Suddenly hearing these words spoken calmly by Lu Qingping, both Meng Hanchan and Fang Ruoyun couldn't believe it.
Even among those present, Yu Xiaoran, who has the highest cultivation level and is known as the fourth most influential figure of the young generation, was also greatly surprised.
He had long seen that the descendants of these four aristocratic families were not good people, and today he was going to take some actions against Lu Qingping. Later, when he saw what these people did, he already understood that they wanted Lu Qingping to take the initiative to recognize him.
Defeat the decisive battle with Ye Canghai.
But I never expected that when faced with this situation, Lu Qingping's answer not only failed to follow her psychology, but also came out shockingly, directly requesting that the decisive battle be moved forward and directly scheduled for tonight.
Is this a result of being spurred on to success, or is there another reason?
Yu Xiaoran decided to watch this good show today.
His eyesight is better than others, and he can see that Lu Qingping's physical body is not simple, and it is not a simple martial arts foundation. And if the prince can agree to such a thing, he should not be humiliating himself, and he has the confidence to do so.
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He was very curious about the decisive battle tonight. What would be the confidence of this prince?
Naturally, Zhou Junbai, Ye Canghai and other heirs of the aristocratic family had a strong reaction after hearing these words.
Ye Canghai frowned and couldn't believe his ears. He asked doubtfully: "What did you say? Say it again?"
At this time, Zhou Junbai immediately repeated with a smile: "Canghai, haven't you heard clearly? His Royal Highness wants to advance the decisive battle between you two tonight."
Ye Canghai naturally heard it, she just couldn't believe it.
Lu Qingping must have wanted to break the pot.
Zhou Junbai didn't care about this. The reason why he repeated it to Ye Canghai was because he didn't want Lu Qingping to change his mind and regret it.
He didn't care whether Lu Qingping's bold words were due to her embarrassment after being provoked by them, or because of some other reason.
In short, now that I have such a result, I am simply happy to hear the news from the elders in the family.
He would never believe that Lu Qingping was qualified and had a chance to defeat Ye Canghai under current circumstances.
That is absolutely impossible.
This is Ye Canghai, a contemporary successor of the Ye family who was taught by Ye Taibai, the Sword God of the End of Martial Arts, and then broke through to the third level of heaven.
There is one big realm and five small realms between Lu Qingping and Ye Canghai.
Even when he had completed his martial arts foundation building, he didn't dare to say that he could cross a larger realm and challenge the Heavenly and Human Mysterious Gate.
In the realm of martial arts foundation building, being able to defeat enemies across smaller realms is proof of genius, but there are absolutely few people who can cross a large realm.
There is a huge gap between martial arts foundation building and heavenly entrance.
The most intuitive thing is that true energy will appear in the body of the Tianren Xuanguan realm, and it will be able to borrow the power of heaven and earth, no longer simply the power of the physical body!
Not to mention that Ye Canghai passed through the five meridians in one breath and directly opened the first three levels of Ren meridians. The true energy has already acquired half-step innate attributes, which is even more of a threshold.
He can clearly see Lu Qingping's current state. She is full of blood and has reached a perfect state of martial arts foundation building.
But he is still only at the level of martial arts foundation building. He is one big level away from the genius girl Ye Canghai, two infuriating levels, and five small levels. Unless the sun comes out in the west, he will be able to do something unbelievable.
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This can only be because Lu Qingping was angered and the second generation ancestor had a mental attack and planned to break the pot.
His status as the heir apparent and the psychology of being promoted as a hero today were at work, and he wanted to make himself look fat.
But isn't this better.
Their expected idea was to force Lu Qingping to recognize the situation and admit defeat, so that the image of this country's hero presented to the world would plummet, which was in line with the methods used by their elders to undermine the emperor's manipulation of people's hearts and minds.
The result is like this. If Lu Qingping is unwilling to admit defeat, if she fights in advance, she will definitely lose miserably. The result will be more favorable than if she takes the initiative to admit defeat.
This world has always been like this. When people have high hopes for a hero, they don't want to see him fail.
No matter how miserable Lu Qingping's defeat was in the decisive battle, how violent the collapse of the heroic momentum condensed in him would be, and how effective it would be in blocking the emperor's pace of reform.
Lu Qingping didn't understand what these people were thinking.
To put it in layman's terms in his previous life, because of the impact that his ten years of experience had on the hearts of the people, the emperor chose himself to be the image spokesperson of the reform brand, and used his reputation in the hearts of the people to spread the influence of the reform.
These aristocratic families are the emperor's opponents on the road to reform. If they want to prevent the reform from happening, it will threaten their fundamental interests.
They couldn't directly break up with the emperor and start a fight, so they could only go around in a circle and try to target themselves as their image spokesperson.
In the past, too many image spokespersons had their own problems, which led to the loss of credibility in the hearts of the people for the brands they endorsed.
Although Lu Qingping did not directly participate in the game between the emperor and the aristocratic clan, he had the vision of two generations and saw the core of all these matters clearly.
"Okay, let's set it tonight. We are looking forward to the battle between His Royal Highness and Cang Hai. Where will it be?"
Zhou Junbai wanted to finalize the matter again and not give Lu Qingping any room for regret.
Lu Qingping said to Ye Canghai: "I will decide the location. I will choose Luoyang Bridge in the capital. You decide the specific time."
Ye Canghai frowned and stared at Lu Qingping, trying to figure out what the young man was thinking, but she found nothing.
But she couldn't refuse, so she said coldly: "Okay, let's fight at Luoyang Bridge tonight!"
