Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

“If the examiners were replaced by true artists like my two teachers, Sister Ruoxi, you would undoubtedly get another 10, while Sister Yue would have a hard time getting even 5 points, but…”

Wu Xi's aura suddenly intensified:

"This is a singing and dancing competition to choose a wife for me, so my personal aesthetic sense is above all else... Sister Ruoxi's 'Rainbow Fairy Song' is great, but compared to the unattainable fairy, I still prefer the hot, charming, and sexy older sister."

Chapter 166 Spicy Balls, Art Must Be Spicy Balls

Princess Wu Xiqun frankly explained her scoring process.

Wang Ruoxi's "Rainbow Fairy Melody" is excellent, and objectively it could be scored 10 points. However, it doesn't fit the Princess XP, so 1 point should be deducted, resulting in a final score of 9 points.

Although Nangong Yue's erotic dance and songs are not up to standard, her dance skills are still at an 8 out of 10 level, and they also suit the princess's tastes, so add 1 point, for a final score of 9.

Qin Huanyu and Nangong Yue were similar; Qin Huanyu also received XP points from the princess and ultimately scored 8 points.

As for Yuan Tingxue and Yi Youyou, their performance was a complete failure, so they only received 5 points for friendship.

"...I'm still not convinced."

Wang Ruoxi's expression changed several times after hearing this, but she finally couldn't hold back:

"This is indeed a competition to select a consort for Your Highness, but it is also an artistic competition! Your personal preferences cannot supersede art!"

"No, Sister Ruoxi, you're wrong."

Wu Xiqun chuckled lightly, her imposing aura undiminished.

"What do you think art is?"

"What is art? This..."

This is considered a classic question. Wang Ruoxi hesitated for a few seconds before giving a mainstream answer that is widely accepted:

"Art is a social phenomenon and a social ideology; it is a collection of concepts related to the human nature's pursuit of beautiful things."

"what……"

Wu Xiqun neither confirmed nor denied Wang Ruoxi's answer, but instead chuckled and asked again:

"From which social class did art originate?"

"...the ruling class."

Wang Ruoxi seemed to understand Wu Xiqun's meaning, and a wry smile appeared on her face:

"When the granaries are full, people know etiquette. In ancient times, only the upper class of society, who had no worries about food and clothing, had the ability to pursue art."

"That's more like it~~"

Wu Xiqun nodded in satisfaction, straightened her back, and her seemingly delicate and sweet body exuded a domineering aura at that moment:

"That's why I said you were wrong before, Sister Ruoxi. It's not that my personal preferences supersede art, but that my personal preferences will become the new artistic direction! Because I am the future Empress of the Holy Zhou Kingdom! Whatever kind of beauty I like is art!"

"……I see."

Wang Ruoxi's bitter smile deepened, and she stopped arguing for herself, which was tantamount to accepting the outcome.

This concludes the third sub-project of the larger art project. The total scores for each individual project are as follows:

Wang Ruoxi scored 29 points (10 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists).

Qin Huanyu scored 22 points (7 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists).

Yuan Tingxue scored 20 points (7 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists).

Nangong Yue scored 20 points (6 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists).

Yi Youyou scored 19 points (7 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists).

Wang Ruoxi is still far ahead, and the scores of the remaining 4 people are very close. The final ranking of the event will depend on the last game, the duel of literature and art.

After the singing and dancing competition ended, Wu Xiqun quickly announced the topic for the literature competition.

The task is simple: write a novel of no less than 5 words with "I Am the Princess's Wife" as the title and core content. The deadline for submission is noon tomorrow.

The only examiner for this project is Princess Wu Xiqun. Whoever writes a novel that pleases her the most will get a high score.

After announcing the topic, Wu Xiqun quickly announced that the day could be dismissed. Everyone could go back to their rooms to start creating, or wander around looking for inspiration, as long as they didn't go to Shendu.

At the same time, this novel does not prohibit plagiarism and plagiarism; everyone can use any means necessary, with the sole goal of pleasing Wu Xiqun.

It was already past noon, and there were less than 24 hours until the deadline for submitting the papers at noon the next day. Writing a novel of no less than 5 words in this time would not be easy even for a superhuman.

So the five princess consort candidates lost interest in chatting and quickly returned to their rooms, grabbing their laptops and starting to type.

Only Qin Huanyu and Nangong Yue had a brief discussion.

Nangong Yue wasn't too confident that she could beat Yuan Tingxue in the last small event. After thinking about it, she decided to let Qin Huanyu get as high a score as possible, at least to secure second place. There was no need to deliberately get a low score to let her win the ranking, because it would be a huge loss if Yuan Tingxue took advantage of the situation.

Qin Huanyu readily agreed.

