With her back to everyone, Xiao Yuanshuang couldn't see what was happening here, but she felt a chill on her neck.

He raised his hand and touched his neck.

There's nothing there.

strangeness.

She continued walking forward, showing no signs of injury, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"coward."

Murong Yue uttered three words, utterly bored, and mounted her horse.

Only then did everyone realize that the arrow was still in her hand, and she hadn't shot it.

It was a false alarm.

The spring chill was still in the air, and even Pi Daren felt his back was soaked with sweat.

Although the Empress's arrow was not fired, that single action showed that the Qing Kingdom was not afraid of the Yue Kingdom and did not take the Yue Kingdom seriously.

An arrow that has not yet been shot is even more frightening.

Soon, Xiao Yuanshuang changed into a moon-white riding outfit.

She glanced at Li Xuanji as she went on stage, but unfortunately, Li Xuanji didn't look at her.

Since deciding to participate in the spring hunt, she had made this moon-white riding outfit based on the clothes Li Xuanji often wore.

In his imagination, Li Xuanji was dressed in moon-white clothes as usual, while he himself was dressed in moon-white riding attire.

Everyone around them would exclaim, "They're such a perfect match!"

But who would have thought that Li Xuanji would be dressed in red?

Murong Anle stroked his beard, leaned close behind Li Xuanji, and lowered his voice, "Grand Preceptor, is my information correct?"

How could Xiao Yuanshuang's making of this outfit possibly escape the notice of that old fox, Murong Anle?

The old fox immediately told Li Xuanji.

That's how Li Xuanji got this red outfit.

Li Xuanji gave a soft hum and remained silent.

"You go first," Murong Yue thought she was being a gentleman and let the other party make the first move.

"When in Rome, do as the host does. Your Majesty, please go first," Xiao Yuanshuang said, appearing harmless.

Of course, the best way is to let Murong Yue shoot the arrow first, and then surpass Murong Yue, so as to shock everyone.

Murong Yue didn't bother arguing with her. She jumped off her horse, pointed to the new target opposite her, which was a standard ten zhang away.

That is, 33 meters, a distance that many people can reach with an arrow.

"this."

"It's entirely up to Your Majesty." Xiao Yuanshuang chuckled to herself. At this distance, she could easily take down the target.

Murong Yue tossed the bow in her hand to Ahao.

Xiao Yuanshuang curled the corners of her lips into a smile.

This distance is farther than the target used at the start of the spring hunting ceremony; it seems the other side is going to switch to bows and arrows.

hehe.

Embroidered pillow.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, she saw Murong Yue grab an arrow with her bare hands and casually toss it away, as lightly as if she were throwing a small stone.

The arrow whizzed past and appeared on the target in the distance in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the target was knocked down.

"good!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Apart from Li Xuanji and Ahao, everyone else was shocked.

His Majesty is so powerful! They had no idea!

The ministers of the Six Ministries, in particular, deal with His Majesty every day, but at this moment they still feel that His Majesty is unfathomable.

This was the first time people had witnessed His Majesty's martial prowess.

In this light, Your Majesty's name must surely be among the world's greatest archers.

The Yue delegation's expression changed drastically. If the Empress was of this caliber, they were doomed to lose this battle.

Xiao Yuanshuang was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

unarmed?

Target practice?

What kind of skill is this?

To throw an arrow at that distance with bare hands and knock down the target, one would need to be a highly skilled archer who has practiced archery for many years.

Did she cheat? How could she use so much force?

Xiao Yuanshuang's ears were ringing.

The target in the distance was re-erected and placed back in its original position.

As usual, Murong Yue's arrow went slightly off-target and missed the bullseye.

"It's your turn."

Through the blur, Murong Yue's voice could be heard.

Xiao Yuanshuang swallowed hard, forced down her trembling hands, and took an arrow from the quiver.

She wasn't arrogant enough to throw arrows with her bare hands.

He obediently took the bow from Ah Hao, nocked it, aimed, drew the bow, and shot the arrow.

Aside from the initial panic, the subsequent movements were fluid and graceful, making them quite pleasing to the eye.

But after witnessing His Majesty's grand and unrestrained aesthetics of violence, Xiao Yuanshuang, a girl from a modest family, seems utterly uninteresting.

Bang--

Her arrow hit the bullseye.

The members of the Yue delegation were the first to applaud.

Lord Pi stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, in the archery contest between you and His Highness, hitting the bullseye scores higher than missing it.”

"Without a doubt, our Highness has won."

Pah!

How shameless!

People were talking about it.

How could the envoy from Yue say such a thing?

His Majesty didn't even use a bow, just his bare hands. Is there any need to ask who is more powerful?

Lord Pi turned a deaf ear to these voices.

There was no other way; they were in the same boat as the Third Princess. First, they lost the grain they were trading with, and if they lost another batch of grain...

My head is in danger.

Even if what we're doing now is unethical, there's nothing we can do about it.

The rules in Qing Kingdom are very good; no one dares to interrupt unless Murong Yue gives a signal.

The only person with the right to speak, the Imperial Advisor, remained silent at this moment.

Murong Yue understood Xiao Yuanshuang's meaning, and immediately raised her hand, picked up another arrow, and said cleanly and decisively, "Second round."

Xiao Yuanshuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Lord Pi a grateful look.

Before she could recover, she saw Murong Yue have the target moved far away again.

This instantly changed the distance from thirty-three meters to nearly one hundred meters.

Xiao Yuanshuang: !!! !!! !!!

madman!

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