Xuanyuan Yue was praising Bai Yanyan on the surface.
Actually, it was a mockery. Bai Yanyan heard it clearly. She raised her eyes to meet Xuanyuan Yue's provocative gaze and curled the corners of her lips. "It's normal for a vulgar person like me to have many talents and skills. Naturally, I can't compare with the princess who has never touched water."
"you…!"
Xuanyuan Yue's expression changed slightly.
Is Bai Yanyan mocking her for not knowing anything?!
Xuanyuan Yue was extremely angry, but when she met Xiao Nanyue's eyes from the corner of her eye, she didn't dare to say anything. She was forced by her cousin to apologize to Bai Yanyan just two days ago. Now, if she offended her cousin again in public, she would be doomed.
"Of course the princess can't be with you, but I can."
Situ Jiajia stood up at the right moment and said, "Bai Yanyan, I want to challenge you to an archery competition. Do you dare?"
Xiao Nanyue frowned, thinking about helping Bai Yanyan, but Bai Yanyan spoke first: "Let's compete, why not?"
It’s just archery, such a simple thing.
Bai Yanyan agreed, and Emperor Yongding didn't say anything. He had no choice but to go along with them. On the contrary, if they were embarrassed or humiliated, it would have nothing to do with him. He was even happy to watch the show.
The accompanying civil and military officials were even more looking forward to it.
I wanted to see what other abilities this young lady from the Bai family had.
Only Xiao Nanyue looked at Bai Yanyan with concern, fearing that she would be bullied.
There was also the prince standing beside her. He didn't seem to be too worried. He just looked at her with burning eyes, watching her every move. Xuanyuan Che no longer had his mind on Bai Yanyan. He was now fully wary of Shen Qingqing.
Shen Qingqing was completely unaware and even picked up the wine glass, took a sip and prepared to watch the show.
"Bai Yanyan, although I can't beat you, I'm definitely better at archery than you."
Situ Jiajia took the bow and arrow, and seeing Bai Yanyan choosing, she immediately sneered, "You are definitely not my opponent. After all, I have been learning since I was a child."
Their Situ family is different from other aristocratic families. They basically have to learn everything. If they are not good at literature, they will learn martial arts. If they are not good at martial arts, they can only learn literature. She has also learned everything since she was a child.
"Yeah?"
"Then I'm not as good as you. I've only just started to learn the bow and arrow."
"Looking at you, I know you can't shoot arrows, Bai Yanyan. Why don't you beg me to show mercy so that you don't have to suffer such humiliation?" Situ Jiajia raised her head with a bit of arrogance.
"Please?"
Bai Yanyan smiled, "I think you should be the one begging me."
"Hmph, you don't know what I'm talking about!"
Situ Jiajia was too lazy to tell her. She had made up her mind to embarrass Bai Yanyan, so she walked to the designated location, drew the bow and arrow at the target, and then let go.
The long arrow flew out and hit the bull's eye.
“That’s awesome!”
Xuanyuan Yue cheered immediately, and even Shen Qingqing started laughing.
"How about it?"
Situ Jiajia looked back at Bai Yanyan, only to see that Bai Yanyan was studying the bow and arrow. She immediately said kindly, "Bai Yanyan, don't you know how to shoot an arrow? If you don't know how to shoot an arrow, I can teach you..."
She deliberately raised her voice so that everyone present could hear.
Bai Yanyan can’t shoot arrows?
It seems that there is no requirement that she must know how to shoot arrows.
"Bai Yanyan, watch carefully, this is how you shoot an arrow."
Situ Jiajia was very kind and shot another arrow. This arrow was not as good as the first one, but it also hit the bull's eye. "Did you see it clearly? Archery is actually very simple. Why don't you try it?"
Bai Yanyan still didn't move, and even retreated several meters, then picked up five arrows at once.
Seeing her action, Situ Jiajia laughed out loud, "Bai Yanyan, if you can't shoot arrows, just say it directly, and no one will laugh at you. But you dream of shooting five arrows at once, don't you think it won't be embarrassing?
Impossible, you might as well just say you can’t shoot arrows, that you are not as good as…”
Before she could utter the word "I", Bai Yanyan drew her longbow and the five long arrows shot out.
There were two targets, but Bai Yanyan shot at the target that Situ Jiajia had just shot at, and Situ Jiajia was standing in front of the target, which meant that the five long arrows flew towards her.
Situ Jiajia's face turned pale when she saw the five long arrows shooting towards her fiercely. Almost in the blink of an eye, the five long arrows flew towards her. One grazed her shoulder, one scratched her face, and one messed up her hair...
Situ Jiajia was so scared that her legs went weak and she fell to the ground, her hair disheveled, looking very miserable.
But no one cared about Situ Jiajia, almost everyone's eyes were on the target.
The five long arrows hit the bull's eye, and two of them pierced directly through the middle of the long arrow shot by Situ Jiajia before and were inserted into the bull's eye.
It would have been fine if only one shot hit the bull's eye, but she hit all five shots at once, and... the distance she was standing at was twice as far as others. Others were six meters away, but she was more than ten meters away.
"Oops, it's a little crooked."
"I can't help it. My weak arms and legs don't have much strength to pull the hook, so the shot went astray. I'm sorry to bother you."
Bai Yanyan sighed regretfully, then set her eyes on Xuanyuan Yue, "Ninth Princess, your archery skills are even better than mine. Would you like to come down and demonstrate?"
Xuanyuan Yue: “…”
Bai Yanyan was deliberately provoking her? !
Her face became even uglier. She was good at archery, but she couldn't stand so far away and shoot five arrows at once like Bai Yanyan did! !
Xuanyuan Yue was angry but also felt somewhat relieved. She was relieved that it was not her who went out and embarrassed herself just now, otherwise it would not be Situ Jiajia who was sitting on the ground with a panicked face and messy hair, but her.
"The Bai family's little girl's archery skills are indeed good."
Emperor Yongding praised him, and then said, "Now that the competition is over, let's go hunting."
The archery competition was held on the outskirts of Yuliu Mountain, in a fenced-off hunting area. Princess Yongning smiled and said, "There are quite a few people coming this time, so let the young people hunt freely."
Free hunting means going to any place in Yuliu Mountain and seeing who can hunt the most powerful prey before three quarters past the hour of You. This can also be considered a competition.
Almost all the young people present participated, including the commander-in-chief and the young general. Bai Yanyan took a bow and arrow and walked out of the hunting ground.
He walked around almost like a stroll, shot a wild rabbit, and then walked outside, away from the sight of the guards. After a while, Shen Qingqing came out.
"Sister, this Yuliu Mountain is the royal hunting ground. I've been here before and am very familiar with it. Prey is usually found in the inner area and on the west side. Would you like to come with me?"
Bai Yanyan looked at her with her eyes bent. Shen Qingqing was just about to open her mouth to trick her again when she heard her laugh and say, "Okay, since you know the way, then take me with you."
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