Allure of a Country Maiden

More than half a month later, the Dragon Boat Festival has arrived, which many people have been waiting for day and night.

On this day, the weather was good, the sun was warm, and the embankments on both sides were full of people.

Because the Fifth Princess and Princess Wanru also participated in the competition, the Emperor, Queen Mother, and Queen all came to the Huaijiang Bridge to watch the competition.

This is the emperor's only princess, so precious!

Moreover, the fifth princess also threatened to get a ranking, saying that their rowing skills were very good and no worse than those of the men. This made the Queen Mother, who was old and inactive, also want to watch.

In the middle of the Huaijiang Bridge, a platform and an awning were set up, on which sat the three most noble people in the world.

Behind them stood a palace maid, fanning them with a round fan.

The fifth princess sat at the front of the dragon boat, looked back at the bridge, and waved in the direction of the emperor and the others.

The Queen Mother hurriedly waved her hand and responded: "The fifth girl is so beautifully dressed today, she looks energetic!"

"If you are neither a boy nor a girl, how can you be beautiful?" Although the emperor said this, he felt that his daughter was beautiful in his heart.

The queen mother glanced at the arrogant emperor, but did not expose him.

The horn sounded and the dragon boat race began.

When the horn sounded, Uncle Cai, standing on the bow of the ship, immediately beat the drum.

The fifth princess quickly sat down and started paddling instinctively.

Xiaoer and the others listened to the drums in unison and began to row the oars rhythmically. Their posture was not inferior to those of the men at all.

Although many of the men's dragon boats quickly overtook them, they just followed the rhythm of Uncle Cai's drumming and took their time.

A little red among the greenery, the Women's Army is the one that attracts the most attention.

The Queen Mother looked at the dragon boat of the five princesses and said happily: "I didn't expect these delicate girls to really be able to row a dragon boat. Their performance is not inferior to that of men!"

The emperor nodded after hearing this: "Yes, the movements are neat and uniform, but the speed is not as fast as the men. After all, she is a girl, and the strength is not enough."

What happened to the girl! The Queen Mother straightened up: "This speed is not slow! I think the Ai family will definitely get the ranking!"

The emperor didn't say anything anymore. The rowing was becoming more and more ineffective towards the back. It would be good if they could keep rowing to the end.

The Queen Mother stopped talking, looked at the women's army attentively, and said silently: Come on, you must get the ranking.

The three dragon boats led by Shangguan Xuanyi, Shangguan Xuanjun, and Di Shaowei moved forward side by side with a gap that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

Cheers, shouts, and drums were everywhere, and the scene was lively.

Liu Zhiwen, Liu Zhiwu and Tan shouted "Come on" regardless of their appearance on the shore. Well, not many people in the Imperial City knew each other anyway, so they turned around and returned to Shengping County. No matter if it was embarrassing or not!

Halfway through the channel, Xiaoer and the others were firmly in last place.

It lags behind other dragon boats by more than half its hull.

"Half of the rows have been drawn, and the princesses are a little hung up on their rankings!" the emperor said, stroking his beard.

"How can you extinguish your own prestige by growing other people's ambitions! We've only completed half of the rows, how do you know that the emperor can't get the ranking!" the Queen Mother said angrily.

Isn't it obvious? The further you get to the back, the more tired you will be, and your strength will almost be exhausted. Now that you are so far behind, how can you get the ranking? No, the last place is also the ranking! But the Emperor did not dare to say this to the Queen Mother, who seemed to have participated in the game herself.

The emperor stroked the dragon's beard. It's true that only women and villains can take care of it. Well, old women are more difficult to take care of. It's unreasonable.

Halfway through the game, Uncle Cai's drumming began to speed up.

Xiaoer and the others also accelerated their movements, and the dragon boat began to accelerate. Slowly, slowly, the dragon's head began to overtake some of the boats.

When the prince's dragon boat was overtaken by the prince of the Enbo Mansion, the prince almost forgot his movements. What a heck!

When others are getting slower and slower, why are they getting faster and faster!

Soon they went from being first to last, to second to last, to third to last...

The Queen Mother stood up with excitement!

"Your Majesty, the Ai family has bad eyesight. Do you think it's exceeded? Isn't it the last one?"

The emperor was startled by the Queen Mother's actions, "Mother, you have passed, not last. Please sit down quickly!"

This is a platform built on the bridge. What if the Queen Mother gets too excited and falls into the river!

"No, Aijia can't see clearly from sitting down!" The Queen Mother stood up, holding on to the guardrail, wishing she could lie down on it.

The palace maid carefully supported her behind her.

"I will tell my mother later what ranking the princess and princess have received. Mother, please sit down!" The emperor was also nervous.

"No, the Ai family wants to see for themselves." She came specifically to watch her granddaughter and her granddaughters rowing dragon boats. She sat there waiting for others to tell her, so why did she come out? If she wants to know, someone sitting in Cining Palace will tell her.

The Emperor and the Queen are powerless, this is on the bridge! Queen Mother, aren't you afraid of falling into the river when you are so excited?

Her old people are not afraid, they are!

The queen could only signal the maid behind her to take care of the queen mother.

The officials on the bridge and the people on both sides of the strait rubbed their eyes.

"Isn't the Women's Army ranked last?"

"Isn't it the last one? It's the second last one!" Someone said disapprovingly.

What’s so interesting about women participating in dragon boat races? They have no strength at all and how they struggle to death?

He only focused on the three dragon boats competing for world supremacy in front of him. It was so exciting!

"No, it's not the second to last! It's the third to last!"

"Why are you so excited about being third from the bottom? Isn't it also the last one?"

"I think they're getting faster."

"Are you kidding me?" After hearing this, the man seemed to have heard some fantasy.

Only then did he reluctantly shift his gaze from the heroic struggle in the front to the dying struggle in the back.

"Hey, it seems to be getting faster and faster! How is this possible?" He couldn't help but rub his eyes, thinking that he had seen it wrong.

"It's really getting faster and faster. Is this a chicken blood injection?"

Xiaoer and the others began to row with all their might, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on everyone's forehead. They gritted their teeth and rowed to the rhythm of the drums!

Everyone is silently chanting: "Fifth! Fifth!..."

A total of ten dragon boats competed together, and only five were awarded. Xiaoer and the others only needed to surpass four dragon boats to get a ranking. At this time, they had already surpassed the third boat. If they were one less, they could achieve their goal. Got it!

The dragon boat, which was overtaken by the women's army, was so frightened that it used all its strength!

They tried their best to catch up, but they couldn't do it!

The people in the entire Imperial City are watching!

All the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are watching!

The emperor, queen, and queen mother are all watching!

If they lose to a few weak women, they will have to wear hats like women when they go out on the street!

I’m really too embarrassed to see anyone!

The games are getting more and more exciting.

People on the shore couldn't help but cheer for the women's army: "Come on, princess!"

"Come on, Princess!"

"Come on, Lord Rui'an!"

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