Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Chapter 179 The Frustrated Crown Prince’s Wife (20)

After a stick of incense was lit, the three of them were ready to go to the hunting ground. The woman in green tights stepped on the running board of the white horse and sat on the saddle. She reached out to take the bow and arrow that Cuiguo handed to her, clamped her legs around the horse's body, waved the whip, and quickly jumped into the hunting ground.

Jiang Qi, who was following behind, raised his eyebrows and said to Yu Li beside him, "Your sister doesn't look like she's not good at riding and shooting."

Yu Li put away the surprised look in his eyes and said to Jiang Qi, "Maybe she practiced secretly without my knowledge."

Jiang Qi didn't ask any more questions. With interest in his eyes, he waved his whip and rode into the forest.

"call out--"

An arrow pierced the body of a wild fox, but Yu Zinyin did not go down to pick it up. The servants following behind him also dealt with it for them and took note of how many prey their master had shot.

At this moment, the cry of a wild deer attracted Yu Zinyin's attention. She rode her horse in that direction without hesitation. As she was riding through the woods, a black figure met her on the road next to her. It was Jiang Qi.

The two men looked at each other from a distance, and both saw that they were determined to catch the wild deer. The moment they retracted their gaze, they bent the bows in their hands and aimed at the target without hesitation. The wild deer immediately ran away after sensing the danger.

Both arrows hit the ground. Yu Zinyin tightened the reins and chased after the deer, but was soon caught up by Jiang Qi behind him. Jiang Qi bent his longbow again and aimed it at the deer's body. Just as he let go, an arrow flew past him in the wind.

Jiang Qi turned his head and saw the girl holding a bow. Her beautiful phoenix eyes were bright in the sunlight. The hem of her green dress fluttered in the wind, taking away her arrogance but adding a sense of unrestrainedness and elegance. It was very different from the first time he saw her. The first time he saw her, he always thought that she was as elegant and quiet as the rumors in the capital, but when she changed into tight clothes, rode a white horse, drew her bow and raced and hunted with him, the wildness in her body made him a little dazed.

The wild deer knelt on the ground exhausted due to excessive blood loss. Jiang Qi saw two arrows in the deer's body, one was his and the other was Yu Zinyin's.

"Whose responsibility is this?"

The two men's arrows hit the wild deer almost at the same time.

Jiang Qi waved the whip in his hand and looked at Yu Ziyin, "It's yours."

Yu Ziyin smiled and said, "In this case, the prize will definitely be mine. I've already hit two."

Jiang Qi met her smile and couldn't help but raise his lips, "It's still a long time before the incense stick is burned out. Miss Yu, don't be afraid of making a mistake by jumping to conclusions too early."

Yu Ziyin raised an eyebrow, "Let's wait and see."

Watching the cyan figure riding away on horseback, Jiang Qi's servant A Rong sighed, "This Miss Yu truly lives up to being the daughter of the Right Prime Minister. I've only heard that she's proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but I never expected her riding and archery skills to rival yours! We haven't even hunted one yet, and she's already got two. Young Master, we can't lose!"

"What nonsense?"

Jiang Qi pulled the reins and swung the whip to catch up. Originally, he thought that this hunting would be as boring as before, and only the black gold longbow could arouse his interest, but now it seems a little different.

Next, Yu Ziyin and Jiang Qi once again had their eyes on the same prey, one time it was a fox and the other time it was a wild wolf. Both of them showed their true skills and competed seriously with each other. Yu Ziyin was limited by his physical strength and the previous consumption, so the arrow he pulled out for the first time could not directly penetrate the fox's vitals, and Jiang Qi hit the prey.

After hitting the prey, this man turned his head and looked at Yu Ziyin with smiling eyes, as if to say, is that it?

Yu Ziyin's fighting spirit was ignited. She immediately caught up with him and charged forward with a powerful strike, making the wolf her prey. Then she looked at Jiang Qi beside her and raised an eyebrow. Her voice was gentle but hinted at provocation. "My brother said that Master Jiang is a first-rate archer and rider. How come you lost to me?"

Jiang Qi chuckled, bringing out the depth in his eyes, "Don't be so proud."

A stick of incense burned out quickly, and the servants beside Jiang Qi and Yu Ziyin were both filled with prey. When Yu Li saw this, his eyes widened for a moment. Could it be that his sister was so busy competing with Jiang Qi in hunting that she forgot about the important business?

As soon as Yu Ziyin got off the horse, he asked someone to count the number of prey. Jiang Qi also walked aside and asked his servant Arong to count it. In the end, Jiang Qi won by a small margin of one wild fox over Yu Ziyin.

Jiang Qi tilted his head and smiled at Yu Ziyin beside him, "It seems that Jiang is still slightly better."

Yu Ziyin recovered from her disappointment and glanced at Yu Li over there. She couldn't act too overbearing in front of Yu Li, so she lowered her voice and said to Jiang Qi, "Don't be so proud. It's just that there's one more of me. If I practice harder, you will definitely not be my opponent."

Jiang Qi leaned forward slightly, looking at the girl's slightly coquettish profile. "Then let's compete again next time we have the chance. I will make you admit defeat with conviction."

Yu Zinyin couldn't help but look sideways to meet his gaze. This time, he was no longer looking at her with aloofness as at the beginning, but with a smile and appreciation. His eyes reflected her every move in his pupils, as if he was expecting her response.

She pursed her lips and asked, "Next time? When is next time?"

Jiang Qi said this because he really admired the other person's riding and archery, and wanted to make a polite appointment, hoping to have a chance to compete with the other person again in other venues in the future. Of course, he didn't mean to ask the other person out himself. After all, due to the grief at home, it was not easy for him to get too close to the woman.

But when Yu Ziyin asked him this, he met the girl's slightly expectant and shy gaze. He was silent for a while, but he was reluctant to refuse and said, "Next time, ask your brother to ask me out again, and I will come."

A smile spread across Yu Ziyin's face. Under the other person's gaze, she coughed lightly to hide her joy, "Yeah, I see."

For some reason, she felt her face getting hot and didn't want to stay there any longer, so she quickly asked Cuiguo to take her to change out of her tight clothes.

Jiang Qi stood there watching the fleeing figure. When the impulse in his heart faded away and he regained his rationality, his gaze slowly fell on Yu Li over there, with a dark look in his eyes.

He and Yu Li had not had much contact in the past, and were just acquaintances. This time, the other party asked him to come over and said that he had obtained a rare black gold longbow, and wanted to take this opportunity to compete with him. If he lost, he would give him the longbow. Jiang Qi, who had been bored in the mansion for a long time, did not think too much about it. The main reason was that there was nothing Yu Li could plot against him, and Yu Li had a good reputation outside and was a humble gentleman, so he agreed.

Yu Zinyin and Yu Qi appeared along the way, and he just thought that they were here to look for his brother, and didn't notice the problem at all. But now he realized that the prey in this hunting ground seemed to be not just those animals, but also himself.

He became the target of this brother and sister? No, he became the target of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?

After clearing out his prey, Yu Li looked up and saw Jiang Qi's thoughtful gaze. His heart was pounding, but he remained calm and stepped forward, saying, "Brother Jiang, since you've won, I'll have the black gold longbow delivered to Duke Cheng'en's residence later."

"Okay." Jiang Qi did not choose to get to the bottom of it.