Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 498
In this archery competition, each person has five arrows. If they all hit the bull's-eye, they win.

"Miss Yuan'er, can you do it? Why don't you leave it to Shen Yan!" Ning Ke'er asked thoughtfully from the side.

In fact, Ning Ke'er knew that among them, the prince's archery skills were the best. If it wasn't because of his poor skills, every year on the hunting day, only the prince would win.

However, if Xiao Yuan is allowed to play in the competition, the prince will inevitably be commented that his weakness depends on women.

"I can." Xiao Yuan nodded, not noticing Ning Ke'er's expression.

Ning Ke'er glanced at Xia Longyu, only to see that the latter's eyes were on Xiao Yuan, she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

Here, after Xiao Yuan went to change her clothes, she directly stood on the shooting range.

Xia Yinhu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Yuan, the corners of his mouth curled up, his eyes full of disdain, he took a step forward, drew out a feathered arrow, adjusted his posture, and heard a whoosh, and the feathered arrow shot out.

"Hearts!" shouted the soldiers who had gone to inspect the targets.

The first arrow was not enough to surprise everyone, until Xia Yinhu hit all five arrows in the bull's-eye, thunderous applause resounded from the hunting ground, and everyone praised him one after another.

"Not bad, Hu'er's archery skills have improved a lot." The emperor beamed with joy when he heard the report from the soldiers in the rear.

The queen who was sitting at the side also laughed when she heard the emperor's words: "That's right, in order to do her duty as the crown prince, Hu'er practiced various skills every day!"

Xia Yinhu and the others below naturally heard the emperor and queen's discussion.

Now Xia Yinhu's five feathered arrows all hit hearts, and everyone already knew the winner.

"It's your turn." Xia Yinhu locked her eyes on Xiao Yuan's face, trying to see the fear on her face.

But Xiao Yuan just glanced at Xia Yinhu lightly, and then walked forward.

Compared with Xia Yinhu's skills, everyone is more curious about Xiao Yuan's archery skills. In Xia Kingdom, there has never been a female archery.

Under everyone's curious eyes, Xiao Yuan walked towards the quiver step by step. She reached out and took out one feathered arrow, and then took out the second one.

"What is she doing? Are you shooting both arrows?" Someone asked with wide-eyed eyes when they saw Xiao Yuan's movements.

The eyes of the people next to him were also full of curiosity, and everyone was discussing below.

Seeing this, Xia Yinhu just snorted coldly.

Xiao Yuan ignored everyone's stares and continued to draw the third arrow... until all five arrows were drawn, the field was so quiet that only the sound of their breathing could be heard.

She took a step forward, aimed at the archery target in the distance, released her right hand, and fired five arrows at once.

"Bang!" Five feathered arrows were directly inserted into the red heart, and even the reporting soldier looked at her in disbelief.

Five arrows were fired at once, and the five arrows hit the red heart. This kind of arrow technique, I am afraid that no one in the entire Xia Kingdom can do it.

Xiao Yuan's outstanding performance shocked Xia Longyu and the others, especially Ning Ke'er.

Ning Ke'er originally thought that Xiao Yuan would lose, but now she realizes that Xiao Yuan's arrow skills are beyond their reach.

Xia Longyu saw Xiao Yuan with a high-spirited face, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and the thoughts in her heart became clearer. He wanted to have such a woman for the rest of his life.

On the other hand, Xiao Yuan was neither afraid nor discouraged throughout the whole process. In the previous Zhao Kingdom, she was the daughter of a general, and her father and brother were both generals.

Since she was a child, Xiao Yuan has been fond of dancing with knives and guns, but none of them are strong points. Until one day, when she saw her father and elder brother practicing archery, she fell in love with archery.

She always wanted to beg Old General Xiao to teach her how to shoot arrows, but Old General Xiao was busy with the war at that time and had no time to teach her, so Xiao Lin taught her in the end.

At first, her arrow skills were also poor, but she didn't give up and kept practicing until the arrow hit the heart. When she was in Zhao State, she used both arrows to shoot at the same time.

But today's situation forced it, even if two arrows hit the heart, it would be useless, because it was no problem for Xia Yinhu to shoot two arrows together.

Today's shooting of five arrows is entirely due to Xiao Yuan's gambling and luck, but fortunately, God has taken care of her.

"Papa papa!" Applause came from Xiao Yuan's ears, and then everyone applauded involuntarily.

Seeing this, Xia Yinhu didn't get angry, but smiled and clapped his hands, "It's really unexpected that there is such an excellent maid beside the emperor, I really envy the emperor!"

"Brother Huang is absurd." Xia Longyu said with a smile.

"I don't know, did the emperor ask you for this maid?" Xia Yinhu said, he knew who Xiao Yuan was, if it was before, he would never have thought of accepting Xiao Yuan, but when he saw her today, he felt that this girl can help him.

In fact, in this palace, everyone was familiar with the matter of giving away maidservants, but due to the presence of the emperor, everyone thought that Xia Longyu would send Xiao Yuan out casually, but Xia Longyu's answer surprised everyone.

"The emperor didn't know that the emperor's brother would be interested in maids?" Xia Longyu lowered his head slightly, his voice was not too loud, and he specially emphasized the tone when he used the word 'servant'.

When Xia Yinhu was thinking about how to answer, the queen above said: "Hu'er, if you like a maidservant, the queen mother can find it for you, but now you shouldn't be seduced by beauty and delay your business."

Everyone thought that Xia Yinhu begged Xiao Yuan because he liked Xiao Yuan's beauty. After all, apart from Xia Longyu and the others, only Xia Yinhu knew Xiao Yuan's true identity.

"The queen mother taught me that." Xia Yinhu knew the meaning of the queen's words, so he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to ask Xia Longyu's important person.

The emperor is also a discerning person, he can always detect something, he has never seen such a maid appearing beside Xia Longyu, seeing that he needs to find someone to check the details of this maid.

In the end, the winner of the hunting day was Xia Longyu, and all the victories were awarded to him.

In the evening, a grand banquet will be held in the palace, and all officials of the court, Chinese and military will come to participate, and eat the wild game obtained today.

Xia Longyu promised that after Xiao Yuan's hunting day, she would be escorted back to Ningguo. Tonight can be said to be the last night for the two of them to spend together.

In fact, Xia Longyu understands that it may be difficult to see her again after parting tomorrow. He also thought about keeping her by his side, but her home is still in Ningguo, he can't be so selfish.

"Yuan'er, you must have a big meal in the palace tonight!" Xia Longyu said to Xiao Yuan beside her.

Xiao Yuan is actually a foodie worthy of the name. Today, because of her excellent archery skills, she won the emperor's appreciation, so she was asked to join the feast tonight, and sit down with Xia Longyu.

"Yeah." Xiao Yuan nodded, although eating and drinking in the Jade Palace these days did not treat her badly, but how can it be so rich as tonight, the table is full of all kinds of meat.

(End of this chapter)