Chapter 156: There is a horse
Chapter 156 There is a horse
When they arrived at the racecourse within the agreed time, Cheng Xiaofeng originally thought that the two of them had arrived early, but when they got out of the carriage, they found that they were the last.
At the end of the boulevard at the south entrance of the racecourse, four or five carriages were parked, and a group of young women stood under the shade of the trees, chattering.
"Here it is, here it is"
When the carriage stopped, they surrounded not far away, and when they saw Cheng Xiaofeng jumping out of the car, they eagerly leaned their necks to look behind her, and asked:
"Sister Cheng, are you invited?"
Cheng Xiaofeng covered the curtain with her backhand and said frustratedly, "I didn't come, her family didn't let her go out." ”
"Huh?" The faces of the five or six little girls were suddenly full of disappointment, and the one who asked was even more wilted, and was about to turn to comfort others, when he heard a rustling laugh:
"Nonsense again."
Yi Yu pulled the curtain, helped Cheng Xiaofeng's shoulders and jumped out of the car, seeing her in person, the group of little girls mostly stared at her, and shouted "Ah", and then, everyone who knew her hurriedly stepped back and saluted:
"I've seen the princess."
"No need to be polite."
In front of a group of people, there are six combed girls' hairstyles, three are women's buns, Yiyu took a look, there are a few of them are her acquaintances, one of the three women looked at her calmly, although the face is slightly older, but Feng Yating is undoubted, among the group of little girls, a few of them are the ones she met when she participated in the art competition in Guozijian in March, the little girl with a round face and round eyes, if she remembers correctly, it is called Jin Lu'an, but the granddaughter of Dr. Jin of the Academy of Books.
"Mrs. Duan, Miss Jin." Feng Yating's father was Feng Deyi, a famous minister during the Wude period, died of illness during the Zhenguan period, she married the third son of Duan Zhixuan from her father's will, although she knew her, she was not familiar with her, and it was right to call Mrs. Duan.
Jin Lu'an was greeted by Yiyu on the initiative, her round face was slightly red, and she was squeezed by the two best friends and pulled her sleeves, Feng Yating said with a smile: "If you are still a princess, you won't recognize me." ”
"How?" Yi Yu shook his head and smiled back, secretly saying that this high-spirited woman who was dressed in men's clothes when he first met him was rounded by time.
"Okay, don't be busy talking about the old days, I'll introduce you," Cheng Xiaofeng interjected, pointing to a few people in front of him and said to Yi Yu, "I won't talk about what you know, this is the fourth lady in the mansion of Lord Tang of the Ministry of Household Affairs, this is the fifth lady in the mansion of General Qin, this is the second lady of the mansion of Lord Liu, the servant of the Criminal Department, this is"
After a circle of introduction, Yu Yu couldn't help but be secretly surprised, Cheng Xiaofeng is now the eldest daughter of Lu Guogong Cheng Biting Jin Yan, and the people she knows are naturally not bad, but I didn't think that all of them have such backgrounds, although they are not first-class ladies and ladies in Chang'an City, they can definitely be regarded as second-rate.
At the entrance of the garden dedicated to hunting in the south of the racecourse, a group of people and horses galloped out, riding on the back of arrows, behind the smoke and dust, and seven or eight attendants followed closely with the prey from the master on horseback, and if they looked carefully, they found that the people who walked in front were all delicate women.
"Haha, I'm really lucky today, I'll invite you to the Heavenly Haze Pavilion to drink when I go out later" Gao Yang laughed heartily, it can be seen that she has hunted a few things.
"Just say you should go out for a walk, don't just drink all day." Princess Changle shook the reins of the horse, took off her palace dress and put on a short shirt, the eldest daughter of this queen is less stereotyped, but a little more sassy.
"Okay, okay, sister Huang, don't preach, you will be annoyed when you listen to it." As the emperor's favored children, they have always been treated, and only one princess in Gaoyang, who is not married in the imperial city, can go out of the palace to play at will.
The eldest grandson Xi rode beside them, and did not interject, but when he saw a horse approaching in the distance, he slowed down a little, fell behind them, and waited for the man to come up.
"They're coming."
"Got it, you go and keep an eye on them, and bring them over."
"Okay."
If Yi Yu is willing, he must be a very good person to get along with, and Cheng Xiaofeng is in the middle, a group of people have chatted a few words and let go a lot, talking and laughing and walking to the horse farm, in addition to Yi Yu, these people sent the horse over to feed two days ago, I heard that Yu Yu did not prepare a horse, so there was a humane:
"The princess is good on my horse, my horse is supple and well-behaved."
"Forget it, your horse is slow to death, and the one riding mine is fast."
"It's almost fast, my temper stinks to death, what should I do if I fall someone?"
Seeing that the few little girls who were still smiling just now quarreled in a blink of an eye, with a child's temper, Yi Yu smiled secretly, and said, "Aren't there spare horses in the stable?" ”
Cheng Xiaofeng patted his head, "Look at my brain, I didn't remind you to prepare a horse." ”
"It's none of your business, I forgot about it, wait until you help me pick a good match."
A small maid had already greeted the stables with the signs of Cheng Xiaofeng and a few people, and a few small maids waited outside the stable, bowed their heads and invited them to come in to lead the horses, but the stables were sharp-eyed to greet Cheng Xiaofeng, who was about to take the jade to pick the horses.
