The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 45 Unexpectedly
Li Yu's face turned cold all of a sudden: "You dare to threaten me?"

"I didn't!" Fang Zhilin lost all face today. Ye Zhaoqing, who originally wanted to calculate, was spurned by others, but she didn't expect Li Yu to intervene in the end. It all fell on her. How could she be reconciled?
Fortunately, she is quite satisfied with her pot-throwing skills, and today she can only use this opportunity to make it back.

If you're lucky, you can take this opportunity to teach Na Ye Zhaoqing a lesson!
"You really want to compete with her that much?" At this moment, Li Yu asked suddenly.

Fang Zhilin nodded immediately: "This is natural!"

"What if you lose?" Li Yu asked.

Fang Zhilin snorted coldly and said: "If I compare with you, my cousin, I might lose, but how could I lose against her!" Then, she paused and said: "It's not the way to just bet like this. Lucky head!" She said, untied a string of pearl powder necklace from her neck and said: "This string of pearls was given to me by my aunt on my birthday, and it is worth tens of thousands of gold, so I will gamble with it!"

Everyone gasped when they saw the string of pearls, this is the best stuff!Fang Zhilin is really generous enough to gamble with what Empress Concubine Rong gave her.

Unexpectedly, Li Yu glanced at the bead, but smiled: "Cousin, if you really want to compete, then you can change it, be sincere, this is a reward from your mother and concubine, even if Miss Ye wins you, She doesn't dare to ask for this pearl?"

"How can my cousin be sure that she can win? What if she loses?" Fang Zhilin snorted coldly and said, "This pearl is worth tens of thousands of gold. If Miss Ye wins by chance and dare not take it, I will give it to you." How about paying her 3 taels of silver?"

She is full of confidence, she doesn't believe that Ye Zhaoqing can compare to herself!

"Okay!" Li Yu got excited, and while calling everyone to bet, he went upstairs by himself.

Fang Zhilin looked at the back of him leaving, with a full smile on the corner of her mouth.

Today, she will definitely make Ye Zhaoqing lose everything!It's best to be kicked out by the Ye family!

No, Ye Zhaoqing has already been kicked out by the Ye family, and now lives in the Lin family.

Let's see, when she owes a huge debt of tens of thousands of yuan, will the Lin family dare to take her in!
A hint of malice flashed in Fang Zhilin's eyes.

When Li Yu came to the box, he saw a few people sitting there drinking tea, their expressions were very calm.

He took a look at Ye Zhaoqing, without talking nonsense, and said directly: "If you have the guts to go out and compete with Fang Zhilin, I promise you that you can go to Jokhang Temple to visit Huahua every half a month."

"Is this true?" Ye Zhaoqing immediately looked up at him.

Li Yu nodded, but a bit of bitterness welled up in his heart.

He treats this woman well in every possible way, and cares about her wholeheartedly, but in the end it is not as important as a beast in her heart!

The more readily Ye Zhaoqing agreed, the more unhappy he felt.

"Okay, then I'll give it a try." As expected, Ye Zhaoqing nodded without hesitation, but glanced at Li Yu and said, "Let me tell you first, I only need to participate in the competition, no matter whether I win or lose, His Highness will not allow me to go back on my word." !"

Murong Jin added with a smile from the side: "Miss Ye, Miss Fang wants to bet money with you. If you lose, the Tan family will go bankrupt! Your Highness won't care about it."

"It's okay." Ye Zhaoqing shook his head and said, "I have my own way to guarantee that I won't lose money."

Li Yu originally thought that Ye Zhaoqing would be afraid, angry, and unhappy, but he never thought that she would be so confident and confident.

It was different from any woman he had ever seen before!
Li Yu smiled, very happily: "Of course I won't go back on what I said!"

"Okay!" Ye Zhaoqing stood up from the chair all of a sudden, nodded to Li Yu, and walked towards the door.

Li Yu didn't expect her to leave so simply, he was taken aback for a moment and then stood in front of the window.

