Chapter 14: Fierce Horses
Everyone followed the eldest princess of Yongning to the southwest corner of the racecourse and saw the sweaty BMW enclosed in the fence.
Under the bright sun, it presents a dazzling pale gold color all over, with a thin head and a high neck, slender limbs, smooth mane, and a graceful body like a famous painting, which makes everyone admire.
Li Lingyun couldn't take his eyes off it from the first time he saw it, because this horse was too much like her star falling.
Starfall was the first horse she owned, and when she was just nine months old, she was given a birthday gift by her father, much to the jealousy of her brothers.
She raised Starfall from a foal to a swift horse, and it accompanied her from a child to a slender girl. Starfall is very human, no one is close to her except her, it regards her as a friend, a companion, and even a mother, but after she chooses to be friendly, she leaves it in Daliang, because she is afraid that after arriving in the Qiang Kingdom, she will not be able to keep it.
After she returned to Beijing, she specially asked people to inquire about Xingluo's whereabouts, but learned that it died of illness the year after she left.
She regretted not taking it with her, and if Starfall had a choice, it would have preferred to die by her side.
Yongning noticed Li Ling's distracted appearance, and deliberately asked, "Sister, do you remember Xingluo, this horse is the descendant of Xingluo." ”
Li Lingyou was surprised at first, and then his face sank, thinking of the cause of Xingluo's death.
The life span of a horse is usually thirty years, the year she left, Xingluo was eight years old, it was the strongest time, she specially entrusted the Empress Dowager Rong to take good care of it, no matter how careless the person in charge of raising the horse was, it would not be allowed to die if it was sick, unless someone pulled it to breed, and kept squeezing its energy, causing it to be weak and infected with pestilence.
"Starfall is my horse, who let you breed its offspring without my permission?" Li Lingyu asked.
When everyone heard this, they saw that Li Ling's face was slightly angry, and they all consciously took a few steps back for fear of being affected.
Yongning refused to let go of this opportunity that made Li Ling uncomfortable, and said proudly: "Sister doesn't know, not long after you left, the Empress Dowager gave me the star fall." ”
Li Lingyu didn't guess wrong, the reason why Xingluo died of illness was because of frequent breeding, because it refused to let people other than Li Lingyu control it, so it became a tool for breeding.
Yongning pretended to shake his head regretfully: "This horse should be the great-grandson of Starfall, and it was bred with Starfall's descendants for ten years, but unfortunately its temper is too violent, and the number of people injured under its hooves is uncountable, and no one has been able to tame it so far." ”
As if to confirm Yongning's words, the sweaty BMW in the fence suddenly became irritable, raised its head and hissed, raised its front hooves and trampled the grass fiercely, the dirt splashed, and stepped on a deep pit.
Everyone was frightened when they saw it, and they were eager to try, but now they all stopped thinking.
Yongning instigated Li Lingyou: "Sister, do you want to give it a try, maybe it is the same as Xingluo, and it has a fate with you?" ”
Li Lingyu sneered, with her current body, taming such a fierce horse is no different from looking for death.
Zhan Youjing tightened Li Lingyu's arm: "Your Highness, don't go, it's too dangerous, why don't you let my father try it first." ”
Zhan Yaofei stood in the crowd, heard his daughter's words, he was so angry that he was not angry, and was about to complain to He Qiong that his daughter had no conscience, so he heard He Qiong say: "Jing'er is right, how can you let Your Highness take risks, or you can try it." ”
"......" Zhan Yaofei wanted to cry without tears.
Of course, Li Lingyun will not look for death, but she is bound to get this horse: "I want to buy it, you can make a price." ”
Yongning shook his head: "That's not good, I have a word first, who can tame it can get it, not to mention that I am not short of silver taels." ”
"A thousand taels of gold." Li Lingyou was too lazy to play tricks with her, and directly offered a sky-high price.
Yongning's heart moved, and everyone inhaled.
You must know that raising such a horse costs only a thousand copper coins, and Li Lingyou actually wants to give her ten times.
Yongning couldn't help but smile, and said, "My sister is really rich, but I don't want to ......."
"Ten thousand taels." Li Lingyou interrupted her.
Yongning instantly became dumb, and everyone exclaimed.
