"You still know how to embarrass yourself?" The Queen Mother was furious. She looked at her grandson's honest appearance and sighed. "Forget it, I'll deal with you when I get back! Come on, sit down. Look at what you've become after spending every day with that kid Yu Seung-ho."
Helan Ruizhe immediately stepped aside after receiving the order and kept silent.
The Queen Mother calmed down and spoke again: "Call those girls over."
"Ah?" Helan Ruizhe pretended to be dumb, "Why do you call me girl?"
"Hey, you naughty boy!" The Queen Mother glared at him, "Aren't they Lan'er and the others? You're the best at pretending!"
"I'll go, I'll go!" Shi Qingmiao suddenly spoke. She hadn't seen Jin Ting for a long time, so she naturally missed her.
Helan Ruizhe chuckled, crossed his legs, and said casually, "Then go ahead."
Shi Qingmiao smiled even more happily, bowed to the Queen Mother, and went to the stands of the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
The Queen Mother saw Helan Ruizhe's legs raised and said with dismay, "Can't you act a little more like a prince?"
He lowered his voice again, "Even if you want to pretend, there must be a limit. Don't let people question your character as a prince!"
Helan Ruizhe laughed inside his mask, "Grandma, I know my limits."
The Queen Mother looked at him for a while, perhaps because of his pig mask or his clumsy appearance, she turned her head away and whispered something to Eunuch Bai.
Soon, Yu Qinglan took Jin Suting to the Queen Mother, bowed, and sat opposite a pig-masked prince.
Jin Suting tried her best not to look up. She was afraid that she would burst out laughing when she saw the pig face. In fact, she really wanted to say that the pig nose on the face was crooked, but she didn't dare to say it because that was the prince.
She is a rather timid person.
Yu Seung-ho and Helan Yinsheng, two grown men, looked at each other without saying a word.
With Zhan Shaoang, Qin Er and the others still there, the atmosphere was very subtle.
Yu Seung-ho wanted to put his arm around Helan Yinsheng's shoulder, but before he could even reach out his hand, she had already moved away.
Although the three of them have a good relationship, Helan Yinsheng is much older than them after all. What's more, Helan Yinsheng does not hide his dislike for Yu Chenghao.
Feeling helpless, Yu Seung-ho stuffed a piece of candied fruit into his mouth. His mouth felt sweet, but his heart felt sour.
Looking at the Tang family in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shi Qingmiao did not invite Tang Ruozhi. She didn't like this eldest lady who was as proud as a peacock. Any noble lady standing next to her would be inferior to her, right?
She didn't want to offend him.
Besides, the Queen Mother didn't explicitly ask her to invite Tang Ruozhi over, so just leave it alone for now.
Shi Qingmiao also returned to the Queen Mother's side. She stood there quietly, not speaking or looking around.
"Where is the girl from the Tang family?" The Queen Mother found something wrong, as if someone was missing.
Eunuch Bai knew the Queen Mother best. "I'll go and invite her right away."
The Queen Mother glanced at Shi Qingmiao who was standing beside her, sighed slightly, and stopped blaming her.
Tang Ruozhi was dressed in red, with her hair tied into a high ponytail and wrapped with a red silk ribbon. She seemed to particularly like red, that bold and warm color.
As soon as she arrived, she bowed slightly to the Queen Mother, and then sat down blatantly next to today's protagonist, the Crown Prince.
Not at all disgusted by the extremely ugly mask worn by Helan Ruizhe, Jin Suting looked up at Tang Ruozhi. If she was not mistaken, Tang Ruozhi even smiled at Helan Ruizhe.
The other person who received the smile shuddered and dodged, automatically distancing himself from Tang Ruozhi.
Against the red backdrop, a trace of loneliness flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly glared at Jin Suting, shocking her so much that she almost bit her tongue while peeking at her.
Tang Ruozhi's eyes were terrifying, at least in Jin Suting's opinion at that time.
The look in her eyes was as if her most beloved toy had been stolen. Or maybe it wasn't a toy. Jin Suting didn't understand why she looked at her like that. She was like a Shura from hell, with blood on her fingertips, killing people without blinking an eye.
Jin Suting shivered, and Yu Qinglan saw it and came over to ask her, "Are you cold?"
Jin Suting was embarrassed for a moment, then laughed dryly, "It's still a little early today, it's quite cold in the morning, hahahaha."
"Wear more clothes if you're cold." The person opposite suddenly interrupted, and Jin Ting was caught off guard. Is the prince talking to her?
Yu Qinglan covered her mouth and laughed, "Hurry up and listen to the prince and wear more clothes."
"Oh, okay." Jin Suting didn't know if she was out of her mind at the time, and she just said this.
The Queen Mother, who was sitting at the top, became more worried when she saw them flirting with each other.
Suddenly he said: "Now that everyone is here, let's get started."
The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for everyone in the audience to hear, and everyone said "yes."
Eunuch Bai stepped forward and read out the rules of the game in a shrill voice: "The polo match is divided into two teams, one for the Crown Prince and one for the Crown Princess candidate. They will each play on horseback. The team with the most goals and the highest score will win. The reward is a day trip with the Crown Prince."
Helan Ruizhe, who was drinking water, almost choked, but luckily he held the pig mask firmly and did not fall off.
Taking him as the first prize? Are you kidding me?
He looked at the Queen Mother with an accusing look, but she pretended not to see it. Helan Ruizhe could do nothing about the Queen Mother.
After all, it's me who's going to get married, and it's not easy to find a wife.
At this time, Eunuch Bai said again: "Both sides can add two or three people. Please prepare yourselves, Crown Prince and the three ladies. The match will last for one incense stick, and there will be three rounds in total. The first one to go is Miss Tang Ruozhi from the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Tang Ruozhi stood up first and gave Yu Qinglan and Jin Suting opposite him a provocative look.
Yu Qinglan pretended not to see it and drank her tea calmly.
But Jin Suting really didn't see it, because she was complaining about the competition system the whole time.
She whispered to Yu Qinglan, "I think there's something wrong with the rules of this competition. Look, first of all, the Crown Prince has to play three games, so the person who plays the last game will definitely have the upper hand. It's not fair at all. Secondly, I'm a completely mediocre player in polo, isn't this clearly bullying me? And Sister Yu, you're such a great polo player, you'll definitely win. If you end up with the Crown Prince, what will happen to the Ninth Prince? And..."
Yu Qinglan poked her, glanced in the direction of the Queen Mother, and lowered his voice so low that Jin Suting had difficulty hearing, "I know you're speaking up for me, but how can we criticize the royal rules? The Queen Mother is still here, so we can just talk about those things in private."
In fact, Jin Suting wanted to say that this kind of competition system seems like a martial arts competition to win a bride.
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