C102 (1/2)

Everything felt like a dream... It was wonderful, and it made people... He was immersed in it, unwilling to wake up even after a long time.

”Madam, madam …” Senior Servant Zhou hurriedly grabbed one of Madam Rong's men and happily whispered into her ear, ”Eldest Miss is safe and sound. Wake up, wake up Madam!”

The First Wife finally woke up. When she saw Lian Ruyue standing there unharmed, she let it go in one breath, but her face was covered in tears.

Even her mother exhaled and sat back in her seat. Her forehead was already covered in sweat. She took the handkerchief and wiped it clean.

When Lian Shiya tightly gripped the silk handkerchief in her hand and realized that everyone's gaze was attracted to her and ignored her, a strong sense of jealousy and regret arose in her heart!

If she had known earlier, she would have asked the Ninth Prince to shoot the chrysanthemum on her head!

It really wasn't worth it to be taken advantage of by Lian Ruyue.

Only after an unknown amount of time had passed did the petal slowly fall to the ground, and only after it had disappeared did everyone come back to their senses. Feng Yunzheng put down his bow and arrow, and returned it to the princess' hands.

Princess An nodded her head in satisfaction. ”This rain of golden petals is quite interesting. I never thought that Yun Zheng's archery skills would be so superb. Not bad.”

”Yunzheng thanks Imperial Aunt for her praise.” Feng Yunzheng nodded, walked back to his own seat, sat down again, and lightly floated over.

”The ninth brother is so powerful.” Traces of coldness leaked out of Feng Ye's eyes as he faintly smiled. His gaze towards Feng Yunzheng became somewhat more refined.

Feng Yunzheng replied, ”We are all in the same boat. Who doesn't know that eighth prince's archery skills are truly formidable?”

”I didn't expect that Ninth Royal Brother would have such an outstanding archery skill. Brother Wang has a whole new level of respect for him. I wonder just how many secret weapons Ninth Royal Brother has hidden.” Feng Qianyue's face carried an indescribable expression as his deep gaze fell upon Feng Yunzheng's body.

Feng Yunzheng remained calm, pursed his lips and said with a smile, ”Fourth Prince, you flatter me. My royal brother is no busier than my royal brother, he is always at home, practicing his archery whenever he has nothing to do, and only this archery skill of his can be used. As for secret weapons, some people have them, but I … ”No.”

”Ninth Royal Brother is being modest.”

For some reason, Feng Qianyue had the nagging feeling that Feng Yunzheng was a completely different person, one that he couldn't fathom and was completely unfathomable to him. His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at him with an inquiring gaze.

Princess An Guo looked at the two Lian sisters and said, ”What I meant was that whoever gets shot first will be the first to perform. You two sisters are the last remaining people left, so you guys are qualified to perform. The rest …”

Princess An looked disdainfully at the kneeling noble ladies, and coldly said, ”You want to show off in my princess' mansion again, to amaze the world with your abilities, to make people look at you in a new light, yet not even daring to accept a small challenge, so you all lose the right to perform, go back to your seats.”

”Yes.” Everyone had lingering fear in their hearts as they stood up. If they knew that being shot by an arrow would not only make them look like fairies, but also give them a chance to perform, they wouldn't have knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

When Lian Shiya heard this, she came to a realization and relaxed. So it was just a decision about who would perform first. She was absolutely sure that Lian Ruyue would not be able to win against her.

”Your name?” Princess An Guo asked as she looked at the calm and composed young lady.

Lian Ru Yue took a step forward and bent her knees. ”Reporting to Your Highness, this subject's daughter Lian Ru Yue.” His every move and gesture was well-mannered, yet neither servile nor overbearing. It was as if he was a big direct descendant.

”Let's begin. I'll wait and see.” After the picking of the flowers and archery shooting, the Princess of An Guo had already paid a bit more attention to Lian Xiyue. She raised her hand, indicating that she wanted to say something.

”Yes.” Lian Ruyue did as she was told and walked to the center. The other musicians and dancers all nodded and left, leaving her alone on the grand stage.

She turned to Princess An Guo and asked, ”Princess, can I borrow the sword worn by the guard beside you?”

Princess An Guo nodded and said, ”Give her the sword.”

Everyone looked at her in puzzlement. This girl's talent show, why did she need a sword?

Lian Shiya snorted coldly in her heart when she saw Lian Xiyue receive the sword. She was a person who would deliberately make people mystify people, and her dancing skills were mediocre, so no matter how hard she tried, it would be nothing much. Furthermore, she had already mastered a consummate technique long before she came to the princess' mansion, so she was confident that no matter what Lian Ruyue performed, she would be able to suppress her limelight.

With a 'shua' sound, Lian Ruyue pulled out her sword, and that sword flashed with a cold light in the air.

”Ambush on all sides.” She said to the pipa master on the field.

As soon as he finished speaking, the urgent sounds of music seemed to come from the depths of time, quickly capturing the hearts of people.

Yan Dai swept her gaze over her eyebrows, as four directions rose up with a single sword strike! It was as if there was a mysterious beam of light shooting towards them.

Accompanying the intense and majestic tempo, Lian Yue's wrist lightly rotated as the sword suddenly thrust forward. Her graceful body moved as fast as lightning as sword qi shot out in a rainbow. That sharp sword was one with her gentle figure.

The sharpness of the sword, coupled with her ice-cold expression, gave off an indescribable beauty.

Suddenly, a flute melody was added into the arpeggios, the two quickly merged into one, the music became even more complicated, everyone saw that it turned out to be the Ninth Prince who had drawn the bow just now, he stood up and put the jade flute to his lips, he was dressed in a white robe, there was not a speck of dust on his body, the sword danced on the stage, unexpectedly he seemed to be extremely compatible with the moon.