The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 156: Fire Phoenix Dance

Chapter 156: Fire Phoenix Dance

Ye Wenyan's words made Li Yanran shudder. She thought that words like "playing with one's life" were always said by men, and how could women say such words to each other? Ye Wenyan was really a witch, she didn't care about meat or vegetables.

Her expression remained unchanged, and she still wore a decent smile and said to Ye Wenyan: "Does Fourth Miss mean to compete in martial arts? I'm really sorry, before my family became a general, I never learned martial arts since I was a child. I only learned some light skills, which was also for a lighter body. Just like Fourth Miss said, they are all fancy moves. But we are women, isn't it for us to learn these fancy moves?"

These words were meant to criticize Ye Wenyan for not being like a woman, not being elegant, and not being mainstream.

Ye Qingmei, who had been silent, spoke up at this time: "If you don't know martial arts, just say sorry and don't compete. But our Yan'er has never learned the knife-point dance, so why does he have to compete with you? Isn't Miss Li too self-centered?"

The eldest daughter of the Ye family, who never competes with others, will not give in once a competition starts. "We have to follow whatever you say. If we don't do it, you will squeeze us and arrange things for us. Aren't you, the Li family, too overbearing?"

Chi Feifei began to follow suit: "Alas, who let him be a royal relative? I can't afford to offend him."

Jiang Wanting handed the knife forward: "I hope that when the country is in trouble, the Li family will also be able to put on armor and fight to the death to repel the enemy."

The Queen Mother Li's expression became more and more ugly, but she was angry at Li Yanran. She had to show off at this time. She could have done it herself. Why did she have to drag Ye Wenyan into it? She couldn't hide from that plague god. Why did the Li family always hold her back?

She wanted to say something to persuade Li Yanran to go back, but she heard Ye Wenyan say again: "She is the niece of Queen Mother Xigong! Who can afford to offend her? Everyone in the world knows that Queen Mother Xiguan is in charge of the harem. Even if our family has great military merits and even if the Li family has no official position, the Ye family cannot afford to offend the Li family."

Many people below felt aggrieved by these words, especially the military families, who immediately turned hostile: "What is the Li family trying to do? Could it be that we go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and defend our country, but in the end we are still no match for the Queen Mother's family? May I ask what contribution your Li family has made to Northern Qi? Which inch of Northern Qi was conquered by your Li family? The Li family is the Queen Mother's family, and is a foreign relative. Now the foreign relatives are trying to gain a foothold in the court and provoke the general's mansion?"

As soon as this big hat was put on, Empress Dowager Li could no longer sit still. Without waiting for her brother and sister-in-law to speak, she immediately scolded Li Yanran: "You are just making a fuss! Go back quickly!"

Li Yanran also felt wronged: "Aunt, it's just dancing. Isn't this something girls usually learn?"

"If you still want to recognize me as your aunt, shut up!" Queen Mother Li was really furious. Others didn't know who was standing behind Ye Wenyan, but she knew. Li Yanran was dancing on the tip of a knife. If Ye Wenyan agreed to compete and got hurt, the one in Yanhua Palace would definitely kill both her and the Li family! "Quickly leave, don't mention this matter again!"

Queen Mother Li wanted to keep the peace, but Ye Wenyan got excited: "Don't! Miss Yanran finally has something she's good at and wants to show it off. If she's not allowed to dance, she won't be able to sleep all night when she returns!"

Li Yanran's eyes lit up, "Did Miss Four agree?"

"Yeah." Ye Wenyan nodded, "But you can't be the only one to set the rules. I have to make some additions as well."

"Of course, please go ahead, Miss Four."

Ye Wenyan smiled and said, "Like I said just now, if we want to play, we have to be serious. Fancy tricks are really boring. My Ye family is a family of military commanders. The spirits of my grandfather and father are watching us. If I, the dignified Fourth Miss Ye, were to compete with you in dancing at a palace banquet, I think those two would not be able to do it. They would definitely feel that it was a loss of face for them."

"What is the Fourth Young Lady going to compete in?" Li Yanran frowned. "I really don't know martial arts, or we can compete in gentle persuasion." "No, no, no!" Ye Wenyan waved his hand. "Just dance, but in this dance style... Miss Yanran, I actually have some innovations in dance, and I also know a rare dance style. Do you want to come and listen?"

Li Yanran smiled and said, "I'd like to hear the details."

Ye Wenyan stood up, walked around the hall, then shook his head and pointed outside the hall, "The conditions inside the hall don't allow it, so we have to dance outside. Let someone build a fire outside the hall, a big one, with flames as high as possible. Then people will walk into the fire and dance on the red-hot firewood. What do you think of this idea?"

how? Not so!

Li Yanran was shocked. This was not dancing, this was clearly self-immolation. Did Ye Wenyan not want to live? Was he crazy?

Not only Li Yanran was shocked, but everyone in the palace who heard this was shocked. Someone even shouted, "That will burn people to death! How can anyone stand in the fire and dance?" Ye Qingmei was also anxious and wanted to go forward to persuade her sister, but was stopped by Mu. She was puzzled, "Mother, Yan'er is too naughty, this is going to cause trouble."

Mu shook her head. "No, as long as she brought it up, nothing will happen. At least someone will protect her."

Ye Qingmei paused, as if she remembered something, and then fell silent.

