Who was Hong s.h.i.+san?

 “I know, mother . ” Looking at Ye Liuyun who stood in the ring, Hong Mingyue didn’t show much expressions .

With a touch of blush on her face, that girl who just won a compet.i.tion was about sixteen or seventeen years old . The wind disheveled her hair . Elegance . Valor . She deserved all the compliments in the world .

Watching Xia Houqi in a distance, Hong Mingyue discovered that the man who had already become the prince was gazing at Ye Liuyun who seemed reminded him of someone .

Feng Shen, however, didn’t have much reaction .

Hong Mingyue sneered secretly . Ye Liuyun would be a powerful opponent . For what she had shown so far, she could  make it to the top three .

If only she weren’t the one who hurt Hong Yulang .

But, Hong Mingyue’s eyes sharpened, this girl had to pay a price for only one reason:

She’s the cousin of Ye Lingyue, from the Ye Family, and Hong Mingyue would destroy Ye Lingyue mercilessly just because of this .

It was already the third day of the Imperial Contest, but Hong Mingyue hadn’t challenged one player yet .

For her, these people didn’t worth to be fought with .

Ye Liuyun got out of the ring . Lan Caier was worried about her future contest .

“Be careful, Liuyun . You’ve hurt Hong Yulang . Hong Mingyue won’t let you go very easily . ”

Lan Caier knew the reason why Hong Mingyue hadn’t stepped inside the ring .

If she did so, many would surrender even before the contest began .

“Sister, actually I wish Hong Mingyue to challenge me, but I’m sure that she scorns to do so . ” Ye Liuyun smiled . It had been her dream to attend the Imperial Contest since she’s little .

If Ye Lingyue were still alive, she would be devoted to defeating the Hong Family in the ring of the Imperial Contest .

It was a matter concerning about dignity .

Ye Liuyun must take over the responsibility from Ye Lingyue and fight the Hong Family . This time, she was putting in all of her efforts .

It was the sixth day of the Imperial Contest of Da Xia . The contest would end in two days, and it had gone from mild compet.i.tion to furious fight .

Ye Yinshuang and the others were weed out during the first several days, but this didn’t influence the Ye Family at all . The goal for them to attend this Imperial Contest was training the young, and they already completed that .

Ye Huangyu brought the idea of letting the Ye Family move into the Xia City . Li City was a nice place to be, but it was just a small town . If the Ye Family wanted revival, they would have to put down roots in the Xia City .

Not to mention Ye Liuyun was victorious for days . The worst outcome for her was getting a top ten .

In the evening on the sixth day, after that day’s contest was over, several examiners were checking the name list and the corresponding grades . They were discussing the results .

“This truly is a big contest . About two thousand people registered for the Imperial Contest and most of them have already competed . ”

“Indeed, but I heard that Hong Mingyue hasn’t competed yet . ”

“Wait, there is one more candidate who hasn’t shown up . Has he abstained?”

One of the examiners noticed a name when checking the name list .

“Hong s.h.i.+san” .

The reason why he had some impression on this man was that this candidate was the last one to register for the contest . The young man was able to get to the registration by the last minute . The examiner remembered this man who was saying that he MUST attend this Imperial Contest . Well, who knew, he didn’t even show up .

“Whom, you guys think, would be the winner of this year’s Imperial Contest?”

“I see no reason to guess . It must be Hong Mingyue . She didn’t challenge for six days . You know what? Tomorrow, she’s gonna get them all . ”

“I think Ye Liuyun has got what it takes as well . People were saying that the prince and the empress both rewarded her . She’s the cousin of Ye Lingyue!”

Not only among the n.o.bilities, but among the commoners in the Xia City, people were talking about who would be the ultimate winner .

It had been a hot topic .

Many casinos in the Xia City held special gambling for the contest .

Controlled by Hong s.h.i.+zi, the city’s biggest “gold graveyard”--- the Casino of Splendidness  --- was one of them .

After he became the master of the Buddhist Monks Sect, Hong s.h.i.+zi quickly found that the casino was a profitable business, so made a huge investment and built the Casino of Splendidness .

The casino was prosperous every single day . Especially these days during the Imperial Contest, many people came here for the big gambling it held .

Around the evening, Hong s.h.i.+zi came to the casino to check out the accounts .

“How’s the one holds for the Imperial Contest?”

“With my respect, master Hong . Most of them bet Mingyue would be the winner . The stakes on her have reached three million tael of gold . The odds were one to two . The stakes on Ye Liuyun were the second most, which were one million tael of gold . The odds were one to five……” The manager was reporting the accounts . Hearing these vast numbers, Hong s.h.i.+zi smiled .

Although he didn’t want to see Hong Mingyue win the contest, he had to admit that his nephew was indeed a cash cow .

Because of her, the Hong Family made a bond with the Three Lives Valley, and he would make lots of money out of the Imperial Contest .

Hong s.h.i.+zi was a little bit regretted . If he knew that a daughter could be this profitable, he should have more children with his wife . Maybe one of the children would be another Hong Mingyue .

He thought about his father who would soon break the Reincarnation Realm and have the whole Da Xia mastered by the Hong Family, and himself who can be extremely rich because of this gambling . Hong s.h.i.+zi felt like the world is his oyster .

He went throngh the accounts, as for now, all the candidates who had successfully defended their place in the ring and reminded on the name list had remarkable stakes on them .

Only one of them had no one to stake on .

Hong s.h.i.+zi took a glance . The name was Hong s.h.i.+san .

He had no impression of seeing this man show himself during the contest . Must be a coward who abstained .

Tomorrow would be the last day of the Imperial Contest .

Putting the accounts aside, Hong s.h.i.+zi didn’t think much about it and put “Hong s.h.i.+san” behind .

There were still lots of people in the Casino of Splendid even in the late evening .

When the casino was about to close, someone walked in .

“Can I still stake on the winner of the Imperial Contest?” The stranger asked .

“Of course, it’s open till the contest begins tomorrow”, the manager didn’t even look up, “whom do you want to put a stake on?”

He thought this late customer was here for the popular ones .

The stranger uttered a name .

“Hong s.h.i.+san . ”