Chapter 22: The Gambling Contract (II)
"Miss Yan is really an award, if you don't have this courage, how can you be worthy of my identity as a princess. There is another point that Concubine Ben has to remind you, you can't afford to talk about such a crime as the royal family, don't think that you are now a young lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion and can be open-mouthed, you have to remember that what you have now is just what Concubine Ben doesn't want. Song Qingzhi was reluctant to save more trouble, but in the face of Yan Heming's provocations again and again, Song Qingzhi couldn't help but say a few words.
"Yo, who hunted this, this is the biggest one now." Not far away, an exclamation interrupted the conversation between Song Qingzhi and Yan Heming.
"yes, that's amazing, let's see who hit it." The other man followed suit.
"Look, isn't this the feather arrow of His Royal Highness King Cheng?" The closest one saw the words on the feather arrow and exclaimed.
Hearing that it was King Cheng's Yan Heming's face, she couldn't hold it even more, just now she told Song Qingzhi that King Cheng is not good at riding and shooting, and now there is such a big prey in front of her, isn't this her own stone and her own foot?
Song Qingzhi followed the prestige, although she couldn't see the words on the feather arrow, but she could see the deer on the ground. The deer has a feathered arrow stuck in its head, which does not destroy the deer's fur at all, and at first glance it can only be done by a person who is proficient in riding archery, and it takes a lot of experience to hunt a running deer and kill it with such an accurate blow.
Yan Heming also stared at the prey in the distance with wide eyes, how could it be that King Cheng had hit it. This hunt will be held every year, she has never been absent all these years, usually the king can only hunt some hares, and the results are at the bottom every year, what is the matter today. I just said something like that, but now it's not about shooting myself in the foot.
Song Qingzhi looked at the scene in front of her, and was a little happy for Nangong Su. Song Qingzhi also had doubts in her heart, looking at everyone's surprised looks and what Yan Heming said just now, thinking that usually Nangong Shu did leave the impression that she was not good at riding and shooting, so everyone was so surprised. But he is obviously so powerful, why should he deliberately hide his ability to make everyone think that he is incompetent. Song Qingzhi turned around and saw that Yan Heming was still standing in place, and couldn't help but speak: "Miss Yan hasn't left yet, is she staying here waiting to bring humiliation on herself?" ”
Yan Heming was stunned before forgetting to leave, and now when she heard Song Qingzhi's sneer, she had to leave with a red and white face.
After a while, the soldiers recovered more and more prey, but Nangong Shu still only had one deer. Song Qingzhi is not in a hurry, anyway, if Nangong Shu loses, it will also be good for her. But just when she saw that everyone was surprised, Song Qingzhi actually had a thought in her mind, she hoped that Nangong Shu could win the first prize.
There was still a quarter of an hour before the end of the game, Nangong Shu rode out of the forest slowly, and the soldiers behind him only had a few hares and flying swallows in their hands. Nangong Shu returned to his seat leisurely, as if he had not participated in any fierce competition just now, but just rode a horse in the forest and looked at the scenery. There was not a trace of messiness in his clothes, as if he had not moved. The others were still nowhere to be seen in the forest, and only soldiers shuttled back and forth to bring back their prey one by one.
"How?" Nangong Shu looked at Song Qingzhi and spoke.
"Unexpectedly, I thought the prince wouldn't be able to shoot a single prey. However, looking at your current results, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult to win the championship, so don't forget to promise my agreement. Song Qingzhi calmly answered Nangong Shu's question.
"Really? Then we'll see. Nangong Shu was not in a hurry, and slightly hooked the corners of his mouth as usual.
Song Qingzhi stopped talking, if it was before the hunting meeting began, Song Qingzhi might not believe Nangong Shu's bold words, but now she felt that maybe Nangong Shu would be surprisingly unable to close her mouth after a while.
Soon the clock was over, and drums sounded on the field to announce that the game was over. The people in the forest also returned to the field one after another, and then the soldiers in charge of the prey counted the number and type of prey that each person had hit, and how good they were, and finally the results could be determined.
"Your Majesty, the results of all the participating adults have been counted, and I invite the emperor to take a look." Not long after, a minister walked to the central government with a list of statistical results in his hand.
"No, just read it out to the people." The emperor on the high seat waved his hand and spoke.
"Yes," the minister bowed his head, and then spoke again to the crowd. "Today's shooting, His Royal Highness the first three Duanwang hit all ten arrows, three Feiyan, two hares, three wild foxes, one yak, and one wolf. The soul general hit all ten arrows, three birds, two wild foxes, two wolves, and three hares. Captain ......"
