Chapter 54: The Polo Game (4)
Princess Taiping, who was hugged by Liu Yi's waist, did not struggle, but took advantage of the situation to fall into Liu Yi's arms, stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around Liu Yi's waist, and looked at Liu Yi's handsome face, with a happy look on her face.
Liu Yi, who was terrified in his heart, didn't care to see Princess Taiping look so excited, and carried Princess Taiping to the edge of the field to avoid those fast-running war horses.
Because of Princess Taiping's reckless intrusion, the other members of the team were frightened, and all of them stopped their mounts in a panic, and the game also stopped, they all knew that if they accidentally injured the only princess left by the emperor and queen, then their lives could not be saved.
This kind of scene has never been seen in all the previous competitions, not only the players were frightened, but even the people who watched, including the high-ranking officials of the court who were summoned by the emperor and the queen to celebrate the birthday of the queen of heaven, were also frightened.
Liu Yi held Princess Taiping's waist with one hand and the reins with the other, ran to the edge of the venue, only a short distance away from the throne where the emperor and empress were sitting, and then put down Princess Taiping, who was shy, and then jumped off the horse himself, knelt down with the other guards and sergeants with a look of horror on their faces, and got up in front of the emperor and empress.
All the guards and the maids of Princess Taiping were so frightened that their faces were bloodless, and they fell to their knees, and no one dared to think about what would happen if Princess Taiping was injured by a horse or a ball.
"Taiping, you're too foolish!" Wu Zetian stared at Princess Taiping, who was flushed with a flush on his face, and shouted.
"Queen, it's okay if Taiping is fine," Li Zhi said with a smile to Wu Zetian, and then said to the guards and palace people who were kneeling on the ground, "You all get up, I will give you innocence!" Li Zhi was in a good mood today, because it was Wu Zetian's birth, and the game just now was very exciting, so he didn't want to spoil the interest, so he didn't punish the sergeants of the guards and the maids of Princess Taiping.
All the kneeling people breathed a sigh of relief, and some of them secretly wiped the cold sweat from their faces and returned to their respective positions.
Although Princess Taiping was scolded by Wu Zetian, she was not afraid, standing between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, pointing to the players of Jin Wuwei on the field, and said indignantly: "Father, mother, let them stop the game, they just want to deliberately injure Liu Yi!"
"They didn't break the rules of the game, the game is not over, how can they stop!" Wu Zetian disagreed, although the game on the field was a little cruel, but it was very exciting, Liu Yi's performance was also very unusual, she was watching it tastefully, but she was disturbed by her daughter, and she almost had an accident, which made her angry.
Of course, there is another reason that makes Wu Zetian even more annoyed, that is, his precious daughter is showing her naked feelings in such a scene, and anyone can see that Princess Taiping's affection for Liu Yi is what Wu Zetian does not want to see at present.
"I agree to the game going on!" Li Zhi also ignored Princess Taiping's request and motioned for the game to continue.
If the game ends because of Princess Taiping's stirring up like this, then the atmosphere of today will be completely ruined, and all the ministers who came to participate in the celebration, as well as the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, must be terrified, how can this be.
Li Zhi motioned for the game to continue, and at the same time pulled Princess Taiping aside, and said something in a low voice, the tone was very harsh, Princess Taiping listened to it at first and made a few distinctions, but then she also lowered her head, tears fell from her eyes, nodded at what Li Zhi said, and no longer made a fuss, and sat back on the seat with a face full of grievances.
Liu Yi also returned to the court and continued the game below. It's just that after Princess Taiping's trouble, Jin Wuwei's players didn't dare to attack Liu Yi so blatantly, and the actions of hitting and intercepting were much more restrained, and there was no suspense in the final result of the game, and the Qianniu Guards won the victory with eleven to two.
Although there were some shadows brought by the episode just now, the members of the Thousand Niu Guards and the Thousand Niu Guards who had won two games in a row were very excited, cheering non-stop, and the team members were even more happy to wave their sticks, beat their horses and gallop on the field, and vented the joy of victory in their hearts with wild shouts.
The sergeants of Qianniuwei, who formed a polo team from the palace, have not won a single game, and none of the members of the famous Royal Polo Team are from the Qianniuwei army, which is such a team that is not favored, but it won the victory with an absolute advantage in this competition.
The one who made the biggest contribution to the team's victory was Liu Yi. Liu Yi was selected for the Royal Polo Team, that's for sure.
After cheering for a while, the players on the field gathered around Liu Yi, and under the leadership of Liu Yi, they rode their horses to the throne, holding the cue to the emperor, empress and other members of the imperial family, as well as hundreds of officials and other Praetorian Guard generals, and then all jumped off the horse and waited for instructions.
Because of Princess Taiping's conciliation, there was originally a match between Yulin Jun and Jin Wuwei that was also canceled.
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, who were slightly discouraged, gathered all the team members who participated in the competition and prepared to announce the reward.
The audience fell silent, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian got up from their thrones and stood facing the players on the field.
Li Zhi took a step forward, straightened his body, and said loudly: "Everyone, today is the queen's birthday, several teams have performed very well, especially Liu Yi, the captain of the Qianniuwei team, has shown his excellent polo skills in the game, the martial arts are so good, the ball skills are also superior, the palace guards have such skills, I am very pleased, the members of the Qianniuwei team, I and Niangniang are rewarded..."
All the players who participated in the game received a lot of rewards, as the captain of Liu Yi was very good in the game, and received more rewards, Li Zhi also gave Liu Yi a keel stick on the spot, and praised Liu Yi's outstanding polo skills.
Princess Taiping was reprimanded by Wu Zetian and Li Zhi for such an unexpected move, and hid aside to be wronged, which made Liu Yi also relieved, otherwise I really don't know if this crazy woman will make any more radical moves.
Liu Yi also secretly glanced at Shangguan Wan'er standing on the side when receiving the reward, Shangguan Wan'er's face was a little unnaturally pale, her expression was quite calm, her eyes were looking at the front steadily, and she didn't know what she was looking at.
After the polo match, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian left with Princess Taiping and others, and the hundred officials also followed the emperor and empress to the palace, followed by a series of birthday celebrations. The later activities were too festive, and Liu Yi, who was with filial piety, couldn't participate, so he could only go back to the guard station to standby...;