"Why wasn't he judged by the system? What's going on?"
Everyone was chattering and talking, and looking at Xia Qi with puzzled eyes.
Xia Qi frowned. For an introverted and low-key person like him, being surrounded by people like a monkey made him feel very uncomfortable.
After all, these are living people, not zombies.
However, compared to Xia Qi who was feeling unwell all over, Concubine Lin and her maid were more embarrassed than him. As they were humiliated, the scene became very awkward for a while.
"This game is so unfair. If you are framed by a high-ranking player by mistake, you will be dead." A player muttered in a low voice.
Not only this new player, but the rest of the new players also began to gradually come to their senses, showing vigilance and contempt towards Concubine Lin and other concubines.
This group of old players took advantage of the information asymmetry and their high levels to torture these new players, and they wished to kill them all as soon as they arrived. It was really disgusting.
Fortunately, Xia Qi slapped them in the face and told them that high-ranking players are not unchallengeable, otherwise they would still be kept in the dark.
Seeing that the new player showed signs of awakening, the concubines had to cheer themselves up and deal with it.
Concubine Lin was the first to react. She shouted at the little maid: "How can you speak here? Get out of here right now."
"Yes, yes, your Majesty." The maidservant burst into tears out of grievance, and quickly took two steps back and hid behind Concubine Lin.
"Lady Xia Qi." After throwing all the blame on the maid, Concubine Lin raised her chin and said to Xia Qi condescendingly, "Come to my palace."
Unexpectedly, Concubine Lin did not follow the principle of first come first served and directly bypassed Concubine Ou and took Xia Qi back to his palace.
Upon hearing this, Concubine Ou's face changed and she looked at Xia Qi with great concern.
Once Xia Qi entered Concubine Lin's palace, he would never be able to get out.
Seeing that Concubine Ou had a look of annoyance, Concubine Lin smiled triumphantly and said to Xia Qi: "According to the rules, you should be named 'eighth-level beauty'."
Eighth-class beauty
Players with a charm value of around 15 can obtain the rank of an eighth-level beauty. Xia Qi thought, although Concubine Lin looks like a gang leader, she does things flawlessly on the surface.
Ding Dong! Xiunv Xia Qi cannot be conferred the title of "Eighth Class Beauty". Please try again.
"Huh?" Concubine Lin was stunned when she saw that the system did not follow her judgment.
Judging from the light coming from Xia Qi's face, his charm value should be around 15 points. Theoretically, Xia Qi should be named an eighth-class beauty.
However, why couldn't Xia Qi be granted a title
Could it be that the limit is too high
"In that case, I will confer upon you the title of 'Ninth-Rank Talent'." Imperial Concubine Lin said impatiently. This Xia Qi was really annoying and wasting his breath.
Ding Dong! The concubine Xia Qi cannot be conferred the title of "Ninth-Rank Talent". Please try again.
The familiar reminder sound came again, Concubine Lin's expression twisted for a moment, and then her eyes suddenly became fierce.
Why can't Xia Qi be conferred the title of ninth-rank talent
Could it be that... he wants a higher rank
Concubine Lin cursed in her heart, what a jerk Xia Qi was, forcing him to give her a higher position!
Facing Concubine Lin's murderous gaze, Xia Qi felt very helpless. He wished he could just spread his hands out on the spot and tell Concubine Lin that he was innocent.
Because even he himself didn't know why he failed to be awarded the title.
Having stood there for a long time, Xia Qi felt his feet were a little numb. He had to stand on both legs alternately and urged Concubine Lin with his eyes, hoping that she would quickly give him a regular position and a grade.
Looking at Xia Qi's anxious eyes, Concubine Lin became more and more angry, and her chest felt like it was burning.
He took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, "Okay, very good, Miss Xia Qi, I will confer upon you the title of 'Seventh-rank Concubine'."
Ding Dong! The concubine Xia Qi cannot be granted the title of "Seventh-rank Concubine". Please try again.
Oh shit!
Even a seventh-rank concubine is not enough
Why didn’t he reach the maximum level right after arriving and become the queen
The corners of Concubine Lin's mouth twitched, and she wished she could slap Xia Qi twice herself.
Feeling the increasingly heated gazes of the nearby players, Xia Qi's scalp went numb.
"I've conferred the title 'Sixth-Rank Zhaorong' upon you. Are you satisfied now?" Concubine Lin glared at Xia Qi fiercely. Her eyes were red and bloodshot slowly began to appear.
