After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Chapter 331: Do as You Please in the First Half, I’ll Take C

After a few more questions were asked, everyone gradually adapted to the rhythm of pressing the buzzer, and the competition suddenly beca intense.

At the sa ti, the audience, who grew tense along with the guests, made new discoveries.

"What’s going on with Jiang Lingxi? For three questions in a row, I haven’t seen her hand on the buzzer. Is she planning to give up answering?"

"It doesn’t seem like she’s letting others answer, she probably just doesn’t know the answers."

"To be honest, these questions are quite simple. I could answer most of them, Jiang Lingxi kinda dropped the ball here!"

"Well, celebrities surely can’t compete with amateur guests who studied art. But at this rate, she’ll rank last, and it’s no surprise if Jing Huai ends up second to last."

"But this also proves the show has no rigged questions or anything like that, regardless if you’re an actor or a star, they don’t show favoritism. No wonder it’s on the National Channel!"

On stage, the host glanced at the scores of the guests and couldn’t help but look at Jiang Lingxi, pursing to remind them: "The ga is getting more intense, I should remind everyone that the questions ahead will be harder and span a longer ti period, so buzz in cautiously!"

Sure enough, after the host finished speaking, the rush to press the buzzer bizarrely paused for several seconds.

This question was too obscure, and the work dated back nearly two thousand years.

"Ding! Ding!"

Two consecutive buzzer sounds rang out, and for a mont, all eyes were on the two hands currently on the buzzers.

"Um, are these two in a hurry?"

Jiang Lingxi glanced over and turned away when she t Jing Huai’s gaze.

The host was also surprised, "The ones who buzzed in are Jiang Lingxi and Jing Huai, the interval was too short for to be sure, let’s check the replay."

The screen followed with the replay of the buzzer press and included a slow-motion feature.

Upon watching, it showed Jing Huai was 0.3 seconds faster than Jiang Lingxi.

"Then Jing Huai will answer. If the answer is wrong, the answering right goes to Jiang Lingxi. If both are wrong, the question will be void. Please answer!"

Jing Huai let out a sigh of relief and then picked up the microphone to voice his answer.

He wasn’t very sure about this answer, but he couldn’t wait any longer. At this rate, if not last, he’d still be second to last, neither of which sounded good, better to take a bold risk.

The host’s sowhat regretful voice ca from the side, "Unfortunately, that’s incorrect, so the right to answer moves to Jiang Lingxi."

Jing Huai glanced at the score behind his na which dropped by one, and couldn’t help but look at Jiang Lingxi as a confident and certain voice sounded, "The author is Qiu Chen’s brother, Qiu Mao."

"Congratulations to Jiang Lingxi, correct answer, adding one point!"

He closed his eyes, consoling himself: it was just a coincidence. After all, he was unsure between the two brothers when answering, but since his answer was wrong, the correct answer was the other one. This round, he conceded the point to Jiang Lingxi.

But what he didn’t expect was that this nightmare was just beginning.

"Jiang Lingxi, please answer."

"Congratulations to Jiang Lingxi!"

"Jiang..."

"Congratulations..."

The host’s voice on stage unknowingly beca an infinite loop, and the audience below watched in disbelief.

"Could this be the legendary ’feel free in the first half, I’ll hit my stride in the second’?"

"I’m already stunned, it feels like the other guests are also stunned, there’s a sense of giving up struggling, haha!"

"This wave of show-off deserves ninety-nine points, minus one point for fear of your arrogance!"

On the judge’s seat, Li Wanxuan looked slightly astonished, "I really couldn’t tell if this girl truly didn’t know the answers in the first half or was giving others a chance!"

After all, her expression stayed mostly unchanged throughout both halves, and even her buzzer pressing seed casual. Compared to Qian Yaya beside her, who looked like she’d hug the buzzer to her chest, the contrast couldn’t be clearer.

Shen Yunqing heard this, a light smile in his eyes.

Perhaps he was the only one who knew that in those earlier questions, his Majesty was genuinely clueless.

How could his Majesty from a thousand years ago know about things of later generations?

As far as he knew, his Majesty was learning high school knowledge from An’an, currently still focused on mathematics and politics, not yet touching language or history related to art.

But for questions from the Yuan Zhao era onwards, he was confident no one could compare to his Majesty.

"Final question." The host couldn’t help pausing, looking at the scoreboard, Jiang Lingxi’s na had already risen from last to third place.

If she had hit her stride in the first half, then the first place wouldn’t be anyone else’s right?

"Please na the first Empress in history, and list at least three paintings or calligraphy works by Empress Yuan Zhao!"

Having already secured the third-place seat, Jiang Lingxi, not able to move forward even if she answered another question, was planning to give up answering: "..."

Seeing the Empress’s face flash with surprise after hearing the question on stage, Shen Yunqing couldn’t suppress a soft laugh.

Which prompted Zhang Nachuan, sitting beside him, to look over at him.

"Did you find the question I ca up with a bit obscure?"

"No, it’s excellent, very interesting."

Zhang Nachuan: "..."

So is he mocking the quality of the question?

"Ding, ding, ding!"

Three buzzer sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

Jiang Lingxi, who was montarily stunned upon hearing the question, lost to Qian Yaya, who was currently ranked second.

"There’s ’Cranes’, ’Carps’, and ’Mystic Turtle’, Her Majesty loved painting various animals, but unfortunately, few works have survived, comparable to her Divine Painter contemporaries!"

"Congratulations Qian Yaya, correct answer!"

As the applause sounded, Jiang Lingxi nonchalantly raised her eyes, eting Shen Yunqing’s smiling gaze.

She silently mused in her heart: Although ’Mystic Turtle’ might never be seen again, the mystic turtle depicted in the painting is still well alive. Moreover, her animal series could possibly include a ’Panda Cub’!

*

The quiz ga ended, and the final rankings were out.

The first and second places went to Lu Sen and Qian Yaya, one from an art family, the other with relatives as professors at the Academy of Fine Arts, standing out among the seven guests was no surprise.

Jiang Lingxi was third, followed by Shen Huchen in fourth, Su Yi in fifth, and Lin Nuo, not used to playing such gas, in sixth.

Without Jiang Lingxi as a buffer, Jing Huai successfully took the last place.

Most of those on stage seed quite satisfied with their rankings.

In the initial rules, scene selection was based on ranking order.

Lu Sen raised his head, browsed the nas of the seven scenes, and took one of them.

Su Yi sighed in relief on seeing the ’Rainy Night’ scene still on the board.

Then it was Qian Yaya’s turn, but instead of going forward imdiately, she covered the mic clipped to her collar, turned to Su Yi, and asked softly, "Sister Su Yi, do you already have a scene in mind?"

Su Yi hesitated a little but nodded lightly.

She was fifth, and the scene she wanted could very well be picked before her turn.

"Which one is it?"

"... Rainy Night."

"Good, I wasn’t planning to choose it anyway."

She preferred scenes with sunshine, dry and beautiful.

After Qian Yaya made her choice, Jiang Lingxi stepped forward according to her ranking.

She glanced at the remaining five scenes and took ’The Rivers and Mountains’ one.

When adapting to VR glasses yesterday, she rembered this scene allowed an overlooking view of lakes and seas, with mountain ranges like dragons soaring endlessly. Honestly, she hadn’t had enough of that view!