All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

As the two were chatting, a palace attendant entered and announced, "Your Majesty, the list of beauties from Langya Pavilion has been released."

Zhan Doudou took the document and couldn't help but mutter, "After the list of masters, there's also a list of beauties. This Langya Pavilion has some interesting ideas."

Haitang Duoduo tossed her hair and said disdainfully, "True beauty lies in the bone structure, not just the skin. This kind of ranking is all about appearance, how vulgar!"

The young emperor sighed slightly. If she could return to wearing women's clothing, she should be able to secure a place on the list.

"Ahem! Junior Sister, the Beauty Ranking is much more interesting than the Master Ranking."

After all, most masters are famous throughout the land; everyone in the martial arts world has heard of them.

"But beauties are different. Apart from a few who show their faces in public, most of them stay in their boudoirs. Once they make it onto this list, they will become famous throughout the world."

"Let me read to my refined and elegant junior nun the most vulgar list in the world!"

"The most beautiful woman on the list is Princess Li Yunrui of Nanqing."

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

"I've heard of her before, but isn't she already past her prime?"

Zhan Doudou remained noncommittal, saying, "Li Yunrui is famous for her beauty. It is said that she is in her early thirties but looks like she is fifteen or sixteen."

Haitang Duoduo grinned and said, "Hey, isn't that a fairy?"

Zhan Doudou looked at the document, then smiled and read aloud, "The second most beautiful woman, Princess Zhan Pianpian of the Great Qi Dynasty."

Haitang Duoduo nodded, "Our eldest princess is the real beauty, while the eldest princess of Nanqing is a vixen."

His Majesty has issued a decree to Western Qin, ordering them to place our eldest princess at the top of the list!

Zhan Doudou said, "The list is published by the martial arts sects. It would be beneath me to issue an imperial edict for such a trivial matter."

"Lili doesn't show up much in Nanqing anymore, yet she's ranked third. It seems they really put effort into this ranking."

"The fourth one is a lady from a prominent family in our Northern Qi. Little Martial Aunt, can you guess?"

Haitang Duoduo replied without hesitation, "What's there to guess? The daughter of the Butthole Marquis, the younger sister of Little Butthole, the junior niece of this Holy Maiden, Little Yingning."

Zhan Doudou was amused by Haitang Duoduo's series of nicknames. "My cousin is a great beauty. How could you describe her in such an unrefined way!"

"Fifth, Fan Ruoruo, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Nanqing... She is Li Chang'an's favorite woman."

"Li Chang'an's first poem was dedicated to Fan Ruoruo when she was one year old. That year, Li Chang'an left the palace for the first time..."

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

"Your Majesty, you haven't done any special investigation, have you? You know too much about Li Chang'an, don't you?"

The young emperor of Northern Qi was actually Li Chang'an's stalker!

Chapter 61: Rankings Reshuffled! What Rankings Do Women Who Have Given Birth Be On?!

Zhan Doudou is a die-hard fan of Dream of the Red Chamber, and she deeply despises Li Chang'an's actions.

"That author who stopped writing is absolutely infuriating! Instead of continuing such a good book, he went off to kill people in the martial arts world. It's utterly unreasonable!"

Haitang Duoduo said approvingly, "I think it's great, that's more like a man!"

Zhan Doudou and Haitang Duoduo's aesthetics and values ​​are indeed very different.

The young emperor felt a pang of sadness whenever he saw Fan Ruoruo's name. "I won't read it aloud. You can see for yourself!"

Haitang Duoduo gave a perfunctory bow, "I am ashamed that I have angered Your Majesty. I will see for myself then."

"Sixth place: Lin Wan'er, wow! Mother and daughter on the list at the same time, it seems that beauty can be passed down through generations."

"The seventh place is the most famous courtesan in the capital city, and the eighth place is Sang Wen, a musician from the capital city of Nanqing."

Ninth place went to Princess Masosuo of the second tribe of the Xihu, and tenth place to a young lady from a prominent family in Dongyi City.

"The list of beauties is relatively neutral; the Western Qin Kingdom did not flatter the Great Qi Kingdom."

Zhan Doudou nodded and said, "Nanqing is a nation founded on martial arts, so of course we should suppress them on the list of masters."

However, the number of beautiful women a country has has nothing to do with its national fortune or strength.

The two chatted for a while longer when a secret agent from the inner court rushed in, looking flustered.

"Your Majesty, Holy Maiden, something has happened at Langya Pavilion in the Western Qin Kingdom!"

"Li Chang'an, the Prince of Nanqing, led his Shadow Guards to secretly infiltrate the Western Qin Kingdom and killed more than a dozen experts!"

"Then, Li Chang'an said that since the list is to be compiled, it must be fair and stand up to scrutiny, and it cannot be biased towards any country."

"He threatened the Master of Langya Pavilion to re-rank the masters and beauties. Only after these two lists were widely circulated did Li Chang'an leave with his men!"

Upon hearing this news, a flash of anger crossed the young emperor's face, and he slammed his fist on the table and stood up!

