Zhao Zhen didn't understand and saw that this must be a master, so he nodded again and again and praised: "Xiao Shizi is really a marksman!" ”

Xiao Shinan smiled slightly, handed the bow to the attendant, hugged his fists and said: "The Great Song Dynasty, Xun Guogong, see and smile!" ”

Zhao Yuncheng apologized slightly for his words just now at this time, and also returned the salute to Xiao Shizi.

Xiao Shinan raised his head slightly in the direction of the Western Xia team and asked, "All the heroes of the other side are heroes, can they teach them?" ”

The king of Xixia Ning won the willow shooting competition with disgraceful means, and was complacent, seeing that another prince of Nanping had emerged from the Liao Kingdom to provoke, he felt that he could not be a lifetime, and walked out of the guests of all countries, and said: "Li Yuanze of Xixia is willing to give it a try!" ”

He stood on the shooting range and said to the official Zhao Zhen Shili: "The Great Liao soldiers are strong and strong, and they are good at riding and shooting, and we are not afraid of the small country of Western Xia, how about inviting the Celestial Empire escort officer to give it a try?" ”

The official Zhao Zhen naturally couldn't lose face, and said to Cao Cong: "Commander Cao, let's also give it a try!" ”

Li Yuanze stopped loudly and said: "The Great Song Dynasty, I am the king of Xiening, and Xiao Shizi is the descendant of the Great Liao, how about inviting the Heavenly Dynasty to invite a royal family and nobles to compete together?" If you just let a mere escort play, wouldn't you look down on us as a small and remote country? ”

The official Zhao Zhen was stunned for a while, and looked at each other with Zhao Yuncheng, the Duke of Xunguo. Although Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, is the world of soldiers and horses, but for several generations, his descendants have been content with prosperity and wealth, how can there be a royal descendant who is good at riding and shooting?

Li Yuanze saw Zhao Zhen's expression, and pressed step by step, "I heard that Xun Guogong is the son of the King of Chu in the Great Song Dynasty, and the King of Chu was once the prince of the Heavenly Dynasty, presumably his son must also be extremely brave, why not try one or two in the end?" ”

His words also set off Zhao Yuncheng's infinite sadness, his father Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, was obviously the eldest son of Taizong, and was made the crown prince very early, but unfortunately he couldn't bear to witness the royal power struggle and the murder of his uncle, and he became impotent and crazy in his thirties. Later, Taizong had no choice but to choose his third son Zhao Yuanxiu as the crown prince, which was later Jingzong.

Zhao Yuncheng thought to himself: If his father ascended the throne as the emperor, he would not be just a prince at this time.

Sad is sad, Zhao Yuncheng is not confident enough in riding and archery, and he has just seen Xiao Shinan's superb archery skills, he knows that he is not an opponent, so he does not dare to answer.

The official Zhao Zhen was helpless, so he had to ask the princes in the shooting hall, "Which royal prince and nobleman wants to try one or two in the end?" Win or lose, I'm rewarded. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the generals who could fight well did not come out, because people named the royal family and nobles, and they couldn't climb high. None of the princes and princes had this ability to match the Khitan prince, so they did not answer.

Just when there was silence in the shooting hall, "Slow Song of Worshiping the New Moon" suddenly played outside the hall, and everyone looked up to watch.

I saw a dozen young girls coming in the shape of wild goose wings, they were all wearing men's clothes, blue short jackets, crimson turbans, red and green hanging belts, stirrups and flower sheaths, bright sun, fragrant wind striking people.

The leader is a person, a purple brocade twisted gold narrow robe, wearing a soft gauze Tang scarf, a gold thread brocade flower sheath, and a brocade black foot and white horse on the crotch. When the man ran to the shooting hall, Zhao Zhen fixed his eyes and saw that it was Ye Pei.

It turned out that she had already prepared to perform equestrian for the official family and the queen mother during the salute, which was considered a birthday gift for the queen mother, so she trained more than a dozen palace maids to ride horses in advance.

Since the Tang Dynasty, polo has been prevalent in the palace, and women often wear men's clothes to participate in competitions or performances, so such costumes and skills are not uncommon.

The snow-stepping black horse that Ye Pei was riding at this time was the horse that was frightened during the Winter Solstice Festival

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, after Ye Pei's training, he was already well-trained at this time. This animal seems to be quite human, as if he knew that Ye Pei saved its life, and was very close to Ye Pei.

