The prince does not fight for the heir

Chapter 5 Unexpectedly
The Martial Arts Field is to the west of the palace garden, and the West Fourth House where the princes live is a few hundred meters away. It is generally called Xiyuan, and it is almost built against the winding palace wall to the west.

Going out of the palace in this direction is a stretch of Huangzhuang, and beyond Huangzhuang are several low mountains, forming a large royal hunting ground.

As the activity place for the princes to ride and shoot martial arts on weekdays, there is a guard stationed here for a long time, and the princes' instructors also live in it. There are four of them in total, all of whom have made great achievements in the army. Kung fu master of warriors.

Among them, the teacher who taught horse-handling kung fu was Na Ke Da, who was from the Mongolian nationality in the north, and was called Master Na by the princes.The one who taught archery was Master Liu of Liu Yiying, who came from a family of martial arts in Jianghu.

In addition, there are Master Wu who teaches boxing kung fu, and Master Lu who teaches kung fu with cold weapons.

The companion selection does not examine fists, feet and weapons, but only riding and archery, so only two masters, Na Keda and Liu Yiying, came forward to act as examiners.

When the crowd arrived at the martial arts arena, the two masters were already waiting in the arena, guarded by guards around the arena, and the little eunuch who led the way for everyone, after completing the task, was replaced by the little eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, waiting on the sidelines, silently Waiting for possible dispatches from the princes and Princess Zhiling.

It was the first time for Fu Xuechen to set foot on the Royal Martial Arts Arena, so he really didn't know it, and he was shocked when he saw it!I thought that the Royal Martial Arts Arena would not be small, but I didn’t expect it to occupy such a large area. The entire Martial Arts Arena is comparable to four international football fields stitched together. This has not included the guards’ prisons, guard camps, and horses on the sidelines. The area of ​​the shed racetrack.

The cold spring has not yet passed, and the cold wind is especially blowing in the open place, so this time, the two martial arts masters gave priority to the princess's companion.

Four docile little mares were brought over and given to four little girls respectively. Their assessment was quite simple. They could ride them and run around the martial arts field. From the beginning to the end, the ranking was determined by the time it took.

According to Zhang Chuyang's gossip, two of the four girls happened to be descendants of honorable nobles, and the other two were the daughters of Wenchen's family.

Fu Xuechen thought that the two little girls from Xungui's family would win, but unexpectedly, one of them, a girl with big eyes wearing a sable fur and a double bun, won the head with an excellent result exceeding two horses. However, this little girl is Cui Xiaoyue, the eldest daughter of Cui Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and this Cui Xiaoyue is also the first female name in the literary examination.

From this point of view, the Princess Companion book will most likely fall on this little girl's head?Fu Xuechen couldn't help but sized up the little girl a few more times.

Judging from her appearance, Cui Xiaoyue is very good-looking, but she is also a bit heroic, lively and cheerful. If she doesn't put it bluntly, everyone will think that she is a general.

After getting off the horse, Cui Xiaoyue was smiling and full of spirits. The other three little girls were at a disadvantage in terms of momentum and grades. In contrast, they were a little depressed. overflowed.

Then there was the archery competition, and the girls were still given priority, while the youngsters could only watch from the sidelines against the cold wind.

What surprised Fu Xuechen was that the little girl Cui Xiaoyue was not very old, but her archery skills were good. She hit ten out of ten arrows, although she failed to hit the bull's-eye, all of them were close to the inner circle, and none of them missed the target.

This result is much better than that of Fu Yuchen, and Fu Xuechen asked himself, she is not as good as Fu Yuchen in archery, let alone compared with this little girl, if she is also in the competition for the princess's reading, she can win the essay test , her junior's performance in the martial arts test is far inferior to the opponent's, and coupled with her age is not dominant, she is actually [-]% unable to compete with the eleven or twelve-year-old girl in front of her.

The little girl was so outstanding in riding and shooting that all the teenagers couldn't help cheering for her. Fu Xuechen glanced at Princess Zhiling, and saw that the delicate little princess stared at Cui Xiaoyue unblinkingly, with eyes full of eyes. It's all appreciation, and it's about to be upgraded to worship.

However, after the competition, which little girl will win in the end and become the companion of the princess will not be announced in public, but the assessment masters will report the assessment results to the emperor and the mothers of the princes and princesses to discuss together Afterwards, it will be finalized and formally notified to the homes of all the candidates in the form of a decree.

Therefore, although everyone guessed that the princess companion must be the little girl Cui Xiaoyue, they couldn't really be sure.

The selection of the girls will end soon, and they can go back to their respective homes if they wish, but it is obvious that the competition of the teenagers is about to begin, and it is rare to encounter such excitement, the girls do not want to miss it, and hide on the sidelines The shelter from the wind looked lively from afar.

The first competition is still "riding". From the beginning of the competition, the teenagers must first choose a horse for themselves, and then race around the field. There are five laps in total, and they are counted according to the ranking.

"Yuchen! You choose this one! This one has thick and strong legs, and it must run fast!"

Zhang Chuyang chose a red horse by himself first, and seeing that Fu Xuechen was still looking at the horse, he quickly pointed her to a red horse with black fur.

Fu Xuechen glanced over, but was attracted by a beautiful white horse passing by. He walked straight over, touched the bridge of the white horse's nose with eyes full of admiration, and even handily held a handful of fresh grass that had been prepared before the white horse. This is a bribe. A gesture of joy for the horses.

"Ah? Does Yuchen like this horse?" Zhang Chuyang looked at the white horse carefully, and said disapprovingly, "This is a mare! Its hooves are not big enough, and its legs are a bit slender. I'm afraid its explosive power and speed can't keep up with other horses." A stallion?"

