There was another "bang" sound. The originally broken door of the room was hit hard by the palace people. It made a sound of being unable to bear the weight, and then fell to the ground with a loud bang.
Concubine Lin held up her skirt and rushed into the room, only to see Xia Qi standing by the window, leisurely closing the two windows.
After seeing Concubine Lin and others arrive at the battlefield, Xia Qi actually turned around and smiled faintly at everyone.
Perhaps it was because Xia Qi seldom smiled, his sudden smile seemed too strange, which made Concubine Lin feel that something was wrong.
What exactly is wrong
When he saw Xia Qi closing the window, he guessed that the adulterer might have escaped, especially since Xia Qi's expression was too calm, which made him more certain that the adulterer had jumped out of the window.
The more Xia Qi pretended to be calm, he guessed that the adulterer was more likely to jump out the window and escape.
"How dare you! How dare you let the adulterer hiding in your room go?" Concubine Lin shouted coldly, "Do you still have any sense of shame? How dare you hide a man in the palace!"
Without waiting for Xia Qi to react, Concubine Lin rushed to the window and pushed it open.
When he opened the window, he found that it was empty outside and there was no sign of the adulterer at all.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and chase him!" Concubine Lin turned around abruptly and shouted coldly at a group of palace servants.
After receiving the order from Concubine Lin, the palace maids chased out one after another.
However, after a long time, the palace servants almost turned the yard upside down, but they still couldn't find the adulterer that Concubine Lin mentioned.
Concubine Lin gnashed her teeth and looked at Xia Qi with resentment: "You are such a good girl, Xia Qi, you actually played tricks under my nose."
His inference must be correct, there must be someone in Xia Qi's room just now.
"My Lady Concubine, it seems you are very worried about me." Xia Qi curled his lips and looked at Lady Concubine Lin with a smile, his attitude abnormally arrogant.
Concubine Lin looked at his expression and was so irritated that her temples began to throb. He, who had never been defeated in the palace fights, unexpectedly fell into Xia Qi's hands again.
Concubine Lin took a deep breath and slowly calmed down. He gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, "I underestimated you."
"Your Highness, this Shouju Palace is your territory. How could anyone hide in my room?" Xia Qi spread his hands and blocked Noble Concubine Lin's words, his attitude still as arrogant as ever.
"Your Highness." Concubine Wu was also very angry. She glared at Xia Qi fiercely and suggested to Concubine Lin, "Why not lock him up and interrogate him slowly."
Concubine Wu suffered a great loss at the hands of Xia Qi and her sister tonight. She wished she could dismember and eat them on the spot.
She couldn't let Xia Qi and her sister continue to cause trouble, so she had to use Concubine Lin's power to get rid of them.
Hearing Concubine Wu's words of killing someone with a borrowed knife, Concubine Lin sneered and glanced at her indifferently.
Does Concubine Wu think he is a fool? She actually wants to lock up Xia Qi in his name
At present, Xia Qi has not been caught. If he is acquitted by the system, he will be the one who suffers in the end.
He had accompanied Concubine Wu out tonight, originally just wanting to reap the benefits, but he didn't want to be used as a gun by Concubine Wu for nothing.
However, that doesn't mean he is willing to let the matter go.
"Xia Qi, you and that palace maid should move to my side hall." Concubine Lin pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke.
He planned to put Xia Qi under his nose and watch over them personally. He didn't believe that Xia Qi would not reveal his true colors in the future.
"Okay." Xia Qi nodded without hesitation. He didn't even take the things and walked to Concubine Lin with empty hands. "Please lead the way, Concubine."
Seeing Xia Qi's frank appearance, Concubine Lin couldn't help but show suspicion.
Why was Xia Qi so happy after learning that he was about to move to a side hall
Logically speaking, Xia Qi should feel sad that he couldn't meet his adulterer, but why did he feel relieved
After leaving the room with everyone, Xia Qi suddenly stopped.
