I'm competing with the male lead for a woman[GL]

Chapter 110: She was afraid. Afraid of losing.

There was silence in the hall, so still that even the footsteps of the maidservants could be heard clearly.

"Third brother, you!" The fourth prince wanted to say something, but as soon as he spoke, he didn't know how to refute what Xiao Jin had said. After all, the words that Xiao Jin had spoken were difficult to counter.

After a long while, a very pleasant laughter came from beside Xiao Jin. Everyone was nervous and followed the sound to see a pure white sleeve and a heart-breaking face. When they saw the smile on Chu Shao's lips, both the family and the court officials were a little worried for her.

After all, it was not the right time to laugh, especially for a princess whose country had been destroyed. Even the Emperor Qi frowned slightly, and even the speechless fourth prince was angry.

Xiao Jin could make fun of him, but what was Chu Shao's identity? How dare she?

Xiao Jin also heard Chu Shao's laughter and leaned forward slightly to block most of the prying eyes. She took a silver chopstick and blindly picked up a piece of bamboo shoot, intending to put it in Chu Shao's bowl. "Eat more vegetables."

Of course, everyone could see clearly that the bamboo shoot was lying at the edge of Chu Shao's plate. But whether it was put in the bowl or in the plate, it didn't matter much. The important thing was the Prince Yan's attitude.

Just when everyone was lost in thought, a laughter came from the high seat. The person laughed while shaking a peacock feather fan.

She tilted her chin up and looked at the various expressions of the courtiers below, asking, "What's wrong? Don't you think it's funny?"

Since Xiao Shuang had spoken, the courtiers had no choice but to follow her lead and laugh, saying, "The Prince Yan and her wife are like a harmonious musical duet, it's truly a wonderful story of our dynasty."

"Yes, yes, the Prince Yan and her wife are a perfect match, no wonder the Princess Zhao Yang is so pleased." These courtiers were all astute political figures who could weave lies without batting an eye, without even needing to prepare a script.

Xiao Jin was somewhat surprised by Xiao Shuang's attitude, but still raised her cup to the courtiers and smiled faintly, "My lords, your praise is too much, I cannot accept it."

After all, praising her as a perfect match with her wife was a bit outrageous. First of all, Xiao Jin was not even a "郎" (a term for a talented and learned scholar), let alone having any talent in the first place.

If they were to force this idiom on her, it would be shameless. However, Xiao Shuang did not see anything wrong with it. She even turned her head and said to the Emperor Qi, "Jin'er has always been a good child."

"... " 

Emperor Qi seemed a little speechless, "What do you think is good about her, Your Highness?"

Xiao Shuang raised her cup and took a sip of wine, smiling. "It's good because it often makes me so happy."

This compliment fell on Xiao Jin's ears without causing any ripples.

If she didn't know that the first assassin who tried to kill her was most likely brought by Xiao Shuang, she might have believed it.

However, just as she thought of this, Xiao Jin suddenly felt that something was not right.

Since the Blood Rain Pavilion was mostly the Emperor and Crown Prince's people, the first group of assassins must have been the eyes and ears planted around Xiao Shuang by the Blood Rain Pavilion.

The first possibility was that Xiao Shuang certainly wanted to harm Chu Shao.

But there was another possibility that Xiao Shuang might want to use this opportunity to get rid of the spies that the Emperor Qi had placed around her.