Chapter Thirty-Eight: Equestrian Competition

Liu Ying went out, he was confused and embarrassed in his heart, and on the surface he didn't pursue the matter of the queen mother and the marquis of Biyang, but behind the scenes, he had to figure things out, after all, the queen mother was the queen of the Han Dynasty, and the mother was the world, how could she do something contrary to human morality? Just now it was indeed enough for the queen mother, that is what it has to be, do you want to make noise against the palace maids and eunuchs, against the Marquis of Biyang and the queen mother?

Liu Ying stopped not far from Changxin Palace and turned his head to look at the Changxin Palace behind him, when he first entered the palace, he clearly saw the queen mother leaning her face on her hand, no matter why her mother did this, the prince always had a breath in his heart, but he didn't know where to sprinkle, so he blushed and angrily put his fingers into a fist and clenched it, gritted his teeth and turned away.

The Marquis of Biyang and Empress Lu in the palace saw that Liu Ying had indeed gone away, and Empress Lu covered her chest and gasped a little, and stood at the door of the hall for a long time looking at the back of the prince, making sure that he had gone away. There was a sudden apology in her heart, she felt that she had done something wrong and was a little worried, she couldn't let her son misunderstand, even if the emperor never saw her again in the future, she couldn't casually transfer her emotions to other men, and she must be loyal to the emperor to death. Empress Lu was at a loss for what to do, and she also knew that the prince's generosity and pretending to be ignorant just now was to give himself a step, and he was not paying attention to the fact that he was also nervous in the same place, and lowered his head without saying a word. Empress Lu pretended to cough calmly, and only then did he raise his head and glance at Empress Lu, both of whom were embarrassed, and each retracted his gaze to find a place where he could put his gaze. Lu Hou said, "You go back first, don't come here if you don't have anything important in the future, the prince is not happy." ”

Judging his head in agreement, he gave Lu Hou a vegetarian salute, "If you have something, you can call me at any time, take care of your mother." ”

Empress Lu nodded. After eating it, he dragged his tired body out.

Liu Ying did not have a eunuch by his side, so he went straight to the Zhaoming Palace, thinking about his mother and the trial of his mother all the time, which made him feel troubled and sad for no reason. After a while, I was bored and walked to Sha Ling'er.

is standing outside the Zhaoming Palace, today is in a bad mood and does not want to accompany Sha Ling'er to visit the palace for a while, and I don't know how to say it, I always feel that it is always inappropriate to bring my emotions to the Zhaoming Palace to foreign envoys, but I am really not in the mood, and I hesitate to pace outside the hall with my hands behind my back. But there was a burst of cheerful laughter from the hall, and then Sha Ling'er and Niu Hu'er walked out of the hall door, the two talked and laughed side by side down the steps, although they were girls, they were all combed with a high bun, and there was a simple belt wearing an agate on the forehead from both sides tied behind the head from both sides, it was very different from the appearance of Han women, and the ponytail was flicked and fluttered behind them, which was extremely lively. Both of them are dressed in formal clothes, which is very neat, but it is very suitable for today's horse race. When the two laughed vigorously, they saw Liu Ying pacing silently under the steps alone, Sha Ling'er pulled Niu Hu'er and ran to Liu Ying's side, made a lively salute with a smile, and said with a smile, "Brother Prince, is your matter dealt with?" Can you take me and Niu Hu'er to play? ”

Liu Yingcai said 'oh', dragged his thoughts back, and bowed back politely, the corners of his mouth drew a beautiful arc, and nodded.

Sha Ling'er and Niu Hu'er jumped up happily, and the two slapped each other's palms in celebration.

"Thank you, Prince, Brother."

"Let's go to the forest garden." Liu Ying said lightly, without too many smiles and looks.

Liu Ying took Sha Ling'er and Niu Hu'er to the direction of Shanglin Yuan, their master and servant followed behind Liu Ying, still talking and laughing, not seeing Liu Ying's somewhat depressed face at all, Liu Ying walked quietly with her hands behind her back, her eyes were level with her eyes, and she didn't talk to Sha Ling'er behind her, but sometimes she sighed quietly and drowned in the laughter of Sha Ling'er and Niu Hu'er.

Just when they were about to turn a corner on a pavilion road, they saw from a distance that the people of Yuzao Palace were walking here, and it was Mrs. Qi who was the first to start, followed by Jing Tian, looking at their expressions with gloomy expressions and hurried steps, they didn't know what was happening, and their direction was not like going to Changle Palace.

Seeing them walking this way, Liu Ying hurriedly pulled Sha Ling'er and them to hide behind the rockery next to them, waiting for Mrs. Qi and Jing Tian to walk over.

