The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 51

Hearing Su Qingyan's words, everyone suddenly came to the realization.

That's right, since Cui Hanqun was considered the best horseback archer in Bogu Hall, if he were to kill Su Qingyan out there, then he would have to take responsibility. As for Su Qingyan, since she doesn't know how to shoot an arrow, even if she were to kill Cui Hanqun, the death contract would take effect.

When Cui Hanqun thought of this he could only feel the sweat in his palms.

Qingyan look to Cui Hanqun and delightfully smiled, "Young master Cui, well?"

Cui Hanqun no long had his earlier confidence, but he was also unwilling to lose face in front of Su Qingyuan. When he faced Su Qingyan, he pretended to be calm, "When the time comes, don't lose too badly."

With the help of one of Chunyuan's servants, Qingyan changed into riding clothes. She had picked an entirely red riding outfit.

Afterwards, she went and picked a date colored horse at the stable. She stroked the small horse's mane with a smile, "Please take good care of me."

Everyone knew that the horse Qingyan picked was the one that was offered as a tribute from Beilin Kingdom. Normally it's temper was extremely nasty, even the horse trainers were unable to tame it. Yet now, this horse in Qingyan's hands was like a small colt that just separated from its mother. It rubbed itself on her arms and even licked her cheeks.

"When the time comes, please don't embarrass me." Qingyan pressed her face onto the horse's back. The small horse let out a long cry as if replying to her.

"Miss Su, if you were to win this match, then I will gift this horse to you, what do you think?" Xuanyuan Yuze look to Qingyan and gently spoke, "I think this horse is destined for you, that's why it's so intimate with you."

As soon as Xuanyuan Yuze finished speaking, Qingyan got on the horse's back. Unlike with Cui Hanqun, the small horse knelt down on all fours so that Qingyan could easily get on its back. This scene shocked everyone.

Qingyan patted the small horse, and it immediately stood up. She look to the Crown Prince with bright smile, "If that's the case, then Qingyan will definitely try not disappoint you." As she said this she slowly rode the horse towards the field.

At the starting sound sounded, all the horses charged out into the field. Only Su Qingyan's horse slowly follow behind those horses. Cui Hanqun thought that this was his opportunity.

So every time he fired his arrows, he specifically picked the times when there was a large gap. However, as if the arrows were cursed, in the last minute, it would always shoot towards someone else next to Qingyan.

With the arrow on the bow, he had to fire. Seeing the arrows one by one slowly depleting, Cui Hanqun suddenly began to panic on the inside.

In the beginning, he only wanted to help Su Qingyuan vent her anger, but who knew that in the end it would turn out like this. Especially under these circumstances, he simply couldn't do anything about Su Qingyan.

Droplets of sweat streamed down his cheeks. He felt his vision getting more and more blurry. No matter what he did, he was unable to hit that apple on Qingyan's head.

Qingyan was completely unfazed by the arrows flying towards her, only leisurely swaying on the horse as she rode. It was as if nothing could touch her.

After circling around the field, Qingyan reappeared in front of Cui Hanqun with a smile, "Young master Cui, you only have one arrow left, what are you waiting for?"

When Cui Hanqun heard that line, he accidentally shot out the arrow in hand. Just when he thought it would succeed, the arrow still missed the apple on Qingyan's head.

Qingyan pulled the reins, got off the horse, and walked up to Cui Hanqun. Taking up the bow and arrow, she smiled, "Now it's my turn."

Cui Hanqun fearfully collapsed onto the ground as Su Qingyan suddenly appeared before him. Qingyan blankly stared at the young man before her, "Young master Cui, don't tell me you're regretting it?"

"Miss Su, we'll forfeit this match, please spare my son." Cui Chujun couldn't help but to speak up after seeing Qingyan's calm demeanor.

"Oh, why's that? The match hasn't finished yet, why end it?" Qingyan stood in the wind as she look to Cui Chujun with her head raised. "Could it be that young master Cui is regretting it now?"

"Didn't I just say, I want you to spare my son?" Cui Chujun began to reach out to pull Cui Hanqun back, but Qingyan was step ahead of him and stood before Cui Hanqun before Cui Chujun could get to him.

"Minister Cui, in regards to authority, your authority isn't greater than my father's. What, now that your son is scared into this messed up state, you want to bully me with your authority?" When Qingyan looked to Cui Chujun, as expected, she abruptly turned cold. "Or could it be that Minister Cui thinks I'm easy to bully."

When Ning Siyao heard this, she charged out wanting to give Su Qingyan a slap across the face, but who knew that Qingyan would seize Ning Siyao's arm and violently cast it aside. "Ning Siyao, let me tell you, aside from my mother and father, no one can hit me." She look to Ning Siyao and condescendingly spoke, "What do you think you are?"

As Ning Siyao listened to Su Qingyan's words, she look to her still with glaring eyes. She then coldly laughed, "I'll have you know right now, just who I am. For you to have such an upbringing, it's all my fault." As she spoke, she still wanted to raise her hand to slap Qingyan.

Qingyan smirked as she dodged Ning Siyao's attack, coldly retorting, "Ning Siyao, since you want to burn the bridge between us, I don't mind either." With that said, she raised her leg and gave Ning Siyao a swift kick; that speed was unmatched. Before anyone could even react, Ning Siyao's body had already flown out.

Seeing Ning Siyao fly away, Qingyan turned her attention back to Cui Hanqun, who was on the ground, "Young master Cui, well, go ahead."

Cui Hanqun knelt down before Su Qingyan at once, trembling in fear. "I admit defeat, please spare me, I'm begging you to spare me."

"Tsk, how embarrassing. Minister Cui, you really gave birth to such a good son!" Xuanyuan Yuzhen sarcastically commented as he saw this, "Or do you really think that your son will definitely lose?"

"Yuzhen, you mustn't bring attention to this. After all, everyone just saw Miss Su's performance just now, it's natural that Minister Cui would have this worry." Murong Jingxuan looked to the figure in the distance and smiled.

"Great Aunt, I think this match has the need to continue. After all, even Miss Su didn't refuse the match when she entered the field just now. Even a young girl could accomplish such, let alone a man." Mu Zhimin said this as she held onto Chunyuan's arm.

Chunyuan knew what the three of them were planning inside their heads, but seeing Qingyan's performance just now, she suddenly could understand what kind of difficult life Qingyan must have had living in the Su manor. When she thought of this, Chunyuan smiled, "Since the bets have been made, I hope Minister Cui's son will settle this matter."