Winning a game at the beginning, the morale of the girls at Anlan Academy was instantly boosted. Even the ladies who originally relied on their status and upbringing and did not want to participate in this competition couldn't help but smile on their faces.
Qin Ning, who came on the stage for the second time, was jumping up and down, as happy as a little bird. How could she be as gentle and elegant as a noble lady from the famous Shangyong family?
Qin Ning jumped into the field with one step, pointed the long whip in her hand at the young people on the opposite side, and said in a clear and energetic voice, "Who dares to fight with me?"
"..." The other side was silent for a moment, and then someone came out from the crowd, "Pang Zheng of Linfeng Academy, please give me your advice, Princess."
Qin Ning smiled and said: "Okay, you watch." After saying that, Qin Ning flew towards the horses that were coming towards them not far away. After a few ups and downs, Qin Ning was already sitting on the horse and waving her hand.
He backed away from the man who was pulling the horse, turned the reins and smiled loudly at Pang Zheng: "How?"
Pang Zheng was silent for a long time, and then walked in the direction of Qin Ning. After all, he didn't know martial arts, so naturally he couldn't fly past like Qin Ning.
"A Ning's kung fu has improved a lot." Princess Changzhao said with some surprise.
Although Princess Changzhao does not practice martial arts, her husband is also a famous general. Even though her son is not very successful, the family still hired a master to teach him Kung Fu. Qin Ning could not use this skill before.
Princess Changling covered her lips and smiled and said: "She is indeed promising. She was allowed to show off her power in her uncle's house by others. After she came back, she was taught a few lessons and learned about her facial features. She worked a lot harder."
While speaking, the two princesses both looked at Luo Junyao, and Luo Junyao said innocently: "I didn't teach Ah Ning a lesson, her martial arts is really pretty good." As far as noble ladies of this era are concerned, Qin Ning has the current strength at her age.
It's really good. It can be said that he is quite talented.
But there are a lot of masters in Shangyong. As Princess Changling said, not everyone will let her go.
Qin Ning loves to compete with others, so naturally she will suffer several defeats.
On the school grounds, Qin Ning and Pang Zheng had already rode their horses to the high platform.
Zhang Jingyu announced the rules of the competition. He was to run three laps around the school field and the first one to arrive would win.
After giving an order, each of them picked up the reins and shouted twice, the two horses rushed out like the wind.
Qin Ning's equestrian skills are very good, so Pang Zheng will be good if he dares to fight. The two horses are almost the same, so at the beginning they are almost in a head-to-head posture.
On the second lap, Qin Ning, who was sitting on horseback, suddenly shot at Pang Zheng next to him. Pang Zheng was startled and quickly avoided it. Qin Ning chuckled and was about to overtake him.
Pang Zheng was furious. He held the reins in one hand and the whip in the other and waved it towards Qin Ning. Qin Ning leaned back and almost fell down on the horse.
However, her son did not stop at all and still ran forward. She raised her leg and kicked Pang Zheng's hand away. She sat up again and leaned forward to pull the bridle of Pang Zheng's horse. Her horse had successfully passed.
Already.
Unwilling to lag behind, Pang Zheng slapped his horse and chased after him again.
The two of them were chasing each other all the way forward. Qin Ning rolled over on her horse and attacked the horse that was trying to catch up again. The horse was frightened and immediately neighed and raised its front hooves. Qin Ning laughed.
The sound was as clear as a silver bell, and he turned around and sat back on the horse.
In a moment, Qin Ning's horse rushed to the third circle in a flash, but Pang Zheng behind him was still trying his best to comfort the frightened horse.
"A Ning is mighty!"
Watching Qin Ning's horse cross the finish line, while Anlan Academy burst into loud cheers, Linfeng Academy and the Imperial College became increasingly silent.
The usually proud students from the two colleges now looked blank, with astonishment in their eyes.
Although the outcome was uncertain, losing two games in a row at the beginning was really shameful. Before, they could comfort their classmates who lost in archery, but now they were really in no mood to comfort Pang Zheng.
Pang Zheng also looked ugly. He came out to compete because he naturally thought that his riding skills were not weak. Who would have thought that he would lose so ugly.
Qin Ning held the horse and made a face at Pang Zheng, who was a little downcast. Pang Zheng stared at her for a long time without saying a word. In the end, he just silently handed the reins to the steward who came forward and turned back to the team.
Qin Ning looked at his bleak back and shrugged: "Young people these days really can't withstand blows at all." She had been defeated so many times, but she never looked so downcast.
In the third game, Zhao Qi from the Imperial College played against Sun Hui. Both of them played lyres. In the end, Zhao Qi came out slightly better and finally saved some face for the students of the two colleges.
The two of them were very harmonious. They were neither arrogant in victory nor discouraged in defeat, so they each bowed and left.
Although Sun Hui lost, no one looked down upon her.
