Empress, please have some self-respect. I am not your husband.

Lu Feng's response undoubtedly meant that the two of them were going to risk their lives in the second round!

Ye Bingyun spoke up: "Lu Feng, you can't!"

"Lu Feng, it's said that Song Qingyu is most skilled at couplets, how could you agree to such a bet!" Qin Xinyi said in a panic.

Lu Feng smiled and replied, "Miss Xinyi, no problem. Just watch how I deal with this guy."

When the two asked questions, Lu Feng only responded to Qin Xinyi, which made Her Majesty the Empress slightly displeased.

Song Qingyu sneered: "Treat me? You're not worthy!"

"Instead of wasting time spouting threats, why don't you tell your companions what's best, and I'll buy you a better coffin later?" Lu Feng said calmly.

"Fine! Let's see who dies in this hall today!"

Lu Feng casually asked, "How do we compete?"

Song Qingyu was furious: "You and I will each take turns posing a question until one of us can't answer it, at which point we lose. If one of us is unable to pose a question, then it's the other's turn to pose. We only have ten breaths to answer!"

“Okay!” Lu Feng had no objection to the rule.

Song Qingyu: "Give me a question!"

Lu Feng's eyes turned strange: "Are you sure you want me to set the questions? Then you won't have a chance."

Song Qingyu laughed in exasperation. He was famous throughout the world for his couplets, and there was no couplet in the world that he did not know. That was why he gave the opportunity to set the question to Lu Feng.

Just as he was about to speak, Yu Ningyan's voice rang out from behind him: "Qingyu, since Lu Feng asked you to set a question, then set a question."

Hearing this, Song Qingyu had no choice but to give up. Looking at Lu Feng with ill intent, she said, "Then listen to me carefully! My first line is: 'Water Department fire, Minister Jin embarks on massive construction!'"

This first line of the couplet immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"What a wonderful first line! It cleverly incorporates the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!"

"As expected of Song Qingyu, the greatest talent in the world, he actually came up with such a couplet!"

"And he speaks so fluently; his reputation is well-deserved!"

Those who discussed it racked their brains, only to find that they couldn't come up with a matching couplet at all.

Her Majesty the Empress looked at Lu Feng with some worry, but when she saw him laugh, she felt reassured and began to look forward to it.

Lu Feng: "My second line is 'Southern people facing north, what is this Central Secretariat?'"

The ministers of Qian State, who had previously marveled at Song Qingyu's first line of the couplet, exclaimed in surprise.

"Incredible! Using the five directions of east, west, south, north, and center to correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!"

"Holy crap, how did Lu Feng's head even grow like that?!"

"They matched up so quickly! And that last thing is quite meaningful!"

Song Qingyu's gaze darkened. She hadn't expected Lu Feng to have some skill, matching her first line of the couplet so quickly.

Composing herself, Song Qingyu said coldly, "Not bad, continue with my second couplet: Phoenix Descends on the Wutong Tree, Wutong Descends on the Phoenix!"

"The phoenix alights on the parasol tree, and the parasol tree alights on the phoenix? Father, this couplet is so strange," Qin Xinyi said, frowning.

Minister of Revenue Qin Ming suddenly realized and exclaimed in disbelief, "This couplet actually conveys the same meaning even when reversed!"

"Haha, this is a palindrome couplet created by Brother Song himself!"

"You absolutely cannot continue this line! Just admit defeat!"

At this moment, the Western Chu delegation stepped forward to promote Song Qingyu and put pressure on Lu Feng.

To their surprise, Lu Feng smiled and gave the matching line the next moment: "I thought it was some kind of timeless masterpiece, but you actually dared to offer this? Listen carefully, my matching line is 'Perfect Match'!"

"Impossible!" Song Qingyu exclaimed in shock!

In the past, he had always been successful in his attempts to defeat the literary association, but today he was defeated by Lu Feng so quickly, which he simply could not believe!

Could it be that his couplets are just as powerful as his lyrics?

This is absolutely impossible!

Having been effortlessly neutralized by Lu Feng's two deadly attacks, he lost his composure and quickly said, "After the rain, the fragrant grass stretches to the horizon."

Lu Feng calmly replied, "Spring arrives, and the plum blossoms glow red in the sunlight."

"The upper hook is for the old, the lower hook is for the test; the old test the young, and the young test the old until they are old!"

"One person is a big deal, two people are a small deal; a favor is greater than heaven."

Song Qingyu: "Great talents have always faced many hardships!"

Lu Feng: "A playboy never becomes a great man!"

The onlookers stared wide-eyed as the two engaged in a fierce verbal battle, with Song Qingyu coming up with increasingly faster couplets, but Lu Feng responding even faster.

Almost as soon as he finished uttering the first line, Lu Feng had already followed up with the second.

In just over ten minutes, Song Qingyu was covered in sweat and his face was flushed, no longer resembling the elegant young gentleman he once was.

Qin Xinyi went from clenching her fists in tension at the beginning to relaxing in the end. Unconsciously, she had put her whole heart on Lu Feng's shoulders.

Everyone could see that Song Qingyu had been driven to the brink of despair.

His opponent turned out to be an unknown Lu Feng!

Breathing heavily, Song Qingyu stared intently at Lu Feng, five minutes having passed since he presented his last couplet.

Just then, Lu Feng smiled knowingly and said, "Can you still play? If not, then it's my turn."

"You go!" Song Qingyu shouted coldly, forcing herself to calm down.

"Then listen to me carefully! My first line is 'Smoke locks the willow by the pond'!" Lu Feng's voice was full of cruelty. Although he said the first line with a smile, no one could feel any emotion.

"Smoke shrouds by the pond and willows?"

Those present who understood couplets couldn't help but ponder, and an image appeared in their minds: a thick fog shrouded a clear pond, with willows on the pond appearing and disappearing in the mist, like a dream.

"What a beautiful first line of a couplet," one person exclaimed.

Then someone suddenly realized: "Wait a minute! This couplet has such a strong killing intent!"

The speaker looked at Lu Feng in horror: "Song Qingyu's first couplet incorporated the five elements, and Lu Feng's couplet actually incorporates the five elements into the radicals of five characters!"

Those around him broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this, and realized what he meant: "Moreover, the beauty of this couplet is so vivid, and the word 'lock' is used brilliantly. This couplet is meant to cut off Song Qingyu's path to survival!"

Everyone stared at Lu Feng in horror, realizing how terrifying this alliance was.

They could all see that Song Qingyu, the talented scholar famous for his couplets, had naturally figured it out long ago.

He was drenched in cold sweat, his mind filled with the five words "smoke locks the pond and willows", and his hands and feet were trembling!

The Western Chu delegation immediately became anxious, but dared not speak as before, for fear of disturbing Song Qingyu!

But the Qian Kingdom wasn't going to be polite, and many people started egging Song Qingyu on to accept the offer!

They could even see the scene of Song Qingyu, the greatest talent in the world, dying in this great hall.

Ten breaths, or about half a minute, became Song Qingyu's last moments!

As time was running out, amidst the urging of the people from the Qian Kingdom, Song Qingyu suddenly stood up and roared!

My second line is: Peach blossoms illuminate the Jinjiang River embankment!

This roar seemed to have exhausted all his strength, so much so that his eyes were bloodshot, his face was flushed, and his body was still trembling. It was the excitement of surviving a desperate situation!

The second line of the couplet stunned the entire audience!