The emperor stood up immediately, "Good! Very good! Very good! Little Xijiu, you did not disappoint me; proving my doubts wrong!"
He turned to Celestial Master You and Tian Jiyue, "Celestial master, how was it? This time, little Xijiu has won, right?"
Tian Jiyue shifted his focus on Gu Xijiu for a moment before he slightly nodded his head, "An unalloyed victory for Miss Gu!"
The people upstairs were still steady as most of them were court officials. They congratulated and clapped their hands when Gu Xijiu won the match.
In contrast, the people downstairs consisted of mostly the general public. Therefore, when the news of Gu Xijiu winning the game had spread, there was an outburst of cheers. Some even set off firecrackers along the street to celebrate her success.
Meanwhile, Gu Xixi was very pale and she could not say anything but stare blankly at Gu Xijiu putting the alchemy furnace into her bag.