Lady Ding'an Marquis pulled Song Mianshuang to the backyard room and quickly closed the door.

"What were you doing just now?" Lady Ding'an sat down on the main seat in a rage, "Do you really have to compete with that Li Qingqian? She's already been promised to Master Shen, so she's no threat to you at all."

Song Mianshuang sat down with some dissatisfaction, "So what if she's just engaged? Haven't you heard what father said before? She is the biggest obstacle for me to marry into the Eastern Palace!"

The wife of Marquis Ding'an slammed the table and scolded, "You haven't even married yet, but you're so impatient. How are you going to fight for power with the Crown Princess in the future? She's different from you ordinary noble ladies. She's from a real aristocratic family!"

Song Mianshuang was younger, and although she had heard the meaning of a daughter of an aristocratic family, she did not understand it as well as her elders did. "So what if she is a daughter of an aristocratic family? How many of those noble aristocratic families still hold real power?"

The wife of Marquis Ding'an glared at her unhappily, "Humph, don't forget that your father now only has an empty title and no real power."

Song Mianshuang was choked, and said stubbornly with some dissatisfaction: "We still have Song Ningyan in our family who is now favored by the emperor. Besides, my brother has also been praised by the teacher for his intelligence. If he studies hard in the future, he may not be a coward for the rest of his life."

"Song Ningyan?" Lady Ding'an was so angry that she laughed, "How dare you? What is your relationship with her? Don't you have any idea of ​​it?"

Song Mianshuang was speechless.

Lady Ding'an Marquis said, "It's also my mother's fault that she was too impatient in the past. She always wanted to get rid of her, but she escaped every time. Now she has become a favorite of the emperor. I don't know what magic she used."

When he looked at Song Mianshuang, he looked disappointed again, "You too, ever since she recovered from her illness, you have failed every time you fought with her. Can't you hold back and try to be more friendly with her?"

Song Mianshuang's pupils slightly dilated, and she stood up, "Mother, it was you who gave me the idea to deal with Song Ningyan."

The wife of Marquis Ding'an's eyes flickered.

At the beginning, she saw that Song Ningyan actually refused to get engaged to the second son of the Li family, and was unwilling to marry her even to the Prime Minister's Mansion. She thought that the other party had some intention of marrying into the royal family, and it would be bad if it got in the way of Shuang'er.

Song Mianshuang continued to talk: "Besides, she made me lose face so many times, how can I just let her go? And that Li Qingqian, whenever the nobles in the capital mention me, they always mention her, and every time they say that I am inferior to her, isn't it the same after seeing her today?"

"Father said before that the old fox Li Xiang wanted to marry Li Qingqian to the royal family. What if she married her to the Eastern Palace? Mother, think about it. One is a famous playboy in the capital, and the other is the prince who will inherit the country in the future. If you were Li Qingqian, who would you choose?"

Although Lady Ding'an Marquis did not think that Li Qingqian, who was already engaged, would pose any threat to them, she still disliked her.

My daughter has tried every possible means and suffered all kinds of hardships over the years to be as beautiful as she is now. But today is clearly my family's plum blossom banquet, Shuang Erchen got up early and spent so much time dressing up, but she was still outshined by the other party.

The worst thing is that Li Qingqian doesn't seem to have put much effort into dressing up, and her whole body is cool and plain.

What if the prince saw her and disliked her?

I still have to keep a close eye on Li Qingqian and Master Shen, and there must not be any mistakes before they get married.

*

Dawei was a kingdom conquered on horseback, and no matter whether it was spring, summer, autumn or winter, archery competitions were inevitable at banquets.

Archery competitions in winter are the most popular because it is so cold that if one’s skills are not sophisticated, one cannot even hold the bow and arrow steadily.

The day when Shen Changyun came to propose to Li Qingqian, it was a grand occasion, and all the nobles in the capital knew about it.

So Li Qingqian was not surprised at all that she was assigned to be in the same group with him.

This kind of grouping does not mean that one group will win by staying together from the beginning to the end and defeating other groups. Instead, in the last round, two members of the same group will compete with each other, and the one who wins in the end is the real winner.

Those who are grouped together are often those with closer relationships.

For example, brothers and sisters, siblings, and unmarried couples like Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun.

Generally speaking, in such competitions, at the end, there will always be some disagreements between the two sides.

