Chapter 213 Chapter 213 Horse King
In the evening, all the guests left.
After Fu Wenxiao and Yu Li saw off the last guest, the door of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion was closed, and the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, which had been bustling all day, returned to tranquility again.
The couple walked hand in hand in the quiet garden at sunset.
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has a beautifully built garden with lush flowers and trees, colorful flowers, and pleasant scenery.
The two walked along the willow-lined lakeside, the afterglow of the setting sun shining on them, coating them with a layer of gilded golden light.
"Ali, you've worked hard today." Fu Wenxiao raised his hand and brushed away the willow catkins that had fallen on her hair.
"It's not that hard." Yu Li didn't think it was hard. "I had Madam Hai and Madam Chen to help me. I just went to greet the guests. It wasn't a big deal." Thinking of something, she added, "It's just that I'm not very good at talking. Those people seemed very embarrassed."
Thinking back to the guests who came today, Princess Fuhui who was outgoing was fine. Concubine Rui, Old Madam Yao, Madam Mo and her daughter were all familiar with her and didn't mind her silence. But those who were unfamiliar, or even those I had never seen before, I had no idea what to say to them.
Since she didn't know what to say, she just stopped talking and didn't need to embarrass herself.
Yu Li never makes things difficult for himself, but he also knows that it is embarrassing to have nothing to say when socializing with others.
She still remembered how reluctant those people were at the time; they must have been very embarrassed.
Fu Wenxiao's smile faded slightly, and he said, "Sorry, I've troubled you."
Her personality was not suitable for being the mistress of a large family, but because of him, she had to be exposed to these things, and even had to learn these things, against her will...
This was not what he wanted to see.
"It's nothing." Yu Li said, "It's not me who is embarrassed anyway."
As long as she is not embarrassed, other people's embarrassment does not matter to her.
Then she asked, "Will it cause you trouble?" She didn't care, but this man still had to deal with those court officials, so it might have some impact on him.
"No!" Fu Wenxiao said affirmatively, "No matter what you do, they dare not have any opinions."
In this imperial city, the emperor's favor is your greatest reliance. As long as the emperor favors you, you can do whatever you want.
No matter what he did, the old emperor in the palace protected him and no one could touch him.
Similarly, as his wife, in the eyes of the world, she is honored and respected, and those people can only respect and praise her. Even if she does something wrong, no one dares to criticize her in public.
What's more, today, with the presence of noble women such as Concubine Dowager Rui, Princess Rui and Old Madam Yao, it is obvious that they want to protect her. Who would dare to say anything tactless?
These people came for her, not because she was the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo.
Although Fu Wenxiao was always with the male guests, she was always concerned about the female guests. She was worried that someone would make her unhappy, so she would ask people from time to time and knew the situation over there.
He was happy about this, knowing that those people really liked her, and felt sincerely honored.
She has never been the kind of weak woman who needs protection, nor does she need others to protect her. On the contrary, she protects herself a lot.
Yu Li was relieved and said, "I won't do anything. They just complain that I leave them alone occasionally, saying that I am from the countryside and don't do things well enough."
In fact, she didn't do it on purpose. It was her first time and she had no experience. She wasn't good at speaking, so she gave the guests the impression that she was not hospitable and was deliberately leaving them alone.
Those people naturally dare not say anything in person, but they will inevitably complain behind your back.
But they didn't know that she had very good hearing and heard all their complaints.
She even heard some people say that Fu Wenxiao might have married a useless country girl like her because of her face.
Yu Li was stunned when he heard it, and thought those people were really good at talking.
But later, when there were more customers, she was very busy and found that gradually no one said such things anymore.
Fu Wenxiao said: "It doesn't matter. Just write down who complained and don't associate with them in the future."
Given the status of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, it is only up to others to please her, and she does not need to please others.
Fu Wenxiao was also thankful that his status was not low, so when facing those ladies of noble titles, he did not have to be overly polite to them, or ask her to please people. He did not want her to suffer such grievances.
She shouldn't suffer this kind of injustice.
The two of them strolled leisurely while chatting about today's banquet, and only went back to rest when it was almost time.
**
After the banquet, life returned to normal.
Fu Wenxiao began to get busy, leaving home early and returning late. It seemed as if he had endless things to do every day, all of which were errands assigned to him by the old emperor.
Sometimes when he was not busy, the old emperor would invite him to the palace to accompany him, and he would stay there for the whole day until the palace was locked up.
At first, Yu Li would ask him what he was doing, but later she stopped asking because she also had things to do.
In addition to going to the Princess Mansion to treat Princess Yuan An, she also had to deal with the ruffians on the street. She had already cleaned up an area recently and subdued many of her subordinates.
In addition, Yu Li recently discovered a group of human traffickers.
