Because she had been prepared, although Sizhen was wearing a flag suit, her feet were not at the bottom of the flower pot, but on a pair of cowhide boots, she lifted the hem of the flag suit, tucked one side to her waist, stood beside the phantom, took a deep breath, and gently touched the horse's belly.

The phantom received the signal, let out a long roar, raised his front hooves, and ran lightly, and Sizhen trotted after him, grabbed the phantom's mane, rose to his feet, and jumped on the horse's back.

Getting on the horse while the horse is running is much more difficult than when the phantom stops there and doesn't move to get on the horse.

Just as Sizhen jumped on the horse, he suddenly heard a deep shout: "Kong Sizhen, they all say that you are first-class in riding and shooting, do you dare to compare with me today?" ”

"In the past few years since I entered the palace, I have always heard people say that the daughter of King Dingnan is a tiger girl of Jiangmen, and she does not let her eyebrows, dare to ask you, do you have the courage to compete with me?" Fu Lin rode a black horse, ran from the side, walked to Sizhen, he pulled the reins to his chest, stopped the horse, turned back and raised his eyebrows at Sizhen asked.

"What's so difficult about that, what does the emperor want to compare, just let the horse come!" Sizhen was already angry in his heart, and when he saw Fu Lin so provocative, he raised his chin and responded to him arrogantly.

"Huh! Aren't you afraid of being punished if you lose? Why don't we set a rule, the one who loses has to promise to win, do you dare? Fu Lin raised his eyebrows playfully at Sizhen.

"Why don't you dare? As long as the emperor loses, don't go back on his word. Si Zhenyan pointed out.

Fu Lin glanced at her and said in a deep voice: "You have no jokes, don't worry, if I lose, I will never be difficult, but if you lose, Hugh will bring up the matter of the palace again." ”

The corners of Sizhen's lips pursed a self-deprecating smile: "How can a courtier be a virtuous person?" In recent years, the queen mother and the emperor have invited people to carefully teach their courtiers, practice military books and practice military strategies, so that the courtiers have both civil and military skills today, is it possible that you are doing all this just to raise the courtiers in this deep palace, like other concubines, competing for favor and love? Your Majesty, don't you think it's a bit of a waste? ”

Fu Lin was silent for a moment, and then said, "Don't you dare to compare with me?" ”

"The emperor has been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, he has been taught by a famous teacher, he has studied and practiced martial arts, and he is good at riding a horse and hunting, and the courtiers should not be self-sufficient, but this is the only chance for the courtiers, isn't it? The courtiers naturally have to compare, even if they lose, the courtiers also hope that the emperor will understand that it is really useless for you to detain your courtiers in this palace. ”

Sizhen said, and said in a loud voice: "Does the emperor want to compare horseback riding, or archery first?" ”

"Manchurian is the world on horseback, let's compare riding a horse first!" Fu Lin was stunned before replying.

A playful smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Do you need me to let you?" ”

"Who wants you to let it!" Sizhen struck Fu Lin's horse on the ass with a whip, and the horse galloped away.

Fu Lin didn't expect Sizhen to suddenly whip it, but he didn't stabilize it for a while, and shook it on the horse's back.

As the horses galloped, Fulin laughed loudly: "Ah Zhen, are you deliberately letting me win?" ”

Seeing that Fulin had already run a few steps, Sizhen gritted his teeth, and hurriedly clamped the belly of the phantom's horse, and raised his whip to catch up.

The phantom galloped forward, hunting with the wind, and finally caught up with Fulin's horse.

"Hmph, it is still unknown who killed the deer." The moment he caught up with Fulin, Sizhen said proudly.

Fu Lin leaned in, stretched out his hand, and the whip went around the phantom's front hooves.

Tripped by this, the phantom's front hooves stepped into the air, and Sizhen was thrown off by it.

Sizhen was suddenly covered in a cold sweat, and before she could twist herself to the ground, she had already fallen into a warm embrace.

It was Fu Lin who rolled over and jumped up and caught her below.

The two of them hugged each other like this, tumbling down the road and sliding down the hillside, but fortunately, the grass grew in the deep spring, and the grass on the slope was green, as if rolling on a thick blanket.

Finally stopped the rolling momentum, Sizhen was pressed under Fulin's body, and the two met their eyes.

Last time, because Fu Lin was drunk and delirious, Si Zhen could still think that he was talking drunk, but this time she looked directly at Fu Lin's blazing eyes, and naturally understood his mind for herself.

When she rolled down, Sizhen closed her eyes slightly, and she could almost feel Fulin's breathing in her ears, and when she reached a flat place, she suddenly opened her eyes and pushed Fulin, who was holding her: "Your Majesty, please respect yourself." ”

"You said that whoever loses has to be willing to be punished, isn't it?" Fu Lin's tone was soft, but his eyes were staring at the corners of Sizhen's lips badly, and he clasped Sizhen's hands on his head with his right hand.

"The emperor cheated, if you hadn't used a horsewhip to trip the phantom, how could the courtiers lose? Besides, there is no comparison in archery, how can it be considered a loss for a courtier? Sizhen glared at Fu Lin hatefully.

Fu Lin smiled, a little stunned.

Perhaps, in this life, the closest time he got to Sizhen was the moment when he rolled down the hillside.

