The Flower Of War

Chapter 33: The Spinning Wheel

The challenge for the extra round has been completed prepared.

The three targets lined up parallel to a longer distance and the size of the target was twice as large as the previous round.

"The challenge for the extra round is to shoot three targets simultaneously with one shot."

The nobles were a little boisterous making a ripple in the tidal wave seeing the challenge this time because it considered the challenge this time was very impossible for one to do so perfectly, he said, even if the arrow can stick at three targets either in the circle of any number it is already an incredible achievement.

Yiu turned his head briefly towards Prince Ming ZiJing and revealed a faint smile like trying to encourage Prince Ming ZiJing to try his hardest.

Prince Ming ZiJing only glanced at him slightly with his eagle bead and refocused forward with a flat, expressionless countenance.

"It's so arrogant! But why does he seem to hate me so much when I just want to be friends with him. Did Princess Ying ever make a mistake with her? But why can't I remember anything? I've been thinking too much." Yiu spoke to himself in a soft voice that only he could hear himself.

"Princess Ying now is your turn." General Meng Yao stared at Yiu and replied with a nod of incantation from Yiu while walking to position herself.

Before Yiu took three arrows at once from the hands of his soldiers he instead handed over the bow he had brought to his soldiers and removed the black cloth wrapped around his left arm.

Then tied the cloth covered his two beautiful eyes moonless on a starless night that nourished the heart and made the ranks of soldiers and nobles back up with his actions this time.

"Is he kidding?!"

"Taking aim at two targets simultaneously with the naked eye alone was already so difficult to hit the center of the target how could he with his eyes covered in cloth like that aim precisely at three targets simultaneously?!"

"Truly intend to embarrass yourself."

"We'll see if he really wants to kill himself if he fails, then we can take him as too arrogant."

The atmosphere of the match was getting hotter coupled with the hot sun that was getting higher making everyone sweat the cold heat of seeing the match.

Yiu took the bow and three arrows again, then leveled his bow and began to position the three arrows in his hand on the bow with the distance of his five fingers before starting to pull it.

Yiu suddenly kicked the pebble under his feet, Chichi who saw it immediately gave further instructions to the three soldiers who were holding catapults and pebbles in both of their hands, prepare to fire from behind the target.

With the sound of 'tuk' that was so loud and weak that many pairs of eyes that were still focused on Yiu did not realize it in the slightest.

The sound helped Yiu to determine the target's position and shoot simultaneously. Yiu took a step back, preparing to shoot.

Relying on his hearing Yiu tried to focus and on the direction of the wind that guided him to determine the position of the three targets and with complete confidence the three darts of Yiu darted flying rapidly towards different directions.

Gushh ...

The atmosphere was still so silent and this time Yiu confirmed her heart not to open her blindfold before hearing someone speak.

Not long after, the sound of applause and cheers of survivors so loud that even almost deafened his ears filled his hearing.

Yiu turned around then walked back to his place as he removed his two blindfolds without feeling the need to see the results of his shot.

When he accidentally saw the look on the faces of his two brothers who were standing not far behind him with several rows of soldiers behind them, the look on their faces were both filled with shock that was difficult to interpret, the expression was quite complicated for Yiu to understand what emotions they were feeling.

Yiu only smiled slightly and nodded briefly towards the two and then turned his body towards the front like the previous position.

Yiu had turned his head slightly to look at Prince Ming ZiJing who some time ago had made Yiu think he wanted to be friends with him, but for now Yiu wanted to see how he reacted after seeing the results of Yiu's arrow even though the results he wanted to get were nil, Prince Ming ZiJing did not change his countenance at all in the slightest he remained cold and mysterious.

In the ranks of the match participants, Prince Huang continued to look at Yiu who was already behind him with a look of disbelief and finally whispered lowly towards Prince Xiao Ce.

"Is he that awful', Prince? Why have I never seen his heavenly talent so terrifying even beyond me! He could even shoot right at those three targets by closing his eyes?!... Was he really a human or a monster?"

Prince Huang who heard the answer looked at Prince Xiao Ce with a lazy look and sighed like someone who was trying to be patient, "If that is of course I understand, you are always like that, Ge. Loving your meimei so much that your own didi you ignore."