He turned his head and glanced towards his closet.
At this time, a layer of black air was floating in the air outside the wardrobe, which made people feel a strong resentment just by looking at it.
Xia Qi curled the corners of his mouth and followed the palace maid to the outer room.
Xia Qi woke up his sister who was sleeping soundly and told her that they had to move to a side hall.
"What? We're living well here, why do we suddenly have to change rooms?" My sister yawned and slowly got up from the bed.
The two of them didn't pack up much and left the maid's room one after the other.
When he walked out of the yard, Xia Qi stopped, turned around, and looked carefully towards the eaves.
I saw a few dark shadows squatting on the palace wall, each of them showing half of their head, staring closely in the direction of the palace maids' room.
As he expected, Concubine Lin did not let down her guard and had people continue to watch his room.
It seems that he will not be disturbed by anyone tonight and can have a good sleep.
"Brother Xia, what are you so happy about?" After arriving at Concubine Wu's side hall, the younger sister asked in confusion.
Ever since Xia Qi came out of the maid's room, the smile on his face has never stopped, especially when he saw Concubine Lin's shadow guards surrounding the maid's room, Xia Qi's expression revealed a hint of gloating.
Xia Qi touched his face and said, "Really?"
Is it that obvious
“Uh…” My sister paused and turned her head away with a strange expression.
She secretly guessed that the white shadow might still be in Xia Qi's room.
She originally thought that Xia Qi would be very sad because Concubine Lin broke up their relationship, but she didn't expect that he didn't care at all. Instead, he happily moved with her.
Did Xia Qi have a fight with her boss? Would they be like her parents, who quarreled and ended up sleeping in separate beds and eventually divorced
After thinking for a while, my sister realized that she didn't understand it.
Forget it, she doesn’t understand the adult world.
"I'll go to sleep first." There were two rooms in the side hall. The younger sister was very sensible and chose to live in the outer room and continue to help Xia Qi watch the door.
Xia Qi lived in the inner room. The reason he chose to live in the inner room was because it had a window while the outer room did not.
He was worried that someone might break in late at night and scare his sister.
The conditions in the side hall were much better than those in the palace maids' room, and the quilt no longer had a musty smell. Xia Qi took off his shoes and socks and lay on the bed, his heart full of gratitude towards the Ghost King.
Thanks to the efforts of the Ghost Emperor, he was successfully brought under the nose of Concubine Lin.
I hope Concubine Lin will continue to shine and help him resist the advance of the Ghost King.
After sleeping soundly all night, Xia Qi was woken up by his sister early in the morning.
After opening the door, he found his sister standing at his door with a bunch of clothes in her hands. She stuffed the clothes into his hands and said, "Here, they were just distributed."
Xia Qi took the clothes and examined them carefully.
Reward item: Ninth-class palace maid's clothes (only available in this copy)
Level: Trash, Charisma +0
Other notes: Dear, this dress is terrible, do you really not consider being canonized
Xia Qi: “…”
"I won't consider it, thank you." Xia Qi complained to the system in his heart.
It turns out that the props in this game can add attributes. No wonder the concubines are dressed so fancy.
What's even more outrageous is that the men dress more delicately than the women, especially the man named Concubine Zhao. His head is full of pearls and jade, like a peacock, and he is even more feminine than Concubine Wu.
However, Xia Qi quite liked this dress for the ninth-rank palace maid. Although the fabric of this dress was the most common gray coarse cloth, after Xia Qi put it on, she found that this dress was suitable for both men and women and did not look feminine at all.
Although his charm value was not increased, Xia Qi felt extremely satisfied. He did not feel at all that Concubine Lin was deliberately treating him harshly by making him, a concubine, wear the clothes of a palace maid.
After changing clothes, Xia Qi and his sister went out to gather.
When the two walked to the main hall of Shouju Palace, they suddenly heard Concubine Wu's sharp and sarcastic laughter coming from inside the hall: "Oh, Concubine, your servant is more precious than you, and he has only come here now."
