After the father and daughter exchanged a few words, Emperor Xuanzhi looked at his two sons and said, "Come here and try shooting an arrow."
"Brother, can you let me cum first?" Xiaobai asked.
"Here." Xiao Qian handed him the bow.
Xiaobai took it, drew the bow and shot the arrow in one go.
Jiang Changning said, "How can you hit the target if you don't even aim?"
Before he could finish his words, the arrow hit the bull's eye.
"Oh, my Xiaobai's archery skills are pretty good." Jiang Changning praised with a smile.
"Of course." Xiaobai raised his chin proudly.
Xiao Yu'er also clapped his hands and said, "Second brother is awesome, second brother is awesome, third brother, hurry up and shoot the arrows."
Xiaoqian is not as strong as Xiaobai, and his wrist strength is not enough, so he has a hard time pulling the bow.
Jiang Changning was just about to say something to comfort his son when Emperor Xuanzhi scolded him with a stern face, "You need to practice your arm strength more. If a man can't even pull a bow, he is a waste."
These words were a bit harsh, but Jiang Changning never interrupted when Emperor Xuanzhi was teaching his son.
"I will ask you to add more riding and archery lessons for me." Xiao Qian said obediently.
Emperor Xuanzhi nodded slightly and said, "Go and have fun."
"I'm leaving now." The three children walked away.
Emperor Xuanzhi took Jiang Changning's hand and said, "Come on, I'll take you to go horseback riding."
Although Jiang Changning didn't ride horses often, he had learned it, and his movements when mounting a horse were quite smooth.
Sitting high on the horse, he looked at Emperor Xuanzhi who had not yet mounted his horse, and frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, you don't want to ride with me, do you?"
"Why not?"
"No, the children are here." Jiang Changning shook the reins and urged the horse forward.
Emperor Xuanzhi jumped on his horse, caught up with her, and rode side by side with her.
Jiang Changning, who was tasked with selecting his daughter-in-law, rode his horse twice, felt the thrill of the ride, and then stopped, "I'm old, I can't stand the bumps anymore."
"Nonsense, my Ningning hasn't aged at all, she's still as pretty and charming as when I first met her."
"Your Majesty." Jiang Changning's face turned red. This man didn't even consider the occasion and just spoke such words.
Emperor Xuanzhi got off his horse and went to help her off the horse, "Go to the high platform and rest."
Sitting on the high platform, watching the boys and girls playing in the horse field below.
"Youth is invincible and full of vitality. It's great." Jiang Changning sighed.
At the racecourse, there were only a few girls who could ride horses. Most of them were led by others and strolled slowly around the periphery of the racecourse. Among them was Princess Xuanyi, Xiaoyuer.
The one accompanying Xiao Yu'er was not Xia Xue'er, but
Jiang Changning narrowed his eyes, "Your Majesty, is that the youngest son of the Xia family, named Jingran?"
"Yes." Emperor Xuanzhi frowned, "Xiao Yu'er was smiling at that boy."
"It's fine to laugh, but do you want to see Xiao Yu'er cry in front of him?"
"Xiao Yu'er likes that boy?"
"I don't know. I'll ask her when we get back to the palace."
Emperor Xuanzhi said with an unpleasant expression: "Don't ask, and don't let Xiao Yuer see him in the future."
"Your Majesty, are you going to break up this couple?" Jiang Changning asked, glancing at him.
"We haven't even started yet, what's the point of being a couple?"
Jiang Changning smiled, "If that's the case, why doesn't Your Majesty let Xiao Yuer see him?"
Emperor Xuanzhi was silent for a moment, then made up an excuse, "To prevent him from leading Xiao Yu'er astray."
"Your Majesty, you can send someone to check on him. When Xiao Yu'er grows up, she will eventually get married. If the Xia family boy is a good person, we should not interfere and let them interact naturally."
"Don't be sad, I will always be with you." Jiang Changning said softly.
Emperor Xuanzhi grabbed Jiang Changning's hand and interlocked their fingers.
At noon, instead of returning to the palace, everyone built a mud stove on the grass next to the horse farm and cooked lunch.
The girls, who have never done housework, refuse to let servants help them and insist on doing it themselves. They make a mess of things but enjoy themselves.
Jiang Changning looked at them with a loving smile on his face.
"Mother, look at this meatball I made. Aren't they round?" Xiao Yuer held a meatball in her hand and ran to Jiang Changning to show it off.
"It's quite round." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Xiao Bai, who came along, interrupted and said, "No matter how round it is, it will break when you bite it. Is it necessary to rub it?"
"Of course it's necessary!" Xiao Yu'er pouted, "You ate the food and it turned into stinky stuff in the end, so why don't you just eat stinky stuff?"
"Hey, what are you saying?" Xiaobai grinned.
Xiao Yuer raised her chin and said, "What I said makes sense."
"You are talking nonsense."
Xiao Yuer shook his head and said, "It's a twisted logic."
"Perverse logic is not rational."
"That's right."
"no."
The brother and sister argued with each other and went back to the clay stove.
"What a funny couple." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"You little brat only knows how to bully your sister." Emperor Xuanzhi handed her the cup in his hand, "The water is cold, you can drink it now."
In the afternoon, the girls didn't have the energy to play horseback riding, so Jiang Changning suggested that they play the game of soldiers catching thieves.
This game is similar to Werewolf, but with more participants, about twenty people in total.
"If you catch a white chess piece, you are a detective. If you catch a black chess piece, you are a thief. If you catch chess pieces of other colors, you are a civilian. After you catch a chess piece, you cannot show it to others and must keep it to yourself."
Jiang Changning explained the rules to everyone, "After the game starts, the official will say, it's dark, everyone please close your eyes."
"The officials would say, 'Please open your eyes, thieves.' Then the four thieves would recognize each other as accomplices. The officials would say, 'Please reach a consensus and kill one person.'"
"The four thieves can't talk at this time, otherwise they will be exposed."
"After the thieves kill one of them, the officials will ask the thieves to close their eyes and the detectives to open their eyes. The detectives will then open their eyes and confirm each other's identities."
"The detectives can't talk either. Once four detectives are killed, the game is over and the bad guys win."
"The officer would say detectives please come to a consensus to point out the thief."
"Once the detectives have made their designation, the officer will ask them to close their eyes, and then say, 'It's dawn, and everyone can open their eyes now.'"
"At this time, the officials will announce who was killed by the thieves just now, and that person will be eliminated. Everyone will start to discuss who is a civilian, who is a killer, and who is a constable."
"Everyone should hide their identities and analyze who the thief is from what others say, and vote the thief out."
Jiang Changning briefly explained the rules and let everyone start playing.
In the first round, a girl was eliminated first. Everyone started to discuss. Xiao Yuer was the first to speak, "I'm not a thief. I'm a good person. I just closed my eyes. I don't know anything."
Everyone's speeches were similar, and no one admitted that they were thieves. After listening to them all, I couldn't make any sense, so I just randomly voted someone out.
"I'm a good man, I really am a good man, look at my chess pieces." The man said as he took out a chess piece, and it really was not a black piece.
"Oh no, the good guy was voted out." The good guy camp was very upset.
(End of this chapter)