Chapter 254: Playing Polo

There were unexpected guests at the racecourse, and Princess Lu came with a lot of unfamiliar faces, as well as foreigners, who could be seen from the clothing and facial features.

Some ministers Chen Xiuyan didn't recognize it, but Chu Wenqian did, and it was a few officials from the Ministry of Rites and a few officials from Honglu Temple.

"The prince of Jin, the princess of the princess, the old minister took several princes, princesses and princesses of Annan, Goryeo and Tatar to see the scenery of the capital, several princes, princesses and princesses wanted to ride horses, and met Princess Lu, Princess Lu said that your horse farm here is the biggest and best in the capital, and the old minister brought people over." Master Honglu Temple explained with a smile.

"Welcome, welcome." Chu Wenqian invited everyone into the canopy camp.

The arrival of Princess Lu and her entourage made everyone in the racecourse stand up and come to salute one after another.

"This costume is a riding costume, I didn't expect the riding clothes of the women of Chu Kingdom to be so elegant and beautiful." It was a white-skinned, high-nosed, blue-eyed Tatar princess who spoke, and the official language was awkward, but it could make people understand the meaning.

"I didn't expect the eldest prince and princess Chu Guohua to speak so well." The left attendant of the Ministry of Rites smiled and praised.

"Chu and Tatar have been friends for decades, and the two countries have intermarried for many years. The eldest princess smiled and explained, "By the way, what is the wooden staff in your hands for?" ”

"The eldest princess, this is a stick for playing polo, riding on a horse, hitting the ball with a stick, and scoring in the opponent's goal." The Rite Department Zuo Shirou explained.

"That's similar to Kemari." The eldest princess smiled and said, "It's just that Keju is kicked with his feet, and there are no horses and no clubs." ”

"It's the same way." Lord Qing of Honglu Temple echoed.

"Can we play? I think it's all women playing polo. "The eldest prince and princess are a little nervous, Tatar can be said to be a country on horseback, even women are good at riding and shooting.

"Absolutely." Qin Wanqing immediately replied loudly, "It's a competition between women, and it's our honor for the eldest prince and princess to join." ”

"Our princess is the eldest daughter-in-law of King Jin, and I want to be together, and I can fight with the eldest prince and princess." Qin Wanqing still holds a grudge against Chen Xiuyan, if she doesn't invite her, she doesn't believe that Princess Lu and the eldest prince and princess can't invite her.

Chu Wenqian's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, "The children in the family are still young, and the insiders still don't participate." ”

"King Jin is brave and extraordinary, brave and good at fighting, I can't imagine that this eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law are all timid, not to mention going into battle to kill the enemy, even this little polo does not dare to play, it is really not as good as a generation." can directly damage the Jin Palace, and the people of the Lu Palace, Princess Lu really does not miss any opportunities.

"It's hard to be warm, then I'll play." Chen Xiuyan responded with a smile, and didn't forget to look at Princess Lu and said, "Actually, the prince is not worried about me, Princess Lu is too worried." ”

Princess Lu was stunned for a moment when she heard this, she wasn't worried about who Chen Xiuyan was worried about, she couldn't be worried about the person who was with her.

Qin Wanqing also went into battle this time, with the Tatar princess, the princess of Goryeo, and the third prince and concubine of Annan, and there were several young ladies of the military generals in this team, looking at the strong combat effectiveness.

Chen Xiuyan joined the team of Miss Qi San and Miss Wen Wu, most of whom were beauties who had not yet come out of the cabinet.

There were eight on each side.

Chen Xiuyan didn't come on horseback, and chose a jujube-colored mare raised by the Jin Wangfu in the horse farm, with a healthy posture and a very powerful look, Chen Xiuyan took advantage of the beginning to change her clothes, and then rode a horse to get acquainted with it.

Chen Xiuyan got on the horse in a proper manner, and the horseback riding was also gentle and gentle, not strong at all, and those who didn't know thought it was riding a horse.

"It shouldn't be the first time that the princess has ridden a horse, right?" Seeing this, Qin Wanqing was concerned, but in fact mocked, "If the princess doesn't know how to ride a horse, it's better not to compete." ”

"Since you chose to compete, of course you can ride a horse." Chen Xiuyan replied in a soft voice.

"The princess doesn't need to worry too much, after all, we are a small friendly polo game, it won't hurt your life, at most bump it, as long as the princess grabs the reins and doesn't fall off the horse, she can't stand the big injury." Qin Wanqing pretended to be generous and gave experience.

"I don't need you to remind you." Qi Shuyi rode to Chen Xiuyan's side, looked at Qin Wanqing and said with a displeased face, "Don't do it secretly, who can fall down, don't rely on the fact that you are also from a military general's family, you should pay more attention to yourself." ”

"Shuyi, be careful." Grandma Qi cares about this sister-in-law very much, and she can make her feel warm in the huge Qi family.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry."

"Hmph." Qin Wanqing snorted softly, pulled the reins and went to the side of the eldest prince and princess of Tatar, and explained some rules of playing polo to her with a smile.

Qi Shuyi also explained to Chen Xiuyan, Chen Xiuyan has a good understanding ability, and after listening to it once, he understands that in sports competition, the rules are basic, but the most important thing is technology, Chen Xiuyan is now familiar with Zao Hongma, and the stick in his hand can also be used flexibly, not to mention anything else, Chen Xiuyan asks himself very high in terms of hit rate.

Wearing the blue silk scarf representing the team, Chen Xiuyan was ready, the red team held the ball first, the bamboo whistle fell, and the eight people on the opposite side drove the horses at the same time.

Qi Shuyi is the best polo player in Chen Xiuyan's team, she stepped forward to grab the ball, the eldest princess passed the ball to the right side, Princess Goryeo caught it accurately, rode the ball over several opponents, passed the ball cleanly in front of the goal, and the ball arrived in front of the eldest prince and princess who had already done a good offensive to hit the ball.

With a "snap", a circular trajectory of acceleration went straight into the blue team's goal.

"Wow, the eldest princess and princess of Goryeo, you are really amazing." The women on the same team cheered excitedly, and the officials and teenagers watching the game on the side also exclaimed in surprise.

"Polo is our Chu country's fun, if you lose on this, Chu Guo's face will be lost." Princess Lu said lukewarmly, "As the protagonist of the horse farm, the prince of Jin and the princess of Jin have to bear a certain responsibility. ”

Chu Wenqian and Chen Xiuyan can guess Princess Lu's thoughts, which is also the reason why Chen Xiuyan wants to play in person, in this game with foreign envoys present, they can't lose.

The team that scored continued to hold the ball, and the eldest princess, Princess Goryeo and the rest of the red team were already able to cooperate tacitly, and the most important thing was that the foundation was good, and the passing and dribbling were very neat.

Qi Shuyi was a little impetuous, she played handily in the previous game, but now her military spirit was disturbed by the other party, and she had played out of order, and the level was only half of the previous one, if the situation of the opponent's score was not broken, they would lose this game.