From this direction, you can see the stairs. The woman walked downstairs steadily step by step with her head held high, and there was even a smile on the corner of her mouth.

This appearance doesn't look like participating in a competition with others, but like taking a walk in the courtyard.

Li Yu couldn't help but hooked the corner of his mouth again.

"Murong! Go! Ask someone to bet 1 taels of silver, and I'll bet on Miss Ye to win!" He turned his head and glanced at Murong Jin.

Murong Jin was taken aback at first, and then nodded: "Okay, Your Highness, I'll do it right away!" Then, he went out in person, called his confidant and long follower, and told him: "You Go to the manager and place a bet of 1 taels of silver for the eldest prince, and then a bet of 5000 taels for this son."

"My lord, my lord, do you want to place a bet too?" After hearing this, Chang Sui stammered, "According to my servant, Miss Ye may not win..."

"I told you to go, you just go, why is there so much nonsense!" Murong Jin stared at him immediately.

Chang Sui was startled, turned around hastily and went down.

Murong Jin then returned to the room, stood beside Li Yu, and looked down from the window together with him.

But at this time, Ye Zhaoqing and Fang Zhilin were already standing on the platform downstairs, confronting each other.

With Li Yu leading the way, other guests of Fengyang Building also placed their bets.Many people stood on Li Yu's side and bet on Ye Zhaoqing's victory, but there were still many people who thought that Ye Zhaoqing would not bet at all, so they chose Fang Zhilin.

For a while, the number of bets on both sides was also the same.

Seeing this scene, Fang Zhilin felt a huge anger in her heart, she snorted coldly, and thought, cousin, cousin!Waiting for the decision will make you lose nothing left!

She called the maid beside her, and also placed a bet of 1 taels of silver, of course, betting on herself to win.

"Which of us will come first?" Ye Zhaoqing asked at this moment.

Fang Zhilin snorted coldly, and said, "Of course I will come first! Let me show you what this girl can do!"

She was too eager to perform in front of Li Yu, so she refused to let Ye Zhaoqing play first, she had to perform in front of everyone before giving up.

Ye Zhaoqing had no objection to this, just nodded and said: "Miss Fang, please!" She said, and immediately left the venue.

Murong Jin immediately turned her head to look at Lin Xirong and said, "Tell your girl to go down and see what Miss Ye has to say."

Lin Xirong was a little surprised that Murong Jin could guess that she had something to say before Ye Zhaoqing gave her orders.She nodded, and told Liu Er, the maid beside her, to go downstairs to find Ye Zhaoqing.

After a while, Liu'er came back: "Miss! Miss Ye told the maidservant to ask you to place a bet of 1000 taels for her. I will give you the money when I return."

Lin Xirong heard this, and immediately reached out to get the purse, at this moment, Li Yu snorted coldly and said: "With us men here, how can we let women pay for it! Little wood, go, get 1000 taels Give the money to Liu'er!"

"Yes! Your Highness!" Hearing this, Xiao Mumu immediately took out 1000 taels and handed it to Liu Er. Liu Er turned around and went downstairs.

Li Yu glanced at Murong Jin, his eyes were a bit unfriendly.

Murong Jin chuckled: "Your Highness, you can't guess the girl's mind yourself, why don't you let others guess?"

Li Yu snorted coldly, turned around and sat down at the table.

Not afraid of death, Murong Jin leaned over and said with a smile, "Your Highness, why don't you read it?"

Li Yu ignored him, but said, "I'm hungry."

Murong Jin quickly turned around and ordered the waiter to serve the food.But at this time, Zhilin downstairs has already started to throw pots. The pot throwing match that Li Yu bet with 1 taels of silver has become particularly eye-catching. Almost everyone in Fengyang Tower is paying attention. speed is significantly slower.

Li Yu was a little impatient, and was about to get angry when he suddenly heard bursts of cheers coming from downstairs!
He went to the window to have a look, but saw that Fang Zhilin had a quiver tied on her back, and she was throwing arrows into the quiver one by one. Even though they were separated by a distance of more than ten feet, those arrows seemed to have eyes. Usually, one after another, they landed steadily in the quiver without falling through the air.

