3354 Miraculous Skill

Closing his eyes, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow. His movements were fluid and seamless, without the slightest hesitation. It was as if Madam Luo wasn't far away at the courtyard entrance, but merely standing right in front of him.

Mo Lian's fingertip moved, and the arrow, like a streak of light, shot towards Madam Luo's direction at the courtyard entrance.

As everyone looked, they saw him holding the bow with one hand, his robes gently fluttering, his black hair cascading like a waterfall, and his features as exquisitely drawn as a painting.

What a handsome and graceful man, standing tall like a slender bamboo.

Mu Rouxian, who had just emerged from the flower arch, was utterly mesmerized. She stood there, her eyes full of affection, staring blankly, unable to move for a long time.

Madam Qiu, who had come with her daughter, immediately noticed her daughter's entranced expression. She instantly became furious and slapped her daughter's hand hard.

"Mother, what are you doing?" Mu Rouxian snapped back to reality, glancing at her mother with dissatisfaction.

Madam Qiu's face darkened with displeasure. "Mother remembers telling you before. Don't think about things you shouldn't."

Mu Rouxian angrily shook off her mother's hand and walked forward resentfully, muttering defiantly, "What do you mean 'shouldn't think'?"

She hadn't even tried, so how could she know if she could think about it or not?

Madam Qiu's eyes immediately widened. With a look of exasperated disappointment, she caught up to Mu Rouxian in a few steps and grabbed her arm.

"Mother has decades of life experience; would I harm you?" Madam Qiu slapped her arm hard, her expression severe. "Do you understand?"

Mu Rouxian furiously threw off Madam Qiu's hand, stomping her foot. "Mother, where are you getting these ideas from?"

"I wasn't thinking anything improper," Mu Rouxian said, shaking her arm in discontent, her eyes red and feeling quite wronged. "Forget it, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

Madam Qiu looked at her daughter doubtfully. "If that's the case, then all the better. Mother is just reminding you."

Reminding, reminding, reminding! Mu Rouxian forcefully suppressed the anger on her face, her fingers slightly contracting, clenching her fists tightly.

She didn't need her mother to remind her of anything; she had been perfectly clear from beginning to end.

If she didn't try, how would she know that she couldn't do it?

At this moment, at the target stand at the end of the courtyard, many servants had already cheered. "His Highness hit it!"

"Crown Prince hit it!"

The Crown Prince, with a raised hand, shot an arrow without the slightest pause or hesitation, instantly hitting the target. Everyone saw it clearly and distinctly.

Someone was even excitedly running over, holding that small, green apple, saying with a laugh, "It hit!"

Prince Jialu looked at the apple in the servant's hand with a grim expression, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

That arrow, seemingly just a very ordinary arrowhead, had indeed pierced through the butterfly's wing, pinning the poor little butterfly to the apple.

Qiao Mu pursed her small lips, pulled the arrow from the apple, dabbed a little medicinal powder, and gently poked the small butterfly with her finger.

Then, the butterfly suddenly moved, flapped its wings, and immediately jumped from her palm, flying away dazedly.

"Wow! It's still alive!"

"The butterfly is still alive!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim. This meant that the arrow His Highness shot earlier hadn't killed the butterfly at all; at most, it had just stunned the little butterfly...

Truly a miraculous and exceptionally skillful feat!