Zhao Qi's piano skills are quite famous among the noble disciples of Shang Yongxun. Naturally, Sun Hui had heard of his reputation when both of them were in Shang Yong Dynasty. What's more, Sun Hui was inferior not only because of his superior piano skills, but also because of his inferiority.
It's a question of performance.
This was probably the first time I had participated in such a thing. The mentality of Sun Hui, a young girl in the boudoir, was indeed not as good as that of Zhao Qi, who had to take the imperial examination.
Seeing that Zhao Qi won, Liao Wei and others on the stage also breathed a sigh of relief.
The next game is the book. This time the person from Anlan Academy is Zheng Jingxi, and on the other side is a young student from the Imperial College.
Books do not refer to calligraphy. The books in the Six Arts of the Gentleman refer to the Six Books. But since they are all self-proclaimed talents, they naturally will not compete with these basic things. Therefore, the books here refer to the Four Books and Five Classics required for the imperial examination.
Philosophers.
The two academies have a natural advantage in this match, because they have been preparing for the imperial examination since elementary school. For this goal, they can give up a lot of things.
He doesn't hear what's going on outside the window, and he only reads the books of sages.
And the girls from Anlan Academy, no matter how talented they are, cannot spend ten years studying these things like they did.
"Who does the princess think has a better chance of winning in this match?" Liao Wei asked with a smile and stroking his beard.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Luo Junyao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Who knows."
Liao Wei shook his head and smiled: "Why don't you admit it, Princess? This sentence... Anlan Academy will lose."
Luo Junyao's smile did not change, "Master Liao, if the Imperial Academy loses this sentence..."
The smile on Liao Wei's face could not help but stiffen slightly. It would not only be bad for the Imperial College to lose, but even if it was a tie or a bad win, the Imperial College would not be able to bear it.
The Imperial College reads sage books every day, has the best students in the world, the most knowledgeable and famous teachers, but in the end he cannot crush a girl younger than him. What does it sound like?
Even if you win the Imperial Academy, why would you have the dignity to publicize it outside?
Amidst the back-and-forth between the two, the competition in the audience has already begun.
Anlan Academy will choose a gentleman and Yu Fang from Linfeng Academy will take turns presenting the topic.
Zheng Jingxi and the young man stood in the audience and took turns answering.
Yu Fang asked: "The sage said that if you respect the five beauties and reject the four evils, you can enter politics. What are the five beauties? What are the four evils?"
Zheng Jingxi replied: "A gentleman benefits without any expense, works without resentment, desires without greed, is peaceful without being arrogant, and is powerful without being fierce. These are called five virtues. Killing without teaching is called cruelty; not admonishing is called treating."
Being violent; being slow to give orders is called a thief; treating others like others and being stingy as a cashier is called a thief. These are the four evils."
Mr. Anlan Academy asked: "The Seven Skills of Legalism in Employing People."
The young man from the Imperial College answered calmly: "The first is to visit in public, the second is to punish the powerful, the third is to trust and reward as much as possible, the fourth is to listen to the punishment, the fifth is to doubt the edict, and the sixth is to ask questions with knowledge.
, Qi said it is contrary to what is said."
Yu Fang asked again, Zheng Jingxi answered again, and so on.
The questions asked by the gentlemen from both sides were very distinctive. Yu Fang stuck closely to the Confucian questions that are now regarded as the classics of the imperial examination, and occasionally touched on some other questions. The gentlemen from Anlan Academy asked questions mainly based on Legalism, Strategists, and Military Strategies.
, occasionally mixed with Taoism and Zajia, and almost no content related to Confucianism.
Therefore, it was not easy for both parties. At the beginning, both parties answered very quickly. Later, when the questions gradually deepened, their speed also slowed down.
The martial arts arena was quiet. The onlookers looked at the two people standing in the audience, and their original thoughts of watching the excitement gradually faded away, and they all felt a little more admiration.
Under such circumstances, there is not much time to think. Even if they go forward by themselves, even if they know some issues, they may not be able to think of them for a while.
Originally, the students of Linfeng Academy and the Imperial College didn't take Zheng Jingxi seriously, but now they saw the girl's calm and calm expression, and it was difficult to say anything. The girls who originally had strong objections to the students of the two colleges saw the young girl from the Imperial College.
I'm quite impressed by the way people talk about such complex problems.
This trial trial lasted almost longer than the previous three games combined. Although Zheng Jingxi was defeated in the end, the girls from Anlan Academy still cheered.
Qin Ning and others rushed forward to hug Zheng Jingxi. Qin Ning said repeatedly: "Miss Zheng, you are so powerful. If I go up, I will be stopped without asking three questions."
Zheng Jingxi was a little embarrassed, "I lost."
Qin Ning waved her hand and said: "It doesn't matter, you are already very good. Don't we still have our little Yuyu? Little Yuyu has to work hard."
