Over there, Huaiyao and Haolie had already finished walking the horses.
Huaiyao gave a few instructions to the eunuch standing guard nearby. Soon, the eunuch came over with a gong.
Huaiyao rode over: "Yuanyao, wait a minute, you have to cheer me on, okay?"
"Okay!" Yuan Yao replied with a smile.
Huaiyao gave a soft snort, lowering her voice considerably: "You're not allowed to cheer for Haolie, understand?"
puff……
It seems that Huaiyao himself isn't confident he can beat Haolie!
Yuan Yao beckoned for the eunuch to bring the gong, then said to Huai Yao, "Don't worry about the competition! Best two out of three, I'll beat the gong to cheer you on."
"Hmph!" Huaiyao raised the reins and shouted, "Giddy up!"
She was taking the horse for one last lap to warm it up.
The young eunuch dutifully carried the gong and stood respectfully to one side.
Just then, three little figures walked over.
Yun Chan in snow-white robes, Jiang Chengyan in black robes, Feng Xun in ivory-white robes...
The three princes each had their own distinct demeanor.
Yuan Yao raised her hand and waved with a smile: "Yun Chan, Feng Xun, Second Prince."
The three young princes walked over, and Feng Xun smiled gently: "Why did you arrive so early, Princess?"
Yuan Yao said happily, "I came to watch Sister Huaiyao and Prince Haolie race horses!"
"But you're too late; they've all gone into the hunting grounds."
"Didn't you see us just now?" Jiang Chengyan asked with a stern face.
Yuan Yao asked, puzzled, "What?"
Jiang Chengyan remained silent.
Yuan Yao looked at Yun Chan and blinked.
“Cough…” Yun Chan covered her lips and coughed lightly.
Feng Xun glanced at the two of them and chuckled, "Cheng Yan and Yun Chan were copying books from the stands just now."
Copying books?
puff……
These two are copying things wherever they go.
That's terrible!
Jiang Chengyan is truly pitiful, but Yun Chan feels sorry for Yuan Yao.
Thinking about it this way, Yuan Yao couldn't laugh anymore.
With her cheeks puffed out, she said earnestly, "This time, I brought Sister Yu'er with me."
"Once she completes today's ritual for me, tomorrow I'll have her cook you all something delicious!"
Jiang Chengyan muttered, "That's more like it..."
Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Then, let's watch the game."
Huaiyao and Haolie also saw the people coming.
After discussing it for a while, the two rode over.
The group greeted each other.
Hao Lie said, "Get ready, let's begin."
In the best-of-three match, Huaiyao's palms were sweating with nervousness.
Seeing Huaiyao taking deep breaths, Yuan Yao cupped her hands together like a megaphone and shouted, "Sister Huaiyao, keep going!"
Huaiyao gripped the reins tightly and raised his chin: "Watch this!"
With the sound of a gong, two horses galloped off towards the flag several hundred meters away.
A cloud of dust rose from the grassland.
Haolie's horse immediately took the lead over Huaiyao.
Huaiyao was not to be outdone. He lashed his whip across the horse, which neighed and galloped forward to catch up with Haolie.
Yuan Yao watched, feeling terrified.
Horse racing sounds interesting, but watching it is kind of scary.
With the horse going so fast, if someone were to fall off, they'd likely be crippled or even killed...
Just as I was getting tense, the light and shadow in front of me suddenly went dark.
Yuan Yao turned her head to the side.
It is Yun Chan.
Yuan Yao shifted her attention from the competition and asked the person next to her, "Yun Chan, who do you think will win, Huai Yao or Hao Lie?"
Facing the light, Yun Chan narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and said softly, "Huai Yao."
He had just finished speaking when the drums began to beat.
In the first round, Haolie took down the flag and struck the drum.
With a loud clang, the little eunuch announced in a shrill voice, "Prince Haolie wins the first round..."
His voice was high-pitched and thin, drawn out for a long time, making it particularly grating.
Yuan Yao: "..."
She looked up at Yun Chan: "You made the wrong bet!"
She won!
Yun Chan glanced at the little figure beside her and said calmly, "Isn't it best two out of three? Let's wait a little longer."
