The mountains are full of flowers, the fragrance of flowers strikes, green mountains and green water clusters surround an open, flat meadow, and the lush grass sways flexibly with the wind.

The blue sky is clear and cloudless, the climate is excellent, and the scenery is picturesque.

A dozen docile mares galloped back and forth in the meadow, but most of the riders were fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, dressed in splendid suits and holding clubs, cooperating with each other to manipulate the reins with one hand and strike the polo balls rolling on the ground with the other.

From time to time, there are cheers and voices calling for teammates, and they are full of youth.

A horse stopped aside, and the girl sitting on horseback asked the person standing in the shade of the tree, "Sister Wang, won't you end?" You're all going to lose. ”

Wang Zhiyao glanced up and said with a smile: "I might lose faster if I go to play." ”

"Go, go."

Yin Jiaying rode over, turned over and dismounted directly, and dragged Wang Zhiyao's arm, "You are the trump card on our side, why are you quiet?" ”

"Jiaying, maybe you have found the wrong trump card?"

"Go, Jinshu, don't think you're going to win, I can tell you, we haven't made a lot of effort yet."

"Oh?"

The girl on horseback who is the same age as Yin Jiaying is named Jinshu, surnamed Liu, and is the youngest granddaughter of Liu Sanben of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and she is very favored in the Liu family. is a good close friend with Yin Jiaying, but every time the ladies play polo, the two of them have to be separated, and they have to fight for victory. Others are also very helpless about their habits.

"Seventh Sister still refuses to help?" Yin Jiaying stared at the proud Liu Jinshu with a pair of beautiful eyes, and muttered: "You won't win, you won't win." ”

Wang Zhiyao take a look at this. Look at that again. The corners of his mouth curled up in pleasure. It's not that she doesn't know how to play polo, with the words and deeds of Jiang and her grandfather, Wang Zhiyao's riding skills are excellent, not to mention standing out from the crowd, and she is also one of the best among the ladies in front of her. It's just that most of the ladies who play polo are the daughters or granddaughters of important ministers.

Although the official positions of my grandfather and father are few, they are all positive three grades.

Her daughter of a five-grade Hanlin is really not good to play with them, if it wasn't for Yin Jiaying insisting on inviting her to play together, she was not qualified to appear here at all.

The small banquets and gatherings of famous ladies also have to talk about identity and circles. Wang Zhiyao didn't want to steal anyone's limelight, so she kept pushing that she couldn't stand aside for polo.

Although she was just watching from the sidelines, Wang Zhiyao could feel their enthusiasm, the group of girls in front of her was no different from modern girls, they were as optimistic, lively, cheerful, Wang Zhiyao missed this feeling very much, and watched it with relish.

"Seventh sister." Yin Jiaying pushed Wang Zhiyao, "You just watched me lose to Jinshu?" ”

"You two were born on the same day, the same month, the same year. It's very fateful, and it's very good. I really don't understand, how do you have to distinguish between superior and inferior in polo? ”

Polo paused, and there was a heroic girl riding over, her posture was even better, her temperament was outstanding, a bright red riding costume did not look kitsch at all, Wang Zhiyao just admired her riding skills, in the polo girl's show, her riding skills are the best, the girl's face is proud but not boring, as if she was born to be superior.

I just heard Yin Jiaying introduce her.

She is Gu Tianze's cousin, the daughter of the sister of the Duchess of Dingguo, and her father is the emperor's cousin, the King of England, who is not angry in political affairs, and the King of England is far from being able to catch up with the power of the Gu family of the Duke of Dingguo.

The Duchess of Dingguo gave birth to several sons and wanted a caring daughter the most, she almost grew up in the Dingguo Mansion, since she was a child, she was named the Lord of Heyu County by Emperor Qianyuan, and she was quite favored in Dingguo Gong.

Yin Jiaying smiled: "I just want to compete for the top." ”

Lord Heyu shook his head slightly, how could the scheming Lord Yin actually raise a Yin Jiaying, no wonder Lord Yin politely rejected many famous children.

"Since Sister Jiaying values you, you can join them." Lord Heyu stared at Wang Zhiyao, and instinctively felt that Wang Zhiyao was a good opponent, "I want to come to Xining Hou to teach you." ”

Changxin Hou has to recognize Wang Zhiyao as a righteous daughter, and the county lord of Yu is not ignorant, so she is a little more cautious about Wang Zhiyao, and does not dare to treat Wang Zhiyao only as the daughter of an ordinary official, and the Marquis of Xining is outside the army, and she has won the trust of Emperor Qianyuan, although she is the lord of the county, but the king of Ying may not be as important as the Marquis of Xining in front of Emperor Qianyuan.

