micide. It's either a power struggle, a fight over profit, revenge, or a love affair gone wrong.There are so many reasons, but none of them apply to Su Hongzhang.If it were a power grab, Su Hongzhang,..."Wait a moment."

Hua Ziyue immediately saw through the other party's thoughts. With Ye Bufan not yet here, if the competition began on this side, there would only be one result: Lingxiao Academy would be kicked out.

Song Jian turned back and said, “I wonder what the Empress Dowager means”

Hua Zi Yue said, "We agreed to start the competition at the fifth hour. We still have a quarter of an hour left. It's too early to start now."

"The officials who should be here are all here, and those who shouldn't probably won't come."

Song Jian's face revealed a mocking smile: "Since the Empress Dowager thinks it's too early, then we might as well wait a little longer."

Hua Zi Yue let out a cold snort and stopped speaking. She raised her head towards the entrance of the schoolyard, but it was still empty, with not a single figure in sight.

The people of Lingxiao Academy were also like this, all with anxious expressions as they stared intently at the entrance.

Time ticked by, every second passing like an arrow. A whole hour had gone by, yet no sign of Ye Bufan could be seen.

Song Jian was increasingly certain of his guess: Ye Bufan wouldn't be coming.

He looked at Hua Ziyue triumphantly: "Empress Dowager, now it's already the fifth hour. I wonder if this competition can begin"

"This..."

According to Huazizhi's meaning, she wanted to wait forever. But with so many people watching and Song Jian pressing her step by step, she had no choice.

"Finally, he could only let out a sigh and said, 'Let's begin!'"

Song Jian chuckled and turned to look at the audience below: "The competition officially begins today. The first item is to review the qualifications of the participating teams."

Huazhiyue frowned: "An Shun Prince, wasn't this already reviewed yesterday"

"The Empress also said that it was reviewed yesterday, and what if a team doesn't pass today For example, what if some of them are missing"

Song Jian was originally a very domineering person. After speaking, he didn't say anything else, and directly shouted to the audience: "Is everyone from the Tianfeng Empire royal family here"

Song Yaoji said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the imperial family of the Tianfeng Empire is all present."

"Azure Wind Academy, are all the people here"

Feng Tianxiang replied proudly, "Reporting to Your Royal Highness, all six contestants from Cangfeng Academy are present!"

Song Jian nodded and looked towards Lingxiao Academy.

"Where is Dean Ye I didn't see him. Has everyone from your side arrived"

“That…”

Although Li Daoran was extremely anxious, this kind of thing couldn't be hidden. He could only grit his teeth and say, "Your Highness, Dean Ye had something to attend to and arrived a little late."

> However, our team members have arrived and the competition can proceed as normal.

Logically, with five games completed out of six, only the participating Song Lingxi needs to be present.

But this was obviously not what Song Jian wanted. He sneered coldly: "Dean Ye, you have quite the grand display. You wouldn't even attend such an important competition"

Since your academy can't gather six people, then don't participate.

His words caused an uproar in the room. No one had expected that Lingxiao Academy, which had risen so rapidly yesterday, would be expelled today.

Li Dao ran quickly said: "Your Highness, your rules don't seem quite reasonable, after all, the students who participated in the competition have arrived and can compete normally."

"You want to talk about rules Then let's talk."

Song Jian said, "Yesterday I already said, this competition requires six people to participate, and your Lingxiao Academy now only has five people."

If you win, what if Ye Bufan doesn't appear What if you can't gather six people to participate in the competition Are you going to let our Tiānfēng Empire give up its qualification for this competition

" the grotesque mask is looking around, when suddenly a sharp pain shoots up his lower leg.Looking down, his right calf had vanished into thin air, just like those heads that people lost, without a sin...