Chapter 73

Outside the door, the grandmothers urged again, seeing that King Yu did not object, Xiang Xiang immediately put the silver needles into his purse and went to work first.

They are introduced to the West Garden’s pony arena, where all the people have already moved to. The little princess and the little prince of Dangguo have already finished their equipments, and at a closer look, their faces, hands and knees are covered with silver and iron, which is thought to be used for protection.

However, polo in the capital doesn’t use these. Like today’s heat, Yu Wang and his wife are wearing red and white polo uniforms, which are light and airy, but also thin.

“So you’re waiting here.” Zhou Xian Yang sneered, “Their hands will be dirty, it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, don’t get hit by them.”

“Huh?” Rong Xiangyang had never seen bow striking and also hitting, “This is in full view, it shouldn’t be so bad, in front of his majesty!”

With two teams of two playing against each other, this game is not a game where the crowd shoots at one goal. Instead, they set up a goal on each side, each attacking and defending.

Rong Xiangmian and Zhou Xianyang’s skills were among the best in the country, but Bao Long and Bao Zhu of the Dan Kingdom were no less impressive.

Especially their horsemanship was excellent, and their momentum was ferocious.

There were a few balls that Rong Xiangmian thought were out of their reach, but they were able to take all sorts of incredible positions, such as hanging half of their bodies from the side of the galloping horse, or rising up and standing on the horse to intercept the ball. The crowd applauded.

Unlike the horses they brought with them, Sang-mi and Yang-hsien used horses from the palace, so their strength was not fully utilized, and since it was their first time playing polo with the same team, they did not work as well together as the other siblings. As a result, they were at a disadvantage in the first half of the game.

The old prince of Dan Kingdom could not help but show his color. And the emperor is still no waves.

In a ball game, even if you have a thousand tricks, it’s still useless if you can’t score a goal.

Zhou Xian Yang and Rong Xiangmian had less time with the ball, but were accurate in scoring. As they get into their stride and work together better and better, the gap between the two teams is being closed.

When Zhou Xian Yang took the ball, he saw that the two siblings were attacking from the left and the right, and without stopping to slow down, he hit the ball straight into the hole before the snatching clubs on either side interfered.

Watchers are marveled, this ball foot flew over half of the stadium, dry and sharp, the precision of the strike must not be convinced.

“What kind of eyes is this Fourth Brother! Polo is more accurate than archery!” King Yun also loves polo, only to lament that he does not have such a good skill, or else he could not wait to go down to the field to compete.

Seeing that the first half time is approaching, Rong Xiangmian thinks that he has to control the ball in front of the opponent’s goal, don’t lose the ball is good, steering his horse to follow the front want to receive his brother’s Baozhu, suddenly heard Yulong Wang said: “Be careful!”

Rong Xiangmian didn’t know what to be careful of, and only subconsciously crouched down on her horse’s back, only to hear a whistling, the polo ball flew past her head.

Just now, if she didn’t move in time, her face might have taken a hard hit. Rong Xiangxian looked at that far away, the face covered by the silver and iron mask, his heart was furious.

“I’ll deal with him, you just take care of little county princess.” King Yu said.

Rong Xiangmian would understand that just now, the little prince was entangled by King Yu and was unable to make a move, and attacked her in desperation.

At this moment, Bao Zhu had already steered her horse to hold the ball, Rong Xiang See immediately followed, when she struck the ball, she quickly switched the club to her left hand, and snatched the ball with a long reach.

How could that Bao Zhu be willing to let go, half of her body stretched out the horse, in an incredible way, fiercely pulled out the ball, the ball bounced in the air, flying towards Bao Long.

Baozhu because the action is too much, see to fall off the horse, Rong Xiang see the ball pole lift, give her a point of gravity, Baozhu immediately with this point, grab the reins will sit on the back of the horse.

The King of Qi saw this and said loudly, “Your sister-in-law’s ball is really a hundred times better than some people’s!”

Bao Zhu had just saved the ball in an emergency, and her aim was a little crooked, so Yang Zhou Xian watched the ball’s movement, took the first step to get the ball, and ran towards the goal.

Baolong caught up with him and Zhou Xian Yang drew the ball to his left with his right hand. He immediately rushed up to intercept the ball, only to realize that there was no ball at all, and that Zhou Xian Yang had made a fake move.

Laughing from the sidelines, Bao Long turned around in annoyance, only to see Zhou Xian Yang smiling provocatively and pumping the ball to the right.

The laughter on the sidelines grew louder and louder, even the Emperor couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Good job Fourth Brother!” King Yun shouted with his hands over his mouth.

Baolong had long been infuriated and charged Zhou Xian Yang with his horse. This time, Zhou Xian Yang hit the ball to the left, but Baolong didn’t care about the ball, he just chased after Zhou Xian Yang’s horse and crashed into it.

Zhou Xian Yang dodged the ball, but it landed in the hands of Rong Xiangmian, who was on the receiving end of the ball.

