Chapter 557: 557
Hearing the name of Ye Lingyue, Hong Mingyue squeezed her fingers hard and didn't release until the fingertips turned scarlet .
For a long time, Hong Mingyue had treated Ye Lingyue in complete disdain .
Ye Lingyue was nothing but an abandoned daughter who did not even have the right to claim her name on the genealogy of the Hong Family .
Not to mention their first encounter - Ye Lingyue was just a Born Warrior .
Compared to Ye Lingyue, Hong Mingyue was like a spectacular diamond shining bright even in the darkness, while the former one was only an inferior rhinestone reflects no light even under the sun .
Hong Mingyue used to feel scorn to compete with Ye Lingyue, but now, she didn't even have a chance to do so .
Since n . o . body-knows-when, this humble rhinestone took everything away from her .
First, the t . i . tle of "Princess", then, the compliment of genius, and even men like Feng Shen and Xia Houqi were mesmerized by Ye Lingyue .
But what did Hong Mingyue get?
A destiny fixed since the very second she was born .
When Hong Mingyue heard about Ye Lingyue's death, she didn't feel relieved . On the contrary, the jealous and hatred grew greater in her heart, for Ye Lingyue's name was left unforgettable in everyone's memory along with her death .
Feng Shen looked like he had lost his soul . Xia Houqi changed into a complete different person . Everyone's behavior was reminding Hong Mingyue that Ye Lingyue was better than her .
Thus, Hong Mingyue didn't want to believe that Ye Lingyue was dead .
She expected Ye Lingyue's resurrection, for this was the only way they can finally have a formal compet . i . tion in which she would defeat Ye Lingyue and let everybody know that she, Hong Mingyue, was the one and only rightful genius in the Hong Family .
She had been waiting for Ye Lingyue's appearance since the first day of the registration for the Imperial Contest .
But Ye Lingyue didn't show up .
Tomorrow would be the last day for registration, but there was no sign of Ye Lingyue .
Could she really have died in the Star Cave?
This was the first time in Hong Mingyue's life that she found herself an opponent, but now, that person was dead .
Hong Mingyue felt a little bit disappointed .
Hong Fang took his daughter's silence as a result of a normal mood swing which she had suffer since her engagement with Luo Song .
Hong Fang felt pity for his daughter's marriage - Hong Mingyue was so brilliant that Luo Song didn't deserve her at all .
"Mingyue, I'm sorry", said Hong Fang .
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"Father, sometimes, I really wish I were Ye Lingyue . " Hong Mingyue stood up and left the room .
Hong Fang fell into a trance for a sudden, he couldn't get the meaning of his daughter's words .
If only she had a choice, Hong Mingyue didn't want to be born with the silver spoon . She would rather have Ye Lingyue's life - stretching out wings and soaring over the firmament, but she had no guts to do so . To put everything in an end, she destroyed her own alae .
Gazing daughter's receding figure, Hong Fang wanted to say something but didn't let the words out .
"Mingyue, don't worry . Father won't let you down . After tomorrow, our lineage will be the owner of the whole Hong Family and Da Xia . " Hong Fang pulled a letter out of his sleeve .
That was a letter from "Chen Hongru", in which he promised a hundred Alchemists under Hong Fang's command .
During the Imperial Contest, these Alchemists would murder Hong Shizi when he led the Buddhist Monks Sect usurping the throne .
After Hong Shizi was gone, he would be the future inheritor of the Hong Family, the prince of the new dynasty, and the emperor of Da Xia in one day .
Excitement . Wistfulness . Hong Fang was drowned into his own imagination . After all these years' calculating, now he was about to get what he wanted: Ye Huangyu, power, and greatness . He would have all of these in his hands .
Next day, the Imperial Contest of Da Xia formally started .
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This year's contest was the greatest compared to that of the previous years' . , Emperor Xia and Prince Xia Houqi were present in person watching the compet . i . tions between these young warriors . Even Lord Feng managed to get back all the way from the North Qing just for this Imperial Contest .
The contest used an elimination system . A candidate can be challenged at most three times a day . The one who stood in the ring at last will be the winner .
The Ye Family was staying at the Lan Manor these days . The cousins of Ye Lingyue had become good friends with Lan Caier .
On the day of the contest, people from Lan Manor and Guan Wuhou Manor were all in the palace .
The training ground inside the palace was rebuilt just for the Imperial Contest and was partially opened to the public . The commoners in the Xia City could watch the contest on a cost of fifty tael .
The n . o . bilities had already-arranged seats according to their status .
The royal family was the closest to the ring, besides them were the family of Da Xia's n . o . bilities .
After Ye Huangyu's promotion, the seats of Ye Family were arranged right behind Empress Liu, with the Hong Family sitting in the opposite side .
Due to Hong Qingyun's cultivating in solitude, this year, the Hong Family was led by Hong Shizi .
The young warriors from the Hong Family who registered for the Imperial Contest were Hong Mingyue, Hong Yulang, and another descendant from the fourth concubine . Among them, Hong Yulang wasn't representing the Hong Family but the Warrior Palace .
Before the contest, Lan Caier, as a woman who experienced all of these, patiently reminded some tips for the young warriors from the Ye Family .
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"This year's Imperial Contest might be the greatest one since it was founded . Don't you fear this immense number of candidates . Only a few of them worth your attention . For instance, the malicious cousins from the Hong Family . " Lan Caier put her eyes on the Hong Family standing nearby .
Hong Mingyue wasn't here for now, but Hong Yulang and other c . o . xcombs from the Xia City were glancing at Ye Yinshuang and Ye Liuyun up to no good .
"The Hong Family? The one which abandoned my aunty and Lingyue?" Ye Liuyun and Ye Yinshuang saw wrath out of Lan Caier's gaze .
The secrets between Ye Huangyu and Hong Fang were exposedo as soon as Ye Huangyu was confined in the Impregnable Dungeon .
That was also when Ye Yinshuang and her siblings knew the pitiable past of Ye Huangyu and her daughter .
That touched Ye Liuyun the most . Although she didn't bully Ye Lingyue in the past, when her brother and other children were doing so, she stood aside and didn't give Ye Lingyue a hand .
She really wished she did .
Now Ye Lingyue was dead, Ye Liuyun would revenge for her as she defeating the candidates from the Hong Family with no mercy .
With n . o . body ever expected, Ye Liuyun became a dark horse in the Imperial Contest .
The first three days in the contest, she defeated all of her challengers, among which, included Hong Yulang who fought for the Warrior Palace .
This left no dignity for Hong Yulang who was about to embarra . s . s the Ye Family .
He stared Ye Liuyun with vengefulness when he was a . s . sisted to get out of the ring . The Hong Family was, of course, not happy about this . Zhuge Rou was worrying about her son and complaining her daughter .
"Mingyue, what are you waiting for? That girl is from the Ye Family and she has wounded your brother . You have to teach her a lesson!"Please download our sponsor's game to support us!