Chapter 553 Is It Difficult for Her?

On the stage, the performance of the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess was going on, but Princess Ankang and Li Xuan were making a fuss.

"Hey, hey, hey, you two should be quiet."

The Eighth Prince said on the side.

But Li Xuan and Princess Ankang had no time to listen to him, they were already making a mess.

Princess Yuan An sat beside them, looking eagerly, full of envy.

Suddenly, Li Xuan's tail accidentally rubbed the back of her hand, which made Princess Yuan An blush and her heart beat wildly.

"Ah Xuan's tail is so soft."

Princess Yuan An stroked the back of her hand, recalling the touch before.

The Seventh Princess was sleeping on the table, and her head was accidentally hit by Li Xuan. She looked up and looked around in a daze, and then lay down again in a daze.

The Fifth Prince looked at this small table, which was actually filled with so many young men, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

"They are all talented!"

Originally, the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess on the competition stage were concentrating on their own competition.

But as the noise from the audience grew louder, their attention was inevitably distracted.

When they found that they were competing seriously on the stage, the audience actually started to have fun by themselves, without any respect for them.

The veins on the heads of the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess jumped almost at the same time, and they both got angry.

The two exchanged a few more moves, and then stopped and ended the competition.

"Hey, what do you mean by your table?"

"Do you look down on my and my third brother's cultivation?"

"In that case, why don't you come up and compete with me?"

"Just now you were afraid of my third brother, but you are not afraid of me too, right?"

The Ninth Princess said to the people at the table of Princess Ankang in a bad tone.

The Ninth Princess looked cold, her head slightly raised, and looked down at them on the competition stage, with contempt in her eyes undisguised.

"I'm sorry, Ninth Princess."

"My Ah Xuan is so naughty, I'm really sorry."

"We didn't mean to be rude, please forgive me, brothers and sisters."

Seeing that the Ninth Princess was angry, Princess Ankang immediately held Li Xuan in her arms and politely apologized to the two people on the stage.

Li Xuan was held down by Princess Ankang's head and apologized.

The expressions on the faces of the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess suddenly became strange.

Especially the Ninth Princess, this was quite different from what she expected.

"You, you..."

Princess Ankang's sudden respectful apology made the Ninth Princess stutter.

And facing the Ninth Princess's shameless words, the Eighth Prince was the first to quit.

"Humph, why not?"

The Eighth Prince stood up with a heroic spirit, as if he was going to compete on stage.

When the Third Prince approached him just now, he was timid.

Now that the Ninth Princess challenged him, he struck out hard.

The Ninth Princess and the Eighth Prince both have the eighth-grade cultivation. They are of similar age, but the Ninth Princess has more military experience.

If they really fight, it is hard to say who will win or lose.

Seeing the Eighth Prince getting cocky, the Third Prince on the stage glared at him and said, "Hmm?"

The Eighth Prince immediately lowered his head and sat back down, muttering,

"She challenged me, not me challenging her, why are you so fierce?"

The Fifth Prince on the side looked at the Ninth Princess, and seemed eager to try.

They were all eighth-grade cultivators, and there was no obvious gap between them, so they were all very confident in themselves.

The Third Prince whispered to the Ninth Princess, and when she nodded, he immediately came down from the arena and handed it over to the Ninth Princess.

Anyway, no one responded to his previous challenge, so standing on it would only embarrass himself.

The duel required the consent of both parties, which prevented the Third Prince from displaying all his skills.

He wanted to call up those people he disliked and teach them a lesson one by one.

But the restrictions of the rules only allowed him to think about it at most.

Others were not fools, so how could they be used as sandbags for the Third Prince to practice for nothing.

After the Third Prince went down, many people started to think about it when they saw the Ninth Princess left alone on the stage.

Among the princes and princesses, the ones with good cultivation were the older ones.

Among them, there were some who were unwilling to practice martial arts, such as the Seventh Princess and Princess Yuan An.

Generally speaking, whether the princes and princesses were talented or not, they would practice to a certain level.

This would be of great benefit to their future lives. The strong physique of a warrior could also avoid most common diseases, which would be of great benefit to enjoying wealth and glory.

But there were also many people who were unwilling to take such benefits.