"Seventh Sister ......"

"Okay."

Wang Zhiyao also wanted to try her kung fu on horseback with the Jade County Lord, and it was not her wish to cheer on the side, "Sister Meng Jiaying values it, I will give it a try, and I hope to be merciful with the Jade County Lord." ”

Lord Heyu patted the horse's neck and smiled proudly: "I won't let you." ”

She lifted the reins and urged the horse to prepare.

Liu Jinshu glanced at Yin Jiaying with disgust, turned over and dismounted and said to Wang Zhiyao: "Sister Wang Qi, you have to be careful, she has excellent riding skills with the lord of Yujun, and she has never lost in polo, and she has never shown mercy to her opponents, just now she is just playing casually, and now I am afraid that she is serious." ”

Because Liu Sanben memorized books to Wang Zhiyao, Liu Jinshu has a good impression of Wang Zhiyao, and there are too few ladies who can make his grandfather praise in the sound of the piano.

Yin Jiaying stuck out her tongue, "Seventh sister ......"

"It's okay, I also want to learn the skills of Lord Heyu."

Wang Zhiyao held Yin Jiaying's arm, "Sister Jiaying doesn't have to mind, it's really good to be able to fight with a master." ”

Yin Jiaying and Liu Jinshu were stunned at the same time, Wang Zhiyao was no longer out of place, the spirit of winning was overflowing, and her little face seemed to glow.

This is the real Wang Zhiyao!

Wang Zhiyao doesn't mind being low-key, but when she needs to be high-profile, she must be high-profile.

She and Yin Jiaying chose a good mare together, and when the entourage configured the saddle, Yin Jiaying lowered her voice and said: "It's not easy to deal with the Lord of Yujun, the seventh sister has to be careful." I heard that the Duchess of Dingguo has the heart to let her marry ......"

"Gu Sanshao?"

"It's not."

Yin Jiaying shook her head and said, "I want her to marry Fourth Young Master Gu." ”

"The fourth son of the Duke of Dingguo is a concubine ......" Wang Zhiyao couldn't help but be surprised, does the Duchess of Dingguo like to be with the lord of the jade county, or slap the lord of the jade in the face?

"The concubines of Dingguo are also more valuable than others." Yin Jiaying sighed. "Don't look at Lord Heyu, who is very arrogant. She was also bitter in her heart. The King of England owed the Duke of Dingguo a few years ago, and in recent years, the British Prince's Mansion has become more and more unruly, and the title of Lord of Yujun was also asked by the Duchess of Dingguo from the emperor. However, others thought that he would be a match for the third young master like the Lord of the Jade County, but he didn't expect that a few days ago there was a rumor that the Lord of the Jade County was for the fourth young master. ”

The Gu family is really like cooking oil on fire, the son, the second son Princess Shang, and the third son were raised by Emperor Qianyuan. The four sons married the county lord, and the youngest son was the youngest son, but I was afraid that the worst would have to marry a favored county lord.

The Duchess of Dingguo is not afraid of envy, jealousy and hatred of others.

She surpassed Gu Sanshao and insisted on marrying the royal bloodline and the lord of Yujun to the fourth son, wouldn't it more confirm Gu Sanshao's 'origin'?

Wang Zhiyao was a little worried, how could she not be named the county lord, once she and Gu Tianze got married, she would have the lowest status among the concubines...... The Duchess of Dingguo has a knot in her heart for Gu Sanshao......

"Seventh sister?"

"I'm just thinking about how we can work together to win."

"Huh? Cooperate? ”

Yin Jiaying's eyes flickered, and she asked with interest: "Didn't we cooperate well?" ”

"Lord Heyu himself is very strong, and he is very skillful in playing. It's hard to win by one person. ”

Wang Zhiyao got rid of her worries about the future, and she and Gu Tianze may not necessarily be able to become a family member in the end. Instead of worrying about what you don't have, you should cherish the present.

He Yujun Lord aroused Wang Zhiyao's competitive spirit, who has not been young? Who is willing to throw in the towel?

