Chapter 503: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (253)
Chapter 503: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (253)
Chapter 503: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Fifty Three)
"Father! Father! Come and see the bow and arrow Yan'er made! Uncle Tong said that even an eagle can be shot down with it."
A cheerful and slightly childish voice sounded, causing the two people in the room to smile at each other.
Xuan Yunian looked at the beauty in the painting, lying on her side on the couch, her every move touching his heart. The painting of the beauty was almost complete, but there were still some details to be improved.
"It seems that I can't finish this painting today. Madam, let's go and see Yan'er's bow and arrow."
Xuan Yunian put down the pen in his hand, washed his hands, and then pulled up the beauty on the couch.
The beauty is already thirty years old this year, but time still loves her, and she will only become more and more beautiful. Qiao Li pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes revealing three parts of charm, three parts of coldness and four parts of tenderness.
"Okay, Yan'er has recently become fascinated with horseback riding and archery, and Han Tong is the one who praises him the most. I want to see if he can shoot down an eagle with his bow and arrow."
In response to his mother's question, the young boy scratched his head and said with a chuckle, "Mom, it is possible to shoot down an eagle, but..."
"Oh, so your bow and arrow haven't shot down the eagle yet?"
The ten-year-old boy grew very fast and had already grown to 1.5 meters, only a dozen centimeters shorter than his mother. He could see the mockery in his mother's eyes just by looking up.
The boy held the bow and arrow and said coquettishly, "Mom, you have to focus on the key points! Look at my bow and arrow, it's so powerful and majestic, it can easily hit the target from a hundred paces away!"
"Really? You said it yourself."
Qiao Li pointed to the poplar tree in front of him. The tree was alive and well, so he had someone place an arrow target next to the tree and motioned his son to try it.
"Father, Mother, just watch!"
Qiao Shiyan was eager to try. He had been learning both literature and martial arts since he was a child, and often competed with others. In the past two years, he traveled all over the country and even got to know a few people in the martial arts world. He practiced with them several times and felt that he had made obvious progress.
Qiao Li watched his son shoot two arrows in succession, both of which hit the bull's eye, so he praised his son.
Xiao Yan's smile was so bright that his missing teeth were exposed, but he quickly reacted and covered his mouth to stop smiling.
"Hey, it's normal to change teeth, why are you covering them?"
When Yan was little, he said in distress, "Mom, why do I always have new teeth? It must be because I ate too much candy when I was little. Grandfather said that he was afraid that Yan'er would get cavities, so he didn't want me to eat candy, but you stopped him."
Qiao Li glanced at Xuan Yunian and said helplessly, "That happened when Tuantuan was only six months old. Master is still talking to a child."
Xuan Yunian picked up his son and comforted him, "Did you hear what your mother said? That was when Tuantuan was six months old and ate candy. You didn't have any teeth yet. Children have to change their teeth naturally, and our Tuantuan's teething won't affect you being a handsome young man."
The half-grown child laughed again when he heard this. He couldn't be said to be handsome, but rather a little silly.
Qiao Li stood beside the father and son, watching Xuan Yunian talking to his son.
"Tuan Tuan, give me the bow and arrow."
Xuan Yunian put his son down, took the bow and arrow and prepared to shoot, and soon a bird fell from the sky.
"Wow! It's an eagle! It's an eagle!"
Qiao Shiyan was very excited and looked at his father with admiration in his eyes.
"Your bow and arrow can indeed shoot down an eagle. Its wing is injured. After it heals, you can choose to keep it or let it go."
Qiao Shiyan said without hesitation, "Father, I will let it go. A majestic eagle soars through the sky, how can it be confined in the palace? Father and Mother, I will have someone bandage its wounds, and then I will take my leave."
The young boy carefully picked up the eagle and called Han Tong to go find a doctor excitedly.
Xuan Yunian sighed, "Yan'er is right. Eagles yearn for freedom and would never want to be caged. Madam, where else would you like to travel this year? I'll have someone arrange the itinerary in advance."
Qiao Li understood Xuan Yunian's sigh. As the King of Western Frontier, it was impossible for him to accompany her on a trip for half a year. However, Qiao Li was a person who could not stay still and did not like to stay in the palace all the time.
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