Chapter 33: Learning to Ride
Back in the house, Zixuan ordered a few maids to prepare bath water for Aunt Wei and find a change of clothes. Li Jin had already ordered someone to prepare the meal and brought it in.
Aunt Wei's lips trembled with emotion, and she knelt in front of Zixuan with a plop, "Thank you for the girl's life-saving grace, the old body can't be repaid, and I am willing to serve the girl as a cow and a horse." β
"Aunt Wei, hurry up! This is unacceptable! Zixuan hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, "I don't need you to serve, there are many maids in the house, so you can take care of your body with peace of mind!" β
Aunt Wei said: "I don't know what the house is......"
"The house is Li Shimin, the Duke of Qin, he is a ......" Zixuan thought that he was a domineering person who couldn't be more domineering, but he said: "He is a kind and charitable person." β
Aunt Wei's eyes widened, "But the second son of King Tang?" β
"Isn't it exactly," Li Jin's face was pale, "You also know our second son?" β
"Who doesn't know? King Tang is here to save the people of the world, and the second son is very good at fighting, and the people are boasting! Aunt Wei said excitedly, and said to the sky, "I have been blessed by several lifetimes, and God is really good for me......"
After speaking, Aunt Wei knelt down again to worship the sky.
Li Jin and Zixuan helped her up again, and Li Jin said: "You are not in good health now, and you will worship when you are ready." β
Zixuan settled Aunt Wei to stay, and the next day he went to the eastern suburbs outside the city with Li Jin to meet Li Mingwan.
"Brother, why do you say that the third lady is so free and wants to teach me to ride a horse in person?"
When Zixuan was no, he had a "brother", which made Li Jin's heart bloom, and a younger sister just felt down-to-earth, "Isn't that a good thing?" The third lady is a heroine among women, and if she is willing to teach you, you can steal the fun. β
Zixuan pouted, "Why am I stealing fun, I'll be happy publicly." β
Laughing as he spoke, Li Jin felt that his sister's smile was warmer than the warm sun in winter, and a pair of small dimples were really cute, this may be the power of family affection, although there was no blood relationship, but Li Jin liked this sister in his heart.
The sky is high and the clouds are light, the sun is shining on the frozen Daxing City, the pavilions and pavilions are as crystal clear, and the brother and sister are creaking and stepping on the thick snow all the way forward.
The two of them went out of the east gate and came to the outskirts of the city, where they were waiting for one person and one horse, but they didn't expect that the person who came was not Li Mingwan.
There was a man standing in the snow-white world, gentle and elegant, elegant as a fairy, with black hair like carbon tied with a white jade crown, and a pair of phoenix eyes with a white smile like pear blossoms, looking at Zixuan with a smile.
Li Jin respectfully stepped forward and saluted, "Shizi." β
"The eldest prince? What about the third lady? Zixuan asked.
Jiancheng said: "When Mingwan was about to go out, unexpectedly Lingwu (author's note: Chai Lingwu, the son of Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao) was crying, so he sent me here. β
Zixuan said a little stiffly: "The eldest prince should be quite busy, right?" Don't bother the eldest son. Well...... In fact, learning to ride a horse is such a small thing that shouldn't have troubled the third lady, Li Jin can teach me. β
Jiancheng said: "How can it be done?" I was entrusted with the task of not completing the task. Besides, I have a headache when I read official documents all day, so I just came out to relax. Oh, come and see, this is my specially chosen horse, very docile, you come up and try it. β
Zixuan didn't want to brush off Jiancheng's kindness, so he was supported by Jiancheng and got on the horse.
Jiancheng said to Li Jin: "You can go back first." β
Li Jin said: "However, the second son asked me to be responsible for Miss Zixuan's safety. β
Jiancheng smiled, "With me here, are you still afraid that she is not safe?" It's okay for you to wait here, and you might be able to go back and see if the people have any errands for you to do. Don't worry, I'll send her back in an hour. β
As the prince of Tang Wang, he didn't have to explain so much to Li Jin, and now that he was so courteous to Li Jin, Li Jin was embarrassed, so he said goodbye to Zixuan and went back.
Zixuan and Jiancheng are not as awkward as they are with Shimin. She wants to see the people of the world when she can't see them, and she doesn't want to get along with him more when she sees them, because she is afraid that if she spends more time together, she will not be able to control her heart, which is really sad that she wants to love but can't love. It's different with Jiancheng, Jiancheng is gentle and elegant, he is a very good person to get along with, plus Zixuan has no emotional burden, and the two soon talked and laughed together.
"Hold on to the reins, slow down." Built and pointed.
Zixuan said dissatisfiedly: "Oh, when will I be able to run?" This is horseback riding, it is clear that I am sitting on a horse, and you are leading it! β
Jiancheng patiently taught: "Want to run before you know how to walk? You have to get acquainted with the horse, then learn how not to fall off the horse, and then you can learn the real art of riding. β
"Oh," Zixuan replied decadently, "it's so hard to learn. β
"Tired? Come down and rest for a while. β
The two found a large rock, carefully dusted off the snow on it, and let Zixuan sit.