The applause of the crowd came one after another without stopping.

Murong Jin said in an admiring tone: "There are already No. 30 six arrows. This Fang Zhilin is proud of her pride, but she has real skills under her hands. Such a level is already rare among women."

Li Yu didn't speak, but his face was gloomy.

Lin Xirong glared at Murong Jin from the side, and signaled him to stop talking.

Murong Jin touched his nose with his hand, and finally closed his mouth.

The world became quiet, Li Yu searched for Ye Zhaoqing in the crowd, and soon he found it.

On the square table outside the crowd, Ye Zhaoqing was sitting there drinking tea with a relaxed expression.

Li Yu saw her at a glance. Across the floor and the sea of ​​people, the woman had an elegant posture, with a faint smile on her lips, her wrist holding the teacup was as white as snow, and her eyes were like water. It was obviously nothing. She is a great beauty who can overwhelm the country, but at this moment, in Li Yu's eyes, even if there is such a beauty, it is probably not one ten-thousandth as good as Ye Zhaoqing.

He was so dazed that he couldn't turn his eyes away, he just stood quietly in front of the window, looking at the woman who was drinking tea at the table downstairs.

The sea of ​​people surrounded by layers of people behind Ye Zhaoqing disappeared in his eyes at this moment.

Until someone gently pushed him.

Li Yu turned around impatiently, and saw Murong Jin standing aside with a smiling face.

"What is it! Say it!"

Murong Jin smiled lightly and said, "Your Highness, it's time for Miss Ye to play."

Li Yu was startled, and turned his head to look, only to see Fang Zhilin walking down from the stage like a victorious rooster.

"Your Highness, she has thrown a total of 69 arrows." Murong Jin said with a sigh of relief: "This is quite astonishing, you must know that you only shot more than 80 arrows at that time..."

Li Yu's face suddenly sank.

Murong Jin knew that he was worried about Ye Zhaoqing, so she couldn't help but sighed and said: "Your Highness, the matter has come to this, it is useless to worry about it, why not calm down and watch Miss Ye's performance! I have a kind of I have a hunch that this girl will be a blockbuster!"

"How do you know that she will be a blockbuster?" Li Yu turned his head and asked.

Murong Jin shrugged and said with a smile: "Your Highness, which time is this girl not unexpected? Have you and I been right once?"

Li Yu stopped talking immediately.

He retracted his gaze and looked downstairs again.

At this time, the crowd had already started booing, and they all clamored for Ye Zhaoqing to play. With Fang Zhilin Zhuyu in front, everyone didn't believe that Ye Zhaoqing could win. Those who had previously bet on Ye Zhaoqing regretted it one after another. Because of Li Yu's presence, there was no disturbance.

But the person who had originally bet on Fang Zhilin was overjoyed at this moment, as if he had seen a lot of money beckoning to him.

The rule in Fengyang Building is that as long as the betting side wins, it will get back double the money, and vice versa.

double!Who is not envious?

Of course, as the person in the next game, whether it is Fang Zhilin or Ye Zhaoqing, as long as they win, the silver taels bet by the losing side will become hers. With so many people betting in the audience, there will only be more silver coins, not less.

Fang Zhilin looked at Ye Zhaoqing who had stood up and walked towards this side with a sneer, and said loudly: "Miss Ye, don't say I won't give you a chance, I've shown mercy just now, 69 arrows, I guess It's not a difficult thing for you, is it? Okay, it's your turn to play."

Saying that, she smiled triumphantly at Ye Zhaoqing, turned around and went upstairs calmly.

The one who went was naturally Li Yu's box.

Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly at this, and didn't say anything, but walked through the crowd to the center of the field, and began to look at the utensils for throwing pots.

"Look! Miss Ye looks so unfamiliar, isn't it the first time she throws a pot in her life?"

"Oh! Then I will lose a lot of money for nothing today!"