The others were fine, but human traffickers were absolutely intolerable. However, the group of human traffickers she discovered were just small fry and they didn't know much.
In order to catch big fish, you can only hold back and not move for the time being.
Yu Li thought about it and went to find Chu Shaoyu to tell him about it.
"There are actually human traffickers?" Chu Shaoyu rolled up his sleeves after being shocked. "Where are they? Let's go kill them!"
Yu Li said: "They are just some minions. We can't get anything out of them here. We need to send someone to keep an eye on them. I'm going to trouble you for help with this matter."
Chu Shaoyu immediately patted his chest and assured that it would be no problem to leave it to him.
He is now the deputy commander of the East City of the Five Cities Army and has some men under him. Recently, he took these people out for food and drinks and actually won over quite a few of his subordinates.
Although many people think he is a playboy, they look down on him and deliberately leave him out.
But it must be said that sometimes when a playboy takes his subordinates out to eat, drink and have fun together, it is easy to build closer relationships, and Chu Shaoyu also takes the opportunity to win over a group of people to use for his own purposes.
That's why Yu Li asked him for help and asked him to send someone to secretly investigate the matter.
There are also those thugs she has subdued. Although they don't do any real work, they are well-informed. She also asks them to help keep an eye on them. Sooner or later, those human traffickers will be caught.
In the evening, when Fu Wenxiao came back, Yu Li told him about this.
Fu Wenxiao had been busy all day and looked tired. He asked, "A-Li, do you need me to ask someone to help you?"
"Okay." Yu Li nodded. If it was anything else, it would be fine, but for the human traffickers, of course, it would be better to get rid of them as soon as possible to prevent more children and women from suffering.
Seeing that she did not refuse, Fu Wenxiao smiled, held her in his arms, and leaned his face on her shoulder, as if he was resting, with an indescribable look of fatigue on his body.
Yu Li asked: "Very tired?"
"It's okay." He said softly, "Just hold me for a while, and you won't be tired anymore."
Yu Li directly transferred some supernatural powers to him, "How about this?"
Fu Wenxiao sighed helplessly. He just wanted to hug her. He wasn't really tired enough to ask her to transfer superpowers to him. Although superpowers were useful, he would rather use them on herself.
"Ali, be nice to yourself." He held her face and leaned over to kiss her.
Yu Li said "Oh", she was very nice to him, she would use her supernatural powers on herself first before using them to treat him.
Now she is in good health. Although she is busy every day, she is not as busy as him and is full of energy. It would be a waste to keep his supernatural powers except to treat the princess and her mother-in-law, so it wouldn't hurt to give him some.
Moreover, she always felt that his body was not well yet, so in order to allow him to live longer in the future, she should continue to give him treatment.
**
Fu Wenxiao had been busy for more than half a month and finally had some free time.
That day, he came back from outside and came to find Yu Li excitedly: "A Li, come with me."
"What?" Yu Li looked at him puzzledly and let him pull her out.
The two came to a horse farm in the suburbs.
An official from the horse farm was already waiting there. When he saw them, he came over to salute and said respectfully, "Greetings to the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife."
Fu Wenxiao asked, "Where is the horse king?"
"Over there."
As the official at the horse farm pointed over, Yu Li saw a group of horses galloping out of the woods in the distance.
Among them, a black horse stood out the most. It was taller and stronger than the surrounding horses, with a strong body. It was leading the way. In the sunlight, its brown-black mane fluttered, looking particularly beautiful.
Yu Li didn't know much about animals. In the apocalypse where she lived, there were no normal animals. There were only alien species and pollutants, none of which could be called animals.
After coming to this world, due to her physique, she is insulated from animals and no animal is willing to get close to her. In this case, she naturally won't pay special attention to those animals.
Although she doesn't pay much attention to them, she always looks at these animals with appreciation.
As long as they are normal animals and not mutants, she likes them all.
The official at the stable pointed at the vigorous black horse and said, "My Lord, this black horse was sent by a tribe in the northwest. It has a very fierce temper and is the leader of the wild horses. It is called the Horse King and is difficult for ordinary people to tame."
The officials at the horse farm thought that Fu Wenxiao wanted to tame the black horse himself.
Fu Wenxiao looked at the horses galloping past and said to the official, "Go down. There's no need to wait here."
The official responded, bowed and left.
Soon there was no one else around except Fu Wenxiao and Yu Li.
Seeing Yu Li staring at the horses, he was moved and asked, "A Li, do you like horses?"
"I like it!" Yu Li said without hesitation, "As long as they are normal animals, I like them all."
Fu Wenxiao was a little confused. What is a normal animal? What are abnormal animals like?
He suppressed his doubts and said, "Ali, how about letting this horse king be your mount?"
Yu Li finally turned his attention back from the horses and looked at him in surprise, "Give it to me?"
