123. Bet
Fang Peiyi was next to Li Fei and laughed affectionately in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
Princess Shouchun heard that Fang Peiyi was talking to Li Fei in a deliberately lowered voice, so she took two steps back and chatted with a female relative in King Ning's mansion.
Seventh cousin?
Fang Peiyi's tone was familiar, her expression was natural, and she didn't deliberately behave, so the seventh cousin said it.
Li Fei was really at a loss for a moment, and then he understood that this seventh cousin was Zhao Yanheng.
Although the queen has no children, the queen is the mother of all the princes, and the queen is more noble than all the prince's biological mothers in terms of etiquette, so the later generation of the queen's mother's Fang clan has a unique confidence when they pick up the cousin relationship. Fang Peiyi is seventeen years old, and today is Zhao Yanheng's eighteenth birthday, these two cousins are the cousins with the closest age among the relatives, only one year apart, but King Jing is twenty-three years old this year. So in the past, Fang Peiyi and Zhao Yanheng had some intersections, and it was fair to say that they had a lot of friendship, but now in order to express their closeness to Li Fei, Fang Peiyi deliberately used the old name.
"I wanted to post to invite you, but I haven't posted yet, and you have been invited by Shouchun. Fang Peiyi had the heart to get close to Li Fei, speaking more and more coquettishly, her face turned a little, and seeing Zhu Miaohua, who had just gone out to change clothes for a long time, and Fan Zhijiu, the concubine of the second room of the Marquis of Changxin's mansion, came over together, Fang Peiyi said a little apologetically: "As a result, your sisters came separately, but it caused problems for the house." β
The sisters of the family share honor and disgrace, and they should go in and out together, but with the princess on one side and the princess on the other, it is not easy to push the good intentions of both sides of the duke's palace.
Li Fei followed Fang Peiyi's gaze and Zhu Miaohua who was walking towards him and glanced at it from a distance, and the other party Peiyi smiled: "The marriage between Miaohua and the Hou Shizi of Changxing has not yet crossed the clear road, and Princess Shouchun didn't know it, so she didn't think of the princess's thoughtfulness to me." β
A few steps away, Zhu Miaohua and Fan Zhijiu had already approached, and Fang Peiyi chattered: "Why have you been there for so long, Princess Shouchun has also arrived, if you don't show up again, I will send my mother-in-law to find you." β
Fan Zhijiu ignored Li Fei, but the mood on her face did not come out, she covered her mouth and looked at Zhu Miaohua with a smile, and asked her to explain that Zhu Miaohua, like Li Fei who arrived late, was pulled away by Fan Shen to be alone, but at this moment, Zhu Miaohua did not have the slightest ripple of affection, opened her eyes and said casually: "Zhijiu and I are admiring the flowers in front, the flowers are full of flowers, and I watched it for a while...... Sister, did you just arrive?"
A talented word, clearly accentuated the tone, just now when she was alone with Fan Shen, she walked around, looked through the branches and bushes, and saw two figures, one red and one purple, in the center of the pool, although she didn't see the appearance of the two clearly, Li Fei was wearing light purple clothes, and Zhao Yanheng was the main one today, and the possibility of wearing red was very high.
Li Fei was plausible: "The princess has something to do, and she is indeed late." β
Fang Peiyi looked around, the clan of this dynasty is divided into towns, the older generation only King Ning is in Beijing in front of the Zongren order, invited King Ning's two daughters-in-law, the younger generation is a few princes, Princess Wu and Princess Jing are in the fiefdom this time did not go to Beijing, in the invitation to marry the royal family of several female dependents, less than twenty people, Fang Peiyi saw that the people had arrived, and Princess Shouchun in parallel, a line of beautiful women and girls through the hall and alleys, to a very spacious hall, Wu Wang Xinna's Wang Concubine and Jing Wang Xinna's Pan Concubine were already waiting here, the two groups of people were not formal, let each other sit down, Pan Concubine and the maid at hand said: "If you go back to your grandfather, say that our side is in order. β
Princess Shouchun was the first to take a piece of foie gras with chopsticks and said: "What is the third brother doing so busy, we just came slowly, what can we do if we delay for a while." β
Concubine Pan said with a smile: "Master's mind has now flown to the polo field, and I can't wait for it to come now." β
When this kind of banquet is entered, when it is suitable to eat, when it is fun, and when it is appropriate to retire are all set at the right time, and it is set early, and the polo is not played from time to time.
Concubine Wang opened her mouth and said softly: "Why is the third master so eager, a polo, the third master has not seen it." β
Concubine Pan covered half of her mouth and smiled a little proudly, just now they each served their own prince and came over, what happened King Jing sued her, King Wu did not sue his side concubine, the two sides can be compared, she is favored, and the prince said everything to her.
Concubine Wang may have understood Concubine Pan's face, or maybe she didn't understand it, anyway, Concubine Wang was like a gourd with a mouth, and she didn't speak again, eating and drinking slowly.
Princess Jing roughly knew the reason, and deliberately paid attention to Li Fei's expression, and seeing that Li Fei's expression was as usual, she said softly to Concubine Pan: "There is a wave of people outside who are messing around, and the third brother is really there, and he also coaxed." β
Princess Shouchun looked dissatisfied, put down her chopsticks and said, "What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing, tell me clearly." β
The only adult princess in today, who is more favored than her sons, Princess Shouchun has such confidence to speak, and others are also curious, looking at Fang Peiyi and Concubine Pan.
