The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Whether a person has the spiritual roots or foundation for martial arts can usually be seen when he is a child.

Royal families, dignitaries, and other powerful families would often invite martial artists with great skills to examine the baby shortly after the baby was born to see if the baby had the innate conditions to practice martial arts.

If they have, they will consider training them well. If they don't have, they will not consider training their children in martial arts.

Ye Chufeng held up the wine bottle, his peach blossom eyes slightly drooped. He didn't know the situation of others, but he knew Yun Mujiu's foundation best.

Twelve years ago, when Yun Mujiu was already six years old, he had accidentally checked Yun Mujiu's spiritual roots.

Yun Mujiu not only has no spiritual roots, but also has no innate physical conditions for practicing martial arts. Even if she practices hard, she won't go far with such physical conditions. To put it bluntly, Yun Mujiu's body is stiff, and it is hard to imagine how she can practice martial arts with ease.

Ye Chufeng's thoughts surged, and he thought of Yun Mujiu's recent situation. Whether it was fighting against the people of Si Tiantai in front of the Ye Mansion, or performing a wonderful sword dance in the palace, his performance was excellent.

He now began to suspect that Yun Mujiu's physical condition had changed. Yun Mujiu was no longer an ordinary person without spiritual roots...

As for the reason for the change, he still has no idea.

Concubine Yu looked at Ye Chuhe and shook her head slightly, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Ye Chuhe smiled faintly, but cast a reassuring look at Concubine Yu. He intuitively felt that the imperial aunt was not an impulsive person, so nothing would happen to her.

But even though he thought so, a hint of worry flashed across Ye Chuhe's gentle eyes.

Wanyan Gu glanced at Bei Liyi who was holding her head high, and then at Yun Mujiu who looked calm. He sighed inwardly: Bei Liyi looks a bit strong, how can Princess Ye be so thin?

Yun Mujiu drank his tea nonchalantly, not looking nervous at all.

Ye Xiaohan raised his eyes, looked at Yun Mujiu for a few seconds, and quickly retracted his gaze. In his heart, although he did not know Yun Mujiu's current true martial arts level, he still believed in Yun Mujiu as always.

He didn't know what else Yun Mujiu could do, but he knew that Yun Mujiu would often bring him surprises.

Every surprise made him understand more about this mysterious and special woman.

Everyone was almost in their respective seats, and the scene became quiet.

The emperor stood up slowly, his voice majestic.

"Today's martial arts competition is divided into three categories: horse riding, archery, and sword dancing. There is a corresponding venue for each category, and the top three in each category will receive rewards."

"I declare that the competition officially begins."

The atmosphere suddenly became heated and people responded enthusiastically to the emperor's speech.

However, no one was walking around on the three competition venues, and no contestants entered.

Everyone tacitly agreed to watch the competition between Princess Ye and Princess Bei first, and then watch others.

The emperor saw this and didn't say anything, but occasionally looked at Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu with a darker look in his eyes. Yun Mujiu is the weak spot of the emperor's younger brother, but now Yun Mujiu is good at everything, and Yun Mujiu can't be allowed to go on like this! Yun Mujiu can't be a helper to the emperor's younger brother!

Yun Mujiu walked to the center of the venue and said, "Princess, which event do you want to compete in? I'll let you choose first."

"After all, it's not easy for you Beihan people to come here from afar. We at Zhongyue are naturally generous and magnanimous when it comes to outsiders."

Yun Mujiu's words were generous and appropriate, showing the demeanor of a princess.

Bei Liyi walked over, raised her chin and said, "No need." She curled her lips and said, "I'll let you choose first. Otherwise, it would be bad if you choose something that Princess Ye is not good at."

Yun Mujiu raised his eyebrows and thought, "I can handle all three of these."

Bei Liyi was a little angry: "Okay!"

She felt disdainful in her heart: Yun Mujiu was so generous just for the sake of face. Whoever chooses the project first will have the advantage.

She said decisively: "Then I will choose archery."

The crowd was in an uproar, and some people looked strange. Yesterday they saw Princess Ye's unfamiliar archery skills, and today Princess Ye generously let Princess Bei choose first. They didn't expect Princess Bei to be so shameless and specifically pick on others' weaknesses to compete. How can this be fair?

Yun Mujiu raised his lips, "Are you sure?"

"Of course!" Bei Liyi said firmly.

Bei Liyi felt secretly delighted by Yun Mujiu's repeated questioning. She thought Yun Mujiu might be scared!

Yun Mujiu and Bei Liyi walked to the archery range, and two eunuchs immediately handed them bows and arrows.

Looking at the target that was only twenty steps away from him, Yun Mujiu shook his head: "No?"

Bei Liyi smiled evilly: "Princess Ye, you think it's too far, right? In our Beihan, when women compete in archery, they are usually about twenty steps away from the target."

Yun Mujiu said calmly: "Too close."

"What!" Bei Liyi was stunned. "It seems that Princess Ye is very confident?"

"I don't like shooting so close."

"You!" Bei Liyi looked a little embarrassed. She just said that twenty steps was the normal shooting distance, but Yun Mujiu said it was not enough. Wasn't this a deliberate slap in her face?

The queen turned her head to look at the emperor and heard him say, "According to their ideas."

The Queen raised her voice and said, "Then move ten steps further."

The eunuch stepped forward and moved the two targets again.

When everyone looked over, they could roughly see a red dot in the center of each target.

Bei Liyi held a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, looking eager to try. "Thirty steps is enough."

“Alas…” Yun Mujiu tucked a strand of hair that was blown by the wind behind her ear, “It’s still too close. Are you kidding, Princess Bei?”

Bei Liyi's eyes widened in anger. Was Yun Mujiu playing a trick on her? Yun Mujiu didn't really want to compete!

"Princess Ye, what are you going to do?"

"Increase the difficulty and move the target further away!" Yun Mujiu said.

"Since we are going to compete, we should compete properly!" Yun Mujiu curled his lips and said coldly, "What's the point of competing in such a simple event! I would rather not compete!"

Bei Liyi was so angry that she turned to the queen for help.

The queen suppressed her surprise and asked, "Princess Ye, is it okay to move another ten steps?" The distance was forty steps, and the target was very small, so it was definitely not an easy task to hit the center of the bull's eye.

Yun Mujiu responded to the Queen seriously: "Your Majesty, forty steps is probably not far enough for me."

The Emperor spoke on behalf of the Queen, "Then follow Princess Ye's idea. Princess Ye will decide the target distance."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Queen."

Yun Mujiu asked: "Does the princess have any objection?"

Bei Liyi gritted her teeth: "No."

Yun Mujiu ordered: "Come here, move the target one hundred steps away..."

When these words were spoken, everyone looked shocked and their mouths opened wide.

A hundred steps! Even a general with great martial arts skills may not be able to hit a target a hundred steps away!

What's more, Yun Mujiu and Bei Liyi are just women. Usually women's innate strength is weaker than men. Moreover, Yun Mujiu and Bei Liyi are not from the military camp. One is a princess and the other is a princess. How can they shoot arrows so far!

Yun Xiang and Yun Shirou sneered at the same time. Yun Mujiu couldn't lift his hands or shoulders when he was in the Yun Mansion, let alone archery, which requires strength. Yun Mujiu doesn't know how to shoot arrows, but he's still talking nonsense here!