The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 46 A Great Victory
"My lord, once you say it, it's hard to chase!" Murong Jin opened the folding fan in his hand with a snap, and said slowly.

Lin Xirong who was at the side suddenly became anxious, and she complained to Murong Jin, "You are crazy! How dare you bet here with your little sister's dowry! You are not afraid to go back and your father will break your leg!"

"Are you concerned about me?" Murong Jin smiled at Lin Xirong after hearing this, and comforted her, "Don't worry! I won't lose."

This sentence instantly made Fang Zhilin angry enough, she snorted coldly: "Compare! Can I still be afraid of you? Okay! I'll bet on the plum blossom inkstone in my brother's hand!"

"Okay! Miss Fang Six is ​​refreshing!" Murong Jin smiled happily, turned her head and glanced at Li Yu who had been silent all this time, and said, "May I trouble your Highness to be a witness for the two of us?"

Li Yu raised his eyes and glanced at him, then snorted coldly and said, "Okay, cousin will not renege on her debt."

It means agreeing.

The smile on Murong Jin's face became even happier.

Fang Zhilin was also a little happy, because it was rare for Li Yu to get angry with her at this time, and even called her cousin, and those words were also aimed at her.

Lin Xirong at the side looked at Fang Zhilin with complacent eyes but full of pity.

This silly girl, is it rare that she can't hear it?When Li Yu said that she would not renege on her debts, she was sure that she would lose!

She shook her head, and suddenly heard a burst of applause from downstairs.

Fang Zhilin's complexion changed, she immediately looked down, and in an instant she saw three arrows stably inserted into the quiver in the center of the field, her complexion changed suddenly.

"Miss Fang Six, you lost." Murong Jin smiled slightly and said, "You must remember to keep your promise."

Fang Zhilin's face turned red and then pale, and stared at Murong Jin angrily, but couldn't speak a word.

But at this moment, Li Yu spoke.

"You want my cousin to lose a superb inkstone with just one arrow, Murong, you are a bit of a bully."

Fang Zhilin was overjoyed when she heard this, "Cousin! You are absolutely right!"

Murong Jin didn't expect him to say that, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Your Highness, what do you think should be done?"

"The bet remains the same, but the method of betting needs to be changed." Li Yu said in a deep voice, "Murong, you bet on Miss Fang Six to win, and my cousin bet on her to lose. Is what I said right?"

"Yes, that's right." Fang Zhilin and Murong Jin both nodded.

Li Yu glanced downstairs and said, "Didn't Miss Ye order someone to bring two hundred arrows? Adding the [-] arrows already on the stage, the total would be three hundred. If Miss Ye could get one Throw all the ones that don't fall into the quiver, then you, Murong, will win." Then, he looked back at Fang Zhilin and said, "Then you lose, cousin, do you have any objections to this?"

Fang Zhilin almost laughed out loud after hearing this!
Three hundred arrows were thrown in. There has never been such a character in this Great Zhou Dynasty!What's wrong with her, Ye Zhaoqing, even if she knows how to throw pots, can she still throw all these in?What a joke!Even Li Yu, who was the most talented, only shot 86 arrows. After years of hard training, she only shot 69 arrows. Ye Zhaoqing only shot [-] arrows when she died.

The distance is three hundred, that's ten times the difference!

This is a task that is simply impossible to complete, and I will win it myself!
But this is not the thing that makes Fang Zhilin the happiest. What makes her happiest is that Li Yu is on her side this time.

"Cousin! I have no objection!" After finally calming down her excitement, Fang Zhilin glanced at Li Yu affectionately.

"Okay." Li Yu nodded and turned his gaze downstairs.

At this time, Ye Zhaoqing had already shot four arrows in a row, all of them were hit.

There were cheers from the crowd, and many people had already changed their views on her. Those who bet on Ye Zhaoqing to win couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

Standing in front of the window, Li Yu couldn't help showing a smile.

The woman on the field was as tall and straight as a pine, holding her wrist steadily, and with a slight wave of her hand, the arrow fell into the quiver ten feet away, and her sleeves fluttered like clouds and flowing water. Miaoman's is difficult even for the most dancing singer.

But at this moment, Ye Zhaoqing's movements have gradually accelerated. After throwing more than a dozen arrows at the beginning, at this moment, she has gradually revealed the level of an expert.

In just a quarter of an hour, she even threw twenty arrows into it!
And she continues.

Fang Zhilin was a little stunned, her eyes full of disbelief.

Even she herself is not so fast!

"There are already six pieces of No. 30." Murong Jin sighed from the side: "This Miss Ye really lived up to everyone's expectations!"

