Chapter 235: Mounted Archery Competition (I)
Three days later, I got the news, Master Tian handled everything according to her instructions, and the tight strings in her heart finally relaxed a little, but after so many days, she still hasn't seen Nan Ruochen and Liuchen, doesn't the emperor still plan to let her see them, nor does he plan to clear up those rumors for her?
But if the safety of Nan Ruochen, Liuchen and Imperial Physician Liang cannot be guaranteed, how can she talk about revenge, not to mention, Imperial Physician Liang is the key person in the entire revenge plan, if he does not come forward to testify, she will not be convicted of the queen.
She wasn't sure what the emperor was thinking, and now, if she wanted to know whether Nan Ruochen, Liuchen and Imperial Doctor Liang were safe, she couldn't ask the emperor directly, so she could only ask one person, and that was Imperial Doctor Jiang.
took Mama Jinyun to the Imperial Hospital, but saw the eunuch next to the emperor come to pass the decree: "Guifei Niangniang, the emperor has an edict, please ask Niangniang to go to the shooting range." ”
Riding a shooting range? couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts, and she couldn't help but be surprised. Although she knew that the emperor had to ride a horse and gallop in the shooting range every afternoon in order to strengthen her body, but it was a man's world, and the harem concubines were never allowed to step in.
"Shall you go now?"
"Hui Niangniang, yes, the emperor is waiting for Niangniang at the riding range." The herald eunuch bowed and replied.
Even if this is the case, even if I am surprised, I can only go: "Then ask my father-in-law to lead the way." ”
When I arrived at the riding range, I realized that she was not the only concubine who came by order, but all the harem concubines, who were all sitting on the stands at this time, watching all this curiously. And the head of the stands is the emperor in a dragon robe, he did not change into a military uniform today, but looked at the brocade guards on the riding shooting range for a long time.
Offstage, Siming took the palace brocade guards on both sides, ready to go, full of fighting spirit.
She was more and more surprised, but she did not move, and after greeting the emperor according to the rules, she found her seat among the concubines and sat down.
The queen is also among them, since the emperor decreed that she should not meet the prince without an edict, the queen has been haggard, and she has given birth to a child, and there are faint fine lines in the corners of her eyes, which are covered by fat powder. Seeing her, the queen couldn't hide the hatred in her eyes, and her slightly narrowed eyes revealed the fine lines covered by the fat powder.
She didn't think she intended to sit down on the queen's lower seat, and after a few words of greeting with Concubine Liu, she raised her head to meet the eyes of the talented people above, and there was a joy that could not be concealed between the eyebrows, the reason was very simple, according to her suggestion, she changed her gorgeous outfit in the past, studied piano skills and cooking skills, and personally made lotus seed soup every day and sent it to the Qianqing Palace.
Fang Cairen nodded to her, with compliment, with respect, but she was not grateful, too, she and Fang Cairen had a relationship of mutual use, so how could she be grateful.
She also replied with a faint smile, and at this moment, she heard the emperor's slightly deep voice coming: "The riding and archery competition can begin, and whoever wins the top three in the competition will be allowed to take the position of chief guard and give him a hundred taels of gold." The other two gave fifty taels of gold. ”
It turned out to be a riding and archery competition, and the brocade guards on the riding and shooting field immediately rejoiced when they heard the words, and the chief of the inner guards, the chief of all the guards in the palace, was a big official position, and it was naturally a great opportunity for these small brocade guards, and they were promoted to several official positions in one jump.
What's more, even if you can't get the first, the second and third place to get fifty taels of gold is also a great reward, and all the brocade guards in the audience are gearing up, just hoping that they can show their skills.
But she sat indifferently, watching a group of people compete, but she felt bored, there were tens of thousands of people on the shooting range, and when would it be the end.
Looking at the audience casually, the first round is to shoot the target with a bow and arrow on a galloping horse, a group of ten, whose bow and arrow is closest to the bull's-eye, who wins. The top three teams from each group will advance to the second round.
Seeing such a scene, I suddenly remembered the scene when Nan Ruochen taught herself to ride a horse and archery, archery on a horse is naturally a compulsory subject, and I remembered how strict Nan Ruochen was with herself at the beginning, if it weren't for this, how could she learn so quickly and so well.
Thinking about it, the first round of the game has ended, and the winning Jinyi guards have a little more expectation and joy on their faces.
With the sound of the gong, the second round of the competition began, still riding on a galloping horse, but the target became active, still a group of ten, taking the first place to enter the next round, the previous round has brushed off most of the people, this round ended quickly.
The rest is only the last twenty people, Jin Yiwei Ben went through layers of selection when he was selected, and these twenty people were selected from tens of thousands of Jin Yi Wei, which can be described as the elite of the elite, and this competition is getting more and more intense.
Soon it entered the third round, a circle with a diameter of 100 meters was drawn in advance on the field, there was a person standing in the center of the circle, and birds were released at will in the sky, and twenty people could only ride horses outside the circle, and if the horse's hooves stepped into the circle, they would be out, and under the same conditions, whoever shot the most birdies would win.
If the first and second rounds test the accuracy of swordsmanship, then in this round also adds the ability to control the horse, which also tests the speed, precision, and accuracy of swordsmanship, as well as the reaction ability of the rider.
She has been watching coldly, she also became interested, she and Nan Ruochen in the process of escaping, also had such an experience, Nan Ruochen hunted and shot birds and beasts, she couldn't do it, so she shot the wild fruits on the tree, which was also interesting.
At the beginning of the third round, everyone held their breath to see who would end up with the flowers, and in the end, twenty people were constantly sent out for stepping into the circle for taking care of one or the other, and those who did not step into the circle did not shoot a few birds.
Among them, there is a very good understanding of the horse's heart, the restless horse became gentle under his comfort, even if the horse under the crotch became irritable under the interference of other horses, he could accurately shoot the arrow in his hand by virtue of the horse's alarm, one person almost every shot, almost most of the birds fell into his hands.
The round ended with his perfect performance, and twenty people stepped forward to salute, and the eunuch summed up the results and announced them loudly.
The three victors stepped forward to thank him: "The last general will see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”
The voice...... Why is it so familiar, although she tries her best to hide it, she can still hear it, it is Nan Ruochen! She was overjoyed in her heart, and looked carefully at the audience, and the people in the audience also raised their heads, with a hint of a light smile on the corner of their mouth! Yes, it's Nan Ruochen! It's really Nan Ruochen.
Nan Ruochen wore the red clothes of the palace guards, and did not look vulgar, adding a bit of prestige. More and more handsome facial features, faintly, with a kind of elegant.