Upon hearing this, all the concubines took a collective breath of cold air.
Since entering the Fengdu dungeon, their hands have been stained with countless blood, and only then have they climbed to their current position of concubines. Unexpectedly, Xia Qi was like riding a rocket as soon as she entered the dungeon, and was directly named the sixth-rank Zhaorong!
This can only be explained by cheating.
Facing the concubines in the harem whose eyes were as red as bloodshot, Xia Qi felt as if he was being wronged as if it were snowing in June.
It’s so unfair, he really didn’t cheat.
His system content, gameplay, and even game categories are different from others. The failure to be sealed may seem abnormal, but in fact, compared with other copies, it is a normal event.
After Concubine Lin finished speaking, the familiar voice of the system sounded again.
Ding Dong! The concubine Xia Qi cannot be granted the title of "Sixth-rank Zhaorong". Please try again.
Upon hearing this harsh announcement, a concubine almost spilled the tea in her hand.
"Is there a bug in this game?" Ou Bin couldn't help but mutter in a low voice. Because he had hidden attributes, he could see the two S-level items on Xia Qi, so he knew that Xia Qi did not use the items to cheat.
On second thought, Ou Bin felt something was not right. He had been in this dungeon for nearly half a month, and the dungeon had always been very stable, and he had never encountered any bugs.
So, what is going on with Xia Qi
Unlike Concubine Ou who had a calm mind, Imperial Concubine Lin was so angry that her eyes turned completely red like rabbit eyes and her face was so gloomy that ink seemed to be dripping out.
Not to mention the concubines who were watching the show nearby. All of them had flushed faces, full of envy, jealousy and hatred, and their gazes towards Xia Qi almost burned him through.
However, Xia Qi behaved extremely calmly, as if he would not bow down for a few pieces of silver, and seemed not to care about his position at all. This made the concubines even more jealous, and some even felt a bloody taste in their throats.
Concubine Lin was so angry that she gave up on treatment. He continued to announce expressionlessly: "Xiao Nu Xia Qi... I will confer the title of 'Fifth-class Zhaoyi' on you."
He had lost his temper when he said this, as if he was reading the news.
Ding Dong! Lady Xia Qi cannot be granted the title of "Fifth-Rank Zhaoyi". Please try again.
"Oh my god, is he going to be directly appointed as a concubine?" Concubine Wu felt a strong sense of crisis and couldn't help but yelling loudly.
"Hmph." Concubine Lin glanced at the concubines who all had ugly expressions, sneered, and thought to herself, are you going to get scared one day too
The resources in the Fengdu harem are limited. Adding one more concubine means that the other concubines will receive less.
Except for Xia Qi's good neighbor Concubine Ou, the other four concubines were all panicked.
A woman in the position of concubine pressed her chest and suggested to Concubine Lin: "My Lady, why don't we just let it go tonight? There are also concubines who were not given titles when they entered the palace."
"Heh." Upon hearing this, Concubine Lin snorted coldly and thought to herself, what a short-sighted person he is, he actually wants to use this trick of not giving Xia Qi a position to block him.
Based on his understanding of Xia Qi, this person is definitely not an easy person to deal with.
If Xia Qi is not given a position now, what should we do if he is shameless and uses some means to conquer the person in Bi'an Palace and is given a higher position when he is fully grown
By then, Concubine Lin had no power to fight back and could only let Xia Qi pin her to the ground and torture her.
Although Concubine Lin was unwilling to let Xia Qi skip the rank and become a concubine now, she had to stabilize Xia Qi first, because once the rank was determined, upgrading would become very difficult and lengthy.
Concubine Lin pondered for a moment, and then continued to announce: "Lady Xia Qi, I will confer upon you the title of 'Xiapin', the fourth rank."
This time, the system should pass, right
After Concubine Lin finished speaking, everyone held their breath and waited for the system's decision.
"Crack." Concubine Lin grabbed the edge of the table tightly with her right hand. Because she was so strong, she actually scratched a corner of the table.
The system hasn't made any sound for so long, could it be successful
Just as Concubine Lin was showing joy, the system dinged and gave him another heavy blow.
Ding Dong! Xiu Nv Xia Qi cannot be given the title of "Xia Bin". Please try again.
"What?!" This time, Concubine Lin fell back and collapsed on her chair.
His mentality completely exploded.
