A sharp arrow came through the air, grazed Yuan Shilang's scalp, penetrated the red dates and pierced the door panel.
Impossibly accurate.
There were cheers in the hall, but Yuan Shilang couldn't bear the excitement and fainted with a cry.
Qi Rui looked disgusted and said, "Shilang Yuan is old. He passed out after just a few battles. Won't he be exhausted from working hard in the future?"
Shilang Yuan's immediate boss was a man of spirit. Hearing this, he immediately bowed and saluted: "I will try to persuade Shilang Yuan more in the future, asking him to put his health first and work less."
Qi Rui glanced at him approvingly, turned back to the main seat, and sat down, "Okay, the talent show is over here. Everyone should eat and drink, no need to be formal."
The main hall is lively again, but if you observe carefully, there are still some subtle changes in the atmosphere from before.
For example, everyone's eyes always glance at Meng Qiyu intentionally or unintentionally.
Mr. Yang Ge didn't even bother to pretend, and went directly to Qi Rui and Meng Qiyu, "Your Majesty, please let me know. Is there a candidate for the new crown prince already?"
Qi Rui turned his head away expressionlessly, "Originally there was one, but didn't Mr. Yang Ge think he was neither his eldest son nor his legitimate son? There is no more."
Old Yang Ge smiled sarcastically: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I am not that old antique Gu Jiali who doesn't know how to adapt. As long as the third prince is smart enough and has good character, the rules can be changed."
Qi Rui originally wanted to put on airs, but the corner of his mouth disobeyed and kept running up.
In the end, he simply stopped pretending and said with a proud smile: "As long as you know it in your heart, remember to communicate with those old antiques when you go back. It will be easy to operate then, do you understand?"
"Understood, so understood!"
After waiting for so many years to finally have a decent heir, Mr. Yang Ge was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He planned things for the next ten years while drinking a cup of tea.
"The third prince is still young. I'm afraid he can't live by himself. It's not reliable for the concubines in the harem to raise him. It's better for the emperor to raise him himself.
And the Grand Tutor, I’m not good at what I did before, so I can’t teach a prodigy like the Third Prince, why don’t you let me teach you?”
Qi Rui interrupted him: "The candidate for the new Grand Tutor has already been selected, and he is the former Grand Master Su. There is no need for Mr. Yang to worry about it."
"Su, Su Zhi?" Mr. Yang Ge was stunned. After reacting, he slapped his thigh in anger, "No wonder he suddenly moved his family to live in the capital some time ago. It turns out he had an ulterior motive!
Hum hum, Your Majesty, don’t worry, I will definitely supervise Grand Scholar Su, and as long as he dares to slack off in the Third Prince’s homework, I will immediately turn over his desk!”
Steal his students!
Meng Qiyu, who was concentrating on chewing chicken legs, shook his hands and worried about his future life.
Alas, life is hard.
*
The day after Meng Qiyu entered the palace to become the prince, Meng Qiyun entered the palace.
Shen Qingqing was worried that she would be scared to enter the palace alone, so she specially took time to prepare to send her to the Star Reaching Pavilion in person.
Unexpectedly, halfway through, she met Concubine De who was going to the imperial dining room to study delicious food. Good guy, when she saw Shen Qingqing, she was like a cat seeing a mouse. She was so friendly.
Since the queen's downfall and the princes' rescue, Qi Rui has been like a freed caged bird, spending all day in the imperial study and never once entering the harem.
The concubines in the harem all ate, slept, and ate so much that they almost grew hairy. Concubine De felt that everyone could not continue to be so decadent, so she launched a food competition.
As the organizer, the craftsmanship cannot be inferior. De Fei is worrying about what to cook to impress everyone. Can you not be excited when you turn around and meet the expert Shen Qingqing?
The two of them held hands and chatted about delicious food and cakes. Once the conversation started, they couldn't stop talking. Meng Qiyun got impatient with waiting, so he abandoned his mother and went to Zhaixing Pavilion to report.
Shen Qingqing saw that she had a sullen face and couldn't hold her back, so she didn't feel the slightest bit afraid. Moreover, the Star-Zhaing Pavilion was just in front of her, just walking through a corridor, so he simply let her go alone.
Meng Qiyun said goodbye to her mother and turned a corner, looking at the luxurious and awesome-looking attic in front of her, her thoughts racing.
As the future Imperial Master of Da Qi and the master of the Star-Zhaing Pavilion, it would be a loss of status to just walk by like this.
She has to think of a more awesome way to appear.
The little girl rubbed her chin and thought about it, and finally she had an idea and made a secret to summon the spiritual beast Big Orange.
"Have you seen the attic in front of you? Fly me over there. The flying posture should be cool and the landing posture should be stable. If you fly well, I will treat you to a big dried fish tonight."
As soon as he heard that there was dried fish to eat, Daju immediately meowed energetically, and his body expanded several times like a fully inflated balloon.
Meng Qiyun climbed on the cat's back, hugged its neck with both hands, and commanded majestically: "Let's go!"
"Ouch!"
Daju roared, jumped onto the clouds, and then jumped repeatedly between the clouds and the roof.
I'm here, well, I'm leaving again.
Meng Qiyun was so shaken by it that he almost vomited out his overnight meal. He quickly raised his hand and patted its head and shouted: "Brother, stop jumping, put me down quickly!"
Daju was jumping high on her head, and her ears were filled with the whistling wind. She couldn't hear her words at all. After being patted on the head, she thought Meng Qiyun thought this was not enough, so she started spinning and jumping and jumping horizontally again.
And then--
One man and one beast turned in a circle and plunged into the lotus pond next to the Star Picking Pavilion.
There was a loud "boom" sound.
The little Taoist boy guarding the gate of Zhaixing Pavilion was frightened. He followed the sound and went out to check the situation. He saw a man and a cat flopping around in the pool.
"Come here! Someone has fallen into the water, come here quickly!"
The little Taoist shouted at the top of his lungs and called out all the twenty or so people in the building.
When Sicheng heard the news and rushed over, Meng Qiyun had already been rescued. One man and one cat were lying on the shore like a drowned rat.
The little girl in a purple skirt had a green lotus leaf on her head, and sewage came out of her mouth.
That image, not to mention how embarrassing.
Sicheng was an old man in the palace. He knew all the princes and princesses in each palace, but the girl in front of him was very impressive.
Then he thought about it, Shen Qingqing had just told him a few days ago that she had a daughter who liked Taoism and wanted to study Taoism in Zhaixing Pavilion.
Today, a little girl with an unfamiliar face appeared near the Zhaixing Pavilion.
Therefore, the little drowned rat in front of me is Shen Qingqing's daughter.
But...this is completely different from what he imagined!
Shouldn't Shen Qingqing's daughter be very powerful and awesome, walking with wind in her eyes?
Why does this person look like he's not very smart?
Sicheng knelt down and asked the little girl tentatively: "Is your name Meng Qiyun?"
Meng Qiyun's eyes moved as he scanned the faces in front of him that were trying to hold back their smiles.
First reaction: Wherever there is a hole, she wants to get into it.
But there is no hole, life must go on.
The little girl lay on the ground for a moment, then pulled the lotus leaves off her head and stood up.
He raised his chin and said proudly: "Yes, I am Meng Qiyun."
Sicheng: "..."
The place was so quiet that it was a bit eerie. This chapter has been completed!