Chapter 49: Squeak if you're not dead!
Everyone made a bet, the palace people were holding the clay pot to leave, Gu Yuanfeng took out the string of fan pendants and looked at Su Li: "Ah Li wants to bet?" β
His tone was doting, as if he had met something interesting and encouraged Su Li to take a look at the freshness.
Chu Huai'an's eyebrows were raised, and his expression was extremely unhappy. This person's courage is really big, and he doesn't know how to restrain at all in front of everyone's eyes!
"Ben Hou's people want to bet, and the chips will naturally come out of Ben Hou, when will it be Gu's turn to make a move?"
Chu Huai'an flicked the knife to Gu Yuanfeng a few times, turned his head and glared at Su Li viciously: "Don't take it quickly!" β
Su Li didn't have any other valuables on her, only the white hosta that Su Wanyue gave her in the morning, and she reached out to take it off, but Chu Huaian impatiently threw Fang Cai's purse to her: "The hairpin is worn honestly, use this to charge!" β
The purse was quite heavy, I didn't know what was inside, Su Li didn't dare to open it, looked at the purse carefully, and finally recognized that this was Su Bangyue's work when the embroidery was first completed, and the cat pattern on the purse was still drawn by Su Li to help draw it on the embroidered bandage, but I didn't expect such a gadget to be carried by Chu Huaian for so many years.
Su Li obediently threw the purse into the clay pot: "The people's daughter also bets on Hou Ye to win." The purse was put into the jar, the corners of Chu Huai'an's lips hooked into a smile, and the child raised his eyebrows at Gu Yuanfeng like a child, but Gu Yuanfeng didn't entangle with him anymore.
The competition among military generals is fierce, except for An Jue and Chu Huai'an, Zhao Qi and several military attachΓ© rookies have bet more.
The martial arts test is not better than the literary test, the venue of the imperial garden is too small, it is inconvenient to perform, you need to go to the school field to compete, the time is almost noon, the imperial dining room has lunch first, and the geisha in the palace come to play and sing a little song halfway, and everyone is also happy.
After eating, and sitting for a quarter of an hour, everyone began to walk to the school in twos and threes.
The martial arts test is also divided into three parts, horsemanship, archery and hand-to-hand combat.
The royal school is very large, and the selection of martial champions is carried out here every three years.
Su Li and Chu Huai'an didn't go early, there were already a lot of people crowded in the field, and the female dependents also heard about it, and the Internal Affairs Office specially separated an area for the female dependents to watch the game.
As soon as Chu Huai'an Fu entered the venue, a bold young lady shouted in surprise: "The Marquis of Freedom will win!" The voice was loud and good, but there was still a hint of coquettishness, and after shouting, there was a burst of laughter from the women's area, and they only knew the direction, but they didn't know who shouted.
As soon as he entered the venue, there was such a high voice, Chu Huai'an's mood was a little irritable all morning, he turned his head to look at Su Li, and he didn't speak, Su Li was uncomfortable by him: "Master Hou, what is there on my face?" β
"The competition will start in a while, just like just now, wave the flag and shout to the master!"
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Su Li's expression was sluggish, if there was someone else covering her in the women's area, it would be okay for her to shout twice, if she wanted her to shout like this in the men's area, how would she see people in the future?
"There are a lot of people who like Hou Ye, and the voice will definitely not be low for a while, Hou Ye doesn't have to worry about it......"
"It's someone else's business if others are willing to shout, and it's the lord's business to listen to you!" Chu Huai'an couldn't refuse to say, the palace people of the Internal Affairs Office handed over a royal blue sweat towel, Chu Huai'an grabbed it and sent it to Su Li's neck: "Waving this for a while, if you don't see you waving, you will die when you turn around!" β
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When did this man become so naΓ―ve? Su Li took the sweat towel speechlessly and followed Chu Huai'an to the special viewing position set aside by the Internal Affairs Office.
This is the men's guest area, except for Chu Lingzhao, there are two palace maids waiting behind him, only Su Li is standing in it out of place.
Su Li's face was so hot that she wanted to talk to Chu Huai'an about the conditions, but when she saw that the palace people had changed to a more stable chair, Chu Huai'an put her hands under her armpits and lifted her directly to the chair.
"Shout here, you can see it at a glance!"
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Su Li squatted down and hid behind Chu Huai'an, wishing that he could block his face tightly, but Chu Huai'an was very satisfied with his arrangement, and beckoned the two palace people to watch here, and Su Li had to shout out.
