Chapter 102: Spring Polo Club
Motuo Tiange is unfamiliar to the harem ladies, this concubine of King Pingkang Mu from the grassland outside the Saiwai is full of mystery, some are curious to explore, some are hospitable, and some look at her coldly; Everything in the palace is even more strange and unknown to Motuotiange, and this pearl of the grassland can only be felt silently with her own heart, and the people and things of the Shenguang Dynasty make her feel strange and even confused.
Sitting quietly in the palace every day was like a constraint for her, especially when she thought of the etiquette of the royal family of the Shenguang Dynasty, her mood became more and more depressed, and her eyes, which were originally as bright as jewels, gradually dimmed. King Pingkang Mu saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but he was entangled in the affairs of the court, and he had no time to accompany the beautiful woman. This time, Tiange entered the palace to greet the elders, and he specially told the princess to take her out for a walk and see the inside of the palace. In addition, he also meant that through the princess, he pleaded with the queen mother to convene the ladies of various provinces to hold a spring outing polo club, so that he could let Motuotiange participate in the ball club to relax, as early as the time of Lok Ma Chau, he had already taught Tiange to play polo, and the woman who grew up on horseback quickly mastered and became proficient in playing polo. Interested men from all provinces can also participate in horse racing, and there is also a horse racing festival every year on the grassland outside the Saiwai, where warriors of all ethnic groups compete with their favorite BMWs.
In previous years, this kind of spring outing polo club would be held by Taikang giants in turn, and it was just a customary rule, but the scale was different. Holding such a polo club can be a spring relaxation, and people who have been cats for a winter psychologically want to go out for fun; secondly, young men and women from various provinces can get acquainted with each other, enhance friendship, and match each other; The third is that the government shows its strength to promote the younger generations, the wealthy nobles have been inherited for several generations and are eroded, and it is also a way to select outstanding people from the poor scholars to absorb and incorporate them into the court, some recruit sons-in-law into the family, some accept them as disciples, and some are attracted to bet, all of which have laid the foundation of the clan gate.
This time, King Pingkang Mu wanted to hold a grand polo club, so he asked the princess to go to the queen's side to ask for a decree, and the queen called on the queen to launch a spring outing polo club. A group of female relatives chatted about this matter in Yikun Palace, which was exactly what Queen Xiao meant, "My son is filial piety, and the palace is very relieved." Years ago, the boys won the Northern Expedition, and the female families of the various provinces stabilized the rear is also a credit, and the spring after the year should be a reward for everyone, and the sisters are happy together, and the palace will take out 10,000 taels of silver to throw bricks and jade to sponsor, and the sisters of each palace will participate. ”
"What the queen said is that my sister will go to the Shouxi Palace to report to the Queen Mother, she loves to watch polo matches the most." Jiang Guifei's distant eyebrows trembled, and her face showed joy.
"The queen is benevolent, I and the sisters of the six palaces should follow, and the polo club in the spring of this year will definitely be very lively." The concubines of Ziyun Palace and others also smiled and agreed.
After the Northern Expedition, King Pingkang Mu and King Zekang were pushed to the front of the stage to preside over the small court meeting of Shulanxuan, which can be described as shouldering a heavy responsibility, but Emperor Jialong became more and more secluded, and most of the officials only saw the emperor when the class returned to the dynasty to worship the Taimiao, and they have not been seen since.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the matter of the two princes ruling over the city soon spread throughout Taikang City, and the pawns in the market are saying that His Majesty is choosing the lord of the East Palace.
"The prince should know that the world of great controversy has come, and the saint intends to let the two adult princes preside over the government, but it is not a question for everyone." This is the final words of the Yin and Yang Shi Pang Yan after entering the mansion late at night and having a long talk with Pingkang Wang Youqi.
"Mr. woke up the dreamer with a word, the Northern Expedition has been judged in terms of martial arts strategy, only in terms of governing the country, do you need to do it again?"
"It is a blessing for the prince to have this awareness, the world of the great struggle is not only a great position, but also the atmospheric luck of the heaven and earth of China, and the next hundred generations will come to see us again, and they will be full of emotion." The two of them are as sympathetic to each other as Bole is to Maxima.
