Chapter 60: Mid-Autumn Festival Dinner (1)
After Shen Qingyan experienced a few more days of torment, he finally ushered in the Mid-Autumn Festival that he had been thinking about. Although she still needs to get up early to prepare for the dinner, Shen Qingyan is very happy, after all, after all, after surviving today, she can return to her previous leisurely days.
Shen Qingyan sat in front of the bronze mirror, letting the cui wisp behind him comb his bun, and he was bored playing with the jewelry on the table.
It has been a few days since Cui Wei returned to Shen Qingyan's side, and Shen Qingyan gave Cui Wei a big hug when Cui Wei returned to her after her vacation, and after a few days of not seeing her, she already missed it very much. And after Cui Wei returned, her life finally returned to normal, and she no longer frowned when rinsing her mouth because the mouthwash was too sweet, nor did she use it perfunctorily because there was no pastry she wanted to eat in the dishes.
"Miss, do you want to comb an ingenious bun today, after all, you have to perform at night." Cui Wei proposed while combing Shen Qingyan's hair.
"No need, I only have to perform at night, in broad daylight, it's too ostentatious, and you can help me re-coil my hair before the evening performance, but it's also simple, don't be too unconventional." Shen Qingyan shook her head lightly and refused, she has always been dislike to be in the limelight, the reason why she wants to perform is just to make the meeting between Yin Qi and Curry easier.
"Yan'er, when you act today, you must pay attention to safety." Yin Qi frowned a little uneasily, and always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
"Got it, don't worry." Shen Qingyan wrinkled his nose at Yin Qi, telling Yin Qi not to worry anymore.
After Shen Qingyan groomed, he simply had some breakfast, then got into the carriage with Yin Qi and drove towards the palace.
"Yan'er, you hold this dagger, if you encounter danger today, use it to defend yourself. Yin Qi took out a dagger from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Qingyan, "Be careful when you use it, it's soaked in poison, don't hurt yourself." “
Shen Qingyan listened to Yin Qi's words and hid the dagger in his sleeve very carefully. At this moment, the carriage slowly stopped, and we arrived at the palace.
Yin Qi half-hugged Shen Qingyan and got out of the carriage and entered the palace, still with that not very bright look on his face.
When Yin Qi and Shen Qingyan arrived in the lobby, Yin Qi and Yin Yuan had already arrived. Because Zhao Mengtong had just given birth and his body was still very weak, he said that he was ill in the future, which just made Concubine Li think that Zhao Mengtong had suffered heavy physical and mental injuries because of her childbirth, and temporarily let down her guard. Yin Xi also deliberately made a tired and troubled look to deceive Concubine Li.
Yin Yuan sat in his seat boredly, and when Shen Qingyan came, he subconsciously looked at Shen Qingyan, and his eyes never took his eyes off at all. Shen Wanyan, who was sitting next to Yin Yuan, was not angry because of Yin Yuan's reaction as usual, but glanced at Shen Qingyan very calmly, and then looked away, as if treating a stranger.
Shen Qingyan sat on his seat and looked at Shen Wanyan, who didn't look at her anymore, a little worried in his heart, I don't know how Shen Wanyan's body just slipped over the fetus, and whether it would be too tiring to come to the banquet now. But Shen Qingyan just thought about it, so she no longer paid attention to Shen Wanyan, she couldn't be so indistinguishable from her position, since she had already drawn the line with Shen Wanyan, she shouldn't be entangled anymore, so it was good for everyone.
"Please princes, princesses, move to the hunting ground." Suddenly, a eunuch who often followed the emperor came in to report.
Everyone was a little surprised for a while, and the envoy didn't see it, so he went to the hunting ground, which seemed a little impolite. In desperation, everyone had to obey the will and moved to the hunting ground.
Today's wind is a bit strong, the sky is a little dark, and the weather is not very good.
When everyone came to the hunting ground, they found that Yin Xiao and Li Guifei were already sitting in their seats, and the people sitting next to them were dressed very differently from others. The man was dressed in a striped velvet coat and a flat hat, and he was the messenger Curry.
"Guys, I'm sorry I came straight to the hunting ground so abruptly." Curry is not too old, but he has two mustaches, which makes him look more frivolous.
Everyone looked at Curry, who was smiling, and Yin Xiao, who was not good-looking, but they didn't speak. It is inevitable that Yin Xiao will be angry, this library came to Mucheng, and even the lobby went in, and he didn't say hello to everyone, so he came directly to the ranch, which is indeed too rude.
"In that case, let's get right to your challenge." Yin Xiao waved his hand impatiently, completely losing his face to Curry.
"Then the minister is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." Curry is also a bold person, and he doesn't shirk it.
"The minister's country and Mucheng agreed to compete in three games, literature, martial arts, and arts, and this first game is martial arts, so the minister came directly to the hunting ground." Curry stood in the center and said to everyone, "The minister hopes that Mucheng can send a prince to compete with the samurai of our country and compete in archery. “
"......" Yin Xiao originally agreed with the rules that Curry said, but as soon as he heard that he wanted to choose each other, he instantly wanted to refuse, if Curry chose Yin Ci or Yin Yuan, it would be no problem, but if Yin Qi was chosen, wouldn't Mu Cheng be embarrassed.
