Chapter 101 The Most Sincerely
Rematch?
Facing everyone's gaze, Ming Luo nodded and said, "I also agree with Grand Commander Cui's proposal."
Even though she was unwilling to follow someone's wishes subconsciously, things had come to this point and she needed to make a decent ending to today's cup game, otherwise she would not be able to explain to the Saint alone.
She has always been clear about the importance of public and private matters.
She came here today on the imperial order, and seeing that she nodded, Qiao Jijiu and others began to discuss the details of the rematch.
Upon hearing that there would be a rematch, the atmosphere immediately became lively again.
On the field, Cui Lang and the other two walked up to Chang Suining.
Cui Lang said: "Madam Chang, we have to compete again!"
The young man surnamed Hu scratched his head, smiling innocently but a little distressed: "This time we don't have a substitute like Madam Chang to help us in the game..."
Chang Suining said: "I am not here to help you compete."
"Yes, yes." Cui Lang whispered to his two teammates: "Madam Chang is here specifically to help us fight!"
Chang Suining said “hmm” and smiled: “The enemy has already been beaten away for you, you still have to fight the game on your own——”
"Besides, you don't need my help." She looked at Cui Lang and the other two: "This is your game. If the victory is yours, no one can take it away. Chang Miao and the others can't take it away, and of course I can't either."
She could have concealed it better. She was very good at disguising herself as a man, and it was not difficult to deceive those people.
But this was their competition, and she had never thought from the beginning about really getting involved, stealing their limelight, or sharing their victory.
In addition to venting Brother Yubai's anger, the only thing she wanted to get back for them was justice.
And it was not just the Blue Team that suffered injustice in today's game, so a rematch was inevitable in her plan.
"Chang Miao wanted to snatch it, but fortunately Madam Chang beat him and made him spit it out!" The young man surnamed Hu made a fist-raising gesture.
"Madam Chang has won a lot for us today." Xi Zhiyuan bowed to Chang Suining, with a smile in his slightly upturned phoenix eyes: "This opportunity for a fair competition was won back for us by Madam Chang."
Chang Suining handed over the staff in his hand: "Then let's have a fair fight, and win back Brother Yubai's share as well."
Xi Zhiyuan and the other two subconsciously looked at the ball stick handed to them by the girl.
As the Golden Crow moves westward, compared to the scorching heat at noon, the sunlight at this time is another kind of benevolent and gentle air that embraces all things.
The afternoon sun fell on the staff and also on the girl's hands.
The hand holding the ball stick was different from that of an ordinary girl. Although it was white, it had many small scars, some new and some old.
Xi Zhiyuan raised his hand and subconsciously wanted to take the cane.
But Cui Lang took it over first.
"Don't worry, Madam Chang, we will fight well!" Facing those eyes, Cui Lang did not dare to speak too confidently: "It's just that Brother Qiao is not here, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win..."
Chang Suining smiled indifferently: "Then I wish you good luck."
In her opinion, fairness is in some sense more important than winning or losing.
When people are young, they always need some fair competitions. Justice is like a flame that can make the blood of young people boil, so that they can go further with sincere courage in the future.
Other students who were rematching also re-entered the arena.
As Chang Suining was leaving, he casually said to them, "I wish you good luck and hope you can have a good game."
Her tone was casual, but it gave the students a fright, and several of them nodded hurriedly.
Of course we have to fight well. Chang Miao's example is right there, so we dare not not fight well...
"Madam Chang, remember to watch us fight!" Cui Lang shouted loudly towards Chang Suining's back.
Other participating students: “……!”
Isn't this just a warning to scare them? Is there any trust between classmates? They are not good people!
Chang Suining really sat down in the pergola waiting to watch the game.
But as soon as she sat down, a group of young ladies, led by Yao Xia, surrounded her.
"Sister Chang is not injured!"
"Is Madam Chang hot?"
"Isn't Madam Chang thirsty?"
"Sister Chang, let me rub your hands!"
"I'm still better at it. I often massage my mother's shoulders at home."
“…”
For a moment, Chang Suining only felt the fragrance surrounding him and was overwhelmed.
The eyes that looked at her were filled with amazement, admiration, and great joy.
Among these girls, some had followed Yao Xia and stuck to Chang Suining, while others had heard about Chang Suining’s deeds of injuring Ming Jin in Dayun Temple but had no chance to get to know him.