"Where are they going?" Liu Ying commanded herself in her heart. Wide-eyed and motionless looking at Jing Tian behind Mrs. Qi, Liu Ying hadn't seen her for a long time, see you again today, and he would be relieved to see her still in good spirits. For a while, he became emotional, and his heart was no longer so entangled, with a soft smile on his face, as long as he saw that everything was fine with Jing Tian, Liu Ying would be happy.

As everyone knows, Sha Ling'er and Niu Hu'er, who were blocking him, saw this situation and the change in his expression clearly.

Mrs. Qi and the others have been a long time, and Liu Ying is still hiding behind the rockery, motionless and silent, but her expression is tinged with joy and intoxication.

"Brother?" Sha Ling'er called out to Liu Ying softly.

Liu Ying subconsciously let out a 'hmm', paused for a while before reacting, turned her head and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's fine. Let's go. ”

Liu Ying nodded, took them out from behind the rockery, and glanced in the direction where Jing Tian walked, and there was no one anymore.

"The person that Brother likes must be among them, right?" Sha Ling'er also followed his line of sight to look for traces, and when she saw that he was reluctant, she asked.

Liu Ying bit her lip and nodded with a chuckle.

"Let's go." Sha Ling'er was lost for a while, but Liu Ying didn't see it and didn't realize it, Sha Ling'er said, "Tell me the story of your Han family, anecdotes, history, feelings, and poems." Seeing that the atmosphere was not very good, Sha Ling'er picked up some things and said, ran to Liu Ying's side and dragged his clothes, shaking his arm and begging.

Liu Ying tilted her head sideways and glanced at the lovely Hun girl in front of her, she was full of wildness, and dared to drag his arm regardless of the etiquette of men and women. Looking at Sha Ling'er with a childlike innocence, there was a light breeze blowing, blowing the hair behind her, suddenly messy but very elegant, with a hearty smile, she felt more and more that Sha Ling'er was really pestering him like a little sister, very kind, looking at Liu Ying couldn't help but smile.

"I'll read you a few verses from the Book of Songs." Liu Ying cleared her throat and read brightly, "The leaves are pale, the white dew is frost, the so-called Yiren is on the water side." Tracing back to it, the road is blocked and long, and tracing from it, like being in the middle of the water......"

A beautiful picture appeared in Liu Ying's mind, thinking of a dense reed by the water, the white dew condensed into frost in late autumn, and a harmonious silence around, the girl in her heart was on the other side of the water, sweating and washing clothes with cirrus sleeves, and a few pairs of mandarin ducks chasing and playing in the water on the side of the water, making too much trouble to splash the girl's body with water, and making the girl's forehead Rongrong's hair wet, and the girl pretended to complain and laughed and scolded the mandarin ducks for teasing her cardamom girl. Looking forward to the picture, I feel that this is the most beautiful realm, a girl, a stream of water, a few pairs of chasing mandarin ducks, the hoarfrost of late autumn, the dense reeds, the clear sky, the free air, the harmonious and quiet beauty, and then there is an elegant young man, it is the most perfect. Liu Ying looked forward to the picture of her imagination, and couldn't help but smile yearningly, her eyes were full of clear and beautiful pictures, and murmured, "Yiren, water flow, mandarin duck, hoarfrost, reed, young man......" was very intoxicated, and felt that the laughter at this time was the happiest laughter.

Sha Ling'er dragged Liu Ying's arm and quietly listened to what he said, it was easy to imagine the picture in her heart as Liu Ying said, that kind of longing and love for Yiren are the same, but the picture is not the same. Sha Ling'er thought of the vast Hetao plain, the eagle flying over the grassland in the blue sky and white clouds, and some leisurely horses, cattle and sheep parked on the side of the water and grass in the Jiuqu Ileum, leisurely bowing their heads to forage for grass, and sometimes a long cry, the little calf 'moo-' burrowed into the mother's arms, sucking sweet milk, several ponies chasing each other, only the sheep lazily lying on the side of the water and grass, shaking their tails, quietly and leisurely looking at everything on the grassland. A sturdy girl by the water and grass held a whip in one hand and put the other hand in front of her, looking at the grassland in the distance, and a young man riding a horse faintly ran in the distance, galloping across the grassland to show the girl skillful horse riding skills. Then he rushed to the girl's side, and sang the love song that had been circulating for a long time on the Hetao grassland from afar, and when he was closer, the girl jumped on the horse's back skillfully under the guidance of the young man, and clinged to the back of the young man, and the young man took the girl to gallop on horseback, and the sound of the horse's hooves resounded through the Hetao Plain, and the loud love song fell with the red wheel.