Knowing that he couldn't resist this person's temper, Su Li could only pull the hem of his clothes and step back into his slippers: "Master Hou, if I do what you say, can you promise me a condition?" β
She squatted on the chair, grabbing the hem of his clothes like a little pet and talking about the conditions, which made Chu Huai'an's heart itch and feel happy: "What conditions?" β
"I want that piece of black jade, sir."
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The smile gradually disappeared, and Chu Huai'an took away the hem of the clothes that Su Li grabbed in his hand: "Are you so sure that Benhou can win??" What if you lose? β
Su Li lowered her head and responded obediently: "No matter whether you win or lose, I will help Hou Ye shout and cheer." β
The implication was that she wanted the piece of black jade, even if it made her do something reluctantly.
Chu Huai'an was so angry that he wanted to laugh, he hadn't seen him for five years, had this little thing forgotten how bad his temper was?
The palace people sounded the gong, the competition was about to start, Chu Huaian didn't have time to teach Su Li a lesson, so he only glanced at her: "I'll settle accounts with you when I come back!" β
The words fell, strode away, the palace people led the best horses to the field, in order to show fairness, who rode which horse, is decided by lot.
Chu Huai'an drew a red and brown horse, the horse's spiritual head looked good, the coat color was bright and good-looking, but it was particularly eye-catching.
Several people turned over and got on their horses, wearing sweat towels of different colors on their waists as a distinction, and another gong sounded, and the competition officially began, and several people immediately jumped out like arrows off the string.
The school field is big enough, and there are some obstacles set up in the middle, and several people have to run five laps around the field, and whoever returns to the starting point first wins.
Riding the horse and whipping, everyone's emotions rose, Su Li stood on the chair like a flock, just waved the sweat towel and was embarrassed to be embarrassed, unable to speak at all, the two palace people anxiously urged beside him: "Girl, help Hou Ye shout, Hou Ye is now taking the lead, and when he returns victoriously in a while, he will definitely give the girl a lot of rewards, and the slave family can also follow the girl with joy!" β
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Su Li opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound, but the women's area burst out one after another.
"Come on, brother! Brother will win! β
"Come on, Zhao Lang!"
These female relatives are all cheering for their relatives, which is reasonable, but the woman who shouted Chu Huai'an before did not speak again, afraid that she would not dare to speak after being laughed at.
Su Li thought that the second lap had already begun to run on the field, and when she ran closer to this side, Su Li clearly felt that Chu Huai'an glanced at herself, perhaps because of this distraction, when it came to the second lap, An Jue and Zhao Qi were ahead of him.
Thinking of the piece of ink jade that Gu Yuanfeng had bet on Chu Huai'an, Su Li gritted her teeth and shouted hard: "The Marquis of Freedom will win!" Xiaoyao Hou is the strongest! β
When training in the army, Lu Ji specially asked people to stare at Su Li to practice her breath, and she shouted in a voice that was correct and round, and her confidence was strong, which was completely different from the shouts of other boudoir women, and she overwhelmed the crowd as soon as she spoke.
Everyone's eyes were attracted, Su Li was like a mang, but at this point, there was no reason to stop, so he forcibly ignored the eyes of others and only stared at the situation on the field.
Some female relatives didn't know her identity, and when they saw that their voices were suppressed, they called their personal maids and friends to shout together, as if they wanted to compete with Su Li, and the scene was very lively for a while.
With others by her side, Su Li was not so embarrassed, and she waved her sweat towel more and more hard: "Come on, Master Hou!" Hou Ye will win! β
"Boom!"
After the last lap, Chu Huai'an and Zhao Qi arrived almost at the same time, and several palace people guarding the finish line announced after some deliberation that Chu Huai'an won the first round.
Some people sighed and some cheered, Chu Huaian didn't have much joy on his face, threw the horsewhip and walked straight towards Su Li, Su Li jumped off the chair to meet him, and before he could speak, he was hugged by the waist and sealed his lips.
Everyone exclaimed, and some old ministers were even more distressed: How can you do such an intimate thing in broad daylight and in full view of everyone? It's really immoral!
Su Li was also taken aback by Chu Huai'an, and stretched out her hand to push this person away, but she was kissed deeper, and even her breath was robbed, and after a long time, this person finally let go of her, but whispered in her ear: "Ah Li screamed so well just now, I don't know how to be in bed." β
He had never been so straightforward and frivolous to Su Li, Su Li was feeling strange, but Yu Guang saw that all the palace maids walked to Chu Lingzhao's side with a crowd, it was Su Bangyue.