Hearing this, Xia Qi looked into the hall and found it to be very lively, with all the concubines sitting in it.
On both sides of the hall, the concubines were seated on chairs according to their rank. Some of them rolled their eyes, some twisted their mouths, and some showed mocking expressions. In short, this group of people did not look favorably upon him.
Concubine Lin was sitting in the main seat in the middle. She was holding a cup of tea in her hand and occasionally lifting the lid of the cup. She still looked like an unfathomable master of palace fighting.
As soon as Xia Qi saw the posture of the crowd, he knew that the concubines were going to come to the palace of Concubine Lin to pay their respects in the morning. Unexpectedly, they were late. Xia Qi turned around and saw his sister gently shaking her head at him.
In fact, my sister had arrived an hour early, and the maid told her that the time would be even later, so she came out early on purpose, but she didn't expect that she would still be caught
"They weren't that late. It was my sisters who came too early." Concubine Lin raised her chin towards Xia Qi and her sister, motioning them to roll aside first.
Although he hated Xia Qi, he couldn't force a crime on him.
Instead of focusing all his energy on harassing Xia Qi over trivial matters, Concubine Lin thought that he might as well focus his time and energy on catching Xia Qi's adulterer.
As long as he caught the adulterer, he could sentence Xia Qi and the adulterer to death. By then, Xia Qi would be like a fish on the chopping board, and he would not allow him to execute him.
"Hmph." Seeing that Concubine Lin didn't intend to pursue the matter further, Concubine Wu pursed her lips and snorted unhappily.
The time for paying respects was indeed 6 o'clock in the morning, but because the concubines were all old players in the dungeon, they were worried that something might happen on the way to pay respects, so they all came half an hour in advance, which made Xia Qi and his sister late.
Seeing that the concubines had no intention of accusing them of any more crimes, Xia Qi and his sister took a few steps back and stood quietly behind the pillar, becoming the background for the palace drama.
"Hey, Princess Wu, your hair is very pretty. How much charm does it add?"
"Sister Zhao Fei, the pearl on your hairpin is so shiny, does it have other functions?"
Listening to the concubines' sarcastic remarks, it was not until then that Xia Qi realized that the identity of a rankless concubine was very good.
If he had accepted the enthronement at that time, the two of them would have been like office workers attending meetings, constantly being stared at by others, and even the movement of their fingers would be interpreted differently.
"Tsk, although the two of them did not make any mistakes, there are still three sisters who have not arrived yet." A man named Zhao Fei laughed. Maybe it was because she had been a "concubine" for too long, but Zhao Fei had lost her masculine demeanor. The eyeliner at the end of her eyes was almost pulled to her temples. She looked very tough, and her sharpness carried the temperament of a treacherous concubine.
Looking at the room full of "young ladies", Xia Qi couldn't help but think that this copy was really too perverted. Look at what it had done to torture a group of men.
"Heh." Concubine Wu pinched her handkerchief and laughed shrilly, "Let's wait a little longer today and see how long we have to wait for them. Your Majesty, you must not be soft-hearted today."
Hearing this, the white-collar woman sitting next to Wu Fei couldn't help but tremble.
Because of her relatively high charm value, she and the Yellow-Haired Girl were assigned to Lengxiang Palace. Last night, she heard the Yellow-Haired Girl crying nearby for a long time, until the intruder entered, and Lengxiang Palace finally quieted down.
Worried that she would be killed by Wu Fei as well, the white-collar woman couldn't sleep the whole night.
This morning, Concubine Wu did not send anyone to call her out. She felt something was wrong and followed.
Everyone ate snacks, drank tea and chatted in the main hall of Shouju Palace for a long time before they waited for the arrival of three latecomers.
Among these three people, one is an eighth-class beauty, and the other two are ninth-class talents.
The three of them looked flustered, and judging from their behavior, they were probably newcomers entering the game dungeon for the first time.