After the Shangyuan Festival, the spring and the scenery are clear tomorrow, the royal horse farm at the foot of the Yushan Mountain outside the Taikang City is showing the flag and the horses are neighing, the red men and green women are competing for beauty, and the spring outing polo conference initiated by the queen mother is being held.
Taikang City more than five grades of officials and dependents can bring friends to participate, who ever thought that the people were passionate, the children and daughters of the various provinces all enthusiastically participated, the men expected more from the polo club, and then called friends and friends in groups, so that in the end it was difficult to get a vote, and finally in desperation, King Pingkang Mu borrowed Cui Hanzhang's three battalions of soldiers and horses to maintain order, and was stunned to make a spring outing polo club between officials and relatives the largest spring outing event in the history of Shenguang.
I saw the officials and female dependents sitting in the high stands, and they were all ready to compete one after another, and those who had nothing to do sat and watched the play. Concubine Yun of Ziyun Palace knocked off the melon seeds in her hand and asked slowly: "Sister, I can be regarded as sponsoring all the belongings in my palace, and I will go to my sister's palace to eat and drink in the future, but I am not allowed to laugh at people!" ”
"That's it! Come on! There's no one else here, and the queen is sitting on that high platform, and I can't hear your loyalty. When Concubine Ming heard her say this, she almost choked on a mouthful of water, and her coughing tears came out, and she didn't look dignified anymore.
"Are you really stupid or fake stupid? The queen's maternal family is a generational imperial businessman, and that is the rich Jin'an Xiao family, and any leakage from the fingernails is enough for us to eat for ten or eight years. Concubine Ming finally slapped her back and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Huh! You fool, do you really want the sisters of the Six Palaces to donate money with sponsorship? I heard the little maid of Yikun Palace say in private, all the concubines in the harem have donated less than three thousand taels with a share, not even half of the queen's mother, and the angry one who took the maids and eunuchs who went to the palaces to raise funds started fighting, tsk! Tut! That's a miserable ......," said Concubine Xi next to her.
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Concubine Yun sighed in her heart when she heard her say this, she only raised a total of three thousand taels, and she dared to be alone!
"Look at today's scene, the tent materials all over the mountains, the people eat and the horses are fed, and 13,000 taels of silver is enough to stuff the teeth? My sister has to have a basis for what she says! "Concubine Yun is not happy, and her words are unforgiving.
"This matter has spread early in the palace prisons, and everyone is aggrieved for the people who were beaten, saying that the good sponsorship and charity funds are based on their hearts, and in the end, the suspects will take out the anger of the palace maids and eunuchs." Concubine Xi had sharp teeth and sharp mouth, so she didn't wait for Concubine Yun to finish speaking and didn't interrupt her.
"Look, Yun Lan and the old family are on the field, look at the temperament of others, it is really completely different from my Central Plains woman." Concubine Ming interrupted the two of them and pointed to the horse racing fence and said.
I saw that Motuo Tiange was dressed in a red robe and was heroic, sitting on top of the sweat and blood treasure horse, with a temperament like a goddess on the iceberg, cold and clear, completely natural, very different from the women of the Central Plains, and immediately attracted the attention of all the men and women in the audience.
"The vision of the eldest brother is really unique, this kind of exotic beauty is really fascinating!" The children of the other branches of the Shenguang Imperial Family sincerely admired.
"There is such a gorgeous woman in the world, and the god of war King Mu is really a perfect match in the world." There were also men in the crowd who expressed emotion.
"Enchanting and riotous, not abiding by women's ways, no wonder he can make the prince confused." There was also a woman in the stands who scolded quietly, it turned out to be the big girl next to Princess Mu.
"Sister-in-law has an outstanding posture and a strong aura, you can see that all the men in the audience are staring at you!" Princess Yunlan is also dressed in a white suit, with a graceful figure, which really responds to the old saying, if you want to be pretty, you must be filial.
