Since the carriage incident, Ye Qiong has made up her mind to learn martial arts from Bailu.

Fortunately, when he fell from the carriage, Lu Shaodan protected Ye Qiong, Ye Qiong only had some bruises on her body, but she was mostly better in a few days, at least she was okay with martial arts.

Learning martial arts pays attention to muscles and talents, and it is a child's skill that needs to be practiced from an early age.

Ye Qiong is now twelve years old, so naturally he can't train like an egret, just hoping to be able to hold back the enemy when he encounters danger.

The egret has always been worried about his failure to protect Ye Qiong well, so he taught him extra carefully.

What moved Ye Qiong was that several maids heard that Ye Qiong was going to learn martial arts and pulling the egret to learn together, at that time, the cuckoo said: "Girl, I have been bullied by the fourth master, and I know the difficulties of women best in my heart." Learning martial arts is not only for the girl to protect the girl if she is in danger in the future, but also for herself. ”

The white egret's eyes were red, she was widowed early, if it wasn't for Mrs. Shen's help, I am afraid that she would have been tortured to death by the original in-laws, these words really spoke to her heart.

A few maids wanted to learn, but Ye Qiong naturally wouldn't stop her, and even pulled Ye Yao and Xie Shi to learn together: "Even if it's just used to strengthen the body, especially my sister, she will have children after getting married." Giving birth to a child is a ghost gate, and it's good to practice more now. ”

So, there was a strange scene in Xinghuaye Mansion every morning, a group of female dependents followed the egret to learn martial arts, although it was hard but no one shouted tired, and after the practice, they also supported each other and cheered each other.

Mrs. Shen looked at such a scene with some reminiscence.

She used to be like this when she was in Northern Xinjiang, getting up early every day to practice martial arts with her brothers, and then beating horses, chasing cattle and sheep and singing songs, how happy. It's a pity that now that she is old and has been pampered for many years, she doesn't even dare to dance the little dagger.

Thinking like this, Mrs. Shen became sad again.

I don't know how the Marquis Wujing Mansion is, maybe I can meet my brother during the New Year......

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In the past few days, in addition to practicing martial arts, Ye Qiong will also follow her fifth uncle Ye Cizhu to the suburbs of Beijing to learn to ride horses.

Because of the previous carriage incident, his brother Ye Jin was forced to "recuperate" at home, and Ye Qiong had to ask the fifth uncle again, but now that the matter of buying grain has come to an end, the fifth uncle is also free.

Originally, Ye Qiong thought very well, thinking that she could be praised by the egret because her posture was standard enough and hard enough, and it was natural for her to ride a horse.

But reality slapped Ye Qiong hard.

Ye Qiong doesn't seem to get along well with all the animals.

In her previous life, Ye Qiong raised a kitten in the Korean government in order to relieve loneliness, but after only three days, she eloped with a female wild cat over the wall, and raised a pool of koi, but because she was fed too much, the koi were overturned.

It's the same in this life, Ye Xizhu has already chosen the most docile little mare for Ye Qiong, but whenever Ye Qiong turns over and gets on the horse, the little mare hums and uses her front hooves to dig up the soil, and she has no idea of moving at all.

Ye Cizhu was also very helpless, and he was afraid that he would throw off the whip, which would intensify the horse's temper and throw off Ye Qiong, a complete beginner.

After repeating the key points of horseback riding in her mind, Ye Qiong still mustered up her courage and threw a whip at the horse's buttocks, the little mare neighed, and the girl began to gallop.

Ye Xizhu, who was still in place, was stunned, and when he reacted, Ye Qiong's horse had already run away, and he hurriedly stepped on his horse and chased out.

Ye Qiong felt the wind whistling in her ears on the horse, and there was no excitement in her heart at all, only fear.

Oh my God, it was completely different from the last time she sat on Lu Shaodan's horse, Ye Qiong felt that she was about to be torn apart, she only remembered to hold on to the reins, trying to keep her legs between the horse's belly and her waist upright.