He hummed, "Recently, a tribe in the northwest offered a group of wild horses as tribute. I heard that there was a king horse among them, so I went to find my uncle and asked him to give the king horse to me."
"Ordinary horses kneel down when they see you, I wonder what this horse king is like." He said with a smile, "The horse king has a fierce temper. If you can withstand it, you can have a mount in the future, and you don't have to travel in a carriage all the time."
After all, riding in a carriage is not as convenient as traveling on horseback.
Yu Li finally understood what he meant, and needless to say, he was very surprised.
She hesitated again, "Can it be done?"
She didn't have much confidence in the normal animals in this world, fearing that if she got close, the horse king would kneel down and refuse to carry her.
Fu Wenxiao smiled at her and encouraged her, "It's okay to give it a try." Thinking of something, he continued, "I remember when we were in Qingshi Village, the wild boars that came down the mountain would be scared away when you approached them. Even the wolfhounds raised by Boss Tu would hide with their tails between their legs. This shows that the more aggressive an animal is, the less likely it is to yield."
After he said this, Yu Li also thought of this.
In her opinion, it didn't seem to matter. She never paid much attention to these things. After all, she had never thought about taming animals at that time.
Now Fu Wenxiao has specially gone to the old emperor to ask for a king horse to give her, so she can give it a try.
The horse farm is very large and the horses are running everywhere.
Fu Wenxiao turned over and sat on the back of a horse, holding the reins, chasing the group of horses and driving them over.
When the herd of horses came galloping again, Yu Li suddenly jumped up and approached the herd.
When her foot stepped on the back of a horse, the horse's body tilted and collapsed to the ground. The reactions of the horses nearby were similar.
The galloping horses collapsed to the ground as if they had encountered their natural enemies.
This scene is so magical that if someone saw it, they would definitely find it unbelievable.
Fu Wenxiao rode on horseback and watched from afar. No matter how many times he saw it, he was still shocked.
Finally, Yu Li arrived near the horse king in front.
The horse king was very fast, but Yu Li was actually faster than it at full speed.
She leaped up and landed on the horse's back.
Fu Wenxiao subconsciously grabbed the reins and stared closely.
The galloping horse king stopped instantly, and even staggered forward due to inertia, but he finally stopped.
It did not collapse to the ground like the other horses, but it did not move either. It stood there quietly. If you looked closely, you could see that its limbs were trembling slightly, as if it had encountered some terrible natural enemy.
Yu Li stood on the horse's back and looked down at the black horse under his feet.
It stands stubbornly, and this alone shows its extraordinaryness.
After a long while, she slowly sat down, patted the horse's tight belly with her hand, thought for a while, touched its head, and transferred some supernatural powers to it.
With the input of vital energy, the black horse was obviously in a different state of mind. Its muscles trembled again, and then it took a few steps forward.
Yu Li was a little surprised, but then he understood.
The supernatural beings of the last days will emit a strong magnetic field, which will make sensitive animals instinctively fear and unable to move. The weaker the animal, the easier it is to be frightened. However, life power is a kind of vitality that will make animals feel comfortable and instinctively approach.
The black horse was frightened by her and attracted by the life power, and gradually calmed down.
After a long while, Fu Wenxiao approached on horseback.
He looked at the horse king who was leisurely nibbling on the grass with his head down. Although it didn't move much, at least it didn't collapse to the ground, which was a good start.
"Ali, it seems to be OK." Fu Wenxiao said with a smile, "In the future, spend more time with it and let it get used to your...power."
A wild horse like this is difficult for ordinary people to tame.
For Yu Li, he was afraid that it was not strong enough and could not withstand the shock from her.
This horse is worthy of being the leader of the wild horses and is called the Horse King by the northwestern tribes. After getting used to it more, it can serve as her mount, which will make traveling much more convenient for her in the future.
Yu Li jumped off the horse and touched the black horse.
When the black horse was touched by her, he obviously wanted to avoid her, but he quickly held back and let her continue to touch him.
"Xiao brother, this horse is really good." Yu Li said happily.
She was actually envious when she saw others riding horses. Horses were the fastest means of transportation in that era, so naturally she wanted to get a horse too.
Although this king horse cannot carry her for a run now, it should be able to do so in the future.
Seeing her happy, Fu Wenxiao was also in a good mood.
He dismounted and walked towards the black horse. As he approached, the black horse snorted at him, as if it was not happy about his approach. When Yu Li reached out and patted it, it silently retracted its head and continued to chew the grass on the ground.
Fu Wenxiao couldn't help laughing, especially when he found that the land was almost gnawed away by it. It was obvious that it was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
Even though he was the Horse King, he still couldn't hold on in front of Yu Li.
"This is Xiao Ge'er, don't yell at him." Yu Li said to Heima.
The black horse's four hooves moved silently and moved to the side.
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