Concubine Lin looked as if she had been slapped several times. She widened her eyes in disbelief and kept shouting in her heart:
Who is this Xia Qi? Why couldn’t he even be given the title of Xia concubine of the fourth rank
Seeing that Concubine Lin looked like she was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage, Xia Qi gave him a sympathetic look.
There's no way, his escape game is just so different.
His legs were numb from standing, and he just wanted to find a place to rest. He was also hungry, so he needed to eat something to replenish his energy. However, Concubine Lin refused to seal him down, and the two of them have been delayed until now.
Seeing that the others also looked exhausted and about to die, Xia Qi felt very sorry.
He just wanted to play the same game as everyone else, why was it so difficult
"Your Highness, it is already late at night. Why don't you hold off on conferring a title on Xia Qi for now? We can confer a suitable position on him after some time." Concubine Wu had never encountered such a terrible thing before. Her face turned pale with fright, and she began to suggest that Concubine Lin should not confer a title.
If Xia Qi were to be successfully canonized as a concubine today, the four concubines would be doomed.
It is difficult to be promoted to the position of concubine, and it consumes a lot of resources. If a "Xia Concubine" really comes, they will all be doomed.
"Princess Wu, you are right." Concubine Lin held the handle of the chair and slowly sat up.
Fortunately, Concubine Lin is a man and his physical condition is naturally better than that of women. After experiencing so many setbacks, he has not been sent to the ICU.
Concubine Lin gritted her teeth, sat firmly, and announced to everyone: "This matter is too strange, and today we will not confer the title on Xiunv Xia Qi."
Concubine Lin was secretly resentful in her heart. She could no longer afford the risk. If the title was further conferred, if Xia Qi was conferred the title of concubine, it would be a direct threat to her.
Then, all his efforts in this game will be wasted.
"Next one, come up and let me see you." After skipping Xia Qi directly, the subsequent enthronement became much easier.
After all the titles were awarded according to the normal charm value, the only one left who had not been canonized was the younger sister.
However, because the sister's charm value was too low, she was judged by the game to be "ugly in appearance". At this talent show, she was not named a concubine, but was directly transferred to a palace maid.
Fortunately, his younger sister also entered Concubine Lin's palace as a maid, which gave Xia Qi a companion.
"That's all for today. Sisters, please go back and have some rest." Concubine Lin stood up weakly, ending this talent show filled with the sour smell of lemon.
After saying this, Concubine Lin shook her sleeves heavily and strode away from her seat. She didn't even bother to care about the maid following her, and rushed out of the garden holding up her skirt.
As for the remaining concubines at the table, except for Concubine Ou who was originally calm, all the others left their seats with the help of their maids. They all covered their chests and looked like they had suffered a heavy blow.
"Brother Xia, Nanny asked us to follow her to Shouju Palace. Let's go quickly." When Xia Qi was distracted, his sister suddenly pulled his sleeve and asked him to go to Concubine Lin's palace together.
Hearing the words "Shouju Palace", Xia Qi was stunned for a moment, thinking, I didn't expect that Concubine Lin, who looks so serious, would live in a palace with such a crazy name...
The one who brought Xia Qi and his sister in was the same nanny who brought them into the palace.
Since Concubine Lin's Shouju Palace and Concubine Wu's palace were very close, the nanny was responsible for leading Xia Qi and his sister, and also had to bring the white-collar women along.
Because the yellow-haired girl was directly eliminated, the white-collar girl no longer had the company of her palace fighting fans. She was alone and far away from Xia Qi and her sister, looking particularly lonely.
However, in order to gain an advantage in the days to come, she forced herself to cheer up and get close to the nanny to get some useful information.
"Mammy, where is this place?" When passing by a low bush with the fragrance of flowers, the white-collar woman finally couldn't help but speak out and asked cautiously.
Because the white-collar woman was awarded the title of Talented Lady, the nanny was full of impatience, but she still had to deal with her and said, "This is the Imperial Garden."
"Imperial Garden? Does His Majesty come to the Imperial Garden often?" The white-collar girl's eyes lit up. The Imperial Garden is a place where the emperor is often encountered in TV dramas...
The nanny glanced at the white-collar woman, and when she saw her eyes rolling around, she smiled coldly and thought, what a fearless person he is, he even dares to provoke the most terrifying boss in the palace.
"Talented lady, His Majesty comes to the Imperial Garden often." The nanny replied with a strange smile on her face.