"Hee hee! Who told you not to use your brain when placing bets! If His Royal Highness can afford to lose, can you also afford to lose?"

Ye Zhaoqing turned a deaf ear to these complaints or gloating comments, just counted the arrows, and then raised his voice to the steward of Fengyang Tower: "Boss, go and get another two hundred arrows!"

As soon as this remark came out, the discussion of everyone stopped abruptly.

"Puchi!" With a sound, Li Yu, who was drinking tea, sprayed the tea out of his mouth. He, who has always been obsessed with cleanliness, ignored the tea stains spilled on his sleeves for the first time, but fixed his eyes firmly on the floor. Ye Zhaoqing, who was standing next to him, had surprise in his eyes, as well as a hint of strangeness.

After a long time, he turned his head and said to Murong Jin, who was also stunned, "This is what you call a blockbuster? I really didn't expect it."

As soon as the words fell, Fang Zhilin on the side snorted coldly and said, "Miss Ye is out of her mind, right? She doesn't know how to throw a pot at all, and she wants two hundred more arrows. Could it be that they look good there? It's just embarrassing, okay?"

Li Yu had a gloomy face and did not answer.

Fang Zhilin laughed even more arrogantly: "Huh! This is her own death! I don't want the money anymore. If there is an arrow that doesn't go into the quiver later, I will let her swallow them all." go down!"

There was a malicious light in her eyes, obviously, Ye Zhaoqing's actions angered her.

"Fang Zhilin, listen! If she loses later, I will pay you double the money, but you don't want to touch her!" Hearing this, a trace of anger appeared on Li Yu's face. He gave Fang Zhilin a cold look, and said, "If you dare to touch her, I will return it to you twice! Do you hear me clearly?"

Li Yu had never been so angry before, and only when she was extremely angry would she call Fang Zhilin's name.

Fang Zhilin's complexion changed suddenly, she opened her mouth slightly, and stared at Li Yu in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

After a long time, she nodded with an ugly face.

She did not dare to offend Li Yu.

But it doesn't matter, if you want to settle accounts, when will there be no chance?
When Li Yu turned her head, Fang Zhilin cast a vicious look at Ye Zhaoqing downstairs, wondering what she was planning.

Ye Zhaoqing didn't know that her words had stirred up thousands of waves, she didn't pay attention to the yelling of those onlookers downstairs, but looked at the whole big basket of arrows brought up by the steward of Fengyang Tower.

"Miss Ye, no one in Fengyang Tower has ever been able to shoot so many arrows at one time. If you can't shoot it, then it will be a real joke..." The criminal manager of Fengyang Tower was kind Said: "It is still too late to order us to withdraw..."

"Thank you for the reminder, but I have my own use." Ye Zhaoqing said with a slight smile.

The steward shook his head, turned around and backed away.

Ye Zhaoqing walked over and reached out to pick up an arrow.

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly yelled: "Miss Ye! Why don't you vote? What's the use of delaying time? In the end, you will inevitably lose!" After speaking, he shrank his head.

Ye Zhaoqing turned around, but didn't see clearly who that person was. At this moment, everyone commented: "Miss Ye, hurry up and vote! Don't delay any longer!"

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, ordered someone to lift the basket of arrows to the stage, and then faced the quiver ten feet away.

Seeing her move, the crowd gradually quieted down.

In the private room on the second floor, Li Yu said to the guard who called in with a gloomy face: "See clearly? It was that person who took the lead in making a fuss just now! You have to keep an eye on him, and you must find a chance later He grabbed it!" As he said, he stretched out his hand and pointed downstairs.

After hearing this, the guard stretched out his head and glanced at the place Li Yu was pointing at, "Is your Highness talking about the man in the black long gown and the black felt hat on his head?"

"That's right! It's him!" Li Yu nodded.

"I obey the order!" The guard nodded, turned around and retreated.

Li Yu then turned his head and continued to look downstairs.

Murong Jin clicked his tongue twice, and smiled very narrowly: "I have been with His Highness for so long, I have never seen you so perceptive! That person is so careful, but he still can't hide..."

