After playing on the court for a long time, Ye Zelin was a little tired, so he went to the seat under the tent. From a distance, he saw Hua Fushu, Miss Lu Jiayun, Miss Shui, and Miss Wu together. Because they were far away, he couldn't hear what they were talking about. He took out the white jade phoenix-head hairpin in his arms and took a look at it. It was crystal clear and smooth, and the workmanship was exquisite.
Seeing Ling Zhiheng, Zhao Ciyuan and others coming towards her, she hurriedly put the white jade phoenix hairpin back into her arms.
Ling Zhiheng patted Ye Zelin's shoulder, "When it rains."
He then said to Zhao Ciyuan and Yu Zichen beside him, "Ciyuan, Zichen, this time you are willing to accept defeat. I said that anyone who makes a move in the rain will be defeated."
Ye Zelin laughed and said, "How nice of you, Ling Zhiheng, to use me as a bet."
Ling Zhiheng put on a pleased expression, embraced Ye Zelin, and said, "Let me tell you something funny. I just heard Wu Wei say that Ci Yuan and Zi Chen were scolded by a girl. The girl also suggested that they try having a child. This is the first time I've heard of a man having a child from a girl. Even though I haven't seen it myself, it must have been a lively scene."
Seeing Ling Zhiheng gloating, Zhao Ciyuan and Yu Zichen raised their fists and attacked. Ling Zhiheng wanted to hide behind Ye Zelin, but Ye Zelin dodged and walked towards the shed.
Zhao Ciyuan and Yu Zichen each punched Ling Zhiheng twice, then vented their anger and went to look for Ye Zelin.
Ling Zhiheng walked towards Ye Zelin despite the pain.
Ye Zelin drank tea while Zhao Ciyuan and Yu Zichen sat at attention. Ling Zhiheng teased the dwarf pine potted plant beside him and played with a pebble in his hands. "Ciyuan, Zichen, which girl looks down on you?"
Yu Zichen glared at him. Zhao Ciyuan glanced at the seat far away from them, separated by a bamboo curtain, and said unhappily, "How would I know whose family this girl is from? She seems to be a friend of Miss Lu Jiayun. She's wearing a ruby blue shirt and an apricot yellow skirt."
Ye Zelin spat out the tea and roughly understood who the woman Zhao Ciyuan was talking about. Apart from his unruly and naughty young lady, there was no other Hua Fushu in the capital.
The three of them looked at Ye Zelin at the same time. Ye Zelin wiped the water from the corner of his mouth. Ling Zhiheng said first, "Yu Shi, you are so startled. Do you recognize someone?"
Ye Zelin smiled helplessly and tried to hide his face. "The woman Ciyuan is talking about is probably my wife's daughter."
"What?" All three were shocked.
Ling Zhiheng asked first: "Yushi, you said your wife is here too? Why didn't you tell me earlier so that I can meet your sister-in-law?"
Ye Zelin laughed and said, "My wife is vulgar and not presentable. I don't dare take her out. It's because my mother is afraid that she will be bored that she brings her out to relax."
After saying this, Ye Zelin stood up and bowed to Zhao Ciyuan and Yu Zichen to apologize. "Brother Ciyuan, Brother Zichen, my wife's words and actions were rude and offended you two. I apologize to you both on my wife's behalf."
Zhao Ciyuan and Yu Zichen also stood up and said that it was okay.
The three of them sat down, and Ling Zhiheng continued, "Yu Shi, we've already won the first three games. There aren't many capable players on the Red Team, and Minmin is my eldest aunt's cousin. Why don't we let them win in the second half so they don't lose too badly? Otherwise, it won't look good on the Empress Dowager either."
Ye Zelin said, "If you let me win, the Grand Princess won't be able to say for sure. I'll take the second half, and you can still win, but the first round's prize will go to me. I've been searching for Yan Liben's 'Procession of Emperor Taizong to Meet the Buddhist Monk Xuanzang' for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be in the Grand Princess's hands."
Ling Zhiheng felt a little disappointed, but when he saw that Ye Zelin was considering his cousin, he agreed.
Not long after, the maidservant beside Miss Wu came over and said that their Red Team had found a master, so none of them would have to go out.
