Seeing that Chen Li didn't respond, they thought he was scared. Considering Pei Yu was there, he could only communicate his thoughts carefully with his eyes.
Chen Li knew what she was planning, but she didn't want her to get what she wanted.
"Your Majesty, I would like to challenge the Princess of Hui'an, but she has been silent. Is it possible that none of the women in Northern Yan are capable of fighting?"
Her words instantly made the noble ladies present stand on the same line with Chen Li.
After hearing this, Su Rina looked at her twice more and said, "Idiot, you can just think about it in your heart and you can say it out loud!"
Xie Yunci had just returned from hunting in the woods with the imperial concubine. The maid beside the imperial concubine was holding a golden cage. In the cage was a pure black rabbit without a single stray hair on its body and its eyes were red.
Hearing Princess Saihan's question, he looked at Chen Li and asked, "Princess Hui'an, why don't you accept the invitation?"
Imperial Concubine: "Now the main thing is to speak out whatever difficulties you have, there is no need to force it."
Princess Saihan smiled slightly, "What hardship could there be? It's my fault for not considering the matter enough and forgetting the county princess's previous identity."
Chen Li stood up and saluted the emperor along with everyone else before saying, "Your Majesty, it's not that Hui'an wasn't invited, but I just think this competition is quite boring and there's nothing to win. It's really uninteresting."
Princess Saihan immediately responded, "Princess Hui'an is bored, so how about we set up some prizes?"
At this moment, Xie Yunci seemed to be suddenly interested in something. "Since you want to add to the fun, then I will be your witness."
Princess Saihan raised the corner of her mouth. With the words of the Emperor of Beiyan, Princess Hui'an had no choice but to agree.
Sure enough, the next second, Chen Li heard him say, "The Emperor has spoken, there is no reason for Hui'an to refuse. However, Princess Saihan's prize must be worthy of her status. Don't just pick one to fool me."
Princess Saihan raised her chin and said, "Don't worry, Princess Hui'an. I'm not a stingy person. I'll bet fifty horses from our tribe and two hundred sheep."
Chen Li nodded, "The princess is generous. I believe she won't fool me with some inferior horses and sheep."
Saihan frowned, "The county lady won't do that. We have always been open and honest, and we definitely won't do that."
Chen Li put on an awkward expression, "The princess's prize is so high, so I have to..."
“No need!”
Saihan stopped Chen Li from saying anything. The Princess of Hui'an was a peasant girl before, and she looked down on those poor things.
Chen Li frowned: "This is against the rules."
In Princess Saihan's eyes, her appearance seemed like she was racking her brains, and she didn't want to compete with her for fear of embarrassment.
"What are the rules? If we compete, the prize is mine if I win. That makes sense."
"Well then, I wonder what Princess Saihan wants to compete in?"
Xie Yunci had already found a seat with the imperial concubine, which was the best place to watch their duel later. Naturally, he could hear their conversation now.
"Your Majesty, I would also like to set up a bet."
"This is not that simple, Eunuch Qu."
"The servant is here."
"Go set up a bet and have all the ladies from the noble families bet on Princess Saihan to win."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Princess Saihan had held her chin high from the beginning. "We're just competing in archery, nothing else. And don't accuse me of bullying you."
Xie Yunci: "That won't do. It's boring. Let's compete in archery and horseback riding together. If Princess Saihan is willing, we can have another competition."
Pei Yu's mouth twitched slightly. The emperor really didn't mind making trouble and was adding fuel to the fire.
Princess Saihan looked at Chen Li. Does the Emperor of Northern Yan have a grudge against the Princess of Hui'an?
With the small body of the Princess of Hui'an County, how could she be able to ride a horse or shoot arrows, let alone compete in martial arts?
As for the scene that just happened at the edge of the woods, she had already selectively forgotten it.
Because in her heart, she thought that Chen Li was lucky and escaped the disaster.
The ministers and ladies present also began to whisper, wondering if the emperor was being too cruel.
The Princess of Hui'an looks weak and fragile, and doesn't seem to understand anything at all.
The corners of Chen Li's mouth rose slightly. It seemed that Chen Li was also enjoying watching the fun.
"Ali, you..."
Everyone only saw Prince Jingnan saying something to Princess Hui'an, and she looked hesitant.
After a while, she spoke reluctantly, "Okay, since the emperor has said so, Hui'an can only agree."
The two of them went to pick horses very quickly, and soon, both of them appeared in everyone's sight, riding two handsome chestnut horses.
By the time they went to choose the horses, the venue below had already been set up and a young eunuch was already waiting for them downstairs.
"Princess Hui'an, Princess Saihan, are you two ready?"
"Um."
"alright."
The former looks confident, while the latter looks complicated.
As the young eunuch shouted "The competition begins", the two horses quickly jumped out from their original positions.
Princess Saihan was half a horse's length ahead of Chen Li, her face full of smiles, but she had no intention of giving in to Chen Li. Trying one's best was the greatest respect for the opponent.
However, she gradually realized that something was wrong. No matter how she ran, the Princess of Hui'an behind her was always half a horse's length away from her. Realizing that something was wrong, she raised the reins in her hand and whipped the horse's butt.
The horse felt pain and leaped out suddenly, thinking that it could shake Chen Li off this time, but unexpectedly, she gradually became as close to him as possible, or to be more precise, she had surpassed him.
How is this possible? The Princess of Hui'an is just a commoner girl.
"drive!"
No matter how hard she tried this time, she could not catch up with the Hui'an County Lady in front of her.
"In the first round, Hui'an County Lady wins!"
"good!"
Xie Yunci pretended to be unaware of Chen Li's abilities and stood up excitedly.
There were quite a few ladies gathered downstairs, and it was much more lively there.
"It turned out that the Princess of Hui'an won. It seems that Princess Saihan is also useless!"
"I didn't expect that the Hui'an County Lady, who looks so weak, actually has some abilities."
"Perhaps we have all underestimated Princess Hui'an. She has been with Prince Jingnan for so long, how could she not have any abilities at all!"
I don't know which lady said this, but everyone in the room fell silent.
That's right, they didn't know the details of Princess Hui'an. They only knew that she was a peasant girl, had a brother who was a general, and a fiancé, Prince Jingnan. They knew nothing else.
"As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles. There's a reason why Prince Jingnan likes her. It seems the Princess of Hui'an is also a pig in disguise."
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