Chapter 76
Re-drawn hair, put on the hair crown, Rong Xiangmian carefully look in the mirror, to make sure that he did not reveal any cracks before rest assured.
She first went to the harem, grounded for a month, a long time not to Shuji Fei and Hui Fei please.
The maids followed Rong Xiangshi, talking about the amazing behavior of Rong Xiangshi in the field, both feel the face, but also afraid of her being talked about.
Concubine Hui heard helplessly said: “you this child, is too honest!”
While scolding her, Empress Hui still prepared home-brewed fruit wine and homemade snacks and told her to bring them back.
When Rong Xiangmian returns to the West Garden, she finds that King Yu is not there. When she asks Second Sister, she says that the Empress Dowager knows that King Yüeh has been injured and sent someone to call him over.
At this time, the Little County Lord comes over happily and asks Rong Xiangmian, “You’re finally back! I heard your sister say that your mother is a horse trainer?”
No one has ever said this topic so openly in front of Rong Xiangmian. Only this little princess from the Dan Kingdom had no knowledge of the country’s etiquette and was naïve.
Rong Xiang See glanced at his second sister in confusion, she would never discuss her birth in public with outsiders like this. Rong Xiangyu also denied at the first opportunity, “It’s not me ……”
Rong Xiangmian immediately understood who it was.
Just now, when Rong Xiangmian wasn’t there, the little princess came over to look for her, and when she didn’t see anyone, she inquired with the ladies, “Why is Consort Yulong’s horse kung fu so good?”
Princess Li immediately laughed and said, “She has a lot of family knowledge.”
When the young princess didn’t understand the meaning of these four words, Princess Li pointed to the Rong sisters and said, “The eldest princess’s daughter-in-law and Duke Chang’s son’s wife are both Princess Yü’s sisters, so you can just ask them.”
The little princess immediately pestered them to inquire, so Rong Xiangyu changed the subject, “The Rong family grew up on horseback.”
Who knows Rong Xiangzhi took the initiative to take over the conversation and blurted out, “Little Sheriff, let me tell you, her mother ah …… was a horse taming woman in the Beihaizi paddock.”
“Ah?” Bao Zhu was greatly surprised.
“A thousand times true! Back then, my father went to pick a horse and saw that she was a good horse tamer, so he took her out of slavery and brought her into our Rong family.”
Rong Xiangyu gave his third sister a wink, but she ignored it.
“It’s a pity that she wasn’t blessed, and her good days were gone within a few days.”
Little County Lord pointed Rong Xiangmian in the direction of the eldest princess, “It’s that sister who said that.”
Rong Xiangmian glanced at Rong Xiangzhi, who had a look of triumphant pleasure on her face.
Xiangmian couldn’t help but be angry in her heart, even how she disliked herself, she shouldn’t have gossiped about the family in front of outsiders, wasn’t that making people look at the Rong family’s hustle and bustle?
At this moment, since the Empress below, a group of royal consort grants each have no intention to watch the ball, ears erected high, to listen to the hilarity, to see how Rong Xiangmian step down, to see how the Rong family sisters two squeeze each other.
Rong Xiangmian how do not know, she is not as they wish.
She took Bao Zhu’s hand and laughed, ”Yes. The Northern True Country and the Dan Country will pay tribute to the horses on the grassland every year, those strong horses are mostly wild and hard to tame, they have to be in the Bei Hai Zi paddock, tamed by people before they can enter the army and become the generals’ mounts. My birth mother, is the Beihaizi paddock horse trainer.”
What did it mean to be so generous and even proud? The onlookers were puzzled.
Rong Xiangyu was happy that her fourth sister was mature and generous in her dealings, and didn’t make jokes with her third sister in general.
Bao Zhu didn’t care what others thought, she held Rong Xiang Yu’s hand and said loudly, ”No wonder your horsemanship is so good! So it’s because you have a great mother, huh? You know, in our Dan country, only the best horsemen can act as horse trainers, and I’ve never seen a female horse trainer before! Your mother must have been great! It’s a pity that she went up to heaven to tame horses for the God of Heaven, or else I’d really like to worship her as a master.”
The noble families waiting to watch the show were speechless, not realizing that Little Sheriff actually boasted about that horse taming woman to the heavens.
Rong Xiangmian felt a few good feelings towards the little county princess. Other than father, no one had ever praised Mother like this, and even father only talked about it in private when he was nostalgic, no one had ever complimented her so loudly in front of the Empress and the crowd of noble families, honoring her from the bottom of their hearts.
“Yes, in the entire Beihaizi paddock, there is only one female horse trainer, and her riding skills are renowned.” Rong Xiangmian had heard his father talk about how dazzling his mother’s elegance was back then.
Bao Zhu was then relieved and proudly held her head high, “I told you, how could any woman in the country’s dynasty be able to beat me on the polo field! Aren’t you all just holding embroidery needles and hiding in your rooms every day to do needlework for men?”
