Chapter 81 Wounded
Huo Ting's "chance encounter" tactics are becoming more and more frequent and increasingly suffocating.
He seemed to transform into an inescapable dark cloud over the horse farm, precisely looming over Jiang Huan and Ayina.
Jiang Huan felt like she wasn't learning to ride a horse, but rather undergoing a high-difficulty evasion exercise, constantly preparing to avoid harassment from Huo Ting.
Good heavens! Please, have mercy and send down a bolt of lightning to strike this annoying fellow back to his fiefdom.
Or you could have Ta Xue suddenly have a flash of inspiration and kick him away.
Jiang Huan sighed inwardly as she tried to concentrate.
She tried to ignore the sticky gaze from not far away, carefully controlling her snow-covered gait as she jogged and turned.
Ayina's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
Her fingers, gripping the reins tightly, turned white from the force, and her emerald eyes burned with raging anger. Her voice, as she reprimanded Jiang Huan, became even more irritable due to her suppressed extreme disgust for Huo Ting.
"I told you to turn, not to stand still! Don't strain your neck! Jiang Huan, where are you looking!"
Jiang Huan felt wronged and wailed in her heart. She wanted to control herself, but she just couldn't concentrate.
Such a large mobile source of pollution is just sitting there; it's incredibly annoying to even think about.
Not far away, Huo Ting watched Ayina's "fierce" look at Jiang Huan and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
I wonder how Huo Lin will explain to the Northern Desert princess if she is injured in the Liang palace.
Huo Ting summoned a trusted follower and whispered a few instructions to him.
The attendant accepted the order and quietly withdrew, heading towards the area where the horses were managed at the horse farm.
Seeing that Jiang Huan couldn't get the hang of it no matter what she did, and Huo Ting was still hanging around nearby, Ayina rolled her eyes and shouted directly at Jiang Huan, "Stop for a bit, take a break, and then continue practicing later."
Jiang Huan had been practicing for a long time and was a little tired. Upon hearing this, she immediately dismounted.
The two went to rest, and the palace servants quickly brought tea and snacks and served them.
A palace maid handed Ayina a clean handkerchief.
"Princess, wipe your sweat."
"Um."
Ayina took the handkerchief, her expression unchanged.
She gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, the handkerchief brushing against her nose, a faint fragrance wafting by.
Ayina frowned slightly, and just as she was about to take a closer sniff, the fragrance disappeared, as if everything just now was her illusion.
She wasn't convinced, so she sniffed it a few more times, but still couldn't smell anything.
Did I smell something wrong just now?
Seeing Ayina staring blankly at a handkerchief, Jiang Huan asked, "What's wrong?"
Ayina snapped out of her reverie and shook her head.
"fine."
People in Daliang live a refined and sophisticated life, so it's perfectly normal for handkerchiefs to have a fragrance.
Ayina quickly put the matter out of her mind, and after resting on the sidelines for a while, the two returned to the field.
Jiang Huan continued her previous practice, while Ayina, riding on a black horse, stared sharply at Jiang Huan, helping her correct her mistakes.
“Turning isn’t about pulling the reins like a tug-of-war rope. Gently guide it with your legs! Use your legs to signal the direction!” Ayina’s shout was as powerful as ever.
Jiang Huan was flustered and tried to gently pull the reins as Ayina instructed, while simultaneously squeezing Ta Xue's abdomen with the inside of her calves.
Ta Xue seemed a little impatient, snorted, and flicked its mane.
Just then, a sudden change occurred.
A chestnut horse suddenly let out an extremely agitated neigh.
Immediately afterwards, the reins binding it snapped off.
The chestnut horse, like a blazing fireball with bloodshot eyes, charged madly toward the center of the riding arena, toward where Ayina was.
Ayina's expression changed drastically; the horse's frenzied behavior clearly indicated that it had been greatly agitated.
"Princess, be careful!" Jiang Huan was so frightened that she screamed in terror.
Ayina, being a daughter of the grasslands, reacted with astonishing speed.
Just as the chestnut horse charged at her, she suddenly pulled on the reins, forcibly turning the horse around.
At the same time, Ayina's body tilted to the side and back with incredible flexibility, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with the chestnut horse.
However, Ayina avoided it, but the huge panic caused by the out-of-control chestnut horse was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly triggering a chain reaction in the horse farm.
Seeing that things were not going well, the stable manager had already started calling the horse trainers to deal with the out-of-control horses, but it was too late.
Just then, Ta Xue, which was beneath Jiang Huan, let out a long, terrified neigh, its mane bristling instantly, its front hooves raised high, and its entire body almost stood upright.
"Aaaaaah!"
Jiang Huan felt a tremendous force suddenly throw her backward, causing her to completely lose her balance. She was like a kite, only being held back by the reins in her hand to prevent her from falling immediately.
Oh no, oh no, if I fall down I'm going to break my leg!
Fear gripped Jiang Huan's heart instantly, and only this one thought remained in her mind.
"Jiang Huan!"
Ayina's eyes widened in horror, and she screamed shrilly as she spurred her horse and charged forward.
But the incident happened too suddenly, and Ta Xue reacted with extreme speed in her fright, so her rescue was not in time.
In that split second, a purple-gold figure rushed out from the side like a ghost; it was none other than Prince Mu, Huo Ting.
He originally planned to watch the show from the sidelines, but he never expected that Jiang Huan would get involved.
However, this is an opportunity to get closer to Jiang Huan.
Huo Ting spurred his horse straight toward the out-of-control Ta Xue and Jiang Huan, who was about to fall off, shouting, "Your Majesty, be careful!"
His goal was extremely clear: not to control the frightened horse, but to take down Jiang Huan, who was teetering on the edge of the horse.
Huo Ting calculated the angle and timing perfectly, stretching out his arms in an attempt to pull Jiang Huan into his embrace the moment she fell from her horse.
In her extreme terror, Jiang Huan caught a glimpse of Huo Ting's calculating and determined face, and his outstretched hand reaching towards her.
A strong sense of nausea and resistance instantly overwhelmed Jiang Huan's fear of falling from the horse.
No! She wouldn't let that disgusting man get his way!
In a flash, her extreme disgust drove her to do something almost insane!
Just as Huo Ting's hand was about to touch Jiang Huan's waist, Jiang Huan suddenly released the reins she was barely holding onto.
The next instant, a heavy thud was accompanied by a tooth-grinding sound of bones breaking almost simultaneously.
Intense pain exploded from Jiang Huan's left calf and swept through her entire body.
"ah!"
Jiang Huan's vision went black, and cold sweat instantly soaked through her clothes. A cry of pain escaped her throat uncontrollably.
She fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust, her left leg twisted at an extremely unnatural angle.
Bright red blood quickly seeped into the light-colored riding trousers, leaving glaring red marks in the dust.
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