No matter what happened to Yun Ruoyue, she was the one he just praised in public, so how could he allow this dandy to despise her?
This dandy looked down on Yun Ruoyue because he looked down upon him as an emperor.
"Then may I ask Your Majesty, can Ruoyue have a little discussion with Prince Shunyang?" Yun Ruoyue said to Emperor Hongyuan.
Emperor Hongyuan thought for a while and nodded, "Well, I will make an exception and let you compete once, which can be regarded as entertainment."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Yun Ruoyue finished speaking, she immediately looked at Prince Shunyang, "Prince, even the emperor said it's okay, so do you dare to take a gamble with a woman like me?"
Seeing the emperor speak, Prince Shunyang quickly said, "Who doesn't dare? Am I such a courageous person? I will bet that His Highness the King Xian will win. What do you want to bet on?"
Yun Ruoyue said: "Although I am a woman, I also have grace. I will let you tell me the bet."
These words made Prince Shunyang blush, and Yun Ruoyue seemed to be mocking him for being a man with no grace at all.
However, this is exactly what he wanted.
He has lost a lot of money in gambling recently and is a little tight on money. Why not take this opportunity to win?
He had seen with his own eyes the virtuous king's archery skills before. He was able to pierce through a hundred steps without missing any arrows. He believed that he could win.
He said: "Okay, how about we bet fifty thousand taels of silver? If King Xian wins, you lose fifty thousand taels to me; if King Li wins, I lose you fifty thousand taels."
"Okay, no problem." Yun Ruoyue answered simply.
She just took 50,000 taels to play with Prince Shunyang. The most important thing is that she has confidence in Chu Xuanchen.
She looked towards Chu Xuanchen, nodded towards him, and made a cheering gesture with her hands. Chu Xuanchen nodded towards her, his expression still solemn and cold.
When the wise king saw this scene, he felt as uncomfortable as if an arrow had pierced his heart.
Yun Ruoyue seemed to be aware of King Xian's disappointment, and she quickly said to him, "King Xian, come on, too."
"Thank you." The wise king said calmly.
At this time, Eunuch Liu had ordered the young eunuchs to bring the bows and arrows over. Chu Xuanchen and King Xian each had a bow and ten arrows.
As soon as the bow and arrows were brought up, Eunuch Liu hurried forward and handed a bow to Chu Xuanchen first, and then to the wise king.
Chu Xuanchen was stunned, Eunuch Liu was so flattering to the virtuous king, why did he hand him the bow first?
Is there something wrong with this bow?
As soon as he got the bow, he checked it first and found that there was nothing wrong with it.
Could it be that he was worrying too much?
At this time, Eunuch Liu had already said: "Your Highnesses, are you ready? The competition will begin soon."
"This king is ready." The wise king said calmly.
"Let's get started." Chu Xuanchen said lightly.
Upon seeing this, Eunuch Liu immediately said: "Okay, there are two rows of lanterns on the opposite side. Your Highnesses, please choose which row you want to start!"
As soon as he started shouting, the crowd next to him immediately started to get excited.
The women crowded forward to see the handsome man.
"Who do you think will win?"
"I say the wise king will win because he is handsome and has a gentle personality."
"I think King Li is more handsome, and he is also domineering and manly. I bet he will win!"
"So what if you are domineering? We haven't even gotten married yet. The wise king hasn't discussed the marriage yet, so I like him!"
"So what if we get married? It's not like he can't marry a concubine. I'll be very satisfied if I can be his concubine."
The ladies from the official family were chattering here, but Yun Ruoyue had no intention of listening.
She quickly looked at Chu Xuanchen, hoping that he would not lose, otherwise she would lose fifty thousand taels of silver.