The banquet was lively.

After three rounds of drinking, the queen suddenly proposed: "This palace has heard that your sons are excellent in archery and archery, why don't you play a little fresh, what do you think?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, wondering if the eccentric queen would come up with any ideas, and they all nodded.

I only heard her smile and swept around the men and women, clapped her hands, and after a while, three eunuchs and three palace maids stood up, she smiled and said: "On the heads of these six people, each of them has two apples superimposed, and the shooter must shoot these two apples to pass the next level, provided that he is blindfolded, I wonder if the sons here are willing?" ”

All the sons present glanced at each other, and they all felt that this was a good opportunity, although this was the queen's banquet, if they could show off on this occasion, maybe they would be appreciated by the emperor in the future, and they would be famous all over the world.

Thinking of this, all the princes and princes began to be eager to try, and the queen glanced at Lin Ran, who was sitting on the side, and smiled without a trace.

The first to stand up was Guo Yanxing of the Ping Palace, who saluted the queen and said respectfully: "The minister is ugly." He blindfolded, took the two arrows handed over by the eunuch, pulled the bow with all his might, only to hear two sounds, everyone looked over, and saw that the two arrows had hit the two apples on the head of one of them, and suddenly the courtyard was in an uproar, especially the daughters of the famous families clapped their hands one after another, Guo Yanxing hooked the corners of his lips, and retreated to the side proudly, followed by the three princes, the five princes, the two princes, and the princes of the Luo Wangfu have shot good results.

At this time, Queen Tian Ruixin noticed that Tang Zhiqin was silent, just sitting quietly drinking tea, and didn't even raise her eyelids, so she smiled and said, "Doesn't Prince Yi participate in this game?" ”

Tang Zhiqin stood up and said with a steady expression: "The minister's shooting skills are not good, and he is afraid of polluting the queen's eyes." ”

"Oh, really?" The queen glanced lightly in the direction of Lin Ranran, retracted her gaze, and seemed to mutter: "Hey, it's a pity, this game will become more and more exciting in the future, forget it, this palace won't force you." ”

Tang Zhiqin didn't know why he had to listen to the queen's words, frowned, he always felt that the queen had something to say, and just about to speak, he was pulled by the good brother Lian Junwang next to him, Tang Zhiqin could only sit down helplessly, he whispered: "Don't go against the queen, she doesn't like people who go back on her word the most, she is tolerant and generous on the surface, but insidious and cunning in her heart, not someone I can compete with." ”

Listening to his words, Tang Zhiqin glanced at the queen who was smiling with the Lotus County Lord, and a touch of uneasiness crossed his heart, if he was not mistaken, the queen seemed to glance in the direction of the sudden just now, could it be that the arrow target of this game was suddenly?

Then the queen clapped her hands again, and in a moment the six eunuchs came up with two trays, covered with a red cloth, and everyone looked at them with curiosity, only to feel something wriggling in the plates, and to hear a hissing sound.

At this time, a sharp-eared servant of the Ministry of Rites said to the queen: "The minister guesses that there is a snake in this plate!" ”

The queen nodded approvingly, and smiled strangely, "Yes, it is indeed a snake, and it is a poisonous snake, come, open it!" The six eunuchs suddenly lifted the red cloth, and saw a cobra whose mouth was tied with a rope, and was slowly wriggling. 5 meters long, the back is light yellowish white, this is a very poisonous snake, Lin suddenly saw the poison of this snake at a glance, the venom of the general small cobra is already very powerful, especially more than 1. The venom of the 2-meter cobra is a high-risk mixed venom, and judging from the size of this snake, it is estimated to be a highly venomous snake.

In an instant, the daughters present were frightened, but because of the majesty of the queen, they didn't dare to speak, the queen looked at the girls who all changed their faces with satisfaction, smiled and comforted: "Don't be afraid, this snake has been extracted with fangs, it won't hurt people, don't worry, then the palace will continue to talk about the next game, this cobra without fangs is wrapped around the six people just now, as long as one of them can shoot the cobra's eyes, it will be considered a win." As soon as the words fell, I saw that those princes were already eager to try, and there was a bloodthirsty look in their eyes.

This game seems harmless, but in fact it is extremely cruel, the body of the cobra is always wriggling, and the slightest accident will shoot an arrow on the person's body, if it is not for the exquisite archery skills, the person who is entangled in the snake is likely to die.

Lin suddenly raised his eyes and saw a triumphant smile in the queen's eyes, clenched his fists, this queen's mind is really extremely vicious, hum, what the mother of a country, she is completely a vicious old witch.

