Not only Concubine Li was so suspicious, but the eldest princess also thought so.

"Imperial sister-in-law, have you ever learned archery?"

"Nope."

Queen Zhou said: "It's just that when I was learning to ride a horse in the past, I saw my brothers in the family shoot arrows. I didn't touch it myself, but I could vaguely hear them say something like shoulder-to-shoulder. ”

"That's a lot easier."

The eldest princess smiled: "The imperial sister-in-law may have talent, and she can hit the target with the first arrow, which is extremely rare!" Come, I'll teach you! ”

……

Queen Zhou never found out that she still had a talent for archery.

But in just half a day, she accepted this fact, she is indeed talented, and after half a day of study, she can almost reach the level of the eldest princess-

Occasionally, it can shoot hearts.

For harem ladies, this level is already very powerful.

Concubine Li couldn't sit still in the room, so she also came out to watch, and seeing that Queen Zhou was making rapid progress, she had this kind of panic for the first time in her heart.

A kind of panic that she is indeed inferior to Queen Zhou.

How is this possible?

She used to read and write, recite poems and paint, but she surpassed Queen Zhou's in everything!

"The queen mother is also learning too fast, did she secretly learn behind our backs? Just tell us, don't hide it. ”

Concubine Li tested Queen Zhou in a joking tone, and Queen Zhou's eyes were clear, "It's true that I haven't learned, and it's not a bad thing to learn, why should I hide it from you?" It's the eldest sister who teaches well, and it's really the lady of the marksman. ”

"It's clear that the eldest sister-in-law has good talent."

The two sisters-in-law praised each other, which made Concubine Li feel very uncomfortable, she stepped forward and picked up her bow, "I'm rested, I want to try again." ”

The eldest princess wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Concubine Li: "You try, I'll go change my clothes first, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask the imperial sister-in-law." ”

Let's take the palace maid back to change clothes.

Empress Zhou was very interested in her talent, and couldn't help but shoot a few more arrows, she heard the eldest princess leaving, and said to Concubine Li without looking back: "If you don't know anything, just ask the palace." ”

Concubine Li clenched her teeth.

Obviously, she started learning first, but now the eldest princess asked her to ask Queen Zhou, isn't this clearly looking down on her and thinking that she is inferior to Queen Zhou?

Concubine Li drew the bow and pulled the string, and she stood not far behind Queen Zhou, as long as the angle of the arrow was slightly off, she could aim at Queen Zhou's body.

A thought occurred to her.

If she accidentally shot Queen Zhou, with her archery skills, she could excuse herself from accidentally injuring Queen Zhou by shooting crookedly, and Princess Celestia could testify to how bad her archery skills were.

This thought suddenly exploded in her heart, Concubine Li kept pushing down the result after the fact, whether Queen Zhou would die, how should she defend herself, and what kind of punishment would she get......

At that moment, the arrows gradually overlapped with the figure of Queen Zhou in her eyes.

Concubine Li pulled the bow hard, she could feel her hands trembling, but she couldn't help but exert herself, otherwise the arrow wouldn't be able to go out at all.

Queen Zhou shot several arrows in a row, all close to the red heart, and the last arrow actually hit the red heart, and she turned her head to look at Concubine Li happily.

Concubine Li didn't expect her to turn around suddenly, her hand shook, and the arrow flew out uncontrollably, heading straight for Queen Zhou's front door.

Empress Zhou also felt that the trajectory of the arrow was wrong, she wanted to dodge but couldn't, she could only watch the arrow fly towards her-

Smack.

It's a pity that Concubine Li's strength is not enough, and the arrow fell in mid-air before it reached Queen Zhou, landing less than a step away from Queen Zhou's heels.

She breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and looked up at Concubine Li, whose face was like gold paper, and she looked frightened.

The eldest princess who came out of the dress saw the scene in front of her.

"What's wrong?"

She looked at Queen Zhou, then at Concubine Li, and finally saw the arrow that landed in front of Queen Zhou's toes, and immediately frowned, "How could this arrow be shot here?" ”

Concubine Li reacted immediately, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground to plead guilty, "The concubine's archery skills are not good, and she almost injured the queen's mother, and I ask the queen's mother to forgive her sins!" ”

It turned out that this arrow was shot by Concubine Li.

The eldest princess frowned and looked at Queen Zhou, wanting to see what Queen Zhou would do, but Queen Zhou didn't react, just looked at Concubine Li's lowered head lightly.

After a while, she laughed, "It's nothing, you're not good at archery, and you didn't mean to." But next time you learn arrows, you must be careful, don't stand behind others, in case you really get injured by mistake, it's not good. ”

Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but fortunately, Queen Zhou didn't realize that she was intentional.

She hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you for not caring about the queen." ”

Empress Zhou handed the bow to the eldest princess and said with a smile: "At this time, the emperor should also finish approving the fold, and I also promised the fourth and fifth brothers to find the emperor, so I left first." ”

"What are the fourth and fifth brothers making trouble about?"

"Nothing."

Empress Zhou said with a smile: "They want to stay in the Imperial Garden for a long time, and by the way, they will study in the school in the Imperial Garden, but the emperor does not allow it, so they came to beg me to persuade them." I should go now, so as not to delay their great affairs. ”

The eldest princess nodded, she vaguely felt that it was not so simple for Queen Zhou to leave at this time.

Li Concubine's arrow, was it really unintentional?

She felt strange in her heart, but Queen Zhou personally said that Concubine Li didn't mean it, so she naturally didn't have much to do, so she turned to Concubine Li and said, "Let's practice again another day, it's not good to practice in the yard, what if you hurt someone?" It's better to go to the woods to practice another day, there is spacious, and you are not afraid of hurting people around the field. ”

Concubine Li had palpitations at this time, and she really told her to practice again, but she was afraid that her trembling hands would betray herself.

Just as the eldest princess raised this, she took the opportunity to say: "Yes, the eldest princess is right, it's better to go to the woods to practice tomorrow." After disturbing the eldest princess for a long time, I took my leave first. ”

"Walk slowly."

Princess Celestia waved at her and watched her out.

Empress Zhou came out of the eldest princess all the way, thinking about what had just happened, thinking about every movement and expression of Concubine Li, and feeling more and more that something was wrong.

Dan'er endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help it when she walked to a no-man's land, "Queen Mother, why did you let Concubine Li go so easily?" Whether she did it on purpose or not, she almost hurt you, don't you even reprimand you? ”

Dan'er didn't see if Concubine Li did it on purpose, but even if it wasn't intentional, it was not a small crime to almost hurt the queen.

"Alright."

Queen Zhou had her own plans in her heart, so she only said to Dan'er: "Don't say it, whether she wants it or not, just if she doesn't mean it." Now that I live in the imperial garden, I am the queen mother and the princess, and the eldest princess is also here, do you want me, the queen to take the lead, to make the harem restless? Let's go, go to the emperor. ”