After that, she turned around and left.
At this time, there were seven or eight young men and women from aristocratic families in this group. Before leaving, they all looked at Lu Qingping with some deep meaning, as if they were looking at someone seeking death.
Finally, Zhou Junbai, Wen Shenfeng and others looked at each other one after another, and they all smiled in unison.
Meng Hanchan and Lu Qingping stood together at this time, looking at the backs of the family members who finally left, it was certain that these people must have gone to spread the news about this battle now, and to further confirm the facts of tonight's battle,
Lu Qingping was not allowed to change.
"You, you shouldn't be so anxious. With your talent, if you wait for more than a month, you may not be able to enter the realm of heaven and man. When the time comes, you can fight Ye Canghai. Wouldn't you be more confident?
Now……"
Even if Meng Hanchan trusted Lu Qingping again, she still felt that the young man was reckless this time.
Fang Ruoyun saw all this in his eyes, shook his head in his heart, and had some understanding.
After all, His Highness the Crown Prince is only about fourteen years old now. He has an unstable temperament as a young man, and it seems reasonable to be competitive.
Lu Qingping said to Meng Hanchan: "I just said that for this duel, whether it is in March or tonight, the result will not be unexpected and I will not lose."
Meng Hanchan looked at Lu Qingping in surprise. When she wanted to ask more questions, Lu Qingping smiled softly at her: "We will find out in the decisive battle tonight."
It seems that the news about his stay in Jingyang County has not been spread.
He must have been suppressed by King Jingyang.
"I am also looking forward to this wonderful duel. I will definitely go to Luoyang Bridge to watch the battle tonight."
Yu Xiaoran said at this time, his eyes looked at Lu Qingping with a deep look, as if he wanted to see clearly what kind of means hidden in this young man could make him have such confidence.
No matter how much he thought about it, he could not imagine how a person could cross one big realm and five small realms, ignore the barriers of true energy and innate true energy, and do things that go against the will of heaven.
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Today's state banquet will end soon.
And under the deliberate spread of descendants of these major aristocratic families.
Soon, not only many people in Wanhua Palace understood.
In just half an hour, almost half of the people in the capital knew about it thanks to the sound transmission jade slip.
"Lu Qingping is going to duel with Ye Canghai in advance? When did they decide to duel?"
"It must have been more than a month ago when we were fishing in Aoji. The day Baimei Zhenren fought against Ye Taibai, and finally Ye Taibai became a god. It seems that it was because Lu Qingping was pregnant with the magical sword skills of Ye Hongxue, the traitor of the Ye family five hundred years ago.
Originally, Ye Taibai had set a three-month deadline, but he didn't expect that the news came from the Chinese banquet in the palace tonight. The young prince was provoked by some people and directly said that he would have a duel in advance tonight. The location was
Set it at Luoyang Bridge, and Zishi and I will have a duel."
"What does His Highness the Crown Prince think? There is a huge gap between martial arts foundation building and heavenly entrance. This is a duel without any suspense."
"Maybe it's because Ye Canghai's incident of passing through the five meridians in one breath was so exciting to the prince that he felt that it was a defeat after all, and it would be better to break the jar."
It has to be said that not long after the news of the duel broke out, almost everyone believed that Lu Qingping was going to be ruined.
It is indeed logical to think this way. After all, if Lu Qingping could actually turn defeat into victory under such a huge gap, it would be unbelievable.
People are accustomed to normal logical thinking, and not many people think about low-probability events that appear around them every day.
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When the state banquet is about to end.
On the high platform, the chief steward Chen Zilian approached the emperor with a change of expression and whispered to him the news that had been spread from Wanhua Palace.
"This little prince is so shameless. Your Majesty just pushed him out today, and he turned around and made such a big noise. Doesn't he know that every move he makes now is related to His Majesty's reform? If he fails
This is almost certain to fail. What impact will it have on His Majesty’s reform? All His Majesty’s actions today will not only be in vain, but will be even worse.”
When Chen Zilian reported this news, her heart skipped a beat.
As eunuchs, they are the force closest to the emperor. They have always been tied to the emperor because they are nothing without the emperor.
Chen Zilian, the highest eunuch who was in charge of supervising the Southern Sui Dynasty Wulin Imperial Heavenly Prison, was cursing the young man fiercely in his heart. He had just received such a huge reward, but he was about to create a big deal for the emperor.
The disaster is coming.
But what Chen Zilian never expected was that after hearing the words, the emperor only looked silent for a moment, and then looked at Lu Qi in the dining room with hidden eyes.
If anyone knows Lu Qingping best, it is naturally Lu Qi’s father.
Lu Qi just nodded lightly during the dinner.
The emperor withdrew his gaze and chuckled: "There is such a thing. It is indeed interesting. I want to see it. Young people making friends through martial arts reminds me of my youth. I really miss it."
Chen Zilian was astonished at how sophisticated the manager in red was. He immediately thought of something. He knew what he was talking about and didn't say anything more, so he left obediently.
At dusk, the state banquet was over.
But many people who left the state banquet did not go home.
They all heard that today's protagonist, after the state banquet, unexpectedly scheduled a duel with Ye Canghai of the Ye Family, the Holy Land of Kendo, on the Luoyang Bridge at midnight tonight.
On Luoyang Bridge.
A new moon.
The moonlight is like water, hazy, covering the heaven and earth with a veil.
The faint brilliance reflects this ancient bridge like an isolated island in the sea.
There were already crowds of people around on both sides.