Chapter 50 Horseback Archery I


    It''s said in the ''Strategies of the Warring States'': Today I shall wear clothes of the Hu people and go


    horseback shooting, to teach themon people and the world about me.


    The so called ''horseback archery'' refers to riding on a horse and hitting a moving target with the arrow.


    In Donghe and Wuding Kingdom, horseback archery was something that every boy must learn in


    school. However, because it was not required for the girls, ever so rarely do they touch upon these


    things.


    The girls of Donghe usually strive to be virtuous, thus girls who''ve yet to marry usually excelled in the


    feminine arts.


    "Siyao, is your family''s fourth miss crazy? This is horseback archery!" Jiang Lan look to Ning Siyao and


    helplessly spoke, "Just what in the world is she thinking."


    Ning Siyao didn''t expect that Qingyan agree so bluntly. When she looked to Qingyan, she opened her


    mouth, "Qingyan, as long as you admit defeat, there''s still room to turn back. Why must you try to


    measure yourself again young master Cui?"


    Although Ning Siyao wanted to see Qingyan embarrass herself, Su Qingyan was still a child of the Su


    manor after all. If Su manor were to lose face, then that was the same as her losing face.


    Qingyan curled her lips and turned her head towards Ning Siyao, "Could it be that second aunt is sure


    that I will lose?"


    The audience that was watching her also felt that she shouldn''t ept this challenge, especially the


    various princes.


    Although Murong Jingxuan hasn''t seen Qingyan''s horseback archery before, he knew that her inner


    strength was beyond that of a normal person. If given the time, she would definitely be someone


    that was only second to him in Donghe. Not to mention, she was still so young right now.


    "Miss Su, if you kneel before me and admit defeat, I can consider sparing you." Cui Hanqun looked to


    Qingyan and shamelessly boasted. All over his body he was emitting the signal for her to beg him for


    mercy.


    But Su Qingyan stubbornly just won''t let him have his way. Besides, in the past, her horseback archery


    skills were personally honed by Weisheng Junmo. In Nanchen''s legends, she was the most talented


    female archer. In horseback archery in Nanchen, aside from Weisheng Junmo, no one else could rival


    her.


    "How does young master Cui want topete?" Su Qingyan look to him with a smile, as if she''d just


    thought of something interesting, "Since the challenge is issued by young master Cui, then it should be


    okay for me to set the rules, right?"


    Su Qingyan didn''t turn her gaze towards Cui Hanqun, but instead looked directly at the judges. The


    judges look to her and nodded.


    At such a time, they didn''t dare to say ''no'', especially when so many of the princes are still present.


    Qingyan look to Cui Hanqun and smiled, "Young master Cui, let''s find 10 people to ride on the backs of


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    horses. We''ll strap an apple to our head, and if we can hit the apple on our head with an arrow among


    the moving targets, then it''ll be a win. What do you think?"


    Chunyuan worryingly spoke out when she heard Qingyan''s words, "What will you do if you injure each


    other? Yan''er don''t be so reckless."


    "That''s right, that''s right you can''t be this reckless, what if you injure young master Cui?" Ning Siyao


    and Chai Yiyun''s voice simultaneously sounded.


    Qingyan just knew that this would happen, so she turned to Cui Hanqun with her head raised and


    confidently spoke, "If that''s the case, why don''t we sign a death contract? In the death contract, if one


    side were to die, then the other side doesn''t need to take any responsibility."


    "This is just nonsense, Qingyan even if you don''t think for yourself, you should still think for the entire


    Su family." However, before Chai Yiyun could finish speaking, she felt a gust of wind whistle by her ear.


    By the time everyone looked along Chai Yiyun''s line of sight, they saw a willow leaf shaped throwing


    knife surprisingly stabbed into the pir behind Chai Yiyun.


    At this moment, they could only hear Qingyan''s powerful voice resonating in the air, as she look to Chai


    Yiyun with an ice cold gaze, "Third aunt, do you have anything more to say?"


    That throw not only made Chai Yiyun feel the lingering fear, even the audience present could feel the


    obvious killing intent carried in that knife. It was just that the throwing knife wasn''t used to it''s full


    potential, which is was why it miss where Chai Yiyun was standing.


    But when Liu Shang saw Su Qingyan throw that knife, and thinking through everything that had


    happened just now a second time, he concluded that this person before his eyes was definitely not the


    original Su fourth miss. She was their former Pavilion Master--Nanchen''s previous Empress, Qilian


    Qingyan.


    "Young master Cui, are you done thinking? Sign the death contract." When Su Qingyan looked to Cui


    Hanqun, she had her head slightly lifted. That appearance looked as if she was very confident,


    confident that she could win in this match.


    Right now, there was no room for Cui Hanqun to refute, especially seeing what had just happened.


    Xuanyuan Yuze spoke up first, "A true man has courage to ept the consequence of his action, this


    match I will epted it for young master Cui."


    The Crown Prince has spoken, even Cui Chujun couldn''t refute now. But that scene just now made him


    have lingering doubts, what should he do if Su Qingyan were to injure his son?"


    "Since the Crown Prince has agreed to it, then why don''t we all make a bet?" The Fifth Prince


    Xuanyuan Yuhui look to them in the eyes.


    "Fifth brother, how should we bet?" Xuanyuan Yuzhen look to Xuanyuan Yuhui and coldly spoke, "But if


    that''s the case, I will bet on Miss Su winning, as for the stakes..." Xuanyuan Yuzhen twirled his jade


    ring, "I remember you''ve always liked that ''Cold Pond and Scattered Blossoms'' painting in my manor, if


    fifth brother wins, I will gift that painting to you."


    A perfectly good archery match, in the end, became apetition between the Princes. Whether it was


    wealth or power, in various aspects, Xuanyuan Yuzhen seems to be the most talented one, but he was


    wholeheartedly supporting the Crown Prince.


    "Since that''s the case, then it''s not good if I don''t participate as well." Murong Jingxuan look to Su


    Qingyan with a smile, "I also bet Su fourth Miss will win. If I lose, I will throw in the Azure Dragon


    Falling Crescent sword."


    Chunyuan, seeing the younger generation being yful, couldn''t help but to want to join in. She turned


    to Qingyan''s figure and said with a smile, "If Yan''er wins, I will ask the Emperor for another favor, to


    allow you to freely choose your marriage, what do you think?"


    Qingyan''s dress raised with the wind. Qingyan, who stood in the wind, at that moment, felt unusually


    lonesome. It was as if she was the only one that existed in the world.


    "Thank you Princess for your generosity." Qingyan politely bowed to Chunyuan.


    In the end, only 4 people stood on Qingyan''s side, even Xuanyuan Yukai and Xuanyuan Yuning, who


    usually got along well with Yuzhen, still felt Su Qingyan would lose.


    "Su Qingyan, when the timees, don''te crying to me begging for mercy." Cui Hanqun look to


    Qingyan still with an arrogant look.


    Qingyan smiled, "That said, young master Cui should be the one that''s worried. After all, I don''t know


    how to shoot an arrow, even if I were to identally kill young master Cui in this match, I wouldn''t need


    to take responsibility." She paused before continuing, "But if I were to identally get shot to death by


    young master Cui, then this would be deliberate on young master Cui''s part. You''ll be sentenced to


    death."