Chapter 123: Missing
Lin Chenyao did not expect to meet Chu Xinyu at the Duke of E's Mansion, and even more so, she would agree to compete with Princess Jing'an to throw a pot, and also agreed to the request of Princess Jing'an to break off the engagement if she lost.
He couldn't help but feel resentment. He was trying hard to convince his mother to accept her, but she competed with others and used their marriage as a bargaining chip. It would be better if he could win. If he lost, wouldn't he become a laughing stock in the whole city!
The fiancée who was told to lose is so shameless.
It seems that she is very dissatisfied with herself.
The old Duke of E looked at him, wanting to see how he was about this matter, but Lin Chenyao was not happy and angry. Even though he was dissatisfied with Chu Xinyu's behavior, he was good at hiding emotions. The old Duke of E could not see the clues in his face.
The old Duke of E sighed in his heart, "Is it impossible to save such a good son-in-law if I miss it?" He did not believe that he had a weak relationship with his granddaughter, nor did he believe that there were women who were more virtuous and smart than his granddaughter."
He thought this Wu Miss Chu would know what ability could beat his granddaughter.
Because he used to oppose San'er marrying an official slave, although everyone thought she was dead and could change her identity, he was still unwilling to accept her. He originally thought that without the consent of his family, their marriage would not be said by a matchmaker and would eventually part. As a result, they not only had deep love but also had two more children.
In the end, the Qin family was rehabilitated and the title was restored. In view of her giving birth to three children for the Fu family, Zhang Ge'er was his favorite grandson, and he couldn't bear to see his mother for more than ten years, so he agreed to the Saner and his wife come back to worship their ancestors.
But who knew that they would never come back. He regretted that his third son was his favorite son and had the most temper. If he had let go earlier and asked them to come back, wouldn't that happen?
In order to make up for his guilt towards Saner and San's wife, he now gave all his love to his second granddaughter, and was very tolerant of her and hoped that she would be happy. Therefore, he would definitely want to fulfill her if she likes.
And here, Fu Yingwu was preparing to throw the pot for the third time. She became smart this time. When Funing shouted at the beginning, she threw the pot ear closest to her.
Lin Shan squeezed out Fu Yingwu's arrows in the same way the previous two times. Thinking that this time, Fu Yingwu would definitely change the direction of the throwing pot, so her eyes kept staring at her lifting, thinking about how to squeeze out her arrows again.
If you throw a pot alone, Fu Yingwu is a master, but when they throw together, they pay attention to speed and adaptability. If the reaction is faster, they will enter the pot first and react one step slower. If the opponent's arrow is stable and powerful, they will knock it off. Lin Shan saw this in the first two times, and she would squeeze Fu Yingwu's arrow.
Fu Yingwu can't shoot arrows and is not as cunning as Lin Shan, so she lost twice. Because of her experience in the first two times, she has figured out the direction that suits her to throw the pot. This time, she threw the pot ear closest to her.
But she never expected that Lin Shan also guessed what she was thinking. When she threw it at the ear of the pot, Lin Shan also threw an arrow into the ear of the pot. However, this time Lin Shan was not as lucky as before. She threw three arrows separately, one ear on both sides and one on the mouth of the pot. Therefore, she collided with the three ears of Fu Yingwu and fell to the ground, while Fu Yingwu only entered two, and the one that collided with Lin Shan also fell to the ground.
In the third chapter, both of them had an arrow landed and one chip was deducted upside down. In other words, in this game, Lin Shan had three chips, while Fu Yingwu was deducted upside down.
Chu Xinyu's team lost three before they even won the chips.
The girls watching were applauding loudly and sucked everyone nearby, including the fourth son Fu Guanjue. He came back from outside, and King Xiao Jingsheng of Jin was with him.
They heard the applause and were approaching quietly. Fu Guanjue had learned the whole process from the servants who were taking care of the garden. He wanted to see how the woman who was sharp-tongued in the Duke of Guru's Mansion lost the competition with Princess Jing'an.
At this time, Princess Jing'an was so happy that she smiled. She called out to Chu Xinyu. When she saw her, her hand with her fists and thumbs up suddenly turned, and her thumbs downwards, making a very insulting action.
Fu Yingwu felt guilty. She lowered her head and walked to Chu Xinyu and said, "Sister Yu, I'm sorry, I..."
Chu Xinyu rubbed her hair top and comforted her, "It's okay, you've done a good job."
"Xinyu is right, Xiao Wu, you have tried your best, there is no need to feel guilty. Don't we have two games?" Lin Yu also comforted her. Fu Yingwu faced Lin Shan, and they all guessed that they were not very good at winning. They had already prepared for this result, but they were not surprised.
