"I obey your command." Liu Yang untied the black horse tied to the tree, jumped off, and the man and the horse sped away.
Ji Xingzhi looked at Liu Yang's handsome figure and thought that Liu Yang on horseback was so handsome, so she asked the eunuch: "Eunuch, when can I learn to ride a horse?"
Ji Xingzhi had been exposed to a bit of everything in China, except horses. As for horse meat... he had eaten quite a bit, and it tasted pretty good... ahem, I've gotten off track.
The eunuch answered truthfully, "One can only learn horse riding and archery at the age of fifteen."
Ji Xingzhi was puzzled upon hearing this. The rules of Lizhou State were strange. Chinese history was filled with famous figures who had mastered horsemanship by the age of ten. Who wouldn't want their children to learn more? To learn earlier? But Lizhou State not only stipulated a ten-year-old age limit for schooling, but also stipulated that many skills like shooting could only be learned at the age of fifteen. Otherwise, it was illegal.
Of course, there were exceptions for those who had special permission from the Grand Emperor, such as Ji Ruhua and Yuan Qin.
Ji Xingzhi couldn't help but pout, this Lizhou Kingdom is really an outlier.
After everyone had enough food and clothing, Ji Xingzhi gave the order to set off.
After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at the foot of Liangcheng but Liu Yang did not turn back, which proved that Xiao Moyan was no longer in Liangcheng.
Therefore, Ji Xingzhi did not delay any longer and sent people to the city to buy some necessary supplies for the journey, such as dried meat, steamed buns and the like. As for winter clothes, quilts and the like, she had already stuffed them all into the carriage at the back when she left the palace, so she would not have to worry no matter how cold the weather was.
Therefore, Ji Xingzhi didn't even take a few glances at Liangcheng before she hurried out of the city to chase Xiao Moyan. Ji Xingzhi thought: This time there is a city between us, so the emperor's uncle shouldn't waste time and effort to send her back?
Unfortunately, Ji Xingzhi never expected that not long after leaving Liangcheng, a little tail would follow him.
Here, Ji Xingzhi was sitting leisurely in the carriage, eating the dried meat he bought in Liangcheng to pass the time. A guard's sudden words almost choked Ji Xingzhi to death.
"The Emperor and Prince Yuan are here," the guard reported.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem" Ji Xingzhi was startled. What? Yuan Qin is here?
The eunuch quickly patted Ji Xingzhi on the back and gave her some water: "Eat slowly."
Ji Xingzhi took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "You just realized it now?"
Yuan Qin was not far behind. She only needed to wait for Yuan Qin to catch up. How did Yuan Qin, a child, get here? Even if he was chasing her, he would have to chase her day and night. So, they left the palace at about the same time, or maybe Yuan Qin left even earlier than her.
She had originally planned to use the tactic of leaving the palace first to deal with the emperor's uncle, but because Liu Yang could not monitor the movements in the palace, she had no way to get ahead of the emperor's uncle, so now she was chasing after him pitifully.
In fact, she didn't care about who left the palace first. What she cared about was that Yuan Qin followed her and her guards found out.
The guards could hear the displeasure in Ji Xingzhi's tone, and they all knelt on the ground, clasping their fists and saying, "Your subordinates deserve to die!"
It was indeed their dereliction of duty that they discovered someone was following them only when they were so far away from the imperial city.
Ji Xingzhi calmed down and asked, "How did he get here?"
"Your Majesty, Young Master Yuan traveled alone and didn't bring anything with him. He looked a little disheveled, so he must have walked here," a guard replied.
Ji Xingzhi pointed at a guard and said, "You, take Yuan Qin back. When you go back, stay with him closely to prevent him from running around again."
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