These words made Rong Xiangyu unhappy. Rong Xiangmu pointed at her second sister and laughed, “Then the princess is wrong! My second sister’s polo may not be as good as yours. If you don’t believe me, let’s save a game for another day. The Yuhuang Mansion has built a polo field by the Xilin Gate, do you want to come and see how good the polo of the women of our country’s dynasty is!”
“That’s good! I haven’t gotten over it yet!” The little county princess was innocent, smiling and pleasing with her words.
Rong Xiangyu also got excited, “Really? Then can we all go play ball in the future?”
“Yes.”
Rong Xiangyu was the best to organize this kind of gathering and immediately stroked his palm and greeted General Qi’s wife and the Duke of Yong’s daughter, “You guys can come to Princess Yu’s polo party.”
General Qi’s wife laughed, “Even if Consort Yü Wang did not place an invitation, I would still come uninvited!”
Zhang Shu, who was sitting behind the Empress, also had her eyes drifting here from time to time.
Xiang Xiang understood and deliberately asked, “Zhang Shu, are you free in the next few days, let’s play with the little princess together?”
Zhang Shu was not good at ball games, but her addiction was huge. On an occasion like today, she knew how much she weighed and held back from playing. But when she heard that Consort Yü had organized the noblewomen of the capital to play polo together, how could she hold back?
Even though Princess Li glared, Zhang Shu did not look at her eyes and immediately nodded: “Good, set the time and date, please ask Princess Yu to send someone to send the post to Marquis Yong’an’s residence.”
Princess Li then asked, “How come Consort Yu only invited my little sister, sister-in-laws also want to go and join in the fun, can they?”
Little County Princess immediately asked, “Do you know how to play polo?”
“…… “Princess Li was silent.
The Little Sheriff Lord laughed, “If you guys don’t know how to play polo, why do you need to go to the stadium to sunbathe? Jinling women are known for their white skin, so if you get a tan as dark as me, it won’t be cost-effective.”
She was so blunt and cute that she made everyone in the audience laugh.
Rong Xiangmei only wanted to organize a simple polo match, she didn’t want to see these unwilling people at all, she said perfunctorily, “County princess has a point, our polo field is not as comfortable as the palace, I’m afraid of slowing down the imperial sisters-in-law. I am thinking of waiting for the Jing Yi Garden to open, and put up the plaque granted by father, at that time, we must invite mother, the eldest princess and the royal brother and sister-in-law to come to take a stroll.”
Having said so, Princess Li could not be bothered, but it was the eldest princess who laughed: “Then this palace will be waiting for your post.”
Rong Xiangmei smilingly: “Auntie can definitely come.” And then her gaze was like ice water sliding past Rong Xiangshi’s indignant face.
Rong Xiangyu glanced at his third sister, helpless in his heart. All the women present who could play polo were invited, even the Zhang family’s daughter was called, only the third sister was ignored.
She knew that this was done intentionally by Xiangmian. Just now, Xiangmian had said that she wanted to invite her sister out to play, so that she wouldn’t be stuck in the Princess’ Mansion. If it wasn’t for Aizi really going overboard, Xiangmian would have never given her face like this.
Bao Zhu is unable to understand this and cheerfully says, ”Consort Yu, you’re so nice. I’ll go beg His Majesty and Father to allow me to play with you for a few more days!”
After asking over there, they came to the Empress. His Majesty has given permission, the Empress naturally readily accepts good advice, “Consort Yuh, since you two have hit it off, I’ll leave the little county princess in your hands, you must keep her well.”
“Yes, my daughter-in-law will definitely take good care of the little county princess.” Rong Xiangshi agreed, and not long after sitting down, the Empress leisurely said, “Little Sheriff Master, since you are so compatible with Princess Yuh, have you ever thought of being her companion in the future?”
“Companion?” The little princess didn’t quite understand, but the rest of the women present understood, and Princess Qing gave Rong Xiangmian a wink, knowing that the Empress didn’t have good intentions. Rong Xiangmian could not say anything.
The Empress asked again, “What does county princess think of King Yu?”
The women of the Dan Kingdom are not as subtle as the Kingdom Dynasty, which is why the Empress asked this. Bao Zhu also does not hide it, “King Yu is handsome, plays polo well, and has a good temper.”
Just now, when her brother hurt Yü Wang by mistake, she thought she would be punished, but Yü Wang didn’t care.
The Empress naturally knows that Xian Yang is a favorite of young girls, and immediately says, “This palace has seen with cold eyes that Yü Wang is the most outstanding of the younger generation of children. Since the old prince asked the palace to look for county princess, the palace naturally wants her to stay with the best family in the capital. You and Consort Yuh are compatible, and in the future, you will be equal in the royal family, which is also a beautiful story.”