When Kong shot an arrow, everyone on the field held their breaths, and even some timid female relatives directly covered their eyes and dared not watch this scene. The ministers knew in their hearts that no matter how arrogant and vicious this princess of Qin was, she would not be able to shoot the general's daughter in front of so many people in Ming Qi's field.
But knowing in the heart is one thing, and seeing with the eyes is another. Their bystanders still felt that their heartbeat was fast, so what would happen to Shen Miao
Shen Miao watched silently, she did not even close her eyes, but seriously fixed the arrow coming towards her, as if she wanted to see the arrow clearly. It just fell into the eyes of everyone, but her demeanor was calm and steady.
The arrow made a “hush” sound, but it was light and ingenious, just a little bit, just rubbed the top of Shen Miao’s head and passed by.
Kankan avoided the glowing red apple.
Shen Qiu, who was sitting in the seat, breathed a sigh of relief, and the clenched hands of Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan opened slightly. Feng Anning and Luo Tan patted their chests, and Luo Ling took a sip from the tea cup in front of him, hiding his worried expression.
The audience was silent, Huangfu Hao was smiling at first, but gradually he stopped laughing.
Princess Ming An waited for a while, but did not hear cheers or mockery at Shen Miao, and had a bad premonition in her heart. She tore off the black cloth that bound her eyes, but saw the apple on top of Shen Miao's head on the opposite side, and her arrow fell not far away. As for the girl in purple, her hair was not messed up, her clothes were intact, and there was no trace of panic on her face, she just looked at her lightly and said, "Your Highness Princess, it seemed that her hand was slippery just now, and she was not shot."
Didn't get shot.
That sentence was very light and indifferent, but it seemed to contain the most proud sarcasm, and it was so hot that Princess Ming An's cheeks were hot and painful.
But for a moment, Princess Ming An reacted. She looked at Shen Miao and said angrily, “You must have moved just now, it was you who moved! Ben Gong never misses, if you hadn’t moved, how could Ben Gong miss the shot?”
Everyone did not expect that Princess Ming An would suddenly attack, and even Emperor Wen Hui showed displeased expression and said, "Is the princess saying that hundreds of people are covering up Miss Shen at this banquet?"
Shen Miao stood up straight and did not even evade from the beginning to the end, although it was not known whether it was fake or real, but if it was real, such a courageous woman would be enough to break the hearts of the world. No matter how much Emperor Wen Hui was afraid of the Shen family, in the end the Shen family belonged to Ming Qi, how could he, a Ming Qi emperor, allow a Qin princess to slander Shen Miao in front of him? I am afraid that today he indulges Princess Ming An's nonsense, and tomorrow the emperor's prestige among the ministers will plummet.
Princess Ming An felt aggrieved and looked at Huangfu Hao. Huangfu Hao looked at her with a gloomy face, and Princess Ming An was shocked. She didn't dare to look at Huangfu Hao again, and turned to look at Prince Rui, who was standing on the side, and said delicately, "It's only now that you can see it clearly from the bottom of Prince Rui's highness. Can Miss Shen avoid it?" When she said this, Princess Ming An softened. With his throat high and his eyes fixed on Prince Rui, everyone present felt a little embarrassed.
Prince Rui hooked his lips and said, "No."
Princess Ming An was stunned for a moment, "His Royal Highness Prince Rui said that Shen Miao did not escape?"
"Are you questioning this prince's eyes?" Prince Rui asked back. He looks infinitely graceful and heartbreaking enough, but when his voice cools down, it makes people feel chilling and dare not look directly.
Princess Ming An was startled, but she saw Shen Miao standing opposite and looking at her with a slight smile, "Your Highness, I would like to admit defeat. Or... Your Highness can't afford to lose?"
"You are presumptuous!" Princess Ming An screamed. He suddenly saw the angry eyes cast at her from all over, and suddenly understood that this was in Ming Qi’s field, and screaming at Shen Miao had already caused public anger. She looked at Shen Miao and suddenly sneered, "Is there anything Ben Gong can't afford to lose, but... you shouldn't be too complacent. If Ben Gong fails to hit, will you hit?"
Princess Ming An was angry, her footwork had reached the point of perfection, and this bow was a big bow she had used since she was a child. With such a blindfolded footwork today, Princess Ming An had been playing in Qin for many years. , has never gone wrong. She originally wanted to give Shen Miao a little trouble, but in order to teach the Shen family the rudeness, while shooting through the apple, it was easy to shoot Shen Miao's clothes and make her lose face, how could she miss the shot at a critical moment? ? But in the public eye, Shen Miao did not hide, which made her not know what went wrong.
