The battle between Du Laoliu and Tuyu was just something that happened among the younger generation among the three families.
The huge gap in strength between the two also made the three families almost believe that this engagement was just a formality, even the Du family was like this, so no one publicized it, let alone paid attention to it.
Even Tuyu's aunt, Tuwan, didn't care about it. To her, it was just a fight between children. If Du Lao Liu and Shi Jiyue hadn't eloped and caused the three families to search everywhere, this matter would not have been heard by Tu Wan.
However, just the day before the appointment, the empress suddenly mentioned this matter, revealing that she wanted to see it, which made many people puzzled, and at the same time, this matter also entered the eyes of many people.
The competition location was almost changed from a small courtyard to the square in front of the palace. When Ren Baqian heard the news, he immediately had the feeling that he was lying on the bed and got shot in the knee.
If this competition was really held in the square in front of the palace, he would really be the one to blame.
The empress will not let herself go!
You guys will not let yourself go.
Thinking about the next ten days and a half months, every day when everyone goes to court, they have to stand in the ecstasy stench for a long time, and then go up to court with the stench on their bodies... that picture is simply unimaginable.
"Can't be in front of the palace? Why?" Seeing Ren Baqian's big reaction, the empress suddenly became puzzled.
"No matter why, you can't! That's like committing suicide!" Ren Baqian's face was heavy.
"You meddled? What did you give him?" the empress asked back.
"No, absolutely not." Ren Baqian repeatedly denied. "In fact, he did something wrong in this matter, how could I interfere in this matter again."
"Although I don't care, it's true that the two of them caused trouble in this matter, and they should be punished," said the empress.
"Then His Majesty still wants to go to the scene to see?"
"Didn't you say the last sentence intentionally or unintentionally? I saw that you had such an idea, so I went to have a look. Anyway, the students in the school are as weak as you!" The empress raised her little finger.
Ren Baqian saw that this matter was absolutely unbearable, and he had to prove it to himself! "The brain is the biggest weapon! If you compare it with mathematics, physics and chemistry, I want to say that Dayao has no one who can beat him!"
"Enen, I understand." The empress said perfunctorily. "And then? Why can't it be in front of the palace?"
"I lost something... Among them was a skunk bomb..." Ren Baqian grumbled.
"Huh?" The Empress turned her head to look at him fiercely, and sneered, "Lost it?"
Ren Baqian looked serious: "It was stolen! The current students even steal my things in the office, and they must be punished properly!"
"Forget it, I won't watch it, let them move the location farther away." The empress shook her head slightly.
"Your Majesty still said to go see it today, so it's not easy to backtrack. I think the venue for the Lantern Festival is good, big enough, and well ventilated. It's been southeasterly recently, so as long as you sit in the wind, there is absolutely no problem."
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Just after noon the next day, Ren Baqian accompanied the empress and drove out of Ximen in a luan.
There was a large open space in the distance, and someone was already waiting there, and most of the fifty students from the academy had arrived.
People from Du, Tu, and Shi's families also arrived, sitting not far away.
Tu Wan, Tong Zhenye and Shi Qing unexpectedly also came. Among them, it was late because of his nephew and the empress was coming.
Tong Zhenye and Shi Qing naturally want to see how the students in the academy fight against opponents who are one level higher in strength because Tonglan and Shi Qing are attending classes at the academy, maybe they can see a good show.
There are also some middle and low-level officials who are looking for a place to sit around, most of them are from the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, and they are old with the three families.
When we got to the place, the empress opened the curtain and said casually: "I just want to look around, you don't need to worry about me."
Then he took out a card from Ren Baqian's hand, looked at an A and a 2 in his hand, and frowned slightly.
Ren Baqian looked at the A in his hand, smiled, and stretched his fingers to the A in the empress's hand, but before the fingers touched, the empress' face turned dark, and a cold light appeared in her eyes.
Ren Baqian smiled at the empress, am I the kind of person who would give up just because of mere threats
Um? Am I that kind of person
Of course, I want to draw that 2 back again!
The Empress didn't wait for Ren Baqian to withdraw her hand, quickly took away the remaining A in Ren Baqian's hand, and then threw it in front of her: "I won!"
"This kind of small game, of course, can't help His Majesty." Ren Baqian laughed.
Then the empress picked up a brush and drew a beard around Ren Baqian's mouth, nodded and said, "It looks much more pleasing to the eye."
Ren Baqian pinched his chin: "Sure enough, I look more masculine with a beard!"
The empress rolled her eyes at him, looked at the empty field and asked, "Why hasn't it started yet?"
"It will start soon, Your Majesty, don't worry!"
Not far away, Tong Zhenye stroked his beard and smiled at the empress, "Do you think my beard looks good?"
The corners of the empress' eyes twitched.
"It's time to play."
Ren Baqian said.
"Which way is the wind blowing?" the Empress asked.
Ren Baqian reached out to the outside of Luanjia to feel it, and said with a smile, "Our position is downwind."
"Your Majesty asked which way the wind is blowing and why?" Tong Zhenye asked doubtfully.
"Nothing, just ask casually." Ren Baqian replied.
Tong Zhenye nodded with some doubts, and turned to look at the two people in the field.
They are both seventeen or eighteen years old, but Tuyu is a little taller than Du Laoliu, and looks much stronger. Du Laoliu seems to weigh only about 200 catties, while Tuyu is at least close to 300 catties, which does not seem to be of the same magnitude from the outside.
Men of the ancient tribe who are below Supreme Heaven usually have stronger physiques with higher strength, and thinner with lower strength, so it is very easy to distinguish strength.
Tuyu held an iron rod with a thick wrist, weighing more than a hundred catties, and sneered at Du Laoliu, who was tightly wrapped in the opposite side: "I didn't expect your majesty to come to see it. But no matter what, the victory or defeat will be sooner or later." It's decided. This is your last chance, but unfortunately you can't grab it, so you can only struggle in vain. If you want to blame, blame yourself for being too useless."
Du Lao Liu got a cloak somewhere to wrap himself tightly, only showing one arm holding a mace outside.
He didn't answer Tuyu's words, but turned his head to look at the people on the sidelines, the students from the academy, and Shi Jiyue, whose eyes were red and worried, who was sandwiched by the Shi family.
Then he turned his head and looked at Tuyu: "Even if it's for Jiyue, I will die to win."
"If it's a lip service, maybe you can really win." Tuyu sneered. "But words are always not as useful as strength."
A guard of the Tu family walked into the field, raised his hand above his head, and then swung it downward. Suddenly, a shallow scratch appeared on the ground out of thin air, as if someone had chopped it out with something.
"start!"