Su Bangyue changed into a luxurious bird palace dress, her hair ornaments on her head were shining, and her face was made up exquisitely.
The entangled breathing became dull and tasteless, and Su Li suppressed her emotions and pushed Chu Huai'an away, having the illusion that she was a prostitute and was teased in public.
"The concubine is auspicious!"
Everyone saluted from a distance, Chu Huai'an calmed down and stood in place with Su Li in his arms, and did not move forward, after all, he was framed not long ago and said that he had stolen Su Bangyue's personal belongings, and he still had to avoid suspicion at this time.
Because Su Bangyue was pregnant with the identity of the dragon heir, after a while, she sat down with Chu Lingzhao, Chu Lingzhao hugged her and spoke, the two behaved intimately, their ears and temples grinded, I don't know what interesting things to say, she held a handkerchief to cover her lips and smiled lowly, her bright eyes were bent like a bright moon, and her low smile was also very exciting from afar.
Su Li listened, only to feel bored, but turned her head to see An Jue coming boldly.
He ranked third in this round, and even Zhao Qi didn't catch up, his face was quite gloomy, he walked up to him, and provoked Chu Huai'an in a heavy tone: "In the next round of archery, can Master Hou dare to play the second biggest?" β
His eyes were not good, Chu Huai'an pulled Su Li behind him and looked at him lazily: "It's just some inconsequential color heads, can Ben Hou compete with you?" β
"Master Hou doesn't dare?"
An Jue was excited, because of today's successive setbacks, the whole person was already impatient, Chu Huaian rolled his eyes: "Ye is happy to play with you twice, this is called face appreciation, Ye is not happy to play with you, that is the freedom of Ye!" Got it? β
Chu Huai'an has always been able to choke people to death when he speaks, An Jue's face was so angry that he couldn't find a word to refute, so he could only swallow this sullen breath.
Chu Huai's head was not happy, he didn't have the heart to care about him, he hugged Su Li and walked around to find Gu Yuanfeng, and wanted to show his possession of Su Li with a bad taste, Gu Yuanfeng was not as naΓ―ve as him, and handed Su Li the throat tea that he had prepared a long time ago.
"Just now I saw that you shouted vigorously, drink some of this to moisten your throat."
This trick responds to all changes with the same, and returns all of Chu Huai'an's provocations, and it seems that he is not at all atmospheric in terms of narrowness.
"Thank you, Lord Gu!"
Su Li thanked her, lowered her head and took a sip, the sweet and refreshing hot tea entered her throat, it was very soft, her brows couldn't help but stretch out, seeing that she liked it, Chu Huai was even more depressed, snatched the cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp, and then returned the empty cup to Gu Yuanfeng: "Master Gu, this tea is very good, after I go back, I won't send someone to send some to the Hou Mansion, all as a thank you gift from Fang Yunyanmo last time!" β
"It's just ordinary tea, so long as Master Hou doesn't dislike it."
Gu Yuanfeng responded with kindness, as if he was hiding a needle in his cotton, and he couldn't hear the sound when others hit him, but pricked his hand painfully.
Chu Huai'an originally thought that he was a nerd who was not good at words, and he was quite disdainful, but now after contact, he found that he was a smiling tiger, gentle and elegant on his face, but in fact he hid fangs, no wonder he was fascinated by this little thing.
"As long as it's given by Master Gu, I won't dislike it!"
Chu Huai'an hummed deliberately, the palace people over there struck the gong again, and when he looked at it, there were more people in the stands where Chu Lingzhao was, and the Queen Mother and Concubine An Guifei also came, and the palace people added chairs, so Su Wanyue didn't sit too close to Chu Lingzhao anymore.
An Guifei Guifei's name is An Ruolan, from the family An family, and it is also the queen mother's mother's family, the ancestors of the An family have many military generals, when the first emperor first succeeded to the throne, the foreign invaders, the children of the An family followed the first emperor's royal drive to conquer in person, and died on the battlefield many times, and then the expedition ended, the heirs of the An family withered, and the first emperor promised many rewards for the An family.
When Chu Lingzhao was still the crown prince, he married the daughter of the An family as the crown princess, and after ascending the throne, the princess was the queen, but she didn't expect the queen to be red-faced, and she died of illness not long after.