“Okay.” Yuan Yao pouted.
In the second game, Haolie's horse was still in the lead.
As they approached the flag, Haolie wrapped the reins around his wrist, steadied the saddle, and bent down...
Just as his fingers were about to touch the flag, a long whip lashed out.
Hao Lie dodged.
The long whip curled up the flag and then retracted it.
Huaiyao raised an eyebrow triumphantly at Haolie and kicked the horse's flank hard: "Giddy up!"
In the second game, Huaiyao won.
It's even.
The winner and loser will be decided in the final round.
By this time, a crowd had gradually gathered around the perimeter of the grassland.
I heard that Princess Huaiyao is racing horses with Haolie, and many people have invited me to come and watch the race.
As Huaiyao won, cheers erupted from the sidelines: "Go Princess! Princess will win!"
Huaiyao, mounted on his horse, said to Haolie, "This is the last round."
Her fighting spirit has been ignited.
Hao Lie looked at Huai Yao's slightly sweaty face, his own face flushed, and said, "Princess, be careful...."
What was meant to be a caring remark sounded like a provocation to Huaiyao.
Huaiyao held the whip: "Haolie, although I am a woman, I love riding horses and I love freedom."
I haven't ridden horses as many times as you have, but don't underestimate me!
Hao Lie looked at Huai Yao, who was full of fighting spirit and high spirits, and after a long while, he smiled and said, "Okay."
The third round begins, and the two horses gallop forward.
Jiang Chengyan, with a stern face and one hand behind his back, said, "Huaiyao's horsemanship is not even a third as good as Haolie's."
Feng Xun said gently, "His Highness Haolie grew up on horseback, so it is only natural that Huaiyao is inferior to him."
"Overestimating yourself!" Jiang Chengyan's lips were tightly pressed together, his voice cold.
Upon hearing this, Feng Xun smiled helplessly.
He thought the horse race was quite interesting.
Just looking at it makes you feel excited and want to go up and try it out.
However, even in the Great Qi, he couldn't find a good instructor for riding and archery.
Thinking about it, Feng Xun felt a little helpless...
On the field, Huaiyao and Haolie had already started gesturing.
Huaiyao held the reins in one hand and the whip in the other, about to take away the flag.
Hao Lie rode over to her, raised his toes, and stopped her with his whip.
Enraged, Huaiyao gripped his whip and lashed at the flag once more.
Haolie lifted his foot again.
Huaiyao turned his horse around and lashed Haolie's calf with the whip.
With that pull, Hao Lie retracted his foot and fell to the ground.
"!!!"
Yuan Yao was so shocked she wanted to cover her eyes.
That's too dangerous!
Haolie almost fell off his horse!
In an instant, Huaiyao cracked his whip, swung the flag over, spurred his horse, and galloped desperately toward the finish line.
Behind him, watching the receding red figure, Hao Lie revealed a bright smile.
With a drumbeat, the young eunuch struck the gong and shouted in a shrill voice, "Princess Huaiyao wins the third round... The winner of this round is Princess Huaiyao..."
A long round of applause erupted outside the meadow.
Yuan Yao was shocked.
She looked at Yun Chan: "Why were you so sure that Huai Yao would win in the end?"
Clearly, Huaiyao's horsemanship is not as good as Haolie's!
Yun Chan looked at Yuan Yao, whose eyes were wide with surprise, and a faint smile appeared on her lips: "I guessed."
Guess?
At this moment, Huaiyao dismounted, handed the horse to the eunuch, strode over, and said triumphantly, "I won!"
Yuan Yao finished smiling and said, "Congratulations, Sister Huaiyao."
Huaiyao raised her chin, nostrils pointing to the sky: "Hmm!"
Hao Lie led his horse over, greeted everyone first, and then looked at Yuan Yao: "Princess, where is Acha?"
Acha?
Yuan Yao then realized that half an hour had passed and Acha, who had said he was going to walk the horses, still hadn't returned!
She repeated what Acha had said before he left.
"Oh no!" Hao Lie frowned. "She must have found a way to sneak into the hunting grounds!"
What? ?
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