She proudly proposed to compete, but in the end not only did she not make Shen Miao shameless, but she hadn’t shot herself yet, the princesses and princes of Qin Kingdom knew that they would laugh at her. Thinking of this, Princess Ming An felt more disgust and resentment towards Shen Miao.
Shen Miao looked at Princess Ming An's movements and felt a little cold in her heart. In the previous life, he stayed in Qin for five years, and had five years of dealings with this Qin princess. Shen Miao knew better than anyone what the temperament of Princess Ming An was. Princess Ming An likes to tease her like this. In front of the public, she "plays" the game of footsteps. With one arrow, she will open her bun and open her dress with one arrow. Occasionally, "accidentally", she will also scratch her body. . When Princess Ming An drew the bow, she knew what Princess Ming An's plan was, from which angle the arrow would fly, and where it would land in the end. After repeating the scene countless times, how could she not be clear
He simply tilted his head slightly and let the arrow "just" brush past her.
No one would believe Princess Ming An's words, just like no one believed Shen Miao's words back then. Aggrieved, misunderstood, embarrassed, should also be enjoyed by this precious princess.
Of course, it doesn't stop there.
Shen Miao held the bright red apple and said with a smile, "In my place, please ask Her Royal Highness to bite this apple into her mouth."
At the beginning the audience was still discussing and talking in a subtle way, when they heard clearly what Shen Miao said, there was silence for a moment.
Princess Ming An's eyes widened and she looked at Shen Miao in disbelief: "What did you say?" Her voice became sharper and she was in an unpleasant hoarseness because of her anxiety.
Shen Miao looked at her with a smile, with a little naive clarity in her eyes: "His Royal Highness is not saying that this is Da Qin's way of playing, the archer designates where to put the apples. Her Royal Highness will put the apples in the servants' daughters. On the head, the ministers and daughters are released, and now..." She smiled generously: "If Her Royal Highness is afraid, you can change someone else."
It's good that she didn't say this. When she said this, Princess Ming An almost turned her head in anger. If you change someone, doesn't it mean that Princess Ming An is timid and can't afford to lose, so she will be humiliated and thrown to the end in front of Ming Qi, Great Liang and Qin people
Yi Peilan took a deep breath and said to Shen Yue, "Is she crazy? How dare you confront Princess Ming An?"
In the original verification field, Shen Miao and Cai Lin faced off because Shen Xin's official position was not lower than that of Lord Cai. But now that the other party was a princess of a country, Shen Miao dared to be so provocative, it was really unexpected. Cai Lin and Lord Cai looked at each other with a wry smile, originally thought that Shen Miao was targeting him, but now it seems that Shen Miao does not even care about the princess of a country, what else is there to say
The prince's seat was also full of sighs, and Li Wang's smile was quite meaningful: "This lady of the Shen family is very vengeful."
Princess Ming An glared at Shen Miao, facing her sharp gaze, Shen Miao just smiled lightly. In desperation, Princess Ming An had to look to Huangfu Hao for help.
Huangfu Hao coughed lightly and was also a little angry that Shen Miao didn't know how to praise her, Princess Ming An also represented Da Qin's face and he could not let Princess Ming An be dissatisfied. So he looked at Emperor Wen Hui, then glanced at Shen Miao and said, "It's just a game, why are Ming Qi's young ladies so unrelenting?"
Emperor Wen Hui looked at the Shen family.
Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan drank tea by themselves, as if they hadn't heard the words above. Shen Qiu and Luo Ling looked at the top of them in a relaxed manner, but they did not express their opinions. Feng An Ning and Luo Tan were staring at Princess Ming An with rather indignant eyes.
The Shen family's attitude is also very clear, and they don't plan to just let it go. Shen Xin also had anger in his stomach, just now Shen Miao was not able to retreat at all because of Princess Ming An's intimidation, and now it was naturally Princess Ming An's turn to have a taste of this. Do not do to others what you do not want to do to others. When Princess Ming An plots against others, she should think about what it feels like to be plotted against herself. Since the Shen family has been placed on the cusp of the storm, since the people of the Qin country have acted against the Shen family from the very beginning, there is nothing to worry about. As soon as Shen Xin's temper came up, he thought that those who were barefoot were not afraid of wearing shoes, even if they shot Princess Ming An to death today, they would also be pulled down.
Seeing Shen Xin's attitude, Emperor Wen Hui understood. Shen Xin was always protecting his shortcomings, let alone Shen Miao. Since Shen Xin wanted to make this target by himself, Emperor Wenhui was happy to see it succeed. Besides, he didn't like Princess Ming'an's arrogant temperament and didn't take Ming Qi in his eyes. He planned to kill Princess Ming'an's majesty. He smiled and said to Huangfu Hao: "It's all a game between children, why should the prince be so worried. Since they are having a good time, I naturally won't stop them."
