The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1119

Chapter 1119: 544 Tacit Understanding with Tang Jiao (First Update)

This speech was simply lethal.

What was even more lethal was that Tang Yueshan actually blurted out the last two sentences.

The entire grassland fell silent, even the sparrows in the woods stopped moving, and Tang Yueshan, finally realizing what he had said, felt as if several crows were flying over his head...

Tang Yueshan wasn’t originally so sharp-tongued, not because he was broad-minded and plump, or because he had the patience of a Grand Marshal, but rather because there weren’t many military generals who were eloquent.

He would never lose in a fight, but in an argument, he couldn’t win.

Ever since he became bedridden and shared a room with Gu Chengfeng, he had been constantly insulted. Then, after being ridiculed time and again, it became second nature. Just now, he couldn’t hold back and blurted out whatever was on his mind.

It was all Gu Chengfeng’s fault!

He would never admit he was standing up for Gu Jiao!

No way!

Impossible!

The atmosphere at the scene was so awkward, one could practically carve out a mansion from Bishui Alley with their toes. Eunuch Wei gaped, glancing between Princess Ning An and his majesty, both of whom looked rather displeased.

You’re finished, Grand Marshal Tang, you’re finished.

Of all people to offend, you had to offend Princess Ning An!

Don’t you know Princess Ning An is the apple of the emperor’s eye?

Tang Yueshan, who wanted to cry but had no tears: ...Although I spoke the truth, is it too late for me to regret it now?

"What’s happened here?"

A cool voice rose from behind the group.

Eunuch Wei, surprised, turned around and bowed, "Miss Gu? What brings you to the palace today?"

"I came to see my great-aunt," said Gu Jiao.

She had been busy taking care of Mo Qianxue and hadn’t visited her great-aunt in the palace for a few days.

She just passed the Imperial Garden and heard the loud ranting of a certain marshal, so she came to see what was happening.

The emperor shot Tang Yueshan a cold glare, suppressing the urge to drag him away and beat him to death. He then said warmly to Gu Jiao, "Ah, it’s Jiaojiao."

"Your Majesty, Princess Ning An, Grand Marshal Tang," greeted Gu Jiao, in turn.

Her tone wasn’t particularly warm, nor was it the feigned politeness that Xiao Hen put on after becoming an official. It was cool and somewhat nonchalant.

If someone else had spoken in such a way, the emperor would have been angry, but knowing Gu Jiao’s temperament, he wouldn’t think she was being disrespectful to him or Princess Ning An.

"Are you practicing archery?" Gu Jiao inquired upon seeing the target not far from them, judging the distance to be about fifty paces.

Eunuch Wei chuckled and said, "Yes, Miss Gu, do you shoot arrows?"

Gu Jiao pondered: "Hmm, a little, I’m not very skilled."

Eunuch Wei, ever the shrewd one, quickly asked with a smile, "Would Miss Gu like to give it a try?"

"Sure," Gu Jiao nodded.

"Um..." Eunuch Wei glanced hesitantly at Princess Ning An; there was only one bow prepared.

Princess Ning An handed the bow in her hand to Eunuch Wei.

"Thank you, Princess," Eunuch Wei said, taking the bow with both hands and respectfully handing it to Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao fetched the bow with her right hand and the arrow with her left.

This caused both Eunuch Wei and the emperor to look at each other sidelong. Gu Jiao didn’t seem to be left-handed in daily life, so why was she drawing the bow with her left hand?

Could it be she really wasn’t skilled and, hence, unclear about which hand to use to draw the bow?

Gu Jiao, who claimed to be unskilled, took three arrows from the guard’s quiver, nocked them onto the bowstring and, after aiming, shot them out sharply!

The three arrows were released simultaneously, each hitting the exact center of the target and piercing through the center, breaking the heart of the target!

The emperor was so startled that he gripped the armrest of his chair, sitting up straight: "Is this what you call ’not very skilled’?"

"Hmm," Gu Jiao nodded earnestly, "The archers of the Tang Family can fire four arrows at once, and each arrow would hit the target at a hundred paces. Considering the size of this target’s heart and the distance of only fifty paces, any Tang Family archer could hit it with their eyes closed."

She, however, still needed to keep her eyes open to shoot, and if it were a hundred paces, she wouldn’t be able to shoot with such accuracy even with her eyes open.

The emperor looked at the target pierced by Gu Jiao, then at Princess Ning An’s arrow that only hit the edge of the target’s heart, and suddenly felt that Tang Yueshan’s "even a blind man shoots better than you" wasn’t an offensive remark but a cruel reality...

"Are they really that amazing?" the emperor asked Tang Yueshan seriously.

"I dare not claim it to be so," he replied.

While Tang Yueshan said this humbly, his hands drew his Tang Family bow and nocked four arrows, shooting them rapidly.

It seemed as though he hit nothing, but when Eunuch Wei led the guards to retrieve his arrows, they found each one had struck the stems of flowers and nailed them firmly to the branches.

The Emperor was now thoroughly at a loss for words. _{freēwēbnovel.com}