The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 333 Lishan Trial Horse

"The concubine knows!" Chang Xi smiled and agreed, but her eyes drifted to Qing Ying behind her. Sure enough, she was so excited when she heard that Li Longji asked Chang Xi to choose a concubine for the prince. I got closer, trying to hear more clearly.

Chang Xi coughed lightly, shook the palace fan, and said with a double-entendre smile: "Shouwang is going to choose a concubine, what is Qingying's background? If you are born in Qingbai, I will allow you to participate in the election!"

Qing Ying said embarrassingly: "The servants are from humble backgrounds, and they are not worthy of the King of Shou."

Chang Xi smiled lightly, "So you're even less worthy of being the crown prince of the country?! Qingying, do you think so?"

Before the words finished, Qingying's body swayed, and her face turned pale in an instant. Seeing this, Chang Xi lowered her eyebrows and asked, "Qingying, do you think so?"

"...Yes!" Qing Ying said with a voice that was about to cry.

Chang Xi didn't want to embarrass her anymore, and concentrated on watching the horse race that was about to start. Guo Ziyi, as the host general of the martial arts competition, had already walked into the field wearing armor, holding the Qingfeng sword that Li Longji gave him in his hand .His footsteps moved. Everyone knew that the match was about to start, so they all stopped whispering and focused on watching the performance of the princes on the field.

Just at this moment, hundreds of horns blew in unison, and the thick sound went straight to the sky, followed by the thumping of dozens of red-skinned drums, which made everyone's hearts thump and became even more nervous, Liu Cairen Looking at Li Ju in the field, the handkerchiefs in his hands were all clenched into a line, and the other concubines were also looking forward, paying attention to the princes.

Guo Ziyi held the Qingfeng sword high above his head, and the court fell silent for an instant, only to hear him say loudly: "The last general will test the martial arts of the princes on behalf of His Majesty, and specially give the Qingfeng sword to monitor the audience. If there is any fraud, it will be dealt with according to military law and severely punished." No loan!"

The stern reprimand quickly quieted down the prince who had been having a lot of fun.

"The horse race begins!" Guo Ziyi yelled, and soldiers pulled up a red thread to stop the princes' horses, "For this horse race, you princes must gallop up the hill, pick the special green leaves from the tree, and then gallop back to the horse. , whoever comes first wins!"

After talking about the rules of the game, Guo Ziyi held up the Qingfeng Sword with his right hand, and only listened to the four corners of the contest, boom!Boom!Boom!Three long drums sounded, and the princes all leaned on their horses, tightening the reins and waiting attentively. Many Dawan horses snorted a few times, and their front hooves kept rubbing on the sand, as if they were ready to go. , I saw the red flag held by the commanding officer waved down.

"Drive—" Dozens of reprimands came out almost at the same time, and all the princes waved their whips and flew away like long arrows off the string.The one who leapt out first and overtook everyone was Prince Li Ying, Li Heng and Li Yao followed closely behind him, the rest of the princes were half a horse behind, while Li Hao was mixed in the crowd and disappeared from the crowd.

Li Ying is riding the "Pegasus" carefully prepared for him by his eighth brother Li Ju. This Pegasus is not a purebred Dawan horse, but a cross between a good Dawan horse and a wild Maxima. It has a Dawan horse. Compared with those purebred Dawan horses, they are more wild and explosive. As soon as the red flag of the flag officer was waved down, Li Ying rushed out immediately and became the focus of the field.

"The prince really has extraordinary martial arts skills!" King Ning exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.

Li Linfu was very displeased with Li Mao's performance, and quietly said to Wu Zhong beside him, "Didn't I tell you to pick a good horse for King Shou? Why is there such a difference?"

Wu Zhong said with a smile: "It is indeed a good horse, the prime minister just waits for a good show!"

Seeing his confidence in what he said, Li Linfu stopped asking.

At this time, Li Ying rode the Pegasus horse and rushed to the first obstacle, which was a deep ditch nearly one foot wide. Guo Ziyi did not waste his brains for this deep ditch. You must know that this is a contest between princes, although obstacles need to be set up But this obstacle cannot really hurt the princes. If the ditch is dug too wide, the prince makes a mistake, and the people fall into the ditch, who can afford the responsibility?But if the digging is too narrow and the horses can easily leap over it, the selection of horse racing will be lost. After thinking about it, Guo Ziyi dug the ditch wide and deep, but he added a lot of cotton pads at the bottom of the ditch. To ensure that any prince who falls into it will not hurt himself.

Not to mention ordinary horses in this deep ditch, even the famous Dawan horse is unlikely to fly directly over it. The rider needs to swing his whip to accelerate when he is [-] meters away from here, and jump up when he reaches the edge of the ditch. This is the only way to pass safely, so the test here is the adaptability and equestrian skills of the princes, who knows that the crown prince Li Ying didn't speed up when he reached the ditch, and if he continued running at the usual speed, he would definitely fall into the deep ditch!
Everyone in the arena secretly sweated for him, and Qing Ying put his heart in his throat, but just when Tianma's front hooves were about to step into the ditch, Li Ying let out a loud cry and used his flexibility to The extremely strong cowhide whip was swung on the horse's tail, the horse suffered from pain, raised its head and gave a long hiss, kicked the ground back, and jumped forward bravely, the front hoof that should have stepped into the deep ditch miraculously raised again and fell down Shi Kankan stepped on the other side of the deep ditch, and following Li Ying's loud shout, Tianma galloped away and easily passed the first obstacle.