At this time, someone had already wrapped a poisonous snake around the bodies of the six people, and one of the palace maids had already turned pale, biting her lip so hard that cold sweat slowly slid down her cheeks.

At this time, the mouth of the poisonous snake had already been released, and it was so hideous that it was wide open, and the eunuch wrapped around his neck was so frightened that he peed his pants, and the queen's face sank, and she said coldly: "Waste, this snake will not bite, take this person out, and replace it with another person." ”

The eunuch came to his senses at this time and cried and begged for mercy, but the guards dragged him down mercilessly, even if the eunuch who was replaced was no longer the same as the previous one, but the atmosphere was frozen, and the queen frowned in displeasure.

Fortunately, the Lotus County Lord on the side smiled and played the round: "Don't be disturbed by unhappy things, come, start again!" The son of the world, there is love. Her words were undoubtedly a stimulant, and the original atmosphere was eased again.

Guo Yanxing bore the brunt of the arrow and shot it out, but unfortunately it only hit the other parts of the snake, and the queen smiled: "The prince lost." ”

Lin suddenly looked at the eunuch who was dragged down, and sighed softly in his heart, how cruel this scene is, even if the poisonous snake does not have fangs, it is difficult to ensure that people do not have a fear of psychology, the poisonous snake is a poisonous snake after all, and the appearance gives people a sense of shock, I really didn't expect that this queen is really extremely cruel, just because the eunuch was so frightened that he peed his pants just now, and the next princes all took out arrows and shots, all of which were shot at other parts of the snake without exception, and the snake was still wriggling, perhaps it was hurt, It opened its hideous mouth so fiercely that it strangled the necks of two of them with the snake's tail, and everyone sitting in the courtyard changed color, seeing the two palace maids' lips white and their eyes wide open, Li Jin, the son of the last to shoot arrows, shook his hands and hesitated whether to shoot arrows, only to hear the queen say fiercely: "Shoot, shoot to this palace, and there will be a reward for shooting." Li Jin, the son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, heard that there was a heavy reward, and he pulled out his bow and arrow in a panic, but because he was too panicked, the arrow hit the chest of a eunuch, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

The snake strangled the two palace maids, and the snake statue slipped off the neck of the person uncontrollably, and slowly crawled towards the daughter and the son who were sitting in the position.

"Protect the Queen, protect the Queen." The lord of Lotus shouted, a group of guards hurriedly stood by the queen's side, the other ladies forgot the excitement just now, desperately trying to find a place to hide, and a young lady from the household department Shangshu was so gorgeous that she fainted, and the guards picked up arrows and shot them over.

But the snake seemed to be crazy, its green eyes widened, and when it saw a person, it strangled it with a snake tail, and at the critical moment, Lin Zixuan pulled the third lady of Anwang's Mansion closest to her and escaped, and everyone was stunned, the snake rushed straight in the direction of Lin Xuanran, Tang Zhiqin was about to rush up, but was pulled by the king of Lian Jun next to him: "Are you crazy?" Didn't you see that snake was poisonous? Is it still useful for you to be touched by a snake? "From a distance, the blood on the snake's body was black blood, and it was obvious that the arrow was poisonous, and the snake must have gone mad after being poisoned by something.

"There are many beauties, and there is no shortage of such one." Although King Lian felt that Lin was very beautiful, men did not sacrifice their lives for a woman.

Seeing that the poisonous snake was getting closer and closer to Lin Ran, Tang Zhiqin was dragged by King Lian Jun, and his eyes were red, just when Lin suddenly thought that he was going to be entangled by the snake, a person suddenly hugged her into his arms, she opened her eyes in surprise, and a handsome face came into her eyes.

The snake rushed towards them again, and saw Gao Lian draw his sword, and with a flash of white light, the snake was suddenly split in half, and a stream of green smoke slowly emerged from the snake's body and turned into a cloud of white mist.

Gao Lian held the sword in his hand, blood slowly dripping down from his sword, his face looked pale as jade under the bright light, and he gasped slightly.

"This is a snake Gu?" Lin suddenly looked at the dead poisonous snake in disbelief, and held Gao Lian, from the sword just now almost used all his vitality, she saw the cold sweat on his face, and quickly grabbed him.