If they are brothers and sisters in the same family, they will naturally quarrel today and make up tomorrow.

Married couples generally do not participate in this kind of competition, especially newlyweds, as this kind of competition that alienates their relationship is not auspicious for them.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Dawei people, such a competition has gradually become the last test for men and women who are engaged before marriage. As long as they pass this test, their marriage will be smooth and happy in the future.

Shen Changyun handed his bow to Li Qingqian, "Don't worry, Third Miss, I will definitely lead you all the way to victory."

Li Qingqian took the bow, smiled firmly and said, "Not with me, but with me."

Before Shen Changyun understood what she meant, he saw that she had already picked up three arrows.

So he reminded her, "Third Miss, you shoot arrows one by one."

Although she had been a queen in her previous life, she was still a woman in the deep palace after all. Shen Changyun thought it was her first time shooting arrows, and he planned to win all the way to the end, and then find a chance to lose to her on purpose.

But she insisted on going on stage herself, and he didn't want to disappoint her.

Now she picked up three arrows in one breath, which was something only people like them who had practiced martial arts for many years could do. Shen Changyun was worried that she would get hurt.

Meng Jingcheng, who was in the same group with his elder sister, couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this: "Miss Li San, this is an arrow for shooting at a target, not a zither for plucking strings in your boudoir."

Li Qingqian didn't want to pay attention to him, but she heard a familiar female voice coming from the other end: "Jingcheng, just take good care of your arrows. How can you mock him like this?"

She was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned her head, and was so excited that she almost cried. This was her future sister-in-law!

Seeing her looking over, Meng Yanrong raised her voice to encourage her, "Sister Li San, don't pay attention to other people's harsh words. I believe you can do it!"

"Yeah!" Li Qingqian nodded vigorously and responded with a smile.

Meng Jingcheng pointed at himself speechlessly and whispered to his elder sister, "I am someone else?"

"shut up."

"Hey, that's good."

As the words fell, Li Qingqian already had three arrows on the bowstring.

He pulled the bowstring hard, and as soon as he let go, the next moment, three arrows flew towards the center of the bull's eye.

"The third girl of the Li family, three arrows were fired simultaneously, in a relay, hitting the bull's eye, ten rings, the red team wins!"

I saw her three arrows. The first one hit the bull's eye first, and then the second one split it directly in the middle and hit the bull's eye. Finally, the third arrow hit the bull's eye, and the first arrow broke into two pieces and fell to the ground.

Shen Changyun was stunned!

Those who were ready to see the joke were also stunned!

The one who felt the most incredible was Meng Jingcheng, who had just mocked her. He looked at Li Qingqian with his mouth wide open.

In the past, he only knew that his elder sister's archery skills were the best among the girls in the capital. He never expected that this Miss Li San, who never left the house before, actually had such an eye-opening skill!

The whole audience was talking about how this girl from a civil servant family could have such powerful skills?

Although Li Qingqian looked majestic on the surface, he was actually extremely tired at the moment.

Her archery skills were learned from her sister-in-law in her previous life, and she practiced hard so that she could kill Jiang Lin one day.

But this body in this life is still a little thin and weak. After preparing for so long, I still feel exhausted.

She looked at Meng Yanrong happily. In addition to surprise, there was also half appreciation and admiration in the other's eyes.

The Shen family is a martial arts family, and they would never waste Shen Changyun's martial arts and archery skills. So in the next few rounds, the two of them cooperated with each other and almost crushed the other groups.

Although Meng Jingcheng did have some basic skills, he had been indulging in fun in recent years and had regressed a lot. Even with Meng Yanrong's support, he still accidentally lost the game.

He looked at Meng Yanrong with some guilt, but the other party did not seem to be ashamed of losing the game. Instead, he walked towards Li Qingqian who was about to go for the halftime break with joy on his face.

"Sister Li San really made me shine today," she smiled and took Li Qingqian's hand, and walked side by side with her to the rest seat, "But do you like archery on weekdays? If you have time in the future, why not have a few more matches with your sister?"

Li Qingqian already felt a sense of familiarity with her, and even though she didn't behave like a reborn person, he still had feelings of admiration for her.

"My sister is just a humble person. Fortunately, I had an excellent master in my early years, which gave me all these abilities." She also smiled at the other party, "If you don't mind, you can call me Ah Qian. I also hope to call you Sister Yanrong."

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