The two were originally evenly matched, but now that Su Bangyue has won the dragon heir, the weight is a few points heavier than this An Guifei.
Even the Queen Mother came, and the atmosphere of the competition was even more enthusiastic, I heard that there was a lottery head to bet on, and the Queen Mother also raised a bet, and the bet was naturally Chu Huai'an.
An Guifei and An Jue are sisters and brothers, and immediately took off the mutton fat jade ring in her hand to bet An Jue to win.
The palace man held the clay pot in front of Su Bangyue, and the palace maid behind her took a pair of jade earrings and put them into the clay pot, and Concubine An Guifei laughed lowly: "Sister Zhu Hou Ye wins?" β
She smiled at this doubt, as if it were just an ordinary question, but it easily reminded people of something that had happened not long ago.
The body of the palace people who were close to stiffened, and they all breathed as much as possible to reduce their sense of existence, Su Wanyue's face did not change, and she held her stomach with a smile: "The concubine doesn't know how to dance with a knife and a gun, but when she saw the queen mother taking a free marquis, she followed her old man to take it, and today is a festive day, whether you win or lose, it's just to have a good time." β
"That's what my sister said!"
An Ruolan covered her lips and responded, her eyes were shining brightly, the palace people finished collecting the new notes, and the gong was about to start a new round of competition, when the others were preparing the arrow target, An Jue found a palace person and said a few words, and after a while, Su Li felt An Ruolan's gaze.
Today, Su Li is wearing the clothes given by the Queen Mother, the clothes are not gorgeous, but they also make her figure stand out, especially when she follows Chu Huaian to stand in the men's area alone, looking at it from a distance, it is a flower blooming in the cold winter, and her eyes are tight.
"The beauty next to Master Hou must be Su Li, the third lady of the Su family, who has been in everyone's mouth recently."
An Ruolan whispered, Su Wanyue didn't even raise her eyelids, she only lowered her head and concentrated on eating the pastries, and didn't reply to her words, but the Queen Mother squinted her eyes and looked at it, and said dissatisfiedly: "If you don't wait for a good lady, why did she run there?" It's really rude! β
The Queen Mother's tone was very disdainful, and she didn't know that she thought that Su Li had done something wrong to make her unhappy.
Seeing that the Queen Mother didn't like Su Li, the smile on An Ruolan's face deepened, and she glanced at An Jue from afar, An Jue stepped forward and knelt down to propose: "Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." β
An Jue's voice was loud, enough for everyone present to hear, Chu Huai'an thought of his performance when he was talking to him just now, let go of Su Li and walked forward, and said quietly: "You haven't thought about whether to say it yourself, then don't say it and waste everyone's time." β
"Beware! Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, the temperament is more restrained. Chu Lingzhao reminded Chu Huai'an, looked at An Jue and said, "Aiqing has any proposals, but it doesn't hurt to say it." β
"The minister proposes that when comparing archery, you don't need to use a dead target, use a live target!"
Dead targets, i.e., fixed targets made of withered grass.
There are many kinds of live targets, the Hu people used to take prisoners as a prisoner, release the captured captives, and then several people rode horses to chase behind, and whoever shot more people was the winner.
This kind of competition has been very popular among the Hu people in recent years, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is a palace banquet, and the live target that An Jue said will definitely not be so bloody, at most let people put an object on their heads, or stand in the school yard and throw things, let them shoot.
An Ruolan probably knew some martial arts, and his eyes immediately lit up: "Live target, this sounds interesting, but I haven't seen it in previous years." β
An Ruolan is younger than Su Bangyue, about the same age as Su Li, today she is wearing a purple palace dress, although she is mature and gorgeous, she still can't hide her little daughter's attitude, she is excited at the moment, but she looks more bright and innocent than Su Bangyue.
"You, you're all concubines, why do you still look like a child??"
The Queen Mother was disgusted, but her tone was spoiled, and Concubine An Guifei hurriedly held her arm and coquettishly: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, everything is happy, how can the Queen Mother make fun of me again?" β
The Queen Mother acquiesced to this proposal, Chu Lingzhao naturally had no opinion, and was about to agree, An Jue said: "I was fortunate to see Miss Su San's brilliant writing, I was very amazed, I don't know if Miss Su has the courage to be a target?" β
He asked directly, his eyes were already crazy, Su Li didn't know what he had done, and he was going to be held to death.
