Chapter Forty-Five: Extremely Perfect

  Since Grandma Lan's goal was not to let Liu Qingqing win the championship, her performance seemed insignificant. Despite the enthusiastic interest of the guests and their excited state, Grandma Lan calmly smoked a bag of dry tobacco and drank some tea, relaxing her tense nerves. The judges at the 99 Palace naturally followed suit, losing their earlier spirit, so everyone was just chatting and laughing, cracking melon seeds and gossiping.

  The curtain slowly opened, and it was indeed dull. Even Liu Qingqing himself seemed to have lost his passion, and the program with Hong Shitou was similar. Ah, he committed a major taboo in performance, if he couldn't surpass, he could only humiliate himself.

  The same five ribbons, the same high-hanging silver ring, even the position is exactly the same. If there's anything different, it's that a white curtain was added behind the stage, just like the one in Long Hua's painting. If there's still something different, it's Liu Qingqing's outfit.

  She also wore a mask, which was a requirement for the performance, and agreed to wear a butterfly mask. She wore a silver mask, and he wore modern black clothes and pants. There were only silver beads embedded on this black clothes and pants. Overall, it still imitated the design of pomegranate.

  Everyone looked and shouted "go". A burst of booing erupted. Someone even yelled "Plagiarist, get out!"

  The scene was in chaos.

  Lan Ji put down the tea and walked to the middle of the stage, "Everyone, please be patient for a moment, the wonderful program is about to begin." In fact, she herself did not believe that Liu Qingqing would have any good programs, because she knew that Liu Qingqing had committed the second taboo, changing her program at the last minute.

  Originally, Lanju Palace had prepared a song for Liu Qingqing. The previous four people hadn't performed the song before, so if Liu Qingqing could show her own characteristics, she also had a chance of winning. But unexpectedly, she changed to someone else's program halfway through and ended up losing.

  Since others are not afraid of losing face, Lan Ji is delighted to be free from the burden. She loudly announced the start and returned to the judges' table.

  Getting better and better.

  We all know what Liu Qingqing is, right?

  She is a modern person, she is the champion of the Starlight Avenue that crossed into ancient times, she is the champion of the imitation show that can imitate anything.

  Do you understand what I mean now?

  Our Liu Qingqing doesn't just want to avoid losing, she wants to win.

  She somewhat understood their meaning now.

  Lan Ji's grandma wants to borrow money from him.

  The Lius, Hus and Yues have arrived, now there's wealth to be made, and rare goods to be stored.

  But even Liu Qingqing herself didn't have the confidence to say whether she was a rare commodity or not, and whether it was necessary for her to stay. Firstly, she wasn't Liu Fengchun's biological daughter; secondly, she wasn't Yue Qianshan's real fiancée; thirdly, she really was Hu Zhongren's first wife, but that was already in the past tense - she had already obtained the divorce papers!

  But she had to win.

  Winning can bring a lot of wealth, winning can save Xiaolian, winning can accelerate the exposure of various people's conspiracy to harm oneself. Yes, she smelled the taste of conspiracy in it.

  So, Liu Qingqing was determined to win and used her heart to win. Here, there were two people who hoped she would win and support her in winning. One of them was Xiaolian, and the other was Zhenzhen.

  Zhen Zhen was looking forward to Liu Qingqing winning.

  Liu Qingqing won and can take herself back to the Heavenly Dynasty, she can confront her heartless biological father face-to-face, asking him why he didn't want her mother, why he didn't want her.

  So she supported Liu Qingqing, helped Liu Qingqing, and for Liu Qingqing, she didn't mind showing up on camera.

  The performance has begun. The performance is getting exciting. The performance was wonderful from the very beginning. The performance completely dispelled everyone's bad mood, the noise in the venue disappeared, the sound of cracking melon seeds disappeared, and it was quiet, with eyes wide open watching Liu Qingqing's performance.

  Liu Qingqing is performing what?

  She is performing "The Pipa Song".

  There was no pipa in her hand, she just made the motion of playing the pipa with her hands, but the audience heard the sound of her playing the pipa, exactly the same as Duanmu Lan's.

  Liu Qingqing is acting in what?

  She is performing "The Lament of Wang Zhaojun".

  There was no flute in her hand, she just made the motion of playing a flute with her lips, but the audience heard the sound of the flute being played by her, exactly the same as Zhuo Yu's.

  Liu Qingqing is acting in what?

  She is performing painting.

  No man was held by her ankle, but a beautiful girl painted an absolutely beautiful picture on the curtain with her swing - "The Dawn of the Vast Ocean".

  Liu Qingqing is acting in what?

  She is performing "Flying Apsaras".

  On the colorful ribbons, various beautiful dances were performed, Chang'e rushed to the moon and the Jade Maiden flew to the sky. Finally, she lightly jumped onto the silver large ring, made a flying posture, then sat on the ring, swung the swing, with the music changing, she sang "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon".

  Standing on the white sandy beach

  Looking up at a distance, thoughts are endless

  When can you return?

  Waves rolling endlessly without bounds

  My longing tears have dried up

  Dear one, dear one, can you hear me?

  I whispered

  A small tree in front of the door has become a green shade

  When will we meet again?

  －－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

  This melody should exist only in heaven, how can it be heard by humans a few times?

