Chapter 139

Emperor Yuanyou led the crowd down the high platform and came to the side of the red horse.

This horse is indeed strong enough, but it has been captured by the Tatars for several months, and its wild nature has been restrained somewhat, and it refuses to be ridden by anyone.

The more Emperor Yuanyou looked at it, the more satisfied he was.

The Tatar envoys still wanted to persuade Emperor Yuanyou to try, but Emperor Yuanyou held his ground, and with a smile said, "Corporal Li Xian", and then blocked the other party's mouth.

After admiring the peerless horse that could not be ridden for the time being, Emperor Yuanyou asked someone to bring the top ten horses over.

These ten good horses symbolize the face of Tatar, and each horse is also worth a thousand gold.

Emperor Yuanyou looked around, and said to Huayang who was walking beside him, "Does my sister like it?"

Hua Yang said modestly: "The BMW is a gift to the hero, but it is Qu Cai who falls into the hands of my sister."

Emperor Yuanyou teased: "If my sister is worried about this, then I will reward the heroes around me with good horses."

As he spoke, he smiled and glanced at Chen Jingzong who was standing among the military officers.

Chen Jingzong: ...

There were some good-natured laughter around him, and Chen Jingzong looked at Hua Yang.

Hua Yang pretended not to hear the muffled booing over there, thanked her brother for his kindness, and began to choose carefully.

These ten horses are indistinguishable from each other. They are about the same height, about the same vigor and strength, but there are some differences in hair and horse faces.

Hua Yang took a fancy to a black horse with a tuft of snow-white hair on its forehead, and the tuft of white hair was round and wavy at the edge, like a wave or a white-petaled peony that has not yet fully bloomed.

Just because of this "peony", Hua Yang also likes it.

With slender and fair fingers stroking the horse's forehead, Hua Yang turned his head and smiled at Emperor Yuanyou: "This one, I think it's very compatible."

Emperor Yuanyou certainly agreed.

The imperial court also held a banquet in honor of the Tatar envoys. After seeing the horses, Emperor Yuanyou took all the officials and left.

Hua Yang held the queen's arm, and the two walked towards the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Empress Dowager Qi: "Why did Panpan think of such a rhetoric?"

Hua Yang: "I was afraid that if the imperial guards could not subdue the horse, it would be too dangerous for my younger brother to try it himself. If he didn't try, he would be ridiculed by the Tatar envoys. I thought about it in a hurry."

Empress Dowager Qi patted her daughter's hand in relief: "Mother underestimated you before, but I didn't expect you to have such eloquence."

Hua Yang smiled and said, "It's just sharp but petty-minded for a while, you are the real wisdom."

Empress Dowager Qi is in a good mood.

Parents look forward to their sons and daughters becoming talented. Her two children, one is the emperor and the other is the long princess.And today's benevolent king's theory on the racetrack is enough to leave a virtuous name in the history. The daughter has a virtuous name to pass down, and she is also proud of being a mother.

After Hua Yang accompanied his mother to have lunch, he took her royally bestowed thousand-gold steed back to the Eldest Princess' mansion.

Hua Yang really liked this steed, so he asked someone to take him to Qifeng Hall to look at it again and again, and then stayed in the study, painting and drawing, thinking about ordering a set of horses that could match his heroic appearance.saddle.

If Hua Yang rides by herself, she will definitely inlay some gems on the saddle, but this horse will be given to Chen Jingzong, he probably doesn't like these bells and whistles.

Revise and modify, before sunset, Hua Yang handed over the final drawing to Wu Run, and asked him to arrange craftsmen to do it.

She had just come out of the shower, and sat in the yard to let the cool autumn wind dry her hair, when she saw Chen Jingzong coming from the corridor, wearing a crimson robe, with slightly damp hair, apparently having bathed in the Flowing Cloud Templeup.

She asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"

Chen Jingzong said: "At noon, I accompanied the emperor in the palace to entertain the Tatar envoys. After the banquet, those envoys insisted on dragging us military officers to a bow and arrow wrestling competition. We didn't go to the guard in the afternoon."

Hua Yang looked at his shoulder: "Did you wrestle with them?"

Chen Jingzong nodded.

Hua Yang knew that he was excellent in martial arts, and his tall and straight figure was rare in the Central Plains, but compared with those Tatar envoys, his strength was still a bit inferior, like a long sword and a broadsword.

"Did you suffer?"

Chen Jingzong: "I'm not as good as them in terms of strength alone. They grabbed a few handprints on my arms, but I used my ingenuity and won two games."

Hua Yang tried to pinch his arm.

Chen Jingzong looked at her silently, only when Hua Yang's hand moved to his upper arm, he frowned slightly and took a breath.

Hua Yang took him to the inner room and told him to take off his shirt.

Chen Jingzong did as he did, his arms were still quite white, which made the bruised handprints more obvious.

Hua Yang ordered Chaoyue to bring the ointment for removing blood stasis.

Chen Jingzong gathered up his robe, and when Chaoyue left, he showed his shoulders again, looked at Hua Yang, and then looked at the porcelain vase Chaoyue put aside.

Hua Yang: "Wipe it yourself, it's not like you can't move."

Chen Jingzong resigned to his fate and opened the porcelain bottle, staring at her while digging out the medicine: "Now when I think about you in the camp last year, it's like a dream."

Hua Yang: "It's better than nothing, besides, I don't like the smell of plaster."

Chen Jingzong was about to put the plaster on his arm, he paused when he heard the words: "Then I don't need it, I'm not that delicate at first, but the loss outweighs the gain if it smokes you at night."

Hua Yang: "You don't need it, you won't even have a chance to smoke me at night."

Chen Jingzong smiled and obediently applied the medicine.

Hua Yang asked him curiously: "If you were to tame the horse Tatar offered to the emperor, would you be sure?"