This was the most peaceful night since the start of the princess selection competition. None of the five candidates caused any trouble; they all stayed quietly in their rooms writing.

The next day at noon, everyone handed in their papers on time, but their states varied.

Nangong Yue and Yuan Tingxue were in the best condition, full of energy, probably because they finished their work early and then took a nap.

Yi Youyou was slightly worse off, with a hint of drowsiness on her face, but she was actually in better condition than yesterday. At least she didn't experience back pain or leg weakness when walking.

Qin Huanyu's condition was quite strange. She had clearly stayed in her own room last night, but she was somewhat like Yi Youyou yesterday, looking as if she had been attacked by a succubus. This made Yi Youyou stare at her suspiciously for a long time.

But Wang Ruoxi was in the worst condition. She must have stayed up all night to finish her draft, which was extremely mentally taxing. After submitting the paper, she looked pale and ashen, like a dried-out salted fish.

"Hmm... The sisters' novels all seem quite interesting, so let's all take a look together."

As Wu Xiqun said this, she directly projected the novels written by everyone onto the big screen for everyone to watch together.

There were no other examiners in the side hall today. Besides the five candidates for princess consort, the empress and the princess, there were only a few palace maids serving them, and the imperial physician Linglan, who brought her little apprentice Bai Ling to watch the excitement. In short, they were all women.

The first thing released was Wang Ruoxi's work.

After just one glance, many people felt dizzy and completely confused.

The entire text is written in classical Chinese, and it's the kind of classical Chinese that's very difficult to understand.

A 5-word novel is not short in ancient times, but it is far too short compared to modern literature. How to condense a sufficient amount of plot into 5 words is also a highlight of this competition.

Wang Ruoxi chose compression, utilizing the characteristics of classical Chinese to condense sentences that would take dozens of words in modern Chinese into just a few words.

This is actually very difficult; it's impossible to do without sufficient classical literary knowledge, but Wang Ruoxi did it, and in just one night.

Based on this point alone, Wang Ruoxi's novels are full of technical sophistication.

However, it is also very difficult to read and understand. Everyone frowned when reading it, as if they were reading a raw foreign work.

Wang Ruoxi's classical Chinese novel is only a little over 6 words in its original form, but if translated into vernacular Chinese for everyone to read, it would conservatively be around 40 words. It tells a poignant royal love story and is full of literary and artistic flair.

From a plot perspective, Qin Huanyu scoffed at this novel. Even if it weren't written in such an incomprehensible classical Chinese style, it would definitely flop if posted on major novel websites... Who reads literary-style love stories these days?

Aside from the plot and the use of classical Chinese, this novel is almost flawless. The characters are very well-developed, the details are described very well, and the writing style is superb.

"Sister Ruoxi's literary and artistic cultivation is indeed very high..."

After reading the entire work, Wu Xiqun looked conflicted, seemingly unsure how to judge it. After hesitating for a while, she decided to read all the other people's works first and then rate them together at the end.

The second work to be shown on the projection screen was Yi Youyou's. Wu Xiqun switched between Wang Ruoxi's works randomly, except when she manually set it to show Wang Ruoxi's works first.

Yi Youyou's novel seems more normal. Her writing style isn't as good as Wang Ruoxi's, but it's still fluent and logically sound. As long as the plot doesn't flop, it might even become a top-rated novel online.

It also tells a love story, and the female protagonist should be Yi Youyou herself, a very famous phantom thief.

The phantom thief set her sights on a treasure in the palace, which happened to belong to the princess. The two clashed, and in the end, the princess prevailed, capturing the phantom thief.

However, the princess did not throw the phantom thief into jail, because the phantom thief was so beautiful that she bewitched the princess, and the princess fell in love with her at first sight.

The phantom thief also fell for the princess's charm. Under the princess's fervent pursuit, she ultimately couldn't resist and completely succumbed, becoming a devoted wife and a loving companion. She retired from her life of crime and lived a happy life as the princess's consort.

The novel itself is quite good, but... it feels a bit strange to the readers.

Those who knew certain inside information, such as Linglan, Bailing, and Nangong Yue, had indescribably strange expressions.

The female protagonist in the novel is indeed an incarnation of Yi Youyou herself, but... is that princess really an incarnation of a princess?

The princess herself quickly realized this, puffed out her cheeks, glared at Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou in turn, and then said with a hint of jealousy:

"Sister Youyou, are you showing off your love? This is basically a replica of how you and Sister Yu met and fell in love, right? Even if you force me to be the other female lead, I can't see myself in her at all... Never mind, next book next book."

Without even wanting to offer a single comment, Wu Xiqun immediately switched to the large screen projection.

The third book to be presented was by Yuan Tingxue.

This novel has the feel of mainstream modern online literature from the very beginning; it's a cultivation novel.

