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

Chapter 550 What are you pretending for?
These people used to ignore Princess Ankang, but now no one can ignore her existence.

The three little ones have gradually become accustomed to being stared at. Although there is no kindness in these looks, they have learned to not care.

As per custom, the three little ones came to the Imperial Garden early and found a corner waiting for the game to begin.

Others also arrived one after another, making the Imperial Garden lively.

The Eighth Prince and others also arrived one by one, then came to Princess Ankang to greet her, and then stood together to chat.

"Seventh Sister, you have been very diligent in recent months."

Princess Ankang joked with a smile.

I still remember when the Seventh Princess first appeared, she was still half asleep and was carried in on a stretcher by her attendants.

But in recent months, the Seventh Princess has come to participate in the competitions in the Imperial Garden on time, even though she has dark circles under her eyes and looks drowsy every time.

When the Seventh Princess heard everyone discussing her, she forced a smile, then slowly narrowed her eyes and dozed off while standing, with her head nodding. People were afraid that she would not be able to hold on and fall to the ground.

"This guy got addicted to taking advantage of others last time."

The Eighth Prince said at the side, then he moved a step closer to the Seventh Princess so that she could lean on him and doze off, at least she wouldn't fall to the ground all of a sudden.

The Seventh Princess seemed to have found a comfortable sleeping position all at once. She leaned her head on the Eighth Prince's shoulder without any hesitation and fell into a deep sleep.

"hateful!"

The Eighth Prince never expected that his momentary kindness would lead to the Seventh Princess becoming more and more demanding.

But he just said a few words and didn't move away.

It seems that the affection they had when they were children is still there.

I've heard them talk about this before. They used to play together when they were little. Later, the Seventh Princess became obsessed with stargazing, and they kept their days and nights mixed up, so they gradually became distant.

The Eighth Prince was so obsessed with being the king of children that he forgot to continue playing with the Seventh Princess.

However, from the small actions they occasionally do when they are together, it can be seen that the tacit understanding they had in childhood has not completely disappeared.

Seeing that the Seventh Princess had fallen asleep leaning on him, the Eighth Prince ruthlessly exposed the Seventh Princess's little thoughts.

"This guy is not diligent at all. He clearly wants to take advantage of his father like he did last time and buy himself some stargazing equipment."

"When it comes to wasting money, she's much more ruthless than me."

After all, one of the Seventh Princess' stargazing props is worth a hundred or so toys of the Eighth Prince.

The Fifth Prince and Princess Yuan An were also chatting idly nearby.

Perhaps they have become accustomed to it, and no one is nervous or looking forward to the competition in the Imperial Garden anymore. They just treat it as a routine monthly event.

At least, everyone is very relaxed today.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Feng brought his men to the Imperial Garden.

What was somewhat strange was that Manager Shang also came along and stood behind Zhao Feng, not just watching in secret.

"Your Highnesses, today is the last Imperial Garden Competition of the year, so it is somewhat special."

“After today’s competition, there will be a brief summary of this year’s Royal Garden Competition and the final winner of the annual points will be announced.”

"The final winner will have the opportunity to pay a private visit to His Majesty and the Queen during the New Year celebrations."

When Zhao Feng said this, everyone turned their eyes to Princess Ankang.

Does this thing need to be announced?

Princess Ankang is leading by a huge margin in points, so no one else has any chance.

Everyone's eyes were filled with envy, jealousy and hatred, and they were all directed at Princess Ankang.

Princess Ankang remained expressionless and pretended not to see it.

The little girl is targeted every month, so she has developed this kind of composure.

All the people present were the top nobles of Daxing. Princess Ankang could maintain such composure in front of such people. There would probably not be many situations in the future that would make her panic.

Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, feeling gratified with Princess Ankang's growth.

During this year, Princess Ankang not only became healthier and healthier, but her own strength also improved significantly. Thanks to the malicious targeting of these people, her mental quality improved by leaps and bounds.

After Zhao Feng finished talking nonsense, he started talking about the highlight of the day.

"Your Majesty has considered that the Royal Garden Competition has reached its final stage and everyone's passion may have faded, so he has made some adjustments to this month's competition."

"The prizes for this month's competition are still generous, but in addition, His Majesty has decided to give a special opportunity to the high royalties who have performed well by referring to their performance in the competition."

