So, Xue Zhiyi stood by the curtain and taught Xue Runing how to play hammer ball. Although Shen Qingtang had a shadow in her heart and did not participate, she still teased them from time to time.
"Sister Xue Wu." Shen Qingtang said with a smile, "You hit the ball so softly, are you afraid of hurting it?"
Xue Runing was a loner to begin with, and her face turned red and she was speechless.
Xue Zhiyi scolded her: "How can you, a non-skilled person, talk so much?"
But Shen Qingtang stood up, put his hands on his hips and snorted softly: "Although I don't play hammer ball, my ball skills are still very good. Sister Xue Wu, I tell you, just play with all your strength. For those who are just starting to learn hammer ball, don't worry about accuracy. Just practice hitting the ball smoothly first."
Xue Runing was skeptical: "Really?"
"Of course!" Shen Qingtang was full of confidence: "If you don't believe me, try it."
Hearing this, Xue Runing got into position, holding the hammer, aimed at the wooden ball, gritted his teeth, and swung it hard.
Then the small ball took off into the air, heading towards the wind, drawing a long arc in the blue sky, flying farther and farther until it disappeared from view.
Shen Qingtang applauded: "See, I told you! You fight very well!"
Xue Zhiyi hesitated to speak: "How can anyone play hammer ball? It's about who can hit it the farthest? No wonder she could hit people when she was a child."
However, Xue Runing looked excited, as if the ball had suddenly freed her restrained hands and feet. Seeing her like this, Xue Zhiyi stopped talking.
Xue Runing smiled shyly: "Third sister, I'm going to pick up the ball."
Xue Zhiyi nodded, then gave Su Yue a look, signaling her to follow: "Go ahead, be careful."
After getting the answer, Xue Runing lifted her skirt and trotted in the direction the ball flew.
Looking at her back, Shen Qingtang said, "Sister Xue Wu is very cute. How come I've never seen her before?"
A rattan mat was spread on the grass inside the curtain. Xue Zhiyi sat down next to her and said, "I'll bring her out more often in the future."
Stretching, Shen Qingtang stared at the blue sky in a daze and sighed unconsciously.
"Are you worried about something?" Xue Zhiyi asked her.
Shen Qingtang hummed a long sigh and said, "Do you think the Marquis of Lin'an will come today?"
She is still thinking about Huo Wuyou.
Xue Zhiyi didn't know whether Huo Wuyou had really turned his target to the Zhao family in this life. Before she could fully understand Huo Wuyou's plans, she actually didn't want Shen Qingtang to continue to be infatuated with him.
After all, there are countless good men in the world, so there is no need to focus entirely on Huo Wuyou.
"I don't know." She asked back: "What's wrong?"
Shen Qingtang sighed sadly: "It's okay, just asking casually."
At this moment, Qiuyun walked into the curtain, looking anxious: "Miss, the fifth young lady has been called away by the young lady of the Zhao family. Do you want to go and see her?"
"Miss Zhao? Zhao Lian?"
Qiuyun nodded: "Exactly."
That won’t work. Zhao Lian has a grudge against them.
Shen Qingtang still remembered how annoying Zhao Lian was in Changqing Garden. Something bad must be happening now.
So the two of them looked at each other, got up and went to look for Xue Runing.
Not far away, Zhao Lian and the others were also playing Chui Wan. Among them was an old acquaintance, Ge Yuanhui.
This Spring Fair was led by the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Their Ge family paid most of the money, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it was organized by the Ge family, so it is not surprising that Ge Yuanhui is here.
She was sitting idly with an elegant posture, allowing Zhao Lian, the lackey, to take the lead and give orders to Xue Runing.
"Yes, yes, that's the ball. It fell into the mud. Miss Xue Wu, please clean it up and bring it over!"
Zhao Lian had a smile on her face, but that smile seemed like she was teasing something interesting. She deliberately teased Xue Runing under the pretext of helping to pick up the ball.
There were a few other lackeys chattering around her, giving orders to Xue Runing one after another. When they saw that she ran in the wrong direction, they all laughed in unison.
These people really have nothing to do.
Xue Zhiyi's face darkened and he walked towards Xue Runing, lifting his skirt.
But Xue Runing looked at a loss, holding a golf hammer and looking for the ball on the dry grass with his head down.
Why is she, the fifth sister, always so easy to bully?
Xue Zhiyi was a little angry: "Ignore them, they have servants of their own and they are deliberately bullying you."
But Xue Runing just looked at her with confused eyes and said, "It's okay. Less trouble is worse than more. I helped them pick up the ball, so they won't bother me anymore."
As she spoke, her eyes lit up and she ran towards a small mud puddle: "Here, I found it."
Seeing that she was about to bend down to pick it up, Xue Zhiyi couldn't bear it anymore and stopped her. He took the hammer from her hand and hooked the wooden ball out of the mud puddle.
Seeing Xue Zhiyi coming, Zhao Lian in the distance became even more excited: "Xue Zhiyi? You're just in time, you can bring the ball over!"
Xue Zhiyi ignored him, aimed at the ball, and raised his hand to hit it.
The ball flew towards Zhao Lian, and she was so frightened that she covered her head and dodged.
Without Zhao Lian's protection, the muddy ball was about to fall on Ge Yuanhui who was not far behind her.
Ge Yuanhui could no longer remain graceful and stood up in a hurry, even spilling the tea in his hand.
But as the ball fell to the ground, it did not hit anyone, but fell into the ball socket with a plop.
She scored the goal, but the people over there were all frightened and panicked, losing their composure.
Zhao Lian was immediately furious: "Xue Zhiyi, what are you doing!"
But Xue Zhiyi smiled slightly: "Isn't this how you play Hammer Ball?"
Beside her, Shen Qingtang pulled her arm, shook it excitedly, and whispered, "Zhiyi, you are so amazing!"
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly rang out: "What's the quarrel?"
Following the sound, I saw a man dressed in black, covered with fox fur, with a sharp gaze.
Zhao Lian's arrogance immediately faded, and everyone knelt hurriedly to greet him: "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Gong!"
Xue Zhiyi complained in his heart: It is such an ordinary spring gathering, but Prince Gong Gu Shichong is quite elegant enough to come.
"Stand up." He said, and walked towards Ge Yuanhui's curtain.
So the three of them could only follow him for the time being.
Ge Yuanhui had coveted the position of Princess Gong for a long time, so she was particularly warm to Gu Shichong.
She smiled gently, "Your Highness, we didn't argue, it's just..."
She glanced at Xue Zhiyi unfriendly and said, "I just wanted to invite Miss Xue to a hammer-shot competition. What do you think, Miss Xue?"
Following Ge Yuanhui's gaze, Gu Shichong looked at his fiancée.
She seemed to have grown a little taller than the last time they met, and had a cute face. When she stood next to Ge Yuanhui, she looked so ordinary. But for some reason, when he thought of the energy that flashed between her eyebrows when she was hammering the ball just now, he inexplicably felt that although this person was not as beautiful as Ge Yuanhui, she was not inferior to her either.
She just raised her lips and smiled: "Miss Ge sincerely invites you, I will accompany you."
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