"Lord An overestimates the people's daughters, and the people's daughters don't dare."
Su Li frankly refused, the woman was weak, and it was not a big deal for her to admit in front of everyone that she didn't dare.
"An Zhuwei, it was the master who beat you that day, what kind of ability is the woman who targeted the master? If you are dissatisfied, you come to the master, and the master promises to beat you to the heart! β
Chu Huai'an opened his mouth with all his muscles and bones, and after all these years, An Jue was the first to step on his bottom line, he didn't want any competition now, he just wanted to press this person to the ground and beat him hard.
This request is really excessive, Gu Yuanfeng also stood on the same front as Chu Huai'an, opened his mouth gently, and added a few more words to An Jue with Chu Huai'an's deliberately provocative words before: "Lord An has repeatedly targeted the beloved disciples of the lower officials today, and is he contemptuous of civil officials? Or do you have any opinion on women's learning? β
Not to mention the topic of civil and military contempt, Gu Yuanfeng's promotion of women's studies was also done by order, if An Jue had any opinion on this, it would be that he had doubts about Chu Lingzhao's decision.
This is said lightly, but the hat is not small.
Everyone was happy to watch the excitement, An Jue was stupid, and he couldn't talk about the two of them at all, but he heard An Ruolan laugh lowly: "Why did the mother of the palace go into the palace a few days ago and cry that her cousin was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and she was beaten by the Hou Ye, I don't know what mistake the cousin of the palace made, and he actually provoked the Hou Ye to fight?" β
What did he do wrong? He looked at the old woman's drawing book, and cut off his head lightly!
Chu Huai'an thought about it, his fist itched, but he saw An Jue replied with bad intentions: "It's because the minister has read a few books of paintings that the Hou Ye doesn't like, which annoyed the Hou Ye, and the concubine doesn't have to worry." β
An Jue deliberately raised his voice, many people present knew what happened five years ago, and there were not a few who had seen those painting books, these people suddenly understood what An Jue was talking about, and Su Li's eyes changed.
Su Liangxing personally collected those albums to burn, when he heard this, his old face trembled with anger, although Su Li had been removed, who could bear his daughter being painted into a picture album for others to see?
Gu Yuanfeng had never read this kind of book, and he didn't know the deep meaning of it, Chu Huai'an had already jumped off the school field and rushed over to punch An Jue.
He used full force in that punch, this time An Jue had already taken precautions, half a step on his back leg, and the sharp fist swept against the bridge of his nose, followed by another sweeping leg.
An Jue was swept and staggered, although he stabilized his figure, he was also in pain.
Everyone exclaimed, and the Queen Mother hurriedly stopped her: "Be careful! Stop it! β
When the words fell, all the surrounding Imperial Forest Army were waiting for him, afraid that this person would be impulsive and ignore it, Su Li rushed to the side of the school field: "Master Hou, don't fight!" β
Several generals who were waiting in the school field also stepped forward to hold the two of them, Chu Huai'an was not relieved at all, and he had to fight again, only to hear the Queen Mother say in a deep voice: "Sincerely, your mother is worried about you, she is still sick and can't get out of bed, you don't think about her, your temperament is getting bigger and bigger!" β
The Queen Mother's tone was already angry, and her eyes looked at Su Li more and more unkindly, only feeling that this woman was really a disaster, and she was determined to keep her.
Su Li was uneasy, but she didn't dare to show it, let alone take the initiative to take the blame on herself at this time, just afraid that the Queen Mother would casually find a reason to execute herself.
"Oh, Master Hou has always been among thousands of flowers, and the leaves don't stick to his body, but today he is angry at the crown and is red-faced, it seems that this Miss Su San must be a wonderful person who is stunning in the city." An Ruolan propped her head and said with a smile, turned her head to look at Su Li and said, "Miss Su, can you approach and let the palace take a closer look?" β
The words were questioning, but after speaking, a palace person walked straight towards Su Li, if Su Li didn't comply, I was afraid that she would be forcibly escorted over.
Knowing that she couldn't hide, Su Li obediently walked over, the stands here were higher, Su Li had not yet knelt down to salute, An Ruolan had already spoken: "No need to be polite, raise your head and let the palace take a look." β
Su Li raised her head and let An Ruolan's gaze fall on her face, she looked very straightforward, her eyes were also bright, and there was no unsatisfactory malice.