Chen Jingzong: "You have to try it to know, but anyone who tries it is a hard job. Fortunately, you are smart and saved the emperor and us military officers from trouble."

The Tatars have a dark heart, but they can talk, saying that only the son of the dragon in the Central Plains can subdue that horse.

With these words in front, the military officer is incompetent if he cannot subdue the horse, and loses the face of the court.But if he surrendered, wouldn't he become the "son of the dragon", where would the emperor be placed?

Unless the situation forced him, Chen Jingzong would not rush to grab this hard job. If he really wanted to, he would have to make a gesture of losing half his life to subdue the fierce horse, so as to prove that he is not the son of a dragon.

Hua Yang snorted: "I also don't want to see the Tatar envoys being arrogant and complacent, offering horses as soon as they are offered, and insisting on causing trouble."

Chen Jingzong had a flattering face: "Now they know that I am a long princess, so I will be honest in the future."

Hua Yang squinted at him.

Chen Jingzong continued to flatter: "The emperor also recognized that you have made great contributions. The civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty did not give horses, but only rewarded you."

Hua Yang said with a smile: "That horse is indeed a good horse."

Chen Jingzong's face changed slightly: "Have you tried it?"

Although this black horse should not be as fierce as a bay red horse, but the one sent from the grassland is not completely tamed. If it is not, Hua Yang's delicate body will really be thrown off...

Hua Yang: "Not yet, let Zhou Ji try it later."

Chen Jingzong: "With me here, why let him try?"

Hua Yang: "You are my son-in-law, and you are also the half master of the eldest princess's mansion, how can I let you do the job of testing horses?"

Chen Jingzong: "To share the worries of the ancestors, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

He was serious, Hua Yang couldn't take it anymore, got up and walked outside.

Chen Jingzong chased up, hugged her from behind, lowered his head and kissed her side neck and earlobe, and waited for Hua Yang to lean into his arms weakly, then Chen Jingzong asked her ear socket: "Did you choose to send me?"?”

Hua Yang: "Isn't your horse still in its prime, and it was given by your elder brother, so there is no need to change it."

Chen Jingzong: "What he gave can compare with what you gave? I don't want you to spend hundreds of taels of silver in vain. This horse is free. As long as you give it, I will dare to accept it."

Hua Yang wanted to laugh, Chen Jingzong was usually so arrogant, he seldom subdued unless it was for sleeping, but now he is outspokenly begging her for horses.

"Try it first, maybe it doesn't please you and won't let you ride it."

Chen Jingzong didn't say anything, he just turned her around and kissed her hard.

Two quarters of an hour later, the couple came to the racetrack of Eldest Princess’s Residence.

The racecourse is just behind the stables, and the masters can come here if they want to ride horses. The masters are not interested, and the little eunuch who raises the horses has to walk around the horses often, otherwise the horses will be locked in the stables all the time, and the horses will also get sick.

The little eunuch temporarily equipped a set of saddles for the new black horse bestowed by the emperor.

Standing aside, Hua Yang watched as Chen Jingzong patted the horse from head to buttocks, and finally hugged the horse's neck and pressed it to his face, as if muttering something.

"I'll try it first, if it is obedient, I will bring you with me later."

After getting acquainted with the baby horse, Chen Jingzong turned up, greeted Hua Yang, and galloped away.

The horse was vigorous and vigorous, running away like a black wind, and soon returned from the other side of the racecourse.

The golden sunset completely enveloped Chen Jingzong on horseback, and it was not until he reined in his horse and stopped a few steps away that Hua Yang could clearly see his radiant and handsome face.

He reaches out to her.

Hua Yang didn't move.

Chen Jingzong drove his horse to her side, and stretched out his hand again.

Only then did Hua Yang put his hand in his generous palm.

Chen Jingzong leaned over, held her hand with one hand, and put one hand under her armpit. The next moment, the long princess's cumbersome skirt fluttered in the air like petals, and immediately fell into his embrace.

Sitting sideways, Hua Yang instinctively hugged his thin waist.

Chen Jingzong kissed the tip of her hair, and when she got used to it, he rode his horse and began to jog.

When facing the setting sun, what Hua Yang felt was the wind and what he saw was the blue sky in the distance.

When the steed ran half a circle and turned around, the golden sunset made her lower her eyes, and saw him holding her slender arms.

"All civil and military officials know that this is the horse that the emperor rewarded you. If you really let me ride it, I will be honored. I am afraid they will say that you spoil me too much."

When his back was facing the setting sun again, Chen Jingzong kissed her on the face.

Hua Yang: "Let's talk about it. This is your and my private matter. It has nothing to do with them."

Chen Jingzong: "Okay, then you will go home with me first tomorrow morning, and tell the elders that you gave me the horse, so that they don't think I stole your horse."

Hua Yang scoffed, "That fox fur cloak from last time wasn't enough for you to show off?"

Chen Jingzong: "As long as you are willing to give it away, I will show off once you give it away."

Hua Yang didn't bother to talk to him.

After riding enough, Chen Jingzong carried her off the horse.

Hua Yang also touched the horse's neck, and said to Chen Jingzong: "Such a good horse, let's give it a name."

Chen Jingzong thought for a while, and said: "How about Lao Hei? He sounds affectionate, and he sounds like a life-and-death partner who will fight side by side and never give up."

Hua Yang: ...

Her dislike was written all over her face, so Chen Jingzong asked her to help her make one.

Hua Yang looked at the snow-white mass on the horse's forehead, and said: "Snow White Pagoda."

"Peony" is too delicate, and he may not be able to call it out. Although Baixueta is also the name of a peony, it sounds like the majesty of flying snow.

Chen Jingzong savored it for a moment, and when he looked at her again, his eyes became meaningful.