Chapter 045 Micro Service (The Second Pink Ticket ~~)

When the time came, the guests were full and the banquet officially began. After the eldest princess toasted, everyone toasted each other, and sang on the stage Southern opera, miscellaneous operas, etc.

Ling Qingyun prefers southern opera and is fascinated by it.

"Second sister, they will go to play polo later, and the female dependents can also go to see it. There is a polo field in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, let's go too. Zhao Zhen suddenly pushed her quietly.

The most widely played sport in this dynasty is polo.

Polo was also popular during the Sui and Tang dynasties, but it was slightly different from today's polo.

Today's polo has gradually emerged from the Taizu period. Taizu won the world immediately. After entering Shengjing, Taizu was worried that the martial arts of the soldiers would be wasted, so he said: "The capital is an important town, and there is no place for birds, if it is not polo, how can you practice martial arts?" ”

Therefore, the first polo was spread in the army, and it was specially trained for cavalry.

Later, the relatives of the Emperor of Kyoto also began to rise polo. In the beginning, polo was only a sport between the aristocracy. Polo sports cost a lot of money, just talking about the polo field, in order to achieve the effect of "looking at the flat like a rock, looking down like a mirror", a good polo court is maintained with oil to ensure that the court is smooth and bright.

A polo field, 30 acres of larger ones, and ** acres of small courtyards. How much oil is needed for such a large site to be maintained with oil?

It can be seen that extravagance.

After a few decades, expensive polo has not faded away, but has become more and more popular, and even Jiangnan has become popular to play polo, which is the reason for the prosperity and stability of the world.

The three festivals of Chongwu, Zhongyuan and Chongjiu every year are the grand events of polo.

Polo is expensive. In addition to the venue, it is horse racing. The most basic requirement of polo is to have superb riding skills and horse racing.

Cultivating such a quality racehorse is another expensive expense.

In short, polo is not the entertainment of ordinary people, but only the rich and noble.

There are many open polo courts in Beijing, and at a time when the atmosphere is still similar to that of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, girls can also go to see it, and even women's polo is required. It's just that women's polo doesn't use polo, it's just playing. A lot less fun.

The right valve also has its own polo field. It is relatively small, about seven or eight acres, and there are arrow towers around it, which can be watched. This private polo field. It is closely connected to the home garden. The girl's family can even attend.

"I guess there are a lot of people who go to see it. I'm afraid we won't have a seat. Ling Qingyun said to Zhao Zhen with a smile.

Zhao Zhen is a girl, but she is very fanatical about polo. I heard Princess Ji say that they also have a polo field in Cangzhou. Zhao Zhen often dresses up as a boy and plays against her brothers.

Her horsemanship is very good, but her skills are unusual.

"How so?" Zhao Zhen smiled, "I'll go find the eldest princess and ask her to leave a private room for us first." ”

Ling Qingyun grabbed her and said, "Let's not go." Today's polo is estimated to be a fist embroidered leg, and there is nothing to look at. When we have time another day, how about we go to the polo field outside and see enough? ”

"How could it be?" Zhao Zhen glared, "An Erlang is here." ”

"How much do you like Yasujiro?" Ling Qingyun smiled.

When Ling Qingyun said this, her voice was not high, it was just an ordinary tone. But not far from them, a girl looked back at them.

This girl should have been listening to Ling Qingyun and Zhao Zhen all the time. She seemed to know that Fang was Ling Qingyun speaking, but instead of looking at Ling Qingyun, she glanced at Zhao Zhen vigorously and looked at Zhao Zhen's appearance.

Then, she smiled slightly, turned her head and continued to drink and watch the show.

Zhao Zhen and Ling Qingyun were inexplicable.

"Who's that?" Zhao Zhen lowered his voice and said to Ling Qingyun, "She heard you say that I like An Erlang, so she looked at me hard, probably because she took a fancy to An Erlang." ”

Although Zhao Zhen is heroic, his mind is clever and intelligent.

Ling Qingyun felt that she had not expected badly. However, Ling Qingyun didn't know who that girl was.

She hadn't seen it.

An Jia is a powerful family, An Wei is a bright future, tall and handsome, it is not surprising that there are girls who fall in love with him.

"Don't bother." Ling Qingyun also whispered to Zhao Zhen, "It has nothing to do with us. You see, there are a lot of girls here today, and the oldest one is about the same age as me, and it seems that all of them are unmarried. When the eldest princess's son returned to Beijing, she feasted on it, and it was self-evident what she meant. ”

Zhao Zhen immediately understood why Ling Qingyun didn't let her go to watch polo.

Today's polo match is to let the eldest princess's only son, Zhou Youlin, show off his skills, and then let the girls who want to marry into the princess's mansion take a look at his demeanor.

When her son returned to Beijing, the first thing the eldest princess did was to let him start a family first. Starting a family first and then starting a business is the mind of many parents.

It is impossible for Ling Qingyun and Zhao Zhen to marry into the Eldest Princess's Mansion, so they don't need to join in the fun, and they still occupy the seats. Moreover, today's polo match is only up to the point, even if An Wei participates, he will not use all his strength, and it will be boring to watch.

"Okay." Zhao Zhen smiled, "I listen to you." ”

Because the girl looked back at them, Zhao Zhen felt that many people in the capital should be very curious about her and Ji Wangfu. So, she spoke even more quietly and said no more.

Ling Qingyun didn't say much.

In the middle of the feast, a richly dressed man entered the inner court. He wore a cyan robe, slender and jade.

Far away, I can't see my face clearly.

He walked quickly to the eldest princess and whispered to her.

The eldest princess took his hand affectionately, and her face was full of smiles.