Tang Zhiqin shook off King Lianjun, hurriedly ran to Lin Ranran's side, glanced at the dead snake, pulled Lin Ranran over from Gao Lian's arms, and said with concern: "Suddenly, how are you, is there anything uncomfortable?" ”

Lin suddenly pushed him in embarrassment, "There are so many people's eyes watching here, what are you doing!" ”

The interaction between the three of them made the queen standing in a high position pale, and she clenched her fists fiercely, she didn't expect that at such a moment of crisis, Gao Lian would rush over for her, thinking of this, a chill appeared in her eyes, this Lin Ran, her life is really big, she can't get rid of her, since there is a way in heaven and she doesn't go, then don't blame her for being polite.

The queen pushed away the guards who were surrounding her, and walked over slowly, looking at Lin Ran with a faint gaze, and a touch of disappointment passed in the depths of her eyes: "Miss Lin is really fateful!" ”

Lin Ran smiled lightly and blessed his body: "This is still thanks to the queen's blessing." ”

The queen looked at the deep meaning in her eyes, suddenly froze, smiled embarrassedly, and then angrily scolded all the guards: "What do you do, do you only think of hiding back when you see a snake?" A bunch of useless stuff. ”

The group of guards knelt on the ground, and at that time they had no time to run for their lives, only caring about protecting the queen.

The queen glanced at Gao Lian and said to the guards: "Give the palace a thorough investigation, who is the one who wants to poison people, today's incident has wronged everyone, please forgive me." ”

Gao Lian glanced at the queen with a cold expression, and said in a flat tone: "The queen doesn't need to be polite, the main thing is that everyone was frightened this time, but Miss Lin Ran's side-"

The queen took a look, and saw that Lin Ran's face was pale, without the calm face before, and she bent the corners of her mouth, although she was annoyed in her heart, she still pretended to be generous on the surface: "Miss Lin, today's matter, this palace will definitely investigate thoroughly and give you an explanation." ”

Lin Ran's eyes flashed, and she just smiled and said: "Queen Mother, today's incident is not only the courtiers who are frightened, but also the other young ladies and sons have been hurt, I hope the queen mother can hand over this snake to the courtiers to deal with." ”

The queen mother's eyes flashed with a touch of coldness, and she frowned slightly: "Miss Lin, this snake has injured so many people, and it is still highly poisonous, I am afraid that it will hurt Miss Lin." ”

"Niangniang, please rest assured, the courtiers have a certain understanding of animals, and especially like to dissect objects." She said with a smile, but she couldn't help but let everyone gasp, Lin Zixuan smiled proudly, I really don't know if Lin Xuanran is really stupid or fake, when she says this, which son will marry her.

Now that she said this, the queen gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, whatever you want!" She thought to herself that even if she had taken the snake, the evidence would have been gone.

Gao Lian glanced at the queen lightly, and said to Lin Ran and Tang Zhiqin: "If there is nothing to do, the ministers will retire." ”

He saluted respectfully, and was about to leave with Lin Ranran, but the queen stopped him from behind: "Prince Jian is really bold enough, is this place where you can come and leave as you want?" ”

Unexpectedly, Gao Lian turned around and said indifferently: "Something thrilling happened today, the queen must have been frightened, and the ministers will no longer disturb the queen's rest." ”

So Gao Lian left with the other two in full view of everyone, and the others looked at Queen Tieqing's face, and they didn't dare to say anything, but everyone was guessing how capable this prince was, and he didn't even care about the queen.

After a long while, Queen Tian Ruixin eased her face and said, "Okay, let's all disperse!" ”

In Gyeongbokgung Palace, two figures were lingering all night, and suddenly the voice of the eunuch came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the queen has something to look for you?" ”

"Nope." The emperor Gao Cheng said in a thick voice, and continued to linger with the man under him, but the eunuch said again: "The queen said that if the emperor doesn't go, he will regret it." ”

"This slut!" She obviously knew that at this hour, he was already in Gentle Township, and she was going to stir up the situation, Gao Cheng quickly put on her clothes, hooked the delicate chin of the male pet with her hand and said, "Wait for me later." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The male pet is naked and respectful.

Gao Cheng, who was interrupted from the good thing, rushed into the Ciyuan Hall in a fit of anger, saw the queen, and threw the celadon bottle on the side to the ground with his big palm: "What the hell, if I know that you are unreasonable, I will be blamed for being polite at that time." ”

Empress Tian Ruixin approached him with a smile, stretched out her slender fingers and touched his strong chest: "Doesn't the emperor want to know the secret of immortality?" Don't you want to keep your sturdy body forever? Don't you want to be with those male pets forever? ”

Gao Cheng shook off her hand in disgust, wiped it with her robe, and said coldly: "Say, what is the secret recipe?" ”

Tian Ruixin met his eagle-like gaze without fear: "As long as you promise the concubine one thing, the concubine will make this deal with the emperor." ”