Princess Jing'an took the lead in the competition, and they obviously made sufficient preparations. The next second game was Lin Yu against Fu Yinghua.
Lin Yu was good at archery or throwing pots. Her archery skills were taught by Lin Chenyao. When she was a child, she also went there. When she saw soldiers practicing arrows, she insisted on pestering her third brother and asked him to teach herself. From then on, she fell in love with riding and shooting.
Maybe she is not as experienced as Lin Shan, but she is confident to win Fu Yinghua because she has played a pot with Fu Yinghua. Fu Yinghua is not her opponent, but if she changes to Jing'an, she will not be able to guarantee it.
Like the first game, the red silk belt is the boundary, Lin Yu takes the red arrow, Fu Yinghua takes the blue arrow, and Princess Funing is the referee. She holds a white flag in her hand, raises up and shouts of preparation, lets the two of them be prepared, and then waves it hard, "Start!"
Lin Yu threw three arrows out, and the "Dangdang" hit the pot mouth and two pot ears respectively, and obtained three chips. Fu Yingwu, who was originally in a depressed mood, saw him and cheered and applauded.
On Xu Zhilan's side, three blue arrows fell at the mouth of the pot and obtained two chips.
Her face was calm and she was not proud. In fact, she had nothing to be proud of. She only had two bargaining chips, while Lin Yu had three. Chu Xinyu's team returned from negative numbers to zero because of Lin Yu's move. With Lin Yu's skills, they would definitely get bargaining chips.
So she was not happy at all, especially Lin Yu stood on Chu Xinyu's side. Over the past year, she has been very good to Lin Yu. She knew that she likes Fu Guanzhang and also gave her the opportunity to let her contact with her fifth brother. If she had any good things, she first thought about her and gave her a copy, thinking that she and herself were already intimate. Unexpectedly, she was thinking too much and she didn't buy her love at all.
Her skills are not as good as Lin Yu, so she dare not squeeze out Lin Yu's arrows like Lin Shan, for fear that it would be more than worth the loss. Besides, she gave people the impression that she was honest, intelligent, dignified and elegant, and scheming would damage her reputation. Therefore, she threw the rules and took two chips at a time. Even if Lin Yu took three at a time, they were still ahead of their team.
And she also believed that Lin Yu would not treat herself like Lin Shan treats Fu Yingwu, so she was very calm and tried to keep herself elegant.
As Xu Zhilan thought, Lin Yu did not squeeze out her arrows. Both of them threw them in a normal way in this game. Lin Yu's arrows were first inserted into the pot, and they got nine chips in total three times. Subtracting the three that Fu Yingwu had deducted before, Chu Xinyu's red team now has six chips.
Princess Jing'an's blue team has a total of nine bargaining chips, leading the way.
They were very happy and clapped and cheered.
Upstairs, Old Duke E of the Old Kingdom curled his beard and smiled: "Yu'er's skills are good, and her archery skills must have improved a lot. You have taught them well. However, our family's skills are not lazy, and they don't let down her brother's teachings over the past few years. I remembered that when she first learned to throw a pot, she didn't hit a single arrow, but now she just threw it away."
During the three years of mourning at home, Fu Yinghua's favorite entertainment was to throw a pot at home. Unexpectedly, the small entertainment that was usually inconspicuous has such a great effect today.
This time, Miss Chu Wu hit her foot. Even if her skills are good, she will get three chips three times, and at most fifteen chips. Princess Jing'an is a master of throwing pots. It is not easy to win her.
Lin Chenyao pursed his lips and said nothing. His eyes kept staring at Chu Xinyu. When Fu Yinghua threw the arrow into the mouth of the pot, he vaguely saw a hint of sarcasm on her lips, but the sarcasm appeared and soon disappeared.
He didn't understand why she came to the Duke of Hubei. He didn't believe that he had never heard of the rumors about Fu Yinghua. Since she knew their relationship, why did she come to the Duke of Hubei? Even if someone invited her to enjoy the flowers, could she find an excuse to avoid it?
Seeing Princess Jing'an provoking her competition, it was obvious that there was a premeditation. Princess Jing'an had a friendly relationship with Fu Ying'an. Fu Ying'an should be involved in this matter. Since he didn't want him to marry someone else, why didn't he tell him his thoughts in person and insisted on letting Princess Jing'an cause trouble for Chu Xinyu in front of everyone?
The impression of Fu Yinghua and his sister was getting farther and farther apart, and he was almost unable to recognize him.
Although Chu Xinyu had not been in contact with her for a long time, he felt this way. She would not make a decision easily if she was not sure about things.
If she cared about this marriage, she would definitely not let herself lose, but if she wanted to get rid of herself, losing at this moment was just an excuse.
If she really dares to lose, he would have to see the marriage. Will she dare to retreat to the emperor?