"It's Thursday Lang" Zhou Youlin is in the cousin line four,

"Sure enough, it was him. I haven't seen him for three years, and he's grown a little taller. ”

"I used to be white, but now I am tanned, and I have suffered a lot when I go to the south."

The people around Ling Qingyun all started talking. The one who came in to talk to the eldest princess was Zhou Youlin, the son of the eldest princess.

He kept his back to everyone, not knowing what to say to the eldest princess.

Ling Qingyun couldn't see his face clearly.

Then, the eldest princess smiled slightly. The mother and son walked out quickly, without even saying a word to the guests.

"What's wrong?"

"Something happened, right? It's good today, how can something happen? ”

"Who knows? The eldest princess is not easy, and she is very happy to get her son back. Don't spoil the fun. ”

Everyone is concerned.

As soon as the eldest princess of Runing followed Zhou Youlin, the discussion in the courtyard became much louder, noisy and earnest, one after another.

"I heard my father say that the official family is coming today." Zhao Zhen suddenly whispered to Ling Qingyun.

Ling Qingyun was stunned.

She subconsciously thought of her absurd dreams: "Sanniang, you are going to marry King Mu." Or do you want to stay in Taiyuan and marry into the Wang family? ”

Her face changed slightly.

Zhao Zhen secretly held her hand. He whispered, "What are you afraid of?" The official family is not terrible at all. He was handsome and kind. Besides, the official family will definitely not enter the inner courtyard, we can't bump into it."

She was mistaken. thought Ling Qingyun was scared.

Zhao Zhen has seen the official family. After Princess Ji returned to Beijing. All went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother. met the official family in the palace of the Queen Mother.

The official also said that Zhao Zhen was his cousin, and he would give Zhao Zhen the title of county lord in the future. Very easy-going.

Ling Qingyun was wrong, turned around and gave Zhao Zhen a smile, and said, "You see everyone thinks handsome."

In just these days, Ling Qingyun has heard Zhao Zhen praise An Eaves Junlang, official Junlang and so on. I'm afraid that the boys are a little good-looking, and Zhao Zhen has to use handsomeness to describe people.

"Not really." Zhao Zhen said very fairly, "My second brother is not handsome." ”

Ling Qingyun laughed.

Her mother and aunt both looked sideways, looked at Ling Qingyun, and asked her, "Why are you so happy?" ”

My aunt also asked curiously.

Ling Qingyun only smiled, and couldn't say why for a while.

The official family is coming today, King Ji knows, and Xuanping Hou Ansu also knows. This is the result of his discussion with his close ministers, and he wants to go to the eldest princess's mansion privately to give the eldest princess and Zhou Youlin this dignity.

The official family only has the eldest princess, the elder sister, who especially exalts her.

Therefore, the aunt and aunt both knew that they also secretly sued the Jing family.

There was a lot of discussion in the courtyard, speculating what the eldest princess was going to do, and Ling Qingyun and the others had a leisurely meal.

About a quarter of an hour, the eldest princess returned, smiling and proud.

Half an hour later, the banquet was finally over, and the maids brought refreshments. At this time, everyone can walk around at will and go to various places in the princess's mansion to watch.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion is luxurious, covering a huge area, at least ten times the size of the Jin State Mansion, and there is a polo field of seven or eight acres. In Shengjing City, where every inch of land is valuable, the Eldest Princess's Mansion is close to the imperial city, occupying such a large position, which is extremely luxurious.

There are two back gardens in the princess's house, because the eldest princess loves lotus and plum, so one garden dug a pond to raise water chestnuts and lotus leaves, and the other garden is full of plum trees.

In mid-March, the plum blossoms have already fallen, and the small lotus has only shown sharp corners, which are not suitable for viewing.

However, the crowd still mentioned yì to go for a walk.

Ling Qingyun's aunt and aunt also followed Jing's family, and the three of them were together. Ling Qingyun and Zhao Zhen also followed behind them.

After the eldest princess dismissed, she came over to say a few words, and then accompanied Mrs. Yang to the front, as if something was wrong.

"When you arrive at the Eldest Princess's Mansion, you have to watch one or two of her polo field, Shu Cinema and Hibiscus Garden." Everyone walked out of the courtyard, and Xiao Jing smiled and said to Jing and Princess Ji, "There are no lotus flowers at this time, but the hibiscus garden is full of koi fish, all of which are transported from the south of the Yangtze River, colorful and huge, I heard that they are in the sea, I want to go and take a look." ”

Xiao Jing's said this, and everyone naturally wouldn't be disappointed.

Ling Qingyun and Zhao Zhen also followed.

Zhao Zhen was still thinking about polo, and he was not very happy to see the koi in the lotus pond.

"Second sister, second sister!" Zhao Zhen suddenly pinched the back of Ling Qingyun's hand, "Look, An Erlang is here"

Ling Qingyun followed her gaze and looked over, An Wei was walking quickly in the direction of the back garden, not knowing what to do.

What he searched for in the crowd.

Then, when he saw Ling Qingyun, his frowning brows relaxed, and he walked straight towards Ling Qingyun.

Ling Qingyun lowered her head slightly.

"Second sister" Zhao Zhen looked very happy.

Ling Qingyun also pinched the back of her hand: "You be quiet." ”

At this time, An Wei had already walked to their side to greet his mother, Jing's family, and Princess Ji.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Jingshi asked An Wei, "Is there something wrong?" ”

An Wei glanced at Ling Qingyun.

Everyone followed An Wei's gaze and landed on Ling Qingyun's face. Ling Qingyun's smile was a little unbearable, and her face turned inexplicably red.

(To be continued......)

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