60: Langya Pavilion Beauty List! Zhan Doudou is a stalker fan!

Chapter 60: Langya Pavilion's Beauty Rankings! Zhan Doudou is a Stalker Fan!

"The seventh is Shadow Swordsman. After Chen Pingping, the King of Night, became crippled, this person became his personal guard, the top assassin in the world."

"The eighth is Lang Tao, Great Master Ku He's eldest disciple. His Internal Energy is profound, and he is skilled with short blades and exotic weapons. If Shadow Swordsman doesn't ambush, their combat power is comparable."

"The ninth is Yan Xiao Yi, Southern Qing's Imperial Guard Commander. He can take a life from a hundred paces away, the strongest archer in the world."

"The tenth is Yun Zhilan, Si Gu Jian's eldest disciple. He inherited the essence of Si Gu Jian's Legacy, ranking first in the Dao of the sword below the Great Grandmaster level."

This list, of course, was created by the newly established Langya Pavilion by Zhao Gao, and it also followed Li Chang'an's intentions.

Li Chang'an had already thought it through: it was reasonable for a list from Western Qin's Langya Pavilion to favor Northern Qi.

Later, it would also be reasonable for Prince Yong of Great Qing to lead the Shadow Guard to infiltrate Northern Qi, beat up Langya Pavilion, and force them to publish a fair ranking.

Seeing Emperor Qing so displeased, Hong Sixiang asked, "Your Majesty, shall we send the Supervisory Council's Northern Qi spies to destroy this Langya Pavilion?"

Emperor Qing frowned and said, "I'm just afraid that this list itself is a trap targeting the Supervisory Council's spies; the Brocade-Clad Guards are just waiting for the Supervisory Council to go."

"Because of Prince Yong, Northern Qi's strong literary advantage is no longer significant. Now they've come up with such a trick!"

Hong Sixiang then suggested, "Your Majesty, Northern Qi reveres the Temple even more than Great Qing.

Why not pull the rug out from under them! This old servant will go kill their so-called Saintess!"

Emperor Qing shook his head, "You shouldn't leave easily. I'll think about how to truly pull the rug out from under them and make their Celestial Vein Holders completely lose their prestige!"

"Regarding the list, have the Supervisory Council pay attention to public opinion, and tell Chen Pingping to quickly come up with a proper countermeasure!"

Inside the Supervisory Council.

Shadow Swordsman said in a muffled voice, "Director, Northern Qi actually knows of my existence."

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "You've made quite a few moves to protect me. The other party doesn't know your identity, but they already know of your existence."

Shadow Swordsman was a martial arts fanatic and had always been very concerned about expert rankings. "The first place, the Celestial Vein Holder, should be for Wu Zhu!"

Chen Pingping said, "Northern Qi might not truly know Wu Zhu's strength; he hasn't made a move in so many years."

Then, he turned to Yan Ruohai, "Ruohai, how are the investigations into Xi Qin's Langya Pavilion coming along?"

Yan Ruohai said, "It's a Jianghu School that has risen in the past two years, specializing in buying and selling information, and has close ties with the Xi Qin imperial family."

"Xi Qin has seen frequent high-level changes in the past two years, and the current small court is completely pro-Northern Qi. I suspect Northern Qi is behind all this mischief."

The changes in Northern Qi's upper echelons were, of course, the work of Net and Zhao Gao.

The current Western Qin State was firmly in the hands of the Great Eunuch Gao Yao.

Presenting a completely pro-Northern Qi facade was for the purpose of slowly developing under Northern Qi's protection.

Chen Pingping's view was somewhat similar to Emperor Qing's; he thought of a term Ye Qingmei used back then.

"This is all Northern Qi's propaganda war, just trying to boost their own morale. We can only meet them head-on."

"Your Majesty is also asking me for a countermeasure. What I'm thinking is, Prince Yong's magazine sells well throughout the land, and Northern Qi people are scrambling to buy it."

"Why not ask Your Highness Prince Yong to add a ranking list to the magazine? Its influence will surely surpass that of a Jianghu School!"

"Shadow Swordsman, send a message to the Eighth Bureau and have them quickly draft a list!"

A month later, in the Northern Qi Imperial Palace.

Haitang Duoduo had both her feet propped up on the Imperial Study table, elegantly eating the young Emperor's grapes.

The two were also discussing the expert ranking list published a month ago. "Gao Yao of Western Qin really knows how to handle things."

