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There was a collective sigh of disappointment on the field.

The main reason is that many young masters and ladies from prominent families present witnessed Jiang Zhou's archery skills, which allowed him to hit the bullseye from a hundred paces away, during the hunt more than a year ago.

Jiang Zhou's current performance is vastly different from what it was back then.

The other two young masters who went up with him both hit the center of the target, which highlighted how poor Jiang Zhou's archery skills were.

A few young masters who disliked Jiang Zhou started grumbling from the sidelines, "Young Master Jiang, are you sure you can handle this? If not, then get off!"

Then several other people chimed in, "That's right! If you're sick, you shouldn't participate in the competition. What's the point of showing off like this!"

Jiang Zhou clenched his fist, and the arrow in his hand snapped in two from gripping it too tightly.

Seeing Jiang Zhou's reaction, those who had started the disturbance immediately fell silent.

Jiang Zhou changed the arrow and drew the bow again.

The bow-drawing motion was fine, and it looked pretty cool, but as soon as he let go, the arrow went astray.

Another miss.

Another wave of gasps and commotion swept through the stadium, even greater than before.

Jiang Zhou panicked; he felt he couldn't control the force and direction of the arrow.

He could concentrate on drawing the bow fully, but beyond that, he couldn't control it.

Jiang Zhou began to panic.

Now no one made a fuss anymore, but several young ladies from prominent families who admired Jiang Zhou encouraged him,

"Young Master Jiang, try again! I believe you can do it!"

"Yeah, yeah, maybe those two moves were just accidental slips."

The girls' words helped Jiang Zhou regain his composure.

On his third draw, Jiang Zhou finally shot the arrow into the center of the target.

The young ladies from prominent families who had just encouraged him were delighted with his third "success" and applauded him.

However, Jiang Zhou felt extremely ashamed about it.

Back then, I was a master archer who never missed a shot, and I even received praise and rewards from the emperor at the royal hunting grounds.

But now, he has won the applause of the noble lady because he hit the center of the target.

Jiang Zhou missed the target again with the fourth arrow.

Someone on the sidelines, unable to bear it any longer, angrily rebuked Jiang Zhou: "Young Master Jiang, get off here right now! Stop making a fool of yourself!"

Jiang Zhou, holding his bow, left the scene dejectedly.

Watching Jiang Zhou's departing figure, Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang exchanged glances, and they could also hear the Princess's helpless sigh.

"It seems the child isn't fully recovered yet."

Zhao Jinzhong muttered under his breath, "He's a real man."

An Chang chimed in: "Yes, under normal circumstances, he can hit the bullseye with all four arrows."

Even though his first two arrows missed the target, he still persisted and finished shooting all four. That shows great courage!

An Chang also wanted to say that if it were him, he wouldn't dare to appear at this archery range.

Only then did Zhao Jinzhong ask Zhou Ruo seriously, "Ruo Ruo, what did you mean when you said that the brother just now wasn't quite right in the head?"

Zhao Jinzhong knew about Jiang Zhou's illness, so he wasn't surprised that Zhou Ruo said he was mentally impaired.

He just wanted to observe Jiang Zhou's performance first before discussing his condition with Zhou Ruo.

"That guy just now has something growing in his brain."

Zhou Ruoxiao frowned, looking as if she was worried about Jiang Zhou.

An Chang was startled when she heard Zhou Ruo say that. "Something growing in your brain? What kind of thing?"

He had never heard of anything growing in a person's brain.

What should I do if something grows in my brain? Can I still live?

Zhou Ruo nodded and continued, "It grew a small fleshy ball. It's about this big."

She tapped the tips of her thumb and forefinger together, making a small circle.

"Logically speaking, with such a large fleshy lump in his brain, he should be paralyzed. But he can still walk and shoot arrows."

"That's amazing!"

As they talked, Zhou Ruo couldn't help but praise Jiang Zhou.

Her praise mirrored Zhao Jinzhong's heartfelt recognition that Jiang Zhou was a true man.

"Ruo Ruo, you have a way to cure Young Master Jiang's brain, right?" Zhao Jinzhong asked her.

Zhou Ruo smiled knowingly, tossed her head back, and said confidently, "Of course!"

She also wanted to say that this was no big deal and that she could handle it in no time.

However, because there are too many people around her, she needs to keep a low profile.

Zhao Jinzhong gestured to the Seventh Princess, who then walked over to him and quietly sat down beside him.

Zhao Jinzhong leaned slightly closer to the Seventh Princess, covered his mouth with one hand, and whispered Zhou Ruo's words to her.

The Seventh Princess's expression shifted from surprise to shock, then she peeked at Zhou Ruo and gradually relaxed.

Then he nodded, and finally smiled happily.

She moved closer to Zhao Jinzhong and said to him, "I'll go tell my imperial aunt right now that Jiang Zhou is her cousin, and she'll take it to heart."

Zhao Jinzhong and the Seventh Princess exchanged a knowing smile. Then, the Seventh Princess got up and left to find the Eldest Princess.

Xie Chengze could clearly see Zhao Jinzhong and the Seventh Princess's every move from the diagonal angle.

There was nothing between the two of them, but in Xie Chengze's eyes, he felt that Zhao Jinzhong and the Seventh Princess were too intimate.

Adding fuel to the fire, Shen Zhao asked, "Are Zhao Jinzhong and the Seventh Princess really that close?"

The two of them were talking so close together, anyone who didn't know better would think they were engaged!

Xie Chengze clenched his fists, his back teeth grinding together.

"Young Master Xie, if you don't hurry up, the Seventh Princess might belong to someone else!"

"That Zhao Jinzhong is quite formidable; he has a lot of daughters from wealthy families who are interested in him. You could easily pick up a handful of them here."

Shen Zhao was right. While Zhao Jinzhong was talking to the Seventh Princess, Sheng Yueyi was already furious.

Besides Sheng Yueyi, several other young ladies from prominent families sat together and discussed the relationship between Zhao Jinzhong and the Seventh Princess.

"You all don't know, do you? I've heard that the Seventh Princess often goes to the clinic to see Zhao Jinzhong. They've probably been seeing each other for a while now!"

"You're just making this up! Who saw it? Does that person know the Seventh Princess?"

It was only because the prince consort introduced her to everyone today that we had the opportunity to see the Seventh Princess's true appearance.

Who outside would recognize the Seventh Princess? And she frequents the clinic so often…”

The young lady who said this rolled her eyes so hard that she almost couldn't roll them back.

She just felt very unhappy; she just didn't want to hear people say that some girl was dating Zhao Jinzhong.

The first lady to speak was rendered speechless by her retort.

But another young lady said, "Even if the Seventh Princess didn't go to the clinic, the way those two were acting just now, their relationship seemed way too good."

"That's right! How many rewards has the General's Mansion received from the Emperor in the last two months?"

General Zhao became the Duke of Dingguo, Zhao Jinzhong became the Junior Guardian of the Crown Prince, and even their little maid became a princess.

"That's right! Zhao Jinzhong also received the Emperor's sword and saved the Crown Prince. If he likes the Seventh Princess,..."

"If the Duke of Dingguo were to plead with the Emperor, Zhao Jinzhong's position as the Imperial Son-in-Law would be a foregone conclusion!"

"that is!"

......

The young ladies chattered amongst themselves about the relationship between Zhao Jinzhong and the Seventh Princess.

What started as displeasure gradually turned into gossiping about Zhao Qi and his companion.

As they talked, it seemed as if Zhao Jinzhong becoming the emperor's son-in-law was already a foregone conclusion.