You are asked to marry in place of the tyrant, and you allow the tyrant to send you to marry?

"Empress Daye, in this round of competition, we will compete in archery.

But you can see clearly that this is no ordinary crossbow.

This crossbow weighs a thousand pounds, and not everyone can pull it open."

When everything was ready, Wanyan Hongze quickly walked up to Du Qingwan, opened his fan elegantly, and an inexplicable look of pride appeared on his face.

There was a hint of ill intention, and a very obvious evil thought.

It looked like Loulan was bound to win this round.

The Minister of Works, Wang Jingyun, was only interested in saving his son, Wang Cangyun, and had no intention of participating in the competition at all.

When he came here early in the morning and saw Anyuan King Zhu Yajie, he was even more angry.

He was eager to step forward and question Zhu Yajie, forcing him to hand over his son Wang Cangyu.

On second thought, nearly half of the court now belongs to Prince Anyuan, so he'd better not act rashly.

Otherwise, the consequences will be a hundred times more serious than imagined.

Therefore, he chose to endure and pretend to be calm.

But when he saw this thousand-jin crossbow, Wang Jingyun, who had been somewhat calm, suddenly lost his composure and couldn't help but exclaimed:

"What? This is actually the legendary thousand-jin crossbow?

I heard that only a strong man can pull the crossbow.

It is extremely difficult to hit the bull's eye! "

After he made such a fuss, the scene quickly became lively with all kinds of noises coming out one after another.

"That's right, Du Qingwan will definitely lose this round! I'm afraid she can't even pull this thousand-jin crossbow open? And she still wants to hit the bull's eye?"

Although the Minister of Rites Deng Huanchao did not understand military tactics, he had heard of the thousand-jin crossbow and immediately sneered at it.

The look he gave Du Qingwan was filled with nothing but contempt and sarcasm.

"That's right! Let's see how she cleans up the mess this time!"

As soon as Deng Huanchao finished speaking, Zhong Shanzhu's voice rang out, with an attitude of disdain as if he was just sitting back and watching a good show.

Zhong Shanzhu lost the literary duel yesterday and was humiliated.

Today was a rare opportunity to humiliate Du Qingwan, so he naturally didn't want to let it go.

Besides, he has always secretly supported King Anyuan.

Obviously, as long as there is a way to make Du Qingwan lose today, it means working for King Anyuan.

How could Zhong Shanzhu give up so easily?

"Alas! It seems that we are doomed to lose this round!"

Although Minister of Revenue Li Yi supported Zhu Yunhao, he still believed that Wanyan Hongze had to win this game.

Fortunately, the situation in Daye is relatively balanced. If there are people who support King Anyuan, there will naturally be people who support Zhu Yunhao.

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, Zhang Xingguo was the first to stand up and speak for Du Qingwan.

"This thousand-jin crossbow is indeed not something that ordinary people can pull. If I lose, I lose, but there are still two rounds to go!

Who knows, maybe our Queen will win the next two rounds?"

Zhang Xingguo is the prime minister of a country. He has always been arrogant and looked down on others, and his tone was extremely sharp.

It was rare to see Zhang Xingguo personally come out to speak for her, and Du Qingwan was stunned and looked puzzled.

Just as she was about to say thank you, who would have thought that the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhao Zilei, would also stand up to cheer her up:

"That's right! Don't encourage others and destroy your own prestige.

In my opinion, these Loulan people are just a bunch of barbarians who only have brute force.

Even if they can pull the thousand-jin crossbow apart, they may not be able to shoot accurately, right? We will just have to wait and see!"

Du Qingwan was somewhat moved when she heard the voices supporting her, even though there were only a few.

She stood there motionless, with her arms elegantly crossed and a smile on her face, looking very calm.

Seeing this, Du Zhirou soon couldn't hold it in anymore and taunted:

"Sister, did you see that? That's a thousand-jin crossbow. Your archery skills are usually average, so I'm afraid you'll lose this time."

“If you know what’s good for you, you can kneel down and beg for mercy from the emperor now, and give up the competition on your own initiative. Maybe you can still keep your body intact.

