After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 177: Dominating the Field

Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Dominating the Field

On the vast and spacious grassland, several people rode horses and whipped, vying to chase each other, with intense fighting spirit in their eyes.

But when they saw that red figure at the forefront that they couldn’t catch up with, they could only grit their teeth.

It’s one thing with other brothers, but if even a dignified Prince can’t outperform a Princess, he’d be utterly embarrassed in front of the Emperor, guards, and palace maids.

Thus, with a swift exchange of glances, they temporarily ceased their rivalry and turned to a common goal: first to kick the Guardian Princess out of the competition!

Just then, it was the guards dressed as the enemy’s turn to step in and obstruct, with spears thrust towards the Princes and Princesses high on horseback.

As long as one was knocked off their horse, they would be considered out of the game.

Jiang Lingxi was riding the fastest, naturally bearing the brunt, and had to slow down to brandish her lance and confront the enemy.

Several Princes behind her finally managed to catch up. Although they appeared to be confronting the enemy, they subtly guided the enemies towards Jiang Lingxi, increasing the pressure on her.

In an instant, around the crimson horse, the densely packed enemies in black armor all pointed their spears at the horseback riders.

The dangerous and tense atmosphere intensified, and both those inside and outside the venue couldn’t help but sweat with anxiety.

At this moment, Jiang Lingxi swept her lance horizontally and uttered the first words on the scene, also her first line: "Forgive me!"

The people who heard this didn’t immediately understand what it meant, and a split second later, they felt a huge shock in their chests.

The lance was extremely elastic, and as it swept around, the enemies who had surrounded her couldn’t help but clutched their chests, retreating several steps to stabilize themselves.

Before they could attempt another block, the red figure had already reined in her weapon and nudged her horse, causing the previously restrained crimson horse to rear and charge out of the encirclement with its master.

Realizing they couldn’t catch up, the recovered crowd quickly redirected their attention to the remaining Princes who hadn’t managed to leave yet.

They snapped out of their daze, hurriedly responding while gritting their teeth, watching as that figure had already reached the next obstacle.

Several soldiers pushing archery targets with shields in hand were running chaotically. The challengers had to shoot arrows on horseback, hitting those swiftly moving targets, and hitting a shield would count as a miss.

Jiang Lingxi sat on the horse, her hands off the reins, and without the rider’s control, the crimson horse continued galloping forward.

Jiang Lingxi took down the longbow from her back, nocked an arrow, easily pulling it to a stunning arc, then released it without a hint of hesitation.

As the sound of the arrow breaking through the air resounded, the soldiers diligently pushing the targets hadn’t reacted yet. It wasn’t until the arrow flew straight into the center of the target did they, with cold sweat breaking on their foreheads, push the target off the field in astonishment.

Once the target was hit, it meant they were ’dead’!

The key was they had never thought the arrow would hit the target, thinking it would be added in post-production!

Fortunately, they were comforted by the fact that the hit target in front of them wasn’t the last one.

Each person had three arrows, and after this, two more targets were hit dead center. The soldiers responsible for moving the targets forced themselves to maintain a neutral expression as they left.

When Jiang Lingxi emptied the quiver, stowed the bow, and galloped ahead, the actors playing the Princes finally broke through the encirclement to shoot their arrows.

However, the arrows hadn’t even hit the moving targets and fell softly onto the grass not far away.

Wei Xiao couldn’t help but click his tongue upon seeing the view from the camera, then picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Alright, cut!"

Jiang Lingxi halted the galloping crimson horse, agilely dismounted, and walked towards Wei Xiao, who was beckoning to her.

"Come, come, sit down and rest." When she arrived, Wei Xiao first offered her a seat and handed over a bottle of an energy drink, his eyes smiling into a crescent, "You did well just now!"

In other words, during that daring display of lance swings and archery, if he hadn’t remembered they were filming, he would’ve stood up and shouted "Bravo!"

Looking at those actors playing the Princes who were now shakily dismounting and staggeringly approaching, he couldn’t help but sigh.

He knew these actors were also good, or he wouldn’t have chosen them initially.

But comparisons could be troublesome.

Jiang Lingxi’s remarkable performance had unknowingly raised his standards for the other actors.

No, he had to adjust his mindset!

He couldn’t expect all actors to perform as outstandingly as Jiang Lingxi.

Thus, when the other actors were summoned over, they were greeted with the director’s seemingly kind smile, "You’re tired, right? Sit down and rest, help yourselves to drinks."

Previously, they’d only heard of the renowned Director Wei’s transformation into a tyrant on set, never sparing anyone’s face. Now, faced with this warmth: "..."

Finally, nervously yet cautiously, they took their drinks and sat opposite Jiang Lingxi.

Compared to before shooting, when they now looked at the quietly drinking figure, they inadvertently felt a newfound respect.

In terms of their standings in the industry, they all outranked Jiang Lingxi. At a minimum, they’re second-tier actors.

They naturally couldn’t understand why Director Wei cast an obscure young actress for the lead role.

What changed their attitude was during the script reading session.

Daring to question the director’s painstakingly crafted script, she succeeded, leading to the current script incorporating nearly all the parts Jiang Lingxi questioned. ’Nearly,’ because so many parts had changed that they couldn’t remember them all accurately.

In fact, the newly issued script even added Jiang Lingxi’s name in the section for the writer.

Later, they trained together, though the training projects differed for male and female actors, except for Jiang Lingxi and Wei Minmin.

The overlapping training was in martial arts, application of cold weapons, certain sword and sword skills, etc. At that time, they only saw Jiang Lingxi learning these very quickly. She easily grasped what the martial arts instructor demonstrated once, thanks to the relative simplicity of the moves, attributing it to her good memory and flexible movement technique.

It was until they recently performed this Royal competition that they realized.

It might be hard to tell from the sidelines, but they truly weren’t acting when they seemed inferior to Jiang Lingxi; they genuinely couldn’t compete.

Especially during the archery, when they had little energy left, realizing the strength and precision Jiang Lingxi needed to hit a moving target while moving herself.

How could they possibly compete? Towards the end, there was no need to act; their genuine despair and defeat shone entirely from heart to face.