Fake concubine, real queen

As soon as he said this, Wu Dehuai was the first to change his expression, not to mention others.

This guy keeps saying that the nobles are "bewitched by the villain, so they believe that He Gu has real talent and learning", don't you know that all the lists of children to be selected are drawn up by him, the head of the inner court, what he said, Isn't it equivalent to scolding yourself for bending the law for personal gain and flattering your master?

Wu Dehuai immediately opened his mouth and said angrily: "Presumptuous! In front of Your Majesty and the Empress, how can you criticize His Highness the Eldest Princess? How talented is Your Highness, why can't you read the article of a mere supervisor?"

The young man was reprimanded by Wu Dehuai, and only then did he suddenly come to his senses, that he was so disrespectful in front of the Tian family, his face turned pale in an instant, unfortunately the words had already been spoken, and it was too late to regret it.

The emperor waved his hand, Wu Dehuai hurriedly bowed his head and stepped back when he saw this, the emperor turned his eyes to the young man in white who was kneeling on the steps: "If I remember correctly, your father is Zhao Bingzhi from Yushitai, right?"

The young man in white instantly felt a chill in his palms and soles, and his teeth began to chatter unconsciously.

The emperor said indifferently: "Zhao Bingzhi is a dutiful person, but he didn't want to teach you such an irresponsible son, come..."

However, before he finished speaking, the eldest princess behind the bead curtain said: "Father, wait a moment."

Everyone was startled, but the eldest princess said: "Since you keep saying that I am partial, I will let you stay and watch the final martial arts test."

The emperor and the empress looked at each other, but there was no objection.

Although Wu Dehuai felt displeased with Zhao Bingzhi's heartless son, since the eldest princess had already made up his mind, he had no choice but to admit it.

Even though he admitted it, he couldn't help but make him suffer a little.

Wu Dehuai immediately called two tall and burly officials, one on the left and the other on the right, held the stunned Mr. Zhao, and followed behind the crowd who were going to the martial arts test site.

The martial arts test site is a small school field temporarily set up in the Royal Garden.

He Gu knew in his heart that although he had passed the essay test, his answer sheet was mediocre and not very bright, and he could not be called talented. If he wanted to pass the essay test, it would definitely be impossible.

He must come out on top in the martial arts test.

Fortunately, for the martial arts test, since the word "wu" is on it, it is the guy He Xiaohou eats. When he heard the word, he immediately stopped panicking and stopped panting.

Just thinking about it secretly for a while, in case of encountering Second Brother Wang, don't beat him to death.

In the afternoon, the sun was high and the sun was scorching, Wu Dehuai was very considerate, he had already set up a royal tent in the school grounds for the emperor, empress and princess to rest and enjoy the cool, while He Gu and others were arranged in the school grounds.

Seeing the entrance of the school grounds, several internal officials brought in four tall horses, He Gu couldn't help being slightly taken aback——

Could it be that today's martial arts test is not only a competition, but also better than riding and archery?

...Too bad, before he came today, he was thinking of acting like a gentle and good boy in front of His Majesty and His Majesty, but today he is wearing a nice dress, but it is also a wide-open sleeve that He Gu rarely wears , It is very inconvenient to bow a horse.

Seeing that the eunuchs leading the horses hadn't come yet, He Gu simply tore off a section of the hairband on his head, wrapped it around his shoulders and arms, tightened his cuffs around his waist, and put it on his chest again. Tie a bow.

Wang Muchuan glanced at him coldly, but didn't speak, but Lu Guining, the eldest son of Uncle Rongyuan's mansion, looked at him and raised his eyebrows, and smiled very curiously.

He Gu saw Wu Dehuai in the imperial tent, bowed his head and bowed his ears in front of the Eldest Princess, and he didn't know what the princess told him, so he came over after a long time and told He Gu and the other four about the martial arts competition.

The martial arts test is also divided into two rounds, the first is riding and archery, and the second is the ring.

Wu Dehuai knew that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess were still softening their hearts. He couldn't bear to let them go directly to the ring and get beaten up for nothing. It would be better to let them retreat when they are riding and shooting. good thing.

Sure enough, as soon as the four internal officials brought the horse over, Wang Muchuan immediately frowned when he saw the horse, raised his hand and said, "Chuan is not good at riding and shooting, so please tell your majesty, empress and princess, Since there is a riding and archery competition, I can only abstain."

Wu Dehuai said: "Since that's the case, please let the second son watch the ceremony from the sidelines first. After a short trial, our family will arrange for the palace people to take the second son out of the palace."

Wang Muchuan nodded, glanced at He Gu, and walked aside.

He Guzhuo, if just now, when the eldest princess pronounced the names of the four of them, she distinguished them according to the quality of the articles, then the second brother Wang, who has the best articles, has already abstained...

And his biggest opponent turned out to be this ordinary Wei Shiheng who was already in his thirties.

His articles are ranked at the bottom, if he can't get a leader in the martial arts test, he probably won't be able to overwhelm others.

He has to stand up!

Thinking of this, He Gu was the first to take the horse border handed over by the internal officer, and jumped onto the horse.

His leap was clean and neat, without muddling at all, and his posture was like a swallow.

Even people like Wu Dehuai who have never touched a horse, from his simple movement of getting on the horse, can see that Master He's horsemanship is definitely not bad, Wu Dehuai's eyes lit up slightly, and he secretly called out "Hello" in his heart.

