The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  Helian Jiao Er was thinking about the same thing. Since they did not receive any news about the Third Prince's return from the start, hence they were surely excited to see him in person right now.

  No matter what the Third Prince did to her previously, she did not mind.

  As long as she could see Helian Wei Wei suffer, she would be thrilled.

  Maybe it is just as Yun Biluo has said. Although the Third Prince seems to be distancing himself from Yun Biluo, actually that is just because he is unable to let go of what had happened back then. Nevertheless, deep down, he still cares about Yun Biluo, otherwise, why would he show up at the selection of the secondary consort? He must be hoping to see Yun Biluo being selected.

  As Helian Jiao Er thought of this, she glimpsed over at Yun Biluo. The latter's eyes were slightly red and she was exchanging affectionate glances with the Third Prince who was sitting inside the imperial chariot. Seeing that, Helian Jiao Er was assured that even if she did not win the selection of the secondary consort, Yun Biluo would win. Basically, it had nothing to do with the others...

  However, she did not expect that b*tch, Helian Wei Wei would be the one to get down from the chariot after Baili Jia Jue.

  Shouldn't she be hiding in the imperial palace, afraid of human contact?

  Why would she be present on such an occasion?

  Helian Jiao Er furrowed her thin eyebrows confusingly. Just then, she heard Eunuch Sun announcing in a high pitched voice, "Since the last contestant has arrived, I announce that the first round of the contest officially starts now!"

  This… What does this mean?

  Helian Jiao Er watched as Helian Wei Wei handed an unknown number to the staff in charge.

  The staff responded as if he was struck by lightning!

  It was an obvious sign of bewilderment!

  He was likely baffled by the fact that Helian Wei Wei would be daring enough to participate in the selection of the secondary consort when she was so unsightly. Was she here to be criticized?

  After identifying Helian Wei Wei, a string of dark glitter darted through Yun Biluo's gaze. Yet, her reaction was not obvious. She lowered her gaze and nobody knew exactly what was in her mind.

  The arrival of Helian Wei Wei ignited an uproar.

  Some people thought that she had always created miracles and they were burning with excitement inside.

  Nevertheless, most of the onlookers still thought that it might have been better for her to stay in the palace instead of humiliating herself.

  "I heard that she did not light up the crystal ball during the competency assessment in the White Academy. I'm wondering if she would be slightly more capable than before?"

  "That might not be the case since she had won in the previous match. Although she really did not show martial Qi back then, it's hard to tell this time."

  "Everyone, be quiet!" Lord Liao who was dressed in official attire stood up and gestured with his hand. "From now on, enter the small side door consecutively according to your order number to sit for the test. Those who lost shall not participate in the final selection."

  This meant that in order to ensure a speedy selection of the secondary consort, a group of participants would be eliminated right away. The remaining participants would then participate in the crystal ball evaluation in front of the audience.

  At first, there was no problem up until that point. Yet, Helian Jiao Er suddenly realized that every participant with the respective number was gathered.

  Which meant that woman was also here?

  The strange thing was that she did not see her!

  Helian Jiao Er entered the first round of tests in doubts.

  No matter what, it would be delightful as long as everyone knew that Helian Wei Wei was a grotesque trash!

  Due to the huge number of participants, nobody knew which courtyard each person went into.

  In the end, nobody could decipher anything. It was then someone said, "Do you even need to think? The Third Princess Consort will definitely lose!"

  When the little one with a bottle gourd on his back observed that his master was quiet, he rolled his big round eyes and pointed at the parchment held by the judge. "Those disqualified ones will have their names crossed out. Yet, Helian Wei Wei's name is still there. Didn't you guys notice?"

  They… clearly did not realize!

  It was due to the fact that they had a preconception that Helian Wei Wei would undeniably fail in the first round. It was an obvious outcome.

  Yet, who knew!

  Helian Wei Wei had not only won the first round but had retained her name on the list even after three consecutive matches?

  The more they thought about it, the fishier it seemed...

  Just when everyone was puzzled, the participants that would be competing in the final round had formed a line nicely on the stage in front of the audience.

  When Helian Jiao Er saw Helian Wei Wei who was beside her, astonishment and doubt flashed across her eyes!

  But this was great too!

  No matter how capable Helian Wei Wei was, the best bet would be her being in the Water League!

  She was familiar with Helian Wei Wei's skills. In the competition previously, the softness that the latter had shown was surely that of a Water League.

  That was why she said this was fine. With this, she would have the chance to mess around with Helian Wei Wei in front of everyone for once!

  The most important thing was that even though she did not know what number Helian Wei Wei got, yet, from the name list, Helian Wei Wei was clearly behind Yun Biluo.

  Everyone knew Yun Biluo's martial Qi, it was beyond comparison, possibly she had achieved Gold League Level Ten already.

  If Helian Wei Wei was to be tested after such people, the contrast would be exceedingly obvious. Everyone would think that the b*tch was unfitting for the third prince.

  Helian Wei Wei would then be sandwiched in between her and Yun Biluo. That would further intensify Helian Wei Wei's weakness.

