Qu Xiaoxiang was stunned for a moment, smiled and withdrew his hand that was frozen in mid-air, and then said jokingly: "This horse's temper is not small!" ”

"Yes," Lin Ruo smiled helplessly, "It was docile before, but then its temper got worse and worse. ”

Hearing Lin Ruo mention "docile" again, Qu Xiaoxiang finally asked the doubts in his heart.

"It never rejected the approach of the living, anyone could touch its mane, and it didn't lose its temper with the other horses in the stable."

Qu Xiaoxiang tugged at the corners of his mouth, it sounded ...... It's quite docile.

She doesn't care about that, though.

The habits of the black sweat horse, she thinks she still knows. Judging from the fact that this white horse named Rouge Tears is now only close to Lin Ruo, the person who tames it must be Lin Ruo. But......

Whether it is on the horse or riding a horse, Lin Ruo is very rusty, and this will not be wrong.

It's just such a fresh hand, taming a rebellious horse that is difficult for ordinary people to tame, which is really incomprehensible. It can only be said that Lin Ruo does have something special, and there are many things that are good, even if it is horse taming.

However, this is not the case when it comes to horseback riding.

One taught, one learned, and practiced seriously for two hours, Lin Ruo felt a faint pain in his inner thighs, so he proposed that today's practice would end here, and then, he was not very elegant, stumbling off the horse, and let Youcao help him to the side to rest.

Looking at Lin Ruo's unimproved dismounted and unmounted movements, as well as the speed of the longitudinal horse, which was still not much faster than trotting, Qu Xiaoxiang pulled the corners of his mouth. Unlike Lin Ruo, who was not even half-, Qu Xiaoxiang got off the horse neatly, threw the horse whip in his hand to the accompanying Yan Lingjun guards, and neatly followed Lin Ruo's pace.

When Qu Xiaoxiang saw Lin Ruo's maidservant distributing the snacks and tea she carried with her, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows - she was really still a delicate lady, oh no, your lady!

But after only sighing for a while, Qu Xiaoxiang put aside this prejudice that is not a preconceived notion - these snacks are really delicious! Although there is still no snowy pastry that Lin Ruo said can only be tasted in summer, today's dim sum is so delicious that she can't stop her mouth, especially the plate of pastry called "Treading Snow and Seeking Plums" in front of her, under the crystal clear appearance, it is clearly visible that there is a blooming plum blossom embedded in the middle; After the crisp and smooth jelly-like taste, the teeth and cheeks remain with the fragrance of winter plum.

The color, aroma and taste are all impeccable.

According to Lin Ruo, the so-called "treading snow to find plums" has to be interpreted separately.

"Step", because the outer layer of the pastry is as clear as jelly, and the skin is made of water chestnut flour; "Snow" is the milky white, finely chopped coconut on top of the pastry; "Looking for plums" is the melt-in-your-mouth plum blossom made of plum blossom water and dough in the center of the horseshoe cake.

Meaning, form, all have.

Qu Xiaoxiang doesn't cook, but listening to Lin Ruo's introduction, he can guess how much care is needed into this small snack. In addition to being speechless, he didn't expect Lin Ruofang to show envy when he saw her smooth dismounting.

The horses are ridden, the refreshments are gone, and it's time to get down to business.

The racecourse was empty, and as long as the servants and maids were driven away from each other and quietly, no one would hear what the two of them whispered softly. But Lin Ruo didn't.

Qu Xiaoxiang's hints several times in a row were ignored by her.

The servant and maid retinue retreated to the side, but it was not a suitable distance to talk about secret matters.

Qu Xiaoxiang's face sank slightly, thinking that Lin Ruo wanted to break his promise and exclude her.

However, to be honest, Lin Ruo did not break his promise, because Qu Xiaoxiang still did not find useful information about "Qu Lianyang". After spending so much time, the only thing she found was that in the genealogy of the ancestral hall, there were three words recorded "Qu Lianyang", which was the fifth sister of her grandfather Qu Chi, the Duke of Dian Kingdom. According to the seniority, she should call each other a fifth aunt and grandmother.

But the genealogy also records that her fifth aunt and grandmother have long since died, did not marry, and did not leave any heirs.

These messages seem to have little value, but they are the limit of what Qu Xiaoxiang can find.

And even if it was these, she took great pains to avoid Mrs. Xuanlu and the people in the Hou Mansion, and sneaked into the ancestral hall many times before she found out.

Now in the Zhennan Hou Mansion in the capital, it is Mrs. Xuanlu who is in charge. However, Mrs. Xuanlu obviously didn't plan to tell her about "Qu Lianyang", so Qu Xiaoxiang could only do it herself.

It was really at this time that Qu Xiaoxiang discovered that her grandfather's praise for her good use of the art of war was actually just an ordinary compliment. In front of Mrs. Xuanlu, her art of war and tricks are nowhere to hide.

Therefore, after hitting a wall, Qu Xiaoxiang couldn't help pinning his hopes on Lin Ruo.

But until she was about to leave the carriage and go home, Lin Ruo never gave her a chance to speak, nor did she take the initiative to mention this matter. Seeing Lin Ruo's appearance of limping and walking slowly, it seemed that she was sure that she would not ask her in full view.

Qu Xiaoxiang was very sulky, but he was helpless.

Angrily got into the carriage, only to hear someone tapping the window. Suddenly opened the curtain and found that the person who came was Lin Ruo's personal maidservant Youcao, Qu Xiaoxiang's heart rose with hope again.

"What?"

Youcao held a delicate food box, saluted respectfully, and then said: "Back to the county lord, the princess found a box of lost food boxes in the carriage, which happened to be the county lord's favorite 'snow and plum hunting', so she ordered the slave maid to send it to the county lord to thank the county lord for taking the time to guide the riding skills today. ”

Eating box? Treading the snow in search of plums?

Qu Xiaoxiang raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of Lin Ruo's carriage, just in time for Lin Ruo's meaningful smile. Subconsciously reached out, took the food box, opened it suspiciously, and found that it was indeed a small box of crystal clear pastries, a total of six pieces.

Could it be that Lin Ruo put the news he was going to tell her in this food box?

In that compartment, Lin Ruo had already lowered the curtain of the carriage window, and he couldn't see what was going on inside. Qu Xiaoxiang's inquiring gaze looked at Youcao, but the other party lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, without any hint on his face.

After pondering for a long time, Qu Xiaoxiang put the food box at hand, planning to study it by himself, so he said to Youcao: "Princess Rong has a heart, tell your princess for me, this riding skill is not achieved overnight, if you have time, come to the Hou Mansion to pass a word, the county lord will definitely accompany you." ”

"Yes, the slave and the princess have thanked the county lord."

Yu Cao saluted, bowed back a few steps, then turned around, returned to Lin Ruo's carriage, stepped on the footstool, and entered the carriage.

There was the sound of the carriage leaving, and Yan Lingjun's guards whispered back outside the carriage: "County Lord, Princess Rong is gone." ”

Qu Xiaoxiang raised his eyes, looked at the carriage and the white horse that were slowly leaving, refined his eyebrows, looked at the food box in his hand, and then ordered: "Let's go back too." ”