Su Yin's rank is from the fifth rank to the lower rank, and Xie Jinlian and these people are also fourth-grade county gentlemen, so they should be divided into the second group of competitions. And the talent is the fifth product, and she cares about this.

Liu Yuru was also a little hesitant when she heard Su Yin's words, because in the first group, there were either Mrs. Guo or princesses, princesses of the county, Mrs. Shangshu, wives of the Sixteen Wei Generals, and there might also be relatives of the Zhu State. I am unwilling to lose to them, and if I win, I am afraid of upsetting anyone, which is always unfavorable to Gao Jun's officials.

Gao Jun said that there is no need to think about it! Since you are in the same group, you are equal to each other, why should the wives of my military department have to let anyone?

Liu Yuru said, "That's not a big deal, right? There are always some ideas for people who are planning to participate, but I still don't worry about it. ”

So the others kept pouting, "Sister! What a great opportunity this is, could anyone else be as careful as my sister if they want to participate in a Marseille? No one can go, but the people from the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War and the Chief Pastoral Supervisor of the Tang Dynasty must participate! ”

Su Yin said, "That's it, and we have to hurry up, the two women in the prince's palace are really beautiful when they run on horseback, how can we let them compare!" ”

Xie Jinlian said, "With the riding skills of Fan Ying and Siqing, there is always one person who is destined to win the first place in the second group. This is an event advocated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Chu, is it really good if Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of War does not participate? ”

Mrs. Cui was also beside her, thinking, "Reasonable." ”

Fan Ying said, "The people in the group are either old or have been in good health for a long time. Sister, can you ride a horse from Xizhou to Shanyang Town, Ezhou, Yazhou, and then run back to Xizhou from Yazhou, will you still be stunned by them? ”

Liu Yuru finally made up her mind, "That's good, but I didn't say what ranking I must get." ”

Gao Jun smiled, "That's right, otherwise there is nothing to see in the group competition!" ”

The matter was finally settled, and the people were elated, and then the ladies of the Shangshu Mansion of the Yongning Fang's Military Department, including the two wives of the housekeeper Gao Bai, Ju'er and Xuelian, all had their own horses, and everyone went to the streets to practice, and Fan Ying and Siqing became their riding teachers as a matter of course.

Su Yin has been staring at the Meridian Valley construction site outside Cuiwei Palace these days, and the two sisters, Lirong and Lilan, often accompany her there. Nearly forty miles from Chang'an to Meridian Valley, the three of them often got up and rode quickly, and when they came back in the first few days, they said that it was hard, and Lilan complained that her thighs hurt.

But later, they often reported to the sisters in the family: The two women in the prince's palace are making good progress in practice, especially the talented man surnamed Wu, which should not be underestimated.

This man seemed to be agile and courageous, and dared to ride a horse across a shallow stream without slowing down. She will be a strong contender in the second group. Su Yin said that once it was dusk, and this talented man was still running back and forth on the mountain road.

And she went to Fanglin Garden once in a while, and saw that in the vast royal forbidden garden in the north of Chang'an City, there were young princesses riding horses everywhere, and those half-brothers who practiced *******Li Zhi in the company of palace people and domestic slaves, and the sons of the late emperor in his later years, all of them who were old enough have been crowned kings, in fact, their age is not too old.

The relationship between the princes and the crown prince is mostly very delicate, and in order to maintain a superficial harmony and harmony with each other, they must always be wary of each other, and they must not be close or far.

The tournament advocated by the Crown Prince was attended only by the female dependents, and it was a perfect opportunity to show the harmony between the prince and the prince, and to show their support for the prince's initiative.

The so-called friendship first, competition second is the meaning. Under this principle, can't those older ladies and gentlemen get on the horse and try it?

Let's see, during the period when the crown prince Li Zhi was in charge of the government, the front line of Goryeo was fighting and raising sheep at the same time, and the noblewomen in the rear and even ordinary women were preparing for the riding competition, which gave people the feeling that the prince was lifting weights lightly, and Chang'an was both relaxed and vibrant inside and outside.

This invisibly gave the women of the military department Shangshu an incentive to practice, and as soon as they had free time, they rode on the street - even if they could not get a good ranking in the future, but they could not be laughed at at the end - because the reputation of the military department was at stake.

