Wang Heng's fingers hidden in his sleeves tightened slightly, looking indifferent: "Marriage is not between the marriage contract, only in affection." His Royal Highness is so forgetful that he doesn't even remember his own name often, let alone such a trivial matter. ”

The emperor did not allow the palace people to call Xie Budo's name, and over time, even he himself would not mention his real name Xie Yu.

Xie Budo paused, and the two stopped at the corner of the attic. Not only can not let the young ladies below see here, but also avoid the eyes of Prime Minister Wang Cheng and many elders upstairs, he simply reached out and grabbed Wang Heng's collar, wanton and arrogant, and asked with a smile unceremoniously: "Your autumn killing piano has been broken, and you threatened to be silent except for your bosom friend that day, why did you let the slave come with a pipa today?" Have your bosom friend at the autumn harvest banquet? What kind of bosom friend lady makes you look at each other so eagerly and keep looking back! ”

His move was surprising, and the surrounding maids and palace people were startled and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him. The attendants behind Wang Heng also surrounded him.

"Your Highness has something to say, and the prime minister is on it......"

"Your Highness, we are here to participate in the banquet on behalf of Your Majesty, so we must not make reckless moves......"

"Please raise your noble hand high, our son is too weak to be frightened."

Everyone looked anxious, but they couldn't help but lower their voices, for fear of alarming people.

Wang Heng's pale cyan clothes were wrinkled, his figure was thin, he staggered half a step, and then held Xie Budo's wrist, looking frail and real, but he was not frightened, just looked at him and said: "The day before yesterday, someone wrote a poem satirizing, indicating that the master of the month was famous, but immediately published a volume of "Qiu Fang Ji" annotated anthology and detailed explanations of allusions. If Your Highness knows that person, ask me whether this is admiration or jealousy? ”

Xie Budo let go of his hand suddenly.

Wang Heng took half a step back, covered his sleeves and coughed lightly, lowered his eyes and straightened his clothes.

Xie Budo said coldly: "You think too much, I only hate that she didn't commit it in my hands, and I didn't bite her to death." ”

…… It's him?

Wang Heng was slightly stunned, his eyes wandered around Xie Budo for a moment, and he didn't say much, but said, "Your Highness, please." ”

After the two went upstairs, they looked at each other with disgust, maintaining a politeness that bordered on hypocrisy. The seats were still very close to each other, not far from Prime Minister Wang.

On the other side, the music downstairs has been exhausted, and all the young ladies have changed into light riding clothes, moving their muscles and bones, and are eager to try, hoping to win the first place in the next batting and archery.

There are many ladies from military families in the military government, and the girls of the Xiao and Huan families are all good players, and several people called Li Qingchou, and they had the audacity to call them the new captains.

"Xue Duwei, everyone is gone, isn't it interesting for you to sit on it?" Xiao Jianu smiled, "The two generals are not here, let's just let go of the play, does the prime minister still care about this?" Look at the little gentlemen on the attic pavilions on both sides of the hitting court, waiting to be released, and the spring is ready to go! ”

Huan Chengfeng's second daughter had already changed her handguards and beckoned, "Don't listen to her." Xue Sanniang, she Xiao Pingyu is the best at riding horses, so she points to borrowing your scenery to press you, just ignore her. ”

"you." Xiao Pingyu hurriedly clarified, "I didn't mean that." ”

Xue Yuxiao saw Li Qingchou leaving, so he wanted to help make up the numbers, so he turned his head and said to Pei Yuxue: "In this case, I will accompany them to the activities." ”

Pei Yuxue said: "Be careful." ”

Xue Yuxiao nodded, explained a few words to Wei Qingyan, asked her to take good care of Pei Lang, and then went to change clothes, waited for the Xue family guards to bring the horses, and then entered with everyone.

She changed into a dark riding suit, the cuffs and collar were sewn with dark gold silk thread, her long hair was tied high, and the leather belt outlined a sturdy narrow waist, and the lines were neat. When everyone saw her on the horse, they knew that Xue Yuxiao could at least ride, and joked with each other.

"Xiao Pingyu, I think your abacus is going to fail, don't let Lord Du Lieutenant step on your name when the time comes."

"Huan Er, you are saying this to sow discord, do you want to be ashamed!"

"Eh, Furong Niang's riding costume is neat and chic, and the person next to her is ......"

Xue Yuxiao followed Li Qingchou's gaze and saw Li Furong dressed in a dark blue riding suit, with her hair in a bun, revealing her smooth neck. There was also a strange girl on a horse beside her, with a haughty expression.

"It's Yuan Bing." Li Qingchou said in a low voice, "Runan Yuan's family, after the famous family." ”

Xue Yuxiao checked the name in his mind for a moment: "Yuan Bing...... The one who fell and killed the piano? ”

"You know?" Li Qingchou was quite surprised, "The Yuan family didn't let this matter spread too widely, only some well-informed people heard about it, and then the military government...... Did Wang Gongzi tell you? ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "Cui Mingzhu told me. She is the best at probing these rumors. ”

Before the words fell, Yuan Bing also turned his head to look at her, this lady was born extremely brightly, smiled toothily, and then suddenly raised her hand, slammed a polo over, and flew straight towards Xue Yuxiao's face.