"What, does the emperor want to repent?" Curry raised an eyebrow with a hint of subtle defiance.
"Joke, I am a big country, how can I be afraid of your little trick." Before Yin Xiao could say anything, Zheng Zexian on the side couldn't help but choke back.
Yin Xiao was about to spit out the words, but they were instantly stuck in his throat, and as soon as this brainless Zheng Ze said such a thing, he couldn't even refuse at all.
Concubine Li sat next to Yin Xiao, and looked at Zheng Ze with a frown, her eyes full of anger and disgust. Zheng Ze now in order to show himself, he doesn't know what he says and does at all, which will only make Yin Xiao more and more disgusted with him, it seems that it is time to discard this chess piece.
"Okay, since that's the case, the minister will choose first." Curry was not angry at Zheng Ze's obviously derogatory language, but happily walked down the steps given by Zheng Ze.
Curry walked to the place where the princes were sitting, and his eagle-like gaze swept over Yin Qi, Yin Xi, and Yin Yuan, and finally, his gaze stayed on Yin Qi.
"Minister, choose this prince." Curry pointed at Yin Qi, but his face was facing Yin Xiao.
"......" Yin Xiao was speechless for a while, but he didn't expect Curry to really choose Yin Qi so coincidentally, and he couldn't find anything wrong. Although Prince Mucheng is known to everyone as a child, Curry absolutely does not know Yin Qi's true appearance, and as long as Yin Qi does not speak, he just sits there, no different from a normal person, so there is no possibility that Curry deliberately chose Yin Qi, and he also promised Curry before, whoever he chooses is whoever he chooses, you have no jokes, and it is impossible to regret it at this time.
After that, Yin Xiao also picked one of the samurai brought by Curry, and the candidates for both sides were selected.
The palace people set up the arrow targets one by one, and the two sides started the game. The first is the samurai brought by Curry.
That samurai was the thinnest and most non-aggressive of all the samurai So Yin Xiao picked him, however, when the samurai shot the first arrow, Yin Xiao regretted it.
The samurai immediately got into the groove at the start of the game, expertly placing the arrow on the bow, effortlessly pulling the bow apart, and then letting go of his hand, the arrow flew out and hit the bull's-eye. The samurai's movements were clean and neat, and at a glance it was clear that he had practiced archery all year round.
When the warrior shot the last arrow, Yin Xiao had already closed his eyes and stopped looking at the result. Unsurprisingly, all hit the bull's-eye. Where else does it need to be compared, don't say that with Yin Qi's ability, even shooting arrows is a problem, even if he can really shoot the heart, he must shoot down all the arrows shot by that warrior to win.
"Now it's up to the prince." Curry glanced at Yin Qi meaningfully and said with a smile.
Yin Qi still looked very ignorant, looking curiously at the bow and arrow handed to him by the palace people, as if he didn't know how to use it at all.
"Mr. Curry, the one you chose is actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yin Yuan got up suddenly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in good health, and he is not suitable for such activities as archery, I think, it is better for me to come." “
"This prince, I chose him, I don't need you to say more." Curry responded mercilessly, without even looking at Yin.
Just when Yin Qitie blushed and wanted to say something to teach Curry a lesson, he was abruptly interrupted by the sound of an arrow hitting the target, and looked over in surprise, Yin Qi was still in a very standard archery posture, and the second arrow in the bullseye was sent by him. Just when Yin Qi was shocked by Yin Qi's already superb archery skills that he had made no secret of, the previous warrior's arrow fell to the ground with a "bang".
The audience fell silent for a moment, and in a moment, cheers erupted.
"How is that possible!" Yin Xiao looked at Yin Qi in surprise, completely unable to believe that the arrow just now was sent by him.
"Enlighten the Emperor." Shen Qingyan on the side explained lightly, "Although the prince is very simple, he has also learned everything he should learn since he was a child, archery is just a part of life for him, doesn't my father know." “
"......" Yin Xiao looked at Shen Qingyan in astonishment, he really didn't know anything about what Shen Qingyan said, and in the face of Shen Qingyan's questioning, Yin Xiao now realized that he had missed so many things about Yin Qi in a place he didn't know.
After that, every arrow seemed to be like a divine help, Yin Qi hit the bull's-eye and knocked the warrior's arrows to the ground one by one.
Yin Qi finished shooting the last arrow, threw the tool to the palace people, ignored the cheers of the crowd, and went straight back to Shen Qingyan's side and sat down, his expression was very calm, it was not him who had just created a miracle. That's right, it's a miracle, that warrior's archery skills are very superb, and it is very difficult for every arrow to hit the bull's-eye, but like Yin Qi, it is very difficult to shoot down all the arrows while shooting the bull's-eye, not to mention that there is no mistake.