Some of them were temporarily captivated by Qiao Yubai's heroic presence on the field. Seeing such a good young man from the Qiao family being bullied by Chang Miao, they were so angry that they wished they could roll up their sleeves and beat him up - but what they couldn't do, Madam Chang did for them, and they really beat Chang Miao up!
How can one not love this?
Chang Suining felt dizzy from the overwhelming praise.
The little girls sat or stood around her, and inevitably extended many other topics around this topic -
Yao Xia, who was well-informed and roamed among the beautiful young ladies in the capital, nudged a young girl beside him and asked in a low voice, "Sun Qi, I heard that your family is planning to arrange a marriage for you and Chang Miao?"
The girl surnamed Sun nodded somewhat embarrassedly.
The girls immediately looked towards her.
"How can this be done?"
"How can this man, with such a character, be worthy of Lady Sun Qi?"
"This is clearly a pit of fire and dung. Madam Sun Qi should explain this matter to her family..."
"After this incident, I'm afraid no one will want this kind of stuff anymore!"
The girl nodded and said, "Don't worry, this will never happen."
In fact, she came here with her mother today to secretly see Chang Miao.
At first, when Chang Miao came on stage, her mother smiled and praised her for her courage and patiently persuaded her. But then she watched her mother's smile become increasingly difficult, and then she became speechless step by step, as if she had swallowed a fly.
At the very end, she whispered to her mother - do you still want to watch?
The mother still maintained a decent smile on her face, but she was puzzled and asked back - why didn't he fall to death? At this time, a girl whispered: "The Chang family's wife also mentioned it to my family not long ago..."
"What? Are you casting your net here?"
"Do you dare to want a man like this?"
The girl who was speaking immediately shook her head like a rattle.
Of course, she doesn't want what the other sisters don't want! Such a person should just be thrown into the cesspool! In this way, Madam Chang can be regarded as their benefactor, helping them escape the disaster with her strength.
Thinking of this, the girls became even more enthusiastic.
Wei Shuyi, who was watching Chang Suining being patted on the shoulder by the young woman, couldn't help but sigh with Cui Jing: "It's a good thing that Madam Chang is not a man, otherwise even you and I would have to avoid her..."
Cui Jing sipped his tea silently: "You don't have to take me with you."
Wei Shuyi pretended to think for a moment and said, "It can be said that Commander Cui has been in the limelight today, which is really rare—"
Cui Jing looked at the field and said, "If Minister Wei doesn't want to watch the game, he can leave on his own."
"Look, why not?" Wei Shuyi smiled and waved his folding fan, also looking at the stadium, and sighed: "This is how playing football should be done."
At this time, the two teams of students riding horses and swinging clubs on the field were the Red Team and the Green Team.
The remaining time today does not allow the entire game to be played over again. Even if Chang Miao is the one on the yellow team, the other three are not completely innocent. It is also a fact that they followed Chang Miao to maliciously hurt their classmates. This trend must not be allowed to continue.
As a result, the three players were also sent off and the yellow team was not allowed to participate in the rematch.
The two teams of students who lost to Wen Zheng's red team in the first game and then to Qiao Yubai's blue team did not need to replay because there was no dispute as the wins and losses were fair, and the two teams of students had no objection to this.
Therefore, there are only three teams participating in the rematch, namely the Green Team, the Red Team, and the Blue Team - these three teams have all played against the Yellow Team. The first two teams had lost to Chang Miao before, and the goal that the Red Team lost to Wen Zheng in the end was particularly impressive.
What was surprising at this time was that in this rematch, Wen Zheng, the best player of the Red Team, did not appear again, but was replaced by other substitutes.
The Red Team seemed to want to prove that they could win without Wen Zheng, so they played this game with all their might. The Green Team on the other side was not to be outdone, and neither wanted to miss the opportunity for a rematch.
The two teams were closely following each other on the field, but there were no more shameless tricks. Every ball was scored by real ability, breaking through layers of obstacles.
The students sweated hard on the field, and the spectators were equally excited, with cheers coming from the crowd from time to time.
In the end, the red team lost to the green team by one goal.
The four members of the red team left the field and someone came up to greet them. It was Wen Zheng.
But before he could open his mouth, the young man in the lead said, "It's really refreshing to fight a fair fight even if you lose!"
The young man seemed not to have noticed Wen Zheng, and left without stopping with his teammates.
Wen Zheng could only stand there and watch his teammates leave.
He did not play in this match because his teammates did not allow him to play. Brother Ziyun sneered and said: Who knows if his wrist hurts at the critical moment? He is no longer trusted.