In fact, except for Su Yin, Xie Jinlian has some miscellaneous things to manage the accounts, and the others have time. It only took a moment for someone to suggest: "Ride a horse!" ”

Gao Jun was happy that they had something to do, and he had time to go to the Weiguo Mansion to discuss the matter of the military formation. He changed to a temporary mount, and Tanhuo stopped riding, so that Liu Yuru was familiar with its temperament.

Li Wanqing is the latest to contact horses among these sisters in the family, and the other sisters in the house are eager to try, and she is also eager to practice well, otherwise she will be a little outdated.

It just so happened that Changsun Run, relying on his old relationship, carefully selected three high-breed Turkic horses from Wuwei Ranch, Gao Yao kept one, and the remaining two were sent to Gao Jun's Mansion.

This kind of horse has short legs and endurance, suitable for long-distance running, not tall, and has good adaptability.

In the morning, Liu Yuru, Fan Ying, and Cui Yan rode out at the earliest, and the second group was Xie Jinlian and Siqing to find Gao Yao, and then Su Yin, Lirong, and Lilan went to the Meridian Valley construction site. Li Wanqing was afraid that the rustiness of riding would make people laugh, so she deliberately rubbed it to the end, and thought about what clothes to wear for a long time, and finally changed into the most inconspicuous clothes, and led the horse out with Ju'er and Xuelian.

The housekeeper Gao Bai found four housekeepers to accompany them, and Wanqing insisted on letting them all change into civilian clothes, just to not be publicized.

As for where to practice, she said that Sister Liu and the others would probably be in the city, Xie Jinlian must have gone to Fanglin Garden in the west of the city, and Su Yin and Lirong went to the Meridian Valley in the south of the city, so she would go to the east of the city.

The east, southeast, and southwest of Chang'an City are mountainous, unlike the flat terrain in the west and northwest, so some ladies and ladies will go there to practice.

No matter how bad the horse is, the sisters at home will not see it, and then join them when they are slowly becoming proficient. The second is that the people around them don't know who they are, even if they show some ugliness, they will not lose the face of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War.

Ju'er smiled and said to her, "It's just a horse, and there are so many worries!" ”

The seven masters and servants went out of Yanxing Gate and found that Wannian County was organizing civilian servants to repair the road around the city.

Chang'an, Wannian two counties according to the jurisdiction are under construction, the road as far as possible flat, straight, widened, as far as possible along the steep slope of the mountain to slow down, every five miles on the side of the road also built a temporary horse pavilion, tea shop, as well as a variety of supporting shops, stands.

The weather was sunny at the end of July, and there were already many women riding horses along the way, and in the fields farther from the road, peasant women practising on their freshly unloaded horses, and there were occasional screams and laughter from their husbands or brothers.

It seems that this will be a desirable event, and women of different identities in Chang'an are looking forward to it.

Li Wanqing used to travel mostly by car, and when she got on the horse, she was cautious and serious, holding the reins of the horse with both hands.

Fortunately, this horse has a docile temperament, as if he knows that his master is born, and when he is the fastest, he only trots smoothly, and when he arrives outside the city, Wanqing has already adapted a little.

She proposed to Ju'er and Xuelian that they should go up the hill along the track, and then run farther away to familiarize themselves with the road, hoping that it would be a little cheaper during the race.

Unconsciously, they ran out to the east twenty or thirty miles away, in the east of the Wangchun Palace, there is a rare vacant land, there is also a grandstand here, the tea shop, the pavilion has been completed, there is a special guard sent by Wannian County to take care of it.

Li Wanqing and the others were a little tired, so they asked the family to go to the teahouse to ask, if they could let them rest and drink tea inside, and then they planned to go home.

When the family went to ask, the official said, "There are mountains and rivers here, and it is a special facility for the event, maybe any high-ranking official or prince, or even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will watch the game here, how can people use it casually." ”

The family muttered as he went back and forth, "Obviously there are people inside who are resting but don't let us in, isn't the secretary of the military department a high-ranking official?" ”

Another family member said, we came out in civilian clothes, how do people know!

Wanqing didn't care, looking at the scale of this grandstand and tea shop is indeed different from what she saw before, she chose to be on a high slope on the edge of Guangyun Pond, and went up with a neat dozen steps, and the view from the stands to the front and back must be good.

She found a shade not far from the stands, and everyone got off their horses to rest.

As soon as they sat down, sixteen or seventeen horses came running from the road where they came, and a dozen guards surrounded by five or six young women also arrived.

