Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 508: What drug are you taking?

Amidst warm applause, Princess Ankang went on stage to receive the award.

"According to His Majesty's order, the first place prize for this month's competition will be restored to the monthly amount before the reduction."

None of the three little ones cared about this.

First of all, their Jingyang Palace is no longer short of money.

Secondly, the monthly allowance from Jingyang Palace was not much.

It doesn't really make any difference whether you recover or not.

With the current assets of Jingyang Palace, they really don't lack a few taels of silver and a bag of brown rice.

"In addition, Her Royal Highness the Thirteenth Princess can go to the Royal Private Treasury and choose any treasure."

Zhao Feng had been keeping everyone in suspense for the entire day, and finally revealed the real reward for today's competition.

When Li Xuan heard this, his heart was moved and his big eyes became bright.

They had just visited the royal private treasury not long ago, and there were a lot of good things there.

"If you choose one..."

Li Xuan couldn't help swallowing, he had already decided what to choose.

If there is one thing that is the most valuable in the royal private treasury, it must be this.

Zhao Feng also saw Li Xuan's expression, and his heart trembled immediately. He quickly added:
"At that time, Your Highness, please select any treasure from the available range in the royal private treasury."

Zhao Feng's tone focused on the five words "within the range of options".

He had no idea what Li Xuan wanted.

But the giant red-gold dragon is the heirloom of the Daxing royal family, and it is also a relic left by the two holy emperors who founded the country. It is not just about gold, it has special commemorative significance.

The others are easy to deal with, but Li Xuan must not be allowed to pick the giant red-gold dragon.

Zhao Feng had to report this matter to Emperor Yongyuan.

Before Princess Ankang makes her choice, she must first determine the range of options. Otherwise, if she regrets it later, it will damage the emperor's dignity.

Seeing that Princess Ankang won again this month, everyone couldn't help but feel a little bored.

Ever since the competition in the Imperial Garden began, Princess Ankang has almost always taken the top spot every month, and the others can only watch the fun.

This competition has lasted for almost a year, and everyone is getting a little tired of it.

After hearing Zhao Feng announce the results of the competition and the prizes, everyone else prepared to go home.

"Your Highnesses, Ladies, please be patient."

"In addition to the official matches today, there are also supplementary matches."

"The rewards for the supplementary competition are equally generous. If you are interested, you can stay and continue to participate. If you leave, it will be regarded as a direct waiver."

Zhao Feng's words stopped those who wanted to leave.

"Additional matches?"

After Zhao Feng said this, everyone also remembered it.

The eunuchs in flowery clothes from the Imperial Household Department who came to inform had all mentioned this matter.

After Zhao Feng finished speaking, he waited quietly for a while. Seeing that no prince or princess left, he nodded and continued:

"Since Your Highnesses are all interested in the supplementary competition, I will directly begin to introduce the rules of the supplementary competition."

Zhao Feng said this and winked at the eunuch in flowery clothes beside him.

Immediately, eunuchs in flowery clothes cleared a space under the stage and set up a new wooden archery field.

But the wooden shooting range this time was obviously very different from the one on the stage.

The thrown ball changed from a wooden ball to an iron ball that required both hands to hold, and it was obvious that it was not light.

The bamboo shoot-shaped wooden pillars have also become much larger, and there are even long nails at the bottom that pierce the ground, making them stand more firmly.

This is obviously a more powerful version of the wooden shot.

"Your Highnesses, these are the props used in the additional competition."

"The rules of the game are the same as before. Each person throws five times, and the points are calculated. The one with the highest score wins."

"And the reward for the competition is also very simple. The winner can choose to exchange monthly allowances with the other party."

"Of course, a challenge requires the consent of both parties. If one party disagrees, a forced challenge can be carried out."

"To force a challenge on the same player, the first time you do it, you will need to spend 100 taels of silver, the second time, you will need 200 taels of silver, the third time, you will need 400 taels of silver, and so on, and it will keep doubling."

When hearing the content of the additional competition, the audience had different expressions.

The three little ones were not interested at all.

"This additional match is meaningless."

Li Xuan said secretly in his heart.

"Manager Zhao, what if the person who was forced to challenge wins?"

Someone in the audience immediately asked.

These people are not fools and they immediately thought of the key.

Anyone who pays to issue a compulsory challenge must be eyeing the other party's monthly salary which is higher than his own.