Who wants her to win!Fang Zhilin's eyes darkened, because of Li Yu's presence, she did not get angry with Murong Jin.

The smile on the corner of Li Yu's mouth became wider and wider, his eyes were fixed on the woman who threw the pot downstairs, and he didn't turn away for a moment.

Ye Zhaoqing didn't turn her head, and she didn't see Li Yu's eyes. Her eyes were only on the narrow-mouthed quiver not far in front of her, and she couldn't see or hear anything else.

"Bang bang bang!" Throwing thirty arrows in one breath, Ye Zhaoqing seemed to feel tired, and the movements of his hands stopped for a while.

At this time, her throwing results were almost catching up with Fang Zhilin's previous record.

The crowd was almost boiling, and everyone was staring at Ye Zhaoqing closely, as if to see what kind of miracle this woman could bring.

The two hundred arrows were still placed beside Ye Zhaoqing, but now, no one would think that it was a joke.

Fang Zhilin's complexion had already turned ashen, and she no longer had the contempt just now. She took a serious look at Ye Zhaoqing, and then her complexion changed.

This Ye Zhaoqing is actually an expert in pot throwing!The ability is determined to be above oneself!
No wonder she dared to come down and compete with herself so easily...

Bitterness surged in Fang Zhilin's heart, and her confidence in winning was suddenly shaken.

But then she smiled coldly.

Three hundred arrows!She doesn't believe it anymore, she has that ability!

Put it all in, if you don't torture her to death, you will exhaust her to death!

She cursed viciously in her heart, but it didn't help. Ye Zhaoqing didn't seem to feel tired at all. After she paused for a while, she picked up the arrow again. This time, her movements were much faster than before!
The crowd couldn't even cheer, they just stared at the scene in front of them without blinking, and the steward of Fengyang Building beside him was sweating.

too fast!It was too late for him to count!
Arrows were sent out from Ye Zhaoqing's hands, like on a battlefield, they rushed towards the arrow pot overwhelmingly, but none of them jumped into the pot, that scene was quite spectacular.

Everyone had never seen this scene before, and their jaws were about to drop in shock!

"Stop! Stop for a moment!" At this moment, the steward of Fengyang Building shouted loudly.

Ye Zhaoqing stopped what he was doing, and looked at the manager in puzzlement.

"Miss Ye, this quiver is almost full, how about another quiver?"

The steward put away his previous sympathy, and asked cautiously instead.

"Okay." Ye Zhaoqing nodded.

The steward immediately stepped forward, took the quiver filled with arrows aside, and ordered someone to bring up an empty quiver and put it in its original position.

Ye Zhaoqing picked up the arrow and prepared to shoot again.

Some people commented loudly: "Look! The previous [-] arrows have all been thrown in! The extra [-] arrows have also been shot!"

"There are so many! Even His Royal Highness has never voted so much!" Another person exclaimed in amazement: "Today is really an eye-opener!"

"Cut, His Royal Highness is just playing for fun, and he didn't take it seriously. If he is serious, how can Miss Ye compare?" Someone snorted coldly, but suddenly shouted: "Your Royal Highness is mighty!"

"His Royal Highness is mighty!" Everyone shouted.

Fang Zhilin's complexion had turned into a liver color, and the long nails on her hands were almost cut off.

Li Yu looked at the louder call from below, but turned his eyes away bored.

But at this moment, Ye Zhaoqing on the field suddenly stopped.

Fang Zhilin took this opportunity and immediately shouted: "Miss Ye! Don't you have the strength to keep voting? Then admit defeat! You can't vote for [-]!"

"That's not necessarily true." Ye Zhaoqing turned his head and smiled at her, then turned around suddenly, with his back to the quiver, grabbed the arrow and threw it backwards!

The arrow still fell steadily into the quiver!
The crowd suddenly fell silent.

Anti-throwing arrows, this difficulty has doubled!
Fang Zhilin's face turned pale instantly.

But Li Yu laughed, looking at the woman below with bright eyes, with a hint of surprise in his expression, he couldn't help saying to Murong Jin: "Reverse throwing arrows, we have learned a little bit about this, but we are not sure Dozens of hits in a row!"

While the two of them were talking, Ye Zhaoqing had put his hands together and threw dozens of arrows into the quiver with his back to it!
"Yes, Your Highness! Miss Ye is indeed a strange woman." Murong Jin also exclaimed in amazement: "I'm afraid even I don't have such abilities!"

Lin Xirong was listening, and the expression on her face finally changed from worry to a smile.