One of them ran to the bottom of the steps of the stand, got off his horse, quickly went up and whispered a few words to the steward, and then came back and said to a gorgeously dressed and beautiful woman inside, "Miss Wang, the official of Wannian County has asked us to go up and rest." ”

This Miss Wang is less than 20 years old, and she is accompanied by four maids, all riding horses. After listening to the man's words, she first looked at Li Wanqing's resting place, and asked, "Is this appropriate, why don't I see any resting people above?" ”

The man said, "That's natural, no one wants to go up to sit in the stands, and who comes here can compare to our Miss Wang's identity!" ”

When Miss Wang heard this, she dismounted, looked back at Wanqing, stopped on Li Wanqing's face for a moment, and then walked to the stands under the guidance of Yahuan.

Xue Lian said, "Who is this, more than our sixth lady's shelf!" ”

One of the housekeepers who came with him said, "That's not right, the servants clearly said that no one was allowed to go up, so why can't they?" May I go up and ask them? ”

Wan Qing said, "Don't worry too much, let's rest and go home." ”

Ju'er said to the family just now, "They are drinking tea on top to enjoy the coolness, it's okay if we don't go to join in the fun, but why should we get some tea for the sixth lady?" ”

The two family members got up and went up to the stands to ask for tea, and then came back empty-handed, and said to everyone, "I can't get used to their arrogant appearance, and they won't give us tea even if they have it." ”

The two family members who didn't go were not convinced when they heard this, and said, "What's the reason, I have to go up and ask them what is wrong with it." Usually when we go out, we don't meet him from afar, how can we eat his! ”

Li Wanqing hurriedly stopped, "We are here to train horses, why bother?" Besides, who can tell that you are from the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War? Don't forget that Cui Yan and Gao Yao made Jun angry last time! Let's take a break and go home. ”

Ju'er and Xuelian stopped squeaking, and everyone sat silently under the tree, with no refreshments and no seats, which looked a little embarrassing compared to the stands.

And the voice of Miss Wang in the stands who commented on the quality of the tea came down again, "What kind of tea is this, it's so bitter, you go and ask the errand officer, if there is anything better." ”

Ju'er pouted when she heard this, and said to a housekeeper, "There is no tea here, isn't there anywhere else?" You can't let the sixth lady be thirsty, there is Wangchun Palace on the other side of the pond, you take me to ask for some tea. ”

Wan Qingzheng was a little thirsty, and she didn't know how she wanted tea, so she didn't stop them, and the two rode in the direction of Wangchun Palace.

As soon as the two left, two of Miss Wang's entourage in the stands came down and said to them with their faces held high, "Our Miss Wang said that the upper side is not as open as here, and the edge of the pool is flat. ”

Xue Lian replied to the other party, "The boss here is spacious, and it's not a public land, you can come and we can come, it's a big deal to practice riding a horse in one place, why do we have to give you a place?" ”

As soon as the other party came, he looked at these people resting under the big tree, and he couldn't see how high the other party's identity was, guessing that they were at most the wives and maids of a wealthy family in Chang'an City, so he sneered and said, "Can people be the same with each other?" ”

Xuelian asked, "Then who are you Miss Wang?" ”

The man said, "What kind of person is Miss Wang, how can I tell you, but in Chang'an City, there are not many people who can be invited to the stands to eat tea at this time, if you have some brains, you can think about it yourself." ”

A family member in Gaofu said, "I can't think of it, but it is absolutely impossible for the sixth lady of my family to let the place, at least one of them must come first and come first, we will allow you Miss Wang to ride a horse here, and we will not care about you." ”

As he was talking, two more people in the stands came down and urged, "Why don't these people leave quickly, Miss will come down immediately." ”

The person who came first said impatiently, "No, there is no eye to occupy here, and we can't even thin our mouths." ”

One of the two shouted, "And this kind of thing!" If you don't leave, you will invite the errand officer down to speak, and see what he has to say! ”

Wan Qing said, "You can let us go for a while, and then we will leave when my people come back." ”

The man said, "No, leave immediately, otherwise it will be troublesome when the Wannian County official comes down, and I'm afraid it won't be so easy for you to leave then!" ”

The family of Gaofu said, "What about the errand officer? The sixth lady of my family is generous and benevolent, but I don't like you, if you have the ability, you can call the errand officer down and ask him if he has heard of who the executive of Yongning Fang is! ”