Chapter 57: Horse Racing
Chu Nian and Mu Qingfu saluted, and then retreated hand in hand.
This royal hunt is mostly when the generals show themselves, and it has little to do with their female dependents, but although they can't dance with swords and swords, it is still feasible to ride a horse to see the scenery.
The horses in the royal hunting grounds are trained by special people, and most of them are tame, so those rich women who can't ride horses will also take advantage of this opportunity to have a good time, and there are a few who can really ride horses, and the men go into the forest to hunt, and they hunt in a safer place on the edge of the forest, although most of the time they can't hunt anything, if they really catch a little rabbit or bird or something, they will also get a compliment from the elders when they return.
Mu Qing is a strange existence among these official women, compared to other women who specially asked the horse trainer to help them choose tame horses in order to make a show, when the horse trainer led the horses out, she dragged Chu Nian into the horse herd.
In his previous life, Su Nian also had a certain understanding of equestrianism, and just by looking at the horse's mane and hooves, you could know whether the horse's temperament was stubborn, so Chu Nian was pulled into the horse herd by Mu Qing, and a few horses were scattered, not to mention, the horses picked out by Mu Qing were the most intense.
Seeing that Chu Nian and Mu Qing had been tinkering with the horses for so long, they actually picked two horses with the strongest temperament in the herd to come out, and the horse trainer wanted to cry without tears, where did these two wayward eldest ladies come from, they were not afraid to ride on the horses?
Mu Qing patted the head of the brown-maned red-haired horse beside her with satisfaction, and the horse let out a dissatisfied breath from his nose, "It's good, I didn't expect there to be such a treasure in this royal hunting ground." ”
Chu Nian was leading a group of pure black horses, with a pair of big eyes blazing, but there was hostility in those eyes, and the wildness was self-evident.
"These two horses are a mixture of sweaty horses and ordinary horses, they generally don't live long, and it is more difficult to domesticate.
She had just been dragged into the herd, and she was dazzled for a while, but she found this black horse in the corner, and her heart moved inexplicably, and when she came back to her senses, the horse that kept sneezing had been led out by her.
"Mu Niangzi, Chu Sanniang, these two horses ......"
The horse trainer looked at Chu Nian and Mu Qing who were full of interest, Mu Qing waved his hand and didn't ask him to continue, "Just these two horses, this lady likes them." ”
As she spoke, she looked at Chu Nian provocatively, "But, Nian'er, do you know how to ride a horse?" ”
Chu Nian gave her a cold smile back, "No, what's the matter, Mu Niangzi wants to teach me?" ”
"Huh-" Mu Qing raised her eyebrows and looked at her, "In this way, come, I'll teach you how to get on the horse......"
"Mu Niangzi and Chu Sanniang?" A voice on the side remembered out of place, and was disturbed, Mu Qing suddenly turned around impatiently, and Shen Ruan was looking at the two of them with a smile.
"The little girl heard that Mu Niangzi has been on the battlefield with the Marquis of Zhenyuan since she was a child, proficient in riding and archery, and she has long seen Mu Niangzi's talent, and today she has the opportunity to see Mu Niangzi's heroic posture on horseback, and the little girl feels very honored."
Mu Qing led the horse and turned around, not ready to give Shen Ruan this face, but Shen Ruan's target was not her, only to see Shen Ruan turn his eyes and look at Chu Nian, who was calming the restless dark horse on the side.
"I didn't expect the Wushuang County Lord to be proficient in equestrianism?"
Chu Nian raised his eyes, his gaze swept over her, and his face was cold.
Mu Qing turned back, "I'm really afraid of something, today should be enjoyable, I don't want to conflict with people, and I deliberately avoided some people, but I didn't expect that the dog skin plaster is the dog skin plaster, and I can't get rid of it." ”
When the words fell, Shen Ruan's face was almost green, but she still forced a smile, although she was not afraid of the daughters of these two districts, but in the end they were all ladies of the family, if she took the initiative to have a conflict with the two of them today, she was afraid that others would talk about her.
Hearing Mu Qing's words, Chu Nian couldn't help but sneer, "It's really like this." ”
"Chu Nian! You! Shen Ruan's perfect acting skills were suddenly broken by Chu Nian and the others, she raised her eyebrows, and she was about to make a difficulty, but her eyes fell on the horse on Chu Nian's side, and as soon as her eyes rolled, she smirked: "Why should Chu Sanniang and Sister Mu be like this, my sister is not here to find fault today, but to reconcile with the two sisters, isn't it that the two sisters are unwilling to accept my apology?" ”
Chu Nian didn't bother to think about what calculations Shen Ruan had in her heart, and there were only those little tricks that couldn't be put on the table, in her previous life, she used this kind of trick to harass her repeatedly, and it had been two years, she still didn't have a long memory, and she should be glad that she had a brother who doted on her, otherwise she would have been killed by someone long ago with this temperament and means.
Looking at Shen Ruan's face, which suddenly became pitiful, Mu Qing waved his hand with disgust on his face and said, "Don't, don't talk to my sister and sister, we don't have any friendship, you are so tricky that I will almost think that the Shen family's life will not go on, and you want to borrow money from me." ”
"You ......"
Shen Ruan suppressed his anger on the verge of an outburst, and said without giving up: "I am sincerely reconciled, if you are willing to accept it, we will have a horse race today, if you are not willing to accept it......"
