Chapter 105: No Matter How Much You Plan, No Matter How Much You Plan
Shi Jianli was speechless. When she mentioned her father, she thought that her mother's death anniversary would be coming soon.
Her father died in the line of duty, and her mother died of illness.
Her aunt sent people from the capital to Duzhou to pick her up, but unexpectedly, she also brought Lanxing Xianyue to the capital, and missed her aunt's people, and suffered a lot.
Shi Jianli thought back to the first few months after she arrived at the Duke of Anguo's Mansion. She was a little confused, but she still had some impression of the rewards given by the emperor.
At noon, Shi Jianli and the other two were invited by Princess Kangning to her tent to discuss the positions and tasks for the afternoon's cue game.
"I can grab the ball." Mingyuelin volunteered.
"Then I'll grab the ball too. Yiluo, you pass the ball. I remember you usually play this position." Princess Corning said to Yiluo.
For Zhou Peiyi, the mischievous girl, it was the best thing for her to grab the ball. She would not give in to her just because Zhou Peiyi was younger than her.
"OK."
Mingyue Si: "I'll pass the ball too."
Lin Tingwan smiled and said, "Then all that's left is batting. Ah Li and I will be responsible for batting."
"I'm fine." Shi Jianli replied.
When it was time to go on stage, Shi Jianli followed Princess Kangning out.
Hanging around her waist was the jade pendant that Mingzhao had given her for safekeeping in the morning, but she had forgotten to return it to him. Seeing that Mingzhao was still waiting for her in front of the fence, she took off the jade pendant from her waist and handed it to him.
Mingzhao took it, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "The horses have been checked, there's no problem. I've also gone to see the commanders of the Jinwu Guard and the Yulin Guard."
"I understand." Shi Jianli rubbed the tip of her ear.
After choosing the horses, Shi Jianli rode the horse and followed Princess Kangning into the arena.
The Fifth Princess pulled the reins, her eyes sweeping over Princess Kangning, Shi Jianli and the other six people one by one, "Royal sister, the people I picked are all good at playing polo, they will definitely beat you."
Princess Corning was not interested in her pre-match talk and replied lazily, "Yeah, I understand."
"What are you so proud of?" The fifth princess snorted coldly, getting angry when she saw the look in her eyes that looked down on her.
Princess Kangning: “……?”
"Are you ready? Let's start if you are." Princess Corning touched the horse's head, too lazy to argue with the stupid guy who had his own ideas.
The fifth princess raised her chin and said, "Let's get started."
Twelve horses stood opposite each other, and Princess Corning waved her hand towards the referee.
The referee standing in the middle threw the ball and then ran to the edge of the field.
Princess Kangning and Mingyuelin rode their horses to grab the ball.
Shi Jianli and Lin Tingwan ran to their sides and waited to catch the ball.
The ball rolled under the horse's hooves and flew into the air.
Princess Corning hit the ball from under the Fifth Princess's horse's hooves, and Yu Yiluo swung the ball towards her own goal.
The ball reached Shi Jianli, and Shi Jianli swung her club towards the ball, but the club was hit hard and deflected by a golf club swung from the side.
The ball was taken away by the Fifth Princess's side.
She tilted her head and saw the man gave her an apologetic smile: "Sorry, I accidentally hit your club."
The pole almost hit Shi Jianli's hand, and her arm felt a little numb.
That person was Gong Pingting, another study partner of the fifth princess.
Shi Jianli ignored her and continued to chase the ball that was intercepted by Lin Tingwan, then hit the ball accurately into the net with one shot.
He rode away from Gong Pingting, glanced at her golf club which she was retracting in dismay to hit hers, and said to her without any emotion: "Thank you."
Gong Pingting snorted, rode past her, and lowered her voice to say, "You were the one who spoke ill of Jingming to her in-laws, weren't you?"
Shi Jianli glanced at her and nodded lightly.