"The eagle flew into the blue sky and white clouds, and there was a beautiful stream on the green plain, which was the favorite place of the girl and lover on the grassland, and the countless cows and horses surrounded the girl and the lover, as if they were also singing their beauty. The red wheel on the horizon gradually fell westward, and the young lover carried the girl to chase the Caixia that was about to set, and the sound of horses' hooves was their cheerful rhythm, rushing into the last light of dusk....... Sha Ling'er was taken by Liu Ying and also remembered the picture in her heart, so she blurted out the ballad of her hometown and said with a smile, "This is the song of my Huns, the people on horseback, there is a moving picture on the vast Hetao Plain, I like the vast plain and the sound of horses' hooves." ”

Liu Ying and Sha Ling'er looked at each other, Sha Ling'er calmly faced Liu Ying, but Liu Ying dodged Sha Ling'er's gaze, and because of his dodge, there was some embarrassment between each other. Sha Ling'er continued to think about the beauty in her heart, let go of Liu Ying's arm, looked away from Liu Ying's gaze and smiled. Liu Ying moved the corners of her mouth, and she could also follow Sha Ling'er to imagine her picture, but as soon as she saw Sha Ling'er's eyes, she unconsciously wanted to move away, for fear that she would be drawn by her lively innocence and shake the existing 'Yiren' position in her heart.

Liu Ying sorted out her emotions, regained her best state, and no longer continued the seemingly beautiful but slightly embarrassing topic just now. Immediately found a good word and said to Sha Ling'er, "The princess can ride a horse, right?" Why don't we go to Shanglin Yuan and try it out? ”

When Sha Ling'er heard that she wanted to compete with horses, she suddenly stared in surprise, isn't this the strength of their Huns? Immediately laughed, his eyes were bent like a boat, and he said heartily, "Okay, horseback riding is our strength, what should we do if you lose?" Sha Ling'er played arrogant and cute in front of Liu Ying again, and never took the embarrassment just now.

Liu Ying took a step forward and walked backwards with her face to them, and said with confidence, "I won't lose, don't look at you as a nation on horseback, I ride a horse every day." If, if you lose, please ask the princess to take care of Princess Long'an in the future, okay? ”

Sha Ling'er caught up and patted Liu Ying's shoulder, rubbed her nose and replied sharply, "As long as Sha Ling'er is here, Princess Long'an will not suffer, brother, you can rest assured." ”

Liu Ying smiled gratefully, and patted Sha Ling'er on the shoulder like a brother. They walked all the way, and after a while, they finally arrived at Shanglin Garden, what a big royal garden, covering an area of 100 hectares, there are many pavilions, Linglong Pavilion, Qihui Pavilion, etc., and there are several specially built lakes, the lake is as calm as a pearl. Looking ahead, there was a flat path, the leaves on both sides of the road had fallen, and it was very desolate, and at the end of the path was a horse farm, and the horses could be heard crying in the distance. Seeing the horses, Sha Ling'er galloped all the way over, entered the horse farm and picked the horse, wanting to find a good horse, and only picked it out of a thousand choices, and brought it out for Liu Ying to see, Liu Ying stood with her hands around her arms and a smile on her face, and said jokingly to her, "It's a woman, it's so hard to pick anything." ”

"That's right, I can't disgrace the Huns." is also joking and laughing at Liu Ying.

"Tell Miss Niu Hu'er to watch for us, let's run a lap, whoever gets to the origin first wins, okay?" Liu Ying had already turned over on the horse as she spoke, and said to Sha Ling'er, who was leading the horse.

"Okay." Sha Ling'er responded with a quick smile, and also got on the horse neatly, and the ponytail behind her was so cute.

The two of them drove side by side at an origin, and under Niu Hu'er's order, the two of them ran together, riding horses and whipping, you chase me and chase no one and let anyone, so that there is a posture of driving side by side. The two did not forget to look at each other's speed, and even spurred the horse to gallop, it was Liu Ying who took the lead, threw Sha Ling'er a horse, looked back and smiled at Sha Ling'er in a hurry, Liu Ying cheered for her, and shouted, "Come on, Xian Mei." Sha Ling'er had been chasing, and when she heard the prince say this, she seemed to be more motivated, as fierce as a man, and gradually accelerated her speed to chase after her, and she actually overtook Liu Ying in front, and Sha Ling'er also turned around and shouted with a smile, "Brother, come on." With that, he rode his horse and continued to gallop. Seeing that Sha Ling'er surpassed herself, Liu Ying hurriedly whipped up and ran to speed up and chase after her, and the two of them chased after me like this, even if they reached the end of the line, they didn't know the winner, because they reached the origin at the same time. The two of them laughed in unison, mostly hearty and uninhibited, and the two immediately put their hands on each other and smiled in admiration.

Liu Ying dismounted neatly, led the horse over, and praised with a smile, "The princess's horse skills are good." ”

"Brother is also very good, we are tied." Sallinger said with a smile.

"The people of the Han family are so good at riding horses." Niu Hu'er saw Liu Ying's equestrian skills, and admired this prince from the bottom of her heart, it turned out that he also had a fierce side in addition to being gentle and elegant, but Niu Hu'er opened her eyes.

Liu Ying bowed humbly and smiled at the same time as Sha Ling'er.