Some people think that practicing martial arts is too hard. Even if the royal family has prepared all the resources to make the process extremely easy, some people don't even want to endure this little bit of hardship.

Others are completely uninterested in practicing martial arts because they are very averse to practicing martial arts for various reasons.

The Seventh Princess and Princess Yuan An are typical examples.

The Seventh Princess is obsessed with stargazing and sleeps during the day, so she has no time to practice martial arts.

Princess Yuan An is a little special, and she has mentioned this to her friends.

The biggest reason why Princess Yuan An doesn't practice martial arts is because of her evil sister.

No matter how Princess Yuan An practices, she can't beat her sister anyway, and she always has to be compared with her sister, so she simply gives up the idea.

Princess Yuanan herself said that she had always been compared to her elder sister, from eating and walking to personality cultivation, as if Princess Yuanan was born to be the opposite of Princess Yanzhao.

In addition, Empress Wu did not pay much attention to this little daughter, which made Princess Yuanan even more rebellious. She played all day long and never did anything that might be related to Princess Yanzhao, and those things happened to be "serious matters" in the eyes of adults.

In fact, many people in the palace already regarded Princess Yuanan as "Little Eighth Prince".

However, because Princess Yuanan had a mother who was the queen, she did not have as many friends around her as the Eighth Prince, and could only play with her own attendants.

When Li Xuan first met Princess Yuanan, she was flying a kite with her attendants in a remote and deserted bamboo forest.

After all, it was inevitable that others would point fingers at her when they saw her.

"Look, that's Princess Yan Zhao's biological sister."

"How can there be such a big difference between the same parents?"

No one dared to say these words in front of Princess Yuan An, but she could feel it.

The scrutinizing eyes, surprised expressions, unexpected reactions...

all hurt Princess Yuan An's sensitive heart one by one.

In short, there are also many princes and princesses who have not practiced martial arts for various reasons.

But the Ninth Princess seemed to have not seen the eagerness of others, and just said to Princess Ankang:

"Ankang, do you dare to come up and compete with me?"

"Don't worry, I know you have no cultivation, and I will definitely show mercy."

The Ninth Princess said in a condescending tone.

In her opinion, Princess Ankang was able to win so many games in the whole year's competition, all by luck.

She had long heard how trivial the previous competitions were, and some of them were not even for individuals, but for the pets to compete.

The Ninth Princess thought that it was these competitions that gave Princess Ankang an opportunity to take advantage of. Otherwise, with her true ability, how could Princess Ankang win?

Among the princes and princesses present, the ones who were most dissatisfied with Princess Ankang were naturally the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess who joined the Imperial Garden competition later.

They all thought that the competitions they participated in were unfair. If they had to fight with real swords and guns, there would be no place for others.

Looking at the attitude of the Ninth Princess, Li Xuan just shook his head slightly.

"Naive!"

"Cute!"

Li Xuan commented on the Ninth Princess.

When the gap is wide enough, even if provoked, it is just funny.

Li Xuan is sure that no one in the lower third rank can beat Princess Ankang.

He, the destiny who has cultivated the yin and yang energy, said so!

Seeing that the Ninth Princess was interested in Princess Ankang, the Eighth Prince and others couldn't help but look at Princess Ankang.

As long as Princess Ankang felt embarrassed, the Eighth Prince and the Fifth Prince would naturally go up to deal with it. Anyway, the two of them also needed to perform in today's competition, and the Ninth Princess was indeed a very suitable opponent.

As a result, Princess Ankang was not annoyed at all when facing the Ninth Princess's aggressive pressure, and she smiled and agreed.

"Since the Ninth Princess invited me so kindly, Ankang will not refuse."

Seeing Princess Ankang agreed, the Ninth Princess couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Then, she saw Princess Ankang handed the black cat in her arms to her attendants to take care of, and then she walked up the steps and walked to the competition stage.

The Ninth Princess looked at Princess Ankang who walked across from her and couldn't help but praise:

"You are more straightforward than some losers."

In the audience, someone immediately said indignantly: "Hey, who are you talking about losers!"

The Fifth Prince hurriedly comforted the Eighth Prince on the side and persuaded him: "Oh, don't get excited. If there is something wrong, correct it, and if there is nothing wrong, encourage it."

The Eighth Prince immediately looked at him and felt that this was a bit strange.