"How dare they! A prince from Nanqing has actually infiltrated the vassal state of Daqi. Is this an invitation to war?!"

"He was ordered to suppress the martial arts in the Jianghu of Nanqing, and he was lawless, which was bad enough, but he actually dared to suppress them within the territory of my Great Qi!"

"This is outrageous! The affairs of the martial world in our Great Qi are none of Li Chang'an's business!"

"Bring me the list that he forced Langya Pavilion to rearrange. I want to see what he's really up to!"

Zhan Doudou took the list and glanced at it, her anger flaring even more.

"Great! The first position of the Heavenly Vein Master hasn't changed, but the four Grandmasters have been reversed, and the two Grandmasters from Nanqing have been placed in the first two positions!"

The fact that Li Chang'an left the position of the Heavenly Vein Person is consistent with the psychological awe that the Southern Qing and Northern Qi have for the Temple. In fact, this position should have been held by the Temple Envoy, Wu Zhu.

Haitang Duoduo glanced at the list and found that the content had changed a lot!

"The second one is Grandmaster Qinggong, whose skills are profound and hidden."

He once startled Si Gu Jian, who was also a Grandmaster, and should be considered the foremost of the Four Grandmasters!

"The descriptions of the third person, Ye Liuyun, and the fourth person, Si Gujian, remain unchanged."

However, the order of the two was reversed, with the Grandmaster of Nanqing placed first.

"Fifth, Ku He, a member of the Northern Qi royal family and the leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect."

Among the four grandmasters, he has the strongest defense but the weakest overall strength.

Upon seeing this, Haitang Duoduo couldn't help but sneer, "It's not necessarily true that one of the four grandmasters is stronger or weaker. It's fair that my master has the strongest defense, but why is he the weakest in overall strength?"

"Sixth, Shadow Swordsman, the personal bodyguard of Chen Pingping, the King of the Night, and one of the world's top assassins."

"The seventh is Yan Xiaoyi, the eighth is Lang Tao. The descriptions are the same, but the order is reversed, and the people from Nanqing are put first."

"Ninth place, Qin Ye, Chief Envoy of the Privy Council of Southern Qing, a general with a hundred battles, capable of fighting two ninth-rank masters!"

"Tenth place, Yun Zhilan, the first disciple of Si Gu Jian, who has obtained the essence of Si Gu Jian's inheritance, and is the number one swordsman below the Grandmaster level."

After reviewing all the lists, Haitang Duoduo summarized, "They changed all the terms that emphasized the Great Qi, kicked me out of the top ten, and pushed Qin Ye up."

"This Li Chang'an has absolutely no idea of ​​my strength! I'll definitely give him a good chop with my axe when I get the chance!"

"Leaving aside others, how could that archer Yan Xiaoyi be ranked ahead of me? I could chop him up with one axe!"

Then, Haitang Duoduo glanced at the beauty list again, and the top five had also changed.

"Zhan Pianpian, Si Lili, Fan Ruoruo, Lin Wan'er, Wei Yingning..."

"Li Chang'an moved Ying Ning down two places, which was in response to the Great Qi."

But why did he take his second sister, Li Yunrui, away?

The imperial spies replied, "Li Chang'an said that since they are all women who have given birth, they shouldn't take the place of young girls."

Upon hearing this answer, Haitang Duoduo suddenly smiled.

"The Li family has even learned to be modest, but I think what he said makes sense!"

Li Chang'an and Li Yunrui have been at odds since childhood. Seeing her ranked first on the beauty list, Li Chang'an was very unhappy, so he made up an excuse to pull her down.

Zhan Doudou was clearly not as relaxed as Haitang. As a fan of Li Chang'an's book, that was a personal matter.

However, it is truly unacceptable that a prince from an enemy state could infiltrate our own vassal state and act so arrogantly, without any countermeasures.

"Holy Maiden Haitang, I hereby order you to lead thirty elite palace guards and one hundred Imperial Guards to search for and intercept Li Chang'an!"

Seeing the emperor's seriousness, Haitang Duoduo dared not take it lightly. "Your Majesty, do you want him alive or dead?"

Zhan Doudou gritted her teeth, "We need him alive, catch him!"

"Finish writing *Dream of the Red Chamber* first, then I'll personally kill him!"

……

Northern Qi, Western Qin.

The two groups of people, the real and the fake Prince Yong, merged two months ago. It was Li Chang'an himself who infiltrated the Western Qin Kingdom to cause trouble.

Deep in the Langya Mountains, Li Chang'an, Zhao Gao, and Jing Ni arrived at the training base camp that Zhao Gao had chosen.

"Old Zhao, the hidden base in the mountains must be separated from the Langya Pavilion of the Western Qin Kingdom."

"Langya Pavilion is a cover force in the open, and its release of the list will inevitably attract attention from all sides."

"This base in the mountains is where the true elites of the Luowang are trained, and it must be kept absolutely secret."

Zhao Gao bowed and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the Langya Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, and Langya Pavilion is located at the easternmost point, close to the border between Northern Qi and Southern Qing."