At this point, Zhao Feng paused, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense, and waited until everyone's curiosity was aroused before continuing:

"Those whose performances are recognized by His Majesty in this month's competition will have the opportunity to accompany His Majesty on his southern tour next year."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a gasp in the audience.

Emperor Yongyuan's southern tour had been planned for a long time and was a major event that shocked the entire Daxing Dynasty.

Even the common people on the street knew about it.

In recent years, natural disasters have occurred continuously in the south, making life difficult for the people and causing them to suffer.

Emperor Yongyuan's southern tour was to inspect the people along the way, understand their sentiments, and solve these problems.

People all over the world are eagerly awaiting the results of this southern tour. If one is lucky enough to catch up with this southern tour, showing up is secondary, and perhaps one can also take the opportunity to make some contributions.

The South is facing some serious problems now. The former prosperous land of fish and rice, Jiangnan is now deteriorating, and this is particularly evident in taxation.

If these chronic problems can be solved, perhaps it will bring new vitality to Daxing.

How can this not be considered a great achievement?

Zhao Feng's words made everyone present excited.

The concubines were more concerned about the intention behind Emperor Yongyuan's move.

They all turned their gazes to Princess Ankang, with thoughtful looks on their faces.

Not all the people present are fools who only care about food and not beatings. They have long discovered that Princess Ankang is always the biggest winner.

At this time, someone immediately asked:
"Manager Zhao, I wonder what the competition is this month?"

"How will outstanding performance be judged? Isn't it still the first place that gets the reward?"

Everyone looked at the person who asked the question, it was the Fourth Prince.

Zhao Feng smiled slightly and explained immediately:
"Your Highness the Fourth Prince asked a good question."

"Today's competition is simple."

After that, Zhao Feng slowly uttered two words: "Martial Arts Competition!"

When they heard the competition items, the whole audience was shocked. This event seemed to be beyond everyone's expectations.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Princess Ankang with strange expressions on their faces.

Previous projects have always emphasized fairness, at least everyone can participate and have some chance of winning.

Everyone is still impressed by the small games that were played before.

After all, there is a big age gap among the princes and princesses participating in the Imperial Garden Competition.

If there were a martial arts competition, the little kids would just be there to make up the numbers.

And many princes and princesses had never started practicing at all and had no cultivation at all.

This competition alone actually eliminated a lot of people.

There aren't many left to continue participating.

Especially since the previous competition events clearly took Princess Ankang into consideration, it was impossible that Emperor Yongyuan would just let Princess Ankang compete just because her health had recovered a lot.

A good physique has nothing to do with high cultivation.

No one can be sure about other things, but Princess Ankang definitely did not have such a high level of cultivation.

She had been ill for many years and her health has only recently improved a lot.

Even if she had recently started practicing, she could only reach the ninth level at best. This was still the case with Princess Ankang's extraordinary talent.

But when Princess Ankang heard about the competition items, her expression remained unchanged and she looked as if she didn't care at all.

Under everyone's gaze, Princess Ankang suddenly yawned, looking extremely lazy and arrogant, as if she didn't care about anyone.

Everyone's veins jumped, but they could do nothing but curse in their hearts:
"What are you pretending to be?"

Seeing Princess Ankang yawning, Yu'er quietly nudged her with her elbow and reminded her:
"Your Highness, please listen carefully."

"Today's game is a little different. It's said to be a duel."

Princess Ankang was stunned: "Huh? A duel? What kind of duel?"

The little girl spent the whole night carving the wooden statue. She finally finished it and didn't get much sleep.

Today she finally understood the Seventh Princess's feelings. Once the sleepiness came over her, she would fall asleep without realizing it.

Princess Ankang was sitting in a daze just now when her consciousness suddenly decreased and she actually fell asleep with her eyes open for a while.

Seeing Princess Ankang's reaction, Yu'er covered her forehead with a headache and hurried to help her catch up.

At this time, Zhao Feng said something shocking:
“There is no limit on the number of people who can perform well.”

"Therefore, as long as you all behave well, you may be selected by His Majesty to join the Southern Tour."

Princess Ankang heard it.

"Southern Tour?"

Princess Ankang looked like a curious baby.

Then, she turned to Li Xuan and Yu'er and asked, "Are we going to the south to play together?"

The Eighth Prince and others were speechless for a while, and then they realized that Princess Ankang had not listened carefully at all.