  "Elder sister, I did not expect to see you here," Helian Jiao Er smiled at Helian Wei Wei. "But don't you worry, Sister Yun and I will take care of you. Sister Yun, isn't that right?"

  Yun Biluo was more gentle than ever. She looked sympathetically at Helian Wei Wei as she said, "As long as it could clear the misunderstanding between me and Wei Wei, I would do anything."

  However, Eunuch Sun did not want Helian Wei Wei to come after Yun Biluo. Since the martial Qi of Yun Biluo was remarkably abundant, if Helian Wei Wei were to come after her, it would be more embarrassing than usual.

  But the rules of the selection were already set, hence it was impossible to change...

  Chapter 422 - Astonishing Five Elements!

  All Eunuch Sun could do was nervously watched Yun Biluo heading up to the ring. She then took a step forward and placed her hand on the transparent crystal ball.

  It was only an instant and a dazzling orangey-yellow shone from the bottom of the crystal ball, emanating a brightly, almost purely perfect light!

  The crowd rumbled at the same time, "It's Gold League Level Ten!"

  "Gosh! It's Gold League Level Ten! Throughout the entire Capital, including the teachers from White Academy, there was only a handful that could reach Level Ten! This Miss Yun is really amazing!"

  "She is not just amazing, look at her, the Capital has welcomed such a beauty!"

  "Miss Yun will surely win!"

  When Yun Biluo saw the influence she caused, a bashful curve curled up on her lips, she said to those people, "Thank you." Her methods of captivating hearts were skillfully utilized.

  The next one would be Helian Wei Wei.

  Helian Jiao Er stood aside steadily, waiting to see how Helian Wei Wei would make a fool of herself.

  Despite that, Helian Wei Wei casually walked up the stairs and extended her fair palm to put it on the crystal ball without any hesitation.

  Helian Jiao Er nonchalantly chuckled, she was expecting Helian Wei Wei to be a mere Water L
eague no matter how decent she might look like...

  "Why are there no changes after so long?" someone sneered, "Could it be that she didn't know how to insert her martial Qi into the crystal ball like last time?"

  "Don't criticize her like that, she is still one of Third Prince's."

  "Why do you worry about that because soon she won't be anymore. If she has no talent at all, it's certain that she will be divorced!"

  The sneers were getting louder, it irritatingly echoed around the streets and corners.

  However, Helian Wei Wei did not care about the voices around her, instead, she seemed to be brewing something, then she landed her slim fingers on the crystal ball again and exerted her strength fully!

  An unknown wind blew in from all directions.

  It whistled as it blew and fluttered everything it came across.

  The supervisor beside the crystal ball was somehow affected uncontrollably!

  They unconsciously looked toward Helian Wei Wei and a trace of disbelief flashed over their hearts. No... it seemed impossible. The princess consort was so young, it was impossible for her to utilize that many attributes of martial Qi at once!

  The whistling north wind rumbled around the ring, the crowd outside the ring could only feel their cheeks were painful. Great efforts were needed to clearly catch a glimpse of the changes in the crystal ball.

  Wait!

  What is that?

  Gold?!

  Such a pure and heavy gold color, which they had not seen before!

  No, something is wrong!

  It was much scarier than the Level Ten!

  The scarier thing was after the gold color vanished, the flowing streams inside the crystal ball did not calm down, instead, it turned into a thick brown color!

  That, that was Wood League!

  How was that possible?

  Everyone knew gold, wood, water, fire, and earth were five different elements; if they were fused together, they were prone to repel each other. Bad cultivation would cause one to be obsessed and lost their mind; that was why everyone was progressing league by league!

  But now, Helian Wei Wei was controlling all the colors ignited in the crystal ball at her own will, every single color was lit up to the brightest. Lastly, the crystal ball shone in all colors and lit up everyone's eyes!

  Helian Wei Wei stood there with one hand on the crystal ball while her dark long hair waved along with the wind, emanating an indescribable elegance.

  At the same time, everyone there either noble officials or normal civilians was astonished!

  Throughout the entire world, only the Third Prince had once shown three types of different martial Qi elements, no matter how powerful the others were, they were only at Infant League!

  This was unexpected!

  The daughter of Helian family who was deemed as trash and always infatuated with men could actually control martial Qi of all elements!

  Upon reaching her hand, all those martial Qi were wielded simply like nothing but a game!

  Helian Jiao Er was paled by the scene. She put her hands together tightly, her eyes shook when she watched Helian Wei Wei walking down from the ring. She really wanted to dash up and check whether the crystal ball was faulty!

  Even Eunuch Sun was shocked, he widened his mouth and glanced over to the cold-looking Baili Jia Jue who was sitting lazily.

  Once he saw his master was not shocked at all, he immediately understood!

  His master must have already known everything about the princess consort since the very beginning!

  Otherwise, he would never agree to select a secondary consort!

  Eunuch Sun's mood went from worry to excitement, he continued to pay attention to the scene!

  Since there was no such situation happening in the previous crystal ball evaluation, the evaluators were a little stunned.

  But soon, they suppressed their shocks and absent-mindedly announced the name of the next candidate.