Zixuan thought to himself, Li Jiancheng is quite a gentleman, he is handsome and has a good temper, if this is put in modern times, how many girls will be captured!
The two sat side by side, looking at the endless blue sky, Zixuan felt more relaxed than ever. When she came to ancient times, there were really too many things that made her anxious, first worried that her life would be handed over here, and then she was worried that her sister marrying Li Shimin would tamper with history...... Of course, the biggest headache is Li Shimin, this extremely shrewd person is always suspicious of her, and now he is in love with him uncompetitively! Alas, if only he could get along as well as he did......
"Zixuan," Jiancheng called to her softly, "what are you thinking?" β
"Didn't think about anything." Zixuan turned his head and gave him a beautiful smile, "It's rare to be so relaxed, what else is there to think about, I just want to have a good time, look at the sky, look at the clouds, it's quite comfortable." β
Her voice was like a clear summer spring, and her heart jumped violently, as if the scenery around her had changed, the snow had changed into a piece of emerald green, and the flowers of thousands of trees were blooming.
Jiancheng followed her gaze and looked over, "Yes, I finally entered Daxing, and I don't have to fight for the time being, it's a rare leisure." Speaking of fighting, I still have to thank you, if you hadn't braved the rain to chase me, I'm afraid we would have returned to Jinyang by then. β
When Zixuan heard him mention this, he remembered the small silver lock that Shimin gave her as a token at that time, "By the way, eldest son, the token that the second prince gave me at that time was given to him by you?" β
Jiancheng said, "Yes! I made it with a silversmith. β
"It looks like you love the second son very much!" Zixuan said.
Jiancheng smiled gently, his eyes looking into the distance, as if reminiscing about the good times of his childhood, "You know what? I am nine years older than Shimin. In the years after my mother gave birth to me, somehow, all the children she gave birth to died, and there was only one daughter left in the middle, which was Mingwan. And my father's other concubines are all girls, so Mingwan is the third lady. At that time, the family was looking forward to the boy very much, and I was also looking forward to having a younger brother, so that I could teach him to ride and shoot and accompany him everywhere to play. Later, when Shimin was born, I was very afraid that he would also die, so I hurriedly made that little lock to lock him up and let him stay with me. β
"Then after that, did you teach him to ride and shoot?"
"Yes. After he was born, his mother soon gave birth to Xuanba and Yuanji, and my father was busy with the affairs of the court at that time, so he stuck to me all day long, 'brother, brother' and called. I taught him a lot of things, reading, writing...... And, of course, mounted archery. He has a high level of understanding and learns quickly, and every time his father asks him to test his martial arts, he will be surprised how this kid can improve so quickly. β
Jiancheng was still proudly boasting about his younger brother, but Zixuan didn't feel good when he heard it, if Jiancheng knew that in the end Shimin would shoot himself with the horse he had taught himself, he would be sad to death! built such a person who was as gentle as jade, but in the end he died, and Zixuan was sad. Perhaps, I should be kind to him, and make him happier in his life, as atonement for the sins of the world......
The next day, waiting in the eastern suburbs was still built, he explained that it was not easy to be a mother, and Ling Wu was always clamoring for her mother, so that she couldn't move.
Later, Zixuan simply stopped asking. Every day, Li Jin sent her to the eastern suburbs, taught her to ride a horse, and then sent her back. When he was tired, the two chatted together, and sometimes Zixuan told him some modern stories and jokes, and he didn't ask Zixuan where he heard these stories. And getting along with the people made Zixuan cautious, and she also specially told SΓΉ that these were the customs of her hometown. Sometimes, Zixuan also went to his mansion with him to have a look, at that time Li Yuan had not yet been proclaimed emperor, and the houses built to live with the people of the world were only a little more decent, not luxurious. Zixuan sometimes cooks two dishes for him, although Zixuan's cooking skills are not good, but after all, it is a modern practice, Jiancheng feels very special, and he eats very happily, "If I can eat your dishes for the rest of my life, it must be the happiest thing in the world." β
Zixuan's cheeks flushed like a baby, "The eldest prince said with a smile. β
After a few days, Zixuan slowly found a little feeling, "Eldest prince, you let go and let me try it myself." β
"Then you have to hold on to the reins, be careful, don't worry." Jiancheng gradually let go of his hand and rode after her.
Zixuan sat on the horse and drove the horse up, "Eldest prince, look! I can ride on my own! β
She called him happily, and the voice was as clear and ethereal as a yellow warbler, and she couldn't help but hear it.
Zixuan was laughing happily when suddenly a bird flew over her head, startling her, and she subconsciously clamped her legs. The horse's belly was clamped, and he strode away. Zi Xuan was caught off guard, his body leaned back, and he almost fell, his face was suddenly pale, his big eyes were full of panic, he forgot to grasp the reins, he hurriedly grabbed the mane of the horse, and staggered on the running horse, "Ah! Help me! Big boy save me! Even his voice was frightened out of tune.