Get the golden finger at the beginning: Enjoy the journey of escaping from the famine

Seeing that Shen Li didn't respond, they thought he was scared. Considering Pei Yu was there, he could only communicate his thoughts carefully with his eye contact.

Shen Li knew what she was planning and didn't want to let her get her way.

"Your Majesty, I want to compete with Princess Hui'an, but she has been silent. Is it possible that none of the women in your Northern Yan can fight?"

Her words instantly made the noble ladies present stand on the same side as Shen Li.

After hearing this, Su Rina looked at her twice more and said, "Idiot, you can just think about it in your heart, you can also say it out loud!"

Xie Yunci had just returned from hunting in the woods with the imperial concubine. The maid beside the imperial concubine was holding a golden cage. In the cage was a pure black rabbit without a single stray hair on its body and with red eyes.

Hearing Princess Saihan's question, he looked at Shen Li and said, "Princess Hui'an, why don't you accept the invitation?"

Imperial Concubine: "Now the main thing is to speak out whatever difficulties you have, don't force it."

Princess Saihan smiled and said, "What hardship could there be? It's my fault for not thinking carefully enough and forgetting the county princess's previous identity."

Shen Li stood up and saluted the emperor along with everyone else, then said, "Your Majesty, it's not that Hui'an was not invited, but I think this competition is quite boring, and there is no prize, it is really boring."

Princess Saihan immediately responded: "Princess Hui'an is bored, so how about we set some prizes?"

At this moment, Xie Yunci seemed to be suddenly interested in something, "Since you want to add to the fun, I will be your witness."

Princess Saihan raised the corner of her mouth. After hearing what the Emperor of Beiyan said, Princess Hui'an had no choice but to agree.

Sure enough, the next second, Shen Li said, "The emperor has spoken, there is no reason for Hui'an to refuse, but Princess Saihan's prize must be worthy of her status, don't just pick one to fool me."

Princess Saihan raised her chin and said, "Don't worry, Princess Hui'an. I am not a stingy person. I will bet fifty horses from our tribe and two hundred sheep."

Shen Li nodded, "The princess is generous. I believe she will not fool me with some inferior horses and sheep."

Saihan frowned, "The county lady won't do that. We have always been open and honest, and we definitely won't do that."

Shen Li put on an awkward look, "The princess's prize is so high, so I have to..."

"No need!"

Saihan stopped Shen Li from saying anything. The Princess of Hui'an County was a peasant girl before, and she looked down on those poor things.

Shen Li frowned: "This is against the rules."

In Princess Saihan's eyes, her appearance seemed like she was racking her brains. She didn't want to compete with her for fear of losing face.

"What are the rules? If we compete, the prize will be mine if I win. This makes sense."

"Okay then, I wonder what Princess Saihan wants to compete in?"

Xie Yunci had already found a seat with the imperial concubine, which was the best place to watch their duel later. Now he could naturally hear them talking.

"Your Majesty, I would also like to set up a bet."

"This is not difficult, Eunuch Qu."

"The slave is here."

"Go set up a betting game and let the ladies from the noble families bet on Princess Saihan to win."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Princess Saihan has been holding her chin high since the beginning. "We are only competing in archery, not anything else. Don't accuse me of bullying you."

Xie Yunci: "No, that won't do. It's not interesting. We can compete in archery and horseback riding together. If Princess Saihan is willing, we can have another competition."

Pei Yu's mouth twitched slightly. The emperor really didn't mind making trouble and was adding fuel to the fire.

Princess Saihan looked at Shen Li. Did the Emperor of Northern Yan have a grudge against Princess Hui'an?

With Hui'an County Princess's small body, how could she be able to ride a horse or shoot arrows, let alone participate in a martial arts competition?

As for the scene that just happened at the edge of the woods, she had already selectively forgotten it.

Because in her heart, she thought that Shen Li was lucky and that was why she escaped the disaster.

The ministers and ladies present also began to whisper, wondering if the emperor was being too cruel.

The Princess of Hui'an County looks weak and fragile, and doesn't seem to understand those things at all.

The corners of Shen Li's mouth rose slightly. It seemed that Shen Li also enjoyed watching the fun.

"Ali, you..."

Everyone saw Prince Jingnan saying something to Princess Hui'an, and she looked hesitant.

After a while, she spoke reluctantly, "Okay, since the emperor has said so, Hui'an can only agree."

The two of them went to pick the horses very quickly, and soon, both of them appeared in everyone's sight, riding two handsome chestnut horses.

By the time they went to choose the horses, the venue below had already been prepared and a young eunuch was already waiting for them.

"Princess Hui'an, Princess Saihan, are you two ready?"

"Ah."

"All right."

The former looks confident, while the latter looks complicated.

As the young eunuch shouted "The competition begins", the two horses quickly jumped out from their original positions.

Princess Saihan was half a horse's length ahead of Shen Li, her face full of smiles, but she had no intention of giving in to Shen Li. Trying one's best was the greatest respect for the opponent.

However, she gradually realized that something was wrong. No matter how she ran, the Princess of Hui'an behind her was always half a horse's length away from her. Realizing that something was wrong, she raised the reins in her hand and whipped the horse's butt.

The horse felt the pain and jumped out suddenly. He thought he could throw Shen Li away this time, but unexpectedly, she gradually became as close to him as possible. To be more precise, she had surpassed him.

How is this possible? Princess Hui'an is just a commoner girl.

"drive!"

No matter how hard she tried this time, she could not catch up with the Princess Hui'an in front of her.

"In the first round, Hui'an County Lord wins!"

"it is good!"

Xie Yunci pretended not to know Shen Li's abilities and stood up excitedly.

There were quite a few ladies gathered downstairs, making it much more lively there.

"It turned out that Princess Hui'an won. It seems that Princess Saihan is also useless!"

"I didn't expect that the Princess of Hui'an, who looks so weak, actually has some abilities."

"Perhaps we have all underestimated Princess Hui'an. She has been with Prince Jingnan for so long, how could she not have any abilities at all!"

I don't know which lady said this, but everyone in the room fell silent.

That's right, they didn't know much about Princess Hui'an's background. They only knew that she was a peasant girl, had a brother who was a general, and a fiancé, the Prince of Jingnan. They knew nothing else.

"As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles. There is a reason why Prince Jingnan likes her. It seems that Princess Hui'an is also a pig pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger."