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Mo Rou stood at the side, her long hair flowing down. Everyone was shocked by her ability to suppress Ta Da in just three moves, Nangong Miao tilted his head, thinking to himself, "Since when was there such a powerful female instructor in the palace that I didn't know of?"

Nangong Kai Ran smiled and instructed the palace maid to place a table beside him. Mo Rou seemed reluctant, but even with the Emperor's orders, she could only sit. It was unknown whether or not Sunlight Nation was frightened by Qin Xiaoliu and Mo Rou, but no one dared to come out and start a fight. In the following time, all the guests in the room were happy to see it happen. Although Mo Rou was at the banquet, she wore a veil, did not eat vegetables nor drink wine. Nangong Kai Ran peeled a lychee and gave it to her, but she only accepted it and did not have the slightest intention to eat it.

When Nangong Miao saw the look in royal father's eyes when he looked at Mo Rou, he suddenly felt that mufei was very dangerous. However, Mo Rou didn't even look at royal father properly, so maybe she didn't even put royal father in her eyes.

At the end of the feast, Ha Ye ordered someone to bring up a large wooden chest. He covered it with a piece of black cloth, and a tiger's roar came from within. Everyone present was experienced and knowledgeable, not to mention Li Hui and Mo Jinglei. Having experienced hundreds of battles, they naturally were not afraid. They were rich and experienced people in the imperial court, and their families kept fierce beasts as pets. Nangong Miao and Nangong Hong were hunting around with the palace guards. In fact, they had never seen a beast before, so they were not afraid. On the other hand, the examinees were still young and didn't have much experience. They held their wine cups and pretended to be calm, but their legs were still trembling uncontrollably.

Ha Ye pulled out the black cloth and everyone could see clearly that under the black cloth was an iron cage made of fine steel and a huge black tiger trapped within it. The Black Tiger was trapped for an unknown period of time. It seemed to be somewhat anxious as it walked around in the cage, letting out a tiger roar with its mouth.

"The Black Tiger is a supreme divine object. This is a gift from our leader to His Majesty." His attitude was much better than his arrogant attitude from the beginning.

Nangong Kai held his chin and yawned, "You want to keep the divine item in your cage?"

Ha Ye was stunned. "His Imperial Majesty means …"

"Open the cage, let us see the King of Beasts."

"This is a fierce tiger hurting someone. If there's a chance, we won't be able to take it."

"Just don't pursue your responsibilities." Nangong Kai Ran yawned again and smiled at Mo Rou, "My beloved official, please protect me well!"

Mo Rou rolled her eyes and ignored him. She only stared at Black Tiger. "Tch, if it was a white one, then it would be perfect."

As soon as Ha Ye opened the cage, before anyone could see clearly, a black shadow jumped out, pouncing towards Nangong Kai Ran. Everyone cried out in alarm, Li Hui and Mo Jinglei rushed up to save their master, but their movements were not as fast as the other shadow's, only to see the man grab the black tiger by the tail. The black tiger stumbled, and the man took the opportunity to jump onto the tiger's back and grab the tiger's head, and pressed down. Everyone heard a "dong" sound and all of them grinned. They felt that the sound hurt a lot when they heard it.

The Black Tiger was struck a little dumb and its two claws continued to scratch the ground. Unfortunately, it was unable to move due to being pressed down by someone. Only then did everyone clearly see that the person riding on the tiger's back was actually Xu Ling, who had been silent since the start of the banquet. She did not expect this scholar, who appeared so calm on the surface, to have such skills. She turned her head to look at the results, and saw that the old man was squinting his eyes and stroking his beard, looking quite satisfied. Qin Xiaolian's heart was bright. This person was most likely a hidden pillar that had been pressed down early on in order to achieve a good result.

Xu Ling tilted his head and shouted to Li Hui, "General Li, please borrow your treasured blade." Li Hui was stunned for a moment. He unsheathed the saber at his waist and threw it to Xu Ling. Xu Ling caught the saber and threw it to the side. He raised his hand and was about to stab the black tiger's head.

