The heat between heaven and earth is difficult to get rid of, but Zhu Qiming has a leisurely state of mind, and it is not difficult to find a moment of coolness when he drinks and feasts day after day.

During the day, the courtyard sang every day, and the sound of frolicking drifted into the ears of passers-by from time to time. And in the dead of night, there always seems to be a faint sound of martial arts practice in the courtyard, and there are often candles flashing in the courtyard, which brings some confusion to the night walkers who occasionally pass by near the courtyard.

However, few people were interested in the cold courtyard, and even the brocade guards outside the courtyard were no longer as engrossed as they had been when they first arrived, and they seemed to have been roasted by the scorching sun of the whole summer, and they were listlessly pestled there, looking confused.

When he got up early this day, Zhu Qiming finished washing and keenly captured a hint of familiarity.

"Mama Cui, could it be that Sister Xi Yu entered another courtyard?"

Mama Cui quickly prepared the vegetables, waited for Zhu Qiming to have breakfast, and counted Yin'er and Qu Qing vigorously: "Well, Miss Lu came early in the morning and is waiting in the side hall." Those two little girls only knew how to have fun around Miss Lu, but they forgot to serve His Royal Highness for dinner, and they became more and more disagreeable! That is, His Royal Highness has a good temperament, if it is someone else, how can he indulge them! ”

Zhu Qiming grinned, "It's okay." The king had instructed them that if the younger sister came to the other courtyard, they would accompany them first. ”

Hurriedly finished breakfast, left the dining room, and walked quickly into the corridor. There seemed to be a few yellow leaves falling outside the railing, and when I stopped leaning on the railing, I suddenly felt a trace of autumn coolness in the morning breeze. After a little contemplation, I suddenly realized that summer is going to autumn, and it is already early autumn.

The laughter of Lu Xiyu and Yin'er and Qu Qing floated over, Zhu Qiming woke up, turned around and walked into the side hall, and saw Lu Xiyu sitting on the side of the desk and embroidering incense sachets.

Yin'er and Qu Qing said that they wanted to embroider a sachet for him, but they were clumsy and had been embroidering for a long time without success. Just looking at Lu Xiyu's calm face and elegant posture, Zhu Qiming had a deep sense of expectation for the sachet that he didn't care much about.

Suddenly, Lu Xiyu's wrist flipped over, showing several beautiful arcs in the air, and then his pink neck hung slightly, and he opened his lips to bite off the embroidery thread. Obviously, the sachet has already been embroidered.

Yin'er took the sachet with one hand and looked at it over and over again, "It's so beautiful, it's more beautiful than the embroidery in the palace!" ”

Qu Qing stretched out his hand and grabbed the sachet, looking like he couldn't put it down, "Miss Lu's hand is so skillful, take the time to teach Qu Qingbei!" ”

Lu Xiyu wanted to say something, but when he caught a glimpse of Zhu Qiming, a faint look of shame suddenly appeared on his face, and he turned his head to look at Yin'er and Qu Qing, and pretended to command: "This is a sample, just for you to embroider, not to give it away." ”

Zhu Qiming wanted to step forward and grab the sachet, but he endured it, but finally endured it.

"Sister, let's go to the study to play the piano and play, shall we?"

Lu Xiyu smiled, his eyes swept over Yin'er and Qu Qing's faces, "You are already a forgotten virtuous king, the virtuous king should have the appearance of a virtuous king, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, wind and snow are naturally things to do in adulthood, and now the focus is on fun, in my opinion, the four of us might as well play the pot throwing game." ”

Yin'er and Qu Qing clapped their hands together, but Zhu Qiming made a difficulty.