Huangfu Hao didn't expect the Shen family to be a hard nail, and he didn't expect that the old fox, Emperor Wen Hui, wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and he couldn't do anything for a while. Moreover, Ming Qi's ministers gradually became bolder and began to whisper, if they really refused, Qin's face would really be lost. He gave Princess Ming An a warning look and said, "Ming An, since you brought it up, let's play with Miss Shen to the end." He glanced at Shen Miao again and said meaningfully, "Since Miss Shen is playing , it certainly won't hurt you."
The implication was that if Princess Ming An had any shortcomings, Shen Miao would definitely pay the price.
With such a threat, Shen Miao just smiled when she heard it, "Don't worry, Your Highness, since we have not signed the life and death certificate, the ministers will definitely not hurt Her Royal Highness."
The more she said that, the more uneasy Princess Ming An felt. But now that it was difficult to ride a tiger, she could only do as Shen Miao said and walked to the other side, Princess Ming An’s eyes were like knives, and they stabbed Shen Miao with each knife. She suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "But Miss Shen, the bow in this palace is not something that everyone can pull, I'm afraid you..."
Before the three words “can’t pull” came out, she saw that Shen Miao had already pulled the bow with ease.
Different from Princess Ming An’s laborious drawing, Shen Miao’s posture in drawing the bow was extremely graceful and she was very easy to draw, as if this bow had been with her for decades and she was very proficient at it. She smiled and looked at Princess Ming An, facing Princess Ming An's unbelievable gaze, and said lightly: "Good bow, the bow of Her Royal Highness, I use it very well, thank you very much."
She beckoned and ordered the maid to tie black strips of cloth around her eyes. The maid was about to move when she saw Prince Rui twisting the black cloth strip on the maid’s tray and playing with her fingertips, everyone looked at him in surprise, Prince Rui walked behind Shen Miao and held her chin with one hand behind him. Her head was slightly raised and the other hand wrapped the black cloth around Shen Miao's eyes.
Luo Tan's eyes widened as she pulled Feng Anning and said, "What... what does this mean?"
This move of Prince Rui, who was curious, didn't know it was Luo Tan. Emperor Wen Hui on the high seat frowned slightly, Princess Ming An even looked at Shen Miao with envy in her eyes, killing intent filled her eyes.
Shen Miao was tied in front of her eyes and could not see anything clearly, she could only feel the gentle and gentle movements of the person behind her, his fingertips were cold, when they accidentally touched Shen Miao’s cheek, it was like a snowflake kissing on the front of her shirt, there was a kind of feeling A touch of coolness. But for some unknown reason, the place that had been touched became hot again.
When there was no movement from the people behind, Shen Miao faced Princess Ming An's direction and drew a bow and arrow.
Everyone watched her movements with bated breath, and their hearts were all tense. Some people secretly complained about why Shen Miao did this, letting Princess Ming An bite the apple in her mouth would certainly humiliate Princess Ming An. But this also meant that if Shen Miao was not careful, Princess Ming An would be shot and even lost her life. Princess Qin lost her life in Ming Qi, how could Qin State give up, even if Shen Miao lost her own life, it would not be enough, and it would also affect the whole Ming Qi. If he wanted Princess Ming An to be safe, he had to shoot the old man on purpose. In this way, Ming Qi would still lose face.
After much deliberation, unless Shen Miao hits the apple in Princess Ming An's mouth with one arrow, she will win beauty. However, that is almost impossible.
Huangfu Hao stared at Shen Miao closely, others did not know that Princess Ming An was his younger sister, so he naturally knew how heavy Princess Ming An's bow was. Ordinary women can't pull the bow, even if they have martial arts skills, and some people with basic skills, let alone women, even men, have to get used to the bow for a while before they can. But just now Shen Miao casually pulled the bow, that skilled gesture, skillful gestures, and relaxed expression made people suspect that she had touched this bow countless times before and could only use it so skillfully.
However, that is simply impossible. It was the first time for Princess Ming An to visit the Qin country and it was also the first time for Shen Miao to touch this bow. Huangfu Hao’s heart suddenly became somewhat interested, looking at Shen Miao’s eyes as if seeing something new, it became deeper and deeper.
Shen Miao was not aware of it, she closed her eyes and rubbed the pattern on the arrow with both hands, every tiny scratch on the heavy bow.
Exactly the same as the previous life.