After looking at it, she bent her eyes and smiled: "Sure enough, she is a beauty, and she is similar to Sister Guifei." After speaking, he was relieved again: "Miss Su is so good-looking, it must be my cousin who has done something reckless to make Xiaoyao unhappy, and this palace is here to make amends to Miss Su for him first." β
An Ruolan looked informal, apologized first, and then casually took off the silver bracelet on his wrist and asked the palace people to give it to Su Li.
The silver bracelet still has residual warmth, as well as the fragrance of beauty, in a simple move, it dissolves the stagnant atmosphere of the scene, and is generous and decent, and easily lifts the things An Jue has done, if Chu Huai'an holds on to this matter again, it will be too stingy.
"The folk girl knocks on the concubine Niangniang."
Su Li knelt down to thank her, An Ruolan smiled and let her get up, her smile was bright, but the words she said in the next moment were not as moving as this flower and moon.
"This palace has also heard of Miss Su's talent and reputation, and knows that Miss Su is not an ordinary woman, I wonder if I can be lucky enough to see Miss Su's excellence today?"
She asked in a fair and honest manner, and only then did she put down her body and apologize to Su Li, and at this moment she was full of praise, at this time, if Su Li shirked again, it would be pretentious, and she would also save her face.
The bracelet on her wrist became hot, and Su Li was slightly blessed: "The concubine Niangniang praises falsely, the folk girl is ashamed to be ashamed, the Hou Ye and Lord An have a conflict, the folk girl does have a responsibility that cannot be shirked, and the folk girl is willing to be a live target to resist." β
Su Li's words are also skillful, she went to be the target because of the dispute between Chu Huaian and An Jue, not because she was bold, and the previous shirk was not cowardly.
After listening to her, An Ruolan smiled even more on her face, and turned her head to whisper to Su Wanyue: "Sister, this third sister is a clever person. β
Su Wanyue didn't answer, just lowered her eyes and sat quietly, as if everything that happened now had nothing to do with her.
An Ruolan was used to seeing her posture, and she didn't feel embarrassed, remembering what had just happened, she said in a low voice: "This palace heard that Miss Su San was kidnapped by bandits five years ago and lost her body, but today Lord Hou and Master Gu are competing to stand up for her, it seems that her methods are much better than her sister!" β
"My sister is envious?" Su Wanyue finally replied in a low voice, her tone was light, with mockery in it.
An Ruolan smiled more and more cheerfully, took a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth: "When you enter here, from your body to your heart, even the dead soul belongs to Your Majesty, what is there to envy in this palace?" β
After speaking, he stopped talking, and only concentrated on watching the competition.
Su Li entered the school field under the guidance of the palace people, Chu Huai'an shook off Zhao Qi and them, walked straight towards Su Li with a calm face, and was about to go out with her, but was pulled by Su Li.
"What does Master Hou want to do?"
"Didn't you let you stay honest? Is this the place for you? Chu Huai'an roared angrily, his voice was so loud that Su Li's eardrums were buzzing, the sore spot in Su Li's heart was poked repeatedly, and Su Li's temper was not very good.
"Things have come to this point, and now that so many people are watching, does Master Hou want to take me to the prison of Dali Temple for the New Year?"
The Queen Mother was already angry just now, although Chu Lingzhao did not reprimand, but the silence was even a tacit approval of the Queen Mother's attitude towards Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an is the emperor's family, but the person who really sits in power is Chu Lingzhao.
Besides, if Chu Huai'an really wants to disobey Su Li's holy order today, it would be too unreasonable to spread it.
Chu Lingzhao can spoil him, but he will never let him mess around for a woman whose reputation has been ruined.
Chu Huai'an's face was pale, his hand holding Su Li kept tightening, his wrist was a little painful, Su Li took a step towards Chu Huai'an, leaned into his ear and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Master Hou did this step for me, in the eyes of others, it is already extremely affectionate, and there is no need to continue acting." β
Whether he wanted to take the opportunity to let everyone whitewash his relationship with Su Bangyue, or wanted to test whether Su Bangyue would be jealous, what he had done before was enough.
Any more, and that's it.
"You think I'm acting?"
Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth and asked, his eyes were full of disbelief, Su Li didn't explain again, broke away from his hand, turned around and left with the palace people.
When the first emperor was alive, he often organized hunting and cavalry, and there were also live targets in the palace for people to try and play.