Bao Zhu rushed over in anger and shouted to her brother, “What are you doing? Why don’t you intercept the ball!”

After that, she rushed straight to the goal side, Rong Xiangmian had already arrived, ready to hit the ball into the hole, but suddenly the little county princess swung her horse forward and interfered.

Rong Xiangmian simply changed direction, hitting the ball to the goal board, strangling the horse’s head, turning around to avoid it.

Baozhu only thought Rong Xiangmian must be unable to hold the ball, who knows that Rong Xiangmian strangled the horse at the same time, the left hand thrown to the back, accurate strike, the ball bounced from the door plate into the net bag.

The action was done in a single breath, only to hear the sound of a gong, the front hoof of the horse she was sitting on had just landed on the ground.

The arena was filled with disbelieving voices.

King Qing, who had been on the court together, was deeply impressed by this move: “She can actually hit the ball on her back with her left hand?”

The Emperor’s face showed his approval, “To hit the ball with her back, she practiced hard for a year with Xian Yao. But this ball skill is still secondary, the ability to adapt to the situation and make the ball for herself is the talent that can’t be learned.”

At halftime, the score was tied.

The old prince who was originally full of confidence was a bit incredulous at the moment, “Aren’t the women of the national dynasty based on knitting women’s labor? How could there be women with such good ball skills?”

It was only then that the Emperor laughed, “This is the fourth girl of the British Duke’s family, who even defeated King Yu the other day. Their Rong family is full of polo players.”

“The Rong family?” The old prince drifted off , he was fortunate enough to have seen Great General Rong’s skill with the ball, it was no surprise that the Rong family’s girls could play ball.

The British Duke was slightly lost in thought, as if he had seen that stunning woman in the Beihaizi paddock that year.

He only has one son, favoring better study. Although it is beneficial to join the Duke of England, but also regret, their own life of military, no one to inherit. At the moment, he thought it would be great if Xiangmian was a boy.

After Rong Xiangmian and Zhou Xianyang came off the field, they were greeted with enthusiastic cheers. They take a tea break and prepare to fight again.

Zhou Xian Yang was still reminiscing about his earlier shot, “Your Highness is a great player, I’ll be on your team from now on, and I won’t dare to compete with you anymore.”

Hearing this jokingly, Rong Xiang Xiang couldn’t help but look at her third sister. She hadn’t forgotten that he had once helped his third sister compete for the color.

This subconscious glance, however, bumped right into Rong Xiangchi’s resentful eyes: she carefully served by the side of the Eldest Princess, but her fourth sister climbed up to King Yu and had such a scenic view! All of this, originally belonged to her!

Rong Xiangshi can’t think about it, so she is urged to get back on the field.

Before mounting her horse, Zhou Xian Yang tells her, “They’re at their wits’ end, so be careful in the second half!”

It was so thrilling on the court just now that she almost forgot about the opponent hitting her in the face. No way, they are still coming?

Sure enough, this time on the court, the opponent’s behavior was much rougher. Originally, it was understandable that the Dan people were tough on horseback, and polo was naturally played tough, but Baolong was really over the top.

Several times, Rong Sang saw him flinging his pole, rushing at the horse’s legs, and immediately avoided it.

Once the action was more than enough, it was seen outside the arena. It’s just that the two of them had been alert and evaded well, and didn’t make a mistake and get hurt, so the ball game wasn’t called off.

“What kind of striking bow is this? Why don’t we just call it horse striking and human striking!” King Yun took the lead in indignation. The crowd then echoed in turn.

The old king was a bit displeased on the sidelines, “The National Dynasty’s style of play is too svelte. The field is like a battlefield, bumping and falling horses are common occurrences. King Yu is also from the sand field, why is he so jingoistic?”

Rong Xiangwang was so angry that he wanted to curse, but was stopped by the British Duke.

It was Wen Zhongqing who disliked him back in a pleasant manner, “Old Prince, since bumps and bruises are commonplace, what is the young prince doing wearing all that silver and iron? Could it be that the men of Dan are as ‘soft’ as tofu and will break after a bump?”

“That’s right!” A group of military generals laughed out loud, and hated that they were less educated, and their ability to curse could not catch up with the Wen family brother.

However, the outside world is noisy again, the emperor did not say anything. The field of the Division Tailor Lieutenant did not dare to call a halt to this hot and exciting game.

The Duke of England understands that what the Emperor wants is: even if you are full of tricks and deep in your heart, my son will be able to take you down with a lighter load.

He looked at the field with some concern, hoping that the children would not be injured.

However, what came to pass still came to pass.

During a scramble, after Rong Xiangmian intercepted the ball, Baolong crashed into her from the side, nearly knocking her horse over. Zhou Xian Yang immediately drove Bao Long’s horse away.

He looked back to see that Rong Xiangmian had regained control of her horse and was not injured, and breathed a sigh of relief, when his hands suddenly ached as sharply as a crack, and the club came off.