Chapter 18: Rare
I'm not unusual
Pei Shu stared at Shen Jiahe for a long time, and when he saw that her expression was as usual, he lowered his voice: "You're right, it's all a family, why make such a fuss." ”
Qin Xiaoshuang bit her lip, although she wondered if there would be any conspiracy with Shen Jiahe's sudden consent, but Pei Shu had already spoken, so she could only bend over and reluctantly thank Shen Jiahe: "Thank you Sister Princess, the concubine must be cautious in her words and deeds that day, so as not to cause trouble to the prince and sister." ”
In the twilight, Shen Jiahe stood in the afterglow of the sunset and watched the two go hand in hand, like an ordinary couple in an ordinary family, she was stunned, and the sense of belonging that she couldn't find since crossing over filled her heart again.
Before she went down to the secret road, Bai Ying chased after her and asked, "Doesn't the princess have to go after dinner?" Seeing Shen Jiahe shaking her head, Bai Ying only thought that she was going to Xianwang's Mansion to eat, so she didn't say anything more.
To go to the general's wife's polo club, Shen Jiahe decided to tell Pei Yuan, although she has also played this in modern times, but the rules here may be different, she always has to understand in advance.
When Father-in-law Fu was in the study, Pei Yuan was a little surprised, the two of them have been very busy recently, and they heard the maids in the courtyard say that Shen Jiahe has always come late late, and he rarely meets her.
Putting down the affairs at hand, after Pei Yuan explained a few words to Gonggong Fu, he went to Shen Jiahe's courtyard alone, and saw her sitting by the window looking at the sky that had darkened, with a lonely look on her face, and hurriedly waved away the subordinate and asked, "Something on your mind?" ”
Shen Jiahe turned around and smiled at him, but his smile was not as vague as in the past: "I just wanted to think about something, I came here today in advance because I have something to ask you." ”
Shen Jiahe briefly told Pei Yuan about going to the polo club, and then asked some things that need attention.
Pei Yuan was a little surprised: "You never liked these before. ”
Shen Jiahe's tone was light: "Now that I am Princess Kang, making friends with the daughters of the official family should be something I need to do." ”
The three words of Princess Kang fell on Pei Yuan's ears, and he felt that his heart instantly felt as if he had been tightly pierced by the tip of a needle, but when he thought that this person was sitting in a position that he could touch with his hand, he stabilized his mind again.
There was a moment of silence between the two, Pei Yuan took the initiative to break the silence, talked about some rules of playing polo, and afterwards told Shen Jiahe which people in Beijing had good skills and which people liked to play tricks, and Shen Jiahe asked him with a smile: "How can you remember it so clearly?" ”
Pei Yuan also smiled: "I don't play with them much, most of them are watched below, and I wrote it down when I watched more." ”
While the two were talking, Father-in-law Fu brought some exquisite meals with the maid, and Shen Jiahe had no appetite today, so he shirked: "I've used it." ”
Pei Yuan gave her a bowl of red bean porridge, and took a stack of rose ginger candy and put it in front of Shen Jiahe; "There's a new chef in the house, you can help me taste the craftsmanship."
He also took a bowl of mung bean porridge and drank it in small sips, Shen Jiahe saw that he looked calm, as if he really just wanted to taste the chef's craftsmanship, so he had to bow his head and pick up the spoon on the side, scoop a spoonful of rose ginger candy and put it in the red bean porridge and stir gently.
The next day, the general Gu Yan returned to the mansion after the morning dynasty dispersed, and saw that Mrs. Gu was sorting out the list of polo clubs with the maid, so he asked, "How are the preparations for your polo club?" When King Xian mentioned it to me today, he seemed to want to participate. ”
Early in the morning, they chatted together, I don't know who mentioned the polo club first, he remembered that Pei Yuan said at the time, although his kung fu was not as good as a few brothers and nephews, but when he heard them talk about this, he also wanted to go over and have a good time.
Mrs. Gu was a little surprised: "Hasn't King Xian always disliked this kind of gathering?" I didn't think about giving him an invitation at the beginning, but I was afraid that if I sent it, I would be rejected, and it would be boring to ask for it. ”
She thought about it, and said to General Gu with a smile: "It's really strange to say, the princess of King Kang's Mansion was also a person who didn't like to be lively when she was in the boudoir, and this time she actually agreed to come to the polo club, I really have some expectations." ”
After learning from Gonggong Fu that Pei Yuan would also go to the polo club, Shen Jiahe added a set to the hand-drawn clothes drawings. In ancient times, whether it was for men or women, the clothes were wide-sleeved long skirts, which were slightly dragged on weekdays, and when they were about to go to the horse farm, they were even more constrained.
Shen Jiahe thought about modern horse racing costumes and made some small adjustments, just to make the clothes relatively light and concise, but not too exaggerated.
The people in the sewing room hurried up, and finally sent the clothes to Shen Jiahe the day before the polo club, and after a round of inspection, Shen Jiahe had to admire the ancient embroidery, which was exactly the same as on her drawings, and even some small details that she did not draw, just dictated to them, and it was still done very well.
After rewarding the sewing room, Shen Jiahe sent Bai Wei and Bai Ying to send Pei Shu and Qin Xiaoshuang their own special clothes respectively, and he took Pei Yuan's clothes to King Xian's mansion.