The second serve began. Mingyuelin grabbed the ball and passed it to Mingyuesi. Mingyuesi cooperated and passed the ball to Shi Jianli and Lin Tingwan.
Gong Pingting was trying to grab the ball again, with the Fifth Princess and another opponent approaching her.
Shi Jianli swung at the ball, and the ball flew forward at a faster speed. She tightened the reins, squeezed the horse's belly, and the horse galloped out. With another neat swing, the ball flew towards Lin Tingwan.
After landing, Lin Tingwan hit the ball into the net.
Princess Kangning rode up to Gong Pingting's side, glanced at her club, which she hadn't yet retracted to play dirty tricks, and warned her, "If you dare to do anything other than hitting the ball again, I won't mind kicking you off your horse and taking you with me."
Gong Pingting retracted her hand.
"Fourth sister is so majestic." The fifth princess said sarcastically.
"I can't match your majesty. If you can't handle it, then don't even come on stage," Princess Kangning said coldly. "Is this the expert you found for playing cricket? Nothing special. Since you want to win so badly, I'll let you lose."
After grabbing two balls, Princess Corning also understood the opponent's strength.
The Fifth Princess's face turned pale. "What a big tone, my sister."
Princess Corning ignored her, but made sure her club didn't touch the ball when she was trying to grab the ball.
When they scored the fifth goal, their side didn't get any ball at all. The fifth princess was almost mad. Her face became more and more gloomy as she played. Seeing Tokimi Rin next to her, she swung the club over and the target happened to be Tokimi Rin's left leg.
Shi Jianli glanced at her indifferently, held the reins tightly with her left hand, pulled her left leg back, wrapped it around the horse's back and put it down, stood on the stirrup with her right leg, and sat back down after the horse ran away from the fifth princess.
Mingyuelin had already taken the ball away.
Mingzhao, who was watching from the side, had a cold look in his eyes as he looked at the fifth princess with an icy expression.
The emperor, who was watching from above, had a flicker of admiration in his eyes. He then looked at the Fifth Princess with disappointment and said to Concubine Jiang beside him, "She is not worthy of being on stage."
When Concubine Jiang heard the emperor's evaluation of his daughter, her face turned pale for a while, and she thought that she shouldn't have let the fifth princess take the stage.
Princess Corning hit the Fifth Princess on the waist with a stick, causing her waist to hurt. The Fifth Princess glared at the other side and met Princess Corning's forced smile.
Princess Kangning's eyes were icy. "Does it hurt? Fifth sister. Don't think I can't see your little tricks. If you dare to do anything naughty again, I'll kick you off your horse. Your mediocre horsemanship is no match for mine. Let's see who will be embarrassed, you or me."
Sometimes Princess Kangning really felt that her imperial sister was a bit stupid, scheming but unable to figure things out, always being picky and stubborn but always failing miserably.
The Fifth Princess gritted her teeth and dared not move again. Zhou Hongjing really dared to kick her off the horse. She had been kicked by her before and had to stay in bed for half a year.
The fifth princess rode away patiently.
Let's see how she deals with that bitch Zhou Hongjing tomorrow! It would be best if she fell to her death!
The game lasted for nearly an hour, with a quarter of an hour break in between. Everyone else was a little exhausted, but Shi Jianli, Mingyuelin and Lin Tingwan were still energetic.
Mingyuelin is full of energy. Shi Jianli often rides horses and shoots arrows, so she can bear it. Lin Tingwan is the daughter of a military general, and she also played Ju when she was in Jiangnan.
The game was about to end, and the last ball was passed to Lin Tingwan. Lin Tingwan gripped the club tightly, exerted force with his hand, and hit the ball.
The ball flew out, brushed the net and flew over the fence.
Ming Zhouhe looked at the ball flying towards his face, put down his arms, raised his right hand to catch the ball steadily, and looked over indifferently, his eyes fixed on Lin Tingwan who was swinging the club.
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