Qin Xiao randomly fished out something from his chest and swung it right at the blade. Xu Ling probably did not expect that someone would obstruct him, so the blade tilted to the side. At the same time, a sharp pain came from his wrist as he rolled away from the back of the Black Tiger with a "Ah" sound.

Qin Xiao was stunned. Everyone immediately stood up, only to see Xu Ling's wrist bleeding. It was a terrifying sight to behold. Mo Rou jumped out from behind the table, squatted in front of it and rubbed its head. Then, she took an elbow from the table and offered it some food.

The imperial physician rushed over with a box in his hand. The moment he entered the garden, he was startled by the appearance of the black tiger. He pointed at Xu Ling and signalled for the imperial physician to treat him. The old man trembled as he circled around the black tiger. When he saw that the tiger was ignoring him, he quickly bandaged Xu Ling.

It took a while before the imperial physician managed to stop Xu Ling's bleeding. His wrist was wrapped in a large amount of white gauze, and according to the imperial physician, Xu Ling's hand had been cut by a sharp weapon, injuring his muscles and bones.

With a smack on the table, he pointed at Qin Xiao and scolded, "How can you be so merciless and injure the same year? Could it be that you are afraid that Xu Ling's talent will surpass you by winning the top scholar?!"

Qin Xiaoliu blinked his eyes: "What right do you have to say that I was the one who did it? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"The Prime Minister and I do not know martial arts, General Li and General Mo have no enmity with Xu Ling, it was definitely because you hated Xu Ling for his superior literary and martial skills, hence you took action to eliminate him."

"According to what you said, they are also suspected of having committed the crime!" Qin Xiaoliu pointed at the other two examinees. When the two saw that he was pointing fingers at them, they immediately knelt down and swore that they hadn't done it themselves. Then, they scolded him for shunning his responsibilities and began carelessly framing him.

Just as the situation went out of control, Mo Rou slowly opened her mouth, "Stop arguing. I threw the concealed weapon. Don't wrongly accuse others."

"You?" The results were in disbelief. "Why do you have to go against the examinees?"

"I am the one who was praying and praying for the Buddha. How can I not care when someone is trying to kill in front of me?" Mo Rou casually found an excuse and rubbed the Black Tiger's head. The Black Tiger seemed to have been bought off by her with a soy sauce elbow and was very obedient to her.

"It was clearly that beast who wanted to hurt His Majesty. How can you be so indiscriminately divided? You haven't fulfilled your duty to protect His Majesty!" He was very dissatisfied with the results.

"I am not a guard, why should I protect His Majesty?" Mo Rou lazily stood up and led the way out, followed by Black Tiger. When he arrived in front of the little hoodlum, he stopped for a moment and threw something towards him: "If you want to keep such a precious jade pendant properly, how can it be used as a secret weapon? Do you know your parents that you are such a prodigal?"

The corner of Qin Xiaob's mouth twitched, he really wanted to kick it out. But since the situation wasn't right, he might as well let him be proud of himself!

"Where did you get that jade pendant!" Suddenly, she shouted. Nangong Miao was like the wind as he snatched the jade pendant over and over, "This is obviously my jade pendant. Where did you get this from? Hurry up and tell me!"

Qin Xiaoliu facepalmed. Why was it so chaotic today? Was this the tempo of enemies meeting on a narrow road? Just as she wanted to explain, Nangong Miao recognized her and pointed at her nose, shouting, "So it's you, little beggar bastard!"

Mo Rou originally wanted to lead the Black Tiger out, but after seeing the situation, she wanted to stop. At the same time, she was afraid of arousing suspicion, so she could only continue walking with a cold face. Today, the emperors had invited a group of officials to a banquet. The people from the outer garden watched as she led a black tiger out in an uproar. The sound of it smashing bowls and chopsticks rose and fell, and they were all trembling with fear.

Mo Rou patted Black Tiger's head. "Look, everyone is afraid of you. Even though you didn't do anything, everyone is still afraid of you."

The black tiger let out an "Ao Wu", hugged Mo Rou's leg, and started licking her boots.

"From today onwards, let's call it 'mighty'!" Mo Rou looked up to the sky with her hands behind her back, "How awe-inspiring. Anyone who sees you wants to run away!"