest and most straightforward way is that I need to learn martial arts as soon as possible, not only to teach those women who are looking for trouble a lesson, but also to beat those stinking men who are looking for trouble to death!"

"..." As expected, he could not have too high expectations for the young miss!

After expressing his determination with a face full of confidence, Hong Zhong began to seriously study the comic book in his hands … No, it was a martial arts technique manual.

This martial arts technique was too simple for modern people who were used to watching comics. This was because this was a wuxia version of a comic book. Moreover, for some unknown reason, when Hong Zhong looked at the martial arts moves on the booklet, she felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if she had learnt these martial arts since birth.

Therefore, the more he looked, the more spirited he became. Qing Ya looked at Hong Zhong who was serious and didn't disturb him. She turned around and left, closing the door behind her.

It must be a good thing for Miss to be able to seriously practice martial arts! Looks like coming to National Temple to pay respects to Bodhisattva wasn't wrong. If not, the Bodhisattva would appear right away, causing the young miss to work hard!

After Hong Zhong finished reading the martial arts moves on the booklet, she closed her eyes and memorized the martial arts moves in her mind, filtering them out like a slide. Gradually, the sense of familiarity towards martial arts moves and moves that she hadn't felt in a long time grew stronger.

After familiarizing herself with the close-combat techniques in her mind, Hong Zhong memorized the rest of the inner force skills as well. She vaguely remembered that Baili Mingyue had told her that Qing Gong needed to be controlled by inner force, so she did not have any inner force at the moment, so she could only memorize the inner force skills first.

It was as if some kind of energy in her body was about to be awakened. This strange feeling caused Hong Zhong's heartbeat to accelerate, and before long, her face turned slightly red, and sparkling sweat gradually seeped out of her forehead. But, in the next second, Hong Zhong's face suddenly twisted, and a pain she had never felt before came from her heart, as if her blood vessels were about to burst.

The sudden pain forced Hong Zhong to stop thinking of the secrets. At that moment, she felt as if her entire body was collapsing and weak. She was also extremely curious in her heart. The warm current was clearly flowing from her lower abdomen to her meridians, but once it reached her chest, he felt as if it was stuck there and could no longer run!

Hong Zhong knew that she could not rush to train either!

Thinking about the martial arts novels he had read in the past, wasn't it said that one needed to cultivate to open the two meridians of Ren and Du, etc. It was also impossible for him to train blindly without knowing a thing.

After resting for two hours, she had recovered her strength.

He stood up and walked out of the house. As he strolled along the small road of East Garden, he felt full of energy and his footsteps became lighter.

Qing Ya brought the dinner to the East Garden, and saw Hong Zhong in the courtyard. "Miss, when Princess Yao Ji came to invite you to the dining hall for dinner, I told her that you were studying diligently, so Princess Yao Ji didn't disturb you. I helped you bring the dinner food back to your room to eat."

"Yes." Hong Zhong nodded, then waved her hand at Qing Ya: "Take it back and leave it there. I still have some matters to take care of right now, so I'll be back after I finish eating. "Also, remember to pack your luggage. We can return to the palace tomorrow!"

"Yes, miss." With that, she carried the dinner into Hong Zhong's room.

Hong Zhong left the East Garden, and headed straight towards the West Garden where the male guests were temporarily staying. On the way, she turned a corner from the kitchen, and took some oil from the fire and some easily ignitable firewood!

and Murong Youqi were on their way back to West Garden, and there weren't any Shadow Guards present, so Hong Zhong entered the West Garden in a swagger. After looking through the rooms one by one, she quickly determined the room that Huyan Ruijin stayed in.

He placed the firewood he took away into an inconspicuous corner, and poured some fire oil on it. Then, he climbed up a large tree in the courtyard of the West Garden, near Huyan Ruijin's room, and took advantage of the darkness to hide among the dense leaves and leaves of the tree.

Not long after, Huyan Ruijin and Murong Youqi finished their dinner and returned. Behind him, there were a few servants and a group of Southern Qi's imperial guards. Most probably, it was because of the large number of people that the highly skilled Huyan Ruijin actually did not notice the calm and collected Hong Zhong on the West Garden's tree.

Huyan Ruijin and Murong Youqi entered the West Garden, and after exchanging some pleasantries, the two of them went back to their own rooms. As for the group of imperial guards, after West Garden made her rounds, they tactfully withdrew from the West Garden.

From his waist, he took out a fire piston from the kitchen. Lifting the torch that was soaked with fire oil, he saw a fireball fly out from the West Garden's tree, accurately landing on the firewood that he had placed down earlier.

The firewood, which had been soaked in oil, started to burn. It quickly licked the wooden window and the thin layer of paper covering the window …

Looking at the room that was gradually burning up, Hong Zhong felt less depressed in her heart. It was not that she wanted to burn Huyan Ruijin to death, but she did not want him to set a fire after entering the house for a short while.

No one liked being threatened. How dare he brazenly tell her that he was going to assassinate her? Then she would be very upset, she had to tell him! Besides, if it wasn't for him, how could she have been threatened by Baili Yi Chen?

However, she, Hong Zhong, was not a gentleman. If she saw things, she would try to scare him, and she would be the best, but when she thought of that bastard Huyan Ruijin running out of the room with a face like a big cat, she felt that she had been hunted down. She had avenged herself!

Hong Zhong thought like this and indeed felt much happier, but the entire National Temple was in chaos right now, as thick smoke rose from the West Garden and although everyone was curious why they caught fire, they quickly rushed over from all directions to save the fire …

Before long, Huyan Ruijin walked out of the room as Hong Zhong hoped. However, Hong Zhong was a little disappointed. It wasn't that her clothes were untidy, nor did she look like a big flowery cat.

On the other hand, Murong Youqi who was in the room, quickly rushed out from his room. Seeing that Huyan Ruijin's house was on fire, he was startled for a moment, then laughed out loud.

Huyan Ruijin unhurriedly walked out of the room and into the courtyard of the West Garden. With a sweep of her eyes, she quickly found where Hong Zhong was. He was curious just now, who exactly was it that dared to set fire to the National Temple!

However, after seeing Hong Zhong, she understood in her heart. [This woman must have come here to get revenge on me, so she set fire to my house. But she didn't run away even after burning my house. She actually hid in a tree to watch a play?!]

A trace of hostility appeared between Huyan Ruijin's brows, but was quickly hidden. This was, after all, the National Temple, so there were too many people around. With a jump of her Qi, he climbed up the tree and landed on a tree branch beside Hong Zhong.

Murong Youqi leisurely waved his fan as he looked in Huyan Ruijin's direction. Naturally, he saw Hong Zhong with a single glance. It was this woman's style to take revenge for revenge. At this moment, he was also very glad. Luckily, this woman had a decent relationship with him. If she used these tricks against him, she would be in deep trouble!