Besides, Ye Pei changed his clothes and didn't wait for the appearance, but he saw Li Yuanze of Xixia shooting willows off the field, and he was unhappy. Waiting for Xiao Shinan to appear, Ye Pei was very happy, and saw that his archery skills were amazing, and he shouted at the Western Xia and other countries, and Li Yuanze of the Western Xia Dynasty approached the nobles of the imperial palace of the National Dynasty, so he called the prepared team to appear.

Ye Pei rode to the square in front of the shooting hall, turned over and jumped off the horse in a trick, and saluted the shooting hall like a man and said: "Official, queen mother, Ye Pei asks to play a competition!" ”

As soon as Zhao Zhen saw Ye Pei's heroic appearance, he took the initiative to ask Ying to come down, and immediately relieved his urgent need, and said happily: "Lord Ye has worked hard!" ”

The Queen Mother Liu E sat next to the official family and nodded with a smile.

On the square in front of the shooting hall, Xiao Shinan was quite surprised to see Ye Pei walk out, seeing that she was a little taller than when she first met, and she was slim. Xiao Shinan smiled and bowed and said, "Lord Ye, don't come unharmed!" ”

Ye Pei also smiled: "Xiao Shizi is good!" ”

Li Yuanze next to him saw Ye Pei, and said with a smile: "County Lord? Are you the Lord of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Ye Pei said: "I am the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager of the Great Song Dynasty, the county lord Ye Pei, and I am also a descendant of the Song Dynasty, the same as the Xiao clan of the Great Liao, the King of Xixia Ning, I came to compete with you, it is not an insult to your identity, right?" ”

Xiao Shinan listened to it next to him, and felt that Ye Pei was too good at messing around, but he knew that Ye Pei had a lively personality, so he just took it as a joke.

When Li Yuanze heard this, he thought that Ye Pei was really the county lord, and seeing that he was a beautiful girl, it was okay to win her, so he looked at Ye Pei with some contempt and contempt. said: "That king is honored, Lord Ye first, please!" ”

Ye Pei smiled slightly, "King Ning has a noble status, His Royal Highness King Ning invites first!" ”

Li Yuanze, Xiao Shinan, and Ye Pei walked to the shooting range side by side, standing at the starting point of shooting willows just now. The two guards of the Great Song Dynasty Recruiting Arrow Class ran to the hanging jade coins early, holding up small colored flags and waving them non-stop.

Xiao Shinan said to Li Yuanze: "Does His Royal Highness King Ning need to test fire?" ”

Li Yuanze was arrogant and said contemptuously: "No need! ”

Xiao Shinan said: "His Royal Highness King Ning, please first!" ”

The Western Xia attendant took Li Yuanze's customary ox horn bow and served him with a jade ring. I saw Li Yuanze draw a bow and arrow, aim for a long time, and suddenly let go. The arrow swirled towards the jade money, and it was placed on the jade money hole without hurry, and it shook a few times and finally settled, but it did not fall.

The Western Xia attendants let out a burst of cheers, and Li Yuanze let out a sigh of relief, smiled and waved his hand.

Xiao Shinan said: "His Royal Highness King Ning is really good at archery!" As he spoke, without waiting for Li Yuanze to blink, with a "bang", a white feather arrow was issued, which hit the tail of Li Yuanze's white birch arrow shaft and squeezed it out of the jade money, but his own arrow remained firmly on the hole.

Li Yuanze looked at Xiao Shinan in horror and said angrily: "Why did Xiao Shizi come from like this? ”

Xiao Shinan was not afraid, and said word by word: "Shooting willows just now, didn't King Ning do the same thing?" ”

"You-" Li Yuanze was furious, but he didn't know how to attack.

An old general in the Western Xia team glared at Li Yuanze and said something to him in the party language, Li Yuanze gritted his teeth and said no more.

Although Western Xia was self-reliant, it was still a vassal state of Liao and Song on the surface, and in the face of the disparity in strength between the two countries, Li Yuanze dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Although Xiao Shinan did not understand the party's language, he could understand that he naturally asked Li Yuanze to be cautious and not to affect the relations between the two countries.

Ye Pei turned a blind eye and only did it seriously

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It's your own business. The female officer under her offered a soft bow, brought a ring herself, bent her bow and set up arrows, and aimed and prepared for shooting.

