Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 2 The amazing bow-drawing
The history of this world before the end of the Ming Dynasty is consistent with Yuan Qingbai's previous life.

However, the dynasties after the Ming Dynasty were not the Qing Dynasty established by the Manchus, but the Zhou Dynasty established by the Han people.

However, the Zhou Dynasty was similar to the Qing Dynasty in many places.

Yuan Qingbai wanted to come here, perhaps because although "A Dream of Red Mansions" written by Cao Gong pointed out that "the age of dynasties and the loss of geographical countries are unknown," the dynastic background of the world of Red Mansions mainly integrates the Qing Dynasty.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there have been regulations that all the children of the clan, especially the direct bloodline, must pay attention to both reading and martial arts.

In addition, as the palace of the prince, Yiqin Palace can be equipped with 20 palace guards, 200 palace soldiers, as well as household military attachés such as chief historians, Sanqi Lang, and Dianyi.

These people need to practice every day.

Therefore, a large martial arts training ground was opened in Prince Yiqin's palace.

The martial arts training ground is located on Wangfuwaifu East Road, adjacent to the stable.

When Yuan Qingbai, who looked somewhat heroic in his splendid attire, came to the martial arts training field, there were more than 20 guards and soldiers practicing martial arts on the field, either holding bows and shooting arrows, or dancing with swords and clubs...

Seeing Yuan Qingbai's arrival, the guards all called him "Mr. Bai". Although some people were reluctant, Yuan Qingbai was the prince's brother and the son of the third prince after all.

However, this group of guards all knew that Master Bai was not taken seriously by the third prince. If the third prince succeeded to the throne in the future, Master Bai would be able to become a prince and have the opportunity to become a county king or even a prince. Otherwise, it will probably be an idle royal family in the future, and the chance of the third prince becoming the legitimate heir is not high.

Yuan Qingbai walked up to Tang Yue and asked, "Instructor Tang, is the bow in your hand a fifteen-power bow?"

Tang Yue was born as a martial arts scholar. He was assigned to the second-class guard of Yiqin Prince's Palace. Now he is a first-class guard. From a third-grade military attache, he is the martial arts instructor selected by the third prince for his four sons.

Tang Yue nodded: "Exactly."

Yuan Qingbai said: "Please, Master Tang, lend me this bow."

Tang Yue was surprised: "Brother Bai, you actually want to draw a fifteen-strength bow?"

The fifteen-strength bow is not simple!

"Force" is a unit of weight in Dazhou.

In the Great Zhou Martial Arts Examination, the twelve-strength bow was used as the standard, and the fifteen-strength bow was an advanced version.

People who can draw a fifteen-strength bow are rare. They are physically strong and have extraordinary physical strength.

It is even more powerful if it can draw a fifteen-strength bow and fire multiple arrows in succession.

Emperor Jing'an was both talented in both civil and military affairs. He was once able to draw a fifteen-strength bow and shoot thirteen arrows in a row. He was always proud of this.

But this happened many years ago when he was in his prime. Now that he is old and frail, it is difficult for him to draw a fifteen-strength bow.

Tang Yue thought about it. Although Yuan Qingbai was in good health, he was only twelve years old after all, and he had always been lazy in martial arts. If he wanted to draw a twelve-strength bow, he didn't know that he would have to wait until the monkey year and horse month. How could this kid make a fifteen-strength bow?

Yuan Qingbai said: "I want to see if I can win her back."

Many of the more than 20 guards present were secretly criticizing, thinking that Yuan Qingbai at this moment was ridiculous.

Tang Yue said: "Brother Bai, now you have even drawn a twelve-strength bow. How can you draw a fifteen-strength bow? If you want to practice your skills and bravery, you should first try to draw a ten-strength bow."

Yuan Qingbai said: "Excuse me, Coach Tang, please lend me the fifteen-strength bow to try. It's just a try. If it doesn't work, I will use the ten-strength one."

Tang Yue couldn't help but cursed, but he didn't refuse and handed the fifteen-strength bow to Yuan Qingbai.

Yuan Qingbai first tried the feeling, then attached an arrow, pulled it hard, and fired it!

Suddenly, the fifteen-strength bow was pulled away!

There was a whoosh, followed by a muffled thunder-like sound, and with lightning speed, the arrow flew towards the target in the distance.

The charm of this arrow made the guardsmen all stunned.

The sunlight at this moment seemed to become particularly strong and dazzling.

At this moment, Yuan Qingbai seemed to be covered with dazzling sunshine.

Tang Yue's eyes widened in shock.

However, the arrow missed the target and failed to hit the target.

But Yuan Qingbai was already satisfied because he could really pull the fifteen-strength bow.

With a burning passion, Yuan Qingbai shot eleven arrows in succession with his fifteen-power bow.

As a result, a total of twelve arrows were shot, only two of them hit the target, and none of them hit the bullseye.

"Well, even though I'm very physically fit now, hitting the target in archery still requires hard work and practice."

Yuan Qingbai sighed secretly.

Even so, everyone in Tang Yue was still shocked.

Drawing a fifteen-strength bow and firing twelve arrows in a row, this was already comparable to that of Emperor Jing'an in his prime. Looking at the more than 200 guards and soldiers in Prince Yiqin's palace, there were very few people who could do this.

In fact, Yuan Qingbai estimated that he would not have a problem even drawing an extremely powerful seventeen-power bow or even an eighteen-power bow.

In this life, he not only wears good tires, but also has a golden finger, that is, he has strong physical fitness!

He is suitable for taking the path of a military general, but he is the grandson of the emperor!
This golden finger is not very bizarre.

