Fu Huang: Husband, here is a ginseng

Everybody was congratulating Princess Xiangyun for winning the top spot again, but the Second Princess was furious. She wanted to embarrass Gao Zhijun, but she didn't expect the opposite to happen and she stole the limelight. How could she not be angry?

The Second Princess's behavior can be described as "planting flowers with care but they don't bloom, but planting willows by accident but they grow into a shade."

"The pot-throwing competition has begun. Everyone move outside the hall."

Eunuch Zhang spoke to the ministers and their families.

The emperor supported the empress dowager, and the empress supported the imperial concubine as they left Baohedian first. There were four chairs outside the hall, and the emperor and the empress sat down with the empress dowager and the imperial concubine.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess followed closely behind the Emperor, and behind them followed the princes, princesses and concubines.

Finally, the prime minister led the civil and military officials and their families out of the Baohe Hall and came out of the hall.

There are four pot-throwing points outside, where four teams can line up to compete.

Pitch-pot is generally a recreation for men, and women rarely play it. After all, pitching pot requires the use of hand strength, which is considered a rude form of recreation in the eyes of women and is not suitable for delicate ladies.

Despite this, women were included in this competition.

There were four teams competing, two of which were women.

On the men's side, many young men were already queuing up, with the Prince of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Huaiyang acting as referees.

On the women's side, there was a wife who was a military commander serving as referee.

Gao Zhijun didn't want to participate, and she didn't let Huo Jinxiu and the others participate.

The men's side had already started, and it was bustling and lively, with shouts of "good" coming from time to time.

On the women's side, the daughters of wealthy families who were born into military families participated enthusiastically, throwing arrows with all their might.

"Hey, why doesn't the princess participate? Are you afraid of losing?"

Seeing Gao Zhijun stealing the show, the Second Princess believed that Gao Zhijun was not good at everything, and certainly could not play the game of pot-throwing. Therefore, she had to mock Gao Zhijun and use provocation to force her to participate in the game of pot-throwing, waiting for her to make a fool of herself, so as to relieve her hatred.

"Second sister-in-law, why are you everywhere? Don't you want to see me make a fool of myself? I'll give you a chance, let's have a competition. If I win, you have to give me another thousand taels of gold, then kneel on the ground and say, 'I am not a human being, I am worse than pigs and dogs!' If I lose, I will return all the gold, farms and shops you lost to me before, and call you 'Granny, I was wrong!' What do you think? Do you dare to accept the challenge?"

Gao Zhijun originally wanted to be a spectator and see which famous family's daughter would win the jade ruyi.

She didn't expect that there was someone so blind as to make a fool of himself. How could she not be angry?

The Second Princess had been causing trouble for her time and again, which had already made Gao Zhijun unhappy, so she decided to teach the Second Princess a lesson.

The Second Princess, who had been so angry that she had lost her mind, agreed without hesitation: "I accept the challenge!"

"Okay, let's get started! It's best of three. Whoever hits the pot with the most arrows wins!"

Gao Zhijun did not give the Second Princess a chance to regret and immediately told her the rules of the competition.

"bring it on!"

The Second Princess said.

"Each round has ten arrows, and the one who hits the most arrows wins. Second Imperial Sister-in-law, you are of a higher generation, so I'll let you go first!"

Gao Zhijun spoke decisively and gave way to the Second Princess, letting her go first.

The women here immediately made way for Gao Zhijun and the Second Princess.

There were exactly two teams playing pot-throwing. Gao Zhijun and the Second Princess were on one team each, and there was a pot in front of each of them.

Because the Second Princess arrived first, the palace maid brought ten arrows to her.

The commotion on the women's side alarmed the young masters and ministers on the men's side, and also the emperor and empress.

"So what happened?"

The emperor asked the young eunuch.

"Your Majesty, over there the Second Princess and Princess Xiangyun are competing to see who can throw the most arrows and whoever wins will win."

The young eunuch knelt respectfully and reported the cause of the commotion.

It's that troublemaker again. I must issue an imperial decree of divorce tomorrow and ask the Second Prince to divorce her, otherwise there will be no peace.

"What's the stakes?"

Although the emperor was angry about the Second Princess's troublemaking, he was still curious about what the stakes were this time.

"If Princess Xiangyun wins, the Second Princess will have to give the princess a thousand taels of gold and kneel down in front of the ministers and say, 'I am not a human being, I am worse than pigs and dogs!'"

"If the Second Princess wins, the princess will have to return everything she just won from the Second Princess, and she will also have to call the Second Princess 'Auntie, I was wrong!'"

The young eunuch told the bet over there,

"Well, that should be the princess' style!"

"Mother, Consort Mother, Queen, let's go over and join in the fun!"

The emperor believed that Princess Xiangyun would win, he just wanted to watch the fun.

"Okay, let's go check it out. And see what surprises the princess has waiting for us."

The Queen Mother also wanted to go over and take a look. Her curiosity was aroused. The Second Princess had just lost once, and she had seen how smart the princess was. She wondered if the princess would be able to play the game of tossing pots this time.

The emperor and the empress supported the empress dowager and the imperial concubine, while eunuch Shen and the eunuchs were moving chairs in the back.

The second princess aimed at the mouth of the pot, took the arrow, and threw it hard.

As a result, the force was weak and the arrow landed a little far from the mouth of the pot.

"Tsk, you dare to compete with me? You really overestimate your own abilities!"

Suddenly, a woman's sneering and contemptuous voice came from behind.

Gao Zhijun looked over and saw that the person who was speaking was a girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in silk and satin, but with a heroic temperament. At first glance, she was obviously the daughter of a military commander.

Hongyue whispered in Gao Zhijun's ear that this was the legitimate daughter of General Zhenxi, who had been training in the military camp with her brother since she was a child and had acquired many skills.

Hongyue is indeed a know-it-all, and knows everything going on in the officials' mansions in the capital.