Fang Zhilin listened to the discussion of these two people and wanted to refute loudly, but she couldn't say a word when the words came to her lips.

What did she say?This Ye Zhaoqing is indeed a capable person.Even if she wanted to ridicule, she couldn't.

"The quiver is full again!" At this moment, there was another cheer from downstairs.

Murong Jin lowered his head, watching the downstairs steward go forward to replace the quiver, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face: "It seems that there is hope for my square plum blossom inkstone today! This is really thanks to Miss Ye points!"

"You still say!" Lin Xirong glared at him from the side and said: "How can a brother actually use his own sister's dowry to gamble!"

Murong Jin smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "If I hadn't been absolutely sure, I wouldn't have dared to gamble with this! I can only say that God is still on my side."

Listening to the two of them talking, Fang Zhilin's expression was no longer angry at all. She tried her best to restrain the urge to rush up and grab the faces of the two of them, and looked downstairs stiffly.

At this moment, Ye Zhaoqing was still throwing her back to the quiver as quickly as the wind, she seemed to have found the feeling, she didn't need to think at all, and she didn't need to look at it, she could throw the arrow into the quiver just by feeling, and her posture was different. Effortless and graceful.

If this continues, she will throw all three hundred arrows into the quiver in no more than a quarter of an hour!

Seeing this scene, the face of the person who had previously bet on Ye Zhaoqing's loss could not help showing a look of panic.

In order to win more, they bet a lot, my God!This time I lost badly!
But no matter how much they wailed in their hearts, there was no pain from Fang Zhilin, that was her big brother's precious inkstone!How could he just lose to Murong Jin?When she goes back, it won't be strange if she doesn't get skinned by her elder brother!
No!She can't just watch Ye Zhaoqing win!

Thinking about it, she suddenly turned her head and gave a wink to a box on the opposite side of the second floor.

Soon, a man in the box opposite appeared in front of the window, pretending to be unintentionally watching the game downstairs, but suddenly a bead appeared in his hand, and amidst the cheers of the crowd, he silently moved towards the person in the middle of the field. Ye Zhaoqing shot away!

But what is unexpected is that a more overbearing stone suddenly flew from nowhere on the way, and "pop!" smashed the stone into powder!
Afterwards, the stone slowly fell from mid-air and landed on a remote staircase.

The person on the opposite side was startled, and immediately looked up, and saw Li Yu staring at him coldly.

The man's heart tightened, and he immediately left the window and escaped!

"Do you think you can escape?" Li Yu sneered, waved his hand, and immediately two guards rushed away!

At this time, he turned his head and gave Fang Zhilin a cold look.

Fang Zhilin was terrified when he saw her, but she still tried her best to put on a smile and said, "Cousin, what are you doing looking at me?"

"Since you dare to gamble, don't be afraid of losing!" Li Yu said word by word: "Seeing that the victory is hopeless, but using insidious means to persecute others, you really make me sick!"

"Cousin! What are you talking about? I don't understand?" Hearing Li Yu's words, Fang Zhilin felt a pain in her heart, but said firmly: "I didn't treat Miss Ye? Didn't I stand here all the time? Is it?"

Murong Jin said slowly from the side: "Miss Fang Six, people are doing it, and the sky is watching. Do you think His Highness doesn't know about your secret tricks? He has been staring at you! You should stop! Otherwise, wait The only one who looks ugly is yourself."

Fang Zhilin's face turned red and then pale, and she stood there speechless for a long time.

Li Yu already ignored her and turned to look downstairs.

In this scene just now, the people downstairs were not affected in the slightest, they all stared at Ye Zhaoqing on the stage without blinking.

One, two...the last two arrows were thrown into the quiver.

Ye Zhaoqing stopped, panting, and touched the sweat on his head.

In the hall on the first floor, it boiled instantly!
"My God! She really threw all three hundred arrows in! Am I right?"

"Haha! Not only will I not lose money today, but I will also earn a lot! It is indeed right to follow His Highness!"

People cheered louder and louder, some were happy while others were depressed. In this lively atmosphere, Ye Zhaoqing slowly walked down the high platform. Lin Xirong's girl had already come to meet her, and Ye Zhaoqing was supported upstairs by her.

The rest of the situation will naturally be dealt with by the steward of Fengyang Building.

When the two walked to the door, they happened to meet Fang Zhilin who was rushing out of the box.

"You have nothing to be proud of! One day I will definitely win you!" Fang Zhilin glared at Ye Zhaoqing with a pair of eyes full of deep resentment, and walked out angrily, passing by Ye Zhaoqing At that moment, she bumped her hard with her shoulder.

