Chapter 65: Tai Chi Palace Polo Match
They chose the most docile old horse for Li Siye, and in this way, Li Siye sat on the horse, feeling a little dizzy, and tugged on the reins vigorously, for fear of falling off the horse and losing his ugliness.
He will inevitably be laughed at in this way, but there is no malice in it, but it is just to add liveliness to the boring work.
"Is this a fainting horse? I've heard of seasickness, but haven't heard of seasickness? ”
"That is to say, at this level, you dare to say that you defeated Zhonglang General Wei Ning, why don't you say that you are in heaven?"
"The people in our East Palace are not as good as the other, and the ability to brag is stronger than the other."
The people who were traveling with the prince on the left side immediately expressed a different opinion: "That's your right inside, don't count us all together." ”
Immediately, most of the Zuo Nei led Qianniu Bei body to let out a haha laugh.
When the prince arrived on horseback, everyone stopped talking, and was silent like a bunch of crows. They each returned to the team, starting from the Chongjiao Gate, passing through the three gates in a row to the royal road outside the palace, and then passing through the Chengtian Gate, passing through the three major halls of the Taiji Palace, bypassing the Ganlu Palace of the Inner Dynasty, and arriving at the polo field in the palace.
Li Siye felt that he had walked a long way, starting from the Xuande Gate of the East Palace, and then entering the palace from the Xuanwu Gate, which was nearly half the distance than now.
He immediately figured out what the reason was, the officials of the East Palace and the crown prince were very jealous of the Xuanwu Gate, whether it was because of superstition or something else, if it was not necessary, they would never take this road, even if they had to take a longer detour.
The polo field in the Taiji Palace is located on the side of the Chengxiang Palace, and the field is splashed with butter, so it will not be dusty during the game, and it will not grow grass after a long time.
The emperor, including the crown prince and the princes, liked to play polo, and the prince was even more enthusiastic about this sport, and he was itchy and uncomfortable after not playing for three days, and the polo field was also a place for the royal family to exchange feelings. No matter how unpleasant and contradictory it is, on the court, it is always full of joy and pleasure.
Today's participation in the game is the prince's polo team, Shouwang Li Mao's team and the palace Qianniuwei's polo team, the first to decide the winner is the prince team and the Shouwang team, the two sides are at the beginning of the arrows and the arrows, the horse's hooves are galloping, swinging the club to hit, the horse and the horse collide, from time to time someone falls from the horse, let out a wail.
Li Siye was shocked to see from the side, this sport is too dangerous, even if the team members are wearing leather and other protective gear, they will inevitably be injured on the ground and trampled by the war horse. Compared to football and basketball, polo is too risky for even rugby, which is famous for crashing.
Along with the risk is the sense of excitement, the higher the risk, the greater the excitement, as a person next to him watched the whole game, he felt his heart beat faster, let alone those who played.
The people and horses in the prince's team today are all masters of horsemanship, and Liu Ziwu is also among them, but he is not the most showy. The most out-of-the-box is the deputy leader of the prince's left internal rate, named Qian Zeng, whose longitudinal horse hitting skills are first-class, whether it is turning the horse's head or charging straight, it is incomparable to others.
Even the crown prince, who was sitting in the banquet watching the battle, sometimes disregarded decency, got up from the Hu bed, and shouted at the audience: "Qian Zeng! Fast! Rush over! ”
Those who can be called by the crown prince have absolute glory in it, and they are much more favored than others. Li Siye stood outside and watched coldly, as if he understood the promotion method of the East Palace. The prince is keen on polo, so people who play polo well will get more attention.
Next, the prince personally came on the field, brandished a polo stick to participate in the competition in person, and King Shou also rode a horse into battle, which seemed to have become a contest between brothers.
He glanced up at the emperor sitting in the Chenglu Palace, what was his mood at the moment, the crown prince and the king of Shou galloping on the court below, everything they did was also to compete for his eyeballs, in this big palace, everyone did and thought to compete for the eyes of the superiors.
Just like them, the prince's internal rate, they also strive to earn exposure in front of the prince in order to get more attention.
Only Li Siye was not like this, he knew that this was a ship that was about to sink, and the higher and faster it rose, the closer it was to the core of the crown prince, the greater the danger in the future.
He still stood obediently on the periphery, lest he be taken to the abyss at the bottom of the sea by the capsized ship, and he didn't earn indifferent attention, and it would be quite good to be a thousand-bull and seven-grade official.
Tang Xuanzong only watched two games, then got up to go back to the palace, and Concubine Wu Hui, who was with him, also left together. On the court, the group stopped the game and sent off the holy driver.
When the emperor was there, everyone still couldn't let go, didn't dare to applaud, and didn't dare to applaud. As soon as the emperor left, the atmosphere on the court became noisy, and the palace maids of Taiji Palace also came to watch, cheering and cheering one after another, and then there was the atmosphere of the game.
The decisive battle between the crown prince and the king of Shou also became more unscrupulous, and after a round of charging and blowing, two of them fell off their horses and were injured and carried off the field. And the momentum and determination of the two did not weaken at all, Li Siye could see the green tendons on the prince's forehead, and the elegant and elegant Shouwang Li Mao also blushed, as if the victory or defeat of this last ball would determine the ownership of the dragon chair.
Li Siye's eyes rolled and he noticed that in the stands of the Chenglu Palace, a woman in a crimson dress stood up from the carpet and looked at the playing field worriedly.
This woman has a very beautiful appearance, and the dazzling jade on the golden hairpin on her head cannot hide the brilliance of his face. There were several princesses and noblewomen around her, but all of them became foils under her dazzling face, like a faintly painted slew in an oil painting.
Li Siye couldn't help but look at her a few more times, and finally guessed who she was. He was even a little flustered in his heart, and hurriedly looked left and right, for fear that others would find out about his disrespectful thoughts.
Yang Yuhuan has Hu blood, which makes the bridge of her nose higher, but it highlights her difference, and her slender neck is like the elegance of a white swan when she crosses her neck.
This is the cabbage of the Li family's father and son, and others are absolutely unavoidable, if you want to arch, you have to rebel. He didn't know if An Lushan was for this reason.
The match between the prince and King Shou ended, the prince team won, and Li Ying, who had a gloomy face, was aggressive on the court, and his pride did not allow him to fail.
Next is the game between Qianniuwei and the Donggong team, the prince watched the game, but the game showed a one-sided disadvantage, these princes who had just won the victory were vulnerable in front of the emperor's guards. Whether it is in terms of physical strength or technology, there is a considerable gap, and this gap can almost be compared to Chinese football and Brazilian football.
The prince was not too disappointed and helpless, he still watched with great interest, and the inner Qianniu did not feel so ashamed, it seemed that they were used to this kind of defeat in front of Qianniuwei.
Li Siye turned his head curiously and asked Fujimu: "What's going on, the prince was so anxious to decide with King Shou just now, but now he has fought with Qianniuwei, and he doesn't worry about losing so badly?" ”
"What's this, the rate in the East Palace can't do Qianniu Wei in the first place, Wei Ning and a few other generals are not only first-class masters in swordsmanship, but even horses and bows, there are few opponents, the prince is used to it."