Otherwise, it would not only be the Du family's face that would be lost, but also the emperor's face, and even the face of the entire Daye!"

Du Zhirou has always been at odds with Du Qingwan, so her rude remarks were not surprising.

Du Qingwan was not surprised at all.

But she traveled through time from the 21st century, so how could she be easily defeated by these ancient people who only had brute force?

"Really? Sister, you really don't want me to win?"

Du Qingwan's cold gaze fell on Du Zhirou, the corners of her lips slightly raised, and she let out a smile with ambiguous meaning.

That face full of sarcasm was all returned to Du Zhirou.

Du Zhirou was able to pretend to be calm when she heard this, and said in a cold voice:

"Of course! I wish you would die in front of me right now!"

“In that case, I will let your younger sister open her eyes and watch how I win this competition.

So that my sister won't always be thinking about how to strangle me to death!"

As soon as Du Zhirou finished speaking, Du Qingwan quickly retorted with a smug look on her face.

She looked very calm and confident.

While speaking, her gaze turned towards Wanyan Hongze.

"General Wanyan, we are not just competing to see who can pull the thousand-jin crossbow, are we? Wouldn't that be boring?"

What shocked everyone present was that when seeing the thousand-jin crossbow, Du Qingwan not only did not show the slightest fear, but instead had a look of disdain, and her words were quite sarcastic.

Wanyan Hongze was stunned when he heard this, his eyes widened:

"Oh, then according to Queen Daye, can you still hit the bull's eye? Interesting!"

Wanyan Hongze has always been good at archery, and no one in Loulan can defeat him.

But with his skills, he could only hit the third ring at best using this thousand-jin crossbow. Hitting the center of the bull's eye depended entirely on luck.

Now, hearing Du Qingwan's provocation, Wanyan Hongze suddenly became interested, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Du Qingwan suddenly showed a bit of surprise.

[I didn’t expect that Queen Daye would be so arrogant. Later, I will make her admit defeat with conviction!]

Wanyan Hongze secretly said in his heart that he really regretted breaking into Renshou Palace last night to "remind" her that Loulan should win.

It seems that he overestimated the Queen of Daye.

There was absolutely no need to meet with her last night, let alone risk being poisoned by her to discuss cooperation with her.

If he hadn't taken the opportunity to pour out the tea and pretended to be unconscious last night, he would probably still be lying under this woman's bed!

"Of course. But I suggest we try a different shooting method. It will be more exciting that way."

Du Qingwan sneered, glanced at Wanyan Hongze with cold eyes, and subconsciously raised the corners of her lips, looking very calm and composed.

Seeing this, everyone present was speechless and agreed that Du Qingwan was overestimating her own abilities and was simply trying to hit a stone with an egg.

"Sister, aren't you too confident? It's good enough that you can pull the trigger on this thousand-jin crossbow, but you actually want to hit the bull's eye?

In my opinion, you should just admit defeat quickly to avoid being laughed at! Haha..."

Du Zhirou was very good at taking advantage of every opportunity, and she really didn't want to miss any chance to mock Du Qingwan.

Upon hearing this, the other concubines couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.

In their opinion, Du Qingwan was a woman, so it was not surprising that she couldn't pull the thousand-jin crossbow. There was no need for her to make such arrogant remarks and make herself lose even the last bit of dignity.

But Du Qingwan didn't care and said coldly:

"Who says I can't win this game? It's just that I don't want to play it this way, that's all."

After saying that, Du Qingwan reached out and gently stroked the thousand-jin crossbow with a look of interest, without showing any fear at all.

Now, Wanyan Hongze became even more interested and quickly stepped forward to ask:

"What does Queen Daye want to do? Tell me about it!

I am confident that no one else in the world can pull this thousand-jin crossbow except me, Wanyan Hongze!"

Wanyan Hongze's self-confidence was beyond Du Qingwan's imagination.

There was no objection from anyone present.

Everyone agreed that Wanyan Hongze had to win this game.