The polo tore through the air and exploded with a screech. Li Qingchou drove the horse to twist into a block, pressed down with the cue, shot down the ball in the air, and said coldly: "Yuan Niangzi!" ”

Yuan Bing laughed out loud, stepped forward and said, "Just kidding with Captain Xue, and I didn't hit you, what are you anxious about?" Xue Duwei, you don't mind, do you? ”

Xue Yuxiao smiled slightly, his expression was very gentle.

Seeing her like this, Yuan Bing dragged the reins around Xue Yuxiao's side, and sighed: "No wonder Wang Lang is willing to talk to you, but he is unwilling to play the piano and confide in me." The third lady is indeed more beautiful than me, but the daughter of a famous family uses more pen and ink to compete, and now in this field, she also has to use riding skills to compete. ”

Xue Yuxiao looked at her and said: "The daughters are for self-cultivation and governing the country, and they are in the middle of the court, but they are jealous of Lang Jun, I'm afraid it's not decent." ”

"That's not true." Yuan Bing leaned over on the horse, "Not for others, I also have to compete with you, these days Xue Duwei's name is like thunder, making me toss and turn, and I can't sleep at night!" As for him, it's just an addition to the test. ”

Xue Yuxiao nodded: "That's good." ”

Li Qingchou thought of Xue Yuxiao's unsightly secret weapon achievements, and his expectations for her riding and shooting were not high, and when Yuan Bing left, he said: "I'm afraid that she will hurt people secretly, you protect yourself from falling, I will help you win." ”

Xue Yuxiao glanced at her: "You have to be careful, you see." ”

Li Qingchou turned his head to look and saw Li Furong gently knocking on the polo stick, staring in the direction of the two, as if he was about to kill.

……

Pei Yuxue's position has a wide field of vision, and he can see many movements in the field. So when Yuan Bing's ball was speeding towards Xue Yuxiao, he subconsciously got up, and then the polo was blocked from the ground, and then he slowly exhaled a breath and sat back down, at this time his palm was already in a cold sweat.

He wiped his hands steadily, drank tea and closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, there were suddenly two more people beside him.

The fiery red clothes were on the right, Xie Budo instructed the palace attendant to add a small case, pour wine alone, he said: "This position is very good, the elders are always dull, it is not as good as Pei Langjun here, you can see many young girls in the competition, heroic and unobstructed." ”

Wang Heng was ordered by his mother to accompany His Royal Highness, and Xie Budo had to come down, so he had to follow. His expression condensed into ice, and with Wang Heng's character, it was rare for him to be so angry: "Yuan's daughter has to inch in, and she is just a villain who clearly resents revenge." ”

Xie Budo handed the wine to Wang Heng, Wang Heng was still angry, turned his head and didn't drink, just drank tea and meditated, he handed it to Pei Yuxue again, bent his eyes and smiled: "I can't stay on it, since the girls are all gone, why don't we get together and talk, you ...... Well, what's your name? ”

Pei Yinxue's demeanor was detached, her attitude was respectful but not close, and she took the wine glass: "Hedong Pei's family, the name is Yinxue." ”

"Hmm." Xie Budo whispered, "You are her side, and you are a blend...... So how about her kung fu right away? ”

"Ahem...... cough cough...... "Wang Heng coughed suddenly, he could even feel his blood pressure rushing all the way up, a particularly conspicuous thin red appeared on his pale cheeks, he bit his lip, and reminded in a low voice, "Fourth Highness!" ”

"Don't worry, Prince Wang, I know you want to know." Xie Budo adhered to the rotten concept that it was better to offend to death than to offend anyway, and smiled casually, "I'm talking about riding a horse, not riding anything else...... Whining. ”

Pei Yuxue plugged his mouth with pastries, his body was cold, and his expression remained unchanged, as if what he was in front of him was not a noble prince, but a wayward gentleman who spoke very unpleasantly.

He withdrew his hand, tugged at his sleeve, and said lightly, "I don't know." ”

Xie Budo took a bite, spit out the pastry, and said angrily: "What are you doing!" ”

Pei Yuxue lowered her eyes and glanced at the tooth marks, which were really the same as the one in Xue Yuxiao's palm, he was as immobile as a mountain, and the temperature on his body was a little colder: "Your Highness's tongue and teeth are exposed, I am worried about freezing them." ”

Knock –

The sound of gongs and drums sounded on the striking field, and at the sound of this tremor, the horses galloped quickly, stirring up dust.

Plum blossom begonia(3)

Chapter 33

Riding and archery is one of the six arts, and it is a skill that the girl of the scholar clan has learned since childhood.

On the field, the horses galloped, the hooves trampled on the field, shaking like thunder running, and between the buildings on both sides of the polo field, there were musicians beating drums, and the drums were dense like showers.

Between the staggered horses, the clubs are staggered to touch the ball, and the colored balls are constantly moving on the field, and you are competing for each other, which is dizzying.