Just when Ye Qiong was stiffly controlling the reins on the horse, she didn't know that the mare had gone in the wrong direction, Ye Qiong only felt that her heart was getting more and more panicked, but at this moment she heard a burst of silver bell-like laughter behind her, she barely saw a girl in red riding a horse chasing behind her, laughing and shouting loudly: "Haha, I have never seen a horse like you ride so stiffly, relax your waist, and don't clamp your belly so tightly." ”

Ye Qiong listened to the girl's tone very sincerely, and unconsciously followed her words and slowly relaxed herself, and sure enough, the little mare's mood was better, and she carried Ye Qiong steadily.

Seeing this, the girl was very curious, and laughed: "Beginners can still relax slowly, you are so calm, awesome!" ”

It was the first time that Ye Qiong had been praised so bluntly, even Mr. Zou had never praised her so much, and she couldn't help but have a smile on her face.

Just as she was saying this, the girl said again: "The road ahead is downhill, you people lean back, hurry!" ”

Ye Qiong's mind was confused, the fifth uncle hadn't taught her this yet, so she hurriedly shouted, "What? ”

The girl immediately reacted that Ye Qiong was afraid that she had not learned how to run uphill and downhill, so she hurriedly drove her horse parallel to Ye Qiong's horse, and then stepped on the stirrup under her feet, stood on the horse's back, and then instantly turned over to Ye Qiong's horse.

Ye Qiong was shaken by the girl's superb equestrian skills, and before she could react, she was snatched the reins by the girl.

The girl clung to the reins and cried out, "Phew," and the little mare slowly stopped in front of the downhill section.

Ye Qiong dismounted with the girl in shock, and saluted the girl and thanked her: "Thank you, otherwise I may be on the horse." I am Ye Qiong, the second daughter of the Xinghuaye family, dare to ask what your name is? ”

The girl in front of her was wearing a red riding suit, fourteen or fifteen years old, her legs were straight, her eyes were big and bright, she was very pretty, she smiled and said, "Ye Qiong? I've heard of you, are you Mr. Zou's new disciple? I didn't expect you to look polite, but you are not small. I am Gu Congyan, my grandfather is the Taifu Siqing, this horse farm is run by my family, most of the horses are for the army, and the rest are open to everyone in Beijing with His Majesty's permission. ”

Ye Qiong's eyes lit up.

Ye Qiong came to the racecourse to ride a horse, firstly, it was really to practice equestrianism, and secondly, she heard that Gu Congyan, the granddaughter of Taifu Siqing, often rode horses here, and wanted to try her luck to see if she could meet her.

According to the memories of her previous life, Gu Congyan is good at equestrianism and is famous in Beijing, she is bold and straightforward, she hates those pretentious noblewomen the most, and her popularity in the circle of nobles in Beijing is not good.

I wanted to get close to Gu Congyan with excellent equestrian skills, but I didn't expect my equestrian skills to be so bad...... But I didn't expect it to be better, and now it doesn't take much effort.

Ye Qiong raised an appreciative smile at Gu Congyan: "Are you Gu Congyan?" I heard that you are excellent at riding, but I didn't expect it to be so good, and today is really impressive! ”

Gu Congyan's eyes lit up as he listened.

Other nobles in Beijing won't say that, they will only say that she is like a monkey jumping up and down, and the daughters of a few military attachés are better, but I didn't expect Ye Qiong, a civil official, and a delicate girl who worshiped Confucianism as a teacher, would praise her.

Gu Congyan has seen a lot of false flattery, so he naturally knows what sincere appreciation is.

At this time, Ye Qizhu finally found Ye Qiong on horseback out of breath, and only relieved when he saw that she had nothing to do: "Qiong'er, you scared me to death, but fortunately it's okay, otherwise your grandmother is afraid that she will hang me in the yard and wait for me to dry slowly like grapes." ”

Gu Congyan laughed, this family is really interesting to talk about.

Ye Qiong smiled and introduced: "This is my fifth uncle." Fifth uncle, this is the granddaughter of Taifu Siqing, Gu Congyan. ”

Ye Xizhu and Gu Congyan saluted, because there was a foreign man, Gu Congyan was not good for long, so he said goodbye to the two.

"Ye Qiong, are you coming back tomorrow?" Gu Congyan couldn't help but ask.

Ye Qiong was overjoyed: "Of course I'm here, I haven't learned to ride a horse yet!" ”

Gu Congyan laughed and said, "Then we'll see you tomorrow, I'm going to come and see it every day anyway." ”

Ye Qiong responded with a smile: "See you tomorrow!" ”

Ye Qiong watched Gu Congyan ride away on horseback, and sighed in her heart.