But he deserves it.
Wen Zheng looked melancholy, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a pleasant voice beside him: "Does Mr. Wen have any difficulties?"
Wen Zheng turned his head and saw a thin and weak young man. He couldn't help but look puzzled. Who is this person?
The attendant beside the young man reminded him, "My master is the Crown Prince of Rong."
Wen Zheng was very surprised and raised his hand to salute: "Greetings, Prince Rong."
At this time, most people were gathered around the stadium, and there were not many people here.
Prince Rong looked at him with admiration: "Lord Wen plays the game very well."
Wen Zheng forced a smile: "Not worth mentioning..."
Prince Rong said in a casual tone, "If I remember correctly, your father was a deputy minister in the Ministry of Works, and his superior was none other than Lord Changtong Chunchang."
Wen Zheng was stunned for a moment before nodding: "That's right."
That was why he did not have the courage to refuse when Chang Miao secretly threatened him a few days ago.
"Mr. Wen's actions today are understandable." Prince Rong did not say anything more, but smiled and invited: "Mr. Wen, why don't you stay and watch the game together? It's the last game, it should be exciting."
Wen Zheng felt a little ashamed, because he was brilliant because he was fair enough - but what he did was contrary to the word fairness, which was extremely shameful.
Faced with the invitation from Prince Rong, he didn't know how to refuse and could only nod.
Soon, the last game began.
Halfway through the game, the attendant beside Prince Rong smiled and said, "It seems that Prince's previous guess was wrong. Maybe the blue team really won."
Prince Rong smiled and said, "Yes, I made a mistake."
He said before that Qiao Yubai was too righteous and would definitely be no match for Chang Miao and the others.
But what he didn't expect was that someone would use such a seemingly rough but comprehensive method to turn the situation around -
Prince Rong looked from afar at the shed where the women were staying.
Wen Zheng also subconsciously followed him and looked.
“Boom!”
As the crimson sunset filled the sky, drum sounds were heard, indicating that today's twists and turns in the football match had finally come to an end.
The blue team won in the end.
The moment the result was announced, Cui Lang, who was almost exhausted, still jumped up excitedly.
"Madam Chang, Madam Chang! We won!" He first shouted loudly in the direction of Chang Suining.
This game also belongs to Mrs. Chang!
Looking at the teenagers cheering on the field, Chang Suining smiled.
"Let's go." She stood up and said to Xier, "It's time to go back and change clothes."
Xier nodded, her face full of a proud smile.
Seeing that figure turn around and leave neatly in the excitement after watching the game, and the joy of this hard-earned victory was too overwhelming, Cui Lang was touched and his eyes almost turned red.
He took the long box containing the former crown prince's staff and ran to Cui Jing.
"Brother..." He was excited and nervous, and was a little speechless for a while. It took him a long time to utter a sentence: "I won this!"
This was the first time he had won something this nice with his own skills!
Cui Lang held the long box in front of Cui Jing with both hands and said, "I know that you have always respected and admired the late Crown Prince... I will give this to you."
Cui Jing looked at the long box: "This is not obtained by you alone--"
Cui Lang disagreed: "It doesn't matter, they dare not disobey me!"
Cui Jing raised his eyes and looked at him.
Cui Lang realized that he was acting like a dandy again, so he immediately shrank his head and laughed dryly: "...Then I'll go and discuss it with them."
"No need for that. There is no shortage of old things belonging to the late Crown Prince in Xuan Ce's mansion." Cui Jing said, "You can just keep these things to admire them, so that you will not waste your sweat today."
Cui Lang had no choice but to take the things back.
Yuan Xiang quietly looked at this Sixth Young Master, and inexplicably thought of the cat that the Grand Commander kept in Xuan Ce's mansion. He also thought of the situation when the cat caught a big mouse and brought it to the Grand Commander one day, but the Grand Commander threw both the cat and the mouse out.
At this time, Cui Jing said: "You played very well today."
After Cui Lang was stunned for a moment, he was immediately overjoyed.
This was the first time he had been praised by his elder brother since they met!
Cui Lang's feeling of disappointment at not being able to offer the rat was swept away, and he took advantage of this momentum to muster up the courage to say, "There will be a celebration banquet at the Dengtai Tower in three days. If you have time, you must go!"
Then he lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, elder brother. I swear, I will never invite father to go with me even if you kill me..."
Cui Jing: “…”
I have to say, there is no greater sincerity in the world than this.
Good night everyone~ (End of this chapter)
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