After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Even if Chu Xi wants to join the army, he has to wait until Emperor Tianwu's birthday celebration is over.

Tomorrow is the birthday banquet, and today the palace has specially prepared Cuju and hunting activities for the envoys and the princes who have already arrived in Beijing.

As the host, when hosting guests from the Great Zhou, these are the most basic etiquette.

Chu Xi, Rong Qingzhu, and other children of noble families, court officials, and princes all participated in the hunting event hosted by His Majesty.

This hunting ground is naturally in the capital. Your Majesty... has always been thinking about immortality and is very afraid of death, so he sent the guards to the hunting ground in the capital and specially put some prey in it.

Just to let all participants have fun.

Emperor Tianwu would not participate in this kind of hunting. It was too dangerous for him and it would be troublesome if he was assassinated.

Besides, there are still young princes who can save face, so there is no need for him to take action personally.

As soon as the princes entered the capital, the hostages who were stranded in the capital as hostages would naturally reunite with their families who had been separated for many years.

Zhou Jialiang is the legitimate son of King Wei but is not valued, so his personality becomes paranoid and dark. He gasps for air every three steps and is laughed at by many playboys in the capital in his early years.

Zhou Qiyu is different. He is the legitimate son of King Zhengyang and has been asked to be named the crown prince. Unlike Zhou Jialiang, he is kind to others and is highly valued by King Zhengyang.

Over the years, King Zhengyang had never given up the idea of ​​bringing Zhou Qiyu back to his fiefdom, so when he came to Beijing this time, he deliberately sought out some people in the court to smooth over relations, trying to get them to help speak for him.

Let His Majesty give in and release the hostages back to their fiefdoms.

It seems like this is just for fun, but actually this is also a very important issue. As long as the first prize is won by the young masters of the noble families of the Great Zhou, it is not considered shameful.

If someone else takes the first place on your own territory, it would be a real shame to have your face trampled on and crushed.

The princes did not dare to bring their other sons with them when they came to Kyoto. After all, who knew if Emperor Tianwu would suddenly go crazy and keep his other sons behind?

There were too many people participating in the hunt, so Chu Xi did not sit with the princes, but sat alone in his seat until Tang Yuhuai came over.

"Qibai, do you want to compete in archery? Let's compete in shooting the target through the air from a hundred paces away." Tang Yuhuai absolutely fits the image and temperament of a young general, and what he says will not make people feel disgusted.

Chu Xi knew that Tang Yuhuai was an excellent archer, and she had never thought of staying in her position and staying out of the game. Envoys from several countries had sent people to participate, and the ones with the best results now were the eldest prince of the western grassland and Qi Minsong of Western Chu.

"Okay." Chu Xi knew that he would have to play sooner or later.

It was the number 484 in her head that started to remind her to complete the node task.

"Qi Bai is still straightforward. Let's go and call Rong Qingzhu as well." Tang Yuhuai pulled Chu Xi and couldn't wait to go over there and call Rong Qingzhu.

Among the six arts of a gentleman, riding and archery are both required to be learned. As children of aristocratic families, they naturally would not waste their time on these two skills.

As for whether he could compete with Chu Xi and Tang Yuhuai, Rong Qingzhu was naturally very clear. He smiled helplessly, "I am not your opponent. What can I do?"

"That's right. A man should go on the field. Winning or losing is a matter for the future. We can't let others take over our field." Tang Yuhuai was still brooding over what the fifth prince of Western Chu said under the ring that day.

He would never let others laugh at their Great Zhou!

Rong Qingzhu was held on one side by Chu Xi and Tang Yuhuai, with no room for negotiation at all, and they took him down.

Rong Yunlan was sitting in the row with the female relatives. When she saw her brother being carried away, she unconsciously looked at him a few more times.

She seldom went out and seldom met other men, but Chu Qibai and Tang Yuhuai were both from aristocratic families, so she had met them at palace banquets and other occasions.

"Brother, why..."

"Isn't that Prince Chu and General Tang? The two of them even dragged your brother down as well." Next to them was the legitimate daughter of a fourth-rank official, who had a good relationship with Rong Yunlan.

The two of them sat together, and she would naturally take a few more glances at wherever Rong Yunlan was looking.

When she saw Rong Qingzhu, who was dressed in green, being taken away, she pursed her lips into a faint smile.

Rong Yunlan shook her head. She didn't understand all this. The Rong family had strict rules. Boys and girls were not allowed to sit at the same table after the age of seven. She usually stayed in the back house while her brother was always busy with government affairs. They rarely had the chance to sit together and talk.

She knew very little about her brother's close friends.

It’s just...my brother rarely walked with Prince Chu in the past, so it’s rare to see them together now.

"Shall we place a bet and add some prizes?" The woman waved and gave the prize to the young eunuch, "I'll bet on Tang Yuhuai. He's good at martial arts and he's also a General of the Central Army, so he'll definitely win."

Rong Yunlan took out two gold hairpins and a blood jade bracelet from her head, "I bet on my brother..."

"Who else do you want to bet?" The woman asked curiously when she saw Rong Yunlan paused.

"So be it."

Rong Yunlan silently glanced at the young man who was speaking with excited eyes, and swallowed the rest of the name.

The Ninth Princess came here today with Emperor Tianwu. The Queen didn't want to let her out, but Emperor Tianwu agreed and said that all the princesses could go together, so the Ninth Princess came successfully.

She pulled out all the hairpins from her bun, as well as the jade pendant on her body, and said, "I bet on Chu Qibai, he will definitely win."

Zhou Qingmin was not worried about what Jiang Zhenyao said.

Instead, the two people sitting there chatting and laughing together, Sun Yurui and Sun Yusui, were the focus of her attention. She frowned, wondering which one was the cousin she was going to get engaged to?

The two of them shot ten arrows, and all ten hit the bull's eye. It was surprising that the two were evenly matched.

Now there are only a few young generals left in the Great Zhou Dynasty. They actually performed quite well, except that one or two arrows missed the target.

The women sitting outside the venue and the courtiers who did not enter the venue could all choose who was most likely to win, and then put in their own bets.

Jiang Zhenyao took off the jade pendant without thinking. She was wearing riding clothes and not even any head ornaments or hairpins. Her hands were clean.

The only thing she could take out was the jade pendant given to her by her grandfather.

"Who is Miss Jiang going to escort?" asked the young eunuch.

Jiang Zhenyao did not hide her gaze towards Chu Qibai. She smiled openly and generously, "I bet on Chu Qibai to win, and I'll also bet on my father's jade pendant."

The Duke of Wei was still discussing the matter of Qi Minsong of Western Chu with General Tang, and had no idea that his daughter had already sold all his jade pendants.

The young eunuch did not dare to ask too many questions. Knowing the answer, he quickly memorized who each prize was going to be given to, and then took it down and wrote down the name of each person one by one.

Then he engraved Chu Jiang's name on a wooden plaque and put all the things that brought glory to Chu Qibai in a wooden box.