Wang Zhiyao watched from the side for a long time, and found that Yin Jiaying's polo team did not cooperate well enough, and there were always people who competed for merit.

There is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and it is only because of the superb skills of the Yujun Lord that Yin Jiaying's side is suppressed to the death.

Attacking the limelight, no one wants to do dirty work, tiring work.

After Yin Jiaying heard Wang Zhiyao say a few words, she summoned all the ladies on her side, "Seventh sister, you tell me about your 'tactics', we must win!" ”

Most of the others smiled helplessly at Yin Jiaying, Yin Jiaying was lively and kind, rarely grudged with others, she had many senior brothers, and her father and brother protected her shortcomings, so Yin Jiaying was very popular among the ladies, and most people regarded her as a cute and innocent sister.

Wang Zhiyao never thought that Yin Jiaying was innocent.

"Since Sister Jiaying is in love, I will say a few words, if there is something wrong, I hope you young ladies will not be surprised."

Wang Zhiyao squatted down, picked up a wooden stick and sketched the 'formation' of playing on the grass, who is the striker, who is the support, who will handle the defense, and the division is very clear.

The ladies gathered together put away their contempt, secretly thinking that they were worthy of being the granddaughter of Xining Hou, and even playing polo was so disciplined and well-advanced.

One of them asked, "Who's behind?" ”

Because Wang Zhiyao explained it very clearly, the ladies could see that the people in the back were the least showy, and no one on the defensive was willing to do it.

Wang Zhiyao smiled lightly, "Naturally, it's me, I don't hit the ball well, and it's the most appropriate in the back." ”

Yin Jiaying bit her lip and wanted to speak, but Wang Zhiyao quietly dragged her and said in a low voice: "Sister Jiaying doesn't want to win?" ”

Since this set of offensive and defensive plans was proposed by her, she will naturally do the dirty work, so as to convince her teammates.

Yin Jiaying nodded slowly, raising her pretty face, "Okay, just do what Seventh Sister says." ”

She was the first to raise a polo stick, among the ladies Yin Jiaying's father and brother identity is the most valuable, others saw that Yin Jiaying agreed, Wang Zhiyao did not steal her limelight, so she thought it would be okay to try it, so under the drive of Yin Jiaying, the ladies all raised the horse sticks, seven or eight horse sticks were put together, and shouted in unison: "Victory!" ”

Wang Zhiyao was also among them, her beautiful face was smiling, and her bright eyes were confident and resolute.

Lord Heyu, who was explaining the precautions with his own party, saw Wang Zhiyao at the first glance in the crowd......

When the two sides were about to play polo, a group of people walked on the side of the road, and a young man in a gorgeous costume was surrounded by a group of guards.

"Yes......" Wang Zhiyao frowned, "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince?" ”

Yin Jiaying nodded and said, "It's indeed the fourth prince, but how could he come?" ”

"Xu is passing by."

The ladies on the side straightened their clothes one after another, and they didn't dare to be careless in front of the prince.

The eyes of the four princes swept over the many ladies who were playing polo. soon found the one he wanted to see the most - Wang Zhiyao.

"Spread out."

"Whoa."

The guards around the four princes scattered. Leave him alone on horseback.

Is he going to watch them play polo?

The ladies came to the spirit. The idea of winning is even stronger, although the four princes have already married, but the position of the prince's second concubine is still vacant, the most noble thing in the world is to marry the prince and the royal family, no matter what important position their father and brother hold, in front of the prince, they are all courtiers. Once the four princes become princes, they will also become rich and noble.

Therefore, the position of the second concubine of the prince is still very attractive in the eyes of the ladies.

Wang Zhiyao quickly became a member of the Yingting. The introverted Four Princes retracted their gaze, although Gu Tianze warned the Four Princes that they were not at ease, but she didn't take it seriously, she just took it as a story Gu Sanshao ate flying vinegar, and attracting Gu Sanshao with her qualifications was already a golden finger from God, and she could still get the love of the Four Princes?

How can it be?

She is just a middle-class figure, there are many ladies who are both beautiful and talented, and her identity background is not comparable to the daughters of important ministers and nobles.

The Wang family now has mud, and she has always been surnamed Wang. Not surnamed Jiang.

However, because Gu San was jealous. Wang Zhiyao is still quite happy, and her jealousy proves that Gu Sanshao attaches importance to her and is nervous about her.

Yin Jiaying blinked, how did she feel that the fourth prince was looking at Sister Wang's seventh sister?