She wanted to refuse Li Lingyou, but she couldn't open her mouth, it was 10,000 taels of gold, and it was 100,000 taels of copper coins, even if she was a princess and had the support of the Queen Mother, she had never seen so much money.
"Whether you want a horse that you can't ride at all, or 10,000 taels of gold, Yongning, as long as you don't get confused, you know what to choose."
Yongning was hesitating, hearing Li Lingyou's words, he looked up at her, and when he saw Li Lingyou's disdainful gaze, a nameless fire surged into his heart.
Fourteen years ago, in order to avoid her relatives, she destroyed her innocence, after the incident, Li Lingyou came to see her, and she also scolded her with disdain for being a fool, and later she learned that even if she didn't do stupid things, the person who kissed her would not be her, because only she Li Lingyu could do it to persuade the Qiang army to retreat.
It's always been like this, no matter what she does, she is a fool in Li Lingyu's eyes, and she has never looked down on her!
"I don't sell this horse, if my sister really wants it, there is another way, I don't know if you are willing to agree." Yongning was full of resentment, she could not want the 100,000 taels of gold, but she must make Li Lingyou feel bad.
Everyone was surprised, and they all felt that the eldest princess of Yongning was stupid, and she didn't want 100,000 taels of gold, what did she want to do?
Li Lingyu narrowed her eyes, knowing that Yongning had bad intentions, she still wanted to hear how bad Yongning could be.
"You say."
The crowd pricked up their ears.
"Next month is my birthday, and I want to invite my sister to come to my house to dance a flying fairy dance for the guests, okay?" Yongning said in a strange way.
The blood on Li Lingyu's face visibly faded with the naked eye.
The Flying Immortal Dance used to be Li Lingyu's proud skill, but after experiencing the cold winter of the soldiers coming to the city, it became an unspeakable taboo for her.
She once danced in front of the 100,000 army of the Qiang State, her clothes were half-faded, her body was naked, she used dignity to survive for Da Liang, and shame to make peace for Da Liang.
Now Yongning asked her to dance the flying dance to cheer up, which can be described as murderous.
Li Lingyou lowered her head and covered her heart, she heard the whispering behind her, and noticed the secret excitement and expectation of everyone, and her heart, which was already full of holes, became more and more dull, as if she had been thrown to the ground.
Zhan Youjing helped her with a worried expression.
Yongning happily looked at the pain in Li Lingyu's eyes, and said downwardly: "In the past, my sister's dance could retreat from an army of 100,000, but now a dance can be worth 10,000 taels of gold, and it will be spread out in the future, and it will be a beautiful talk." ”
He Qiong gritted her teeth and pushed Zhan Yaofei: "What are you still doing in a daze, go and take that horse down for me, you must not ask His Highness to promise to dance to this group of ungrateful things." ”
Although Zhan Yaofei also hated Yongning, he still had his senses, and reluctantly told He Qiong: "I want to go too, but it's useless for me to go, I am not sure to tame that horse at all, but I am sure that I will break a leg, hey, it would be good if the king was here." ”
Before the words fell, someone shouted in a deep voice:
"I will tame that fiery horse for the princess!"
Everyone turned their heads one after another, looking for the person who spoke up, and saw a sturdy young man cut through the crowd and came straight behind Li Lingyou and Yongning.
"Princess."
Li Lingyou and Yongning turned back together.
Yongning looked puzzled: "Who are you?" ”
The young man didn't look at her, and bowed to Li Lingyou: "Princess, don't do what you don't want to do." ”
Li Lingyun's falling heart seemed to be gently lifted, and she looked at him with a confused expression: "Are you?" ”
The young man raised his head, revealing an angular face, a high nose and deep eyes, tough facial features, and a pair of Danfeng eyes sharp and restrained, which reminded Li Lingyu of the eagle flying down on the grassland.
"I ...... Do you recognize you? ”
The young man was stunned for a moment, and found that she did not recognize him at all, and the afterglow swept to the young and handsome twin sons on the side, and as if a ghost was a god, he knelt down to her, summoned all his courage, and said loudly:
"There is no hope in the future, I have admired the princess for a long time, I am willing to work hard for dogs and horses, and I beg the princess to take me in!"