Chapter 172 Let’s play some fun games
Mo Xiao considerately picked up another piece of osmanthus cake and put it in He Yanli's bowl, "Your Highness, please eat more. The weather is good today, and I will accompany Your Highness for a walk later. Your Highness the Crown Prince is very busy with affairs, and I don't think he has much free time."
He Yanli glanced at him, a dark look in his eyes flashed across his face for a moment, and he drank up the cup of tea in the teacup and turned it upside down on the table, making a crisp sound.
"Brother, I am indeed very busy."
He Yanli stood up and looked at Minister Qiao. "If there is an accident in this enclosure, Minister Qiao, do you think that my brother will not have the time to teach people archery because of the accident?"
Minister Qiao: “….”
What you said!
If you want to do something, just do it. Why bother telling me?
"I don't know."
He Yanli sneered, old fox.
"Mo Xiao, this osmanthus cake is very good, bring it over and take it away."
The master and the servant left in a leisurely manner. Minister Qiao sighed, thinking that a grown man had to stare at the osmanthus cake that someone specially prepared for his daughter.
Ziyuan held up an oil-paper umbrella that Jingyuan handed to her. Through the open umbrella, one could see an exquisite ink painting.
The outside of the umbrella is decorated with carefully painted colorful peonies, which appear layer upon layer. The tender green leaves seem to inject a touch of vitality into the peony, making it look lifelike as if it is coming alive.
Inside the umbrella is a landscape painting smudged in ink, with overlapping mountains and shrouded in clouds, creating a distant and elegant world in the black and white world.
This is an extremely exquisite oil-paper umbrella.
Qiao Wanyan raised her head to look at the ink painting above, and He Zhiyu looked at her quietly from the side, his eyes were warm and gentle, and deep in his heart he subconsciously hoped that an expression of joy would appear on her face.
But Qiao Wanyan only glanced twice and then looked away, as if she didn't like what she saw as much as she had imagined.
He Zhiyu's good mood in Minister Qiao's tent just now dimmed a little. His heart, which had been calm and peaceful for many years, was suddenly in turmoil just because of Qiao Wanyan's extremely calm little action.
Qiao Wanyan said softly, "After His Highness left yesterday, I practiced alone for a long time, but I just couldn't hit the bull's eye."
She seemed a little lost when she said this, and her voice, which used to be sweet and charming, now sounded a little lonely.
"I am a stupid subject, and was slandered by King Jing again today. Will Your Highness dislike me and think I am troublesome?"
When Qiao Wanyan said this, she raised her head and looked at him. Her eyes were as clear as the first breeze in spring, spreading in the air, but striking the heart of the person in front of her without leaving a trace.
He Zhiyu looked at her burning gaze. For some reason, although it was just a simple eye contact, he felt a hint of unspoken ambiguity.
He Zhiyu tried to calm down and control his inexplicable emotions, "No, don't let your imagination run wild."
Qiao Wanyan just smiled, turned around without saying a word, picked up a feather arrow, put the arrow on the bow, and aimed at the bull's eye in the distance, but unfortunately the shot was off target and only hit the very edge of the target.
Qiao Wanyan Sulai was a person who could learn anything very quickly. He used to learn archery from He Yanli. It only took him a short time to hit the bull's eye, and he had mastered the technique very well. It was not just a coincidence that he hit the bull's eye.
In order to become someone that everyone envies, she learns everything and strives for perfection in everything.
Not to mention controlling where the arrow in your hand shoots at the moment.
After Qiao Wanyan turned around and shot the arrow, He Zhiyu did not follow the flying arrow with his eyes, but kept looking at Qiao Wanyan's back.
It was not until she turned her head to look behind that He Zhiyu calmly withdrew his gaze and took a step forward, "You have done very well. You are the smartest archer I have ever seen, as you were able to hit the target in such a short time. Even Jing Yuan took three days to shoot as well as you did."
Jing Yuan remained calm but was actually very nervous. Didn't Prince Jing just say that Second Miss Qiao had learned archery from him before? Even though Second Miss Qiao denied it just now, she was able to hit the target in such a short time. This must be true. How could Your Highness not see that?
Since he had seen through it, why did he continue to tell Miss Qiao's lies and even use his own archery skills to coax the second lady?
No, huh?!
Qiao Wanyan smiled shyly, "Your Highness taught me well. I like gentle and patient teachers like your Highness the most. Your Highness doesn't know that the female teacher who taught me in the past was very strict, but now I have finally got the teacher of my dreams after all the hardships."
The lady, who had returned to her hometown to retire, suddenly sneezed several times.
severe?
The reason why the female gentleman returned to her hometown to retire early in her life was because she was tortured by the noble lady of the Qiao family who was spoiled by her family to the point that she felt that even the sky was lower than her. Her heart was deeply traumatized, so she took the sky-high silver from the Jin family and returned to her hometown in tears.
He Zhiyu said: "It's you......"
Before he could finish his words, a guard hurried over from a distance, knelt on one knee and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, something bad has happened! The barn in the stable over there suddenly caught fire, and the horses in the fence were frightened and jumped out of the fence!"
He Zhiyu frowned, "Wanyan, you should practice on your own first."
Qiao Wanyan immediately said, "Your Highness, go quickly!"
He Zhiyu left quickly. Qiao Wanyan stared at his back calmly and said jokingly, "I like this umbrella very much."
Zi Yuan was puzzled. "The young lady just acted very calm. I secretly saw that the Crown Prince's face looked a little unhappy."
Qiao Wanyan turned around, her tone a little disapproving, "The prince is such a high-ranking person, and he couldn't hold his face, but he didn't say a word of hypocrisy. This proves that his bottom line with me is not here."
The prince was not a man who could tolerate others infinitely and give face to others, otherwise, when Qiao Yihuan was distributing porridge that day and was troubled by the son of the shopkeeper of Yunjian Yansi, the prince would not have reprimanded Qiao Yihuan in public.
Zi Yuan said, "Miss, should we go back? The stables are flooded, and it will take a long time to find the horses. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will probably not be back soon, and he may not even have time to teach you today."
Qiao Wanyan stretched out her hand, pinched the edge of the umbrella and pulled it down, looking at the peony outside the oil-paper umbrella with satisfaction, "Why don't we have something fun?"
Zi Yuan raised her eyebrows: "Who do you want to play with, Miss?"
Qiao Wanyan met her gaze, her peach blossom eyes curved into a smile, her eyes filled with cunning and malicious thoughts.
"Let Lu Jinye be the target?"
The master and servant both looked at the tall young man standing in the distance with a sword in his arms.
Lu Jinye shuddered inexplicably, feeling that the way these two people looked at him was not a good thing.
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