I have to say that Guan Yingying’s “panacea” is really effective.

That pigeon egg-sized ball of black sesame and walnut-flavored panacea contained at least three soybean-sized pastes.

After the prince took the medicine, he felt it was fragrant, sweet and delicious. Soon his brain started to become unresponsive. The pain stopped and his whole body felt extremely comfortable, as if he was floating in the air.

If it weren't for the pain of pulling out the arrow, what the prince would want to do most now is to favor a woman, and have sex with her thirty-two times in one night.

***

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Shaoyu left the court while Xie Zhaozhao and Yuanmanman were offering sacrifices to the kitchen god in the small kitchen of Qingpu Courtyard.

Gu Shaoyu watched curiously from the side. It was the first time in his life that he had seen the Kitchen God worship.

When they finished, he took Xie Zhaozhao's hand and went into the inner room, whispering to her, "Today, the Queen discussed with His Majesty about arranging a marriage for the Crown Prince at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve. The list of names has been finalized."

Xie Zhaozhao frowned and said, "The Crown Princess's body is still warm, and they are going to select a beauty pageant. This is really too cruel."

Emperor Huidi also said the same thing. He reprimanded the empress and ordered her to stay in the palace. He also asked the prince to recuperate at home and discuss the marriage after a year.

"But the Queen may not listen. Hua Zisheng told me the list today. Elder Liu's granddaughter, Miss Liu Si, Duke Yingguo's biological sister, Miss Li, and your third sister are all on the list. Your fourth sister is also listed in the notes." Gu Shaoyu said.

Xie Zhaozhao had a headache. Among these good friends, it would be a tragedy if any of them became the prince's woman.

And if Xie Tingting became the prince's woman, Xie Zhaozhao would be the first to be in trouble.

The prince fell out with the emperor and forced the former crown princess Shi Yingying to death. He then chose girls from aristocratic families or top noble ladies and never married girls from poor families again. This was a disguised declaration of war.

Gu Shaoyu said, "The women on the list were all drawn up privately by the Queen, Duke Cheng'en, and the Crown Prince, and have not yet been notified to the various mansions. Originally, she planned to convey the list to the various mansions immediately after His Majesty agreed. Even if they were discussing marriage, as long as they had not made a decision and had not exchanged engagement letters, they had to stop and let the Crown Prince choose a concubine first. Only those who were not chosen could marry someone else."

Xie Zhaozhao looked at him, and they both said at the same time: "Brother!"

That’s right, Xie Yu hasn’t proposed marriage yet.

Xie Zhaozhao said: "Who do you think is more suitable?"

"The Duke of Yingzhou's Mansion holds the title of Duke of Yingzhou, but Li Yunhuai has made no achievements in the court. Even if the Crown Prince chooses Li Ranran as the Crown Princess, it will not be of much help to the Crown Prince. On the contrary, the Fourth Miss Liu, Elder Liu has disciples all over the world..."

Xie Zhaozhao nodded, she thought so too.

In her previous life, Liu Yiyi eventually became the Rong Fei of Emperor Xiao. Later, the family of Liu Ge Lao was confiscated and exterminated, and Liu Yiyi also died in the cold palace.

The Liu family and the Xie family were destroyed almost at the same time.

However, in her previous life, Liu Yiyi was appointed as the prince's concubine half a year later, and the crown princess Shi Yingying was not dead yet.

In this life, not only did the Crown Princess die early, but it was also most likely that Liu Yiyi would be chosen as the Crown Princess.

"Tomorrow, can you lend me Nanxing and Beichen? I'll go to the Palace Front Department to try out Xie Jue's martial arts?"

Gu Shaoyu smiled like an old fox: "Okay."

She brought people to test the martial arts of her cousin from her mother's side. Is that not too much?

The next morning, Xie Zhaozhao went out, took a basket of oranges, and took a carriage to the Imperial Army training ground.

Xie Jue has entered the Palace Front Department, but when he is not on duty he has been training in the Forbidden Army Camp.

