concubines are respected

Chapter 123 Event One
Ever since Murong Haotian met with the third prince for a drink that night, teaching and learning can be considered to be on the right track.And Suxian is no longer obsessed with the imperial decree, and arrives at the arena on time every day, humbly practicing the skill of royal horse archery.

The suffering is bitter, but the life is very fulfilling.

In the blink of an eye, the ten days of practice were over, and it was finally time for the scheduled competition.

Early in the morning, the arena had already been set up properly. In order to show how much the emperor attached to this event, the servants who arranged the arena purposely planted a yellow Jinlong corner flag every ten meters around the arena.

When the autumn wind blows, the Jinlongjiao flag moves against the fan, and when the flags are stacked staggered, there is a crisp sound of thunder and crackling.

Looking from a distance, the whole arena is full of corner flags in a patchwork pattern, and the scene is very spectacular.

Directly in front of the arena, there is a brocade platform about half a person's height.In the middle of the brocade platform, the gold-lacquered and carved dragon treasure stands impressively. The emperor sits firmly on it, scanning the well-arranged arena with piercing eyes.

Below the dragon seat, the embossed phoenix wearing a peony seat is particularly conspicuous. The queen mother is dressed in elegant and luxurious attire, looking at the audience with a benevolent smile on her face.Today's competition, firstly, is the most grand ceremony of this year's autumn hunting, and secondly, it is more about the lifelong event of the sixth princess Nangong Zitong.

Although Lin Suxian is not a member of the royal family, she has devoted herself to serving the Queen Mother for a long time, and the Queen Mother also regards him as a relative.

One of the two dearest children will have a life-long marriage today. How could the Queen Mother be dissatisfied with her expectations.

Around the two dragon and phoenix seats, there are a number of wide chairs covered with purple and gold grosgrain, and the concubines, princes, and close officials who accompanied the holy car to the palace, took their seats in order according to their positions.

At about [-] o'clock, the servant finally rang the golden and bronze bell that had been placed in the middle of the arena. Dong...dong...dong... three times in succession, the originally noisy arena was lonely and quiet.

"The auspicious time has come!" the servant shouted loudly.

A palace servant in a navy blue servant's brocade robe walked up to the brocade platform in a respectful voice, and said to the emperor and the masters, "Back to the emperor and queen mother, there are three rounds of cold events today, one is equestrianism, and the speed wins The second is archery, and the number of rings is superimposed to win. The third is horse archery, the speed is fast, and the one who shoots accurately wins."

"That's very good. As I said earlier, Lin Suxian didn't know horse riding and archery, and Zi Tong was proficient in riding and archery since she was young. Therefore, in this competition, if Lin Suxian wins any round, it will be a complete victory." The emperor Just and strictly repeat the imperial decree issued that day. On the surface, it seems that in order to show that those who rule the world do not use power to oppress others.In fact, the emperor had already expected that Suxian would return in a big defeat. With the sixth princess's many years of skill, how could she lose to a slender woman who had only practiced riding and shooting for ten days.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Under the noise of the servants, Lin Suxian and the sixth princess entered the arena and greeted the emperor respectively.

Lin Suxian was dressed in a light silver military uniform, her hair was tied high in a bun, without any hairpins or rings, and she was still leading the little white horse she was riding when she practiced, standing quietly on the spot.

The sixth princess was dressed in a fiery red riding attire, and she looked extremely energetic. A reddish-brown horse was following behind, hopping on the spot with the sound of hooves. It seemed that it was as excited as its master.

The color of the two people's clothes is one dark and the other light, and the ride they are riding is still and moving, forming an extremely beautiful scenery beside the track.

Murong Haotian and the third prince sat side by side of the brocade platform, and the two of them stared at the light-colored figure on the track with their own thoughts.

Murong Haotian's ears rang again, the conversation he had with Suxian yesterday.

"Suxian, tomorrow's match, Haotian doesn't ask for anything else, I just hope you can do your best."

"Don't worry, Lord Hou. Although Suxian disdains this absurd competition, since the imperial edict has been issued, if Suxian doesn't try her best, it will be a rebellion against the imperial edict and implicate the Lin family. It will not be taken for granted. Even if it is for the safety of the Lin family, Su Xian I will do my best..."

Although Suxian claims to go all out, it is to obey the imperial decree, for the Lin family, not for herself.But the four words of going all out are enough to comfort Murong Haotian a lot.

While Murong Haotian was in his thoughts, there was a burst of cheers on the arena. Murong Haotian fixed his eyes and saw that on the circular track, two figures, one red and one silver, galloped away like a gust of wind, and disappeared at the end of the track in a blink of an eye. .

The third prince's deep laughter sounded beside his ears, "Although Miss Lin is a girl in a boudoir, she is not lacking in heroic spirit. If she practices for a long time, she will definitely not lose to Sixth Sister."

Although this remark was small talk, Murong Haotian, who had already been nervous for a long time, heard it very unpleasantly. He smiled lightly, looked around the corner of the track, and murmured, "This remark is not good. It's not over yet, whether Suxian will really lose to the sixth princess is still unknown..."

Having said this, Murong Haotian suddenly fell silent, and almost stood up with a slightly anxious expression. The soldiers on both sides of the track shouted louder and louder.The fiery red figure took the lead, leaving the silver figure far behind.

Then... then who is the first to return to the finish line, if not the sixth princess?
Although it was expected, Murong Haotian still let out a heavy sigh, raised his hand and subconsciously covered his chest, he seemed to be praying, but also worried, and his pair of beautiful sword eyebrows were tightly locked. one place.