But if the person who was forced to challenge wins the game and still exchanges the monthly salary, I am afraid that few people will agree.

By then, everyone will just repeat the forced challenges for a higher monthly salary, and the outcome of the game will become completely unimportant.

"The person who wins the forced challenge can choose one item from the other party's possessions, the value of which cannot exceed the silver the other party spent when challenging him."

Zhao Feng said with a smile.

"Haha, let's start gambling."

Li Xuan shook his head silently, but he also became somewhat interested.

These princes and princesses have a lot of treasures on them. If you can win some of them, it will always be a good deal.

The three little ones, who originally had no interest, began to find this additional competition interesting.

"Your Highnesses who wish to participate in the additional competition, please come up to the stage to receive your destiny sticks. Each person has only three sticks. If you lose a competition, one stick will be broken."

"If all three destiny sticks are broken, you will not be able to continue to participate in the supplementary competition, whether challenging or being challenged."

Everyone understood what Zhao Feng meant.

In other words, each person can only lose three times at most in the additional competition, after which they will be completely eliminated.

Immediately, many princes and princesses could not wait to go on stage to receive their destiny lots.

But many people looked at the iron ball and the special bamboo-shaped wooden pillars, shook their heads and gave up the additional games.

It's obvious that these two things are of great weight. People who don't have confidence in their own abilities will not easily participate in the competition.

Otherwise, even if you go to receive the fortune stick, you will just be at the mercy of others.

Among the little kids, only the eighteenth prince Li Xiong came on stage to receive his destiny, while the other little kids kept quiet and just watched the show.

The concubines who were originally about to leave also stayed with great interest.

Compared with the previous official competition, it seems that this additional competition is more to their liking.

"Ah Xuan, do we want to join too?"

Princess Ankang asked Li Xuan in her arms what he meant.

Li Xuan looked around and understood what Emperor Yongyuan meant by holding this additional competition. He immediately nodded to Princess Ankang.

Princess Ankang obediently went to the stage to receive her fortune, and her action made many people feel relieved, but also cast malicious eyes on her.

"Hehe, you really don't know how to live or die."

Li Xuan chuckled secretly and waited to see the show.

After Zhao Feng distributed the fortune sticks to all the princes and princesses who wanted to participate in the supplementary competition, he immediately announced the start of the supplementary competition.

As soon as Zhao Feng finished speaking, a uniform voice rang out in the Imperial Garden.

"I want to force a challenge to Princess Ankang!" Several people shouted at the same time, almost without any particular order. This made many people stunned, even Princess Ankang and Yu'er.

Only Li Xuan looked as if he had expected this.

Zhao Feng silently looked around at the people who were shouting, and then said:

"Your Highness the Third Prince was the first to shout. Please prepare for the challenge."

With Zhao Feng's level of cultivation, it was easy for him to determine who shouted first.

Everyone who had spoken earlier couldn't help but sigh with regret, as if they had missed some great opportunity.

The Third Prince laughed and went up to the stage to hand over a hundred taels of silver. He then took out another hundred taels of silver notes from his pocket and said to Princess Ankang:

"If I lose later, I'll compensate you with this."

Princess Ankang shook her head and said calmly, "Third brother, I am not short of money."

"I'll choose something else later."

The Third Prince's expression froze for a moment, but then he said indifferently, "It's up to you."

Seeing that the two had agreed to a bet, Zhao Feng immediately arranged a match between the two.

"Your Highness, Third Prince, according to the rules of the competition, the challenger shall go first."

Zhao Feng explained on the side.

The Third Prince glanced at Zhao Feng with an unfriendly expression, as if to say, "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing before?"

But facing Zhao Feng, the third prince had no choice but to throw the ball first.

It was obvious that the iron ball was not light. The third prince came to the front of the iron ball, squatted down, hugged it with both hands, and then began to lift it up with force.

The third prince's face turned red and the iron ball left the ground.

But the third prince had just lifted the iron ball a few inches when he put it back in place with a bang.

The noise made everyone nearby tremble slightly.

"My God, how heavy is this iron ball?"

Li Xiong was the first to shout.

If even the Third Prince, who has the highest level of cultivation, can't lift it, aren't the others also just helpless?

At this moment, many people have begun to regret their rash participation in the play-offs.

The Third Prince also looked unhappy, as the weight of the iron ball was beyond his expectations.

But it's not that he can't lift the iron ball at all. He just feels that it is too strenuous and it would be better to just push the iron ball out directly.

