Вдовствующая императрица Сяосюань

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Yu Jue raised a smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "Who else would dare to mess with Tai Sui? Of course it's him, what a childish trick."

The two looked at each other and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes.

Ru Feng didn't take the matter to heart. She was just angry that everyone had kept it from her. It was just a rumor, why bother hiding it and making it so mysterious and uncomfortable? Now that she knew, she wasn't as angry as she had imagined. Anyway, clearing up the rumor wouldn't be difficult, she was just too lazy to do it.

Of course, just because she doesn't care doesn't mean others don't care.

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The second day was the final day of the sports meet, which included Cuju (ancient Chinese football), archery, horse racing, and martial arts.

Because Lorraine Academy suffered a crushing defeat yesterday, they came today with a burning desire to avenge their humiliation. Their imposing manner was astonishing, and the students from the other six academies felt their hearts sink.

However, if we can't compete for first or second place, how about third place?

Just like yesterday, Ru Feng didn't participate in any competitions. She was just doing her job, such as when and who would compete, where the competition would be held, and where she could buy things.

Today was all about sports competitions, so Yun Tianze had nothing to do. He refused to rest and insisted on coming out with Ru Feng to join in the fun.

Ru Feng stared at Rong Yiying, who was very handsome but had a cool expression, and said to Yun Tianze beside him, "Tianze, look, doesn't Xiaoying look good today? I didn't expect him to be so enthusiastic about the competition. Sigh, I misjudged him. I originally thought he was the kind of person who didn't care about other people's business. I didn't expect him to be so diligent in bringing honor to the academy."

Yun Tianze looked at Rong Yiying with a calm expression and said, "What he wants to do is become a general, and these competitions can help him build his reputation and let more people see and know him, which will be beneficial to his future career."

Ru Feng was taken aback, not expecting Rong Yiying to be so patriotic. However, she turned her eyes to Yun Tianze and asked, "And what about you? You went to participate in the chess competition yesterday. Did you also want to become an official and lay the foundation for your future?"

Yun Tianze frowned slightly: "It was just a passing interest. When I was a child, no one played chess with me, so I played chess by myself. Over time, I became quite proficient in chess. This time, I just wanted to test my skills. I didn't expect to win first place."

Ru Feng rolled his eyes. It seems his childhood was quite lonely. But speaking of chess, he thought of Mu Wenchen, who also liked to play chess by himself.

"Ru Feng, what do you want to do in the future?" Yun Tianze suddenly asked.

Ru Feng paused, and after a while, still didn't answer.

What does she want to do? Of course, her grandfather wants her to become a famous general. Her father and mother probably want her to quickly return to dressing as a woman, then find someone to marry, have children, and live out her life like that.

But what about herself? Ru Feng rarely thought about this. At present, she just wanted to stay in the academy for three or four years, then get rid of her grandfather's expectations, and maybe eventually go out into the world, or go somewhere to play, see the mountains, play in the water, and that would be how she spent her life.

To be honest, since coming into this world, she has always felt that she has lived an extra life and is luckier than others, so she always wants to live as she pleases. However, she also feels that she still has some obligations to fulfill, so she has worked hard to learn everything here since she was a child, just to better fulfill her responsibilities now. As for what will happen after she has fulfilled her responsibilities? She really doesn't have any concrete ideas.

"Ru Feng, Ru Feng... what are you thinking about?" Yun Tianze looked at Ru Feng, who was deep in thought, with his brows furrowed in worry.

Ru Feng snapped out of her daze, looked at the stunningly beautiful face before her, and exclaimed, "Truly beautiful!"

Yun Tianze rolled his eyes at Ru Feng, ignoring everyone else's stares, and tapped Ru Feng on the head, saying, "You, when you don't want to answer a question, you like to change the subject. It's a bad habit!"

Ru Feng puffed out her cheeks, exhaled, and looked at him with dissatisfaction: "Aren't you all the same? Especially you and Brother Jue, you are the best of the best. Compared to you, I can only look up to you in the dust."

Yun Tianze smiled slightly and said, "Let's go watch the Cuju match instead. Yujue and Yuxuan are participating in this match."