But Ye Feiyu, who was sitting at the other end, was a little anxious. He walked directly to the hall and grabbed Ye Wenyan's wrist, lowering his voice and said, "Yan'er, stop making trouble and go back with your brother. We won't compete with her."

But she didn't move, just smiled and shook her head at Ye Feiyu, "Brother, don't worry, since I dare to say it, there must be a reason for me to say it. When have you ever seen me tell a lie?" After saying that, she said to Li Yanran, "Don't hesitate, you dance the knife tip dance, and I dance the fire phoenix dance, let's see who can dance longer. The rules of the game are very simple, that is, you can't stop, and the dancers have to keep dancing. If I am burned to death, I lose, and if you are stabbed to death, it's your bad luck. How do you think?"

Li Yanran almost thought that Ye Wenyan had a problem with his brain. Without thinking, she immediately nodded in agreement.

So the palace servants began to prepare, some held their swords, and some built fires.

The mother and daughter of the Jiang family and the mother and daughter of the Chi family all came over to Ye Wenyan, repeatedly confirming that Ye Wenyan would be fine, and they stopped only after getting Ye Wenyan's affirmation. But at the same time, they did not treat the Li family well, and even Mrs. Jiang, Lan Meiyu, glared directly at Tao, with a warning in her eyes that was not concealed at all.

But Mrs. Tao didn't care about these. She even said to Lan Meiyu, "The rules were set by Fourth Miss Ye. My daughter just proposed a dance competition. It was Fourth Miss Ye who insisted on risking her life, so Madam Jiang, you can't glare at me."

Mrs. Chi, Tang Miaowen, was relatively not too nervous. She just didn't like listening to Mrs. Tao, so she snorted and said, "Mrs. Li, you'd better think carefully. If Miss Li is stabbed to death later, where can we buy a coffin during the New Year?" After that, she asked loudly, "Since it's a life-and-death contest, shouldn't we sign a life-and-death agreement? Otherwise, if something happens to someone, it can be blamed on the winner, which is not good!"

Tao was so angry that her face changed. She hadn't even started the competition yet and she had heard such unlucky words, which made her feel a little uneasy. She didn't know where this uneasiness came from, but she just had a bad feeling, as if... as if her daughter was going to lose.

But it didn't make sense. She had watched Yanran practice the Knife Dance, but this was the first time she had heard of the Fire Phoenix Dance.

How can anyone dance in the fire? Even if a person can bear it, the clothes they wear can't bear it. Wouldn't they be burned up while dancing? Miss Ye Si wouldn't have thought of this, right?

The more Tao thought about this, the more he felt something was wrong.

No one is a fool, and the emperor obviously stands on Ye Wenyan's side, but why did the emperor not object at all after Ye Wenyan made such a suggestion? He even actively asked the palace servants to build a fire?

And Mu Qianqiu, she is Ye Wenyan's mother, why didn't she stop him? There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. She couldn't figure it out. The more she couldn't figure it out, the more she felt that her daughter would lose. In the end, she wanted to persuade Li Yanran to give up this competition.

Unfortunately, no one could make her retreat at the critical moment. Li Yanran had already been invited to the prepared sword array. No one knew where those swords came from, but each one was sharp and gleaming with cold light. Not to mention standing on top, even if you were close to them, you could feel the hostility.

Ye Wenyan was also brought to the fire, and large handfuls of firewood were burned, making crackling sounds.

A palace maid came forward with a pen and ink and asked them to sign their names respectively. Then she announced that it was a life and death agreement between the two of them. This was a life and death battle, everything was decided by heaven, and no matter what the result was, neither of them could blame the other.

Ye Chulian was a little scared. She moved to Mu's side and asked softly, "Aunt, is everything really okay? Can you persuade Fourth Sister again? No one can dance in the fire."

Mu insisted on her own idea: "Nothing will happen, don't worry! Even if something really happens, it won't happen to your fourth sister." Ye Chulian stamped her feet anxiously and immediately turned back to talk to Nanny Ji. But Nanny Ji had the same attitude: "Please rest assured, Fifth Miss, Fourth Miss will be fine even if she sleeps in the fire, let alone dancing in the fire."

As for the male guests, Shangshu Jiang Fengjiang was also a little nervous. Seeing Chi Hongfang still drinking happily, he became anxious.

"You just said that we only stand in line once, but now Yan'er is so angry at the Li family that she wants to dance in the fire. Why don't you worry about her? It's already this late and you're still drinking."

Chi Hongfang waved his hands and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, no one in this world can be burned to death, and Miss Ye Si will not be burned to death."

Quan Qingcheng, Wu Fei, and Yun Chen also had the same idea. These people knew too much about Ye Wenyan. Although they didn't know that Ye Wenyan had spiritual power, they knew that Ye Wenyan was the future empress! Then why didn't the emperor give the future empress some means to save her life!

Even if he doesn't give it to her, the Emperor must be watching this side secretly at this moment. Once Ye Wenyan stands in the fire and the Emperor blesses her with spiritual power, she can jump as long as she wants until she stabs Li Yanran to death.

With such a mood, people watched Li Yanran go into the sword formation, and then watched Ye Wenyan enter the fire.

Suddenly, a phoenix of fire rose into the sky from the fire. At that moment, everyone was shocked!