The third prince immediately changed his movements, stepped on the iron ball with the sole of his foot, and then pushed it forward with force.

The round iron ball suddenly started to spin and crashed into the bamboo-shaped wooden pillar.

However, the ground of the venue was grass, and the speed of the iron ball quickly slowed down and began to become shaky.

Finally, the iron ball hit the bamboo-shaped wooden pillar, but it only caused the pillar to shake, and there was no sign of it being knocked down at all.

"what!"

There was an uproar.

No one expected that the Third Prince, who had the highest level of cultivation among the contestants, would lose so badly in the first ball.

The third prince was also somewhat surprised by this result.

At this time, Zhao Feng walked forward and waved his hand gently at the iron ball. The heavy iron ball began to rotate by itself and returned to its original position.

"Your Highness, the Third Prince, don't be discouraged. Please continue."

Seeing Zhao Feng’s smiling face, the third prince couldn’t help but become even angrier.

"Is there anyone who can really play with this broken iron ball?"

"The so-called additional competition, isn't it just to cheat money?"

The third prince felt that something was wrong.

But he had already participated in the additional competition and successfully challenged Princess Ankang, so there was absolutely no reason for him to back down.

This time, the Third Prince did not dare to be arrogant. He took a horse stance, sank his Qi into his Dantian, and then pushed forward with all his strength, mobilizing the Qi in his body to strengthen his strength.

The iron ball was pushed out much faster than the first time and went straight towards the bamboo-shaped wooden pillar.

Bang bang bang.

A few muffled sounds were heard, and three bamboo-shoot-shaped wooden pillars fell down. There were only two black and one red ones, and the third prince was deducted a point instead.

The iron ball rolled on the lawn, and after hitting the bamboo-shaped wooden pillar, it swayed left and right. In addition, its own weight was too heavy, so the black bamboo-shaped wooden pillars on both sides were also knocked down.

This scene made the other contestants who participated in the supplementary competition frown.

The additional competition seemed to be just a replacement of heavier and larger iron balls and bamboo-shaped wooden pillars, but the difficulty increased sharply and was much more difficult than their previous competition on the stage.

The third prince then pushed the iron ball three more times and finally completed the game. He was so tired that he began to adjust his breathing silently.

Others might not be able to see it, but the Third Prince knew very well that with such a competition intensity, most people would probably exhaust their energy before even using their three life sticks.

"I can't challenge casually anymore. I have to conserve my energy. Maybe I can still have a chance to pick up something."

The third prince looked at the other contestants and started to make his own plans in mind.

"Third brother, are you okay?"

"Is that iron ball really that heavy?"

As soon as the Third Prince came down, the Ninth Princess came over and asked.

"It's okay. I was just a little caught off guard at the beginning. I just need to adapt to it."

The Third Prince naturally would not tell anyone else about his discovery, and spoke calmly to the Ninth Princess.

Anyway, he just needs to stop the Ninth Princess from challenging him, and it won't be too late to attack after the others have almost exhausted their energy.

Next it was Princess Ankang’s turn.

She handed Li Xuan in her arms to Yu'er to look after, and then walked to the big iron ball herself.

"so big."

Princess Ankang sighed.

She stretched out her hands and gestured, and found that even with her hands open, it was not easy to pick up the iron ball in front of her.

Princess Ankang stretched out her foot to touch the iron ball, weighed it, and a strange look appeared on her face.

"Your Highness, you may begin."

Zhao Feng on the side said.

"Oh~"

Princess Ankang agreed and stretched out one foot to put it under the iron ball.

This action made everyone a little confused.

"How do you push this?"

To others, this is not a good way to push the ball.

But the next moment, Princess Ankang hooked the big iron ball with her foot, and it flew up, accompanied by a dull sound of breaking through the air, drew an arc, and accurately hit a red bamboo-shaped wooden pillar.

boom!
The big iron ball hit the ground, causing the ground to tremble.

What’s even more thrilling is that Princess Ankang kicked the big iron ball away with such a light movement and hit the target accurately.

"what!?"

Everyone looked at Princess Ankang, then at the dazed Third Prince, and for a moment they couldn't figure out who was causing trouble.

But then everyone realized that the dull sound of the iron ball falling to the ground was real.

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Princess Ankang, their faces filled with surprise and confusion.

"What medicine did Doctor Xue give her?"

(End of this chapter)