"The little one has seen the princess, and the eldest lady has seen the process."
"But there are well-raised mares, and they must be docile." Cheng Xiaofeng said.
The stableman was puzzled, "Your red shirt is raised in the east room, do you want to change horses to ride today?" ”
"It's for the princess, you go and take a look, and if there's a good one, come and report to me." Cheng Xiaofeng waved his hand.
The stableman looked at the two of them back and forth, as if he understood something, lowered his head and stretched out his hand, "The princess, please." ”
The two followed the stableman through several fences, into the room, this aristocratic horse farm is cleaned every day, not only does not have the smell of ordinary horses, but also a woody fragrance, the more you go inside, the more confused Cheng Xiaofeng is, the Yu Yu doesn't know, she often comes to play but understands, this stable is tightly built in a single room of the stable, which is not the prince's favorite horse, which is the princess's.
"Here," turned the corner again, and the stableman stopped, turning his head to Yu Yu, "the saddles are all hung up, do you think you are still satisfied?" ”
Yi Yu turned his head, looking at the black shadow walking in the spacious stables with the fence, and his eyes gradually condensed with amazement, this is a black horse that will become an adult, with black hair and shiny oil, head arched neck, bent back and abdominal fat, tendons relaxed, elbows and feet, two steps, a stop, the eyes of the black hole inadvertently swept over, with seven points of arrogance, three points of vigilance, looking at her in general, this is like a horse waiting for someone to ride, it is clearly a look of choosing a driver.
"Me, my mother, where did you get this?" Cheng Xiaofeng learned her father's foul language, shouted in surprise, and reached out to pull the fence, and the horse herd hurried to stop it in fright.
"Miss Cheng can't help it, this master Ma can recognize people, don't kick and hurt you."
"Hiss" The black horse yelled threateningly at Cheng Xiaofeng, who had stepped into the stable with one leg, and when he saw her stop, he turned his head to look at Yi Yu again, his nose trembled, and he shook his smooth mane twice.
"A horse is a good horse," Yi Yu's admiring gaze lingered on it, "but are you mistaken, this is someone else's place here, you let me ride, how to explain to the master's family." ”
The horse stall blocked the fence and did not call Cheng Xiaofeng, who was obsessed, to enter, and said to Yu Yu with a smile: "The princess forgives the sin, it is the small one who didn't make it clear, this black horse is right, it was sent by the Wei Wangfu a few days ago, and the steward of the palace came to explain yesterday, saying that you will come to the racecourse today, let the small one prepare in advance, you see, the little one waited for this horse master to take a bath in the morning, and it was clean." ”
Yi Yu's heart jumped, blinked his eyes, and asked in a dry voice, "You say, when did this be sent by the palace?" ”
"Back to the princess, it's the morning before yesterday."
This time Yu Yu was not calm, she stared at the bullish black horse stupidly, and her brain circuit suddenly remembered that she stayed with Yao Huang for a serious illness before the wedding, and Li Tai went to pick her up, and there was Xu Xu on the way, and when she got better, he would take her to the eastern suburbs to ride a horse.
After a while, I remembered that Li Tai came back from the previous day, and said to her-
"I'll take you for a horseback ride in the afternoon."
"I said I was going to take you."
What did she say at the time? She forgot about it at all, and even insinuated that he was "not doing his job".
Yi Yu raised her hand to cover her forehead in annoyance, no wonder Li Tai ignored her for the past two days, it can be imagined that he carefully prepared this horse to surprise her, and hurriedly made a free afternoon to accompany her, just for her to say casually, and she didn't appreciate it, and he didn't have the heart to tell him that he was going out to ride with others, how could he not be angry?
Li Tai always said that she didn't know what to do, and she only realized today that she was really a bad person sometimes.
Cheng Xiaofeng glanced up and down at the black horse, then turned his head unsatisfied, and said to Yu Yu with envy, "This horse is really good, better than my red shirt, you can take it out quickly, I can't wait to compare with you." ”
“... Sister Xiaofeng, this horse looks at Zhisheng, I think it's better to forget it today. "Li Tai doesn't know what he's doing at this time, he didn't come back at noon, is it in the Literature Museum? Since he specially sent someone to instruct him, and left the horse here for her use, I guess he wouldn't be angry with her.
"Don't worry," explained the stable, "the steward of the palace said that this horse is kept secret, and knows your scent, and will not fall on you." ”
Cheng Xiaofeng had heard of some secret methods of raising horses, so he pouted and said, "Yes, yes, don't be afraid, wait for me to lead the horse for you, I won't make you fall." ”
Yi Yu still shook his head and said with a wry smile, "You know that when we were still studying in Guozijian, I fell once, and I didn't dare to ride this kind of fierce horse." ”
"Then, if you don't ride, it's okay to take it out and slip around," Cheng Xiaofeng persuaded without giving up.
Yi Yu didn't want to brush off her kindness, hesitated for a moment, then nodded, asked the horse to open the fence, and was half-pushed by Cheng Xiaofeng to walk in, this time the horse didn't "neigh" like just now, just raised his leg and walked a few steps away from the two.
With Cheng Xiaofeng's encouragement, Yi Yu stepped forward alone, cautiously stretched out his hand, and touched its back and neck, the other party just shook his head, leaned over and smelled her, and then turned his head away, although he was not intimate, but he did not refuse her touch.
(Thanks to the two pieces and the family, happy August Day, dear friends)....
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