Chapter 142: The Grand Ceremony of Choosing a Concubine (3)
Yu Tianqing sat down gracefully, her jade fingers fluttered lightly, the sound of the piano floated in the air, and everyone's first reaction was to cover her ears, which can really be called noise!
Her ethereal voice rang out in her ears, and she actually recited four lines of poetry!
Even Kitahara Sheng was stunned, these four poems didn't have any rhyme at all!
On Kitahara Zhe's golden dragon robe, the dragon with its claws and claws revealed an incomparably noble momentum, and he frowned: "Prince, this, it's no wonder!"
After that, he motioned to Beiyuan Sheng to remove the portrait of Yu Tianqing.
"Slow."
Everyone looked at the mellow voice, and saw Bei Zhiyao take a step forward, he had one hand behind him, his wide sleeves fluttering, and his face was beautiful.
"Father, the poem that Wang Xiaodian just read is Emperor Taizu's "Rites", this poem is widely circulated among the people because it expresses his heart directly. However, in recent years, poetry has gradually been forgotten because it has paid more attention to the use of flowery words. ”
Kitahara Zhe's face showed a state of thought, and after he reminded him like this, he remembered that Emperor Taizu did have such a poem back then!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is indeed not good at the piano, but she also knows that if she moves out the poems of Emperor Taizu, if she is easily eliminated, wouldn't it be disrespectful to Taizu?
"In this case, Wang Xiaodian will enter the next game."
The women who participated in the selection of concubines were the best, and their dancing and piano skills were exquisite, and no one was eliminated in this game.
In the second game, the competition was mounted shooting.
The venue is located in the hunting ground. All the women changed into riding costumes and were heroic.
Compared with Ren Jingyan's blandness, Yutong's red riding dress lined her face like a peach blossom, she deliberately tightened her belt, and her bumpy figure made the people present can't help but admire!
Gu Zhuying was dressed in a silver-white riding costume, tied up all her hair, revealing a slender swan neck, although the veil on her face was not removed, but everyone spoke highly of her!
Gu Jun's daughter-in-law demeanor can stand out at any time!
When everyone saw Yu Tianqing at the end of the team, they showed a look of surprise!
Seeing that she was wearing a black riding uniform, a jade belt of the same color was lightly bunched, outlining a slender figure, and her three thousand green silk were tied behind her head, revealing a pair of indifferent eyes, and her slightly white lips were gently pursed.
Compared with Ren Jingyan's inevitable, Yutong's softness and Gu Zhuying's heroic posture, she has more of a faint alienation! The hustle and bustle around her was all nothing.
The game begins.
First of all, the fixed-point archery, everyone chooses a bow and arrow at random, stands ten meters away from the arrow target, and shoots the red heart, which is victory.
The daughters of each family who are like fish in water in dance and vocal music, when they shoot arrows, they are ugly! But in the first game, nearly half of the women were eliminated.
To Yu Tianqing's surprise, Yu Tong was very good at archery, and when she saw that her fingers were loose, the arrow had already hit the red heart quickly!
Gu Zhuying and Ren Jingyan also shot hearts.
Yu Tianqing was still the last one, seeing that her face was relaxed, with a "whoosh", the arrow was like a meteor dragging its tail, hitting the bull's-eye!
She glanced at the high platform, and saw that Beizhiyao's soft gaze was looking at her, and she immediately turned her head to the side! At that moment, her heartbeat almost missed half a beat! Sure enough, a man who is too handsome will be distracting!
The second game is mounted archery, the rule is to ride a horse around the racecourse, among them, the person who shoots the most arrows is the winner!
In this game, Gu Zhuying was the first to appear, and the horse under her crotch neighed, but in the blink of an eye, a few arrows had been shot! Received a round of applause. After she dismounted, her beautiful eyes squinted at Yu Tianqing, and there was a little playful smile in her eyes.
Yu Tianqing fought with Gu Zhuying many times, and naturally understood the meaning of her eyes. She's watching a good show.
Yu Tianqing thought for a while, and then walked to his horse, which was raised in the hunting ground, and everyone used the horse to determine before the competition. She stroked the horse's head, and as she stroked it, the corners of her mouth suddenly hooked up with an evil arc.
It was Ren Jingyan's turn, she jumped on the horse in a dashing manner, clamped the horse's belly, and as soon as she shot the first arrow, the horse was as if frightened, its front hooves were cocked, neighed, and ran into the distance!
Ren Jingyan panicked for a while, and tightened the reins, but she was almost thrown off!
In the stands, Ren Yuxing couldn't help but sweat coldly, and he said: "The minister asks the emperor to save Jingyan!" "It's okay to lose the game, but if you fall off your horse and ruin your face! Don't talk about the crown princess, even if you marry ordinary people, you can't do it!
Kitahara narrowed his eyes and said sharply, "The Imperial Forest Army." ”
Several Royal Foresters ran over, pulled and dragged, and finally subdued the horses! Ren Jingyan's hair was in a messy bun, and a few strands of hair stuck under her sweaty cheeks, she glanced at Yu Tianqing, and her heart was full of chagrin!