The gentleman's six arts are rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Back then, Emperor Taizu was about to win the world. For many years, bow horse riding and shooting in the Dayue Dynasty was not only a means for warriors to kill the enemy, Yu Xungui also had their own set of competitions.

It's true that it's powerful to hit a hundred shots, but what's really powerful is definitely not standing still, staring at a static target and shooting.

——Even if the horse is jolting, it is true kung fu if you can still walk through Yang with a hundred steps.

Although the temporary school yard in Yuyuan is not too big, it still takes a whole cup of tea to gallop a horse back and forth.

Fifty rabbits were released in the huge school yard, and the one with the fewest number of rabbits was invited to drink tea with Second Brother Wang.

He Gu took the bow and arrow from the eunuch's hand, weighed it, frowned and thought why it was so light, he looked down at the little eunuch under the horse and said: "Is there a heavier bow?"

The internal officer should be, and took another bow from the side. He Gu weighed it again, but it was still light and weak.

It's not that he has to be hypocritical. He Gu was born with great strength since he was a child. When he was young, he practiced riding and shooting a broken bow. Even if he didn't have a hundred, he would have to have eighty. Even the strings of the bow can be torn off, it's fine to waste things, but the martial arts test can't be delayed.

Wu Dehuai watched from the side, and couldn't help being surprised: "Young Master, this is already the most powerful bow in the school grounds, and it's not easy?"

He Gu was also very helpless, so he could only touch his nose and said, "It's still too light."

Wu Dehuai had no choice but to go back to the imperial tent to report to the emperor. When he came back, he was followed by a small internal officer holding a familiar big bow in his arms.

Wu Dehuai said: "Your Majesty said that this is the horn bow given to the young master that day. The young master left in a hurry and did not have time to take it away. He originally wanted to ask the young master to take it back after today's trial. Just right, If you really don't have a bow at hand right now, why not try it?"

He Gu didn't think too much about it for a moment, he just took the bow and weighed it, and the feel was as good as that day, he immediately smiled and said: "Thank you, father-in-law."

Wu Dehuai smiled slightly on his wrinkled old face, and said, "Then let's begin."

He Gu, Wei Shiheng, and Lu Guining reined in their horses to the entrance of the school field, and only waited for Wu Dehuai's order to start the competition.

He Gu turned his head to look at the imperial tent in the distance, but saw a red figure walking out of the tent at some point.

He couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but he guessed in his heart that it must be the eldest princess, and suddenly felt the blood in his chest was boiling, and he wished he could run into the school yard immediately and call all the rabbits to her.

Probably all men in this world are like this. Once they fall in love, they can't wait to let their sweetheart know that they are the best and most suitable man for her.

"start!"

As soon as Wu Dehuai's words fell, the three of them reined in their horses, galloped into the school grounds, and left in a hurry.

Although He Gu's mind was affected by this 16-year-old body after he was reborn, and he returned to his youthful temperament, but after all, he has spent more than ten years in the barracks, and his ability to ride and shoot has long been engraved in his blood. .

It's not like he didn't never do such a thing as taking the head of an enemy general with one arrow in the chaos army, let alone a few little rabbits?

It took only a moment to enter the arena, He Gu locked on the target, reined in the horse, opened the bow, and in just a few breaths, he had already done it in one go and hit three arrows in a row.

At the same time, the corner of the mouth of the emperor in the imperial tent twitched slightly. He looked at the young master He Xiaohou who opened his bow like a full moon and shot his arrow like a shooting star in the school grounds.

I just don't know why he did this?

The emperor couldn't help but turned his head and asked the queen beside him: "A Rong, I must remember correctly? That day He Shizi entered the palace with his father, didn't it mean that he couldn't draw this bow?"

The queen had no time to care about him at all, she looked at the handsome future son-in-law in the school grounds with bright eyes, and murmured: "I just said, don't choose, don't choose."

Turning back to look at the eldest princess again, he said, "Yu'er, take a quick look... Huh?"

Only then did I realize that in the tent, the bench where the eldest princess sat just now is now empty.

The eldest princess stood by the school field outside the tent, her pair of peach blossom eyes that could not see any emotion, was steadfastly watching the blue-clothed boy on the back of the white horse in the school field.

The horse under his crotch was galloping like flying, while the young man's forehead was flying violently in the wind, revealing a small piece of smooth and shiny white forehead.

What a high-spirited young man.

He Gu's pure white headband that originally tied his hair was torn off by him just now, and at this moment, it happened to be blown by the wind and rolled around his cheeks. He simply opened his mouth, bit the hair tie, and stared at it again For the last target, his left hand took out another arrow from the quiver on the horse's back, put it on the bowstring, and opened the bow smoothly——

Another shot.

He lowered the longbow in his hand, with a bright and somewhat smug smile on his face, and looked in the direction where the eldest princess was standing from a distance——

Lan Shu followed behind the eldest princess, bowed her head and said, "Your Highness, the sun is scorching hot, let's go back first."

The princess is still wearing the red palace dress, and she is still covered with tulle, her peach eyes are as pale as autumn waves, and her expression is still indifferent.

Seeing that he didn't move, Lan Shu asked again: "Your Highness...?"

"It's quite capable."

The eldest princess's tone was light, and the voice of this sentence was very low, but Lan Shu heard it, and couldn't help being taken aback.

The eldest princess over there paused, then said:

"...not really a dude."