The Fifth Prince opened his mouth and wanted to explain for Princess Ankang, but after thinking it over, he felt that he couldn't express himself clearly in a few words, so all the words in his heart were stuck in his mouth.

The Eighth Prince on the side simply said, "If you understand it this way, there's actually no big problem."

The others were far away and did not hear what Princess Ankang said. They only saw her "putting on airs", which aroused the dissatisfaction of many people.

Especially those who were confident in their own skills, they sneered continuously and were determined to make Princess Ankang pay.

"Humph."

Among them, the third prince is the most looking forward to it.

The eldest prince's three siblings, however, silently took a step back, came behind the crowd, and began to mutter:

"Although Ankang is not good at martial arts, his brute force should not be underestimated."

"When Sixth Sister was subdued by them, there must have been a reason for Ankang."

The Fourth Prince mentioned the Sixth Princess's dirty laundry, causing her face to darken.

"It's her maid who's the problem. Ankang is just a troublemaker at best!"

The Sixth Princess said indignantly.

After she was knocked unconscious, many of her memories became fuzzy. She only remembered that she had fought hard with Yu'er for a while, and then Princess Ankang suddenly disrupted the battle, and she lost consciousness in a daze.

"No matter what, don't underestimate the enemy."

The eldest prince stepped forward to act as peacemaker.

Although people say this, no one cares too much about Princess Ankang's strength.

Being in good health is good, but it cannot be used as strength.

During the Cuju competition, everyone saw that Princess Ankang's physical fitness was now far beyond that of ordinary people.

But good physical fitness can only make him more resistant to beatings compared to ordinary people.

If these accomplished princes and princesses used the power of qi and blood, the situation would be completely different.

A warrior is a warrior, and the power he controls is different from that of ordinary people.

"Ah, you want to fight?"

Princess Ankang was quite resistant to this kind of rough competition.

She felt that the previous small games were more fun and less likely to hurt the relationship.

Of course, this is just Princess Ankang's unilateral idea.

After Zhao Feng announced the rules of today's competition, he prepared to start the competition.

The platform in the Imperial Garden finally played a proper role and was used as a martial arts arena.

Just by looking at Zhao Feng's casual attitude, someone immediately raised questions.

"How do we draw lots?"

"How do we pair up?"

"How do I advance?"

“What counts as good performance?”

In response to everyone's series of questions, Zhao Feng waved his hand and asked everyone to stay calm.

"As I said before, today we only look at performance, not results."

"Your Highnesses are free to come on stage and compete. As for your performance, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will record it and present it to Your Majesty for judgment."

This relaxed competition format left everyone scratching their heads.

People like the Fourth Prince would even think about the intention behind it.

The arena was empty, but no one was willing to go on stage.

Zhao Feng did not urge them and just stood beside Shang Zongguan with a smile on his face.

At this moment, a young voice suddenly shouted with great momentum:

"I want to challenge the Thirteenth Sister!"

"Let her see the power of my powerful diamond kick."

Li Xuanguang knew who it was just by the voice.

The eighteenth prince Li Xiong slammed the table and launched a challenge with great enthusiasm.

Speaking of which, Li Xuan also learned this martial art from this kid, who was considered his little master.

At times like this, the naughty kid still has to come out to break the ice.

But seeing Li Xiong causing trouble for Princess Ankang, the Eighth Prince, as the king of children, naturally could not pretend not to see it. He slapped the table, stood up with a thud, looked down at him with an arrogant look, and snorted a word from his nose with a stern face:

"Ok?"

Seeing the Eighth Prince standing up, Li Xiong's momentum suddenly weakened. He didn't dare to look him in the eye and sat back tremblingly.

Seeing that Li Xiong had calmed down, the Eighth Prince snorted in disdain, making Li Xiong so angry that his body shook.

But Li Xiong was very clear that he couldn't win.

But this scene aroused the temper of others again.

"boom!"

An even louder sound of slapping the table was heard, and the Third Prince stood up, imitating the Eighth Prince's previous behavior, and also said "Hmm?" to him.

The eighth prince's expression suddenly turned ugly.

Reason told him that he should sit down, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing later.

But when the Eighth Prince was hesitating, there was suddenly another sound of slapping the table, accompanied by a strange voice.

"Meow?"

(End of this chapter)