"Okay!" The superb equestrian skills drew roaring applause from the arena, and the drums at the four corners rang out again, pushing the atmosphere of the audience to a new climax.

"Hoo—" Seeing that Li Ying landed steadily, King Qi let out a long sigh of relief, wiped off his sweat, and said, "Usually I see Ying'er is gentle and elegant, but I didn't expect her to be so courageous!"

King Ning smiled and said: "This is my good son and grandson of Tang Dynasty, who is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and goes forward bravely!"

"It looks like Your Majesty!" Chang Xi looked at the tall man beside him with a smile.

Li Longji raised his eyebrows slightly, and was very happy in his heart.

The next few princes all started to speed up tens of meters away from the deep ditch step by step, and then crossed the deep ditch one by one, but a few fell into it. Guo Ziyi hurriedly ordered the soldiers who were ready to go to rescue, Li Hao mixed with them Among the crowd, some method was used to fly over, Chang Xi was smiling all over her face, the concubines behind her would not miss this opportunity to curry favor with Concubine Wu Hui, they all loudly praised Shou Wang Li Mao's superb equestrian skills.

Li Linfu also said at the right time: "Shou Wang can have such superb equestrian skills at a young age, it is really admirable!"

"No! I'm afraid the prince may not have such abilities when he is 17 years old!" Wu Zhong said as a joke, but it attracted a silence from the surrounding ministers.

Qing Ying snorted softly behind Chang Xi, but Meier noticed her and gave her a sideways look before lowering her head.

Li Longji smiled faintly, "It's really not easy for Maoer to be able to practice martial arts so hard at the age of 17. When the race is over, I will reward him well!"

Everyone looked sideways after hearing this, the crown prince was far ahead in this match, but His Majesty wants to reward the King of Shou, indeed, Concubine Wu Hui's favor cannot be underestimated.

Li Linfu saw that the ministers were shocked, and more or less achieved his expected goal, so he smiled slightly, waiting for the good show Wu Zhong said.

At this time, there were only about a dozen people left on the field, and Li Ying had easily passed the remaining obstacles, surpassing the princes by nearly ten meters, and Li Heng was the only one, which surprised everyone, and he followed closely behind Li Ying. Behind him, the two were still a horse away. Such a fierce competition aroused great interest from everyone in the stands. It was really surprising that this Prince Heng, whose mother had died long ago, was so outstanding!
Speaking of this prince, Li Heng, he is the worst one among all the princes that Li Longji wants to see.At that time, his mother Yang was favored by Li Longji after he was drunk. At that time, the Li family was in the most critical moment. Many political opponents were waiting for an opportunity to seize Li Longji's handle to attack him, and Yang's pregnancy gave them the best excuse. .In a rage, Li Longji even prepared abortion pills, intending to kill the ominous child and save his political future.But in the end Li Longji gave up this method under the condemnation of his own conscience, and let Yang give birth to the child. Surprisingly, he was pregnant with a strong boy.

But Li Longji still hated the Yang family, so he sent the child to Queen Wang to raise him for a while, until he ascended the throne, and then sent him to Lishan to be raised instead of letting him stay in the Ten Prince's House in Chang'an City.Fortunately, Queen Wang and Concubine Li competed for favor, but she had no children, so she planned to bring Li Heng into Xingqing Palace from Lishan, and became her adopted son.But even so, he still could neither get Li Longji's love, nor take advantage of her queen's concern, so he grew up in the harem alone and frightened.

Chang Xi paid little attention to Li Heng because of Li Hao and Li Ying's position as the crown prince of the East Palace. He didn't know that this prince had a bad background so he worked harder. In terms of talent and martial arts, he was definitely not inferior to the prince Li Ying who was about his age. , this Marseille is a good proof!

While constantly urging the horse to run wildly, Li Ying had already galloped up the hill to pick a special green leaf, and then Li Heng also picked one and put it in his clothes. The two galloped back one after the other, and everyone was worried Guessing who will win the first place, Li Linfu was also very surprised by Li Heng's success, but he was very dissatisfied in his heart, and secretly blamed him for ruining his plan to support Shou Wang!

The accident happened here!
When Li Ying passed the first deep ditch on his way back, he could only hear the Pegasus horse neighing mournfully, its front hooves kept beating, no matter how much Li Ying scolded it, it couldn't calm it down, it jumped up and down like crazy , almost threw Li Ying off the horse several times. In anger, Li Ying threw away the reins and grabbed the horse's mane fiercely with his hands. Under the scream, the front hoof stepped on the air, and with a bang, the man and the horse fell into the deep ditch!

Li Heng, who was behind him, had just crossed the deep ditch when he found that the prince beside him had rolled into the ditch. He was inexplicably happy at first, and then he hesitated slightly. Should he get off the horse to rescue the prince now, or gallop back with the green leaves?Now galloping back, the number one is undoubtedly yours!But the prince looks like he fell very hard!Do you want to dismount?He struggled over and over again, and in the few seconds of flash and lightning, he frequently looked at Li Ying in the ditch, but he didn't get up for a long time!
never mind!Li Heng gritted his teeth and galloped away. He really needed a victory to prove himself!It needs the recognition of all ministers and harem concubines!What's more, Li Longji needs to treat him differently!He finally abandoned his brotherhood and flew away on horseback.

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