The old lady is reborn

Ever since the Sixth Prince and his wife brought Zhao Bin and his wife to the lotus viewing banquet, Yang Xiaobin has been looking at Anyang with concern.

Seeing that she looked normal and was smiling like the other noble ladies, I gradually felt relieved.

The next group was Rong Huaian and He Shao. The first group's questions were torn off, revealing this group's ten questions. The timer began.

After reading the question, Rong Huaian quickly called out ten words. Unlike the previous two groups, they were not bound by the order and shot the words one by one.

Huai'an kept repeating the words he wanted to shoot. He Shao would shoot whichever word he heard or saw first, and when Huai'an recited it the next time, he would naturally eliminate the words he had already shot.

Anyway, Huai'an can remember it, so He Shao doesn't need to remember it.

The two of them cooperated well, and after shooting down ten words quickly, He Shao ran to the other side. Huai'an said, "Just try what I said just now."

He Shao heard this and asked as he ran, "What if I fail?"

Huai'an said behind him: "Then just treat it as a game."

He Shao picked up ten signs, grabbed the ropes of the ten signs together, twisted them together, and tied them together.

He then pulled out the whip from behind his waist and buckled the rope ends of the ten brands into the iron ring at the end of the whip. Usually this small iron ring is used when hanging the whip on the wall.

After tying it up, he stretched out his hand, swung the whip above his head, and threw it towards the other side of the lotus pond with all his strength.

Everyone watched as the whip carrying ten wooden signs flew over the lotus pond and landed on the fence here.

Huai'an went over and grabbed ten wooden signs, tore them down, quickly arranged them, and stopped the timer.

Both sides of the table burst into applause and cheers. This was too fast! The whole process was very smooth, and the two of them didn't make any unnecessary movements.

Jing Zhong said, "This kid! I came here on horseback too, but I hung my whip on the saddle and didn't bring it in."

Lin Yindi said, "You sound like you'll be able to use it if I bring it in."

Yan Hui replied, "Indeed, I brought it with me, but I never thought of using it. I was playing alone, so even if I was whipped, I had to run over to pick it up myself."

Jing Zhong said to Lin Yindi, "Don't blame me if you didn't expect it. I'm not inferior to He Shao in archery. It's obviously you who can't compare to Huai'an in brains."

Lin Yindi: "Huaian should thank me for snatching a brainless person like you to join the team.

If it were you, you would have thrown the sign to the women's seat."

While the two were bickering, the fourth group, Zhao Bin and Yue Heng, had already started. They still adopted the method of shooting the words in order, probably because they were worried that if they used Huaian's method, there would be missed or repeated words.

After the ten words fell, Zhao Bin ran over, picked up the three signs, grabbed the rope and tied the three signs together, then hung them on the arrow, drew the bow, and shot the three signs back at once.

Everyone noticed that Zhao Bin was not using the ordinary bow and arrow provided by Duke Anguo. The small bow did not have such power, and the arrowhead could only contain a letter.

Everyone was discussing: "Where did this big bow and arrow come from?"

"When he came in, his back wasn't so hunched?"

Jingzhong looked back and said: Isn’t that the prize I just won?

He cried out in pain: "It's a new bow. I haven't even opened it yet. I haven't used it yet. Use your own things, don't take my bow!"

"Take it easy!"

Zhao Bin had already shot four arrows quickly, with three or two signs coming at him each time.

Yue Heng quickly picked them up and put them on the table. When he had put everything on the table, the timer stopped.

Zhao Bin came over and said to Jing Zhong embarrassedly: "I didn't know it was your bow."

Yue Heng came over and said, "I gave it to him."

Jing Zhong was not familiar with Zhao Bin, but was familiar with Yue Heng. He took the bow and kicked Yue Heng in the buttocks, but it was not heavy. Yue Heng laughed and said, "Brother, just one kick, let's forget it."

Jing Zhong could only wave his hand in annoyance and look at his bow carefully. Yue Heng smiled and took the quiver and arrows that came with the bow.

The person using the hourglass to time was in a dilemma because the time for the two groups was the same.

The four groups used four hourglasses to time the game. Someone counted the number of times the hourglass flipped. When they all finished, they would immediately pull out the reed inside the hourglass and the hourglass would stop leaking sand. If the number of flips was the same, the side with the less sand under the hourglass would win.

But now, the two teams' hourglasses have flipped the same number of times, and the amount of sand leaking below is almost the same.

Song Ying looked at the men's seats from time to time. She didn't care about the prize, but was very happy that Huai'an quickly integrated into the group and seemed to have made new friends.

Duke Anguo said: “The two groups took the same amount of time and both got the right words.

How about these two groups have another competition?"

He Shao said: "How do you compare?"

Duke Anguo said: "I have planted grapes in my house. The racks are very high. Now there are bunches of grapes, and they are growing well.