Many people who have traveled through ancient times have this kind of golden finger, which is far inferior to the system flow and the immortal cultivation flow.

This golden finger is naturally useful, and its usefulness is not small, but Yuan Qingbai's rise in this life mainly depends on himself, otherwise he will be just a reckless man with high martial arts value.

At the beginning, this golden finger was very convenient for him, allowing him to take a shortcut and jump up to a considerable height...

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...After an astonishing performance in the martial arts field, Yuan Qingbai did not sink into the admiration and praise of the guards and returned to the courtyard where he lived.

He was thinking about Yuan Qingzhe.

But Yuan Qingzhe has left.

"Where is Second Master Zhe?" Yuan Qingbai asked Lingxue.

"He only stayed in Third Master's study for a moment and then left." Lingxue said truthfully.

Yuan Qingbai thought "haha" in his heart, confirming one of his speculations.

In fact, Lingxue also had the same speculation as him, but Lingxue was a stable maid. This speculation was hateful and terrifying. She did not dare to say it, even in front of Yuan Qingbai.

Yuan Qingbai walked into the study and came to a locked cabinet.

As he looked at the cabinet, he sighed in his heart: "Yuan Qingzhe probably stole the property inside!"

Three years ago, when the original owner's biological mother, Su Zhiwan, died of illness, she begged the third prince and left a cabinet of belongings to the original owner, including some of her jewelry.

Since the original owner was only nine years old at the time, although the third prince agreed to place the cabinet's belongings next to the original owner, he gave the key to Princess Xiahou for safekeeping.

Xiahou is Yuan Qingzhe's biological mother.

The original owner once suspected that Yuan Qingzhe got the key from his biological mother Xiahou, secretly opened the cabinet in his study, and stole the belongings inside.

Now Yuan Qingbai speculated that Yuan Qingzhe might have come to steal property again.

"Stealing the property left by my biological mother in this life. Once this matter is exposed, the third prince will be very dissatisfied with Yuan Qingzhe, and it will even affect the image status of his biological mother Xiahou in the third prince's heart!"

"In the long run, if the third prince takes over and becomes emperor in the future, this matter will even affect Yuan Qingzhe's chances of succeeding to the throne."

Yuan Qingbai thought to himself.

He knew that the third prince was both a strict father and a severe and mean person.

The principle of "it is the fault of a son not to teach his father" does not work in Prince Yiqin's palace. The third prince has always been busy, and his most valued legitimate son Yuan Qingzhe is mainly taught by the Xiahou family.

This means that Yuan Qingbai has a handle against Yuan Qingzhe and even Princess Xiahou...

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Emperor Jing'an liked to let his sons participate in politics.

He believed that an important reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was that the emperor granted the princes kings and fiefs, and raised them to be rich, honorable, sensual and sensual men.

He also values ​​family ties.

In today's Great Zhou Dynasty, not only the prince is involved in politics, but also many princes are involved in politics.

Two factions were also formed, one was the princeling party and the other was the princeling party.

The third prince, Prince Yiqin, is not a member of the princeling party, but a member of the princeling party.

It's not that he respects the prince much, he respects his father, Emperor Jing'an.

He believed that since the prince was the crown prince appointed by Emperor Jing'an, he should follow the prince and crown prince.

The third prince has always been known for his hard work, and he is worthy of the word "diligence" in "Prince Yiqin". He is also the backbone of the princelings, so he is naturally busy.

On this day, the third prince was busy until six o'clock in the evening before returning to the palace. After returning to the palace, he asked the chief historian Lu Yanzhong: "Is there anything important in the palace today?"

Lu Yanzhong said: "There is something, I don't know if the prince cares about it."

The third prince asked: "What's the matter?"

Lu Yanzhong said: "Today Mr. Bai went to the martial arts training ground to practice martial arts. He actually drew a fifteen-strength bow and fired twelve arrows in succession."

The third prince's face suddenly turned cold: "You bastard! You're joking with me about something like this!"

The third prince is not physically strong. Although he has practiced martial arts diligently, his martial arts has always been mediocre due to his limited talent. It is a luxury for him to draw a fifteen-power bow, let alone fire twelve arrows in a row.

Now tell him that his twelve-year-old son who doesn't like to practice martial arts has done this kind of thing, how can he easily believe it?

He knew that if a twelve-year-old boy could do such a thing, he would be an absolute martial arts wizard.

Lu Yanzhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how dare I joke with you about such a thing."

The third prince said sternly: "You're not joking, it's Qing Bai who is deceiving."

Lu Yanzhong carefully explained: "It's not like Master Bai is causing trouble. There were many guards and soldiers on the martial arts field today who saw it with their own eyes, including Coach Tang. The fifteen-strength bow that Master Bai held was given to him by Coach Tang in person." Made.”

The third prince was surprised. If this was the case, then this matter was probably true.

However, he didn't pay much attention.

He was really tired today. If the person who drew the fifteen-strength bow and fired twelve arrows in succession was not Yuan Qingbai but Yuan Qingzhe, or his fourth son Yuan Qingsong, he would have immediately summoned him to investigate.

But this matter was done by Yuan Qingbai, and the third prince was no longer so anxious now, and was ready to inspect it in person another day when he was free.

Without asking any more questions, the third prince stepped into the inner palace of the palace. He asked his close servant Wei Erniu to wash his face and soak his feet before going to bed. He didn't even think about looking for a concubine to sleep with him.

The third son of the emperor, who is over 40 years old, is a career guy and not greedy for beauty.

What he didn't expect was that today's bow-drawing incident would be known to his father, Emperor Jing'an, the next day...

(End of this chapter)