"If you want to play, you can play new tricks, let's throw pots in different classes!" Zhu Qiming stepped to Lu Xiyu's side, "I am in a class with Sister Xiyu, Yin'er and Quqing are in a class, each person has four arrows, each class has eight arrows, and the total number of eight arrows in the house will determine the winners and losers of two classes, and the loser will be punished for drinking his daughter's red at lunch." ”

Pitching pots were popular in the homes of scholars, and Lu Xiyu, as the daughter of Lu Xi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, often played this game with women of the same age from other official eunuchs, so her skills were good; Yin'er and Qu Qing had played such games in Qingning Palace, and although their skills were inferior to Lu Xiyu, they were also proficient; And Zhu Qiming is a novice, and he can only touch the light of Lu Xiyu when he tries his skills for the first time.

Once everyone gathers together to have fun, the boundaries between master and servant are easily diluted, and there is no longer a distinction between dignity and inferiority, and there is a strict hierarchy. No, Yin'er Xu already knew Lu Xiyu's skills, so she immediately pouted, "Since ancient times, the pitcher has been a one-man competition, how can there be two people in a class?" Your Highness just doesn't want to lose! ”

"Hehe, no matter how good Sister Xi Song is, there is also this king's raw hand holding back, you are both familiar hands, together, you will have more chances of winning than this king and Xi Song sister."

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that Zhu Qiming's existence can be ignored at this time, he is sure of his four throws, and his results are negligible, and the combined results of Yin'er and Qu Qing exceed Lu Xiyu's success. Xu has figured it out clearly, Yin'er and Qu Qing looked at each other and smiled, and then nodded.

In the first round, Yin'er and Qu Qing voted first, Yin'er took the lead in taking four bamboo arrows without arrowheads, and walked quickly to the pitch position, a little certain, and even threw two arrows in one breath, and both arrows fell into the pot!

"Lianzhong!" Yin'er said proudly to Zhu Qiming.

According to the rules set by Sima Guang in the Song Dynasty, the first vote is called "Youchu", and the first two votes are called "Lianzhong". At this moment, as soon as Yin'er came on the field, Zhu Qiming couldn't help but gasp when he saw this, and opened his mouth to shout: "Yin'er's hand has crossed the line, and it is suspected of crossing the line." ”

"The slave didn't cross the line!" Yin'er looked at her feet suspiciously, her mouth was arguing, but she secretly took a small step back under her feet, and threw the arrow again, obviously losing her previous accuracy, and after the shot, the bamboo arrow touched the inner edge of the spout and popped out of the pot.

Yin'er shook her head in annoyance, took the arrow in her hand again, and tried it at the mouth of the pot a few times, but was not in a hurry to make a move. Suddenly, Zhu Qiming was shocked, so he threw the bamboo arrow out of his hand, and the bamboo arrow deviated from the target and landed two feet away from the mouth of the pot.

Yin'er turned her head to look at Zhu Qiming in surprise, and saw that he was looking at a group of birds outside the door, and she didn't think it was convenient for her to complain about anything, so she immediately stomped her feet again and again, pouting and retreating to the side.

When it was Quqing's turn to play, I saw that she was a little nervous under the gaze of everyone, and shot with an arrow, but she missed. After feeling a little calm, Qu Qing threw it again, and the bamboo arrow finally hit the mouth of the pot accurately, she pursed her lips and smiled, and the whole person completely calmed down.

"Qu Qing's next shot is very crucial, in case you miss, most of the fourth shots will also miss, in this way, you two of you will shoot three out of eight, and Sister Xiyu only needs one person to shoot four and four to win you."

After listening to Zhu Qiming's words, Qu Qing's face was nervous again when he made a move, and he really missed the third throw! As a result, Qu Qing was even more nervous, his hand was shaking slightly, and the fourth throw was too violent, and the bamboo arrow flew over the mouth of the pot and flew directly to the corner of the wall.

Qu Qing retreated to Yin'er's side gloomily.

Lu Xiyu walked past Zhu Qiming's side, and dropped a soft voice with a smile! "You're used to cheating, and I'm cheaper for you today!" Take the arrow to the pitch and stand still, a little certain, then the posture is elegant and rhythmically tight to throw four arrows in a row, all four throws are hit!

"Golden pot!" Yin'er and Qu Qing shouted in unison.