The three newcomers had witnessed the horror of the game yesterday and were worried that they would be convicted like the blonde. The three of them looked very unhappy, especially the eighth-rate beauty who was shaking the most.
"You three have offended the Imperial Concubine." Concubine Zhao, the male concubine with the most treacherous temperament, sneered, "Do you think the rules of the palace are dead?"
The beauty was so frightened that she trembled all over again. She actually knelt down in front of Concubine Lin and cried loudly, "Concubine, we know we are wrong. Please forgive us."
"If I forgive you, then everyone else will follow your example. Where will Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine save her dignity?" Concubine Wu also stepped forward and stepped on her. It has always been Concubine Wu's hobby to use Concubine Lin as a scapegoat.
Seeing the concubines concluding that they were late, the three of them all showed horrified expressions. Although they didn't know the real consequences of being late, they felt that it was not a good thing when they heard the word "eliminated".
The three of them looked at Concubine Lin eagerly, but Concubine Lin pretended to take a sip of tea and said calmly: "You three are just a little late, you can't be charged with a serious crime."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!" The three finally came back to their senses. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they would not be sentenced to a serious crime.
Hearing this, the concubines became unhappy, especially the concubines to whom these three men belonged, they all looked as if their food rations had been taken away.
"But serious crimes can be forgiven, but minor crimes cannot be forgiven." Concubine Lin has been the leader of the palace fight for several months, so she naturally knows that she must not offend other concubines. She raised her eyebrows at the three of them and said, "Today, I will demote the three of you to the ninth-rank palace maids. From now on, you will work in the imperial kitchen."
As soon as he finished speaking, the system began broadcasting in full frequency.
Full-channel broadcast: Eighth-rank beauty Zhang Yun, ninth-rank talent Li Jing, and Wang An failed to pay their respects on time, and were stripped of their titles and demoted to ninth-rank palace maids.
When the three heard the report, their faces turned pale again, but what reassured them was that at least they had saved their lives.
However, Xia Qi discovered that the concubines present looked satisfied and did not seem unhappy about the three being eliminated.
Is there something wrong with being a palace maid
No, Xia Qi thought about it again, his sister is also a palace maid, and there are many palace maids in this game. Therefore, being a palace maid is not dangerous, but going to the imperial kitchen will be dangerous.
Since the three had been sentenced to become palace maids and could no longer attend Concubine Lin's morning meeting, the three were asked to leave Shouju Palace by the palace servants.
The concubines who had completed their mission of harming others were in a very good mood and began to chatter again. They looked very harmonious as they discussed trivial matters.
If Xia Qi had not seen with his own eyes yesterday how Concubine Wu ate people and turned into a monster, he would have really thought that they were a group of normal palace fighting players.
After the concubines finished gossiping, Imperial Concubine Lin suddenly said, "Sisters, please be quiet. I have an important announcement to make today."
Apart from the regular entry of beauties every half a month, there had been no major events in the Fengdu Palace for a long time. Upon hearing that Concubine Lin had something important to announce, the concubines pricked up their ears and looked at her expectantly.
Looking at the sparkling eyes of the concubines, Xia Qi felt something was wrong again.
Generally speaking, people would be curious when they hear about big events, instead of being like them, like hungry wolves that have been hungry for days.
Concubine Lin cleared her throat and said, "The Ghost Festival is in seven days. His Majesty sent me a handwritten message today, planning to hold a family banquet at the Moon Viewing Terrace on the Ghost Festival. In order to make the atmosphere more lively, please ask the new sisters in the palace to prepare some programs. The sister who wins the first place in the program will be able to meet one of his requests."
Ding Dong! Attention all new players, you have automatically accepted the mission "Debut Trainee"!
Score calculation rules: All harem mentors hold different numbers of votes according to their levels. The mentors can cast their votes for the trainees who are performing. After all the trainees have finished their performances, the system will count the votes cast by each mentor and select the brightest star on the stage!
