"Brother, what's this? I want to play too!"
The younger sister of the Zhen family's eyes sparkled. Just as she was looking for the flower basket, her older brother grabbed her.
"Liu'er, stop making trouble!"
After ten arrows, although they hit eight, only two hit the bullseye, and there were no five consecutive hits. Therefore, they had lost the qualification for the additional test.
Moreover, this was a bet between the Prince of Huai and the Prince of Xian.
Hearing the noise beside him, the Prince of Huai's face darkened. The attendant who had narrowly escaped death was as pale as a sheet, his pants wet...
Qi Rong chuckled. "Fifth brother, do you still want to continue?"
The Prince of Huai was over - confident. He never expected to lose twice. Although he still had one more chance, he could already see the outcome.
To save face, the Prince of Huai pushed the woman in front of Qi Rong, patted Qi Rong on the shoulder, and pretended to be magnanimous.
"No need! She's just a woman. Since my seventh brother likes her, how could I, as an older brother, be so stingy? I'll give her to you!"
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Yun Xi was still in shock. She was just about to quit when she didn't expect Qi Rong to win!
"Miss, please come with me."
Qi Rong's guard helped Yun Xi up and pointed to a tall horse not far away that was glaring at her with its nostrils. Yun Xi shivered again, only then remembering this.
What should she do? She really didn't want to ride on the same horse as Qi Rong!
"Xier, are you hurt?"
Just then, an anxious voice accompanied by hasty footsteps came. Somehow, her father had run over and pushed away the guard beside her.
"Dad!"
Yun Xi threw herself into her father's arms.
The grievance of seeing her loved one made her cry uncontrollably.
She was so miserable! She had almost been turned into a beehive by that bully Qi Rong just now. She completely forgot that this was the consequence of her own choice to make a deal with the devil!
"Prince of Xian, look what you've done!"
Yun Sheng glared angrily at Qi Rong.
Thinking that his daughter had been used as a target just now, his heart almost stopped. That was why he had rushed over without hesitation.
If it weren't for the previous agreement with the late emperor, no matter whether the other party was a royal relative or a high - ranking official! If anyone dared to hurt his precious daughter, he, Yun Sheng, would surely skin that person alive!
"And you, why did you agree to such a dangerous thing?"
Looking at his tearful daughter in his arms, although Yun Sheng was reluctant, he still scolded her sternly.
"If you didn't want to, would he dare to put a knife to your neck?"
After what happened just now, Yun Xi was really scared. Her shoulders trembled as she cried aggrievedly.
Seeing her pitiful look, Qi Rong felt uncomfortable too. He wanted to step forward to check if she was hurt, but then he heard her sobbing and defending herself with a runny nose and tears.
"Daughter didn't want to either! But he just kept begging me... I reluctantly agreed..."
Everyone around was speechless.
The guard looked nervously at his own prince's extremely cold face and couldn't help but shiver. He looked at Yun Xi sympathetically.
Miss, from now on, you'd better pray for your own good luck...
"Your Highness, this is the prize you won."
After the prime minister and his daughter left, a palace servant came to Qi Rong with a jade ruyi in his hand.
"Give it to her."
Qi Rong pointed at Wu Shuang behind him without even looking.
Wu Shuang took it happily. Seeing that Qi Rong was about to leave, she quickly grabbed his sleeve, her eyes full of charm and her voice coquettish.
"Your Highness, since that young lady has left, I'd like to accompany you on your tour..."
But before she could finish her sentence, Qi Rong shook off his sleeve.
"Do what you're supposed to do!"
His expression was cold and his voice was icy.
It seemed that the bet just now was just a momentary whim of his, having nothing to do with his preferences.
On this side, as soon as the prime minister Yun Sheng had arranged his daughter, he went to the male guests' seat. According to the ancestral system, men and women were not allowed to sit together after the age of eight. In such an occasion, even family members had to sit separately.
So as soon as Yun Xi sat down, she immediately heard Yun Ni's sarcasm.
"Some people are really shameless. It's okay if they embarrass themselves, but they also have to drag the whole Prime Minister's Mansion down! If it were me, I would have killed myself long ago! It would be better than dragging others down!"
Yun Ni's blatant sarcasm made the female guests around look over. But she was so arrogant that she didn't think there was anything wrong with scolding her elder sister in public.
"Yun Ni, shut up! No matter what Yun Xi has done wrong, she's still your elder sister."
Madam Jiang's head ached. She couldn't understand why, despite her careful teachings on weekdays, she had raised such a straightforward daughter.
The incident in the morning was too strange, which had already made her vigilant.
Maybe this little bitch was not as simple as she thought!
She had planned for a long time but didn't gain any advantage. Instead, she was framed, and even her husband had begun to suspect her...
Therefore, before she figured out the other party's details, she would never allow her daughter to act rashly, so as not to fall into the other party's trap!
Hearing the mother - daughter duo singing in harmony and confirming her embarrassment, Yun Xi's eyes turned red as she endured the grievance.
"Auntie, don't scold sister. She almost disfigured herself this morning and failed to drown herself. She just wants to vent her anger. As an elder sister, I can't do much else. It's good that I can let my sister vent her anger."
As she said this, she picked up a handkerchief and pretended to wipe away the non - existent tears from the corners of her eyes.
Her pitiful look immediately made people think of the little girl in the opera.
She lost her mother at the age of three and was abused by her stepmother. While the stepmother's children ate noodles, she could only drink the soup...
In an era when the legitimate was respected, Yun Xi, the legitimate young lady, was bullied like this by her originally illegitimate younger sister. This immediately aroused the pity and indignation of the legitimate wives present!
Some of them immediately put themselves in Yun Xi's shoes. They glared angrily at the beautiful concubines beside them and scolded them indirectly.
"Don't think that just because you have a glib tongue and a seductive face, you can bewitch a man into favoring concubines over his wife and try to climb above the legitimate wife! You're just a concubine! Even if you put on the feathers of a phoenix, you'll always be a crow! Just be a good girl and shrink back. Maybe you can still get a bite to eat!"
The concubines present were suddenly attacked. Their faces showed all kinds of expressions, but none of them dared to refute.
Looking at Madam Jiang again, her face was gloomy and she was furious, but she still had to try her best to maintain the dignity of the prime minister's wife.
Because once she responded, it would be like admitting that she was still a black crow!
However, while Madam Jiang could endure it, Yun Ni couldn't!
She slapped the table and suddenly stood up from her seat. Pointing at the lady just now, she started swearing.
"My mother was originally my father's legitimate wife. It was the Su family that butted in and took my mother's title! What do you know?!"
Yun Ni's outburst on behalf of Madam Jiang made the situation get out of control.
And at this moment, Yun Xi quietly left her seat with the maid sent by the queen, disappearing without a trace.