According to the provisions of Sima Guang's "Pitching Pot New Style", the four votes are called "golden pots". You must know that even when the scholars throw pots for fun during the banquet, the "golden pot" is not common, and Lu Xiyun threw a "golden pot" lightly, which is not bad!

Zhu Qiming smiled, "Yin'er, Quqing, this king is right, right?" Sister Xi Yu is really a four-shot! There is no need for this king to make a move, and my sister and I have already won! ”

Yin'er over there seemed to be unconvinced, "This round is considered a slave and a maid two lost!" In the second round, His Highness will vote first, so that the slaves and maids will not be able to see His Highness's good skills. ”

Zhu Qiming was slightly stunned, and then looked at Lu Xiyu as if asking for help, but saw Lu Xiyu turning his head sideways and only covering his mouth and snickering.

It's just fun, so why take it seriously! He comforted himself, took four arrows hard, slowly swallowed to the pitch position, turned his head to look around, and saw that the three women in the hall were waiting to see the jokes.

It's a pity that the bamboo arrow is very unlucky, and it didn't even touch the edge of the spout, and flew directly through the spout and flew into the distance.

There was no mockery on Lu Xiyu's face, but she was still laughing, and her shoulders trembled with laughter behind her back. Yin'er and Qu Qing obviously regained their psychological balance from Zhu Qiming's ridiculously bad hands, but the two of them didn't laugh, they just stared at the bamboo arrow in Zhu Qiming's hand, as if imagining what kind of big mistake his next shot should be.

The second bamboo arrow actually touched the outer edge of the spout and landed on the side of the body! Lu Xiyu, Yin'er, and Qu Qing all couldn't believe their eyes, and they all took a few steps closer to Zhu Qiming, quietly waiting for his third shot.

"It's a pity, it's just a little bit short."

Suddenly, there was a sigh at the door, Zhu Qiming followed the prestige, and saw Wang Zhen standing there with a smile, followed by Mama Cui.

"See His Royal Highness King Yue. Some days have not seen His Royal Highness, the Sprinkle family came to see, His Royal Highness just threw the pot, do not have to deal with the Sprinkle family, the Sprinkle family just saw the good skills of His Highness. ”

Yin'er and Qu Qing saw that there were outsiders present, and the thoughts of waiting for Zhu Qiming's miss were long gone, and Yin'er hurriedly said: "Isn't Your Highness always throwing gold pots, why did you miss today?" ”

"yes, don't you never miss a shot?" Lu Xiyu echoed.

Zhu Qiming shook his head at Wang, then turned around, put on a solemn look, stared at the mouth of the pot, and cautiously threw two arrows one after another, regrettably, the two arrows deviated from the target, one arrow was farther than the other, and fell directly against the wall.

Lu Xiyu, Yin'er, and Qu Qing were stunned, and their faces were embarrassed.

Over there, Wang Zhen shook his head again and again, "The Sprinkle family heard that His Highness had fun every day, and thought that His Highness must be very skilled in such a game as pitching pots, but he didn't expect it to be like this······ Alas, the name of His Royal Highness's fun must have already been passed into the ears of the children of the family in Beijing, and if there are admirers who ask His Highness for advice on pot throwing skills in the future, what should it be? ”

Zhu Qiming swept his eyes at Yin'er and Qu Qing, and said sharply: "It's all to blame for moving the pitcher without authorization, making this king lose his head, and this king will punish you heavily!" ”

After Yin'er and Qu Qing were stunned for a moment, their noses fluttered, and their tears were about to fall, and they immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

"His Royal Highness King Yue, it seems that the position of the pitcher is correct. Hehe, may Your Highness have fun, have fun, and say goodbye. ”

With a smile on his face and a deep meaning in his eyes, Wang Zhen turned around and walked out of the side hall.

Wang Zhen's footsteps gradually faded away, and Zhu Qiming smiled at Yin'er and Qu Qing: "I've wronged you, hurry up, let's continue to play games." ”