The third prince glanced at Murong Haotian's expression slightly from the corner of his eye, knowing that he was in an extremely anxious mood, so he no longer spoke provocative words, and besides, there were still two matches to come, so it was too early to say anything at this time.

The Fifth Prince, who was sitting not far from the two, was extremely excited, and slammed his hands hard, shouting loudly, "Okay! Sixth Sister's equestrian skills have improved a lot!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone immediately echoed the words, and the emperor also showed a comforting smile on his face, nodding repeatedly, his beloved daughter did not disappoint him.

The sixth princess arrived at the finish line, and when she turned her horse's head to look back, Suxian came rushing forward with a stern expression. For some reason, the little white horse under her crotch seemed to be out of shape today, and her speed was faster than when she was practicing Much slower.Although he had already predicted in his heart that the chances of winning were not great, it would not be such a disastrous defeat.

Reeling to the finish line, the sixth princess raised her chin proudly, her eyes were full of contempt, and said coldly, "Lin Suxian, do you still want to compete? If you admit defeat at this time, this princess can still report to the emperor." , Big Brother Yun Haotian accepts you as a concubine, otherwise if this continues, I am afraid that you will not even come to the Marquis's residence as a guest in the future, and this princess will not agree."

At this time, the sixth princess, of course, spoke as if she was the future mistress of the Marquis Annan Mansion. In her opinion, winning today's competition was as easy as picking something out of a pan.

Lin Suxian smiled indifferently, turned over and jumped off the little white pony, handed the reins in her hand to the servant who came to lead the horse, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "The sixth princess is joking again, there is no reason in the world to lose without fighting. Although Suxian is not talented, she will not give up easily like this. Otherwise, losing a husband is a trivial matter, but losing face is a big matter!"

"You!" The sixth princess didn't expect that Murong Haotian, whom she fell in love with, was just a trivial matter in the mouth of the other party. She just yelled angrily, then took a look, but instead of being angry, she smiled, "You just hold on. After the event is over, let's see if you can hold on!"

Saying that, he jumped off his horse and walked to the shooting range that the servant had prepared in the middle of the arena.

The second round of archery competition started.

The servant came with a bamboo tube in hand, and the two drew lots to decide who would shoot the arrow first, and the one who got the long lottery would shoot the arrow first.

It depends on psychology. Naturally, the person who shoots the arrow later will have seen the other party's results, and his mind will be much more stable. Therefore, the one who draws the short lottery is extremely beneficial.

Until the servant left, Suxian was still staring at the long mahogany stick in her hand in a daze, and the sixth princess sneered in her ears, "Could it be that you want to draw it again? Bar."

A clear sound of gongs sounded from the side, Suqian threw the mahogany stick in her hand aside, walked forward without hesitation, looked at the round target in the distance, and drew the bow to aim at the red heart in the middle.

Shooting is no stranger to her. She was extremely skilled and accurate when she was in the police force in her previous life, but now her body is only lacking in her arm strength.Fortunately, after these days of training, his arm strength has increased a lot, plus he often soaks his body in the snow dew sent by Murong Haotian, not only does his physical strength recover extremely quickly, but it is even stronger than before.

When the bow is full and the arrow is fired, there is only a sound of "swish", the arrow that leaves the string breaks through the wind and hits the red heart, everyone whispers, as if they don't believe that the arrow is shot by Suxian.

The contemptuous sixth princess beside her was also full of astonishment, and the sarcasm stuck in her throat when she reached her mouth.

Suxian didn't hesitate any more, and once again opened the bow and shot two arrows in a row, shooting all the arrows that Saiding had set, hitting the bull's-eye again and again. Judging from this situation, even if the six princesses hit the bull's-eye all of them, they could only win with her. After a tie, the audience was in an uproar again, and everyone whispered to each other, as if they didn't believe their eyes.

The sixth princess's mood suddenly became heavy, and she felt that the bow in her hand was as heavy as a thousand catties. According to the imperial decree, she can't lose a game. If she can't win this round, then the next round will become meaningless up.

After drawing the bow for a long time, the sixth princess did not dare to shoot the first arrow. At this time, she regretted that she had drawn a short lottery.Faced with such a great pressure, how to shoot this arrow?

After a stalemate for quite some time, when everyone was waiting impatiently, the fifth prince couldn't help shouting, "Sixth sister, you just need to ejaculate, don't think too much!"

I don't know if it was the fifth prince's voice that had an effect, or the arm was a little sore, the sixth princess loosened her fingers from the bowstring, and finally shot the difficult arrow.

The sixth princess could not bear to close her eyes. She didn't look at the target until cheers came from behind her. After seeing it, she finally calmed down, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye impartially.

In fact, with the sixth princess's archery skills, it is not difficult to hit the bull's-eye. It's just that I was under too much pressure just now, so I was much more nervous than usual.

The first arrow is shot successfully, and the next two arrows are much easier.

The sixth princess fired two arrows in succession with ease, and the arrows hit the red heart like a slender arrow. According to the current situation, the two are tied, and there is no winner or loser.

Murong Haotian smiled very happily, turned back and replied to the emperor, "Your Majesty, although Lin Suxian was tied with the sixth princess, she has not lost this round. You have something to say first, the sixth princess needs to win all three rounds to win , In this round, the Sixth Princess failed to win. In the current two rounds, the Sixth Princess only won one round, then..."

Murong Haotian smiled, "Then the next round..."

Although Murong Haotian didn't say anything, but the meaning of the words, the emperor has already heard and understood that in the next match, even if the sixth princess wins, it can't be regarded as a complete victory.

(End of this chapter)