Ling Zhiheng repeatedly asked who the expert was. The servant looked at Ling Zhiheng arrogantly and turned away.
Ye Zelin said, "It seems that your sister Minmin has really found an expert. She is so arrogant and is afraid that we won't play, so she specially told us."
Ling Zhiheng disagreed, "It's just bluffing. Cousin Min doesn't know any polo experts. At most, she found two capable players to replace the two who are the worst."
Ye Zelin added, "The Red Team has found a master, and I can't miss the second half."
Ling Zhiheng said, "The Red Team is so arrogant. In the rain, we have no need to show mercy. We must beat them to a pulp. Even the Yellow Team would tremble just by mentioning them."
Ye Zelin smiled faintly. Ling Zhiheng stopped talking and took a good rest to prepare for the second half of the game.
It was almost quarter of an hour when the players of both teams returned to the court one after another. A stick of incense was placed in the blue and white cloud pattern incense burner. The emcee stood up straight, and the servant beside him held the ball.
Ling Zhiheng of the Yellow Team rode up and looked at Wu Huimin, the captain of the Red Team, and said, "Cousin Min, where is the expert you hired? Call her out so I can see if she's a man or a woman. Don't be an androgynous polo player who's just average. If she's really average, don't come up and embarrass yourself."
Wu Huimin laughed and said, "Cousin Ling, the experts I hired are more than capable of defeating you!"
Ling Zhiheng was somewhat curious about what the expert invited by the Red Team looked like, but it was difficult to find a polo expert who could beat him. Although he was not a top-notch polo player, he was still considered an expert.
He smiled and said, "Cousin Min, among those present, apart from Yu Shi and Miss Yan, if anyone else can defeat me, my name, Ling Zhiheng, will be written backwards!"
Wu Huimin said, "Not only should your name be written backwards, but you should also loudly say that you are inferior to others in skills!"
Ling Zhiheng agreed immediately, "No problem!"
Ye Zelin smiled. Yan Xijun behind Ling Zhiheng said, "Mr. Ling, you are so confident. Aren't you afraid of losing to your cousin?"
Ling Zhiheng turned around and glanced at Yan Xijun, saying unhappily, "What a joke! I thought I could lose to a girl? Yan Xijun, whose side are you on? You're only boosting others' ambitions and destroying your own prestige!"
Yan Xijun shut up in disappointment.
"Sister Shu."
Wu Huimin shouted from behind, and then Shui Youyou and Shui Lingling made way. A girl riding a white horse slowly came up, and everyone in the yellow team looked at the girl.
But the woman was no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a water-red shirt and skirt, with her hair painted with fragrant ink and curved lines, and her rouge was lightly and evenly applied, and her lips were painted with red rouge, making her look bright and charming.
Wearing a shoulder strap, a cinched sleeve, and a golf club in hand, he was quick and decisive.
This girl is Hua Fushu.
She is the expert hired by the Red Team!
The two girls from the Shui family, Youyou and Lingling, and Wu Huimin from the Wu family are all Lu Tianyun's close friends. They went straight to Lu Tianyun after the next court.
Shui Youyou and Shui Lingling cried to Lu Tianyun about how Team Huang bullied the weak and made them lose the goal. They also said that the prize for the next game was Yan Liben's "The Procession of Emperor Taizong to Meet the Buddhist Monk Xuanzang", which was what her grandfather had been thinking about day and night. She had said that she would win the "Procession of Emperor Taizong to Meet the Buddhist Monk Xuanzang" back to please her grandfather, but now she could not do so.
Lu Tianyun took out a silk handkerchief and gave it to the two sisters. Seeing how sad they were, she couldn't help but look at Hua Fushu and asked him awkwardly if he was willing to play a game for the red team.
She didn't want to stand out, so she politely declined. However, when the two sisters Shui Youyou and Shui Lingling heard that Bisi could play polo, they wrapped their arms around her and begged her sincerely for help.
Unable to bear the sisters' nagging and their repeated calls of "sister", she had no choice but to agree.
Seeing Hua Fushu agree, the two sisters were overjoyed and smiled happily.
Therefore, she became the expert that the Red Team was looking for.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
