The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 183
Concubine Li frowned and said: "Isn't it true that the school doesn't test martial arts, only literary talent?"

General Hengyue cupped his hands and said: "This was the case in the past few years, but the princes have grown up. Literary talents are important, but martial arts cannot be neglected. Please rest assured, Empress Li, the martial arts exam is very simple and will not hurt Prince Ying! "

Concubine Li snorted softly, and stopped talking, wouldn't it be obvious that Li Ying was afraid of martial arts competitions if she continued speaking!But I was a little worried in my heart. I had been urging Yinger to learn essays, but I never cared about his martial arts. I wondered if he would lose to Prince Heng and Prince Cong.

Li Ying cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what General Hengyue wants to test us for?"

Heng Yue took out three bows and arrows and said with a smile, "Archery!"

As he spoke, a servant placed a target fifty paces away from the hall, with a very small red heart in the middle.It turns out that the princes are still young, this time they only consider the accuracy of the head, not the strength of the arms, so the targets are set closer.

Concubine Li was displeased, everyone knew that Prince Heng had been living in Lishan Garden before entering the palace, Yinger might not be an opponent when it comes to archery, so she came up with an idea and said: "Your Majesty, the princes use They are all strong bows and long arrows, they are young, and they are afraid of hurting their arms, how about changing to smaller bows and arrows?"

Seeing that the strong bow was almost higher than the princes, Li Longji frowned slightly at Hengyue's mistake, and said: "Concubine Li is very considerate, change to a smaller bow and arrow!"

Gao Lishi shouted loudly, and after a while, a servant brought up three bows and arrows on a plate, and the princes took their own ones in order.

"Start!" Heng Yue's resonant voice shook the cups on the desk.Prince Cong stood at the bottom of the steps first, with a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand. With a whoosh sound, the small arrow flew out, but it landed on the ground halfway, causing everyone to laugh.

Prince Cong blushed and retreated silently.

The Queen and Concubine Li were very happy with her performance, and a casual smile appeared on the corners of their mouths.

Seeing his dejected look, Chang Xi couldn't bear it slightly, and comforted him: "It's just archery, Prince Cong is still young, and there will be opportunities to compete again in the future."

Prince Cong looked back at Chang Xi, very grateful, and silently stepped aside.All these high sitting emperors watched silently.

When it was Li Ying's turn to play, everyone held their breaths and focused. Prince Ying's chest rose and fell slightly. Obviously, he was also very nervous. He bent his bow and set his arrow, took a deep breath, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye like lightning!

Phew—Prince Ying let out a long breath.

There was thunderous applause in the Liangyi Hall, Concubine Li was very excited, her pretty face was blushing, she was really proud of her son.

Xiao Qing took the opportunity to say: "The concubine Li is really good at teaching her children, and my ministers admire, admire!" After he guided like this, all the ministers began to compliment Li Concubine, and it was only half a cup of tea time before Prince Heng came on stage in embarrassment.

Prince Heng looked back at the Queen, and saw her sullen face, obviously very nervous. Prince Heng was sweating in his hands. He had no mother since he was a child, and he understood his situation very well. He was just the adopted son of the Queen. If he can't shine at such a moment, I'm afraid the queen won't see him in the future. He has already lost a round just now. This is his specialty, but he must not fail again.

Taking a deep breath, everyone's eyes were fixed on the arrow point, the bow was stretched to the full, Prince Heng's hand was scratched by the bowstring because of excessive force.

"Whoosh-"

The arrow flew out, drawing a perfect arc in the air, bang!It's barely half an inch off the target.

"Hey!" Prince Heng threw the bow and arrow on the ground dejectedly, his hands were still dripping with blood, he turned to look at the queen, only to see her face was full of anger, but she was trying not to flare up, her eyebrows almost raised.

Everyone was shaking their heads and sighing, but no one paid attention to Prince Heng's bloody hand.

Chang Xi couldn't bear to see that he was unloved, and waved to him. Prince Heng walked up to Chang Xi with his head downcast, and said respectfully, "I don't know what orders Wu Zhaoyi has?"

"Don't use so much force next time!" Chang Xi took Prince Heng's hand, took out the handkerchief from his bosom and wrapped it up layer by layer for him.

With tears shining in Prince Heng's eyes, he said in a low voice, "Thank you."

Seeing that Li Ying had won again, Heng Yue wanted to announce it publicly.

Concubine Li looked around all the concubines with great satisfaction, she couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear.Chang Xi wondered, this prince Heng is good at riding and shooting, why he can't hit the bull's-eye, is there any fraud in it?
Just when he was about to stand up and say something, he heard a cool voice in the hall: "That day when I was in the Lishan Garden, I saw Prince Heng shoot and hunt. I shouldn't have missed it. I wonder if the bow and arrow are not good enough!"

This voice Chang Xi couldn't be more familiar with, and every time he hears it, his heart feels like a knife is piercing.

Feng Lu said: "Mr. Xiao is questioning that there is something wrong with the bow and arrow?"

Xiao Qing wiped the sweat off his body from below, and thought to himself: What is this bastard going to do? Seeing that Prince Ying is about to win, he insists on interjecting, he doesn't want to live anymore?
Xiao Yu stood up from behind the case, walked to the stone steps, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, can I let the minister take a look at the bow and arrow?"

"Sure!" Li Longji had long been suspicious, but he couldn't explain it himself.

Xiao Yu picked up the bow and arrow that Prince Heng threw on the ground, inspected it carefully, and took the arrow of Prince Ying for a closer look, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the long arrow feathers used by Prince Heng are lighter than those of Prince Ying. , so the accuracy is biased."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone fell silent.

Li Longji said coldly: "Show me!"

Gao Lishi went forward, Li Longji held an arrow in one hand, looked carefully, nodded and said: "That's true!"

Xiao Qing hurriedly said: "Lingyu has weight, I'm afraid it was a mistake in making the weapon, fortunately His Majesty discovered it in time, why don't you shoot it again!"

This timely sentence saved the people who played tricks on the arrow very well, and it was quite convincing to everyone.

Li Longji nodded and said, "Hen'er, shoot again!"

"No!" Although Prince Heng hurt his hand, he was still extremely excited when he heard what Li Longji said. He stepped forward to pick up Li Ying's small bow, drew the string to the full, and with a whoosh, the small arrow dropped from his hand and hit the bull's-eye!

"Okay!" Xiao Yu took the lead in applauding, and Chang Xi was also very happy after the case.

Prince Heng held up his little bow and kept shaking it, obviously extremely excited, Liu Meiren let out a light chuckle, "It's just a tie, what's there to be happy about!"

Seeing that Prince Heng also hit the target, Heng Yue said, "Prince Heng and Prince Ying win this round!"

Everyone said: "Prince Ying is still leading by one round, I don't know if there will be a next round, what is the comparison?"
The queen thought in her heart that Heng Er must win this round, otherwise how to equalize the situation?If Li Ying wins on this cusp, what about the crown prince?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but fight a cold war.

Everyone was waiting to see what the next round would be. Prince Heng was also eager to make up for the disadvantages in front of him and leave an impression in his father's mind. Unexpectedly, Li Longji got up and said: "Today's big exam is over!"

Everyone was stunned, but no one dared to object to Li Longji's words.

(End of this chapter)