Xu Xinyu blushed slightly, looked up at Luo Junyao who raised his hand, immediately calmed down and nodded: "Well, don't worry, Sister An Ning, I will work hard!"
Shen Hongxiu held Sun Hui, who had also lost before, with one hand, and Zheng Jingxi with the other and said with a smile: "Miss Zheng, don't take it to heart, you are better than us and you are willing to stand up, that's enough." Except for the absence of their martial arts academy this year, Song Yan, there really is no one who has this ability.
Zheng Jingxi nodded, but he still felt a little regretful. If Su Rui and Ruan Yueli were still in the academy, the outcome today would be unknown.
In fact, Zheng Jingxi believed that there was someone more powerful than herself in Linglong Courtyard, but she had no choice but to do it because no one was willing to come forward. After all, Zheng Jingxi was the direct granddaughter of Cheng Guogong, and Cheng Guogong was also a generation who had made great contributions. The courage of a famous general and the daughter of a general made her stand up even though she knew she might be defeated.
On the high platform, Luo Junyao sighed and said happily: "Fortunately, Master Liao didn't bet three or four with me, otherwise I would have been in trouble. Thank you for your concession, Master Liao."
Liao Wei said with a slight smile: "Princess, it's not too late to thank you later."
Liao Wei was not in a good mood. Although the students of the Imperial College performed well, he had also served as an examiner for the imperial examination. As far as the Zheng family's girl's talent and academic skills were concerned, her mastery of classics alone was enough for her to get a title, regardless of policy theory. It’s time to lift people up.
He suddenly understood why the regent princess suddenly proposed the competition.
What the Princess Regent wants is not necessarily to win over the two academies. When the girls from Anlan Academy can compete on the same stage as the students from Linfeng Academy of the Imperial Academy, most of her goal has been achieved.
She just wants everyone to know that the talents and abilities of the girls from Anlan Academy are not inferior to those of the outstanding students from the Imperial College and Linfeng Academy.
Liao Wei looked at Luo Junyao with a deep look. This pampered second girl of the Luo family was indeed not a simple arrogant noble girl.
Luo Junyao noticed Liao Wei's appraising eyes, leaned into Xie Yan's arms and showed him an innocent smile. Liao Wei choked and didn't know what to say for a moment.
When he raised his head, he met Xie Yan's deep eyes. Liao Wei was slightly shocked and quickly looked away.
"Are you sure about the last round?" Xie Yan lowered his head and asked softly.
Luo Junyao sat up, looked at Xu Xinyu in the audience with a smile and said, "Of course, Xinyu is the winning chip I specially prepared."
Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "I don't remember that Xin Yu has any talent in this area."
Luo Junyao said: "There are no long logs, maybe because no one has dug them out? Who cares whether Princess Huaiyang can count?"
This seems to be true. After all, being proficient in arithmetic has little impact on a thirteen-year-old girl.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Soon, the last game ended with the ugly expressions on the faces of the students from the two colleges and Mr. Liao.
In the last game, Luo Junyao asked a question himself. Of course, this was not Luo Junyao's own idea. In his previous life, there were many weird ancient mathematics problems on the Internet, such as chickens and rabbits in the same cage, unknown objects, two mice digging holes, etc.
Luo Junyao estimated the achievements in arithmetic in this era and asked a question about pears and fruits that he had seen before.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine pennies buy a thousand pears and fruits, eleven pennies buys nine pears, and four pears buys seven fruits. How many pears and fruits do you want to buy, and how much do you pay for each?
This question was not too difficult. Xu Xinyu thought for a while and then wrote the answer.
But the student from Linfeng Academy opposite was obviously not very proficient in arithmetic. After thinking for a long time, his fair face turned red, and finally he could only give up his pen and admit defeat.
Liao Wei looked ugly and said nothing. The two gentlemen of Linfeng Academy were embarrassed and some suspected that Luo Junyao had cheated in private to give Xu Xinyu the test.
But they came to the door without saying hello in advance. After that, Luo Junyao and even the people around her had no contact with Xu Xinyu at all, so it was unjustifiable to accuse her of cheating.
If word gets out, people will just say they can't afford to lose.
The most important thing is that Anlan Academy gave the correct answer, but their own students turned in blank papers, and they really had no shame in continuing to struggle.
"We lost. The students of Anlan Academy are indeed amazing, I admire them." The two gentlemen stood up and surrendered to Luo Junyao.
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "You two gentlemen are very polite. It's just a discussion. Victory or defeat is normal and don't take it to heart."
The two gentlemen smiled bitterly. They came to the door in an aggressive manner and were so humiliated. How could they not take it to heart?
Luo Jun shook his head and looked at Liao Wei, "Master Liao, do you see our bet?"
Liao Wei gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to admit defeat. Princess, please rest assured."
"Then thank you Master Liao." Luo Junyao smiled with satisfaction.
