Chapter 125: The hands are accurate, but the feet are not
Su Qianqian stood at the hitting area with a baseball bat in her hand, looked at the hole with a small flag a hundred steps away, gripped the club and swung it twice to get a feel for it, and decided to give it a try.
A hole-in-one wins twice as many chips, which can reduce the pressure in subsequent games. Of course, if they lose, the pressure on Wang and Qin Yuzhuo will increase.
Su Qianqian calmed down, looked focused and calm, gripped the club with both hands, calculated the strength, and swung decisively to hit the ball!
The solid painted wooden ball flew out in a graceful arc. The people present were chatting leisurely, but when they saw the ball fly so high, they stopped what they were doing in surprise and stared at where the ball landed.
Princess Zhaoyang simply stood up.
The wooden ball quickly fell to the ground, rolled forward for a while, and stopped at the edge of the cave.
There was silence in the field, and then there was a burst of regret. Of course, there were also people who were secretly rejoicing: since Su Qianqian got the chips, someone had to give them up. At this time, the failure of others was their chance to succeed.
[What a pity, just a little bit short, but this also gives us one more bargaining chip. 】
Su Qianqian was quite satisfied with the result. It was her first time using this kind of club and she didn't know the weight of the ball well, so this was already very good.
Looking at Princess Zhaoyang's dark face, Su Qianqian smiled and said, "Lucky, lucky!"
Qin Yuzhuo and Wang both high-fived her to celebrate. Wang told Qin Yuzhuo to go and play, saying that the ball was a free gift.
After one round, the other groups performed fairly well, and Su Qianqian's group took the lead by one point.
At the beginning of the second game, Lu Zhiqing went off the court first and played relatively normally. In the end, Zhuang Yan put the ball into the hole. When it was Su Qianqian's group's turn, Princess Zhaoyang stood on the sidelines.
Su Qianqian was more relaxed this time. She aimed at the right angle and swung hard. The wooden ball flew into the air and landed accurately into the hole. Many ladies couldn't help but exclaimed that this was too easy. She didn't even need to do any warm-up movements before and hit the target in one go!
Princess Zhaoyang had an unpleasant look on her face and remained silent. Zhao Ning and a young concubine in her group also did not dare to speak.
[Yohoo, well done!] I told you that you are a capable person! 】The system cheered loudly.
Wang and Qin Yuzhuo also happily high-fived Su Qianqian, which basically ensured their victory.
When it was Princess Zhaoyang's turn, the concubine was even more nervous and hesitated to leave. Zhaoyang scolded her coldly, "You can't even do this. How can you serve your father well if you are so flustered?"
The young concubine had tears in her eyes and regretted not pretending to be sick and not participating in the game. She could only hit the ball with fear and trepidation. Sure enough, the distance was not too far, but it was not considered a mistake either.
Zhaoyang stood there with a cold face, not moving. Zhaoning had no choice but to go down and hit the ball. Fortunately, the ball rolled to about seven or eight steps away from the hole, and Zhaoning breathed a sigh of relief.
Princess Zhaoyang entered the court with a golf club. With her skills, she could easily hit the ball into the hole. However, the way Su Qianqian swung the club kept repeating in front of her eyes. She unconsciously used force in her hands and swung the ball away. The wooden ball rolled over the hole and ran away.
Everyone at the sidelines noticed that the atmosphere was not right and there was silence for a moment. Zhu Jiayi secretly covered her mouth and laughed. Because she always slept and didn't know how to play chuiwan, she was the only one who was allowed to not participate as an exception.
In the following games, everyone was very cautious, except for the people from Wuning Marquis Mansion and Zhuang Yan.
At this time, Zhuang Yan paid attention to Su Qianqian and looked at her secretly from time to time. When Su Qianqian noticed it, she did not avoid it and the two of them nodded to each other.
After three games, the group from Wuning Marquis' Mansion took first place. The lowest scores came from the three princesses of Liang State, who didn't know how to play at all and were just there to make up the numbers. Fortunately, they had cheerful and lively personalities and each took off a piece of jewelry and placed it together with the jewel ornament.
After this lesson, Princess Zhaoyang changed her strategy when choosing a game. She felt that Su Qianqian would be stronger in any game that required aiming, so she chose one that did not require aiming.