Listening to his father's meaning, Wang Qi's future husband may be Gu Sanshao, I didn't hear my father mention the four princes, although the status of the second princess is not low, if the fourth prince becomes the prince, the second concubine will also rise, but Yin Jiaying still thinks that Wang Qimei is good to be a wife.

She has been looking forward to the arrogant Gu Sanshao being dazzled by Sister Wang Qi.

Seeing that the attention of the ladies was attracted by the four princes, he coughed twice and said, "It's time to kick off." ”

The fourth prince turned over and dismounted, stood aside with the reins, and bowed his hand to the lady on horseback, "Waiting for your wonderful ball skills." ”

Because of his words, the ladies present became more serious, even if they couldn't win the hearts of the four princes, they could also deepen the impression of the four princes, besides, there were not only four princes in front of them.

The theory is that the ladies will not invite the famous sons when they gather together to play polo, but in fact, many famous sons of the right age heard the news and quietly followed to the place where they played polo, most of them stood aside to cheer for the ladies with outstanding riding skills, and after the polo match, the famous sons would look for their favorite ladies to speak, as long as it was not too contrary to etiquette, others would say more.

In the national dynasty, the higher the status of the famous family, the more relaxed the requirements for the young lady and the son, of course, the young lady and the young master did not live up to the trust of the elders.

They have a good upbringing, pay attention to their identity's words and deeds, and it is difficult to make scandalous scandals.

In their initiation stage, there are people who specifically teach that their family's reputation is more important than everything else, and that one person does an errand and implicates the entire family.

This notion is deeply ingrained in their bones.

Of course, no matter how strict the rules are, there will be prodigal sons, but the housewife will not let someone who might ruin the family's reputation appear in a high-end place like today.

I can't control the trouble of the prodigal, but I can keep the unangry children from going out, or attend a low-class banquet.

Mothers who spoil their children also know the severity.

The teenagers standing on the side cheered for the ladies in the audience, and the atmosphere of the scene was fully rendered.

"Master, the slave sees that the Jade County Lord is a sure winner, and the lady on the opposite side can't compete with the Jade County Lord."

"Not necessarily."

The eyes of the four princes seemed to be looking at all the ladies, but in fact, he was only looking at one person - Wang Zhiyao who fell behind.

He has seen the side of Wang Zhiyao that has never appeared in front of people, if Wang Zhiyao is not special enough, how can he attract Gu Tianze?

The fourth prince could see that Gu Tianze was not casually playing with Wang Zhiyao, and of course he couldn't forget how Wang Zhiyao resolutely rushed into the sea of fire...... He didn't know what happened to Lu Dao in the sea of fire, and no one mentioned Wang Zhiyao afterwards, but the fourth prince could feel the importance of his father, Emperor Qianyuan, to Wang Yixin.

Emperor Qianyuan had already summoned Wang Yixin to the palace several times to give lectures, which was not done before.

Even though Wang Zhiyao didn't perform too much in rescuing the driver, the four princes also valued her courage to dare to rush into the sea of fire.

Only by standing on the edge of the sea of fire do you understand how much risk it takes to rush in?

He knew that Emperor Qianyuan was inside, and he also knew the importance of saving the driver, and he wanted to add weight to Emperor Qianyuan's heart. The result?

Didn't have the courage to ...... He missed the best opportunity because of a moment of timidity.

So the four princes wanted to catch Wang Zhiyao.

He no longer believed what Wang Zhixuan said. Wang Zhiyao is a willful person. Rough, domineering, arrogant and unloved by sisters.

Today, Wang Zhixuan originally made an appointment with him, but he specially came to find Wang Zhiyao and put Wang Zhixuan aside, even if the daughter of the official slave is beautiful, it is useful to him, and Wang Zhixuan's concubine position is enough.

The meadow was bustling with activity. More than a dozen ladies split into two teams and hit the polo.

He Yujun Lord has the best riding skills, and quickly rushed to the front, but she can't score as easily as before, and erects a barrier in front of her, at the most critical time, Wang Zhiyao will always appear, accurately intercept the ball with Yujun Lord, and then she hits the polo ball to her teammates, ready to defend again.

It was supposed to be a one-sided game. Because Wang Zhiyao's participation formed an even match, the scene was extremely anxious. It's wonderful that you come and go.

It's the evenly matched game that is appealing.

