There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 30 When did Gu get angry?

The Royal Academy is a special place for the children of the royal family to practice martial arts riding and archery. There are special instructors here, most of whom are old generals who are too old to go to the battlefield. Whether it is martial arts or actual combat, they are experienced and rich.

If you want to learn archery, there is no better place than here, so she came here.

"Master, that seems to be...the Fourth Prince!" Bi Luo replied.

"Fourth Prince Xia Houyan?"

Tang Wanning squinted her eyes and tried her best to search for the information in her mind. The fourth prince, Xia Houyan, is the son of the empress. He has not yet married a concubine this year, and he will be crowned in two years.

Like the crown prince Xia Houjue, he is excellent in riding and shooting in both civil and martial arts, and he is also quite prestigious among courtiers, and his virtuous name spreads far and wide.

She had seen this man at the Dragon Boat Festival banquet. At that time, he was sitting with several other princes, not attracting much attention.

Looking at his appearance of playing with dragons and phoenixes now, it is quite eye-catching.

She stopped to watch his sword moves carefully, and was lost in thought until Xia Houyan took away the sword and came to salute her, then she suddenly came back to her senses.

"Don't be too polite!"

"Thank you, sister-in-law three!" Xia Houyan smiled and stood up respectfully.

"Why is Third Sister-in-law here?" He stood three steps away and asked politely and decently.

Tang Wanning explained her purpose.

Xia Houyan laughed loudly: "The best archery in the whole school is undoubtedly General Qiao. Unfortunately, his mother passed away a while ago, so he went home to observe his filial piety!"

"Oh?" Tang Wanning was surprised: "That's really a coincidence!"

"It's not worth anything." Xia Houyan laughed again.

"If the third sister-in-law only learns the triple arrow technique, I can still teach the fourth brother, but I don't know if the third sister-in-law will like it or not!"

"Are you willing to teach me?" Tang Wan's eyes flickered slightly.

"If the third sister-in-law doesn't dislike it, the fourth brother is willing to help!"

Xia Houyan explained: "I have admired General Tang since I was a child, but it's a pity that I can't get him to teach me in person. Now I can learn how to shoot arrows with my third sister-in-law, which is what I wish for!"

When mentioning General Tang, he showed admiration on his face, his eyes were piercing, and he didn't look like a fake.

Although Tang Wanning hesitated, but after thinking about her situation, she nodded lightly.

"Forget it! Then there will be trouble!"

Xia Houyan is the queen's own son, and the prince is the queen's stepson.

Her intuition told her that the relationship between Xia Houyan and the crown prince would definitely not be as good as it appears on the surface, but...it's not good to really avoid it, the superficial relationship must be maintained, right?Simply be generous.

Seeing her promise, Xia Houyan bent her lips and smiled: "Let's go, let's pick some useful bows and arrows first!"

"it is good!"

Tang Wanning went with him to the armory.

Picking out two handy bows and arrows, the two came to the archery field side by side.

"Sister-in-law, please!"

"Please!"

Holding the longbow, Tang Wanning stood outside the red line fifty steps away from the bull's-eye, squinted, aimed, and shot, with an extremely smooth and standard set of movements.

She shot several times in a row, and the results were not much different from the results she had practiced before. She hit one shot and missed two shots.

Xia Houyan stood three steps away with her bow and arrow in her arms, while observing her movements, while adjusting her posture, she demonstrated from time to time.

"Move quickly, keep your arms steady, and try to stay as still as possible when you shoot the arrow!" Xia Houyan taught very seriously.

"it is good!"

Tang Wanning also studied very seriously. After several error corrections and demonstrations, she gradually mastered the essentials, and the results became better each time.

Although one taught and the other practiced, the two always kept a distance of three steps away, and there were a lot of court ladies, eunuchs and guards around them.

In broad daylight, there are other masters teaching other students in the school grounds.Tang Waning felt that there was nothing wrong with being aboveboard.

Xia Houyan is also 'frank and open', and it is not natural to be indifferent.

However... Chongming Palace, Xia Houjue, who received the news, felt a little bad, and his whole face became gloomy.

"Can you say that again?"

The little eunuch who reported the letter was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

"Too...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! The Crown Princess Concubine went to the school grounds to practice arrows with the Fourth Prince!"

"Crack!" A cup of tea fell to the ground with a bang, and his body was smashed to pieces.

Li Dequan felt a gust of cool air rush from the soles of his feet to the Tianling Gai, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

"Your Highness... calm down!" He tremblingly persuaded.

Xia Houjue stood up with a sullen face and clenched fists, pacing back and forth in front of the window.

After a while, he suddenly turned his head with a dark face: "When did Gu get angry?"

Li Dequan raised his head tremblingly, seeing the prince's face as black as the bottom of a pot, he was so frightened that he almost peed.

'If you're not angry, then what is anger?Lord, don't tease the slave! '

Although I thought so in my heart, I had to force a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Master! I'll give you another cup of tea!"

"Get out!" Xia Houjue turned around with a flick of his sleeves.

Li Dequan answered yes, and quickly called a few young eunuchs to clean up the broken porcelain pieces, and went out to change the tea stove.

……

Xia Houjue stared at his clenched fists indifferently, with anger in his eyes.

There are so many people in the school grounds, she chose to find Xia Houyan, did this woman do it on purpose?
"His Royal Highness!"

Li Dequan came in with a fresh cup of tea: "Miss Concubine Liu, please see me!"

Xia Houjue withdrew his fists and sat down at the desk again, and refused indifferently.

"not see!"

"……Yes!"

Li Dequan was a little surprised. Isn't Lady Liu very popular these days?My master's thoughts...

He poured tea and turned around to respond politely.

"Miss Liu, His Highness is busy with business, so it is inconvenient to see you at this time! You should go back first!"

Concubine Liu was not reconciled, she raised her head confidently.

"This concubine naturally knows that His Highness is busy with business. Isn't this stewed milk and bird's nest specially for His Highness to nourish his body? Why don't you get out of here!"

"Your Majesty!" Li Dequan couldn't laugh or cry: "The slave is just running errands, please spare the little one!"

Concubine Liu's apricot eyes stared, her brows turned upside down.

"Hurry up and get out of the way! You bumped into this concubine, and you can't eat it!"

As he spoke, he yelled inward.

"His Royal Highness, do you really not see the concubine?"

"The concubine is afraid that you will be tired and stewed the tonic with her own hands. You must taste it!"

"His Royal Highness...!"

Her voice became louder and louder, and Li Dequan was quite frightened.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please stop shouting, slave... slave... I kneel down for you!"

He was really afraid that the last eunuch next to His Highness was decapitated because of his poor performance, and he didn't want to end up like this.

Touching his chilly neck, he knelt down with a puff.

"My lady, please don't..."

"Let her in!"

Xia Houjue suddenly appeared at the door.

Li Dequan was so frightened that his face was covered with cold sweat, and he was speechless.

Concubine Liu was very pleased with herself.

"You dog slave, you know how to get in the way, so hurry up and get out of the way!"

Li Dequan: "..."

……

Concubine Liu entered the study, opened the food box with her own hands, and offered a cup of delicate bird's nest with milk.

"Your Highness!" She smiled coquettishly.

"This is stewed by my concubine herself. It's dry in autumn. Drinking this is the most nourishing. Would you like to try it?"

As she spoke, she picked up a small bowl and filled it out, and fed it to Xia Houjue's mouth.

Xia Houjue turned his face away indifferently.

"I'm alone in business!"

　Xia Houjue: Gu is very annoying now!

　　Concubine Liu: Don't stop me, I'm sure about this muzzle!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)