boyutpedia Chapter 165 Disguised Archery
Chapter 165 Disguised Archery
The wound medicine was delivered, and the woman in pink handed it to Jiang Zhi.
She accepted it with a smile.
At noon, she muttered softly as she bandaged Jiang Zhi's wound, "Your Highness, it's all swollen."
Jiang Zhi stroked his hand from the afternoon, shook his head, and gave her a look.
The meaning is understood at noon.
Just then, the eldest princess saw the commotion and rushed over.
She asked, "What's going on?"
The woman in pink quickly stepped forward to explain, "Your Highness, it was my maid who was rude. When she brought me hot water, she accidentally twisted her ankle and scalded Princess Liang."
The princess's gaze fell on Jiang Zhi, noticing that her right hand was already bandaged with white gauze. "Is the princess alright?"
"It's alright." Jiang Zhi shook her head. "It's nothing serious, thank you for your understanding, Princess."
"However, if there is a martial arts competition later, I'm afraid I won't be able to use this move much."
The eldest princess said in a deep voice, "Just do your best."
She glanced at the woman in pink. "I have some ointment on me. If your burn is severe, I'll have someone bring it to you."
Jiang Zhi smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Princess, but there's no need."
The fragrant flower that Jiang Zhi had been holding had been soaked by the water and turned into a colorless and odorless liquid, and then it was soaked by the thin gauze in Jiang Zhi's hand.
Jiang Zhi lowered her eyes, her gaze icy cold.
Immediately afterwards, the drums sounded again.
After the women's literary competition ended, Eunuch Wang took a booklet and returned to the stage.
The booklet was opened, and the names of two people came into view.
He announced loudly, "Women's literary talent is ranked first. First-class is Princess Jiang Zhi of Liang, and second-class is Miss Wen Yan of the Wen family."
"The girls in Grade A and Grade B, move on to the next round: the women's martial arts competition."
As soon as the voice fell, the crowd below erupted in commotion.
Jiang Zhi glanced at him and saw Gu Yuan looking in her direction.
She slowly curved her lips into a smile.
The woman in pink stood up from her chair, walked to Jiang Zhi's side, and smiled faintly. "What a coincidence, Princess Liang."
She glanced at Jiang Zhi's bandaged right hand, then suddenly curled her lips into a cold smile, "But how can you compete with your right hand injured?"
Jiang Zhi said, "You don't need to worry about that."
The woman in pink gritted her teeth and deliberately lowered her voice: "Princess Liang, you are doomed to lose today."
After saying that, he went straight to the stage.
Jiang Zhi, with a cold expression, looked at the thin, damp gauze on her right hand and stepped off the stage.
The woman in pink walked to the quiver, drew an arrow, and held it in her hand.
He whispered sarcastically to Jiang Zhi, "Princess Liang, now that your hand is injured, why don't you just give up?"
"I don't want to win unfairly."
Jiang Zhi remained calm. "Yanjing is full of fools, and you are among the best."
“I know who you are, Qiao Lixue.”
"Qiao Lixue, who still wanted to be a concubine of the Pei family, gave herself to someone after hearing just a few words from him. She was a lowly Qiao Lixue."
As soon as Jiang Zhi finished speaking, Qiao Lixue's eyes widened, and she turned to look at her, "You, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"What concubine? What 'someone'? What do you mean...?"
Seeing Qiao Lixue's face turn red with anger, Jiang Zhi smiled and said, "That purse from the Lantern Festival, you were planning to give it to the eldest son of the Pei family, weren't you?"
"Unfortunately, they don't even glance at you; it's all just wishful thinking on your part."
"Oh, by the way, the entire Qiao family was raided, so why are you here? Aren't you afraid that if I say one word, you'll die right in front of me?"
Qiao Lixue's face turned deathly pale, and she glared at Jiang Zhi through gritted teeth.
"Staring at me?" Jiang Zhi chuckled. "Do you dare kill me?"
"You don't dare, I bet you don't."
"What can a piece of trash who's been abandoned do?"
Enraged, Qiao Lixue suddenly grabbed the arrow in her hand and tried to stab Jiang Zhi.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhi reached out and grabbed her wrist, gently removing the arrow.
With her right hand fingers lightly touching the tip of the arrow, she deliberately raised her voice: "This is a competition, you know. You don't really want to kill me, do you?"
After saying that, he threw it away, and the arrow returned to Qiao Lixue's quiver.
Provoked by her, and fearing that she would reveal what she had been hiding in public, Qiao Lixue could only grit her teeth and draw another arrow.
As she drew the arrow, Jiang Zhi stared intently, watching to see which one she had chosen.
Qiao Lixue said arrogantly, "Today, you and I will compete in archery!"
“If you lose the martial arts contest, then we will go hunting to determine the winner. Only in this way can it be fair.”
Jiang Zhi smiled faintly, "Okay."
She raised an eyebrow, looked at Qiao Lixue, and then looked towards the bullseye ahead.
Behind the two targets to the right, you can see that familiar figure.
The figure's gaze was fixed intently on her.
Jiang Zhi lowered his head, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and covered his right hand.
“My right hand was injured by your maid, so now I can only use my left hand.”
She also took an arrow from her quiver.
'call out!'
Two arrows were fired simultaneously, each like a thunderbolt, whistling through the air.
Qiao Lixue's arrow was powerful and hit the bullseye.
However, Jiang Zhi's arrow not only missed the bullseye, but also fell off the target as soon as it reached it.
Laughter erupted from the stands.
Qiao Lixue turned to look at Jiang Zhi and sneered, "Could this be the power of the Princess Consort of Liang?"
"If you can't even hit the target, how can you expect to win?"
Jiang Zhi looked down at her hands, feeling somewhat disappointed.
"I really can't get used to using my left hand."
Qiao Lixue said proudly, "I always come in first place at the annual Qionghua Banquet."
"Just wait and see."
Jiang Zhi slowly approached the quiver.
Qiao Lixue followed at that moment, her eyes full of disdain.
Jiang Zhi looked at her, "You've won three rounds, don't get too cocky."
Qiao Lixue sneered, "Never mind what I said, Princess Consort of Liang, this is the Qionghua Banquet. If you don't hit the target at all, I'm afraid His Highness Liang won't have a good time either."
The two men stood back on the target and pulled hard on the longbow.
But the result was still unsatisfactory.
More sarcastic remarks came from the seats.
"Is this Princess Liang any good?"
Jiang Zhi drew his bow and observed it for a while.
'call out! ’
As the arrow left the bowstring, Qiao Lixue's arrow once again landed steadily in the center of the bullseye.
Jiang Zhi's arrow still failed to hit the target.
"The Princess of Liang missed the target twice; she's doomed to lose."
Someone else said, "The princess is injured and can't use her left hand at all."
The sarcastic voices grew louder, but Gu Liang leaned back in her chair, looking at her with tender eyes.
"Madam is indeed intelligent."
At this moment, Gu Yuan, sitting in the men's section, stared intently at Jiang Zhi.
He said in a low voice, "If I had known that her archery skills were so poor, I wouldn't have let Qiao Lixue burn her hand."
"Princess Consort Liang." Qiao Lixue walked up to Jiang Zhi with her bow, covered her mouth with her sleeve and chuckled, "I remember you're the niece of the General of the Cavalry, how come your archery skills are so poor?"