Ye Zhaoqing was already extremely tired, and naturally couldn't stabilize her figure after being hit by this bump, and she was about to fall down, but the next moment her hands firmly supported her.

Ye Zhaoqing turned around and saw Li Yu looking at her with a smile on his face.

Ye Zhaoqing's heart was ringing alarm bells, and before Li Yu could make another move, she straightened up and stepped back without a trace: "Thank you, Your Highness, for extending your hand to help, Zhaoqing is very grateful."

Li Yu's eyes flashed, and he said, "If you're talking about stopping the assassination just now, then you don't have to thank me, I will do it just for Murong."

With that said, he turned and went downstairs.When passing by Fang Zhilin, he didn't even pause.

When Li Yu left, Fang Zhilin immediately turned to Ye Zhaoqing. No matter what she did today, she would never succeed!It's all because of Ye Zhaoqing, the mourner!

It's all her own self!
She couldn't bear it anymore, she stretched out her hand and hit Ye Zhaoqing!Ignore people passing by in the corridor!
Ye Zhaoqing knew Fang Zhilin's temper in her previous life, and was always on guard against her, how could she let her hit him?Although very tired, but still cheer up to cope.

"The last time you hit me and failed, don't you have a long memory?" She grabbed Fang Zhilin's raised hand and said coldly: "Miss Fang Six decided the game yourself, and I was just fooled by you." It's just forced to participate, why, you are so angry that you can't afford to lose?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Fang Zhilin's lungs were about to explode, and she tried her best to break free and continued to beat Ye Zhaoqing crazily, but at this moment, an angry shout suddenly sounded: "Stop!"

Fang Zhilin froze for a moment, then quickly turned around, and she saw Li Yuzheng standing behind her with an angry face!

"Cousin! Why did you go and come back again?" Fang Zhilin was startled, but tried to show a smile on her face, and quickly retracted the hand that had been stretched out in front of Ye Zhaoqing.

Li Yu snorted coldly and said, "If I hadn't come back, how could I have seen you bullying Miss Ye!"

"Cousin, listen to my explanation..." Fang Zhilin had a smile on her face when she heard this, racking her brains to think of something to say.

Li Yu shook his head and said: "You don't have to tell me these things! Since you lost, then you should go back obediently and send someone to send your elder brother's plum blossom inkstone to Murong's house as soon as possible. If it takes more than three days, I will go there in person. Your family asks for it from you!"

Fang Zhilin's complexion changed, but she really didn't know what to say. She thought that delaying for a while was a temporary idea: "Cousin, can you be more flexible, three days is too short..."

"Accommodating?" Li Yu heard this, as if he had heard some joke, and said with a sneer: "When you and Murong made a bet, I was on your side! It turned into three hundred arrows! Originally, I felt a little sorry for Murong, but fortunately he was the one who won in the end. Now, you have nothing to say, just send the inkstone over obediently! Don’t let Bengong come to the door in person !"

"In that case, no one will look good!" After Li Yu finished speaking, he gave Fang Zhilin a cold look, and said with contempt: "Or are you planning to renege on my cousin? Then I will order people to spread the news. People who don't believe what they say..."

Fang Zhilin turned pale, and immediately interrupted: "Cousin! I have no intention of reneging on my debt!"

"Then you will deliver the inkstone within three days?" Li Yu looked up at her with a smile on his lips.No matter how you look at it, that smile seems cold.

Fang Zhilin nodded, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes! I will find a way to do it!"

After all, she is the daughter of Shangshu, and her aunt is still the most beloved concubine Rong today. She has been doted on by thousands of people. Although she has a perverse and domineering personality, the arrogance in her heart is unstoppable. Excited, she immediately agreed without hesitation.

This is what Li Yu wanted.

He had finished what he needed to say, and he didn't want to look at Fang Zhilin anymore, so he said coldly: "By the way, Prince Anyang has asked the manager to pay the 3 taels of silver you lost today, and he is still upstairs Waiting for you, you should go and say thank you to others!"

"Zhang Heng? Who told him to meddle in his own business?" Fang Zhilin's complexion changed drastically after hearing this, and strong anger welled up between her brows. She didn't care about what to say to Li Yu, and immediately lifted her skirt Then rushed downstairs.

After walking a few steps, she didn't know what she thought of, Fang Zhilin stopped like a ghost, and turned her head to take a look.

I saw Li Yu took Ye Zhaoqing's hand, and the two walked into the box hand in hand.

It was already dusk in the afternoon, and the orange-red sunset shone in through the rhombus lattice windows on the corridor, and when it fell on the two figures, it added a bit of magnificence. With their robes fluttering, they looked like a pair of immortals. companion.

