Long Ziyue's horse was injured, and she tumbled from its back.
When Chu Qianli arrived, Long Ziyue had just gotten up from the ground, covered in dirt, clearly having taken a bad fall.
Not far away, Chu Feiyan sat astride her horse, looking down at Long Ziyue with a smile in her eyes.
"Attacking with hidden arrows, what kind of hero are you?" Long Ziyue said angrily.
Chu Feiyan, however, laughed heartily, her expression dismissive. "Why should I be a hero? I'm just a little woman."
Before today, Chu Feiyan had considered Chu Qianli a formidable rival.
But after witnessing Prince Xuan's cold attitude towards Chu Qianli just now, showing her no favor, Chu Feiyan knew that Chu Qianli posed no threat to her.
As for the others, in terms of status, there were two foreign princesses of noble birth. However, they were delicate and fragile, and Chu Feiyan did not take them seriously for the moment.
Through the competition events of the day, Chu Feiyan had come to understand that Prince Xuan was looking for someone who could fight alongside him.
Thus, the Long Ziyue before her had become her greatest opponent.
Long Ziyue, unable to contain her anger, picked up a stone and hurled it forcefully at Chu Feiyan's horse's legs.
But Chu Feiyan was prepared. As Long Ziyue picked up the stone, she urged her horse forward.
The horse bolted, and the stone struck a tree trunk, bouncing back. Long Ziyue stamped her feet in frustration.
"Did you not expect that someone would play dirty in a competition like this?"
Chu Qianli rode her horse up to her.
Long Ziyue let out a soft sigh and nodded. "I didn't expect it."
The women of their Longteng Kingdom, when they fought, did so openly.
What was the point of attacking with hidden arrows?
"You should hurry. It's not easy before sunset."
Long Ziyue looked up. Although it wasn't easy, it wasn't too difficult for her.
She turned.
Chu Qianli frowned. "Are you giving up?"
"How could I?" Long Ziyue smiled at her, a hint of helplessness in her tone. "My horse is gone. Even if I cross the mountain and return, it won't be in accordance with the rules."
"You want to go back, pick another horse, and start over?"
Chu Qianli looked back, her eyes instantly filling with a smile.
She was growing to like Long Ziyue's temperament more and more.
No matter how difficult it was, she wouldn't give up easily.
However, she was a bit too straightforward.
"It's a long way back from here. While I believe that with Princess Pingyue's abilities, you can still complete the competition, don't you feel wronged?"
"You know me?"
Long Ziyue looked at her. "I haven't asked your name yet."
"My name is Chu Qianli," Chu Qianli said, beckoning her. "As a person, don't be too upright. If you're bullied, you have to bully them back, otherwise, you'll just anger yourself to death."
"But I still need to finish the competition," Long Ziyue's voice was muffled.
Of course, she wanted revenge.
But revenge could be sought directly from Chu Feiyan later.
For now, the primary task was to complete the competition. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to explain herself to her mother upon her return.
"Then, what if I can help you get revenge and also help you complete the competition?"
Chu Qianli grinned and said, "Come here. My horse is very sturdy. Let's go together, and I'll teach you how to be a bad person."
...
Chu Feiyan was not very familiar with the mountain roads in this area, so even though she was in the lead, her speed was not very fast.
Of course, many other girls were quickly left behind.
Most of them could not ride horses on the mountain.
As for Chu Qianli, she quickly found Chu Feiyan's location and, naturally, found a shortcut to get ahead of her.
"What is this? It's so magical!"
Long Ziyue stared at the phone screen, utterly amazed.
"Something I designed myself. It can show the surrounding terrain clearly. Look, isn't Chu Feiyan right here?"
According to the position indicated on the screen, Chu Qianli had already estimated how long it would take them to get there.
"Let's go, I'll show you my methods."
Chu Feiyan, who had been unknowingly left behind, sneezed several times in a row.
She wondered who was cursing her.
After proceeding a bit further, she wasn't sure if she had taken the wrong direction.
She looked up at the sky; the sun was not far above her head, almost noon.
The finish line should not be far away.
Looking at the simple terrain map that everyone had, it seemed the finish line was not too far.
Chu Feiyan's heart leaped with joy, and she immediately pulled back on the reins.
But she never expected that before she could even speed up her horse, several whistling sounds came from ahead, and several hidden weapons flew towards her.
They were three small stones!
Chu Feiyan was startled and immediately dodged.
But the moment she dodged, a sharp pain shot through her shoulder, and an acupoint seemed to have been pierced by something.
Her entire upper body instantly went numb.
With a thud, she fell directly from her horse.
When she looked up again, she saw someone sitting on the back of the horse she had been riding.
"Long Ziyue, you... you dare to ambush me!" Chu Feiyan gritted her teeth, never expecting that Long Ziyue not only caught up but also attacked her!
"Princess Pingyue is merely returning the favor. Did you not learn these tactics from me?"
"Chu Qianli!" Seeing the person and horse emerging from behind the trees, Chu Feiyan gnashed her teeth in anger.
"Bitch! What is your status to dare speak to me, this county princess! Do you believe..."
"I don't believe it, so don't say any more."
Chu Qianli leaped off her horse and walked towards Chu Feiyan.
"A'li, be careful!" Long Ziyue also dismounted and walked beside her, just in case Chu Feiyan tried any tricks.
"It's fine. She's used to using her left hand, but now her entire left side is numb, and she can't exert any strength."
"You!" Chu Feiyan's face turned green with rage. This bitch!
She wanted to take out her whip and lash her a few times, but her hands really couldn't exert any strength.
They felt so numb, completely devoid of power.
"Quickly release my acupoints, or when I get out, I will definitely tell Prince Xuan to disqualify you from the selection!"
At this moment, she no longer saw Chu Qianli as a threat.
Prince Xuan's discarded woman, with no status whatsoever.
Chu Qianli had already reached her, bent down, and surprisingly grabbed her by the back of her collar, dragging her along the ground.
"Chu Qianli, you dare, you dare!"
Chu Feiyan had never suffered such humiliation in her life. But with her collar gripped tightly, she was almost suffocating, and her curses lost their force.
"Let go, let... you dare... bitch, this county princess... will not let you go, will not..."
Long Ziyue saw her face turn red, then a dark liver color, and became a little uneasy.
"A'li, you'll... kill her."
"When she whipped me, she didn't consider whether she would kill me."
Chu Qianli continued to drag Chu Feiyan towards the desolate grassland.
Her smile was so chilling it made one's scalp tingle. "There's no one else here. Even if I kill her and bury her body in the wilderness, no one will ever know."
Chu Feiyan's heart suddenly pounded with fear.
This bitch... this bitch was really going to kill her!
No! No! She didn't want to die yet!
Help, help me!
Is there anyone who can save her?