Chapter 103 Shi Yaoyao, You Smell So Good
Shi Jianli looked calmly in the direction where the gaze came from, and sure enough, it was the fifth princess again.
She lowered her eyes and took a sip of tea.
I don’t know what the Fifth Princess wants to do. Her behavior is really not like that of a royal princess.
Before Princess Kangning left, Shi Jianli took two steps forward, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Princess, be careful of the Fifth Princess."
Princess Kangning was surprised, then nodded, "Okay."
She had avoided many of Zhou Peiyi's little tricks and didn't take her little actions that were not presentable seriously. Could it be that she was planning to do something else this time?
Shi Jianli leaned back, but unexpectedly someone pinched her face. The "culprit" smiled and said, "Shi Yaoyao, you smell so good."
Seeing the pure admiration in the other's eyes, Shi Jianli's cheeks flushed slightly, "The princess smells good too."
After Princess Kangning left, Shi Jianli gave some instructions to Mingyuelin and Mingyuesi, and turned around to see Mingzhao still walking towards her.
Mingzhao also glanced at Mingyuelin. Mingyuelin smiled at him and took Mingyuesi away.
Shi Jianli just watched him send his sisters away.
"I spent some money to ask the chef in the palace to prepare a table of your favorite food." Mingzhao raised his hand and motioned her to walk towards the tent of the Duke's Mansion.
At this time, the sky had become completely dark, with stars all over the sky. Huge torches on both sides of the road illuminated the lawn for the banquet, and lanterns were hung at the four corners of the tent.
Shi Jianli's lips curled up, "Besides fish, how do you know what dishes I like to eat?"
"I asked my second and third sisters. At the very least, I've eaten at the same table with you so many times, so how could I not know which dishes my fiancée picked up a few extra chopsticks of?" Mingzhao lowered his eyes to look at her. "What did you just say to Princess Kangning?"
"She said we will play polo tomorrow and invited me and Sister Lin to join the team." The night wind blew, and she could feel a little cold when it hit her face. Shi Jianli touched her face with her fingers and hid behind him.
Mingzhao laughed at this and asked, "Are you cold?"
"some."
"Then walk faster. You won't be cold once you get into the tent."
"Well, cousin Jingyao, were you responsible for guarding the forest on the day of hunting?" Shi Jianli asked after thinking for a while.
"No, I'm the commander of the Jinwu Guard and Yulin Guard. Is there something wrong with asking this?"
Shi Jianli moved closer to him, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered, "I feel like the Fifth Princess is hostile to me. I'm worried she might do something."
"Tomorrow I will ask the commanders of Jinwu Guard and Yulin Guard to pay more attention, and then assign someone to watch over the stables." Mingzhao also stroked the top of her head.
The Fifth Princess seems to be too idle, so let's find something for her brothers and her in-laws to do. It seems that the bad-tempered Seventh Prince broke the leg of a minor official's son some time ago.
"Thank you." Neither he nor his cousin would think that her words were just imagination.
"Yaoyao doesn't need to thank me."
Shi Jianli pulled his hand, shook it, and took it back before he could shake it back. She quickly lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.
Mingzhao chuckled softly and followed her with his hands behind his back.
The campfire in the tent was bright. Ming Zhou and Ming Zhouqing were all there, and Ming Zhao was sitting next to Ming Zhouqing.
Ming Zhouhe looked at the dishes on the table. The more he looked, the more familiar they seemed to him, and then he chuckled silently.
Everything is his cousin's favorite. The elder brother really forgot about his younger brother after getting a fiancée.
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The next morning, when Shi Jianli came out of the tent after breakfast, she saw Ming Yuelin leaning against a tree trunk with his arms folded, with an interested expression on his face.
Following her gaze, I saw Mingyue Si talking to a handsome man. Mingyue Si looked shy and nervous.
"Is that the eldest son of the left army commander-in-chief's family?" Shi Jianli searched through her memories and recalled what Mingyue Si had mentioned about half a year ago.
Ming Yuelin nodded, "Yes, his name is Meng Zilang, he's nineteen years old, and I heard he was in the same military camp as my second and third brothers. He also made some military achievements in suppressing the rebellion, and is now a seventh-rank military officer."
To be disrespectful, this rebellion of Prince Jing gave these military officers' sons the opportunity to make merit and get promoted.
"How is it? He's quite handsome, isn't he? When I accompanied my fourth sister to see him, she fell in love with him at first sight."
Shi Jianli nodded.
Mingyue Si came back quickly and when she turned around, she saw her two sisters looking at her, with shyness and timidity in her eyes.
"What did Young Master Meng give you?" Ming Yuelin asked with a teasing smile.
"Hairpin." Mingyue Si covered her sleeves and said embarrassedly.
Seeing her like this, Mingyuelin stopped teasing her. "Young Master Meng will also be playing today, right? Who's on his team?"
"He said he was on the same team with the Second and Third Princes, and was a rival to Big Brother and the others."
As he was speaking, Mingzhao, who was dressed in a crimson riding uniform and as tall as a mountain, came out from a tent not far away with several of his younger brothers. The young men had some similarities in their features, but they were all handsome and elegant in their own way.
Shi Jianli looked at the young man in front of her, tilted her head slightly, and glanced at his eyebrows. "Who are you on the same team with?"
Mingzhao still smiled as he leaned over to meet her eyes and said, "With the Crown Prince, my second and third brothers, plus Ji Youqian and Yu Zixian."
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, except for playing at home for fun, the rule was that each team consisted of six people.
"Wait until you win."
"Since that's what you said, how about I ask Yaoyao for a reward first?"
Shi Jianli tilted her head, "What do you want?"
"You think about it."
"good."
Ming Zhouhe looked at them with his hands around his chest, and thought that his elder brother was really good at making his cousin smile.
Shi Jianli glanced sideways, met Ming Zhouhe's gaze, and called out to him a little embarrassedly, "Cousin."
Ming Zhouhe nodded and looked away, "Let's go to the stadium."
The playing field for playing football was surrounded by wooden fences, with small doors at the southeast and northwest corners. At this moment, there were already quite a few people outside the fence.
When they arrived at the competition venue, they were greeted by the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, as well as Ji Rangzhou and Yu Heming who were talking to them. They all bowed.
The prince's eyes swept over the people in the Duke of Anguo's mansion, and his gaze paused slightly on Shi Jianli. Mingzhao turned his body to the side to block his gaze.
The prince laughed and patted his shoulder.
He really cared about her very much. Yesterday, when he saw him talking and laughing to his fiancée, the prince just wanted to take a closer look at who the young and promising Jade-faced General's ideal woman was.
"Go and choose a horse to go on stage." The prince raised his hand.
Mingzhao also took off the jade pendant from his waist, stuffed it into Shi Jianli's palm, leaned over and whispered, "Keep it for me."
Shi Jianli squeezed the Qilin-patterned jade pendant in her hand and nodded, "Okay."
She gave him this jade in the early morning of the day he went to Chaozhou.
Princess Kangning also changed into light riding clothes and brought Yu Yiluo and Lin Tingwan over. She glanced at the men riding their horses into the arena, and her gaze stopped on Yu Heming, with the corners of her lips curled up.
Yu Yiluo smiled and leaned forward to ask, "Princess, are you looking at my brother?"
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