Royal Kindergarten

Chapter 25
Throw pot?Xiao Ziyi chased away the sleepy bug curiously, and looked up to the center of the field.There was a clatter of songs and dances, and the eunuchs swiftly placed a throwing pot in the center of the venue.

This throwing pot can be one meter high and is decorated with gold and silver carvings on the outside.The eunuch handed over some bamboo arrows and placed them on the table in front of the emperor.

Xiao Ziyi once saw this kind of game on TV, which is to throw bamboo arrows into the pot, and if you throw more, you will win, and if you throw less, you will lose.Like archery competitions, throwing pots was a favorite game played at the banquets of ancient court nobles and scholar-bureaucrats.Moreover, archery is still dangerous. The bamboo arrows thrown in the pot have no sharp ends and cannot hurt people, so the court nobles played it more.

Xiao Ziyi watched with great interest that the people at the banquet came up to throw pots one by one, and the maids finally began to present various delicacies.Xiao Ziyi held back her saliva and tried her best to eat more elegantly. In fact, no one paid attention to her, and all focused on the people who threw pots in the field.

The atmosphere of the banquet gradually reached its climax, and a few of the five bamboo arrows were not hit, and they were punished with a few glasses of wine.Even Xiao Zhan went up to try it, but naturally he missed all five. The wine was punished by the emperor on his behalf.

Xiao Ziyi felt his hands itch when he saw it, why are these people so stupid?She has been watching for so long, but no one has hit all five, and many people have thrown in and bounced out.It is said that the emperor who wins all five branches will be rewarded.Back then, she was the best at playing games in the orphanage. How could it be so rare to beat her when she was just throwing pots?

However, the problem is that she is now playing the role of a weak girl princess, how could she go forward and throw the pot?So, when the emperor turned his head and asked her if she wanted to go up and have a try, Xiao Ziyi timidly shook her head.

"Hehe, who will step forward to vote for the princess?" The emperor seemed to have known that Xiao Ziyi would not go up, without much surprise on his face, he slightly raised his voice and casually said to everyone at the banquet.

The scene strangely fell silent following his words.Although there were laughter and laughter at the banquet, they were generally paying attention to what the emperor said, so when they heard what the emperor said clearly, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

It's not that no one wants to step forward, but that no one is fully sure that they can hit all five shots.

Everyone knows the emperor's love for Princess Changle.Giving the huge Changle Palace to the princess to live alone without blinking her eyes.However, no matter whether in court or in the palace, no one said anything gossip, after all, it was that woman's child, so there is nothing wrong with it.

In fact, if Princess Changle is not a little princess, but a little prince, it is possible that Xiao Jingyang is not the crown prince now.The whole world could be sent out, not to mention a palace.

Therefore, at the banquet hosted by the emperor for Princess Changle for the first time, if even one of the pots was missed this time, it would be regarded as a shame on the princess, and no one would take the risk.

The emperor said this sentence casually, but he regretted it as soon as he said it.At the banquet, there were people who shot arrows for the female relatives just now, and if there was a mistake, the female relatives themselves would punish them with wine, so as to express their affection.He didn't mean this at first, but it was easy for people to think that he meant it, thinking that the emperor was taking the opportunity to choose a son-in-law for Princess Changle.

In this case, older people will naturally not come to meddle, and the young princes and young masters are all afraid of losing their hands, and their official careers in this life will be abolished.

Xiao Ziyi pursed her lips and lowered her head. The banquet was suddenly so quiet that everyone's eyes seemed to be focused on her, which made her very uncomfortable.

The emperor also regretted it very much, and when he was about to go up and throw arrows in person with a smile, someone under the table said: "Your Majesty, please let me have a try!"

Following the voice, a figure stood up.

Xiao Ziyi was startled when she heard this voice, because it was the Tan Yueli whom she had just met.She is slick, she will never admit it.

"Okay!" The emperor smiled gratifiedly, and waved his hand to let the attendants take the bamboo arrows on the table.

Xiao Ziyi finally couldn't help raising her head, and when she saw the man clearly, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Because the person standing in the middle of the arena was not Tan Yueli at all, but a young man in a black samurai uniform.He has a pair of strong eyebrows that soar into the temples, his resolute eyes are piercing, and his sculpted facial features have a breathtaking toughness, which makes people know that this person is born for the battlefield.

However, why not talk about Yueli?Xiao Ziyi's face was full of question marks, she would never hear it wrong, the one who made the sound was the magic stick!
"Ziyi, this is Dugu Ye, the third son of the Dugu family, and the youngest brother of General Dugu." Seeing that Xiao Ziyi was watching carefully, the emperor introduced him in a good mood.

Xiao Ziyi silently recited Duguye's name several times in her heart, only to realize that this person might not be someone she was willing to stand up for her.Because his face is as cold as ice, if the expression on his face is not cold, then there is another word to describe it, which is disgust.But he hid it well and didn't show it, only occasionally flashing in his eyes.

Xiao Ziyi noticed with sharp eyes that there was an empty seat on the left, Tan Yueli was shaking his fan and grinning.

It seems that this Dugu Ye was also designed by that magic stick to top the tank.

Duguye stood still on the spot, stretched out his hand and took out a bamboo arrow, but his eyes seemed to look in Xiao Ziyi's direction.

Xiao Ziyi met his gaze, and felt an indescribable chill all over her body.This reminded her suddenly that this ice cube man was framed by Tan Yueli, he didn't come out voluntarily.If he intentionally misses all five bamboo arrows, wouldn't she have to drink five cups of wine as a fine?

Mo, she likes to sing loudly when she gets drunk.

No!
(End of this chapter)