She was stunned.
"Ms. Su, you are so amazing."
"Yeah, how did you shoot it?"
"Did you learn archery in Qingzhou?"
When people mentioned her past, they unconsciously changed the countryside to Qingzhou.
"Miss Su, can you teach me archery?"
"Your hands are so soft."
"What spices did you use? They smell so good."
The topic gradually went off topic.
Su Xiaoxiao was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the crowd.
She is good at dealing with all kinds of maliciousness with ease.
However, I felt a little overwhelmed by everyone's genuine warmth and kindness.
He was still an incredibly handsome archer in the previous second, but in this moment, he was "cruelly" pinched on the face, had his hands pulled, his sleeves pulled, and his arms grabbed by the girls.
She held the bow and arrow in a daze, and in a second she became a little idiot!
No one in the palace school had ever been so popular, not Princess Jingning, the legitimate daughter of the Central Palace, not Princess Huian, the beloved daughter of Emperor Jingxuan, not even Qin Yanran, who was known as the most talented woman.
Guo Lingxi has many followers. In addition to his love for competing with Princess Hui'an, he also has a good reputation and popularity in the palace school.
But he has never enjoyed the treatment that Su Xiaoxiao is receiving.
It looked as if she alone had unified everyone's aesthetic taste.
Guo Lingxi clenched the bow in his hand.
When he turned around, he saw Wei Ting coming behind him without him noticing.
She was delighted: "Cousin..."
Wei Ting was not looking at her, his gaze passed over the other daughters and fell on a dazed little fat peacock, his eyes flashed with emotion that he himself did not notice.
Guo Lingxi left Gongxue crying and even forgot to return Gongxue's bow.
She realized it only when she got on the carriage. She threw the bow to the ground in anger and broke it with one foot! Those who scored below C in today's exam need to retake it.
More than half of the daughters wailed.
Princess Hui'an left the grassland in a heroic manner.
The palace servants accompanying them were completely confused.
At least he got a D, but you got zero. How come you are walking with such a breeze?
"Princess, this is not the way to Qixiang Palace." The little palace maid reminded.
"I know. I'll go find my father!" said Princess Hui'an.
The little palace maid said, "Forgive me for being so nosy, but at this hour, is His Majesty still in court?"
"Then I'll wait for him to leave the court!" Princess Hui'an said as a matter of course.
The little maid asked, "Do you... have any urgent business?"
Duke Hui'an said sternly, "I want to retake the exam. Isn't this an urgent matter? But how can I take the exam alone? I can only... ask my father to issue an order to find me a sparring partner!"
The little palace maid twitched her lips and said, "Are you looking for Master Wei?"
Princess Hui'an said, "He is my teacher, and he teaches me alone. What do you want others to do? Isn't that extremely unfair? This princess is very particular about fairness, so I can just find a rich girl!"
Little Palace Maid: Are you sure you want to find someone randomly? You might as well just say Miss Su's name...
When Princess Hui'an arrived at the imperial study, Princess Jingning was just coming out.
"What are you doing here?" Princess Hui'an frowned.
Princess Jingning glanced at her and said, "Come and tell father that you failed the archery test and need to retake it."
Princess Hui'an was furious: "Why do you have to tell me? I can tell it myself!"
Princess Jingning said calmly, "Also, father thinks we should find you a sparring partner to teach you step by step."
Princess Hui'an's eyes lit up.
Princess Jingning said calmly: "Starting from tomorrow, come to Kunning Palace at the hour of Mao every day, and I will teach you archery."
On the other side, Guo Lingxi returned to the Guo family in a rage, locked himself in the room, and refused to come out for meals.
She had the closest relationship with Guo Huan, so the servants naturally went to report to the eldest young master.
Guo Huan came to the door and knocked on it.
"Go away!"
She shouted.
"It's me, big brother." Guo Huan said softly.
Guo Lingxi's crying stopped abruptly. She walked over slowly and opened the door for Guo Huan.
Guo Huan came in with a juicy peach and handed it to her, saying, "My mother sent someone to visit my aunt yesterday, and I picked this from her peach orchard."
Guo Lingxi choked up and said, "I don't want to eat."
Guo Huan smiled and said, "Don't you like the peaches grown by your aunt the most? You say they are bigger and sweeter than those grown outside."
Guo Lingxi said angrily: "I'm not in the mood to eat. I'm so embarrassed today!"
"What's wrong?" Guo Huan asked lovingly.
Guo Lingxi sat on the chair and told the story about the exam while crying.
"Why did you give Princess Hui'an a horse... If you didn't... she wouldn't be able to defeat me..."
In fact, what did this have to do with Guo Huan? No one expected that Princess Hui'an would give away such a precious horse? After all, it was a BMW that Guo Huan had spent a lot of effort to get.
Guo Huan laughed softly: "Huian, you are so naughty."
Guo Lingxi complained, "And that arrow! She said someone tampered with it, but I don't think so! Her aim is very good! She just said that on purpose to make people think she's so powerful! She can even hit a bad arrow!"
Guo Huan touched the jade ring on his thumb: "She...hit the target?"
Guo Lingxi said depressedly: "The first arrow missed the target, but the rest all hit the target! I hate her so much! I hate her so much!"
Guo Huan looked at the peaches on the table and murmured in a low voice: "Did I get all of them..."
…
At the palace gate, Wei Ting sat in the carriage and waited for a long time before Su Xiaoxiao finally arrived.
"The get out of class has been over for more than half an hour." Wei Ting said coldly.
Su Xiaoxiao said innocently: "But they held me to talk, and I couldn't leave."
Wei Ting said: "Tomorrow is a holiday, where do you want to go?"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "I have made arrangements."
Wei Ting said coldly: "At night!"
Su Xiaoxiao spread her hands: "I have also made arrangements."
Wei Ting asked in confusion, "What have you arranged?" Are you going to see a doctor? Su Xiaoxiao spread her fingers and counted, "Lu Hui and Lu Ying asked me to go outing, Miss Zheng asked me to go jewelry shopping, and Miss Liu asked me to go lantern shopping in the evening!"
Wei Ting took a big gulp of the herbal tea.
Su Xiaoxiao said: "Go back quickly."
Wei Ting said to the driver, "Go to Pearl Pavilion."
Pearl Pavilion is the houseboat where Wei Ting took Su Xiaoxiao to eat.
Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Why are you going there again?"
Wei Ting said seriously: "Eat! It's time for lunch now!"
"Why don't you eat at home?" Su Xiaoxiao approached him and looked at him straight in the eye. "Do you want to date me?"
Wei Ting said with a cold face: "I just want to eat the fish from Pearl Pavilion."
Su Xiaoxiao sat back in her seat: "Well, let's go back and pick up Dahu, Erhu and Xiaohu first."
Wei Ting said calmly: "Why pick them up? Don't they have to go to class?"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "There is no class at noon..."
Master Wei said very seriously: "What if we are late in rushing back? Although they are still young, they can't develop the habit of being late for class."
(End of this chapter)