She had touched this bow countless times, Princess Ming An always gave her the bow when she was very embarrassed and said, "It's yours." Actually Shen Miao had practiced countless times in private. She can shoot, but every time, she still deliberately shoots far and remote, and the princesses and princes of Ming Qi can't lift their heads with laughter.
Because she is a hostage, she should be submissive and not be arrogant and domineering. Even if she wins, she must lose. If she loses, Princess Ming An will be happy, so that she will have a chance to go back alive to see Fu Ming and Wan Yu.
Those most difficult years are engraved in my heart like the simple patterns on this bow. The forbearance of the previous life has reached the present, and finally it can be brought into full play. She is no longer the empress of Ming Qi, but she is free to attack Princess Ming An without any scruples, just like Princess Ming An did to her.
She said, "Please, Her Royal Highness, not to hide."
After speaking, he released his hand, and the almost full bow made a "boom" sound, and the arrow shot at Princess Ming An like a shooting star!
Princess Ming An was terrified. The arrow came too fast, she wanted to avoid it, but it was too late, so she felt a pain in her mouth, and the arrow was close to her. She wanted to scream, but with an apple in her mouth, she froze and collapsed.
The palace maid behind her hurriedly supported her, Huangfu Hao stood up at once with a gloomy expression on his face. There were sobs in the hall, but Shen Miao took off the black cloth tied around her eyes, walked to the fainted Princess Ming An, and took out the apple from Princess Ming An's mouth.
On the top of the bright red apple, the arrowhead was halfway down, and the rest of the arrowhead was on the outside. It wouldn't pierce Princess Ming An's throat, but it made people see it clearly.
all hit!
"It seems that the courtier's luck is very good. Unfortunately, all of them were shot." She smiled.
"Wow", the hall suddenly sighed. Ming Qi's courtiers were stunned at first, then their faces flushed with joy, and they all began to applaud. Someone said: "Tiger fathers have no dog daughters!"
It was Princess Ming An who proposed to test the step and shoot and Shen Miao took it as a last resort. But in the end, Princess Ming An was not shot, Shen Miao was shot, Princess Ming An was even frightened and fainted, one can tell who is stronger or weaker. Emperor Wen Hui was suspicious of the Shen family, but now Shen Miao made a big face for him, making the Qin people suffer, and Emperor Wen Hui was also very happy now. Looking at Shen Tao: "General Shen, you have raised a good daughter!"
Shen Xin cupped his hands and said he didn't dare.
Shen Miao stood in the hall and there was a slight wind blowing the corners of her skirt into the air like a blooming flower. She quietly stared at Princess Ming An who was being helped down by the maid, and she suppressed the various emotions in her eyes, but when she turned her head, Prince Rui was staring at her.
Can't see what kind of expression is under the mask, but the man's eyes are warm and cool, which makes people a little confused. Not knowing whether he smiled or not, he glanced at Shen Miao and walked back to the VIP seat and sat down.
Huangfu Hao consciously lost face, but did not know how to restore it. The incident happened suddenly today, and it was Princess Ming An who started, but at such a level, she could not get rid of Shen Miao. Looking at Shen Miao, Huangfu Hao snorted coldly, "I never thought that Miss Shen also has such skills."
Shen Miao lowered her head and returned to her seat.
She was always so gentle and harmless, she was obviously not soft-hearted when she was shooting arrows, and she was full of ill-will, but now she was dignified, as if those things that danced knives and made guns were not hers. She is noble and majestic, just want to say something angry, with such a posture, it seems that the reason is on her side, making people speechless.
"Shen Miao, you were really..." Feng Anning took her hand, "If you were a man, I would marry you."
"Vengeance and revenge, it is really happy." Luo Tan also said, "Little cousin, I knew that you would not have the temperament to bully people at will." When in Xiaochuncheng, what kind of temperament did Shen Miao have, the Luo family Can you all understand the three points, can you be weak? Blind people would think so.
Shen Miao lowered her eyes, everyone thought that she held revenge very much, because Princess Ming An forced her to repay her like this. Little did she know that with her arrow, it solved the hatred of her previous life. In the face of someone like Fu Xiu Yi with deep scheming, he naturally had to plan step by step. As for someone like Princess Ming An, if she didn't return the humiliation she suffered in her previous life, she would be sorry for her rebirth in this life.
Some people need to endure, and some people can't bear it and they will come to you. She acts carefully, but she still has a consistent temper when it comes to some things. With family members guarding and holding chips, why don't you dare to fight against Princess Ming An? It hit her in the face!
Luo Ling handed a cup of hot tea and asked warmly, "Is little cousin okay?"