"It's a waste of time for so many people to take turns. It's better for everyone to play a game that they can compete with each other. Kicking shuttlecock is a good choice." Princess Zhaoyang said this and glanced at Su Qianqian, who didn't say anything.
Princess Zhaoyang ordered someone to bring a plate of shuttlecocks, and the palace maid gave one to each person. Su Qianqian looked at the shuttlecock from left to right: it was really made of pheasant feathers, and it looked quite beautiful.
"Keep kicking out new moves without letting the kicks fall to the ground. The one with the most kicks wins." Zhao Ning briefly explained the rules and didn't dare to say more.
When everyone left the stage, Qin Yuzhuo raised his eyebrows and smiled at Su Qianqian, and mouthed: "Watch me."
Everybody started kicking, but some people didn't do anything fancy.
Su Qianqian threw the shuttlecock up and kicked it. The shuttlecock flew into the air with a "whoosh" sound, causing several ladies who had not started kicking it yet to look up in surprise. They didn't know what tricks would be done by kicking it so high, so they all watched with anticipation.
The shuttlecock fell down, Su Qianqian raised her foot to catch it, and it flew straight towards Zhu Jiayi who was eating fruit. The keybed hit the fruit accurately, and Zhu Jiayi jumped up with a scream: "There's an assassin!"
Zhaoyang was a little confused: What kind of trick is this?
"No assassin, no assassin, I was the one kicking the shuttlecock. I'm sorry Miss Six, I didn't hit it accurately..."
Su Qianqian quickly changed a fruit for Zhu Jiayi to calm her down, then took the shuttlecock back and sat down without any burden.
She doesn't know how to play shuttlecock. She learned it for a long time when she was a kid and she can play like this. Her hands are accurate, but her feet are not...
"Madam Wuning, you are quite interesting. How come you look exactly like Mr. Su? If I had known this, I should have gone to the Marquis' Mansion with my second brother to play with you earlier."
Zhou Jinxi, the daughter of Marquis Jinyang, suddenly sat next to Su Qianqian.
Su Qianqian: Are all three of your brothers and sisters so slow-witted?
"Haha, my cousin looks like his mother, and so do I."
"Oh, I see. I will definitely visit you some other day." Zhou Jinxi reached out and took Su Qianqian's shuttlecock, raised his eyebrows, and returned to his seat.
At this time, shuttlecocks were flying in the field. Soon Wang also retreated. At least she was able to kick a dozen or so. In the end, only Zhuang Yan and Qin Yuzhuo were left. Both of them were women who had practiced martial arts. They were as light as a swallow, agile, with endless tricks and good physical strength.
Because of a mistake, Zhuang Yan dropped the shuttlecock to the ground, but Qin Yuzhuo kept changing his kicking postures. The palace maid's mouth became numb from counting: "Four hundred and twenty-one, four hundred and twenty-two..."
Qin Yuzhuo kicked the shuttlecock to five hundred and then kicked the purple gold crown backwards. The shuttlecock flew into the air and she caught it in her hand when it fell.
Although Su Qianqian was the worst, they were in the group with the most people. The losing group was from Duke Xu's Mansion: Ji Bingwen, the Third Young Master's wife, and their sister-in-law Lu Fengyi.
Everyone was tired from playing and no longer cared about the prizes. They just wanted to go back quickly. Princess Zhaoyang had no patience at this time, so she wanted to find a way to make Su Qianqian look bad, just to vent her anger.
"Your Highness, the Queen wants to invite the wife of Marquis Wuning and the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion over for a chat. She asked me to come and invite them." At this time, a palace maid hurried in and bowed to Princess Zhaoyang to report.
"Why did the Queen Mother order them to go now? It will be over in a few moments. Go back to the Queen Mother and ask her to wait."
Zhaoyang failed to achieve his goal and became very anxious, so he impatiently sent the maid away.
"Your Highness, the Queen has ordered you two to follow me immediately. It must be an important matter. I dare not disobey..."
The palace maid hung her head and refused to leave.
"Forget it, forget it. You two just follow her." Zhaoyang was afraid of angering the queen, so he waved his hand and let them follow the palace maid.
As Su Qianqian walked, she felt puzzled. Why did the queen call them in such a hurry?
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