Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

During the conversation, the four of them had already passed through the square formations one by one and came to the center of the West Garden, where the emperor's chariot was located. Oh my God... I'm finally going to see the emperor. Ji Anni was so nervous that she didn't dare to look up. Later, she finally mustered up the courage to look up, but she only saw a layer of silk curtains. The emperor was sitting behind the curtains, and her face couldn't be seen at all.

The emperor sat in the carriage, with the imperial guards and the guard of honor standing on both sides, and two rows of officials wearing court robes outside. Those who could stand beside the emperor must be high-ranking officials. At this time, the Kang brothers and sisters and Princess Tianning jumped off the horses, and Ji Anni followed their example and jumped off the horse's back. They handed the horses to the guards on the side and walked towards the imperial carriage.

Ji Anni was a little scared and didn't want to follow them, but she didn't know anyone except the Kang brothers and sisters and Princess Tianning. After a moment's hesitation, she followed them anyway.

The Kang brothers and sisters knelt before the emperor and said, "Long live the emperor."

Princess Tianning also said, "Long live my brother."

Ji Anni's experience in meeting the emperor was not as rich as theirs, so she was slow to react. By the time she reacted, the Kang brothers and sisters and Tian Ning were kneeling in front of the emperor's chariot. Ji Anni didn't have time to say anything and knelt down with them.

At this time, from behind the silk curtain came the voice of Emperor Long Mohan: "My dear minister, please stand up."

Judging from his voice, the emperor should not be very old. I still remember Yun Zhen seemed to say that the emperor was only 22 years old and had only been on the throne for three months. In addition, he had been a hostage in a neighboring country for many years. Therefore, from his voice, he did not have the majesty that was unique to the emperor. He was relatively peaceful, and his momentum when he spoke was even far less than that of the arrogant Princess Tianning.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." This time, Ji Anni finally caught up with the others, and stood up after expressing her gratitude.

The emperor said, "Since the young general has arrived, let's hold the archery ceremony now." He raised his hand and said, "Come on, prepare the arrows."

Ji Anni only saw the emperor's hand, but still couldn't see the emperor's face. She thought to herself that this emperor was really strange. She didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. Didn't he know how curious she was about him? She was clearly very close, but she still couldn't see his face. She was really anxious to death about her curiosity. Ji Anni was still a little afraid of the emperor, but now after hearing the emperor's soft voice, the fear had long disappeared.

Just as they were thinking about it, they saw two old eunuchs coming up to them holding a bow and three arrows.

Kang Xiaorong stepped forward, took the bow from the old eunuch, picked up an arrow, and turned back.

At this time, all the guards standing behind dispersed, revealing an open grassland.

Ji Annie also looked back and saw a straw target standing in the middle of the grassland, about fifty meters away, with a red dot in the middle.

Kang Xiaorong drew the bow, put the arrow on the string, and began to aim at the bull's eye.

At the same time, the sound of drums beating to boost morale came from the guard of honor.

Everyone else stared silently at Kang Xiaorong and the bow and arrow in his hand, and Ji Anni and Concubine Kang also stepped aside.

Ji Anni whispered in Concubine Kang's ear: "What is your brother doing?"

Concubine Kang said, "This is the opening ceremony of the hunting competition. Before each hunting competition, the winner of the previous competition must draw his bow and shoot the first arrow to announce the start of the hunting competition. The target represents the prey, and the red heart on the target represents the blood of the prey. If you hit the red heart, it means that the prey has been shot and made to bleed. There are three chances in total. Among the three times, as long as one arrow hits the red heart, it means that today's hunting competition will be a great success, everyone will have a good performance, and hunting good prey is a great sign, so the archer will also receive a large reward; but if you fail, and all three arrows fail to hit the red heart, it is a bad omen, not only will there be no reward, but you will also not be able to participate in the next hunting competition."

Ji Anni finally understood and whispered, "Oh, so it's just a ceremony to liven up the atmosphere."

It seems that Kang Xiaorong is not only handsome and good-tempered, but also a master of archery. No wonder Princess Tianning falls in love with him.

Ji Anni thought it had nothing to do with her, so she stood leisurely aside waiting to watch Kang Xiaorong's performance, but who knew that at this moment, Princess Tianning jumped out.

"Royal brother." Princess Tianning ran to the emperor's chariot and looked up at the emperor sitting on it and suggested, "Royal brother, this hunting competition is held every year. I have participated in it for three years, but in the past three years, Kang Rong has been the one shooting the arrows at every archery competition. It's too monotonous. Why don't we change the way today and let someone else shoot?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of discussion came from around him.

Ji Anni felt a sense of crisis...I wonder what tricks Princess Tianning will come up with.

Amid the discussion among the crowd, Tian Ning continued, "Your Majesty, General Kang has not only a good son, Brother Xiaorong, but also a good daughter, Fangting. Fangting's archery skills are not inferior to Brother Xiaorong at all, why not let her perform the archery ceremony on behalf of Brother Xiaorong?"

"Princess, you must not do that." Concubine Kang obviously did not expect Tian Ning to make such a suggestion, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This archery ceremony must be shot by the winner of the previous competition. I am not the winner of the previous competition, so how can I surpass it?"

"What does it matter? We are siblings anyway." Tian Ning's personality is to do what she wants, and there is no room for others to intervene. Even if Concubine Kang is her good friend, she can't persuade Tian Ning.

At this time, an old minister with gray hair and beard stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice. Since the founding of the Holy Dynasty of Tianyou, no woman has ever performed the ceremony of opening an arrow. I think we should not set this precedent."

When Princess Tianning heard that someone dared to oppose her, she immediately became unhappy and snorted, "Prime Minister An, why are you butting in when I'm talking to my brother?"

After hearing Princess Tianning call "Prime Minister An", Ji Anni guessed the identity of this old minister. He must be the father of Concubine An, the elder brother of the Queen Mother, and the prime minister of the dynasty. If you count the seniority, he is still Princess Tianning's uncle, but Princess Tianning doesn't even listen to him. It seems that he is really used to being domineering in the palace.

Prime Minister An said, "Princess, if the arrow misses the target, it will be a bad omen."

"Do you doubt Fantine's archery skills?" Princess Tianning became more and more unhappy, her brows almost frowned together.

"I dare not." Prime Minister An bowed, looking humble.

"Since you don't dare, why don't you step back? I haven't finished what I want to say yet." Princess Tianning raised her head again, looked at the emperor, and continued, "Brother, there are three women here today. Why don't we each shoot an arrow? Whoever hits the bull's eye will be rewarded handsomely, okay?"

God... When Ji Anni heard Princess Tianning's words, she knew that she was in trouble again today.

Looking around the room, the so-called three women probably refer to Tian Ning, Concubine Kang and Ji Annie.

Not feeling it was not enough that Tian Ning asked Concubine Kang to go archery, he even dragged herself into it. Ji Anni was really angry and helpless.