  However, everyone knew in their hearts that it was needless to continue the test already!

  Unless Helian Jiao Er too could ignite all five elements in the crystal ball, then she might still win.

  However, the upcoming outcome did not stray away from expectations.

  Helian Jiao Er's delighted Gold League Level Nine was nothing compared to the colorful crystal ball!

  It seemed like Helian Wei Wei had always been like this, refreshing people's knowledge about her every time!

  Trash?

  She was utterly the genius of the decade, no, the century!

  "I hereby announce the Third Princess Consort wins!" Eunuch Sun's words subsided.

  Baili Jia Jue who sat aside stood up right after, his glare had a trace of delight but that delight would send chills down one's spine. He casually twisted his jade ring and said in an elegant voice, "Shadow, do you remember the things that I've told you?"

  Shadow shut his eyes, "I remember them well."

  "Read it out loud to them then, let them know why I want to cut their tongues," Baili Jia Jue said casually.

  Then, as Shadow uttered the names one by one, all of those who had criticized Helian Wei Wei earlier knelt onto the ground, their clothes were all drenched in cold sweat!

  They never would have expected this!

  They thought the Third Prince was thinking of switching Helian Wei Wei a long time ago.

  Why did he stand up for her like this?

  Were all the previous rumors fake?

  When the possibility came into mind, the faces of those people went pale like they had lost all of their blood, the pale looks were terrifying.

  "Take them away." It was only three words but one could feel the killer intents like never before.

  Yun Biluo's eyes were watching that shockingly while her hands subtly clenched. When she noticed the gaze from the opposite crowd, her eyes seemed a little bit red but there was still a smile on her face as if she was voicing her grievance...

  The bystanders dared not criticize Helian Wei Wei anymore, but there were still other young ladies from the noble families who were close with Yun Biluo softened their voice beside her ears, "Sister Yun, don't feel sad, even if she has great talent, it's still a waste if her looks were bad..."

  Chapter 423 - Preparing To Astonish The Crowd

  The person was right.

  No matter how fantastic the result of the cultivation test, as long as the look was not favorable, it would be useless!

  Helian Wei Wei's biggest weak point right now would be her looks!

  It was not a problem when someone was to look only at her features, but her face was too dark and she had something similar to freckles smeared all over her face, which was not presentable.

  It was impossible for such a face to win over Yun Biluo who was called the tender beauty.

  "Sister Yun, you must look at the bright side. Everyone knows your looks are deemed as the number one. Certainly, you will win the next round and someone will surely get disqualified." The person spoke very softly, no one else except Yun Biluo could hear her.

  Despite that, Yun Biluo knew how she should react, so she smiled tenderly. "There are many other sisters other than me who are a beauty themselves, like you, Sister Lan, and…" She still has no idea who would be the first on the appearance evaluation.

  "And what?"

  Yun Biluo cleared her throat softly a few times, making herself appear more sympathetic. "Nothing, I just feel that sometimes no matter how good looks are, they are not an attraction to His Highness."

  "Sister Yun, don't say something like that. The presence of His Highness proves that he still cares about you."

  Yun Biluo smiled through tears, causing her to look extremely innocent, "Really?"

  "Of course, it's real," said the person as she took a glance at Helian Wei Wei.

  After the crystal ball evaluation, there were only five that remained.

  Helian Wei Wei, Yun Biluo, Helian Jiao Er, and so on.

  The five that remained would en
ter the next round, which would be a contest of looks.

  However, anyone with a clear sight could see, if swans were used as a figure of speech, and Helian Wei Wei would be the disharmonic ugly duckling.

  Yet she stood at the first position, anyone who looked at her only remembered the blackness of her face, no further attention was paid on her facial features.

  Everyone was impressed by the Third Prince's sense of beauty for choosing such an ugly woman as a princess consort back then!

  Even Lord Liao, who was in charge of the secondary consort selection this time, could not understand. He turned around and said loudly, "The second round, the contest of looks, begins now! After the contest of looks, you can reveal your number and see whether it is the same with the initial appearance evaluation! All the xiunu¹ please come up on stage and stand accordingly!"

  As soon as his voice subsided, five of them walked up the tall ring together.

  Helian Wei Wei was indubitability arranged in the first position as she won first place during the first round.

  "Every xiunu¹ has a basic point of 50 and additional points will be added on the basic points. The one with the highest points wins. Three xiunu¹ will be eliminated in this round, which meant the two left will rely on their combined results to decide the winner. Whoever wins will become the secondary consort of the Third Prince!" Lord Liao explained as he looked at the civilians and officials who were selected as temporary judges. "The ten judges here are all personally handpicked by Eunuch Sun, they have no connections with any of the xiunu¹ who had made the cut, so they will be judging based on their own opinions, it is impossible to cheat! We will begin according to the sequence of numbers, the first one is the fifth place of the previous round, Miss Lan!"

  At the moment, the crowd had all eyes on the lady named Lan, the points given were decent but it was far behind from Yun Biluo who was next.

  The third was Helian Jiao Er, her tender look plus her temperament which she intentionally cultivated since young had added a lot of points for her.