Chapter 121: Second Brother, thank you for your humility
The gambling fight between Concubine Jing and Emperor Wan, Emperor Chengde, who was on the other side of the observation deck, also knew, he looked at Zhou Tingyu on the Jiujiang River happily, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that the imperial concubine still loves Xiao Wu very much, and she actually sent a set of other courtyards to Xiao Wu." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
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Your Majesty, do you know that your two concubines are about to perform a full martial arts, where do you see that Emperor Wan and the concubine love the Fifth Highness?
However, Emperor Chengde's words also reflected one thing from the side: he thought that other people's dragon boats were not as good as Zhou Tingyu's dragon boats.
Shu Hongxuan's eyes flashed darkly, it seems that His Majesty really loves His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness very much, the prince and the second prince do not have a helper, His Majesty personally selected people for His Royal Highness, and now the game has not started, so he thinks that His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness will win and not lose.
The prince who can win the emperor's favor will live a chic life, but if the emperor dies and the next emperor succeeds to the throne, in case of discord with the new monarch, how chic he was before, how embarrassed he will be after that.
Shu Hongxuan turned his gaze to a luxuriously decorated dragon boat, standing on the dragon head was the second prince, Shu Hongxuan's eyes darkened, no matter what, he and the second prince are not all the way, it is most appropriate to describe it with hatred as deep as the sea, who made him Shu Xiu and the person who took refuge, who let his sister suffer in their hands.
Shu Hongxuan recalled the news he got during this time, Shu Xiuhe followed Mei Shen in and out of a private mansion several times, and every time he came out of that mansion, he was in a very good mood.
You need to follow Mei Shen to get in and out of the mansion, and it seems that Shu Xiuhe has hooked up with the second prince.
Sure enough, Shu Xiuhe's vision, except for marrying his biological mother Yan, was not blind, and everything else was miserable.
Shu Hongxuan set his eyes on the prince again, the prince Yuan Yue stood with his hands behind his back, the dragon boat in the East Palace was also simple, without half the luxury of the second prince, but it was not pressed by the second prince in the slightest, if the dragon boat without the prince was an inconspicuous bleak knife stick, with the prince's dragon boat, it was a spear that flashed cold, no matter what was in front of it, it would be stabbed with one shot, invincible.
With such a prince, why does Shu Xiuhe think that the second prince can compare? Because of Emperor Chengde's favorite? But His Royal Highness the Fifth is also very fond of Emperor Chengde.
Because the father-in-law of the second prince is a veteran in the army, and the power in the army is deep-rooted? Shu Hongxuan turned his attention to the dragon boat in Ning Guogong's mansion again, and there was a young man about twenty years old standing on it, who was the eldest grandson of Ning Guogong, who was competing with the prince of Wu Guogong.
Even the forces in the army are evenly matched, why did the second prince think that he would ascend to the throne?
The sound of the drum sounded, interrupting Shu Hongxuan's thoughts, and he put away all the things in his mind and looked at Jiujiang River intently.
The second prince and Zhou Tingyu already knew about their mother's gambling fight, and the second prince looked at Zhou Tingyu's eyes a little apologetic, "Little five, it's a matter of victory or defeat, and the second brother has no choice but to stand with you." β
Zhou Tingyu wanted to roll his eyes, as if he thought he would win first.
Zhou Tingyu raised a bright smile, "Second brother, don't worry about your younger brother, there are many concubines." β
The second prince's face darkened for a moment, and he said this as if his mother was shallow-eyed and gambled for a set of other courtyards, obviously Concubine Jing proposed it first.
This little five is as annoying as his mother!
The third prince and the fourth prince are allies of the second prince, and they try their best to hold back their laughter, the crown prince, as the eldest brother and the prince, is not easy to show too much, the prince of Yiwang and the young master of the Ningguo Mansion and others all turned their heads and pretended that they didn't hear anything.
The open and secret battles between the princes are not easy to mix.