"Wait, there are still prey counted...... the voice of the minister who read out the results was suddenly interrupted by a voice in the distance, and several guards struggled to drag the cow, a wolf and a wild boar to move this way. All three of the prey were shot in the eyebrows and killed with a single hit. Today, only Nangong Shu was the only one who shot the prey like this, and Song Qingzhi looked back at Nangong Shu in surprise, wanting to get confirmation in advance. But Nangong Shu looked like he didn't care about himself.
At this time, everyone also stretched their necks to see who had such a ability to shoot such a huge prey one after another. "My lord, these prey were all shot by His Royal Highness King Cheng." The soldier painstakingly placed his prey and pulled out the feathered arrows from the prey's head in front of everyone and presented them to the adults who read the results.
The minister took the arrow in the soldier's hand and looked at it carefully before turning around, "Your Majesty, these prey are indeed obtained by King Cheng." As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, if it was hunted by others, they might not be so surprised, but it turned out to be how to believe it by King Cheng, but now the evidence is in front of them and they can't help but believe it.
The emperor was also a little surprised, but he quickly restrained his emotions, looked at Nangong Shu in the banquet meaningfully, and then said with a smile: "King Cheng is also a hit in ten arrows, and he is always the shortest shot, and the prey is the largest and most difficult. Today's lottery is a dream. As he spoke, the emperor asked the people around him to give Nangong Shu the box with the green feather glass.
"Thank you, Father." Nangong Shu got up and took the box and thanked him humbly.
"You weren't good at riding and archery before, and you didn't excel in the hunting meetings in previous years, why did you study so hard this year and practice so hard now." The emperor looked at Nangong Shu with inquiring eyes and asked.
"Erchen didn't study hard, I think it's Erchen's luck today, and he met some animals who are already old and weak, so it's not surprising that he got such a result." Nangong Shu opened his mouth disapprerovantly, and actually attributed everything to luck. Such a blatant lie to the emperor, and such a sincere one, I am afraid that only Nangong Shu alone can do it.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and carefully observed the emperor's face. After pondering for a moment, the emperor just laughed and didn't do any more to investigate. Song Qingzhi felt that something was a little strange, although the monarch and the minister were different, but Nangong Shu was the emperor's son, and his child was so good now, but the emperor couldn't see half of the joy. Such a delicate atmosphere made Song Qingzhi more worried.
"Don't forget our agreement." Nangong Shu sat down again, turned his head closer to Song Qingzhi and spoke softly.
Song Qingzhi didn't answer, and the next thing was to eat wine and drink as usual. Nangong Shu really came out on top as he said Song Qingzhi's desire to ask Nangong Shu a question came to naught, Song Qingzhi naturally couldn't lift her spirits, and sat aside without saying a word.
"What, upset?" Nangong Shu asked in a low voice when he felt Song Qingzhi.
"I naturally won't be unhappy that the prince can win the championship, the prince thinks too much." Song Qingzhi shook her head and denied it.
After the banquet was over, everyone returned to the palace to rest, only Nangong Shu was still unmoving. "Aren't we going back?" Song Qingzhi never guessed what Nangong Shu was thinking, and he never seemed to have any rules to follow.
"What's the hurry, don't you still owe me something I haven't done. But I haven't thought about it yet, today's weather is also good, I didn't call you in the morning to see you sleeping deeply, now do you want to ride a horse to see the sunset again. Nangong Shu tilted his head and looked at Song Qingzhi with a smile on his face.
"Okay." Song Qingzhi did not shirk it, and readily agreed.
Nangong Shu led the horse to Song Qingzhi, directly picked up Song Qingzhi and put it on the horse, and then turned over and got on the horse. Song Qingzhi had never ridden a horse before, and now she sat in front, holding the saddle tightly with both hands and not daring to move.
"Don't be afraid, I won't let you fall off your horse." Nangong Shu grabbed the reins and attached them to Song Qingzhi's ear and spoke.
Nangong Shu gently pulled the reins, and from a distance, it looked like he was holding Song Qingzhi, which looked very harmonious. Song Qingzhi saw that the speed of the horse was not fast, and gradually lost the fear at the beginning, smelling the faint mint fragrance from Nangong Shu's body, Song Qingzhi gradually relaxed. The two walked through the forest without saying a word, and Song Qingzhi didn't see a single prey during the whole process, I really don't know where they caught those prey just now. Outside the woods, the sky was still bright, it was early today, and the sun had not yet set, Song Qingzhi was hugged by Nangong Shu and sat on the ground casually.
"For the sake of being so obedient today, you can ask me a question." Nangong Shu sat next to Song Qingzhi and spoke.
"Really?" Song Qingzhi immediately came to her senses when she heard this.
"If you don't ask me again, I'll regret it." Nangong Shu spoke.
"Did you kill my father?" Song Qingzhi looked at Nangong Shu's eyes and spoke extremely seriously.