The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

Chapter 280 Flower Seal Contest

Inside the Daxing Palace, Baili Quan was stroking the cloud pattern on the mechanism box on the table, with a group of偃術 masters kneeling in front of him.

"I have given you so much time, and you tell me that there is still no progress?"

The people below all lowered their heads and dared not speak. Baili Quan showed a hint of impatience.

"Speak, are you all mute?"

The leader below stammered and replied,

"Your Majesty, this mechanical box is the masterpiece of Master Guimu. If we forcefully break it open, the box and the things inside will be destroyed. We dare not act rashly."

Baili Quan picked up the mechanism box in front of him. It was the one Xiao Huaimin had presented to him before. Originally, he had some doubts as to whether it was something from the Yun family, but now most of his doubts had been dispelled.

Only that old bastard, the Duke of Zhenguo, would be willing to do such messy things.

"Is there no way to open this box?"

Although Baili Quan couldn't be sure that the Feiyun Order was in this box, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he was willing to give it a try.

He still remembered that when he was still the crown prince, he had seen the power of the Feiyun Army in the northern border. It was an invincible army, and no one in a higher position would not be tempted by this force. However, without the Feiyun Order, even if he was the emperor, he could not fully control the Feiyun Army.

Thinking of this, Baili Quan's eyes darkened. He had to admit that the old man Yun Chengzhuo was indeed good at training the army, and his eldest son Yun Wanhai had completely inherited his mantle.

Looking back on those years, the countries outside the northern border were suppressed by the Yun family. If those rubbish in the Meng family were half as good as those in the Yun family, the war in the northern border wouldn't be so tense now.

It’s a pity that the Yun family has been destroyed.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian wishes to see you."

Yuan Fu took small steps towards Baili Quan. When he heard the name of Concubine Xian, Baili Quan subconsciously frowned.

"What is she doing here?"

Yuanfu lowered his head and dared not hide anything.

"Empress Xian said that the Emperor may need her help at this time."

Baili Quan glanced at the mechanism box on the table, and then said,

"Let her in, you go down first."

......

Jiang Tunan and Xiao Mingxu still went out. They changed out of their school uniforms and put on casual clothes.

"Cousin, what competition did you say would be held in half a month?"

Xiao Mingxu unfolded his folding fan, fanned it gently, and replied,

"Hundred Flower Festival Competition."

Jiang Tunan had only heard of the Flower Festival, but never heard of the Hundred Flowers Festival, so he asked again,

"What is the Hundred Flower Festival? Is it for viewing flowers?"

Xiao Mingxu closed his folding fan and said in a mysterious way,

"The Hundred Flowers Festival is indeed related to flower viewing, but these flowers are not those flowers."

Jiang Tunan seemed to understand what Xiao Mingxu meant.

"Oiran?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

Xiao Mingxu glanced at Jiang Tunan's body and asked suspiciously,

"But, will jumping around like this really not affect your wounds?"

Who would understand? Jiang Tunan fainted in the morning after being beaten with a stick, but now he can walk on the street in the afternoon. Xiao Mingxu didn't know whether he should be shocked by Jiang Tunan's amazing recovery ability first, or suspect that the person who beat him with a stick didn't eat today.

"It's okay. Walking will help the wound heal."

Jiang Tunan supported Chunhua and limped forward. Seeing that Xiao Mingxu still had doubts on his face, he suddenly slapped Xiao Mingxu on the shoulder.

"cousin!"

"exist!"

Xiao Mingxu was startled by Jiang Tunan's action. Jiang Tunan said with a serious face,

"Do you think I'm just trying to show off? No! I'm trying to prove to everyone that I won't admit defeat!"

Chunhua held Jiang Tunan's arm tightly to prevent her from falling due to excessive movement.

"How many people are waiting to see me make a fool of myself when I am punished? They think I will just hide at home and not dare to come out, but I want to walk out with dignity and tell them that I am not wrong!"

"So what if I get punished? I don't regret what I did. Let them see my attitude!"

Xiao Mingxu was speechless, then he slammed his folding fan heavily on his hand.

"Great! You're worthy of being my cousin! You're brave!"

But the next moment, Xiao Mingxu's tone became cautious.

"It's just that there's no need to do that, because if nothing unexpected happens, those people are currently attending classes in the Imperial College, and they won't be able to see how strong you are right now."

Jiang Tunan: Can't you let me pretend for a while...

"Oh, that's fine, let's continue shopping."

Jiang Tunan supported Chunhua and continued to move forward. Xiao Mingxu found Jiang Tunan's appearance a little funny, his eyes full of doting, and then he returned to his nonchalant look.

"Wait for me, Xiao Nan Nan!"

......

"Xing'er, what's wrong with you?"

In the Nazhe Garden, Li Niang looked at Xing Er in a daze, somewhat puzzled.

"You've been absent-minded these past few days. What's wrong? Do you have a lover?"

"Don't talk nonsense if there is no Sister Li Niang."

Xing Er blushed immediately. Seeing her like this, Li Niang joked,

"Little girl, you are still shy. Are you attracted to a handsome young man? Tell me and I will ask for your help."

Xing'er hugged Ruan Qin and turned her body to one side.

"Sister Li Niang, please stop making fun of me. I just suddenly miss home."

Hearing this, Li Niang lost the mood to play. Xing'er was picked up by her from the street. At that time, Xing'er was performing on the street with a zither in her arms. Because the girl she was playing was a ruan, Li Niang stopped and listened for a while.

The Ruan Qin is not something that ordinary people can afford to learn. Just when Li Niang was still thinking about the origins of the girl in front of her, a few thugs appeared and robbed all the money that Xing'er had just earned.

Later, seeing how pitiful Xing'er looked, Li Niang took her to eat a bowl of noodles at a nearby stall. When she learned that Xing'er's family had died at the hands of bandits, and that a girl had to live here all alone, Li Niang felt pity for her.

"Alas, there are so many separations and deaths in this world. You should be more open-minded. I think you are the daughter of an honest family. I am sorry to ask you to come to my Nazhe Garden."

Xing Er quickly shook her head and said,

"No, no, if Sister Li Niang hadn't been willing to take me in, I would have starved to death on the streets."

Li Niang patted Xing Er's head in a comforting manner.

"When I was your age, I was sold to a brothel by my family and started to receive customers, so I really can't understand your feelings towards your family. But fortunately, your current boss is a good person, so the sisters here don't have to suffer that."

Xing Er seemed to have thought of something and asked tentatively,

"Sister Li Niang, are the young men and women who came here before friends of the Dong family?"

Li Niang shook her handkerchief.

"Why are you asking this? The boss doesn't like us asking about his affairs."

Xing Er smiled sweetly, and it looked like she was just asking casually.

"I just have a deep impression of Miss Jiang. I wonder whose family she belongs to."

Li Niang knew that Xing Er was a Ruan Chi. Perhaps it was because of the poems Jiang Tunan had said before that Xing Er took it to heart, so she told him the truth.

"Miss Jiang is the cousin of the Minister of Rites. I heard that both her parents died when she was young and she was raised within the family. She was brought to Kyoto a while ago."

"Both parents are dead..."

Xing'er murmured softly, but her brows were furrowed.

"Then I wonder where Miss Jiang's hometown is. Her accent sounds very familiar to me."

Li Niang thought about it and didn't have a very deep impression of Jiang Tunan.

"I don't know about that, but it should be from the south."

The south?.The hope in Xing'er's heart quietly dissipated again.

That person shouldn't be in the South.