Chapter 16
Chapter 16
head, indicating that there is nothing we can do about it.
"Wow, Xiao Qiao, why is there an extra horse in your house?!" After I brought them to my house, Xia Li immediately found the horse I kept in the temporary stable next to my house.
"Hey, envy, it's a good horse, maybe it's even better than yours." I touched the horse's back lightly and said proudly.
"Okay! You bring it to my house in a few days, let's have a good competition." Xia Li was not angry when he heard my provocation, but was ready to move.
"Little Qiao, when did you get a horse, and your horse doesn't look cheap." Ning Xi looked at my horse carefully and asked me inexplicably.
"That lunatic gave it to me." Since I was panicked, I have to lie and tell the truth. Anyway, the female assassin won't know, so it doesn't matter!
When it came to the day when we agreed to compete, I led my horse to Xia Li's house. Every time I came to Xia Li's house, I felt that her house was very grand, with a vermilion gate made of noble mahogany, carved with The ingenious workmanship is definitely caused by the first-class craftsmen who have spent a lot of thought.Not only is there a pair of stone lions at the door, but there are also guards watching the door, which is very grand.But because I often come to Xia Li's house to play, I am familiar with this place, so they took a look at me and sent me in with a smile.
Bypassing the garden of Xia Li's house, there is a large stretch of grass, but it is nothing special to their family.And Xia Li and Ning Xi have already come here to prepare. They have all put on a set of excellent horse riding equipment, and they are caring for their beloved horse with all their heart.They usually also have a hobby of horse racing, but I didn't have a horse at all at that time, it should be said that I couldn't afford a horse at all, so I could only follow them and watch, but now I finally have a good horse, You can join them instead of just watching alone.
I led the horse and walked slowly to them, and asked excitedly, "Are you ready?"
"I'll throw you away later, so don't cry and tell me to let you!" Xia Li said slowly and confidently.
"Little Qiao, let's work hard together." Ning Xi said to me with a smile, but she was also full of fighting spirit and looked like she was doing her part.
"Who will die?" I said unrelentingly, without being affected by them at all, I patted the horse's back lightly, and my horse knew my intentions, and lay down skillfully, letting me Can be mounted easily.
"Isn't it, Xiao Qiao?! You can't even ride a horse!" Xia Li looked at me dumbfounded and said in disbelief.
"You don't care!" I was a little annoyed by Xia Li's exaggerated appearance, who told me that this horse was too tall, and I couldn't jump on it without martial arts, so I had to make a bad plan.
"Okay, okay, let's start." Xia Li didn't want to argue with me, but the helplessness on his face really made me angry.
After we were all ready, under the guidance of Xia Li, the horse race was announced to start. The three of us rode horses almost at the same time. Same.But soon, the wind direction of the competition changed. I actually put aside a distance of more than ten steps from Xia Li, and continued to pull away, while Ning Xi had gradually lost sight of us.Seeing this, I was already a little complacent. I never thought that the strength of this horse was beyond my imagination. You must know that the horses chosen by big families like Xia Li and Ning Xi are definitely one in a hundred. With professional training and careful maintenance, it is impossible for ordinary horses to be their opponents.I patted my horse's back excitedly, and it seemed to be infected by my mood, and it ran faster.
I was intoxicated in the excitement of leading them all the way, but suddenly felt a little dizzy. At first I didn't care, because it was only a slight dizziness, and it didn't have a big impact. If the current speed continues, I can definitely beat them, how can I be willing to give up the victory that I will get.I suppressed the discomfort, but this state continued to deepen. Suddenly, my eyes went dark, and I fell heavily on the horse's back in the next second. After being frightened by me, the horse stopped and howled to the sky After a sound, he just walked forward slowly.
"Little Joe, are you okay?!"
When I heard the sound, I came back to my senses and found that Ning Xi had already caught up with me. At this time, she also slowed down her horse and walked alongside me, looking at me worriedly.
