After being reborn, I locked up all the scumbags and bitches in one nest.

"Yes and no."

After saying that, Ye Junyang turned to look at Murong Xiao, "I will not participate in this Three Kingdoms Tournament."

Murong Xiao was surprised. "Why? If you don't participate, our chances of winning by force this time are slim."

In the last competition, Ye Junyang led his team to victory over the other two countries in terms of martial prowess, winning first place and boosting the confidence of the Great Yan. At the same time, Ye Junyang's strength also intimidated the Jiang Dynasty and Chu Yue.

Ye Junyang replied, "This time, the competition should mainly be led by the Crown Prince and the princes."

Then he gave Murong Xiao a meaningful look, "Moreover, the Emperor may decide to select some talents from the Yanling Army to participate in this competition."

In previous instances, talent had been selected from Yan Ling's army, and Murong Xiao had no objection to this. However, Ye Junyang wouldn't bring this up without a reason.

Murong Xiao waited for Ye Junyang's next sentence.

Seeing that Murong Xiao did not speak, Ye Junyang added, "The Yanling Army of Great Yan is not in your hands alone."

Murong Xiao immediately realized what was going on and looked at Ye Junyang with certainty, "You mean the Emperor allowed the Yanling Army under the Empress Dowager's command to participate in this competition?"

Ye Junyang did not speak again.

Murong Xiao pondered for a moment, "If Your Majesty wins by doing this, won't it strengthen the Empress Dowager's power? If you lose, it will also affect the reputation of Great Yan and Your Majesty's prestige among the people."

Ye Junyang remained silent.

Murong Xiao continued, "Moreover, a demon that drains people's power appeared in Yandu City recently, causing the loss of some people with outstanding talents. Unless Chu Yue and the Jiang Dynasty also fail to send top talents to participate, we will not be able to get first place even if we don't come in last."

Ye Junyang's face remained expressionless. "His Majesty has his own decision; we will simply await the outcome."

Since that's been said, Murong Xiao stopped thinking about it and just waited for the Emperor's order.

Then the two started talking about other things.

Before they knew it, the sun had set, and Qin Wanyou and her group returned home laden with their spoils.

The main reason is that Xie Xuanyun and Liu Xichun are both very capable. Xie Xuanyun's wedding to the Crown Prince is approaching, and this should be the last time she goes out shopping. So before leaving, Madam Xie gave Xie Xuanyun enough silver to buy some items that her daughter likes as dowry.

Liu Xichun did the same. Although the Liu family's wealth was not as great as the Xie family's, Liu Xichun still bought a lot of things.

Qin Wanyou bought some things and spent a lot of money. When it came time to pay, she naturally put it on Murong Xiao's tab, and was teased by the other two.

However, Qin Wanyou showed no embarrassment; she had saved him so many times, and this was all he should repay.

After the reunion of her siblings, Qin Wanyou got busy. Recalling the events of the competition in her previous life, in addition to martial arts, there were also competitions in various talents, medical skills, etc., especially since the people of Chu Yue were also good at Gu poison.

It took Qin Wanyou two days to compile the competition items proposed by the other two countries in this competition.

These past two days, the people in the Prince's Mansion thought Qin Wanyou was looking at the mansion's account books and learning about its affairs.

Murong Xiao was summoned to the palace by the Emperor the day after returning from Linglong Pavilion, and he didn't return until evening every day. Each day, besides asking the steward if Qin Wanyou was in the Prince's residence and what she was doing, he would then have a meal with her; he wouldn't ask any other questions or interfere with what Qin Wanyou was doing.

The Double Ninth Festival arrived quickly.

Qin Wanyou had to get up early to dress up, because she was going to the palace with Murong Xiao to participate in the investiture ceremony today.

This was the day and time for the imperial investiture ceremony, which the emperor had consulted with the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. Because it happened to be the Double Ninth Festival, the investiture took place after all the civil and military officials participated in the sacrificial rites and prayers.

The clothes that the prince and princess wore that day were delivered by the Imperial Household Department yesterday.

After getting ready for more than an hour, I put on the last outer garment and was ready to go out.

Thankfully, it's already autumn, and the mornings are crisp and clear. Otherwise, wearing so many layers of clothing would surely cause heatstroke.

Because he was attending an important ceremony and banquet today, Murong Xiao specifically instructed Qin Wanyou to have Wang Mama accompany her to the palace, so he gave Shuangling a day off after she finished her makeup.

On the Double Ninth Festival, the Emperor had to go to offer sacrifices first, so Murong Xiao had already left early to go to the sacrificial site.

When Qin Wanyou walked out, she saw that the carriage entering the palace was Murong Xiao's. She was a little surprised and asked the steward, "Didn't His Highness take a carriage this morning?"

The steward replied, "Because His Highness left a little late and was worried about missing the appointed time, he rode to the Temple of Heaven."

How could they be late at such an important moment?

Qin Wanyou didn't think twice and ordered everyone to hurry into the palace. Today, carriages were flowing in like a river, and she was worried that they would be stuck in traffic and miss their turn.

Sure enough, when we arrived at the palace, we saw that the emperor's entourage was already almost at the palace gate.

Qin Wanyou first went to the Empress's palace to pay her respects. After the palace servants came to summon the Emperor back to the palace, she went to the Golden Palace to await the investiture ceremony.

Before the time it takes to drink a cup of tea was up, the Empress wanted to ask about Qin Wanyou's situation at the Prince's residence, but a palace servant came to announce that the Emperor and his officials had returned to the palace.

In the end, she had no choice but to give up. She got up and took Qin Wanyou to the outside of the Golden Palace. On the way, the Empress reminded Qin Wanyou to pay attention to the etiquette of the investiture ceremony and not to lose her composure in front of the Emperor and the civil and military officials.

Qin Wanyou agreed to all of them, even though the old nanny had already taught her these rules when she came to the Prince's mansion.

Upon arriving outside the Golden Palace, one could see the Emperor and his officials already waiting outside.

At this moment, an eunuch stepped forward to lead Qin Wanyou to see Murong Xiao, while the empress went to the emperor's side.

Although Murong Xiao had been busy since early morning, his complexion seemed to have improved and he was not as pale as before.

Today he wore a crimson brocade robe with gold python patterns, and he looked much more energetic than before, no longer as numb and thin as he had.

When Murong Xiao saw Qin Wanyou, a glint flashed in his eyes. She was wearing a magnificent red palace dress with gold trim.

"The princess looks even more beautiful today."

Qin Wanyou curtsied and said, "Your Highness is too kind."

The two stood together, and everyone who saw them exclaimed that they were a perfect match, the scene was so beautiful that even the world seemed to lose its color.

Hearing her father-in-law shout at the top of his lungs, "Summon Prince An, Princess An!"

Murong Xiao and Qin Wanyou walked together, step by step, to the Emperor.

The father-in-law shouted again, "Kneel."

The two of them then knelt down together.

Then the eunuch read the contents of the previous imperial edict again and handed the prince's seal and the princess's seal to Murong Xiao and Qin Wanyou.

After Qin Wanyou and Murong Xiao accepted the gifts, they shouted in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

Then all the civil and military officials shouted together.

After the investiture ceremony, the emperor summoned some officials to the imperial study to discuss matters.

Murong Xiao then took Qin Wanyou to the palace where he had previously stayed to rest.

As the two walked away, two pairs of hateful eyes in the crowd stared intently at their backs, as if trying to see through them.

Qin Wanyou suddenly turned around.