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Shooting wild pigeons in the air?
Geng Tuo looked at Ye Zhen in surprise. This was much more difficult. He originally thought that he didn't need to work hard to compete with Hou Peidong. He just needed to find a few targets to see who could hit the bull's eye. Was the empress helping Hou Peidong or harming him?
Hou Peidong was Ye Chunnan's friend, and Ye Chunnan was the empress's brother. There was no reason for the empress to help him.
"I think the empress's idea is good. Then let's compete according to the empress's suggestion." Mo Rongzhan said faintly.
Ye Zhen smiled and saluted the empress and Mo Rongzhan. "This concubine is late. Please forgive me, mother and empress."
Mo Rongzhan reached out and helped her up. "It doesn't matter. It's just in time."
"The empress came just in time." The empress snorted coldly.
Ye Zhen explained to the empress with a smile, "Yes, this concubine thought I would miss it."
"Ai jia heard that Prince Hou is ignorant and incompetent. It is not easy to win. Do you want to show that you are a fair empress by asking such a difficult question?" The empress asked with a sneer.
"No." Ye Zhen's mouth floated a shallow smile, and her voice was neither high nor low. "This concubine is a very protective person."
When the empress heard her words, there was a touch of sarcasm in her eyes.
"The competition begins." Eunuch Fu's voice sounded loudly.
Ye Zhen looked forward and said with a smile, "Mother, let's see who will win."
Hou Peidong and Geng Tuo each had a bow and ten arrows in their hands. It all depended on who could shoot the most wild pigeons and who could shoot the most number of wild pigeons.
General Meng of the Xishan Camp could not help but smile. In his opinion, Hou Peidong was no match for Geng Tuo at all.
"Hou Peidong grew up with your brother?" Mo Rongzhan whispered in Ye Zhen's ear.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ye Zhen looked back at Mo Rongzhan with clear eyes, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
Mo Rongzhan looked at her with a smile. Ye Chunnan's martial arts were so good that it was impossible for him to have learned it in Dongqing in recent years. He must have had a foundation since childhood. If Hou Peidong grew up with Ye Chunnan, he would not be just a wine bag.
At least, Ye Yiqing would not let his son be with such a person.
"Release the pigeons!" General Mon ordered loudly.
Geng Tuo quickly took out an arrow and aimed at the sky.
Hou Peidong held the bow in one hand and placed the other on the quiver.
A flock of wild pigeons flew out of the cage and scrambled to fly into the sky.
The arrow in Geng Tuo's hand flew out and a pigeon fell to the ground.
The people around him cheered loudly, but before they could finish, they saw Hou Peidong grab three arrows with one hand and nocked them on his bow.
Is he crazy? Who does Hou Peidong think he is?
Hou Peidong closed his eyes the moment the three arrows shot out at the same time. He recalled the time when he practiced archery in his youth.
His archery skills had always been inferior to Ye Chunnan's. At that time, he had thought that his life would be very leisurely, that he and Ye Chunnan would become the most carefree young master in the capital. Later, he knew that there would be no later.
For so many years, he practiced archery every day, but no one knew.
All for the sake of avenging his good friend one day.
Puff Puff
Only two of his three arrows hit their mark, and two pigeons fell from the sky.
Geng Tuo shot the second arrow, but he missed when he saw Hou Peidong shoot two wild pigeons.
Hou Peidong shot three more arrows.
This time, none of the arrows missed.
“”
Everyone was stunned. They wondered if Hou Peidong had been replaced in an instant. Was this still the Hou Family Heir known to the whole capital? How did he become a master archer in the twinkling of an eye?
Hou Peidong shot all ten arrows in front of everyone's shocked eyes. There were ten wild pigeons on the ground, one of which belonged to Geng Tuo and the other nine to Hou Peidong.
The outcome of the battle was clear at once.
Although Mo Rongzhan had long guessed that Ye Zhen must be sure that Hou Peidong would change the method of the competition, he did not expect that Hou Peidong's archery skills were so good.
"Your Majesty, Hou Peidong won." Ye Zhen looked at Mo Rongzhan with a smile.
"Impossible!" Geng Tuo shouted. He could not believe that he had lost to Hou Peidong.
Ye Chunnan asked with a smile, "Vice-general Geng, did these wild pigeons hit Hou Peidong's arrows by themselves?"
The people of the Light Cavalry Battalion roared with laughter.
Mo Rongzhan said faintly, "The outcome has been decided. There is nothing to argue about."
Only now did Geng Tuo remember that His Majesty was present today. He had indeed lost to Hou Peidong. His arrows were not slow and very accurate, but he could not shoot three arrows in one shot and guarantee that every arrow would hit its target.
"Your Majesty, this subordinate is willing to admit defeat and will give all the prey caught today to General Ye!" Geng Tuo knelt on one knee and said angrily.
Mo Rongzhan looked at Ye Chunnan, "General Ye, what do you think?"
Ye Chunnan naturally had nothing to say. Anyway, he just wanted everyone to not dare to look down on Hou Peidong.
"It's just some small prey. It's better to give them to the subordinates of the Light Cavalry Battalion. This subordinate can still get them back tomorrow." Ye Chunnan said with a smile.
He did not care about Geng Tuo's prey, but he wanted to take his harvest today and let him know what it was like to be stabbed in the heart.
Mo Rongzhan smiled and nodded, "Well, then as General Ye said."
Ye Chunnan cupped his hands and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Hou Peidong, your archery is good. Where did you learn it?" Mo Rongzhan looked at Hou Peidong and asked.
"Your Majesty, when I was a child, I went to the Ye family to find General Ye and was instructed by Lord Ye, so I learned a little archery." Hou Peidong hurriedly said. How could he have the nerve to say that he was good at shooting wild pigeons and that he had learned to eat pigeon meat before?
Mo Rongzhan's thin lips floated a faint smile. Sure enough, as he had guessed, Ye Zhen had long known Hou Peidong's archery. Otherwise, he would not have proposed that he and Geng Tuo compete in shooting wild pigeons.
"Geng Tuo, do you admit defeat?" Mo Rongzhan looked at Geng Tuo faintly.
"This subordinate admits defeat." Geng Tuo's face was depressed. If he had not been shocked by Hou Peidong's archery, he would not have made a mistake. This time, he lost reluctantly, but he could not show it. Otherwise, it would seem that he had no bearing at all.
Mo Rongzhan smiled and told Eunuch Fu, "Send someone to wash those wild pigeons and send them here."
Ye Chunnan and Hou Peidong returned to their positions.
Ye Zhen picked up the wine glass with a smile and took a sip. Then, she heard the Empress Dowager's sarcastic voice. "The Empress has long known that Hou Peidong is good at archery."
"Mother, didn't this concubine just say that this concubine is a very protective person?" Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"Does Hou Peidong have a deep relationship with you? Otherwise, why would you protect him?" The Empress Dowager asked coldly. Although her voice was not loud, it was enough for Mo Rongzhan to hear.
A layer of frost floated in Ye Zhen's eyes. In order to make Mo Rongzhan hate her, the Empress Dowager in front of her became so vicious that she could even say such misleading words.
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