Ye Lily stared at him motionlessly.
She had reminded Xiao Jack and was naturally prepared for him to come on stage.
But she didn't expect it to be in this situation. She felt somewhat amused and helpless in her heart.
It seemed as if Xiao Jack came out specifically to help her, but that wasn't the case.
Xiao Chang Wu also didn't expect Xiao Jack to suddenly rush out.
Today, he originally just wanted to please the Cai family.
Thinking that since Ye Lily had offended the Cai family, as long as he made Ye Lily look bad and taught Ye Lily a lesson for the Cai family, the Cai family would naturally have a good impression of him.
Although Ye Lily did seem to be good at foot archery, there was a big difference in strength between men and women.
Besides, the reason why Cai Lin failed was that he was轻敌 before.
But Xiao Chang Wu wasn't a person who was轻敌.
If possible, he would even do some subtle tricks on the arrow.
Anyway, Ye Lily wasn't someone who practiced martial arts often and surely wouldn't notice.
He had such a good plan but never expected his elder brother to come out halfway.
Not only were the two Xiao brothers stunned, but the others below the stage were also shocked.
If Lord Lin An were here today, he would probably be stunned on the spot.
Every year's examination, Xiao Jack never participated.
But even so, everyone knew that he was good at both literature and martial arts, especially martial arts.
Although he didn't compete, he had followed the army several times and his performance was impressive.
If he was too outstanding, it would inevitably cause the royal family to be wary.
Xiao Jack's reputation on the battlefield was even no less than that of many veteran generals.
But he didn't participate in the annual examination not to dispel the royal family's wariness.
It was purely because he was informal and seemed to have a few rebellious bones, or he deliberately went against his father.
In short, he looked down on showing off in the examination.
Because he didn't participate, everyone had to turn their attention to the two concubines' sons of Lin An Marquis Mansion.
Xiao Chang Wu and Xiao Chang Chao also worked hard and could always get a few First Grades every year's examination.
But this year, when the most carefree young lord of the Xiao family competed with the two outstanding concubines' sons, who would win?
Although Xiao Jack's reputation was known, people were always more accustomed to accepting what they saw in front of them.
Xiao Jack had never shown his talent in Ding Jing City.
Women could only know the brilliance of this young man from a few words of their husbands.
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But hearing was false, and they still had some doubts after all.
Those young men, although they envied Xiao Jack's freedom and unrestrainedness, were a little jealous at the same time.
Now seeing that perhaps they could dampen Xiao Jack's spirit, they were all a little happy.
Besides, the two Xiao brothers were good at getting along with people.
There were many people who were friendly with them on weekdays. The young men all favored Xiao Chang Wu and Xiao Chang Chao.
But the girls blushed in front of Xiao Jack's handsome appearance.
Seeing his extraordinary demeanor, there was a kind of bravery that was completely different from the soft and weak temperament of the dandies in Ding Jing City.
It was like ice with blood, but he always smiled wickedly, which made him even more charming.
Therefore, the girls wholeheartedly favored Xiao Jack.
Ye Lily took in the expressions of everyone on the field.
Probably these people all thought that Xiao Jack came up to challenge his two younger brothers just on a whim, because of his temper as a noble young master.
But... Ye Lily smiled slightly.
Xiao Jack wasn't an easy person to deal with.
Since he had already stepped onto the stage of the examination, there was no way he would let his two concubines' younger brothers retreat unscathed.
The difference between Xiao Jack and her was that although she seemed to act arrogantly on the surface, she still had a method and knew that she had to proceed gradually to achieve her goal.
But Xiao Jack, probably relying on Lin An Marquis Mansion behind him, had nothing to fear.
But was there only Lin An Marquis Mansion behind him?
While she was thinking, it was Xiao Chang Wu below the stage who spoke, "Big brother, this... probably isn't good."
"What's not good?" Xiao Jack looked at Ye Lily and then at Xiao Chang Wu.
Suddenly, he smiled and said, "Or do you think that Ye Lily is more challenging than me?"
There was a burst of laughter below.
Xiao Jack continued to look at Ye Lily挑剔ly: "No internal force, no martial arts skills.
But you picked her for foot archery. You are also a martial arts practitioner. Picking a powerless woman to compete, even I can't understand, brother."
Suddenly, he raised his lips and smiled.
His voice was low and magnetic: "But this little girl is good-looking. If you picked her based on her appearance, it's well-deserved."
This time, those young men who were holding back their smiles laughed.
Some even threw ambiguous glances at Ye Lily.
Indeed, now that Ye Lily had shed that stupid image, her entire face seemed to be shining.
She was originally not bad-looking. With a cute and charming appearance but extremely calm, this contrast was hard to look away from.
But her previous image was too stubborn. People couldn't change their impression for a while.
But Xiao Jack's words seemed to pierce through that layer of paper.
The young men didn't hesitate to agree that Ye Lily was a very special little beauty.
But the girls weren't happy.
Xiao Jack's words were clearly praising Ye Lily's appearance.
Ye Amy and Ye Cindy both changed their expressions.
Although they both admired Xu Hao now, there were so many handsome men in the world.
It wasn't just Xu Hao.
Such a young man as Xiao Jack was unique in Ding Jing City and even the entire Ming Qi.
Such a young man praising that idiot made Ye Amy and Ye Cindy, who were very proud of themselves, extremely jealous.
Yi Pei Lan frowned and muttered, "Is Young Lord Xiao blind? How could he think Ye Lily is good-looking?"
"Must be that Ye Lily bewitched him with some method." Bai Wei bit her lip and stared at the young man on the stage: "Ye Lily is really shameless. She used to pester the Crown Prince desperately. Now she's coming for Young Lord Xiao again."
Ye Lily didn't know about their discussions.
But even if she knew, she would just laugh it off.
Because she knew that the purpose of Xiao Jack's words was neither to tease her nor to help her out but to force the two Xiao brothers onto the stage in a way they couldn't refuse.
To be fair, the two Xiao brothers naturally didn't want to confront Xiao Jack.
Let alone the outcome of the victory or defeat, but Xiao Ding always loved his legitimate son.
If the concubines' sons challenged the legitimate son on the examination stage, what would Xiao Ding think?
He would only think that the brothers were not harmonious.
And the biased Xiao Ding would surely be dissatisfied with the two of them.
Therefore, Xiao Chang Wu and Xiao Chang Chao would definitely try to refuse.
But Xiao Jack was also a smart person. He didn't force them but directly provoked them.
Yes, Xiao Chang Wu didn't want to challenge Xiao Jack but wanted to challenge a powerless Ye Lily.
It was too strange. His selfishness was almost clearly shown in front of everyone.
In order to dispel this idea of everyone and prove that he wasn't trying to curry favor with the Cai family, Xiao Chang Wu had to come on stage himself and compete with Xiao Jack.
This was a helpless move. But after he agreed, his plan to use Ye Lily to curry favor with the Cai family also failed.
That was, he lost.
He gritted his teeth and stood up: "Since big brother has spoken, how could I disobey?"
Xiao Jack wouldn't give him a chance to complain.
On the battlefield, if he wanted someone to lose, they would definitely lose mercilessly.
"One person isn't enough," he raised an eyebrow: "Third brother, come together."