"It's okay." She replied with a slight smile. Sensitively aware that Youqing Lingling's eyes fell on him, but when he looked around, no one looked at him, he just thought it was his own illusion.
The VIP got down, and the masked youth flexed his fingers and flicked on the wine cup in front of him. There is a white jade wrench on the fingertip, glowing with a slightly jade-colored light.
…
No one expected such a change in the middle of a tributary banquet. But the reason is that Princess Ming An herself stabbed the basket. And Shen Xin, who had just returned to the capital to resume his post, with such a tough attitude and Shen Miao won a beautiful arrow, once again made a limelight at the Ming Qi tribute banquet. No matter what the outcome is, after all, Shen Xin's high profile now makes people feel a little bit jealous.
On the prince's seat, Fu Xiu Yi's expression had changed from calm at first to calm after that, turning his eyes to Shen Xin from time to time. Occasionally, Shen Xin passed by and stopped on the girl in purple who was sitting quietly.
Not only her, there were many eyes looking at Shen Miao in the field. There were young talents who thought Shen Miao was attracting attention, and naturally there were also Huangfu Hao’s eyes that made people feel uncomfortable. Afterwards, a careless person like Luo Tan noticed it and said, "Why are you staring at the little cousin and not letting anyone eat?"
Luo Ling smiled and said to Shen Miao, "Cousin and I change positions."
Luo Ling’s position should be slightly inward, after Shen Miao changed positions with him, Luo Ling’s tall stature was able to block her and also block some of the inquiring eyes, which made her feel much more comfortable for a while.
Until the end of the tribute banquet, nothing else happened.
Huangfu Hao left halfway, saying that he was going to see Princess Ming An who fainted from fright. Naturally no one stopped him, but everyone knew that after a few days, Princess Ming An would also hate Shen Miao. Although Shen Miao was protected by Shen Xin, it would be very easy for Princess Ming An to find any excuse to attack Shen Miao. Everyone looked at Shen Miao with a little sympathy unconsciously.
Only Shen Yue and the others saw how happy Shen Miao felt. Shen Wan probably wanted to get close to Shen Xin, but now that Shen Xin was reinstated and was "invited" back by Emperor Wen Hui, it's not a good thing for the relationship between the brothers to be too tense. But this time, Shen Xin made up his mind. He walked past Shen Wan without squinting, and didn't mean to say hello. Everyone sees it in their eyes and understands it in their hearts.
When Shen Xin was forced to leave the capital, the news of the separation from the Shen family was known throughout the capital. I have always known that it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to deliver charcoal in the snow. Now that Shen Xin has made a comeback, and Shen Wan comes to say hello, any bloody man will ignore it. In terms of cleaning up, Shen Xin had the upper hand in the end.
Shen Wan also didn't fall in love with a cold butt, and Shen Xin didn't pay attention, so he stepped forward without hesitation. The two brothers were like strangers.
After the banquet, some of Shen Xin's former colleagues came over to say hello. Luo Xueyan took Shen Miao to the outside to wait for the carriage to come.
Luo Tan jumped in front, Feng Anning and Madam Feng had already gone back first, Luo Ling and Shen Qiu walked behind. After turning around a palace gate, there was a carriage arranged by Shen Xin. Shen Miao turned her head and happened to see a slender figure at the end of the long corridor in the palace walking slowly.
Before he could see his face clearly, he saw from a distance that the half of the silver mask on his face was a bit dark and bright under the light of the lantern. The pattern embroidered with gold thread on the robe's corners is particularly clear at night, and it is not clear what the texture is in the flow, but it is amazingly gorgeous.
Shen Miao watched carefully, the young man stopped when he was still some distance away from Shen Miao and turned his head slightly, wondering if he was looking at this side.
Shen Miao looked at him quietly.
In the darkness of the night, the corridor in the palace was deep and secluded. The man was covered in the brilliance of the clear moon, walking on the swaying tree shadows. He slowly stretched out his hand, slightly bent his fingers, and tapped three times on the pillar at the gate of the palace wall.
Shen Qiu and Luo Ling found that Shen Miao was not following, Shen Qiu walked in front of Shen Miao and asked, "Sister, what are you looking at?"
“It’s nothing.” Shen Miao returned to her senses and said.
"Let's go to the carriage and wait. It's windy outside, so as not to catch a cold." Luo Ling said gently.
Shen Miao nodded and raised her feet to go towards the carriage. But suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at the long corridor just now.
The moonlight on the corridor is like water, and the flower branches smear intoxicating images on the ground. As if everything was just an illusion.
Luo Tan's whispered urging voice came, Shen Miao turned around and narrowed her eyes, lifted the corner of her skirt and got on the carriage.