TN | The Malicious Empress

Chapter 42: Challenge Her!

One song of Shen Yue made everyone listen as if they were drunk and stupefied. Females that had superior Qin skills would be loved anywhere and especially so if this female was pretty. At least in front of the male side of the banquet, Grade One students were too young but Grade Two's and Three's youths paid a lot of attention over to this side. Even though in Oak Wood Academy, Qin Qing's beauty was ranked first but she had a proud temperament and was not as gentle and pleasing as Shen Yue.

"This older sister of yours plays exceedingly well." Rose reluctantly said, "I Do not know where did she hired her Qin teacher. Tomorrow I will also ask Mother to find me a famous Qin teacher for lessons."

They were all at the young age when their desire to compete was the highest. Just like when Jennie had just became the Empress, she took everything with relaxation except for Fu Jong Kai's heart where she controlled it tightly. As long as Kai gave a good expression to another female, she would start to worry. Moreover with all the truth and fiction in the Inner Palace, one would privately trip and backstab others. She had the temperament of returning the grudges that she received immediately and therefore offended quite a number of people. Currently, this temperament of hers has not changed but she would not use methods that would hurt herself.

"Speaking of which, Second Young Lady of Shen family is a rarely seen beauty with talents." Everyone loves beauty and Prince Zhou felt amazed by Shen Yue but he only said, "What a pity."

Even though others might not have understood what was there to pity, it was not possible that the few princes present did not understand. Shen Yue was born charming with infinite talents and to have such a beautiful and eloquent person as a partner, it would perhaps be one of the greatest thing in life. Unfortunately she did not crawled out of the Shen Furen's womb and was not the daughter of the Shen family's First Household but of the Third Household.

Unfortunately Shen Xin who had military power in his hands, had such an idiot like Jennie for a daughter. Even though she looks a little different today, one's impression was not something that could be changed overnight. They believed that Jennie was being guided by someone behind the scenes and was still the idiot who did not know anything else.

After Hoseok stepped down from the stage, Namjoon gradually calmed down. It was his first encounter in this life for such a situation. Even though he did not understand it, he did his utmost to relieve his anxieties. At the moment when he heard Prince Zhuo's words, he could not help but look at the purple clad young lady at the female side of the banquet.

She held a chess piece while being immersed in her thoughts. Even though they were separated a distance and he could not see her eyes, he could feel that that those eyes were filled with careful examination and deep intent, as if it was like the time when Jennie was looking at him. How could such a person be an idiot?

But people would not change overnight, unless it was Jennie who put on an act of being silly and stupid. Why would she do so?

Even someone as intelligent as him could not think of what was going on.

The female group of 'selection' ended with the completion of Shen Yue's 'Singing to the Moon'. Shen Yue naturally had gotten first rank, but today she did not felt happy because of this but felt some embarrassment instead.

She glanced at Jennie and saw that Jennie was still engrossed in her chess game and did not even take a glance towards her. Shen Yue knew that Jennie had no skills in the four scholarly arts and would have not known anything about chess. To look so serious today, it was only to deliberately pull her face down. Chen Rou Qiu took note of her expressions and warned her in a whisper, "Yue-er, you have forgotten yourself."