The famous sons who watched the game from the sidelines were fascinated, they hadn't seen such a wonderful game for a few years, and they couldn't wait to rush up and fight for it.

The audience responded enthusiastically, and the ladies who played polo also became serious, caring about winning or losing.

Although the individual strength of the Jade County Lord is very strong, she lacks the cooperation with her teammates, and she met Wang Zhiyao who was dedicated to defense, and the more she played with the Jade County Lord, the more anxious she became, "Pass it, hurry up, pass the ball over." ”

The teammate tried his best to pass the ball, but the force was either too big or too small.

Wang Zhiyao focused on defense, "Seven, seven, step back, right, with the help of the ball, forward...... With me in the back, rest assured, rest assured. ”

She had already distinguished the ladies of the same team with numbers.

Teammates only need to remember their own numbers, and Wang Zhiyao has to remember everyone's numbers.

The eyes of the four princes were reluctant to leave Wang Zhiyao, indeed, she was the most unimpressive, and none of the team's scores were scored by her, but she controlled the overall situation, completely restricted the lord of Heyu, strangled the strongest point, and then used the cooperation, the weak team actually took the lead?

Is this a tactic?

"No more fighting."

Seeing that his team had scored a goal, Heyujun grabbed the reins and said, "Don't fight." ”

The ladies present all stopped, wiping their sweat while gasping.

Although she was very tired, the winning lady felt comfortable and enjoyable.

It turned out that they could also defeat Lord Heyu.

Yin Jiaying smiled brightly, and was about to run to celebrate the victory with Wang Zhiyao, when she saw the lord of Heyu holding a stick in one hand and a reins in the other to urge the horse to Wang Zhiyao...... Yin Jiaying was extremely worried, "Seventh sister." ”

Wang Zhiyao was invited by her, in case something happened, how could she have the face to see the little brother?

Liu Jinshu grabbed Yin Jiaying and said in a low voice: "Lord Heyu is not a person who can't afford to lose, you are concerned and calm, and you think your seventh sister Wang is easy to deal with?" The lady who can command you to defeat the lord of Heyu and get the praise of my grandfather has not been able to produce a single one in the capital in recent years. ”

Although Wang Zhiyao did not score a single goal and scored a point, anyone with a discerning eye who has watched this polo understands who is the biggest contributor to the victory.

The lord of Heyu rushed to Wang Zhiyao, raised the horse stick high, Wang Zhiyao raised her chin slightly, smiled unmoved, and said lightly: "You lost." ”

"......" and Lord Yu suddenly giggled, threw down the horse stick, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "You can call me Sister Yu, and when we have the opportunity, we will compete again, and I will not lose to you again next time." ”

"Laughing with Lord Yu, you didn't lose to me, but to our team."

Wang Zhiyao held her arm and said with a smile: "I think the next fight will be more exciting than today." ”

The 'audience' on the sidelines applauded, and the ladies who were still fighting for winning or losing gathered together and talked happily.

After Wang Zhiyao said a few words to Yin Jiaying and others, she quietly ran to the side to drink water, wiped her sweat, and pinched her sore arm, still lacking exercise.

Boom, the sky that had just been clear was filled with clouds for a moment, and a light rain fell.

"Seventh sister, come here."

Yin Jiaying beckoned Wang Zhiyao to go to the pavilion to shelter from the rain, and several pavilions were built at the foot of the mountain, which was enough to accommodate the ladies and sons present.

Wang Zhiyao followed Yin Jiaying into the pavilion, and almost ran into the four princes who arrived one step earlier, Wang Zhiyao stabilized her body, took two steps back, brushed her hair wet with rain and sweat, and bent her knees and said, "The fourth prince is safe." ”

Then she concentrated on talking to Yin Jiaying and Liu Jinshu, and never looked at the four princes again.

*****

Next to Jingyue Lake, Wang Zhixuan, who was carefully dressed and waiting for the four princes, was poured into a soup chicken by the heavy rain.

Jingyue Lake has beautiful scenery and clear water, but unfortunately there is no place to shelter from the rain by Jingyue Lake, Wang Zhixuan is looking forward to the four princes coming, and finds a large leaf on her head, and when he comes, she will definitely not let go of the four princes who are late...... At this time, the more embarrassed she is, the more the fourth prince will cherish herself.

ps At six o'clock in the afternoon, there is one more watch, asking for pink. (To be continued......)