"What's going on outside?" Glancing at the Madame that was kneeling outside, Queen frowned.

Hearing this, Cui Xia lowered her body and whispered into Queen's ears, "They just said bad things about Miss Bai and were punished by Princess Suo."

Queen frowned, her gaze sweeping towards Bai Li who was on the hunting grounds with a complicated look.

The Queen turned her eyes and said with a cold face, "The competition is about to start. Let them stand at the back to avoid disgracing themselves."

Cui Xia was startled, then immediately bowed: "Yes."

"Princess Suo, Princess Yuxi, and Marquis An Ping, Madame, please come watch the competition together." Queen looked towards Yun Qiu and instructed.

"Yes." Yun Qiu bowed and retreated, quickly bringing Bai Qingyan, Murong Yuyun and the Rong family in.

"Queen's Empress (Imperial Aunt) Jin An." The three of them bowed.

Queen smiled and raised her hand slightly, "We are all family, there's no need to be so courteous, sit down."

"Thank you, esteemed Empress." The three of them obeyed and sat down.

On the high platform in the east wing, Murong Shuofeng raised his hand towards Eunuch Rong.

Eunuch Rong immediately understood and shouted, "Let the hunt begin!"

"BOOM!" Following the Eunuch Rong's singing, a deafening gong sounded.

A waiter immediately beat his gong on the hunting grounds below. "The first match shall begin."

Hearing the sound of the gong, the contestants entered the shooting-range in an orderly manner.

The hunting competition was divided into three rounds. The first round was for shooting, the second was for riding, and the third was for hunting. Each person had three chances to shoot an arrow in the first round, and the sum of the three scores was recorded.

The male and female contestants were the first two. The first to go on stage was Murong Xun.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince." The servant passed the polished bow and arrows to Murong Xun respectfully.

Murong Xun took the bow and arrows and pulled them full, then aimed at the heart of the red heart on the opposing grass target and released his fingers. With a swish, the arrow flew out.

"Ding." The arrow hit the target, hitting the heart of the red dot.

"Ten rings." The waiter raised the small red flag, and the attendant in charge of the recording immediately wrote it down.

"Ou .." The people in the stands instantly became lively.

"His Highness the Crown Prince is indeed powerful."

"That's right, that's right. It looks like the crown prince is going to be the champion again."

Murong Shuofeng slapped his thigh and happily shouted, "Alright."

Xue Yuanlang also nodded in praise, "His Highness the Crown Prince's archery is really not bad."

Murong Jinhong smirked, "Xun Er has the same demeanor as royal brother back then."

"Of course." Murong Shuofeng raised his eyebrows proudly. Back in the day, his archery skills were also top-notch. In all these hunting competitions, he was first.

On the west side, everyone gathered around Queen and praised.

Queen also had a face full of pride. In her life, the thing she was most proud of was not marrying Murong Shuofeng to become her Queen, but having such an outstanding son.

The second arrow was shot very quickly. Murong Xun once again shot the arrow with his bow, and without any surprise, it hit the heart again.

"Ten rings." The waiter raised the little red flag again.

Another wave of cheers rang out.

The girls who were participating in the competition all looked at Murong Xun with excitement when they saw his handsome posture.

Puyang Bingwei and Bai Ruoyu both had expressions of adoration.

Murong Lingshan also smiled proudly, his royal brother was truly powerful.

Bai Li leaned against the wooden frame, and looking at the infatuated faces, she suddenly felt a lot more relieved. She was relieved to see that someone was more serious than she was.

When the third arrow was sent out, everyone's hearts were immediately lifted.

Murong Xun, on the other hand, was not the least bit nervous. He pulled his bow, aimed, and shot all at once.

Whoosh! The arrow shot out. The third arrow pierced through the second arrow with a 'splat' sound. The handsome one went straight through the heart again.

"Ten rings." The waiter excitedly raised the small red flag. Even his voice was breaking the sound barrier.

The entire audience cheered.

Bai Li raised her eyebrows indifferently, the last arrow was indeed powerful. This Murong Xun can be considered to have some ability.

"Haha, good shot." In the stands, Murong Shuofeng was excitedly dancing with joy.

"How is it? What I said was right, this kid is full of energy." Murong Shuofeng turned and looked at Xue Yuanlang with a face full of arrogance and spoiled child.

Xue Yuanlang was speechless. Does shooting an arrow have anything to do with being energetic?

Murong Xun looked at the three arrows in the center of the heart on the grass target. He smiled in satisfaction and casually threw the bow to the servant, then turned and walked towards the girl's group.

When the participating girls saw Murong Xun walking over, all of their faces and ears flushed red from excitement as their heartbeat quickened.

"Royal brother .." Murong Lingshan happily walked forward, and Puyang Bingwei and Bai Ruoyu also excitedly followed.

But Murong Xun acted as if he did not see the three of them, went around them, and went straight to the back.

Murong Lingshan purposely encouraged the girls that were participating in the competition to isolate Bai Li, which just so happened to be the case that he had no interest in dealing with the pretentious young misses from the big families, thus he sat alone at the back.

Seeing Murong Xun walking over, the corner of Bai Li's eyes twitched uncontrollably. This guy really knew how to help her pull his hatred.

Murong Xun didn't say anything, and directly sat next to Bai Li.

Looking at Murong Xun who looked like a log, Bai Li speechlessly curled her lips and handed over the water bag that was piled on the ground. "Here you go."

Murong Xun took the water bag in a daze, and his beautiful face unconsciously blushed red. "Thank you."

Bai Li smirked, and turned to look at the arena, "Your performance just now was not bad."

Hearing this, Murong Xun couldn't help but smile, as if he received the best praise in the world, his deep eyes filled with satisfaction.

The interaction between the two instantly caused countless pairs of eyes to turn red. Regardless of whether it was a man or a woman, they were both envious and jealous.

Murong Lingshan's chest was moving up and down in anger, he really wanted to step forward and tear Bai Li into shreds. It was all because of this damn Bai Lier that his royal brother treated her this way.

Puyang Bingwei and Bai Ruoyu also clenched their fists, they were so jealous that they were about to go crazy.

Xue Qingyan looked at the water bag in Murong Xun's hands with envy, and his heart started to feel sour.

"Xue Xiaohou." The servant brought a bow and arrow in front of Xue Qingyan.

"Idiot Xue." Seeing that Xue Qingyan had been staring at Bai Li, Yun Shaoning was speechless. He extended his hand out and knocked on's arm.

Xue Qingyan came back to reality and received the bow and arrows. He did not walk forward and immediately drew his bow.

Seeing this, everyone became excited.

"Xue Xiaohou is preparing to shoot an arrow on the spot, isn't that a bit too far?"

"That's right. It's so far, can it hit the red heart?"

Yun Shaoning was also excited. He knew that this kid wouldn't be able to hold it in. He was about to act cool.

Murong Shuofeng, who was in the stands, raised his eyebrows in interest. "Yan'er has guts to do this from such a long distance."

"This year's competition seems to be even more exciting than the previous years." Murong Jinhong's face also showed interest.

Xue Yuanlang's eyes flashed lightly as he glanced at Bai Li, who was sitting together with him, and seemed to have thought of something.

Xue Qingyan pulled his bow to its fullest and aimed at the back of his finger.

With a "sou" sound, the arrow flew out like a shooting star.