The female protagonist and the princess are childhood sweethearts who grew up together and are also cultivation partners. Together, they travel the world with their swords, slaying demons and monsters.

The plot follows the standard formula of cultivation novels: the two female protagonists explore ancient caves and ruins, participate in the struggles between cultivation sects, win battle after battle, and eventually become the pinnacle of the cultivation world.

But towards the end, the plot suddenly took a 360-degree turn, turning from a satisfying story into a tragic one.

The two female protagonists, who had reached the pinnacle of their cultivation journey in the mortal realm, faced a heavenly tribulation together in the end. However, they failed to overcome the tribulation and perished together in the lightning tribulation while embracing each other.

"How could you kill off the main character? Sister Tingxue?"

Wu Xiqun, who had read all the way to the end, was extremely dissatisfied. Her face turned red with anger, and she slammed her hand on the table.

"Abusive romance novels have long been relegated to the dustbin of history... They are both cultivation geniuses, and their cultivation journey has been remarkably smooth. Why can't they be given a happy ending? Like, both of them successfully transcending their tribulations and becoming immortals together..."

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I can't do it."

Yuan Tingxue's answer was quite straightforward:

"Because no one in our Eastern Divine Continent has successfully ascended for thousands of years, our family has detailed records of the cultivation process before the tribulation, but I don't know what it's like after the tribulation is successful... So I can only make them fail the tribulation."

"Then can't you imagine it?"

Wu Xiqun gestured with a rather exaggerated movement:

"There are so many descriptions of the immortal realm in online cultivation novels, why don't you take a look and write one yourself?"

"But the authors of those cultivation novels are complete laymen. They don't even have spiritual roots, so how would they know about the scenery of the immortal realm? They're just indulging in wild fantasies."

Yuan Tingxue's expression was very serious:

"Although cultivation and scientific research follow different paths, they lead to the same goal and both emphasize seeking truth from facts. Fabricating stories is a desecration... At the very least, as a cultivator, I absolutely cannot do that."

After speaking, Yuan Tingxue looked at Qin Huanyu:

"Everyone here knows your research capabilities. If you were asked to write a science fiction novel with settings that completely contradict real scientific principles, would you be willing to do it?"

"Of course we wouldn't want that; it's a desecration of science itself!"

Qin Huanyu answered without hesitation:

"Novels are not nonsense. Whether it is science fiction or fantasy, their settings cannot violate proven scientific principles and extraordinary theories."

"You two... sigh."

dong dong.

Wu Xiqun was speechless, and finally banged her head against the table twice.

"Forget it, discussing art and romance with you serious seekers of truth is like casting pearls before swine. I should have realized that long ago... Next book, next book."

The fourth book to be displayed on the projector screen was by Nangong Yue.

This is finally a truly satisfying read, the kind of story where the protagonist is overpowered and enjoys the feeling of being a protagonist who defies expectations.

However, Feng Aotian is not the female protagonist from the first-person perspective in the book. The female protagonist is just the first wife of the true protagonist Feng Aotian, the harem master.

Nangong Yue, having grown up with Wu Xiqun, truly understands her well, and her description in the book is spot-on. Anyone with even a slight knowledge of Wu Xiqun can immediately recognize that the Phoenix Princess in the book is Wu Xiqun's alter ego.

The female protagonist and Princess Feng Aotian were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and they got engaged at Princess Feng Aotian's coming-of-age ceremony.

But how could Feng Aotian only have one wife? He had to have a harem. Princess Feng Aotian then encountered female characters who were the incarnations of Qin Huanyu, Yi Youyou, Yuan Tingxue, and Wang Ruoxi, and became very close to them, cheating on them multiple times during their engagements.

After learning about these circumstances, the female protagonist did not quarrel with Princess Feng Aotian. Instead, she enthusiastically helped Princess Feng Aotian devise strategies to win over everyone and became the leader of the harem.

Afterwards, with the help of the abilities of her harem members and her own talent, Princess Feng Aotian easily swept away all opposition both domestically and internationally after ascending to the throne as Empress, becoming the supreme and unique Empress of Earth, and then got married.

The female protagonist became the empress, the other four women became imperial concubines, and together with the arrogant princess who had unified the world, there were a total of six people who lived a shameless and happy life in the finale.

When they were halfway through reading the novel, Yi Youyou and Wang Ruoxi both cast disdainful glances at Nangong Yue... This sycophancy was outrageous, they were completely blatant about it.

However, Wu Xiqun herself was clearly very satisfied with this novel, her eyes shining as she read it, and she repeatedly muttered to herself, "It would be so great if this were real."

Unfortunately, in order to protect the royal bloodline of warriors, all empresses have been monogamous, and even if the empress didn't mind the empress having a harem, it was still not allowed.

Therefore, Wu Xiqun can only dream about turning the novel's plot into reality.