As if understanding Zhang Chuyang's belittling, the white horse raised its neck and let out a "squeaky" snort.

Fu Xuechen smiled: "The mare is more docile, it is easier for me to control than the stallion." Then he turned to Zhang Chuyang and said: "Brother Zhang said he would help me, so this competition will depend on Brother Zhang's help! "

Zhang Chuyang immediately reassured: "Don't worry! I will definitely keep an eye on Cheng Defang and Xie Yucheng for you."

Fu Xuechen glanced at Cheng Defang and Xie Yucheng who were not far away, but he thought about it: "Cheng Defang's literary test is not high, so it can be seen that his hopes are all in force, too partial, but Xie Yucheng, the literary test is very good , if his level in the martial arts test is higher than mine, my chances of winning will be low, and please brother Zhang put more energy on Xie Yucheng."

Zhang Chuyang thinks it makes sense: "You are right! I understand!"

Fu Xuechen actually had other considerations in choosing the white horse. Leaving aside the strength comparison between the horses, this white horse has a particularly good side, that is, its appearance is particularly beautiful, its coat color is pure white without any variegation, and its body shape is well-proportioned. Even a pair of black horse eyes are very energetic.

Among the horses of various colors, this beautiful white horse is particularly conspicuous. It can overwhelm all the horses in terms of appearance alone. At that time, even if Fu Xuechen fails to come out on top in the competition, he can rely on the appearance of the white horse to attract the sixth prince. gaze.

The innocent boys think that winning or losing is very important, but Fu Xuechen, who has the experience of two generations, knows that it is more important to impress the princes.

Moreover, everyone has the bad instinct of judging people by their appearance. It is not guaranteed to win the first place and become the most eye-catching one, so let's first become the best-looking one in the field!

Master Na gave an order, and all the teenagers rushed out, hoofbeats were clattering, and smoke billowed, the princess and the little girls felt their blood warmed up, they couldn't help but let out soft breaths, and their eyes lit up.

"Huh?" It was Cui Xiaoyue who spoke. She looked at a young man wearing a plain robe and riding a yellow puma horse, her eyes narrowed slightly: "The fourth runner seems to be Xie Yucheng, right?"

"Really!" Another girl from a noble family was amazed: "It's really unexpected that someone born in a literati family can have such good riding skills!"

"Ah! I was overtaken! I was overtaken!" Several girls were excited.

The situation on the field changed suddenly, a young man on a red horse suddenly accelerated, passed Xie Yucheng in the blink of an eye, and pushed him to the fifth place.

That's all, the red horse boy clearly still has some strength left, so if he tries harder, it's not impossible to fight for three to two, but instead of speeding up, he slowed down a little, as if he was deliberately going against Xie Yucheng, It is to press him down, just to prevent him from overtaking.

Cui Xiaoyue was shocked: "That's... Zhang Chuyang from Zhang Shilang's family, right? What does he mean by that? Does he have any grudge against Xie Yucheng?"

The other girls shook their heads, ignorantly expressing their ignorance.

At this moment, a beautiful white horse came up from behind and passed the entangled two people, replacing Zhang Chuyang as the fourth.

Immediately, the young man in brocade clothes and fox fur has fair and clear skin, handsome and clear eyebrows, but there is a faint smile on his lips. Even though a fierce competition is going on at the moment, his actions are not at all eager and irritable. Just following the galloping of the horse, the body undulates slightly, as elegant and calm as flowing clouds and flowing water, making people look at it like listening to the rhyme of a song, which is indescribably pleasing to the eye.

This person... looks good!The girls were dumbfounded.

"I heard that he is the best-looking boy in Guozixue." Someone mentioned Fu Yuchen's gossip.

"Just now he was the one who got double excellent in the literary examination, poetry and theory."

Fu Yuchen...Princess Zhiling's eyes twitched slightly, and Ji Ze's voice recited in her mind: wise young people make the country wise, young rich make the country rich, young strong make the country strong, young free make the country free...

Even Fu Xuechen himself was surprised that the white horse under his crotch was very powerful. Its explosive power was not obvious, but its tenacity was full, and its speed was not bad. After four laps, it slowly caught up with the third black horse in the front row. In the last lap, he sprinted gradually, and finally won No.3 by surpassing the fourth place by half a horse, and the rating was fixed as excellent.

Zhang Chuyang took fifth place firmly, Xie Yucheng was sixth, Cheng Defang followed closely and took seventh place, the result was worse than Fu Xuechen expected.Coming down from the racecourse, his face turned black, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction, and he did not admit defeat.

Fu Xuechen grinned, perhaps Cheng Defang could still beat her in archery, but he lost all riding in the Wen test, even if he won the first place in archery, he would not pose a threat to her, but Xie Yucheng was better, his own arrow If he loses too much in martial arts, the martial arts test will be a little uncertain.

And...if the Sixth Prince prefers Xie Yucheng's one...

She couldn't help but cast a glance at the sixth prince Yoon Zuo, who was watching from the sidelines. Unfortunately, this time the sixth prince's gaze did not meet her, but fell on... Zhang Chuyang?Well?I forgot, Zhang Chuyang also passed the essay test.

And his riding skills are obviously not inferior to the first and second place this time. Although his background is a little poor, strictly speaking, he is also qualified to be a companion to participate in the selection.

God knows what the royals will think, after finally thinking about it, it is not impossible to choose Zhang Chuyang!

Just as Fu Xuechen was thinking, the second archery competition kicked off.

　Let's continue today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)