In Shen Jiahe's expectation, Pei Yuan tried on the clothes, the size was very suitable, Pei Yuan carefully looked at the trousers of the legs and the sleeves that were close to the wrists, and praised again and again: "In this way, it is much more convenient on the field, and it is estimated that it will make many people jealous when they wear it tomorrow." ”
Shen Jiahe also happily replied: "Where is there such an exaggeration, and I am worried that you will feel very strange." ”
It was actually Pei Shu who felt that the clothes were particularly strange, he shook the clothes sent by Bai Wei, frowned, and said, "Can you wear this out to meet people?" ”
Bai Wei replied respectfully: "The princess said that she would only wear it when she was playing, take it to the horse farm tomorrow, and change it when she was playing." ”
Hearing Bai Wei say this, Pei Shu went to the inner room to try it, thinking that it was indeed much more convenient to ride on a horse and swing the club, which was indeed much more convenient than the clothes on weekdays. ”
But Bai Ying, who went to Qin Township, didn't have such good luck, Qin Xiaoshuang not only didn't even look at the clothes Bai Ying was holding in her hand, but also said with a slight mockery: "The princess hasn't even ridden a horse, and she has to get an axe, so she should keep this thing for her to wear." ”
Bai Ying returned to the courtyard angrily, and after Shen Jiahe learned about it the next day, he just smiled and comforted him, and he was used to people like Qin Xiaoshuang.
The three of them walked out of the small courtyard and saw that Pei Shu and Qin Xiaoshuang were already waiting in the pavilion in the front yard.
The grassland people fight the world on horseback, Qin Xiaoshuang naturally grew up on horseback, at this time she is wearing her country's traditional clothing, and the bright colors set off her bright face.
She didn't wear her hair in a bun, but all her hair fell out and turned into countless braids, with silver jewelry on her hair, looking youthful and smart.
Pei Shu came out of the dormitory early in the morning, and when he saw her standing outside with a smile on her face, he remembered the day they first met.
Qin Xiaoshuang gave Shen Jiahe a salute, and then said faintly: "I heard that the princess never participated in this kind of gathering when she was in the boudoir, and if she wants to come to today's event, the princess's sister can only sit on the sidelines and watch." ”
She smiled and looked at Pei Shu on the side and said, "The concubine must have a good game with the prince today, don't let me go." ”
Shen Jiahe thought silently in his heart, don't cry to me on the court, she is a person who has won the gold medal in the equestrian competition, how can she be afraid of Qin Xiaoshuang and allow her to participate in the polo club, just to avenge her on the court.
Seeing that Shen Jiahe didn't pay attention to himself, Qin Xiaoshuang was bored, and then the three of them walked through the koi pond in the front yard together, Qin Xiaoshuang took a step back, pointed to the center of the pool and smiled at Shen Jiahe: "Sister Princess, you see that the pure white one with a little golden light in the middle was specially found by the prince for me." ”
Shen Jiahe just glanced at it and continued to walk forward, but Qin Xiaoshuang took her hand and forcibly stopped: "Sister, can't you see it, if you get closer, then it's that one." ”
Shen Jiahe was very disgusted with her physical contact with herself, and was about to shake off her hand, but she grabbed Shen Jiahe and didn't let go, pressed her other hand on Shen Jiahe's waist and abdomen, and pushed forward violently.
Shen Jiahe stumbled for a moment, and was about to lean back if she couldn't stand steadily, she saw Qin Xiaoshuang panic, the corners of her mouth raised in a small arc, so she quickly grabbed her collar, her waist was slightly forced, and her body straightened, but Qin Xiaoshuang was dragged by her violently, and her center of gravity was unstable, and when Shen Jiahe's hand was released, she fell straight down from the low railing.
With a plop, Qin Xiaoshuang only came and screamed, and was choked by the lake water, and the fish fled in panic, Pei Shu looked at Qin Xiaoshuang who was struggling in the water, didn't care about anything else, and jumped directly.
Shen Jiahe was a little sorry that he couldn't repair the piano Xiaoshuang at the polo club, but when he saw the two of them splashing in the water now, the depression was swept away.
She watched Pei Shu hugging Qin Xiaoshuang with one hand, trying to swim to the shore, and Gonggong Lu also ran over here with the little girl, she smiled, like a blooming peony in the early spring morning light, Pei Shu struggled to swim to the shore in the cold water, and heard her Qingyue's voice coming slowly: "I see that you can't sort it out for a while, so I can't help but make the general's wife wait in a hurry, I won't wait for you." ”
After walking a zhang away, Shen Jiahe turned around and smiled and instructed: "Father-in-law Lu, it's cold in early spring, when the prince and the master of the piano come up, remember to let the kitchen cook two bowls of ginger soup and send them over." ”
She strode towards the door of the mansion, her smile couldn't help but deepen a lot, completely ignoring the panic of everyone behind her.
Shen Jiahe stepped on the horse farm, followed Shen Jiahui and greeted everyone one by one, and then looked at Mrs. Gu in the stands and said loudly: "Today's polo game, in order to let everyone play with all their hearts, the general and I have prepared a lottery for everyone. ”
She took a box handed by the maid, the box looked inconspicuous, but when it was opened, a dagger decorated with precious stones was laid out in blue brocade, which was particularly delicate and beautiful.
Mrs. Gu said with a smile: "This is the general's accident, the dagger is made of cold iron, blowing can break hair, the girl's family is the best for self-defense, so it is specially used as today's color head." ”
Shen Jiahe watched the dagger shake in front of his eyes for a while, and was properly put away and put back in the box by Mrs. Gu, and he was only determined to win the first place today.
Three wins in five games, Shen Jiahe won two games in a row, and in the middle of the third match point, one of the opposing players' cue accidentally hit the hooves of the horse where Shen Jiahe was sitting, the horse was frightened, and the entire front hooves raised a fierce long roar, and everyone outside the court was terrified for a while.
Pei Yuan was about to ignore the danger he would be exposed to, and wanted to fly forward to save people, but a second before he left, he saw Shen Jiahe crawling on the horse, his fingers pulling the reins, steady as Mount Tai, and he didn't move a bit, and he felt a lot more relieved.