She bit her lip viciously: "Come on, kill this unknown horse for me!" ”
One of the Guards drew his sword, and he was about to be stained with blood on the spot! Yu Tianqing stepped forward: "Slow." ”
Ren Jingyan restrained her urge to tear the woman in front of her apart, and said loudly: "I killed my horse, what is the matter with the girl?" ”
Yu Tianqing's face did not change, and she walked towards the horse. She stroked the horse's head, and in the saddle, she found a shining golden needle!
The officials in the stands couldn't help but exclaim: "This is, someone framed it!" ”
Seeing this, Ren Yuxing knelt on the ground: "Ask the emperor to be the master of the courtiers!" This person obviously wants to make Jingyan ugly! ”
Yu Tianqing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, someone mistakenly left the gold needle in the saddle when cleaning the saddle, and this matter should be just an accident." ”
Ren Jingyan clenched her fists, almost crushing a mouthful of silver teeth, and after a while, she knelt on the ground, lowered her eyebrows and said: "What Miss Wang said is that the prince's selection of concubines is a grand event in the desert country, don't waste the competition system because of Jingyan!" ”
Bei Yuanzhe stroked the beard on his lips and nodded: "Ren Aiqing's daughter, she really knows the general situation!" When someone comes, take the horse down, and give 10 lashes to each of the people who are responsible for cleaning the stables and feeding the horses, as an example. ”
Immediately, the Guards led the horses and retreated.
Ren Jingyan slowly walked to the stands, and when she passed in front of Bei Zhiyao, she suddenly fell to one side. Unexpectedly, a strong arm held her up.
The man's sword eyebrows were starry, and the corners of his lips had a dazzling smile: "Are you okay?" ”
Ren Jingyan nodded weakly: "It's okay." ”
A very faint wave of light crossed the depths of her eyes, who said that the prince is not close to women, men are all the same!
She was getting carried away, and the strength of her whole body was tilted into his arms, but she didn't expect him to suddenly let go, and she immediately fell to the ground. With a "bang", she sat up, and two lines of tears slipped to the corners of her mouth.
Bei Zhiyao stared intently at the black figure in the distance, and his voice was cold: "Since it's okay, don't block my sight." The corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness, but the words he said were as cold as ice!
Ren Jingyan struggled to get up, followed his line of sight, and in his eyes, there was only the woman!
Ren Yuxing saw that his daughter was in a bad state and lost the game again, so he took Ren Jingyan and left the hunting ground.
Yu Tianqing was the last one as usual. She flew on her horse, her dark robe blown high by the wind, and her eyes were full of determination.
In the blink of an eye, an arrow has hit the bull's-eye! She stood slender on the body of a horse, and her ethereal and elegant posture was like a swallow flying in the air! As soon as the finger is loosened, the red heart is in the middle!
The crowd began to boil, if this woman's performance in the morning was not satisfactory, then this archery tournament was almost set up for her!
"No wonder the prince is not close to women except her, it turns out that she has such a special side!"
"Sassy and heroic, it's really special!"
Gu Zhuying stood aside, wringing the Jinpa in his hand, Wang Xiaodian was really unusual!
Others thought that she was not good at music and rhythm, did not understand poetry, and definitely did not know how to ride and shoot and the art of war, so she relaxed her vigilance.
Beiyuan Sheng and Qin Huali looked at each other and nodded, this time Wang Xiaodian is definitely going to enter the next schedule!
At the end of the archery competition, there were only 10 people left.
Back at the Jade Mansion, Yu Tianqing was empty for a moment. A few days ago, I studied archery hard, but after today, I was finally liberated. She rubbed her sore arm and saw Bei Zhiyao come to the room.
"Today, there is no government affairs?" Since becoming the crown prince, he has rarely been seen in the jade mansion during the day.
"Naturally, there is. It's pushed to tomorrow. ”
He took her and offered to help her rub her shoulders and palms. Seeing that there was still a red and swollen palm in her palm, she always had to suffer some hardships when practicing archery.
The two of them sat down at the table, and he took out the golden skin and jade dew to apply it to her. The cooling balm relieves the feeling of swelling in the palms of the hands.
He said: "Today, what is going on with Ren Jingyan's horse? He understands her, and she will never play tricks to harm others.
Her eyes shone with a crystal light, and she said, "After Gu Zhuying got off the horse, she gave me a meaningful look. I knew that it must be someone who had some conspiracy. As a result, I found a very thick gold needle hidden in my saddle! Gu Zhuying is now weak, and it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to harm others. ”
"So, you put the golden needle in Ren Jingyan's saddle?"
She nodded and said, "Yutong and Ren Jingyan, I have tried them." It's Ren Jingyan who is right, so I will treat others the way they are. "It's just that I'm suffering from being punished by my subordinates.
Bei Zhiyao saw her concerns, and pinched his fingers on her face: "Those subordinates accepted Ren Jingyan's benefits, otherwise, Ren Jingyan would not be so neat in this matter." So, you don't have to blame yourself. ”
Hearing him mention Ren Jingyan, she suddenly frowned: "You still went to help her today!" ”
Beizhiyao was slightly stunned, and suddenly laughed out loud, revealing a mouthful of neat teeth. He stretched out his long arm: "Why don't you cut off this arm?" ”
Whether it is Chen Yunhan, or Liu Qiluo, or Situ Yuan, I have never seen her care in any way.
Now, he is jealous of a Ren Jingyan, shouldn't he be happy, she finally has the posture of an ordinary daughter, does this mean that she has fallen in love with him?