These days, Yunlan's Yonglin Palace has lived smoothly, with a ruddy complexion and light in his eyes, although he appeared next to the dazzling Motuo Tiange, but there was a gentle and elegant temperament, and the two of them were red and white.
"Tiange's eyes only have the sun." Motuo Tiange's chin was raised high, and his eyes quickly found King Pingkang Mu who was sitting next to the queen's footsteps, and he even kissed in greeting, causing the men on the horse farm to scream with envy.
"This is so delicious!"
"Grandma is a bear, if the ladies in the family can be so charming, Lao Tzu promises to go home on time for dinner!"
Everyone coaxed, and the bold ones shouted Motuotiange, I am optimistic about you!
King Pingkang Mu is open-minded, he doesn't care about Meng Lang of those men at all, but he is quite happy in his heart, his woman can have such charm, what man in the world can not be proud?
It's just that the queen mother frowned slightly when she saw this scene, and there was no joy on her face, and the princess next to her noticed that she was secretly proud when she noticed such a scene, so she said softly: "My sister is beautiful and fragrant, and the exotic costumes outside the country really opened the eyes of our Taikang man." ”
"It's good to be ingenious, but you also have to pay attention to proportion!"
"Son, your daughter-in-law still needs to be trained well." The princess's words intentionally or unintentionally scratched Queen Xiao's mind, causing her to open her mouth and tell the prince.
At this time, King Pingkang Mu thought about Tiange on the polo field, and naturally did not listen to the words of the queen's mother, but just hummed perfunctorily.
"Don't be surprised by the queen mother, Sister Tiange helped our prince win a big battle on the grassland, she often said that she felt uncomfortable after coming to the Central Plains, after all, she can be free on the grassland, so let's be free with her temperament at this moment!" The princess was afraid that the queen would be dissatisfied, so she helped explain.
"Queen Mother Mingjian, after all, Tiange is the first time to come to my dynasty, today's polo club is to let her let her fly her temperament, and the matter of teaching the rules will be talked about another day!" King Pingkangmu said according to the princess's words.
"The queen mother, look at Yun Lan's ball is really beautiful, hit the rainbow bridge with one shot, and the colored ball goes straight to the door hole." King Pingkang Mu couldn't help but praise when he saw the good ball.
Yun Lan has been playing polo with Emperor Jialong since she was a child, and looking at the entire royal family of women of the same age, her ball skills are not second to people.
I saw that the two women were skillfully coordinated, and the flexible and free center of gravity and the balance in the running slalom were just right for the two. Sometimes you have to sit upright and stand upright, sometimes wave your arms and thunder strikes, sometimes lean out to hook the pole defense, and the horse under you is full of tacit understanding with the owner, and after a while, you will be ahead of the opponent by several balls, and it can be seen that the combination of these two is a move of heart, and I am afraid that it is better than many men.
There was a poem in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty: "Yule Qianjin Horse, carved Seven Treasure Balls." Flying shock, Fu Fen Jue starry. "Polo, a combination of skill and violence, is a combination of equestrianism, batting and strategic choice, and has been a favorite sport of royalty and aristocrats throughout the ages. It is precisely because polo has very high requirements for golfers' riding skills, so it is also a popular event in the Shenguang Cavalry, which can be used for entertainment and exercise riding, killing two birds with one stone.
There was a shortage of horses in Shenguang, and it was always necessary to rely on trade horses with various ethnic groups outside the country to meet domestic demand, so the nobles and nobles could not afford to play polo at all. It costs a lot of money just to train and maintain a good horse, not to mention the need to communicate with the horses day after day, and even achieve a heart-to-heart integration, and finally reach the realm of unity between people and horses, so as to dominate the polo field.
The maintenance of a few fine horses and players has become a manifestation of the competition of financial resources among the nobles and nobles, otherwise they cannot be called wealthy and are naturally not accepted by the circle. Every year, there are countless young children who are injured playing polo, and the most normal thing is that people on the field are on their backs, and the high-speed galloping horse falls so tragically, but even if it is so dangerous, it is still sought after by everyone, and it is really fascinating to play polo.