But at this time, Princess Ankang and the Ninth Princess on the stage were ready to start the duel.

"Ankang, be careful!"

The Ninth Princess reminded, raised her palm and approached Princess Ankang with a graceful figure.

The distance between the two was shortened in an instant, and the Ninth Princess was already close to the dangerous distance, but Princess Ankang was still standing there motionless, as if she had not reacted.

From the moment Princess Ankang accepted the challenge, the Ninth Princess decided how to resolve the battle.

She wanted to learn from the Third Prince and knock Princess Ankang off the stage cleanly, so that everyone could see how fragile the real strength of this top scorer was.

The Ninth Princess pushed out with a palm, intending to push Princess Ankang directly off the stage.

At this time, the Ninth Princess found that Princess Ankang's eyes did not even have time to catch her figure, and she was still staring blankly at the direction where she had just stood.

"Too slow to react."

"This is the gap between warriors and ordinary people."

The Ninth Princess said in her heart, and she was sure of victory.

But just as the Ninth Princess's thought flashed through her mind, when she came to her senses, she found that Princess Ankang's eyes had been fixed on her at some point, but her eyes were full of confusion and curiosity, without any vigilance at all.

The next moment, the Ninth Princess's palm strike that was sure to win was actually missed.

Princess Ankang just moved to the side, and the Ninth Princess's attack brushed her sleeve and hit the empty space.

The Ninth Princess was so shocked that her eyes widened, unable to hide her shock.

Then, the voice of Princess Ankang rang in the Ninth Princess's ears:

"Royal sister, you are so polite."

"Actually, you don't have to let me do so much."

The two of them were now almost close to each other. Princess Ankang leaned forward slightly and got close to the Ninth Princess's ear.

There was not a trace of affectation in Princess Ankang's words, and they were extremely sincere.

But it was as harsh as it could be to the Ninth Princess's ears.

The Ninth Princess did not say much, bit her lip, and launched a rush attack.

In order to knock Princess Ankang off the arena in one fell swoop, she used a push, but did not hold back, and the speed of her attack was even brought to the limit, wanting Princess Ankang to recognize the gap between them.

But when Princess Ankang dodged the attack earlier, even the Ninth Princess could not figure out what was going on.

Those who are involved are confused, but those who are watching can see clearly.

However, many people in the audience saw some of the tricks.

The eldest prince and the fourth prince looked at each other silently, with a solemn expression.

Until now, they have never had a direct confrontation with Princess Ankang.

In the autumn hunting competition, where they had the best chance, the two also encountered Dabai, and finally had to let the fourth prince cover the eldest prince's evacuation.

The sixth princess had fought with Princess Ankang and Yu'er, but after hitting her head, she forgot a lot of details.

Among the princes and princesses, the third prince, who had the highest cultivation, reacted most excitedly. He stood up directly and looked at the stage in shock.

On the side, his mother asked curiously: "Zhan'er, is there anything unusual?"

The third prince was silent for a moment, watching the ninth princess on the stage hit a dense palm shadow and couldn't touch the corner of Princess Ankang's clothes.

"This Ankang doesn't look like she has never practiced martial arts." Concubine Zhao Shu said lightly on the side.

But if it was just hiding her strength, it would not be enough to surprise Concubine Zhao Shu.

In her opinion, this is too normal.

Especially recently, there have been many rumors that Emperor Yongyuan secretly cultivated Princess Ankang.

With the level of the four concubines, even if this is the truth, it is not enough to surprise them, and it is even more normal.

But the third prince's next answer made Concubine Zhao Shu's face change.

"Ankang really has no cultivation."

"Hmm?" Concubine Zhao Shu frowned slightly.

The third prince stood aside, frowning tightly, and continued:

"Although she has traces of martial arts, she has no blood and qi power at all, which is the so-called flower rack."

"But this flower rack, plus strong physical fitness..."

The third prince himself didn't know how to say it.

During the Cuju game, he suspected that Princess Ankang actually practiced martial arts.

But now it seems...

This speed and strength that can be achieved without the help of blood and qi, even the third prince himself can't do it.

But watching Princess Ankang easily dealing with the attack of the ninth princess on the stage, the third prince couldn't help but feel a little stuffy in his chest.

"Is she also a genius?"