Although Ye Pei has martial arts, he can throw darts and hit stones, and his hands are also very good. However, he was not good at riding archery, but he was only crammed for a while, and practiced archery for a period of time before archery.

I have never been in contact with this jade money, I just saw that there were no talented people in the country, and I was not convinced, so I went to the competition, Ye Pei has always been proud, but not everything can be perfect.

She took aim for a long time and loosened her bowstring. The arrow flew straight towards the jade coin hole.

It's a pity that the soft bow used by Ye Pei has a slightly poor strength, although the head is accurate, the strength is not good, but it is shaky when it passes through the hole, and it has a heavy tail and a light head.

With a "bang", an arrow flew out from Ye Pei's side, rushing to the jade money like a whirlwind of lightning, bringing Ye Pei's arrow forward, and the two arrows stopped steadily in the hole.

In the shooting hall, in the shooting field, there were bursts of exclamations.

On the dragon chair, Zhao Zhen stood up excitedly and shouted: "Okay!" ”

Empress Dowager Liu also pursed her lips and smiled happily.

Ye Pei looked sideways, Xiao Shinan put down the hard bow in his hand and smiled at Ye Pei. Ye Pei felt ashamed, and his face suddenly turned red.

Zhao Yuncheng, the Duke of Xunguo, shouted: "Great Song, Great Liao, win!" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Reward! ”

Chen Zhongyi came off the game with a silver plate again.

The Empress Dowager Liu E said happily: "Today, Ye Pei has meritorious service to the country, and I want to reward her heavily." ”

The official Zhao Zhen was very happy to hear it.

But seeing Liu E said unhurriedly: "Although I accepted Ye Pei as an adopted daughter, I have no official title, I will make you the lord of Le'an today, enter the clan genealogy, give the surname Zhao, Prince Zhaocheng has no children, so I will consider it his daughter!" ”

The official Zhao Zhen and Ye Pei were originally happy, but after listening to the Queen Mother, they were stupid on the spot.

Prince Zhaocheng is the crown prince posthumously established by Taizong, the second brother of King Yuanzuo of Chu, Zhao Yuanyou.

Because Yuan Zuo went crazy, Yuan You took over Kaifeng Mansion, and was very valued by Taizong, who knew that one day when he went to court, Yuan You suddenly fell ill and vomited blood, and died of illness within a few days after returning home. Taizong Zhao Guangyi was very sad and posthumously recognized him as the prince of Zhaocheng.

Because he died too young to leave no heirs.

Now the Empress Dowager Liu E proposes to let Ye Pei recognize Zhao as the crown prince as his father and enter the clan genealogy, which can be described as infinite glory from the perspective of outsiders. But for the official Zhao Zhen and Ye Pei, it was extremely cruel. The official family has affection for Ye Pei, if they want to propose marrying Ye Pei in the future, they will become brothers and sisters of the same clan, which is more difficult than ascending to the sky.

The official Zhao Zhen stood up, bowed down and said to the Empress Dowager Liu: "Queen Mother! ”

Liu E interrupted Zhao Zhen and motioned for him to sit back on the dragon chair with his subordinates, "The official family doesn't have to think that I have rewarded Pei'er too much, her work today can be worth the good news before the war, and the contribution is indispensable, so it should be so!" One sentence choked Zhao Zhen speechless.

Ye Pei stood for a long time, knowing that it was irretrievable, and slowly walked to the shooting hall, kneeling on his knees. She didn't want to call herself Zhao Pei, so she said to Empress Dowager Liu and the official Zhao Zhen: "Pei'er thanks the Empress Dowager for her grace, thank you for the grace of the official family!" ”

Zhao Zhen's face was bloodless at this time, he tried his best to suppress his emotions, raised his hand and said, "The county lord of Le'an is flat!" Then he turned to Ren Shouzhong and ordered, "Give a feast!" ”

Ren Shouzhong walked out of the shooting hall and said loudly: "The official family gives a banquet, and the ministers are seated!" ”

The mountain below shouted "Long live", but Zhao Zhen turned a deaf ear, and his heart seemed to be hollowed out.

Ye Pei served the Queen Mother and sat down together, during the banquet, she tasted the same as chewing wax, and finally got to the end of the banquet, and returned to the palace with the official family and the Queen Mother.

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