On stage and off, everyone was frozen into a still picture.

  The scene was broken by Cai Lin, who reached out to touch his left cheek, where the arrow had just grazed past, revealing a faint red blood stain.

  Everyone was stunned.

  Shen Miao surprisingly really dared to shoot, not stopping the arrow halfway, nor intentionally shooting far off. She was neither too close nor too far from Cao Guozi, but instead grazed Cai Lin's cheek as she passed by.

  Cai Lin shouted loudly: "Shen Miao, what are you doing!" Before the words had fallen, a second arrow came with a strong gust of wind, brushing past his right cheek, and Cai Lin suddenly felt a burning pain on his right cheek. He stretched out his hand to touch it, and was shocked to find a streak of blood.

  He was almost driven mad. Staring incredulously at Shen Miao, Cai Da also wanted to stop him, but Yu Qin Wang was still sitting in front of him, and he didn't dare move.

  Wan Yun suddenly stood up: "Has Fifth Sister gone mad? How dare she really hurt Young Master Cai?"

  "Your family's Fifth Miss is really formidable," Madam Yi said with feigned surprise. "Ordinary girls wouldn't have the guts to do that. Now that she's injured Young Master Cai, won't your two lords have a few more colleagues who aren't on good terms with them in court?"

  This remark, however, struck a chord in the hearts of Ren Yuanyun and Chen Ruoqiu. They had previously thought that Shen Miao would only make a fool of herself, but who knew that not only did Shen Miao not make a fool of herself, she even injured Cai Lin. If the Cai family were to blame the Shen family for this, and the Cai family took the path of literary officials, offending the Cai family would be disastrous for Shen Gui and Shen Wan's future prospects. As soon as Ren Yuanyun thought of this, she became anxious and wanted to immediately force Shen Miao to apologize to the Cai family. Just as she was about to loudly shout and stop Shen Miao's behavior, Chen Ruoqiu grasped her hand and held it down.

  "Sister, what are you doing?" Ren Yuanyun said displeased: "Can't just watch Fifth Sister get into trouble? When Master asks about it later, who can take responsibility for this?"

  Chen Ruoqiu was about to admire this second aunt. She came from a more noble background than Ren Yuanyun and claimed to be a family of scholars. She naturally looked down on Ren Yuanyun's idea that it was difficult for her to enter the elegant hall. She said, "Second Aunt is right, but just now I also heard that even Prince Yong has spoken out, otherwise do you think why Old Master Cai hasn't spoken up until now and just watched his son get hurt? Second Aunt can speak, but who's in charge here? It's better to wait and see what happens. If asked, just say it was a childish prank."

  "Isn't it hard to achieve just by looking at it?" Ruan Yun knew that Chen Ruqiu was right, but she couldn't help worrying: "What if Fifth Sister doesn't know her limits and causes big trouble? Life and death are one thing, but the rumors in the capital are another matter."

  "What's the fear, didn't you see how Five Sister acted just now?" Chen Ruoqiu smiled and said: "She obviously knows how to use a bow, but she deliberately gave face to the young master of the Cai family. This is intentional revenge. However, she should also know that there are limits to this, otherwise it won't be as simple as just scratching her cheek." Chen Ruoqiu sighed: "In any case, someone has been offended, since that's the case, let things take their course. If Five Sister really uses her strength, I'm afraid she'll have to bear a reputation for being ruthless and poisonous in the future."

  They were young and didn't understand official matters, so they only heard the last sentence. Shen Yue looked at Shen Miao on stage with her long dress and wide sleeves, who was calm and composed today, showing off in a way that was really annoying. She thought to herself, if Shen Miao had really killed Cai Lin, it would be great, then Shen Miao would have a life on her back, such a ruthless person, who would dare to marry her, who would dare to get close?

  Now such a wound is just serious but not deadly poisonous.

  The more she thought about it, the more a sparkling glint flashed in Shen Yue's eyes. Cai Lin's safety, who had been worrying for her sake and making things difficult for Shen Miao, had long been thrown to the back of her mind, and she even hoped that Cai Lin would use his own life to complete Shen Miao's evil reputation.

  Although the people below were discussing it, they didn't dare to speak out because of the face of Yu's relative, King. Even Cai's couple was anxious at this moment and could only watch their son become a target on stage.

  "Shen Miao, what do you want to do?" With two arrows grazing her cheek, her entire face was burning with pain. Cai Lin felt not only anger but also a thread of fear towards Shen Miao. He suddenly realized that Shen Miao didn't have anything she dared not do; she was clearly a madwoman who dared to do everything!

  The sound of Shen Miao's voice was a bit muffled, and it couldn't reach the audience below, but it could reach Cai Lin's ears. Her voice was light and airy, as if it had come from across the clouds, making people dare not look up.

  She said: "Teach you a lesson."

  "Then there's one more thing!" Shen Miao suddenly raised her voice.

  Everyone in the arena stared tightly at the arrow. Cai Lin's legs were about to go soft, and he pinched himself hard to prevent himself from going limp. Because he saw that Shen Miao's arrow was aimed at his head.

  He was terrified, a fear that the Shen family would stop at nothing. This fear came rushing in, grasping his full attention at this moment. He wanted to escape from this testing platform, but Shen Miao's arrow was aimed at him, as if he could chase him even to the ends of the earth.

  "Miss Shen is being too stubborn." The adults in the male seating area admired Shen Miao's composure, but they also regretted her current behavior. It was known that a woman being too strong-willed wasn't a good thing, and now she was biting onto Cai Lin without letting go, simply to retaliate against Cai Lin's earlier provocation. But Cai Lin hadn't caused her any harm, yet Shen Miao had scratched Cai Lin's face, although boys weren't as delicate as girls, having scars wasn't a big deal... but on the face... it just didn't look good.

  "This is more like General Shen's daughter!" Some people also praised Shen Miao: "If she only knew how to be bullied and not fight back, General Shen would know about it and get so angry that he'd turn over his horse."

  "But look now, she's aiming the arrow at Cai Lin's head, this is going to take Cai Lin's life, it's too cruel."

  Cai Lin's legs were trembling as she stared at the purple-clothed girl in the distance, as if looking at a malevolent spirit. The girl's face was gentle and beautiful, her eyes clear and even innocent. But that hand, that action, didn't show any hesitation at all.

  "The third branch."

  As soon as his hand relaxed, the arrow shot out in an instant, and the fierce killing intent rushed towards Cai Lin's forehead, scaring him so much that he fell to his knees with a "thud" and let out a miserable cry: "Save me!"

  "Lin Er!" Madam Cai and Mr. Cai exclaimed in unison.

  Everyone in the audience stood up and stretched their necks to see what was happening on stage.

  Cai Lin fell to the ground, and the round fruit on the ground was pierced by a black arrow, with a clear hole through it.