  People followed with dance, and responded in unison.

  The guests were casting their silver tickets into the Tusi Pavilion, and the masters of the 99 palaces also raised their red flags representing first place. The hostess, Lady Lanji, nodded repeatedly in approval, overjoyed that the Tusi Pavilion had performed well and lived up to expectations, bringing honor to herself as well. After all, this was her gift to the Lanzhu Palace, a rare treasure she had brought with her. She truly was an expert at adapting to circumstances!

  Silence is golden, but one cry can shock the world.

  Everyone gave Liu Qingqing a thunderous applause and shouted: "Huakui! Huakui! Huakui!"

  Liu Qingqing was still floating on the ring, waving to everyone. She is a person who shines brightly with just a little sunlight and dares to open a dye house with just a little color.

  Suddenly. I mean suddenly.

  At the same moment, all the lanterns in the fireworks building went out together. The sound of several weapons cutting through the air echoed in the sky. Under the bright moonlight, Liu Qingqing's silver hoop was like a kite that had lost its string, swaying and falling from high altitude, everyone was amazed, thinking it was just a part of the show, but hearing Liu Qingqing's terrified cry, they knew it wasn't.

  At this critical moment, a black shadow shot up into the air like an arrow, one hand holding onto Liu Qingqing's slender waist, hugging her tightly, and the other hand lightly tossing the silver ring, which chased after the wind and electricity, hanging on the flagpole in the center of the hall. Holding onto the rope tied to the silver ring, the two people seemed like celestial beings flying out from the moon palace, slowly descending to the ground together.

  Lan Ji had already ordered someone to relight the candles and check for any casualties or losses. At this moment, a servant came to report.

  "Not a single loss, every silver ticket is accounted for, and no one has been found to be suspicious."

  "Nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong. Everyone, don't panic. This is the performance content I designed. Don't worry about it. Is it fun or not? Is it fun or not?" She asked loudly to everyone.

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief. What a close call! Only Yang Liuqing knew, oh man, it was the real deal, one wipe of his forehead and he was drenched in sweat, holding onto the other person's hand which was also sweaty, he too had been scared stiff.

  Lan Ji loudly announced: "Tonight's Huakui winner is the lovely young woman Liu Qingqing from Lanju Palace. She will enter the Hanhai Palace with the patron who spent the most money and have dinner with King Hanhai of Hanhai Country. Next, let us send off Huakui to the palace."

  Without waiting for Liu Qingqing and Enke to get on stage to thank them, Lan Jie took Liu Qingqing to the royal family's carriage.

  The prepared carriages and horses were waiting on the side, Liu Qingqing got on first, Enkei didn't even get on his own carriage but followed and got on the same carriage as Liu Qingqing.

  The coachman shouted loudly, and the ceremonial team escorted them from front and back. Liu Qingqing stepped onto the path to enter the palace.

  Three days of performances had left Liu Qingqing exceptionally tired, but the fright she had just received still lingered. Liu Qingqing slightly shifted her body, bowed to Enke and called out "Benefactor, thank you for saving my life!"

  A faint smile appeared on the benefactor's face: "It was just a small effort, why mention thanks? It's just that things were urgent at the time, you were flustered and confused, otherwise, you could have resolved the crisis yourself." The benefactor's voice was warm and thick, familiar to Liu Qingqing. Liu Qingqing ignored the proprieties of men and women, hastily reached out to touch the benefactor's face, and indeed, it felt like a toad's back. She exclaimed with surprise and delight: "So it was you!" Her words were interspersed with tears and laughter.

  It's truly like meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

  Liu Qingqing cried and laughed at the same time, wiping her runny nose all over the other person's body.

  The benefactor smiled and said: "Right, it's me, are you happy or not when you see me?"

  "Of course I'm happy, you're really my lucky star, every time something happens it's always you who helps me, you're really my blessing, I love you to death."

  "Alas, you didn't listen to me when I told you to wait for my return. Wait for my return and I'll accompany you to Kyoto together! But you just wouldn't listen! Do you know how heart-wrenching it was for me to hear the news of your fall into the water and disappearance?!"

  "Really, you really worry about me? I knew you were the best. From now on, I won't dare to run around by myself anymore. I'll follow you from now on and be your shadow. Don't think I'm a nuisance?"

  "How could I possibly find you a bother? On the contrary, I'm worried that you won't come," said En Ren.

  "Don't be so mushy, I'm worried you'll fall in love with me. Let me tell you, don't think that just because you saved me, I'll marry you or anything, that's so outdated. I must find someone who is extremely handsome, handsome to the point of being cool and handsome to death. And also extremely rich, no matter how much they spend, it's never enough." Liu Qingqing shouted.

  "Alright, got it. So you're looking for a tall, rich and handsome guy? Well, I only qualify in the 'tall' department, I'm not arrogant enough to think I can eat swan meat. You can rest assured on that."

  "No, you're a little more qualified now!" Liu Qingqing playfully blinked her eyes, but unfortunately, the car's interior was dark and couldn't be seen. However, Enren seemed to have seen something, "Look at how excited you are! Tell me, which one of my criteria for choosing a partner do I meet again?" Accurately, Enren pinched Liu Qingqing's nose.