It took me a lot of effort to sit up straight, and I gave Ning Xi a smile to let her know that I'm fine, "It's nothing serious, just a little dizzy, maybe I still can't get used to riding a horse, take a rest and I'll be fine." It's okay. You go first, and I will catch up with you when I feel better."
"How can I do that! I'm really worried about your current state, at least I can take care of you in time when I'm by your side." Ning Xi said forcefully, not refusing to answer me at all.
Seeing that Ning Xi was so persistent, I couldn't say anything more, so I agreed.We chatted while riding horses like this, which had a different flavor, and my health gradually improved.
"You guys are too slow!" Xia Li kept shouting loudly when she saw us from a distance. If I didn't see the smugness written on her face, I would have thought she was worried about us.
After we came to Xia Li, she began to show off the power of her horse endlessly, but she didn't speak harsh words to each other, just like the excitement of a child getting candy, which doesn't make people feel disgusted .
Seeing this, Ning Xi and I looked at each other in a tacit understanding, then shook our heads helplessly, both feeling helpless for the child in front of us.
Chapter 23
Today is the eve of the emperor's birthday. According to our country's tradition, the whole country will celebrate together on this day, and a grand banquet will be held in the palace, but of course ordinary people like me are not eligible to participate, and Ning Xi and Xia Li As the children of dignitaries, they will naturally attend every year.But this will not affect my mood, because from that day on, the whole country will have a five-day holiday.So today, although we still have to attend classes normally, our hearts are no longer here, and almost no one is still in the mood to listen to the class seriously.Naturally, the same is true of our teacher, so the class was only halfway through, and he let us end the get out of class in advance.Of course we were extremely happy, and we all praised Master for being considerate in every detail.
Since Xia Li and Ning Xi needed to prepare for tomorrow's palace feast, they all went home on their own, but I didn't care, and ran towards home happily.Along the way, I kept thinking about how to spend the five-day vacation, and I had already returned home before I knew it.However, when I came to the house, I was terrified by the sight in front of me.A large group of officers and soldiers gathered in front of my house. They were divided into two rows and lined up, guarding the surroundings all the time.If I didn't look carefully for a long time, this is indeed my own home, and I almost thought I had gone to the wrong place.
I walked all the way forward in panic, my head kept recalling whether I had committed some royal law these days.But when I walked in front of them, they didn't move at all and had no intention of arresting me, so I gradually felt relieved.When I opened the door, I found two women in my house, one was drinking tea leisurely with the tea set at home, and the other was standing by and serving.After they heard the sound of me entering the door, they looked at me almost at the same time.
"Princess!" I blurted out when I saw the people in the room.Immediately, I realized that I was kneeling and saluting, and said tremblingly: "The daughter of the people sees the princess!"
"Get up, we are the only ones here, so there is no need to be so polite." The princess said lightly.
I responded and got up.After a while like this, the princess was still drinking tea tepidly, and didn't intend to talk to me.And I naturally didn't dare to deviate, so I just stood there with my head down.
The princess put down the teacup, looked at me with a smile, and said softly, "Qiao Mu, you should be called Mu Qiao now, right? I didn't expect you to look cute in women's clothing. I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing?"
In fact, when I saw the princess when I was parting from the female assassin that day, I already guessed that there might be a situation like today, but of course, I had already thought of a countermeasure. "Well, princess, dare you, princess, did you find the wrong person? Qiao Mu is my distant cousin. Even so, we are not very familiar with him, so I don't know much about him." But because of my guilty conscience, From the beginning to the end, he lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the princess.
"Haha! Little idiot, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect you to still be like this. Do you think that since the princess has found you, will you find out all of this?" When Lan heard what I said, he burst out laughing.
I was speechless by what Xiaolan said, what kind of bad ideas did I think of!And just now I cheated the princess again, I was so frightened that I immediately knelt down, "The daughter of the people deserves death, I beg the princess to punish me!"
"Get up, I didn't blame you." The princess said lightly.
Hearing that the princess's tone did not mean to blame me, I stood up with confidence.After I stood up, the princess didn't continue to speak, but just looked at me blankly. Although the princess looked at me with gentle eyes and no trace of malice, I still felt
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