Upon hearing this, Zuo Lu waved his hand and said, "Go down. I understand. I'll go and inform them right away." The person turned and left, and Zuo Lu turned and went into the Imperial Study.

Chu Lingtian looked up and saw Zuo Lu returning: "What happened?"

"Your Majesty, this is a woman participating in the selection. The Imperial Advisor and all the court officials are here. Please, Your Majesty, take this opportunity to enter."

Chu Lingtian nodded: "I'll go first. You go and see if the court robes prepared for the Imperial Preceptor are finished. If they are, you personally deliver the robes over!"

"Yes, Your Majesty. This servant will go to the Imperial Wardrobe Bureau immediately!"

Chu Tian stood up, left the imperial study, and the imperial carriage headed towards the selection hall!

Inside the hall where the Flower Goddess was being chosen, there were 10 women, including Nangong Li and Li Liuyun. Eight of them had already changed into uniform attire, but Nangong Li and Li Liuyun remained in their original makeup and attire. This made Nangong Li and Li Liuyun stand out even more among the 10 women.

All the court officials present couldn't help but look at Nangong Li and Li Liuyun!

Li Liuyun and Nangong Li were also puzzled at this moment. They had heard Murong Xing say that after participating in the selection of the Flower Goddess and entering the palace, they would all change their clothes.

When Prime Minister Lin escorted them to the palace where the Flower Goddess was being selected, the head maid was filled with amazement when she saw Nangong Li and Li Liuyun. She kept muttering that she had never seen anyone so beautiful in her life.

Seeing that she looked like she couldn't wait to kneel down and worship, the old nanny waved her hand and said, "No need to change it. She's already like this, what's the point of choosing? As long as she's not blind, she's the perfect Flower Goddess! There's no need to change it!"

Once this was said, the others agreed, and thus Nangong Li and Li Liuyun became the only candidates to participate in the Flower Goddess selection, appearing in their own attire and makeup.

Looking at the people in front of him, all of them were staring at Li Liuyun. He really wanted to slap them.

Seeing Nangong Li frowning and looking like he was about to get angry, Li Liuyun tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Brother, for the sake of the bigger picture, please bear with it, please bear with it."

Nangong Li: "I've been holding back for a long time. If I didn't, do you think these people would still be alive?"

Seeing Nangong Li's furrowed brows, Li Liuyun tried a different approach to coax him: "Actually, you can think about it another way. Why are these people staring at you and me with such lust? It's because you and I are good-looking!"

Everyone has a love for beauty. Just like when I see beautiful flowers or pretty clothes, I can't help but take a second look, right? Just think of them as appreciating our beauty, and doesn't that make things a bit more balanced?

Nangong Li casually touched Li Liuyun's forehead: "I see you're perfectly fine, you don't have a fever. Look at those people, none of them look like they're admiring our beauty! Look at them, it's like they want to strip us naked, they practically want to devour us alive!"

Li Liuyun quickly grabbed Nangong Li's hand: "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive. How about this? After today's selection is over, we'll go find Chu Lingtian and ask who was present today. Tonight, we'll go and empty those perverts' houses as compensation for the two of us. What do you think?"

After hearing Li Liuyun's words, Nangong Li calmed down and nodded: "Move everything out."

Li Liuyun nodded: "Yes, move everything out."

"Your Majesty is here!"

All the court officials and the women participating in the selection knelt down. Li Liuyun and Nangong Li also bowed like everyone else, but they used their skirts to cover themselves and did not kneel on the ground, but squatted on the ground.

As soon as Chu Lingtian entered, he immediately spotted Nangong Li and Li Liuyun. He had seen Li Liuyun in women's clothing the night before, but Nangong Li's attire truly stunned him. It was practically blinding. This man was just too handsome; no wonder his secretaries were so infatuated.

As Chu Lingtian thought this to himself, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at Nangong Li. The next moment, he heard a furious roar in his ear: "You surnamed Chu, haven't you looked enough? Let me get up!"

Chu Lingtian was taken aback: Could this be the legendary telepathic communication?

He then walked to the seat of honor and sat down, quickly waving his hand: "Rise, my lords! Are these the women who are participating in this year's Flower Goddess competition? They are indeed much more outstanding than in previous years."

Seeing Chu Lingtian's expression, everyone knew perfectly well that those two women would most likely be added to his harem. What a pity! Two beautiful flowers were wasted on this piece of cow dung.

In the eyes of the court officials, although Chu Batian was the emperor, he was also a notorious lecher, and could not compare with them, these gentlemen who cherished women!

The Vice Minister of Rites stepped forward and presented the list of candidates on the ground: "Your Majesty, these are the lists of candidates. Please take a look."

Chu Lingtian nodded and took the roster.

The Vice Minister of Rites stepped forward: "The rules for participating in the Flower Goddess Festival are as follows: In addition to their own appearance, all participating women may choose one of the following as their talent performance: music, chess, calligraphy, or painting! Only women with outstanding appearance and talent can be selected as the Flower Goddess! As young ladies, you may choose your own talent performance, so let's start from left to right."

Upon hearing the Minister of Rites' words, all the women bowed in unison, then stepped forward with their pens to write down their talents and performances.

Li Liuyun pulled Nangong Li aside: "Why don't you choose to write calligraphy, and I'll play the zither! I don't want to dance for a bunch of scoundrels."

Nangong Li smiled and nodded: "That's exactly what I wanted!"

So Nangong Li and Li Liuyun stepped forward and each wrote down the projects they were participating in.

The first contestant chose to dance. She changed into a bright red dance costume and stepped forward barefoot! As the music began, she started to dance gracefully. Red bells adorned her snow-white feet. With each movement—bending over, leaning back, lifting her feet, and spinning—the bells jingled crisply! When the dance ended, all the officials present applauded and cheered.

"Not bad, not bad. I heard that this woman is the illegitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue, and her dancing skills are outstanding."

"How could he not be outstanding? His mother was the most beautiful courtesan in the brothel back in the day."

"Hahaha, that's it!"

As the crowd murmured amongst themselves, the woman slowly withdrew.

The second woman chose to play the zither. After burning incense, she sat down at the zither table and plucked the strings with her jade-like hands. Beautiful music flowed from her fingertips. It was "Phoenix Seeking its Mate." Everyone in the hall closed their eyes and listened, feeling the lingering sound resonate for three days.

Li Liuyun gently tugged at Nangong Li's sleeve: "Did she just play a note wrong?"

Nangong Li smiled and nodded: "You heard right, there was a note that was played wrong."

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