He let go of Sizhen, stood up, patted the grass clippings on his body, and said lightly: "You also beat my horse with a horse whip first, the two armies are against the enemy, and the result is the result, no matter what means are used, if you lose, you will lose." Since you are not convinced, then get up and shoot arrows with me. ”

Although I know that Fulin is good at riding and shooting, but Sizhen's riding and archery is practiced little by little by the king of Dingnan, and after entering the palace, I have learned from a lot of masters, and there is the careful teaching of Qi Niangzi, and her archery skills have been superb, she doesn't believe that she can't compare to Fulin!

The target pestle is ten zhang away, and each person's quiver is ten arrows, riding a horse and shooting arrows, the horse is like chasing the moon, and the arrows are like meteors.

Sizhen remembered that when she was a child, her father had asked her to practice 100 steps to wear Yang in order to train her accuracy in archery, which was also a unique skill of the Kong family.

"Your Majesty, look, there is a willow tree over there, let's see who can shoot the leaves, an arrow is not counted, the leaves must be intact, what do you say?" Sizhen pointed to a tree in the distance and said to Fu Lin.

If you want to shoot a leaf so far away, and keep the leaf intact, there is only one way, that is, to shoot the leaf stem, so thin leaf stem, by an arrow, is bound to break, the leaf will fall to the ground, when it falls, if you encounter any branches and leaves, it will inevitably be damaged.

It's not just about archery, it's about luck.

Sizhen thought that if Providence didn't help her, she wouldn't have to fight.

With such a difficult challenge, she thought that Fu Lin would have to think about it, but she didn't expect him to immediately nod and agree: "You come first, I will follow, remember, this time you can be willing to gamble and lose, and be willing to be punished!" ”

was answered confidently by Fu Lin, and Sizhen felt a little uneasy in his heart.

She immediately bent her bow at the willow tree in the distance, and the bow was almost drawn in a circle by her.

"If you want to hit the target in archery, you must shoot accurately, and second, you must have just the right amount of strength. Accurate shooting is the most basic requirement, and if you can't shoot accurately, you don't need to talk about anything else. But on the battlefield, the enemy is alive, and if you want to shoot accurately, you have to keep the same movement as the opponent and keep up with him. But it's not enough to shoot accurately, you also have to use just the right amount of force, for example, if you shoot a horse first, you have to calculate accurately, after the horse is hit by an arrow, a few steps will fall, and where will it fall, so that you can capture the horse owner alive. ”

"If the strength is not used enough, you shoot the opponent, but the opponent only scratches a little skin, insignificant, not affected at all, if the strength is used too much, the horse will hang up at that time, and the person on the horseback will fall down and die in the midst ......of the hosts, this is not a victory."

Thinking of her father's teachings in the past, Sizhen narrowed her eyes slightly, loosened her bow, and once the arrow in her hand left the string, it was like a meteor catching the moon, shooting quickly towards the willow leaf she was aiming at.

Sizhen rode his horse and galloped over, looked towards the ground, and saw that the arrow was firmly nailed to the leaf stalk of a leaf, and the leaf was intact, and his heart couldn't help but be happy.

She picked up the arrow leaf and waved it to Fu Lin, a little proud.

Almost at the same time as she lifted the leaves, a cool breeze sent a feather arrow through her eyes at lightning speed, and the arrow hit, and the leaf did not fall, and the arrow hit the leaf stem.

Sizhen was stunned, to let an arrow hit the leaf stem, and still make the leaf not fall, how accurate is this force?!

She thought that she was superb in martial arts, but she didn't expect that in this Purple Forest Forbidden City, there was a master hidden by her side.

The emperor has indeed worked the way of riding and archery, and she, if it is a weekday, she can do this step by asking herself, but today she is too eager to win, and she is a little impetuous, but it is too late.

"A hundred steps through Yang not only have to practice accuracy, but also have to practice strength, Ah Zhen, accept and concede, this game, it seems that I won by luck!" Fu Lin rode over and quipped.

It's over, even the riding and archery she is proud of has not beaten Fulin, what else can she compare with him? Sizhen was desperate for a while, and she closed her eyes slightly.

On the third day of the sixth month, the three ministers of Aobai, Suppilon, and Sonny played again, urging the emperor to canonize his concubines, and the Ministry of Rites and Rites investigated the ceremony, and Fulin agreed to their suggestion.

On the 16th, the Ministry of Rites played the canonization of the imperial concubine's ritual note, and the ritual note began with the saying "canonize the two concubines, it is advisable to use the golden book", Fu Lin agreed after reading, and ordered to play after August.

The lark looked at Sizhen, who was speechless, and quietly asked the thrush: "I heard that among these two concubines, one of them is our family's Gege, and who is the other one?" ”

Thrush looked worriedly at Sizhen, who had been cold and lonely since he competed with the emperor that day, and shook his head.

The lark muttered in a low voice: "I heard that the details of the canonization ceremony of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly mention the 'two concubines', but they don't mention their names, I really don't know why?" You say, is there any room for this to turn around? Although Sun Gongzi was set by the prince, he is a minister after all, where can he rob the emperor? Besides, the emperor is sincere, and he is very affectionate...... Hey, according to me, it's like this anyway, Gege simply follows the emperor, why bother with this appearance, which makes the emperor unhappy! ”

Sizhen glanced at her, and the lark quickly closed his mouth, not daring to say a word.

On the 26th, Fu Lin was sent to the Queen Mother of Our Lady, saying that Kong Sizhen was "gentle, graceful, elegant and dignified, and should be established as the imperial concubine of the East Palace", and asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare ceremonies as usual, and wait for the canonization ceremony.