The live target is to use two huge arrow targets to make something like a turtle shell, drilled into it by a person, move quickly with the target shell on its back, when the competition is played, there will be different color marks on the arrow arrows of different people, and so on the end of the competition, look at the number of arrows in the color of the arrows to distinguish the winner or loser.
The shells are heavy and are usually used by the Rangers, as they are fast, agile and have the highest difficulty in the competition.
No woman has ever done a live target, so the target shell is too large and heavy for Su Li, and it is not easy to walk with the target shell on her back.
The palace people took her to wait for her, Su Li came to the field only to find that she was not the only one who was on the field, and then seven Royal Forest Army came up one after another to make a live target, and the seven people also saw a woman as a live target for the first time, and they all looked at Su Li curiously.
Su Li then remembered that there are usually seven or eight people in charge of live targets, and there is only one arrow target to really shoot, and there will be red marks on the arrow target, and it can also shoot the target target in the case of interference, which is the real archery skill.
She forgot to look for a color mark on her target shell when she was carrying it, and if she was a target, she would definitely get the most attacks in a moment.
However, she couldn't help but think about it, the gong sounded, and the competition officially began.
Su Li ran forward vigorously with the target shell on her back, and after a while, she heard the sound of a tuk tuk hitting the target in front and behind.
Since An Jue has made great efforts to let her come down to be a live target, she will definitely not let her go easily, whether she is a target or not, once she is slow, it will expose the weakness of a woman's physical strength that is not as good as a man's, and An Jue will definitely aim at her to shoot.
Although so many people watched, he was not good at blatant revenge, but there was a target shell in the way, and it was easy for him to shirk and say that it was an accident.
It's just an accident, who can still pull the young master of the An family to pay for her life?
So Su Li can only protect herself.
The time of the archery competition is a stick of incense, and if there is wind today, the incense will burn a little faster than usual, and that point is better than nothing for Su Li.
The target shell is thick and heavy, so that the target shell will not fall off easily, the person who gets into it will tie the target shell to the body with a hemp rope thick as the baby's wrist.
The hemp rope is rough, even through the winter clothes, the skin hurts, and soon the skin is worn out, the body sweats during the running, and the sweat stains soak into the wounds.
Su Li gritted her teeth and insisted, suddenly stumbled under her feet, and the whole person fell forward.
"Hurry up!"
Someone shouted in a low voice, his tone was a little anxious, and Su Li also wanted to get up, but her hands and feet couldn't stretch out the target shell, and she couldn't move.
And not long after lying down, two sounds of arrows immediately sounded on his back.
Those two arrows were shot by An Jue.
He didn't expect Su Li's physical strength to be so good, after entering the field with the target shell on her back, she was no different from other live targets, and fortunately, she was not a target target, so she received fewer attacks at first, if it wasn't for someone who fell and tripped her just now, I'm afraid that by the end of the game, An Jue wouldn't be able to find where Su Li was.
An Jue and Su Li actually don't know each other, his impression of her was originally just on those romantic albums, after seeing real people in the racecourse last time, he found that she was better than the albums, and said a few words out of the psychology of pleasing Chu Huai'an, but he didn't expect the horse's fart to be slapped on the tiger's buttocks and was beaten by Chu Huai'an.
The An family because of the war with the first emperor, the heirs withered, to their generation, they have been spoiled a lot since childhood, although An Jue's official position is not high now, but with the background of the An family and An Guifei, he has never seen people's faces and acts, he looks down on Su Li, but Chu Huaian beat him because of a person he despises, and he has a grudge against Su Li in his heart.
Seeing Chu Huai'an bring Su Li to his side today, he originally just wanted to make Su Li ugly, and it was just a matter of repaying the revenge of that day, but he didn't expect Zhao Hanzhuo to stick in and put Dali Temple's hand into the military intelligence department.
This successive setbacks made him a little unbearable, and if he didn't teach Su Li a lesson with his own hands, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart!
Thinking of this, An Jue pulled a full bow and aimed at the target lying in the field that had not gotten up for a long time.
The ancestors of the An family also produced a lot of generals, but because there were not many heirs, the elders in the family ordered them not to lead troops to the battlefield, so they deliberately restrained themselves on weekdays.
So far, no one knows that An Jue's arm strength is outstanding, if the bow is full, at such a distance, an arrow can penetrate the target shell and hit the person hiding inside.
With killing intent in his eyes, he aimed at the bull's-eye, let go, and the black arrow immediately galloped away from the string, this blow must be hit, even if Su Li does not die, he will definitely be seriously injured.