Each of you has 20 darts. It takes the same amount of time. Whoever knocks down the most darts wins. That's great. Please help me add a fruit plate to each table."

The person who was keeping time, leading the way, and holding the plates to load the grapes followed He Shao and Zhao Bin to the orchard, while the others waited for their results.

Not long after, the two men came back and announced that the number of strings on both sides was nineteen.

Duke Anguo asked people to wash the grapes and give each table a portion. Then he said, "Then we can only ask Rong Huaian and Yue Heng to continue the competition.

Men of letters value being well-informed and having a good memory, but it would be boring if they competed to see who could recite more famous poems, or if they took out a book and read it on the spot to see who could remember more.

My wife has an interesting game, why not use hers?"

Lady Anguogong said with a smile: "This is an additional test question to legitimately take away my game, whatever.

I have twenty maids here. They are all similar in height, size, makeup, hairstyle, clothes, and weight. Later, each of them will bring a plate with different items, including fruits, snacks, floral decorations, pens, ink, and so on.

Every girl who walks along the flower path will announce her name. Please walk to the front of the flower path, look at them, and remember their names and what they hold in their hands.

Then write them down on paper, and the group with more correct answers wins. People on your own team can also help."

As expected, twenty maids filed out and announced their names: "Yi Ran", "Jing Ran", "Su Ran", "Tran Ran", "Mo Ran", "Yi Ran", "Liao Ran", "Wei Ran", "He Ran", "Xin Ran", "Wang Ran", "Can Ran", "Shan Ran", "Jue Ran", "Xiao Ran", "Yan Ran", "Yan Ran", "An Ran", "Wei Ran".

After the names were announced, everyone left.

Jing Zhong heard this and said, "Oh my God."

He Shao looked at Huai'an and said, "Sorry, I'm relying on you. I just remember there were watermelons, grapes, silver thread thousand-layer puff pastry, plum blossom cakes, and glutinous nut meatballs."

Lin Yindi said: "I just remember what to eat!"

He Shao said to Jing Zhong, "Did your father tell you not to hit a scholar?"

Jing Zhong said: "You want me to help you beat him? If my father hadn't told me to, would he be so lively and aggressive in bullying me?"

Yan Hui smiled and said, "There are also hydrangeas, roses, lotus flowers, hibiscus buds and the four treasures of the study."

Huai'an smiled, and had already walked to the desk, picking up the pen and began to write. "Cheerful, a fan; Quiet, rice paper; Awesome, a paperweight; Serene, silver-threaded thousand-layer pastry; Silent, a set of wolf-hair brushes; Still, a small lantern; Clear, an ink stick; Magnificent, a silk handkerchief; Shockingly, a watermelon; Happily, a plum blossom cake; Perplexed, a jade-carved peach blossom hairpin; Calmly, a lotus bud; Sadly, a hibiscus bud; Awesome, an inkstone; Determined, an envelope; Bright, grapes; Smiling, hydrangeas; Already, glutinous nut meatballs; Vivid, a rose; Not yet, an earring."

Huai'an finished writing first and then put down his pen.

Jing Zhong came over to take a look and asked, "Do you want to change it? I just looked over there and An Ran wrote that she was holding a hydrangea and Yan Ran wrote that she was holding a sachet."

Yue Heng called out from the other side: "Are you still my brother?"

Lin Yindi said: "It has been handed over, not a single word has been changed."

After hearing this, Yue Heng hurriedly handed it in.

Lady Anguo said, "I can't remember either. Call out these twenty maids and have them tell you their names and what they are holding. You can check."

When they checked that there were no mistakes or omissions in the twenty names and the corresponding objects written by Rong Huaian, the men's seats cheered and applauded.

Yue Heng made more mistakes and even laughed at himself.

Zhao Bin watched Rong Huaian and He Shao win the prize.

I lost to Rong Huaian, and for some reason I felt bad.

Duke Anguo smiled and asked Rong Huaian and He Shao softly, "Are you planning to give it to someone? The ladies at the table are so excited when they see this set of things."

They discussed for a long time, and the others gathered around. Yan Hui said, "It's not appropriate to give it to a little girl. It can't hold this thing down."

Lin Yindi said: "It is not suitable for the elder either. It is too dazzling and too eye-catching."

He Shao said: "Who should I send it to?"

Yan Hui said: "If we consider the east and the west, it is more appropriate to send it to Princess Anyang."

He Shao said: "Then let's send Princess Anyang."

Huai'an also said, "Just give it to Princess Anyang." He remembered the way she cried. This beautiful thing of a woman could make people happy.

So the two of them carried the long table, on which were exquisite hairpins, crowns, hairpins, accessories and earrings, and presented it to Princess Anyang in front of everyone.

Zhao Bin felt even worse when he saw that it was finally given to Anyang, who was smiling with surprise.