"There's still half of the girl's house here. Concubine Pan looked at the two tables of people, and said a little twisted: "This morning I opened a handicap in the auspicious gambling house, and I bet on the outcome of today's polo......
Princess Shouchun's face became ugly, and Concubine Pan sighed: "My grandfather is a fun-loving person!"
"Bastard!" Princess Shouchun slapped her palm on the table and said angrily: "Tianhuang nobles, and those people are allowed to sit in the game, what kind of gambling house is that? β
Wearing a fine silk wooden fan on one side, King Wu and King Jing walked in front, listening to half of Concubine Pan's words and all the words of Princess Shouchun, King Jing said disapprerovitically: "Why should the third sister be so serious, everything in this world can be gambled, you have seized the auspicious gambling house, they can't gamble? β
King Jing came in next, his figure couldn't be seen really, and his voice was warm and peaceful: "The third sister doesn't have to be angry with our brother, I have already talked to the seventh brother, it's just a polo win or loss, people outside love to have a good time, they can't see it, they just add fun to themselves, it's nothing." β
Li Fei vaguely saw more than ten mermaids penetrating inside, Zhao Yanheng was not among them, King Wu opened his mouth and said: "Let's eat first, Lao Qi will have to arrive for a while!"
There were two banquets, one of their clan relatives here, and the other was the guards of each royal palace who were about to play polo, the subordinates and relatives of each royal palace and some of Zhao Yanheng's own friends or subordinates whose status was not very valuable, Song Duofu was on that side, and there were two hundred people on that side, Zhao Yanheng rushed to the two fields, and hurried over in the second half, and detained Princess Shouchun and Princess Jing through the wooden mallet fan, and then they were more casual between their brothers, because he was the birthday star today, and sat at the top of the three brothersγ
Li Fei happened to be facing the wooden mallet fan with his back, and he could hear his voice and not see him, only a dozen of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp, but he didn't see Zhao Yanheng and King Jing both touching their lips, and they didn't drink much.
Those who are sitting, especially the king of Wu and King Jing who are sitting next to each other, can see it clearly, and there is a number in his heart, when the banquet is dispersed, it is still the female dependents who take the first step to the high platform of the polo field and sit down, because of the mansion, Li Fei and Zhu Miaohua sat on a lily of the valley table, separated by a layer of semi-transparent curtains, and the men also came in twos and threes.
At a glance, the guards of the two mansions wearing polo uniforms rode on horses and walked around the field, this is to let the horses get familiar with the field first, and there are many spectators scattered on the other three sides of the field, especially at the goal, Song Duofu is among them, Li Fei saw it, Cheng Anguo arranged her on the side of the goal of King Jingfu.
A polo field is eighty zhang long and fifty-five zhang wide, such a long and wide, limited eyesight is not as good as being proficient in a domain, according to Li Fei's wishes, she also wants to stand on the edge of the goal of King Jing's Mansion and watch Xiangwangfu score, she doesn't need to sit on the high platform to watch the whole field, just need to see the most exciting scenes clearly, but she is this identity, and she can only sit in her position.
Zhu Miaohua and Li Fei sat at a table alone, and said at this time: "Sister, there are gambling outside, do you think it is King Jing's Mansion or King Xiang's Mansion today?"
Li Fei's gaze retracted from the goal of King Jing's Mansion and said: "I came to Beijing and Japan, and I haven't seen how the Polo Team of King Jing Mansion won the Wu Palace, King Jing Mansion, and the British Mansion, but I have seen it all the way from south to north, and the guards of the Xiangwang Mansion are all good at riding." β
Zhu Miaohua showed a disapproving face, at the beginning of her previous life when she was the princess of Xiang, the people of the two mansions also competed, and the Xiangwang Mansion did not win in the previous life, in this life, Zhao Yanheng is different, but the momentum of the Jingwang Mansion is like a rainbow, Zhao Yanheng can win, does he dare to win?
At this moment, King Jing let out a sharp whistle, and a big eagle with a sharp beak and iron claws swooped down and stopped on King Jing's shoulder, and a pair of cold eagle eyes turned around and did not move.
A few young people, such as the nine-year-old Eighth Prince, eight-year-old Zhu Hong was instantly attracted by this eagle, and the Eighth Prince was very familiar with this third brother who was proficient in eating, drinking and having fun, and ran over to touch the eagle.
King Jing stopped the eighth prince's hand and said, "This is not the poodle in your palace, your little hand was pierced as soon as it stretched out." β
King Wu stood up and hugged the stunned Eighth Prince farther away, and said, "Third child, drive your bird back." β
"you, Lao Tzu's bird kicks in the crotch of his pants. King Jing opened his mouth and squirted.
King Jing coughed lightly, and said with his face to the half-transparent curtain: "Third brother, you should also pay attention, my princess is sitting there." β
Zhao Yanheng saw that Li Fei and Zhu Miaohua were sitting together, frowned and could only put it down, and said angrily to King Jing: "Third brother, if you have any play, just say it, I can accompany it, I will accompany it." β
King Jing rubbed his hands, like a gambler who was about to enter the casino, and said: "In the past, we didn't have to do something to be a little colorful, but today's big game is lively outside, and we don't add some to ourselves." β