Seeing that the arrow was about to hit the target, the corners of An Jue's lips hooked slightly, but the next second the smile froze, and a blue arrow feathered through the air, breaking the black arrow from it and blocking it in front of the target shell.
"Lord An, the red one is the real target to shoot, what are you aiming for?" Chu Huai'an kept the posture of archery and asked with a smile, half of the competition time had passed, and he had shot a lot of arrows, but his face had not changed at all, and he looked effortless.
As a military general, An Jue is still practicing on weekdays, and it is natural that he is comfortable with this kind of competition, but Chu Huai'an, a person who often lingers in the beauty country, how can he have such good physical strength?
An Jue became suspicious, and immediately set up an arrow in his hand to aim at Su Li, Chu Huai'an naturally did not fall behind, and aimed at An Jue's arrow.
Let go, the arrow sped away, only to be cut off again in the air.
The spectators quickly noticed this, and all of them craned their necks to see what was going on, and some of them exclaimed, "There is a target that has fallen to the ground and can't get up!" β
It's A-Li!
Gu Yuanfeng's heart tightened, and he subconsciously stood up, his shoulders suddenly sank, but it was Lu Guogong who held him down: "That girl will find a way, Master Gu has done enough today, no matter how much, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse for that girl." β
Lu Guogong was extremely proficient in the art of war when he was young, although he had only met Su Li twice, but with the article Su Li made in the morning, Lu Xiao would not have watched Su Li have an accident.
The situation between the DPRK and China is chaotic, and it is good to have one more person to speak for the border soldiers.
Lu Guogong has almost lived a life of seclusion in recent years, and now it is not easy to be willing to persuade him, Gu Yuanfeng suppressed his worry and was surprised and sat back: "Lord Xie Guogong mentions." β
Seeing that he was not as impulsive as Chu Huai'an, Lu Xiao showed satisfaction in his eyes, sat down next to him, and asked casually, "That girl was taught by you?" β
"Yes."
"Look at that girl's temperament, it should be a headache to teach."
"It's okay, it's just that sometimes I like to drill the horns." As he spoke, he remembered that many years ago, the childish little girl was beaten up, and she didn't forget to stare at him angrily with tears in her eyes, and her heart was filled with shallow pity.
"It's good to drill the horns." Lu Xiao sighed with a smile, and seeing that Gu Yuanfeng was puzzled, he happily added: "Only those who know how to drill the tip of the horns can be the daughter-in-law of my Lu family!" β
Gu Yuanfeng: "......"
Lord Guogong, do you have some misunderstanding about something?
Gu Yuanfeng was speechless, there was another commotion in the viewing area here, and Su Li actually poked her head out of the target shell.
Chu Huai'an had just intercepted An Jue's arrow, but he didn't prevent others from aiming at the red target, and when the arrow came over, it was nailed to a step in front of Su Li's head.
"Su Li, you retracted my head and hid it! Don't give Lao Tzu death! β
Chu Huai'an drank vigorously, drew three arrows and put them on the bow, and at the same time looked at An Jue with cold eyes: "The red target is the target target, she is my person, if An Jue dares to aim at her again, Ben Hou's arrow will not necessarily shoot anywhere." β
"There are so many people on the field, and the lower officials didn't see what happened just now."
After An Jue finished playing a scoundrel, he slowly pulled out an arrow and put it on, Chu Huai'an tensed and tightened the string, but Yu Guang saw Su Li stretch out his hand from the target shell and wave the royal blue sweat towel he gave her before.
The sweat towel is made of fine tribute brocade, the color is bright and reflects the light, it is such a momentary time, An Jue shot the arrow, Chu Huaian took a step slowly, the blue arrow and the black arrow staggered, seeing that the black arrow was about to hit the arrow target, but the arrow target turned over with great difficulty.
The arrow blade that refracted the cold light grazed the target shell, and the royal blue sweat towel was nailed to the ground at a tricky angle, and a little blood was splashed on the sweat towel.
Chu Huai'an's pupils constricted, the palace people happened to sound the gong, and when the competition ended, Chu Huai'an couldn't hear what others said, so he just ran towards Su Li desperately.
The target shell was made strong, and he couldn't do anything about it, but he felt that Su Li was shrinking into the shell like a turtle at this moment, so that he couldn't see anything.
"Su Li, give Lao Tzu a squeak if you don't die!"
Chu Huai'an lay on the target shell and roared.