Here, the arrival of Fu Guanjue and King Jin has been discovered by the girls. They all showed surprise and shy expressions, especially the Fu family's distant cousins, who saw King Jin at such a close distance for the first time, and their eyes were like bees meeting flowers, and they were reluctant to turn their eyes.
"Second sister, you're so good at it!" After being discovered, Fu Guanjue did not avoid it, walked straight to the front and praised his sister loudly.
Xu Zhilan turned around and saw him, and smiled and said, "Fourth Brother, when did you come?"
Then she felt even happier when she saw Xiao Jingsheng beside him, but in front of everyone, she did not dare to show joy. She smiled slightly and joked: "It turns out that the third prince is here too. No wonder she suddenly became so quiet."
The girls present saw that there was a opposite sex here, one was restrained and the other was shy, and they were afraid that they would make inelegant moves and would be rude.
Now when he heard Xu Zhilan's joke, he couldn't hide the flush on his face and saluted him one after another.
Princess Jing'an saw Xiao Jingsheng and ran over and said, "Third brother, you are here too. Do you know that I will compete with Chu Xinyu? Come and cheer us up?"
Xiao Jingsheng smiled and said, "I'm here to see how you lost."
Princess Jing'an was very unhappy. She raised her head proudly and said, "How could I lose? Look, we have nine bargaining chips, and they only have six. Look, I will definitely become famous in one shot!"
Xiao Jingsheng smiled but said nothing, and his eyes swept towards Chu Xinyu intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing her staring at Gao Hu, she didn't know what she was thinking, and she didn't pay attention to him like other girls.
Xiao Jingsheng pursed his lips, withdrew his gaze, and said to Princess Jing'an: "Third brother is optimistic about you, don't lose our royal face."
He wanted to see how Chu Xinyu pulled the game back. He could be sure that it was her who hid herself so deeply. What exactly did she want to do?
"Princess, I and King Jin both bought you and you won." Fu Guanjue said to Princess Jing'an, but his eyes were looking at Chu Xinyu, and Chu Xinyu also heard it. His eyes met him, and his eyes were a bit provocative. Chu Xinyu knew that he was still worried about chasing him in the Duke of Guguo's Mansion.
This man is so stingy and childish!
Outsiders think he was the son of his uncle's concubine, but Chu Xinyu knew that he was a concubine in the Fu family, but he had no blood relationship with the Fu family. He was the son of an old friend of the uncle. Because the old friend saved his uncle's life, he asked his pregnant wife to take care of him before his death.
Unexpectedly, after his wife knew that her husband had died, she was sad and over-premature, and it was difficult to give birth. In the end, she did not survive and left behind a newborn baby. The uncle adopted him and raised him as a concubine's son and was raised in the Fu family. The education was no different from the legitimate son.
Chu Xinyu didn't care about his biological father's uncle, but Lan Yi was different. She knew that these girls were secretly betting, almost all betting on Princess Jing'an. Just now, Mr. Fu came over and also bet on Princess Jing'an. The bet was 30,000 taels. Because these girls did not carry silver, they bet on Princess Jing'an as bets.
Now when she heard Mr. Fu Si say this, she put all the 5,000 taels of silver notes kept by the girl to the Red Team, and only Chu Xinyu won. She has known the girl for two years and has never seen her lose, and this time is no exception.
Seeing Lan Yi bet on the Red Team, Fu Yingwu's maid Mo'er and Lin Yu's maid also bet on the Red Team and bet on both sides of the silver. They were first-class maids, and their master's wallet was on them, and they could take out a thousand and hundreds of taels of silver at will.
The third game was about to begin. Chu Xinyu and Princess Jing'an each stood on the side of the high pot, with the red silk belt as the boundary. Chu Xinyu held three red arrows and Princess Jing'an three blue arrows.
As soon as the Funing County Lord issued the order, six arrows flew out at the same time, running towards the Gaoke like thunder.
Four sounds of "Dangdang Dangdang" sounded one after another, followed by two "pa" sounds.
Everyone looked at it and saw two blue and red arrows inserted into the mouth of the high pot, two blue arrows on the ears of the pot, and two red arrows lying on the ground.
Cheers and applause suddenly rang out, and Princess Jing'an raised her face proudly, bowing to the girl watching and clapping her hands like a peacock with her open-screen peaches.
In the first round, Chu Xinyu was deducted one chip, and Princess Jing'an got three chips.
In other words, the Red Team has only five chips, while the Blue Team has twelve chips, which suddenly stretched out the distance.
"I'm sure I'll lose!" a girl said regretfully.
"I really overestimate myself! Princess Jing'an is a master of throwing pots. When competing with her, wouldn't she dig her own grave?"
Chapter completed!