The old lady is reborn

Duke An Guo said: "The second game can be played by one person or in cooperation. There are four sets of questions in total. The one who spends less time and gets more correct answers wins."

As he spoke, a servant tore off the maze questions on the large screen. Behind them appeared ten sentences taken from the classics, poems, and songs of Zishi, but some words were missing.

Then Duke Anguo pointed to the corridor of the waterside pavilion across a lotus pond. There was a wooden frame erected there with wooden signs hung high and low, all with different words on them.

Someone here has presented a bow and arrow. First, we need to shoot down the required words. When the rope breaks, the wooden sign will fall down.

Then run from here to there to pick up the wooden cards you shot down and put them in the corresponding spaces, and you are done. Some people use hourglasses to time.

Duke Anguo said: "There are four sets of questions in total, each set has ten less words. This place is not big, we can't play at the same time, whoever wants to play first will sign up."

He Shao, the son of the General of the Cavalry, asked, "What is the prize?"

Duke Anguo said, "Bring it up."

The servant presented a set of hairpins and crown hairpins. In addition to the extremely exquisite hairpins and crown hairpins, there were also matching flower ornaments for the back and temples, small hairpins and earrings.

Even though this side was full of men, they couldn't help but say, "This is so beautiful."

On the women's side, many young women were attracted to it. Lady Anguo said, "Bring it over here for us to have a look."

So the two servants carried the food and walked around the ladies' table. Lady Anguo said, "This damn old man prepared such a nice set of things. He is determined to outdo me.

It’s okay, they compete, and if they win, they will send it to us.”

As they were talking and laughing, someone announced, "The Sixth Prince and the Sixth Princess are here."

The Duke of Anguo and his wife hurriedly stood up to greet them, and everyone else followed suit and stood up to greet them.

The Sixth Prince did not come alone. Unexpectedly, the Sixth Prince and his wife were followed by Zhao Bin and his wife.

Originally, the Duke of Anguo and his wife would have invited Princess Anyang instead of Zhao Bin, not to mention that Zhao Bin was regarded as the Ninth Prince's man.

Now that the Ninth Prince has just fallen, although General Zhao’s Mansion is fine, it is still better to avoid suspicion.

But then again, since there was nothing wrong with General Zhao's mansion, then it probably meant that there was nothing wrong with the Ninth Prince. In that case, everything was fine, but why did the Sixth Prince get involved in the blink of an eye?

In fact, Zhao Bin was also a little uncomfortable. It was the Sixth Prince who took the initiative to show goodwill and approached the Zhao family.

His family has no foundation. He is neither an old noble nor a close supporter of His Majesty. He is only a distant relative of the Imperial Concubine's family. He has always been in an awkward position in Kyoto.

Although he didn't want to get close to the Sixth Prince, he didn't dare to offend him. The Sixth Prince thought that if he could win over such a person, he should win him over. The more the better.

Since men and women were seated separately, after they sat down in pairs, Lady Anguo asked Zhao Bin's wife Qu You: "But you are pregnant? Is it okay?"

The Sixth Princess smiled and said, "This is her first child. She is already five months pregnant and is only slightly pregnant. It's good for her to walk around."

Qu You also said: "It's okay."

As for the men's side, since the Sixth King had just arrived, the rules of the game were explained again.

The Sixth Prince and the Sixth Princess looked at the prize and laughed, "The Duke is so generous."

Jing Zhong said to Rong Huaian, "Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity? Let's team up together. I'm good at archery."

Lin Yindi heard this and said, "Why are you like this? If you want to play in a team, you have to play a round with me first. Are you bullying me?"

After hearing this, Jing Zhong's eyes widened again and he said angrily, "Why are you blaming others for something else? Tell me honestly, who bullies whom on weekdays?"

Rong Huaian smiled and said, "It's okay, you two can be a team."

He Shao, the son of the General of the Cavalry, also came over and said to Rong Huaian, "Then let's form a group."

As he spoke, he slapped Huai'an on the shoulder and said, "I think you are a lucky person. We can definitely take them down!"

This slap made Rong Huaian's shoulders sag. Jing Zhong said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you slap him so hard? He is a scholar. Why don't you slap me?"

He Shao said: "I just slap you, so what?"

Jing Zhong said: "You try it!"

Duke Anguo asked, "Do you two want to fight?"

The two of them were silent. Seeing that He Shao took the initiative to invite him, the good-tempered Rong Huaian said to He Shao: "Then I will be in the same group with you."

They were busy playing games in teams, and from time to time someone would come to chat with Rong Huaiyuan. Huai'an looked at his younger brother Huaiyuan and saw that he seemed to be busy as well.

He Shao laughed after hearing what Huai'an said, "My archery is not inferior to this kid!"

Jing Zhong said: "You'll know after the comparison!"

Over there, Zhao Bin recognized Rong Huaian as the person who spoke for Anyang in Huguo Temple, and somehow he also had the urge to compete with him.

Then the son of the Minister of War, Yan Hui, said, "Why are you all teaming up? I'm going to fight alone!"

Duke Anguo asked, "Who will come first?"

Yan Hui said: "I'll go first!"

So the Duke of Anguo ordered his men to tear off the first piece of cloth, revealing the real test question. Yan Hui read the question and memorized the ten words he had to shoot down.

I went to the side, picked up a bow and arrow, and shot down seven words. I probably forgot the last three, so I came back to look at the questions again.

After returning, he missed another one, so he shot down eleven characters in total. He ran over there to pick up ten characters, and then came back to put them on the table in order. The timer stopped.

The people watching nearby, including himself, said: "It would probably be faster if two people team up."

Zhao Bin found Yue Heng, the youngest son of the Imperial Censor, to form a team as the last group to participate in the competition.

The next group was Jing Zhong and Lin Yindi. Lin Yindi looked at the blackboard and read out the words loudly, while Jing Zhong was responsible for archery. Sometimes Jing Zhong couldn't find the words on the wooden frame, and Lin Yindi would remind him loudly. The two of them seemed to be very fast.

Jing Zhong finished shooting and ran to pick up the sign. He ran too fast and couldn't stop his legs, and almost slipped into the lotus pond from the other side. This guy climbed up again.

Everyone was laughing so hard that they were rolling on the floor, and the women on the other side were also looking at the competition here.

Jingzhong picked up the sign and ran back. Others grabbed the rope or tucked it into their collars, but he held it in his arms. Perhaps he ran too fast, and halfway through the run, the sign fell to the ground.

Everyone burst into laughter, and the women couldn't help laughing, and they were all very happy. When he had collected them all, Lin Yindi was so anxious that she shouted at him to hurry up.

Just then, Jing Zhong was passing by the flower path holding a sign, and when he saw He Xian sitting at the women's table with a bright smile, he was stunned for a moment. He Shao's sister was so pretty.

He came to his senses when he heard Lin Yindi's smoking voice and ran to the men's seat. Lin Yindi quickly took over and set it up, and the timer stopped.

But it took much longer than Yan Hui's time. Lin Yindi said angrily: "Are you doing this on purpose? At that time, you are still staring at the women's seat in a daze!"

Jing Zhong said: "God and heaven are my conscience! How could I have known that a woman would smile at me, and smile so beautifully!"

Lin Yindi was so angry that she jumped up and down, "I'm not smiling at you, I'm laughing at you! You fool!"