The training of the imperial guards is very strict. They train in the coldest and hottest days of winter and summer, and even though the New Year is almost approaching, they still do not stop.

Xie Zhaozhao went over there and asked someone to call Xie Jue, and soon Xie Jue ran out.

It was winter and he was wearing very thin clothes, with sweat coming out of his head.

Seeing Xie Zhaozhao, he said happily: "Sister, why are you here?"

"If I don't come to see you, you won't come to the Marquis' Mansion to see me!" Xie Zhaozhao said with a smile, "How are you doing in your studies?"

Xie Jue said proudly: "Coach Cui said that I am the most talented among them. Now I can fight with the coach for a hundred moves without losing."

"That's great, second brother. You've become so powerful in just half a year! I'll bring your brother-in-law's guards here today. Can you fight them?"

Xie Jue was not afraid either, because he always had to know how big the gap was.

When he heard that Gu Ge Lao's guards were going to fight with Xie Jue, Coach Cui stopped training and told the others to train first. He took them to a separate training ground and said, "The ground here is good and the weapons are complete."

Xie Zhaozhao and Yuanyuanman stood on the high platform, and Nanxing went down first to compete with Xie Jue.

Xie Zhaozhao said to the two of them: "You must show all your abilities. I want to see the difference. There is no mercy on the battlefield. You must do your best."

In fact, it just means Nanxing is not allowed to be polite.

The first one is running laps.

This is a competition of speed and endurance, one of the most important abilities on the battlefield.

Yuanyuan looked at Nanxing closely. Nanxing was the elder's personal bodyguard, so his martial arts skills must be good, but she didn't know how.

Coach Cui stood at the starting point and shouted to Xie Jue and Nan Xing, "Run 20 laps around the field. The first one to reach the finish line wins."

As soon as the word "start" was shouted, Xie Jue and Nan Xing rushed out like an arrow from a bow.

The training ground was one mile long. Nanxing was much faster than Xie Jue. For every lap Xie Jue ran, Nanxing had already run two laps.

Only then did Yuanyuan realize how amazing Nanxing was.

But Xie Jue was not bad either. He ran at a steady pace, had a steady breathing, and seemed to be running faster and faster. On the battlefield, there would be no problem for him to escape.

After running laps, they lifted stone locks. The stone locks used for training were heavier, and the smallest one weighed 18 kilograms.

Nanxing bulged his shoulders and lifted the stone lock like he was lifting a steamed bun, and he could hold the stone lock up easily and horizontally.

Xie Jue also lifted it easily, but he was still far from being as good as Nan Xing.

Afterwards, they competed in a few more events, and Xie Jue naturally lost to them all.

Xie Zhaozhao pursed his lips and smiled, not feeling the slightest bit of shame for bringing someone to crush his brother. He pointed at Beichen and said, "Do you want to compete with him in Qinggong?"

Xie Jue scratched his head and said, "I'm not good at Qinggong."

Forget it, Beichen doesn’t need it today.

He asked Moyan and Guanyan to bring down a basket of oranges, and said to Coach Cui, "Thank you for teaching my second brother. Give these oranges to the children to eat during the New Year."

In winter, there are very few people selling oranges on the streets of Daqian. These oranges were specially brought to her by Yin Jinan from the south.

Coach Cui was extremely excited. He was a martial arts coach and his family did not have any background. On the contrary, there were many children of powerful and wealthy people in the Palace Front Office or the Imperial Guards.

The Xie family is one of the four major families, and Xie Zhaozhao is an outstanding one. Giving him a basket of oranges is enough to make him devoted to it.

After giving Coach Cui some oranges, Xie Zhaozhao left.

Xie Jue pressed his chest, finished his training in the camp and returned home immediately.

When he arrived at the mansion, he first went to pay his respects to his mother, and then went to Wutong Garden to pay his respects to his grandmother.

"Grandma, my eldest sister came to see me today and gave my coach a basket of oranges."

Old Madam Xie knew something was wrong, so she asked Ying'er and Nanny Liu to go out.

"What's up with your eldest sister?"

Xie Jue immediately took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Old Madam Xie.

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