Chapter 481 Taking You Horseback Riding on the Grassland

Consort Rong was simply overthinking things and selectively exaggerating the facts.

"Aunt, I'm fine. Mother was just too worried. I didn't even get a scratch."

"I see."

"Yes, and riding horses is so much fun! Although I've only been learning for a short time, I can already say I'm quite skilled."

"Our little princess is truly amazing, no wonder she's from the Rong family!"

The men of the Rong family are all in the military, and the women of the Rong family also possess a strong sense of patriotism.

Hearing Sheng Sheng say this, Madam Rong was naturally delighted.

Sheng Sheng accepted the praise quite readily and happily.

Consort Rong looked at her proud appearance and felt both soft-hearted and amused. She tapped the tip of her nose with her fingertip and scolded, "You silly girl, you get all high and mighty after a few words of praise. Riding a horse is not that easy. You have to be careful when you practice in the future. Don't be so willful. If you really fall, see if your mother will forgive you."

Sheng Sheng quickly shrank her neck, grabbed Consort Rong's arm and shook it, and said coquettishly, "I know, I know, Mother loves me the most, she definitely won't bear to punish me."

Sheng Sheng's older cousin said easily, "Riding a horse requires practice. The more you practice, the less likely you are to get injured. How about I accompany the princess to the horse farm this afternoon to practice horsemanship? I heard that the palace has a few rare thoroughbreds. I'll go and try them out!"

Sheng Sheng's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands, saying, "Great! I was just worried about not having anyone to practice with. Big cousin, you're so good at horseback riding, you have to teach me properly!"

The two children made a pact to go horseback riding, and the two elders naturally had no reason not to agree.

After they finished eating the shepherd's purse dumplings and chatted for a while, Consort Rong and Madam Rong gave them some instructions and then let them go.

When the two arrived at the horse farm, Rongyi chose the thoroughbred horse she had been longing for, while Shengsheng chose the foal that she usually rode with.

Rongyi was eager to ride the magnificent horse for a few laps right away, but teaching her younger sister to ride was the most important thing. Rongyi suppressed her excitement, walked over to Shengsheng's little pony, patted its neck, and said, "Princess, why don't you ride it for me first?"

"Okay." Sheng Sheng adjusted her posture. "Cousin, could you please not call me princess? It sounds so formal."

He paused for a moment, then laughed loudly, raised his hand to ruffle her hair, and said affectionately, "Alright, then your cousin will do as you wish and call you 'Sheng Sheng'."

With a gentle smile, she agreed, lightly squeezing the horse's belly with her foot in the stirrup, her movements swift and practiced.

The little colt seemed to have a perfect understanding with her, and immediately began to run with light steps, sometimes trotting along and sometimes trotting faster. She sat comfortably on the horse's back, holding the reins firmly, showing no signs of being a beginner.

After riding a lap, she pulled on the reins and stopped. As she dismounted, her skirt fluttered, a thin layer of sweat glistened on her forehead, and her eyes shone brightly: "Cousin, how did I ride?"

Yi Jian nodded repeatedly, saying, "Amazing! You don't seem like a beginner at all."

Back when he was in the army, his own father forced him to learn to ride a horse. Even when he had been learning for about the same amount of time as Sheng Sheng, he wasn't as skilled as Sheng Sheng.

He praised her for a while, and she responded with a smile.

"Cousin, you go ride a horse, I'll just jog slowly by myself for a while."

"good!"

The two ran for a while, until they were both soaked in sweat in the still slightly cool weather, before they stopped.

As Rong Yi handed the horse to the palace servants to lead it away, he said, "This horse is really a fine horse! It's just that the venue is too small, Zong can't move freely."

"Oh, is she still young?"

Sheng Sheng looked at the enormous horse ranch, wiped the thin layer of sweat from his forehead, and asked in surprise, "This horse ranch is almost as big as the training ground outside the palace. Cousin, you still think it's too small?"

"After all, it's in the palace, how big can it be?"

Rong Yi laughed heartily, took the handkerchief handed to him by a palace servant and wiped his face, his tone carrying a hint of the forthrightness of a military son, "A thoroughbred horse must gallop freely on the open field to truly shine. No matter how good the horse farm in this palace is, it restricts the horse's nature, and it can't run as freely!"

“That makes sense.” Sheng Sheng pondered for a moment. “According to what you’re saying, cousin, are the horse farms in the military camps in the North quite large?”

"It's not that big. However, the North is much more sparsely populated than other places, so there's no need to confine the horses to the racetrack!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed vaguely to the north, his tone full of pride, "If you go west out of the military camp, you'll find yourself on a vast grassland. You can ride horses for half a day and not see a single person. That's what I call exhilarating! When we have nothing to do, we often go there together."

Sheng Sheng's eyes lit up as she listened, her hand gripping the hem of her clothes tightened, and her voice was tinged with envy: "This is so interesting! I've been to many places in my life, but I've never seen a real grassland before."

"Isn't that easy? After the Qingming Festival, I'll be going back to the North. I'll just talk to my aunt then, and you can come with us to the North for a while! You've already been to Jin, so there's no reason for your aunt not to agree to a trip to the North. Besides, your cousin, the Crown Prince, went to the North when he was your age. Your second and third cousins ​​will take you horseback riding on the grasslands!"

"Okay, okay!"

Sheng Sheng readily agreed. She had actually been tempted when her two aunts jokingly suggested that she go to the North, but she hadn't thought about it carefully.

Now that people say it's easy, it really is true.

However, she is about to start her classes at the Wenhua Hall, and she doesn't know if Consort Rong will agree.

No sooner said than done, a few days later, Sheng Sheng chose a sunny day to visit Consort Rong. When Consort Rong was in a good mood, she decisively asked her a question in a coquettish manner.

Consort Rong had always doted on her, and she had long since accepted that her "traveling little treasure" wanted to go out and play again.

After all, no matter how far the North is, it can't be farther than the State of Jin.

Besides, the Rong family is there, so I feel quite at ease.

The next day, Consort Rong summoned Madam Rong to the palace to discuss the matter. Madam Rong said she would return home and tell her parents about it, so they could make a decision.

Upon learning that his beloved granddaughter wanted to go to the north, Rong Kuangzhi rushed to the palace and found Consort Rong, saying, "If Shengsheng wants to go, just let her go! The child has grown up so much and has never had a proper time with us. When His Highness the Crown Prince was his age, he had already completed his first stint in the military camp."

Consort Rong was still a little hesitant. She knew Sheng Sheng's personality and was afraid that if she had fun there, she would stay and not want to come back.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother; Sheng Sheng is absolutely capable of doing such a thing.