"Putting the Celestial Vein Holder in first place is to prepare a spot for Little Martial Aunt when she breaks through to Great Grandmaster in the future."

"Little Martial Aunt, you're ranked ahead of Sir Lang Tao; he wouldn't be unhappy, would he?"

Haitang Duoduo laughed disdainfully, "If he dares to be unhappy, this Saintess will beat him to death!"

"Your Majesty, didn't you say there's a Great Eunuch at the Peak of the ninth rank by Southern Qing's Prince Yong?"

"Why wasn't he included in this ranking?"

The young Emperor frowned, "I'm not quite sure, but I know that eunuch named Zhao Gao has already left Prince Yong."

"It's said he's staying in Da Dong Mountain and won't descend until he breaks through to Great Grandmaster. However, eunuchs are physically incomplete and may never be able to break through to Great Grandmaster."

Haitang Duoduo looked at Zhan Doudou with a complex expression, "Your Majesty, you seem to be very concerned about Southern Qing's Prince Yong?"

Zhan Doudou angrily slammed the table, "Of course I'm concerned!

dream of the red chamber hasn't been updated in four years! It stopped updating after the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry couplet!"

"Originally, it updated two chapters a month, both short and small; what could you even read in two chapters! Now it's even worse, completely stopped!"

Haitang Duoduo stared and said, "dream of the red chamber is long and tedious, why does it keep taking up space?

The updated Journey to the West is much more interesting than dream of the red chamber!"

As the two were chatting, an inner attendant walked in, "Your Majesty, Langya Pavilion's Beauty Ranking has been released."

Zhan Doudou took the memorial and mumbled, "After the expert ranking, there's also a beauty ranking. This Langya Pavilion has a lot of ideas."

Haitang Duoduo tossed her hair and said dismissively, "Beauty is in the bone, not the skin. These rankings only look at appearance, how vulgar!"

The young Emperor sighed slightly. If she could resume wearing women's clothes, she should be able to secure a spot on the list.

"Ahem! Little Martial Aunt, the Beauty Ranking is much more interesting than the expert ranking.

After all, most experts are famous throughout the land; everyone in Jianghu has heard of them."

"But beauties are different. Except for a few who appear in public, most are hidden deep in their chambers. Getting on this list would make them famous throughout the world."

"Let me read the most vulgar list in the world to the fresh and refined Little Martial Aunt!"

"Number one on the Beauty Ranking, Southern Qing's The Eldest Princess Li Yunrui."

Hearing Li Yunrui's name, Haitang Duoduo was slightly surprised.

"I've heard of this person, but isn't she past her prime?"

Zhan Doudou neither confirmed nor denied, "Li Yunrui's enchanting reputation is widespread. It's said she's in her early thirties but looks like she's fifteen or sixteen."

Haitang Duoduo grimaced and said, "Eww, isn't that a demoness?"

Zhan Doudou looked at the memorial and then read with a smile, "Second on the Beauty Ranking, Great Qi's The Eldest Princess Zhan Pianpian."

Haitang Duoduo nodded, "Our The Eldest Princess is a true beauty; Southern Qing's The Eldest Princess is a demonic vixen.

Your Majesty, issue an imperial decree to Xi Qin and have them rank our The Eldest Princess first!"

Zhan Doudou said, "The list is published by a Jianghu School. It would be too undignified for me to issue an imperial decree for such a small matter."

"Li Li rarely appears in Southern Qing anymore, yet she's still ranked third. It seems this list actually took some effort."

"The fourth is a well-bred young lady from our Northern Qi. Little Martial Aunt, can you guess who?"

Haitang Duoduo didn't hesitate, "What's there to guess? "Asshole" Marquis's daughter, Little Piyan's sister, this Saintess's Martial Aunt's niece, Xiao Yingning."

Zhan Doudou was amused by Haitang Duoduo's string of nicknames, "My cousin is a great beauty; how can you speak of her so indelicately!"

"Fifth, Southern Qing's Count Sinan's legitimate daughter, Fan Ruoruo... This is Li Chang'an's most favored woman."

"Li Chang'an's first poem was dedicated to one-year-old Fan Ruoruo, that year Li Chang'an left the imperial palace for the first time..."

As Zhan Doudou spoke of Li Chang'an's gossip, she became more and more excited, which made Haitang Duoduo frown.

"Your Majesty, you wouldn't have specifically investigated him, would you? You know too much and too many details about Li Chang'an, don't you?"

The young Emperor of Northern Qi, it turns out, was Li Chang'an's stalker fan!