Ru Feng's eyes lit up. He had almost forgotten that today's Cuju match was going to be very interesting because there were many people he knew in it, such as Yu Jue, Yu Xuan, Bai Shaojun, Rong Yiying, and Gao Yueqi. So it would be a shame not to cheer them on.

So the two of them walked together to the competition venue.

Cuju, or ancient Chinese football, is essentially the prototype of modern football, and the history of football in China can be traced back to the Yellow Emperor era. However, given the performance of the Chinese men's national football team, Ru Feng has little interest in football in modern times.

The Cuju (ancient Chinese football) mentioned here is generally an elegant activity for the sons of noble families, and the poor would never learn it. Although Ru Feng himself studied music, chess, calligraphy and painting at home for three years, he spent most of his time learning martial arts, so he knew nothing about Cuju.

However, she still brushed up on some basic knowledge, learning that inflatable soccer balls didn't exist yet, and that soccer fields were divided into those with goals and those without. In a soccer field without goals, each side fielded six players, and the team that crossed the opponent's goal line with the ball won. There was one referee on each field. In a soccer field with goals, modeled after the twelve months of the year, there were twelve goals, positioned at opposite ends of the field. Each goal had one goalkeeper, and both sides had an equal number of players. The match was officiated by a chief referee and an assistant chief referee.

The matches, which lasted several days, had goalposts, so there were many players on the field, and many people came to watch.

The ball was very heavy, so the game was more like a physical battle between the two sides. However, Ru Feng wasn't very interested in that, because she thought it wasn't as interesting as modern games. She was more interested in the people than the ball. Whenever the ball was in the hands of her own people, she would clap and cheer. When she scored, she would grab Yun Tianze's hand and shake it, which made Xiao Qing, who was watching from the side, very resentful.

Yun Tianze's expression remained indifferent, but a hint of a smile would flash across his face when he looked at Ru Feng's beaming face.

"Tianze, I didn't expect Yujue and the others to be so good at the game. And Bai Shaojun, although he always goes against me, there's no denying that he seems very good!" Rufeng watched Bai Shaojun nimbly weaving and bumping through the crowd, and thought about how his small body would fare if he were in there.

The match was intense, with bodies constantly colliding and the ball rolling underfoot. People's eyes were glued to the round sphere; some sighed, some cheered…

Ru Feng felt that the most capable people in the group were Yu Jue and Yu Xuan, because they cooperated very well and it seemed that they had worked together countless times. Bai Shaojun and Gao Yueqi were very brave, and most people would not dare to go head-to-head with them.

At first, Ru Feng watched with great interest, but after almost half an hour, she lost interest and started thinking about going to look at other things, such as martial arts.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Yun Tianze and saw that he was completely focused, so she decided to go by herself.

As Ru Feng slowly turned around, the ball in the field was suddenly pushed into the air with a "whoosh," and then a figure leaped up, kicked it horizontally, and with a gasp from the crowd, it flew straight out of the field and towards the audience.

Ru Feng had already sensed an attack, but there were too many people around. The second time was just as she was about to block it, a warm, fragrant body pounced on her!

Slowly, slowly, like in slow motion, as Ru Feng turned around abruptly, her body slid down, and a warm liquid splashed onto Ru Feng's moon-white clothes.

Seeing the red spots, Ru Feng panicked. She held Yun Tianze's limp body and cried out, "Quick, call a doctor!"

"Young Master!"

"Yun Tianze!"

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Panic erupted in the crowd, with onlookers cheering. Ru Feng, looking at Yun Tianze's deathly pale face, finally felt a sense of reality, and tears streamed down her face: "Tianze, are you alright?"

As he spoke, Ru Feng couldn't believe he was alright, because his face was deathly pale and there was some blood at the corner of his mouth.

Yun Tianze barely opened his eyes: "I'm fine."

Yu Jue and Rong Yiying rushed over, pushed aside the crying Xiao Qing, and checked on her for a while. Rong Yiying said, "It should be nothing serious. It's just that Yun Tianze's body is weaker than the average person, which is why he vomited blood."

"How could he be alright? He was spitting blood. Damn it, who kicked that ball?" Ru Feng suddenly thought of this question.