What a sin! The most handsome lazy man in the village married a crazy woman.

Chapter 288: Entering the Strong, 1 on 1 Fighting

Seeing that Emperor Yuanwu really wanted to reward her, Ye Tang boldly mentioned that she wanted Emperor Yuanwu to amend the law on forced marriage.

"Marriage between men and women should not be forced. Those who cannot get married or find a wife at an appropriate age are either disabled, ugly or stupid, or have a hidden illness, or are people of extremely bad character. Any normal person will find the right person at the right age and marry in style."

"People are more valuable in their quality than in their number. Forcing bad people together will only harm themselves and others. Some people will even use this law to force a good girl to marry a bad person, or a good boy to marry a bad girl. Your Majesty, there are countless men and women who have suffered because of this law. I hope Your Majesty will show mercy and amend this law."

Emperor Yuanwu listened to Ye Tang's bold remarks, but he was not angry. He just asked: "I heard that you and Jingxuan got together because of this law."

Ye Tang nodded: "Yes, although we love each other now, but at the beginning, we had no choice but to choose each other casually. We didn't like each other."

Emperor Yuanwu fell silent.

He had thought about this law of forced marriage for a long time before deciding on it. At that time, the Yuan Dynasty had just been established and due to the war, the population was extremely small and there was an urgent need to expand the population, so he made such a law.

Many laws of the Yuan Dynasty were designed to take women into consideration, but many were also very cruel to women.

"I will consider your opinion carefully. I cannot give you an answer right now."

Amending the law is a matter of great importance and requires caution.

Ye Tang smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Regardless of success or failure.

"Besides this, do you have anything else you want to say?" Emperor Yuanwu asked again.

Ye Tang thought about it and felt that since he had already started talking, he might as well talk about female students as well.

"I hope that women can study like men. Even if they are not studying for the purpose of passing the imperial examinations, they can still have the opportunity to study. Women can actually hold up half the sky..."

The martial arts examination includes archery on horseback, archery on foot, horizontal archery, carbine, weight-bearing, wrestling, etc. Only after passing the first round can one proceed to the next round, and the final round is a ring competition between the top ten.

The first competition at the beginning of the martial arts test was horse archery. The horses and arrows used in the test were all provided by the government, the same breed of horses and the same quality of arrows.

Xiao Jingxuan arrived at the competition venue a quarter of an hour before the competition began. At this time, all the candidates were already in place. There were audience seats around the racecourse, and the people sitting in the seats were either rich or noble.

Shangguan Zhenhua is the chief examiner.

Seeing Jamel Xiao lazily walking into the racecourse, Shangguan Zhenhua frowned.

"This kid looks so careless and sleepy again. Don't let him fall off the horse and get trampled into a pulp."

The Minister of War at the side couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said: "King Pingshan is still very powerful."

Shangguan Zhenhua laughed: "The strength of sleeping."

In the audience, Ye Tang was dressed in a low-key manner, sitting in a row with Tan Yun, Ye Ping'an, Gensheng, Su Yinghuai and others. He heard people around him talking about Xiao Jingxuan.

"King Pingshan is so handsome, but unfortunately he is too thin, and his bones seem to be soft."

"Can he ride a horse?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen one. There should be horses in the countryside, right?"

"Of course there are, but the Marcos in the countryside can't compare to those in the capital."

"No matter whether he can ride a horse or not, I won't give him the first place in this competition."

"There are so many eyes watching! If he wants to take first place, he must have real strength. This is an exam, and others will not let him go just because he is a prince."

"If we give in to him, why bother taking the exam? Just give him the title of Wu Zhuangyuan directly."

Tan Yun heard the voices around him and said unhappily, "Princess, how dare these people look down on the prince."

Ye Tang calmly ate melon seeds and said, "Don't mind it. My prince is known to the world for his laziness. It's normal for others to look down on him. I'll wait for him to slap everyone in the face with his strength."

Amidst a chorus of discussions, the first round of examinations began. About fifty examinees rushed out on horseback, shooting arrows as they rode. The scene was indescribably spectacular.

One round of exams followed another, and Jamel Xiao's number was the third from the bottom. He was the last one to take the exam, and it was his turn when it was almost dark.

When he rode on the horse, he couldn't open his eyelids and his even breathing could even be heard by the candidates next to him.

The man's expression was particularly angry: "Princess Pingshan, please sober up. This is an exam. You are being disrespectful to the exam by acting like this."

Jamel Xiao woke up instantly and scratched his head embarrassedly: “Oh, okay, okay, I’ll cheer up.”

Following the invigilator's order, all the candidates tightened their grip on their horses and prepared to rush out, but a figure flashed past them at a speed so fast that it was dizzying.

"Is that... King Pingshan?"

Xiao Jingxuan took the lead, as fast as lightning. He found the first target and shot an arrow without even looking at it.

Hit the bullseye.

Then arrow after arrow.

Every arrow hits the bull's eye!

While other candidates had only shot one arrow, he had already run the entire course.

Everyone outside the field suddenly became as quiet as a chicken, with only the sound of horse hooves echoing inside the field.

I don’t know how long it took, but all the candidates finished the exam.

The people outside the venue exclaimed in surprise.

"Wow! So awesome! King Pingshan is so mighty!"

"Pingshan Wang's horse archery skills are the best in the world!"

Someone slapped himself in the face: "I am blind and stupid! I actually thought that the son of the God of War was trash!"

"If King Pingshan is a waste, then my son is a waste among wastes, even worse than an ant."

The voices in the audience changed. Those who once looked down on Jamel Xiao were all slapped in the face at this moment.

Ye Tang felt relaxed all over. He gave Xiao Jingxuan a thumbs up and blew him a kiss.

Xiao Jingxuan acted shy and blew her a kiss in return.

Ye Pingan, Shangguan Zhenhua and his group: "......"

Can you please take it easy? There are so many people here. This couple is really enough!

The horse archery competition lasted for two days, and Xiao Jingxuan won the first place. A total of 500 people entered the next competition.

After two days of rest, the second round of shooting began.

Xiao Jingxuan shot the target from a hundred paces away at the very beginning, causing cheers from the whole audience, and he won the first place in the shooting competition without any suspense.

Then there was flat shooting, carbine, weight bearing, wrestling...

During the wrestling exam, Jamel Xiao unfortunately drew a super big man weighing more than 200 pounds.

Everyone thought Jamel Xiao would stop here, after all, he was too thin.

Standing in front of that fat man, I looked like a weak chicken.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the competition, Xiao Jingxuan threw the big man out of the field with an over-the-shoulder throw.

Everyone at the scene was stunned. Even Ye Tang was excited. He stood up and clapped: "Your Majesty is great! Your Majesty is extremely powerful!"

Xiao Jingxuan received praise from his beloved concubine and was as proud as a peacock.

The top ten candidates are Xiao Jingxuan, Zhong Wenbin, Su Minglang, Mo Cong, Zhao Jinwei, Liu Yuchang, Zheng Huanxin, Xiang Changhai, Luo Chengyi, and Guan Xiaoniu.

Except for Guan Xiaoniu who was born in a farming family, the rest were chosen ones from prominent families. Most of them were from the capital, and a small number were from other prefectures.

Three days later, the top ten will have a one-on-one competition.