Competition rules: Trainees can form their own teams, and the number of team members cannot exceed 3.
Failure rules: The three trainees with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated in this round of the game.
Mission description: One vote for you, one vote for me, and you will be able to debut tomorrow! You work hard, I work hard, and in my heart you are number one!
Xia Qi: “…”
Sure enough, ever since he was forced to add points for dance and vocal music, he knew this would happen.
Upon hearing this sudden mission, the new players had different expressions, but the concubines were particularly excited and began to discuss it heatedly again.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Xia Qi whispered to his sister, "What was the mission you heard?"
My sister paused for a moment and replied in a low voice: "The name of the task is 'Perform a Show', and the task description requires you to please the audience and improve the atmosphere of the game... What's wrong?"
Logically speaking, Xia Qi had a good memory and it was impossible that he did not hear the system broadcast. His sister secretly thought it was strange.
"Nothing, I just asked." Xia Qi said expressionlessly.
"Well, Brother Xia, let's form a team." The younger sister took the initiative. She and Xia Qi have always been teammates, and the two of them will have a tacit understanding when working together.
Xia Qi frowned and couldn't help but remind him: "I have to remind you first... I don't have any music or dancing talent."
"It's okay, I'm here." My sister raised her eyebrows and looked very confident.
Seeing that his sister didn't mind him being a straight gay, Xia Qi didn't say anything else and agreed first.
The news of the family banquet spread like a thunderbolt under the water. The concubines were very excited and said that they would definitely attend the banquet on time and actively support Concubine Lin's work in hosting the banquet.
"Will His Majesty show up at the family dinner?" the white-collar woman asked suddenly without thinking.
When the word "Your Majesty" was shouted, everyone's expressions suddenly froze and the atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.
Even Concubine Wu didn't say a word. She covered her chest with her hands, looking as if she was frightened to death.
Concubine Zhao stood up directly, her face livid, and said to Concubine Lin, "My Lady, I am feeling unwell, so I will go back first."
Seeing everyone's frightened expressions, the white-collar woman suddenly came to her senses.
Concubine Lin pursed her lips and said coldly, "Let's go first."
Thanks to the white-collar woman's inappropriate words, the morning melon seed-cracking session finally ended, and Xia Qi felt his legs were numb from standing.
He may be born not to like meetings and has no idea what's the point of a group of people sitting there talking.
After the meeting, it was almost noon.
"You two, come here quickly." The maid beside Concubine Lin said to Xia Qi and his sister who were sweeping the floor.
The maidservant around Concubine Lin was already dissatisfied with Xia Qi and her sister. When she saw that they did not sweep the floor cleanly at all, she ordered them to go to the imperial kitchen to bring back lunch.
Before leaving, the maidservant deliberately did not tell the two where the imperial kitchen was, nor did she explain the rules for getting lunch. She just patted her butt and left.
"Looking at her smug look, the imperial kitchen might be in danger." Looking at the maid's back as she jumped away, Xia Qi narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, I think so too." The younger sister nodded, "Brother Xia, will you go?"
Now my sister is only a ninth-rank palace maid, and the maid is her direct superior. Even if Xia Qi doesn't go to the imperial kitchen, my sister has to go alone.
She had to complete the tasks assigned by her superiors, otherwise the maid would take the opportunity to judge her for dereliction of duty.
"Let me go with you. I want to see how the three new people who have become palace maids are doing." Xia Qi said.
Even if the maid hadn't issued a mission, Xia Qi would have taken the time to go there. After all, the three newcomers were sent to the imperial kitchen, and he didn't know what would happen to them.
The two of them left Shouju Palace together. When they passed the gate of Lengxiang Palace, Concubine Ou suddenly came out and asked them, "Where are you going?"
"We plan to go to the imperial kitchen," the younger sister replied.
"What?!" Hearing this, Ou Bin was horrified. He rushed over and grabbed Xia Qi's arm, staring at him and shouting, "Don't go! Are you tired of living?"