Fang Zhilin felt a sharp pain in her heart, she almost wanted to rush up and tear those two hands apart!

But her feet were firmly nailed to the ground like a nail, and she couldn't move a step.

After a long time, until the door of the box had been closed for a long time and the light of the setting sun dimmed, Fang Zhilin lifted her numb feet, turned around and staggered downstairs.

"Miss Fang, so you are here!" As soon as I got downstairs, a very enthusiastic voice came over.

Fang Zhilin looked up, and saw a delicate face with a big smile.It was full of smiles.

Zhang Heng can be regarded as a handsome man, but compared with Li Yu, he is very different.

Is she going to marry such a person in the future?

Do not!
"Miss Fang, I've already paid back the money for you, don't worry..." Before the words finished, a tragic cry came from the corridor!

"what!"

Fang Zhilin withdrew her feet, glanced at Zhang Heng, who was bending over and clutching his crotch in pain, with disdain, and said with a sneer, "It's up to you! Did I tell you to pay me the money? Could it be that I can't pay it myself?" up?" Saying that, she bypassed him, turned around and strode away.

Because she had something on her mind, she didn't wait for the much-anticipated tea party at Fengyang Tower in the evening, and hurried away with her people.

Zhang Heng watched her leave helplessly, with a trace of pain and fascination in his eyes, but finally he didn't have the courage to chase after her.

……

As soon as he entered the box, Ye Zhaoqing violently pulled his hand out of Li Yu's, and quickly sat down beside Lin Xirong.

Li Yu lowered his head to look at his empty hand, his expression was a bit cold.

Murong Jin laughed and broke the embarrassment: "Miss Ye has such a superb skill in throwing pots! The scene just now really opened my eyes! I also got a dream treasure because of you. Thank you for this!"

Ye Zhaoqing heard this, combined with the scene at the door just now, she already guessed what happened, she raised a smile on her face: "Mr. Murong was joking, it was because of your own luck that you won such a treasure, It has nothing to do with me.”

"Are you tired? Are you thirsty?" Lin Xirong asked with concern from the side: "There is still a little time before the evening tea party, why don't I take you to rest?"

Ye Zhaoqing was about to answer, but suddenly saw Li Yu stand up from the chair and said to Murong Jin expressionlessly: "Murong! Let's go!" Then he turned and strode away.

Murong Jin was stunned for a while, but soon understood Li Yu's meaning, couldn't help smiling, stood up and went out.

Only Ye Zhaoqing and Lin Xirong were left in the box.

"Your Highness, do you want us to rest here?" Lin Xirong glanced at Ye Zhaoqing and said hesitantly.

"It should be!" Ye Zhaoqing nodded, got up and walked to the ledge on the left side of the room: "I'm really tired, let's stay here for a while."

Seeing her lying down on the couch, Lin Xirong couldn't help but walked over and sat down beside her and said, "Zhaoqing, to say something that shouldn't be said, why do I feel that you have been avoiding His Royal Highness the First Prince?"

"Xi Rong, you're here again." Ye Zhaoqing opened his eyes and glanced at Lin Xirong, frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you? There's no way I could be with him. Their identities and status don't match. , I've never thought of that before!"

"But, I think the eldest prince is obviously interested in you." Lin Xirong sighed, and said: "Just hiding like this is not an option, and I think that the more you hide, the more the eldest prince will be interested in you." Heart."

Ye Zhaoqing fell silent after hearing this.

What Lin Xirong said was correct, the more she hides, the more Li Yu will care. For a man, what he can't get is the best.

It's hard to do now.

Ye Zhaoqing frowned tightly.But for a while, she couldn't help it.

"Zhaoqing, it's my fault. Why are you talking about this? It makes you unhappy again." Seeing this, Lin Xirong hurriedly said: "I won't talk anymore, you should sleep for a while!"

Ye Zhaoqing shook his head and said: "Xi Rong, I'm not unhappy, but you're right, you can't dodge it all the time, but I have no choice."

No way.

Facing an orthodox prince with a noble status who is very likely to inherit the throne, Ye Zhaoqing, a weak woman who is despised by her own family, has a problem with self-protection, how can she contend with it?

At this moment, seeing the helpless expression on Ye Zhaoqing's face, Lin Xirong felt helpless in her heart. She stretched out her hand to grab Ye Zhaoqing's, and said solemnly: "Don't take it to heart. The car arrived at the mountain. There must be a way ahead, and everything will be fine."

"I hope!" Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly, and then closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)