This sport was recorded in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Tang and Song dynasties, and Xue Yuxiao was a little surprised when he knew that the Eastern Qi Dynasty also had such a dynasty that valued talent and fame and talked about it, and even aesthetics were biased towards the sick and weak, would actually take such a fierce sport as a common amusement for the scholars.

However, this was her original idea, because she soon found out that the weak willow Fufeng is only for men, and Qi Chao still admires the sturdy girl, if the lady of any family does not go out of the door, delicate and shy, one step and three breaths, when everyone mentions it, they will shake their heads and regret.

There are many teams on the field, but the others have mediocre riding skills, most of them are Xiao Pingyu, Yuan Bing, and there is a fierce competition between Li Qingchou. The three of them belong to three teams, and the battle is hot.

Bang. With a crisp sound, Yuan Bing's cue hit the colorful ball into the door, and the drum beat was loud, Yuan Bing raised the moon staff in his hand, heard the cheers around him, first glanced at the building from afar, bowed his hand to Wang Xiu, and then looked back at Xue Yuxiao and Li Qingchou: "Lord Duwei is unskilled, I advise you to admit defeat as well, so as not to be too embarrassed." ”

Xue Yuxiao didn't say anything, she pinched her wrist. Li Qingchou on the side grabbed the reins and came over, her forehead was slightly sweaty, and she asked in a low voice, "Not very familiar?" ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "I'm learning. ”

Li Qingchou's eyes widened, as if he was shocked by these three words: "You haven't beaten before?" Wait a minute, you haven't played so well at riding? Yuan Bing's polo skills are quite famous in Beijing, Xiao Pingyu is the best at riding horses, driving horses like an arm, you can keep up with the two of them for the first time? ”

Xue Yuxiao was calm: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, bear with me for another quarter of an hour, I will familiarize myself with the rules." ”

Li Qing said sorrowfully: "You ......"

Before the two could communicate again, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and a girl wearing a narrow-sleeved shirt and a tufted flower hat threw the ball into the field, and the sound of the horse neighed again.

Xue Yuxiao controlled the strength of his wrist, held the reins in one hand, his legs were lightly clamped, and the jet-black horse under his crotch rushed up violently, and the horse's legs crossed between Xiao Pingyu and Yuan Bing, and with a wave of the moon staff, he snatched the small ball between the two of them from it and passed it to Li Qingchou.

When colliding with the two, the black horse turned his head to avoid it again, and made a subtle curve, so that the three of them did not scratch it.

"Beautiful! This riding. Huan Er couldn't help shouting, "Xue Duwei Wen can be Anbang and Wu can set the country, no wonder his mother is chattering every day, and he can't be included in his command!" ”

"Where are you?" Xiao Pingyu quarreled with her, "If you hadn't dragged me back, I would have been better than Yuan Bing!" ”

The ball went towards Li Qingchou, but halfway through, it was intercepted by a moon staff, Li Qingchou immediately followed, competing with it, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Li Furong's face.

"The same family, but for outsiders." Li Furong said, "Sure enough, the side branches are far away, and they are always unfamiliar." ”

Li Qingchou was silent, and was snatching the small ball, when the moon staff suddenly stepped forward, and hit the horse's belly at a tricky angle that everyone could not see, and the horse snorted and retreated in pain.

Li Furong twisted her body, and the ball was snatched under the pole and passed to Yuan Bing, who was galloping, two continuous small ball hits, and another drum.

"Yuan Bing, Li Furong, get one point."

The girl scored loudly.

Xue Yuxiao saw that something was wrong, and drove the horse over and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Qingchou frowned: "She really came to Yin, despicable and shameless." ”

This force does not hurt the horse, it only makes it painful, and as long as the horse is not frightened and overturns, this level of foul will not be detected.

"It's going to be yin." Xue Yuxiao pondered, "Isn't your secret weapon even more unaware, a few stones can make it difficult for her to move." ”

Li Qingchou shook his head: "How can I be in the same league with such a villain, and besides, I am a murderer, and I use it to hit a horse, I am afraid I will not be able to control my strength." ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "I know, you are upright and clear, a model lady, and you have the style to make people." So be it, I'll come! ”

Li Qingchou was shocked again, and held back a sentence: "...... It doesn't have to be, losing is just losing face, if a dozen stones are nailed around the horse's hooves, it will be a wonder of the world. ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "I have learned to hit the ball, although the hidden weapon is a little worse, but it has also made considerable progress, why don't you trust me?" ”

Li Qingchou couldn't help but say: "Can your secret weapon be trusted!" ”

As the two talked, the game had resumed.

After the drum sounded this time, Xue Yuxiao no longer forbears learning, her dark horse is smart and flexible, it is the BMW that Xue Sikong bought with a lot of money, loyal to the Lord, able to judge the situation. When she exerts her full strength, the competition becomes more intense, and the horses are often only a finger's distance from each other, and the hooves are staggered, and the slightest mistake will fall off the horse.

Everyone saw that their heartstrings were tense and exclaimed, and many unmarried Lang Jun stood up from their seats and stepped out of the hall, looking at a few people on the field with admiration on their faces.

"Xue Niangzi is really getting braver and braver." A little Langjun couldn't help but say, "Such a noble lintel, the future is bright, I don't know who is lucky to ......"