Prince Xiao Ce looked back at Prince Huang with his eagle bead next to his raised eyebrows.

"Ahhh well alright I admit wrong well well you are always right, Ge," replied Prince Huang with a slightly nodding head a few times then turned his lazy eyeball before turning his gaze towards the front.

Now it was Prince Ming ZiJing's turn to guess the target and he was already preparing to take the three arrows and start pulling them.

The three arrows shot simultaneously from his bow and the four arrows were perfectly stuck in the center of the target, only the last arrow belonging to Prince Ming Zingji was stuck in the circle number two from the center.

With this result the winner can already be seen who the winner of this archery match this time.

"Thus ... Congratulations to Princess Ying of Qiu Wang Kingdom who has won the archery contest today, congratulations," General Meng Yao congratulated him as he bowed his body followed by cheers of applause from all the nobles watching and shouts of congratulations from the soldiers of his kingdom.

"I must admit Princess Ying does have a heavenly talent that is too astounding Emperor Wang, you are lucky to be blessed by the sky gods by having a daughter like Princess Ying with both Princes who are also very talented both in the field of war tactics and royal matters."

Emperor Ming who was to the right of Emperor Wang praised Yiu and the two princes Qiu Wang with a smile full of pride on his face.

"Yahh I also felt that I had no such noble deeds as I had done in my previous life so as to obtain the blessing of such a special god."

Emperor Wang smiled proudly then sighed as if in disbelief with this reality then raised the wine cup in front of him and pointed it towards Emperor Ming intending to ask him toast.

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Now after a break of rest for 2 Ke (30 minutes), the turn of the sword fight is held in a place with four three-story sitting towers surrounding an empty square in the middle as a competition arena.

All nobles be it the Emperor until the princesses of the kingdom have sat at the level of their respective towers starting from the first level for the Emperors and Empresses of each kingdom and below it for the princes and royal princess and last rank for a ministerial or general-level noble.

Yiu sat down with the other royal princesses in the second tier due to royal regulations that required men and women to sit in different towers including the emperor and empresses though.

Yiu who was still wearing her fighting clothes sat up straight and his chin slightly raised looking like a great heavenly swordsman was sitting gracefully there with a face as bright as the sun and as soft as peony petals and bead as sharp as an eagle that is able to make people around stunned by the cold aura that is typical of him.

The royal princesses who previously blatantly as well as from behind the back laughed at even mocking him now drastically changed to being gentle and smiling kindly when accidentally their beads met a look with Yiu beads however immediately averted his gaze with a slightly stiffened face.

But Yiu did not care about them at all along with their fake smile which made him even more want to vomit all his stomach.

Yiu returned with a straight look and an ice-cold face as he sipped his warm tea waiting for the match to begin soon. A moment later a little thought about changing her clothes to be like a princess back as before.

After all he currently had no other activities other than just looking at the sword match and supporting the sole representative of QiuWang, who else if not Prince Xiao Ce.

Because of his status as crown prince so it should not be as a sister as well as a princess of the kingdom of QiuWang to be the opponent of royal successors such as Prince Xiao Ce.

After spending the last gulp in his cup, he, Yiu prepared to get up to change his clothes Kan but his manik first caught the figure of Prince Xiao Ce who also rose from his seat in the opposite tower making Yiu stop his movement and focus his gaze on Prince Xiao Ce.

Yiu saw Prince Xiao Ce depart from his place and bowed his greetings to his Father and Mother then turned to greet Emperor Feng Lan and Empress Hua Ji before leaving the palace hall.

Still staring at the departure of Prince Xiao Ce while fixing his sitting position as before, Yiu muttered softly, "Where did Xiao GeGe go? Isn't the match about to start why just leave?! Did something important happen?"

Shortly thereafter, the sound of a big gong buzzing was heard until the entire hall was about to shake as a sign of the sword match was about to start and right after the gong stopped echoing Chichi somehow since when it had knelt behind him and put something in his ear.

"Daughter get ready, Emperor Wang gave the order for you to replace the position of Crown Prince in this match. Happy Princess Fight!"

TB