Hearing this, the white-collar woman covered her mouth and smiled secretly, and thanked her happily: "Thank you, Mammy."
The four continued walking forward and walked out of the imperial garden. Xia Qi saw an exceptionally dazzling palace appear in front of them. The reason why it could be seen from a long distance was that the palace was very bright and appeared particularly abrupt in the night, which was completely inconsistent with the dark style of the entire palace.
The palace has three floors and is built entirely of white jade. There are exquisite dragon and phoenix patterns carved everywhere, and even the eaves are hung with exquisite moon palace lanterns. The whole palace is crystal clear, emitting a moon-like halo in the rolling black air, which looks dreamy.
Not only that, there is a laurel tree about three stories high planted at the entrance of the palace. When a breeze blows, countless sparkling yellow leaves fall from the laurel tree. After the leaves fall to the ground, several white rabbits slip out. They stretch out their little heads and sniff the leaves with their big noses. They look very cute.
Since the plaque hanging on the palace was in ancient font, the white-collar woman did not recognize the name of the palace. She could not help but ask, "Which lady lives in this palace? It looks so beautiful."
Xia Qi couldn't help but glance at the palace twice, thinking, why does this palace look so much like Guanghan Palace
The nanny cleared her throat and said, "This palace is incredible. Even Concubine Lin cannot live in it."
"Oh my God, who lives in this palace? Could it be the Queen?" The white-collar woman put her hands on her cheeks, revealing an expression full of girlish love.
The nanny glanced at her coldly and said, "There is no queen in the palace right now. However, what the talented person said is right, this 'Wu Ai Palace' is indeed reserved for the future queen."
"My Love Palace... Wow, His Majesty the Emperor is so romantic." The white-collar woman said excitedly.
Xia Qi: “…”
Hearing this strange name that was comparable to "Shouju Palace", Xia Qi couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, and once again felt a sense of powerlessness and familiarity.
After leaving the Wuai Palace, the four of them crossed a palace road and came to the gate of Concubine Lin's Shouju Palace. Concubine Wu's palace was next to the Shouju Palace and looked smaller than the Shouju Palace.
After sending Xia Qi and his sister to the door, the nanny helped knock on the door and then left with the white-collar woman.
"Oh, you still remember to come over." The one who came out to greet Xia Qi and his sister was still Concubine Lin's mean maid.
Because she had just been scolded by Concubine Lin, the maid looked particularly ugly when she saw Xia Qi. She looked so indignant, as if she wanted to eat Xia Qi alive.
The maidservant said unhappily, "You have no official rank yet, so the queen will not let you live in a side hall. You should live in the maid's room."
Xia Qi said that he didn't care. He even wished to live closer to his sister so that they could take care of each other.
After bringing the two to the small room where the palace maids lived, the maid started scolding them again.
After scolding them, the maid didn't tell them what to do or what to pay attention to, and she didn't even bother to leave them a bed. She kicked the door with a haughty look on her face to vent her anger, and then left.
After the room was completely quiet, Xia Qi felt a little hungry, so he asked his sister, "Are you hungry?"
"I'm hungry, but I have no food." My sister pursed her lips and lowered her head embarrassedly.
Because she had been hanging around in the primary field all the time, and because of being in dungeons all year round, she had very few sin coins and could not afford to buy food.
Because she always went hungry in the dungeon, she started planting and cooking as soon as she entered the Fengdu dungeon.
"It's okay, I have compressed biscuits." Xia Qi had bought supplies from Ou Bin before, and this time they could come in handy.
The two of them sat in the room and finished a piece of biscuit. Xia Qi originally thought that he would need to eat a few more pieces of compressed biscuits to feel full, but he didn't expect that Ou Bin was honest in doing business. He filled his stomach with just one piece of biscuit.
After eating, Xia Qi felt a little sleepy and planned to go back to his room next door to rest. Just as he was about to push open the door, suddenly, he heard a woman's whimpering not far away.
"Someone is crying, did you hear it?" Xia Qi paused and turned to his sister and said.
"I heard it, too." My sister sat up from the stool and pushed open the window in the room. She pointed at the red brick wall in front of her and said, "The crying sound came from Concubine Wu's palace."
After the two of them finished speaking, the crying continued.
“Wuwuwu, no... please... don’t...”
"… Help… "
Xia Qi walked to the window and listened carefully for a while, and found that the voice sounded more and more familiar.
He suddenly turned his head and looked at his sister.
"Is it her?"