Only the prince of Wu Guo frowned.
Soon, three preparatory drums sounded, and everyone began to concentrate on preparation, and with the sound of a gong, nine dragon boats flew out like arrows.
The distance of fifteen zhang was soon reached, and the first vine ball was exactly the same, Zhou Tingyu stretched out his hand and pulled off a vine ball with a pull, put his hands together, and took out the note in the ball.
"The top is not up, the bottom is not down, not on the top, and it should be on the bottom."
Zhou Tingyu swept his eyes and came to the conclusion that the answer to this mystery was "one".
The dragon boat soon reached the next fifteen zhang, on which hung a purse, embroidered with various patterns.
Zhou Tingyu looked at the purse on it, selected one of them embroidered with plum blossoms, and ripped it off.
Plum blossoms represent January, January, and generation.
Zhou Tingyu quickly opened the purse and pulled out the note inside.
"Sit and lie down, stand and lie down, walk and lie down, lie and lie down."
It's a snake!
Zhou Tingyu tore off the vine ball with a snake pattern.
At this time, Zhou Tingyu's dragon boat was already the fastest among everyone, and the man on the dragon boat didn't have the slightest idea of slowing down, and the other dragon boats would slow down a little when they were about to reach fifteen zhang, so that the owner on the dragon head would have time to get clues.
But the man on Zhou Tingyu's dragon boat didn't, the man on the drum at the stern said that they would only compete for the first place in the dragon boat, as for whether Zhou Tingyu could get the ball or purse every fifteen zhang when they passed through fifteen zhang, it was his business, and it had nothing to do with them, and the order they got was to ensure that they were the first to row the dragon boat.
Therefore, Zhou Tingyu actually couldn't command the people on the dragon boat at all.
He didn't use the identity of the prince to put pressure, but didn't say a word, guessed the answer to the riddle as quickly as possible, looked at the clues in advance with excellent eyes, and quickly ripped the ball off the moment he passed.
The people on the river bank have burst out to shout, cheering for their dragon boats that support gambling, and some people are shouting red when they see that the dragon boats they support are slightly behind, and the green tendons on their necks are exposed, and they are so excited that they are like seeing a peerless beauty.
Even the air was filled with an agitated atmosphere, Concubine Jing couldn't help but grab Shu Yanhua's little hand, stood on tiptoe and tried to follow Zhou Tingyu's dragon boat, when she saw that after half the way, Zhou Tingyu was still in the lead, Concubine Jing shouted excitedly: "Little Wu, hurry up!" It will be able to win soon. β
Emperor Wan's concubine watched the game with clairvoyance, without saying a word, and the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed.
"In front of the Remnant Flower Reflection Hall in the eastern suburbs."
ββIt's the word "Chen".
Zhou Tingyu glanced at the next fifteen zhang, there were no balls or purses there, but eighteen weapons were hanging in the air.
"The first riddle is 'one', and the second is 'snake'. The third is 'Chen'. Taken together, it is a 'long snake formation'. β
Zhou Tingyu had already guessed all the riddles, and when he passed through eighteen weapons, he ripped off a bow with one hand, an arrow with the other, pulled the bow and set up an arrow, and when he was about to reach the end, the arrow shot out.
A gong sounded.
The commander of the guards guarding at the starting point had already seen the banner raised at the finish line, and announced loudly, "The winner of this dragon and tiger battle is the Fifth Highness!" β
"Wow-"
Chu Tianyi jumped up with a smile, bouncing around his brother, celebrating for His Royal Highness.
A series of laughter spit out from Concubine Jing's throat, revealing a sense of wanton publicity, "Hahaha, Xiao Wu has won!" β
Zhou Tingyu, who had already won, arched his hand to the second prince who arrived in third place, and smiled very badly: "Second brother, I didn't expect you to love your brother so much, thank you for being humble." β
The second prince talked a lot before, and now how uncomfortable it is. (To be continued.) )