She changed her tone, and Chu Chu looked at Chu Nian and the others pitifully, "Please, you two, I know it's wrong." ”
Chu Nian raised his eyebrows and looked at her, the three of them were particularly eye-catching at this moment, even the emperor who was discussing riding and archery with the officials turned his head, "What's wrong with those three girls?" ”
Everyone turned their eyes to Chu Nian and Mu Qing, and Ming Xiu also looked over with a smirk, and when he saw the dark horse beside Chu Nian, his eyes flashed slightly.
"What's going on? Chu San has a good relationship with Mu Niangzi, I know, how did the second lady of the Shen family get in? ”
"I don't know, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like Chu San and Mu Niangzi have joined forces to bully Shen Er."
"It was said that there was some misunderstanding between them before, and Shen Er came to apologize, but those two didn't accept it."
"This Chu San has been sealed, and the little county lord doesn't know what his roots are? It's arrogant so quickly. ”
……
Stopping Mu Qing, who was almost violent, Chu Nian narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Shen Ruan, who was full of innocent faces, she slipped her abacus, and now it seems to others that it is not Shen Ruan who deliberately ran to find fault, but that she and Mu Qing were unreasonable and bullied her alone.
But now this horse race Shen Ruan has proposed, and it has caused a misunderstanding among the dignitaries present, if she says that she can't ride a horse, I'm afraid that others will think that she deliberately said this because she didn't want to reconcile with Shen Ruan, but if she really responded, "Chu Nian" originally didn't know how to equestrian, she would definitely lose?
Shen Ruan: Is this deliberately trying to see her jokes?
Oh, she couldn't help but think too easily.
Chu Nian patted the black horse that was holding hooves on his side, and said with a meaningful smile: "Since it is Shen Erniang's sincere apology, the little girl should take it, but that thing must not happen a second time, otherwise, it will be Erniang who will be injured, and I am doing this for Erniang's good." ”
Hearing this, Shen Ruan's face froze, of course she knew what Chu Nian was referring to. She originally planned to make Chu Nian lose his body, and the prince's brother's heart would not be placed on Chu Nian, who would have thought that the first time she asked Liu Qi to stir it up, and the second time, it was actually she herself who was inexplicably planted in, although the gossip was suppressed by her brother for some reason, but when she returned home, she was still scolded by her brother.
Among them, it must be Chu Nian's ghost, otherwise, she watched Chu Nian walk in, why was she the last one lying next to the man?
The fist in the cuff clenched a little, and Shen Ruan gritted his teeth and smiled: "Thank you Sanniang for your understanding." ”
"Oh yes." Chu Nian pulled the reins of the horse, rolled his eyes, and smiled, "I don't know how to ride a horse, I'm afraid I'll have to let Shen Erniang let me." ”
Mu Qing on the side pursed his lips, "It's okay, with me with you, you will definitely not lose to her." ”
Shen Ruan smiled stiffly: "It's just a friendly match, it's meaningless to win or lose......"
"That's boring." Mu Qing interrupted her words and turned over on the horse, "Since it's a competition, you have to make a bet, otherwise there is no motivation for the competition, this challenge was initiated by you, how about the bet on us?" ”
Looking at Mu Qing on horseback, Shen Ruan's face turned blue and white, "What bet does Mu Niangzi want?" ”
"Hmm......" Mu Qing bit his lower lip, "I haven't thought about it yet, so the loser has to agree to a request from the winner, how about it?" ”
At this time, the emperor rode over, followed by a group of ministers, Ming Xiu, Wang Zixuan was also among them, seeing this scene, Wang Zixuan came forward with great interest and said: "I think this proposal is good, very interesting, a few girls, is there a lack of referees?" ”
Wang Zixuan spoke, where did the three of them dare to have an opinion, and they nodded again and again, and saw a beautiful figure squeezed out of the crowd again, the person who came had a delicate face, and his hair was also raised high, but the arrogance on his face never lowered a point.
"Prime Minister, this palace sees that Chu Sanniang and Mu Niangzi are obviously partners, which is a little unfair for Shen Erniang, it is better for this palace to join in, so as to balance the strength of both sides."
Wang Zixuan looked at the woman who spoke with great interest, "The third princess has this Yaxing, it's not impossible, what do the girls say?" ”
Mu Qing frowned and was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by Chu Nian, but Shen Ruan smiled more and more happily.
It's right that the lady of the Mu family is proficient in horsemanship, Shen Ruan will too, and the third princess's neutral appearance is obviously sure that she will not make a fool of herself, but who doesn't know that the third lady of the Chu family nests in the house all the year round, where can she do any riding skills? This is balanced, so balanced that only Chu Nian will be the only one in the whole game, and he will definitely make a fool of himself!
Shen Ruan waited to see Chu Nian's joke, naturally he couldn't ask for it, seeing that the third princess had already turned over and got on the horse, Mu Qingcai muttered resentfully: "She just resents that we took her way in the morning, this person is really careful!" ”
Chu Nian narrowed his eyes and smiled undeniably, "You forgot, you secretly took me to the suburbs a few days ago, and we also rode horses to play?" ”
The sound was not big or small, and it just happened to fall in the ears of everyone present, Mu Qingzheng turned his head suspiciously, and saw Chu Nian's eyes flashing and flashing, and immediately understood, grinned and nodded: "Well, it's okay, as long as you don't fall behind." ”
The interaction between the two fell into Shen Ruan's eyes, and Shen Ruan only thought that they were playing tricks, snorted contemptuously in his heart, and turned over in a dashing manner.
"Then please ask Mu Niangzi and Chu Sanniang to show their skills."
Chu Nianwan smiled, noncommittal.