"Shut up!" Li Yu snorted coldly.

Murong Jin chuckled and didn't continue joking.

Downstairs, Ye Zhaoqing held up an arrow and quietly glanced at the quiver in the distance. While everyone was waiting with bated breath, she raised her hand violently!

The arrow drew a graceful arc in the air, and then flew towards the quiver!

Finally, it fell firmly into the arrow pot.

"Ah! Throw it in! Throw it in!"

The crowd was ebullient, seeing Ye Zhaoqing cast in, those people were even happier than her.Everyone upstairs and downstairs were staring at her closely, waiting for her to cast a second ball.

"Hmph! It's just a fluke!" In the box, Fang Zhilin snorted contemptuously.

She glanced at Li Yu, but saw that he was concentrating on looking downstairs, he didn't even look at her for half an eye, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

Downstairs, Ye Zhaoqing picked up an arrow again amidst the cheers of the crowd.

This time, she still watched quietly for a long time before starting to throw.

Not surprisingly, this arrow also fell into the quiver.

Everyone exclaimed again, but they were obviously less excited than when they came here just now.

Upstairs, Murong Jin looked at this scene but showed a smile: "She hasn't thrown a pot for a long time, and she is getting familiar with it slowly. After she gets used to it, she will start to move quickly."

Li Yu glanced at Murong Jin, but said nothing, apparently agreeing with his point of view.

Seeing this scene, Fang Zhilin said contemptuously, "Young Master Murong has great confidence in her! But I'm afraid you will be disappointed. I bet she won't be able to shoot the third arrow!"

"Oh? What did Miss Fang bet on?" Murong Jin asked enthusiastically.

Fang Zhilin was at a loss for words for a moment, she just wanted to speak harshly, how could she have imagined that Murong Jin really wanted to bet with her?

She gritted her teeth, took off a white jade bracelet from her wrist, put it on the table and said, "This bracelet was given to me by my aunt, and it's worth 1 taels of silver. I'll take this." bet!"

"Miss Fang, you are not sincere." After hearing this, Murong Jin smiled and shook his head and said, "I am a man, what do you want this bracelet for? Of course, it was given to you by Concubine Rong. Of course it is I don't mean to belittle precious things, but why doesn't Ms. Fang take out something that I can use?"

After hearing this, Fang Zhilin gritted her teeth and said, "Then what do you want to bet with me?"

"I heard that Mr. Fang has a piece of high-end sturdiness in his hand. It has the miraculous effect of being beautiful, breathing and grinding ink, and sending ink without damaging the brush. I want to see it. I don't know if Miss Fang Six has the courage. Take a gamble with me?"

"You, you want my elder brother's baby Shuotai?" Fang Zhilin couldn't help being startled when she heard this, with a hint of fear in her expression.

As if Murong Jin didn't see it, she still smiled and said, "Yes! I wonder if Miss Fang Six has the guts to take the next bet?"

"I..." Fang Zhilin hesitated.

At this moment, Li Yu turned his head and gave her a cool look.

Swept by this gaze, Fang Zhilin didn't know why, and immediately felt a sense of pride in her heart, and nodded without hesitation: "Bet, bet, whoever is afraid of whom!"

"That's good." Murong Jin said with a smile: "With His Highness the First Prince here, I think Miss Fang won't lie to me."

"Of course I won't lie to you!" Fang Zhilin sneered at Murong Jin, and said, "It's not certain who will win! Mr. Murong, how dare you compare me with me?"

After hearing this, Murong Jin smiled slightly, took a look at Fang Zhilin and said, "My sister has a Linglong dowry that Concubine Rong bestowed on her back then, and it is for her to use when she gets married. It’s not something that can be bought with 8 or [-] taels of silver, there’s only one in the world, and it’s hard to come by! I don’t know if I’ll bet you on that, is it possible?”

"Really?" Fang Zhilin's expression became agitated when she heard the words, and even her voice began to tremble: "You, you didn't lie to me?"

(End of this chapter)