Gu Congyan is Wen Lei's fiancée who made a marriage contract.

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A few days later, Ye Qiong went to the horse farm on the outskirts of Beijing every day to see Gu Congyan, although it rained every day and couldn't run the horse, it didn't stop the enthusiasm of the two, and in less than five days, the two became friends.

Gu Congyan even insisted on visiting Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu while they were still in prison: "I heard what you said, I knew that your grandmother was from the Jingwu Marquis family. My grandfather was in charge of the military horses all the year round, and he had to go to the city of Northern Xinjiang every year, and he received a lot of care from the Jingwu Marquis Mansion. I don't know, but I'm sure I'm going to see it. ”

Ye Qiong readily agreed.

The Ye family hasn't had guests for a long time, the Ye Mansion is happily like it's a holiday, and Mrs. Shen is even more reluctant to let go of Gu Congyan's hand, and she talks to her about what she has seen and heard in the northern Xinjiang, and even Ye Qiong, who was accompanying her on the side, laughed and crooked her eyes when she heard it.

Xie Shi went down to the kitchen himself, and soon brought a snack: "Come, Miss Gu, try my craftsmanship?" ”

Gu Congyan took it with a smile, and after taking a bite, her eyes lit up, and she almost choked on another mouthful, and swallowed it completely after taking a sip of the tea that Ye Qiong poured for her, and said with admiration: "Aunt is really a good craft!" ”

Ye Qiong saw the opportunity and said with a smile: "My mother's craftsmanship was tempered by my father." My father doesn't like sweetness, but he only likes my mother's handiwork. ”

Gu Congyan's action of eating dim sum slowed down, and his expression was a little relaxed.

Ye Qiong's heart sank slightly, and she changed the topic with a smile.

After that, when Gu Congyan followed Ye Qiong to nest alone in Qionghuayuan, he quietly asked Ye Qiong: "You say, do you want to choose someone you like to marry, just like your father and your mother, and my father and mother." ”

Ye Qiong pondered the words and said: "If you can marry someone you like, it will naturally be the best." However, it is said that the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker can really marry the person they like, there are too few. ”

Gu Congyan was a little distracted, so Ye Qiong asked tentatively: "I remember that you and the Wen family made a marriage...... Is the son of the Wen family bad? ”

Gu Congyan shook his head and said: "This family affair was still set for me by my father, he said that the Huai'en Hou Mansion is now in decline, I will marry with a dowry, they will not treat me badly, I can do whatever I want in the Wen family." ”

Gu Congyan held his cheeks again and said, "I have also seen Wen Gongzi, he looks very good, but ...... I still can't help but think, am I going to spend my life with him? ”

Ye Qiong sighed even more in her heart, it was not worth replacing Gu Congyan and the Gu family.

In his previous life, two months after Gu Congyan married the Wen family, he died violently.

This matter is very troublesome, the Gu family loves their daughter, and they insist that it was Wen Lei who killed Gu Congyan, but they couldn't collect evidence. However, after Gu Congyan's death, Wen Lei said in front of everyone that he would not marry for the rest of his life, making a deep appearance, and finally even the Gu family believed it.

Even Ye Qiong once felt that Wen Lei was a rare lover, and sighed that Gu Congyan's life was thin.

But he didn't expect that Wen Lei was a broken sleeve, and it was in line with him that he would not marry for life.

In the previous life, Gu Congyan's death is likely to be strange, Huai'en Houfu does not want to offend the Gu family, for fear of being found out something, and naturally take care of things cleanly, if there is no carriage out of control in this life, the fifth uncle will not go to investigate Wen Lei, even he has to always think that Wen Lei is a righteous gentleman!

Wen Lei's fetishes are different, if he really doesn't marry Ye Qiong for life, he will praise him as a warrior, but why would he want to harm a good girl like Gu Congyan!

Ye Qiong looked at the blank look on Gu Congyan's face and gently took her hand.

Originally, she approached Gu Congyan with the intention of taking advantage of it, but at this moment, in addition to dealing with Wen Lei to avenge herself, she also wanted to protect this poor girl.

Ye Qiong made up her mind in her heart:

Wen Lei, I won't let you have a good time!