If not abolished

Chapter 106 Riding a Horse

Hu Shanxiang walked back slowly. As soon as she entered the yard, her grandmother's mother was waiting for her at the door with a smile on her face.

Hu Shanxiang deliberately did not go to her grandmother's house. Unexpectedly, her grandmother asked someone to wait for her. It seemed that she could not escape, so Hu Shanxiang had to resign herself to her fate and walked to her grandmother's yard.

"Girl, the old lady said you can go in by yourself."

"I understand." Hu Shanxiang took several deep breaths before pushing the door open.

"Grandma, my son is coming in."

"Kneel down!" The old lady immediately slammed the table.

Hu Shanxiang was so scared that she knelt down immediately.

"Have you been meeting with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince during this period?"

"We don't meet very often, just a few times?" Hu Shanxiang defended.

"several times?"

"Just two or three times." Hu Shanxiang counted on her hands as she recalled.

"I don't understand you. When you knew he was the Crown Prince, you burned your house and almost died. Now you are meeting him in private. What are you doing?" Mrs. Hu was frightened by Zhu Zhanji at first. When she came to her senses from the shock, she was wondering what was going on. Why was her granddaughter getting together with Zhu Zhanji again?

"I...Grandma, you said that I had been trying to escape before, but I failed every time. Every time, I couldn't escape what I wanted."

"So? You're ready to compromise, and you've forgotten the pain of your last life."

"Grandma, maybe this time it's different?"

"Why is it different?" The old lady had never paid attention to the situation in the capital, so naturally she didn't know about those things.

"This time, although I don't know what's going on, Sun Ruoji has married the youngest son of the King of Han by chance. So I think, since Sun Ruoji and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have no chance this time, will my ending be different? Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's attitude is different this time. He was able to chase me all the way here. I..." Hu Shanxiang curled her lips at the thought.

"So you were tempted by these bribes." The old lady said jokingly.

"Grandma~" Hu Shanxiang said coquettishly.

"You're an adult now. Okay, get up first. Does it hurt from kneeling?" The old lady just wanted to scare her.

"No." Hu Shanxiang stood up and replied.

"I am also surprised that His Royal Highness can do this. It seems that it is not fake. If people of their status really like someone, they have many ways to use their power to oppress others and take them by force." The old lady kept the secret, "Do you know what His Royal Highness said to me just now?"

"Can I know?" If it was something she couldn't know, Hu Shanxiang didn't want to know.

"I'm not telling you everything. His Royal Highness just said that he came to see me today because he wanted me to see what kind of person he is and to reassure me. He also wanted to show me his attitude towards you. If you still have concerns, he won't force you. Maybe you two are just not meant to be together."

"That's what he told me too."

"Xu'er, you have to think clearly. Although you are no longer a threat to Sun Ruoji, if someone like Li Ruoji or Liu Ruoji appears in the future, will you be abandoned again?" The old lady knew that Zhu Zhanji's sugar-coated bullets would probably take down her granddaughter in no time, but men still cannot be completely trusted. How long has it been? When he likes you, everything is good, and when he doesn't like you, everything is wrong. If her granddaughter can really be happy, it would be good, but if it is like before...

"Grandma, I...I don't know either, but I still think I can give it a try."

"If you think it's a good idea, then go ahead and give it a try, but be careful." The old lady still refused to listen to the advice.

"Well, my granddaughter knows."

Later, Hu Shanxiang and Zhu Zhanji no longer had to hide their meetings from the old lady.

"Where are we going?" Zhu Zhanji went to Hu's house early in the morning to pick up Hu Shanxiang.

Now the two were still in the carriage. Hu Shanxiang could only feel that they should have left the city, but she didn't know where they were.

"Let's go to the racecourse in the suburbs and take you horseback riding." Zhu Zhanji said as he took out some cakes from the side.

"Ride a horse." Hu Shanxiang was instantly excited. She had never ridden a horse before. "But I don't know how to ride a horse?" Hu Shanxiang said in distress. Would she be unable to ride and could only watch?

"It's okay, I'll teach you. I've prepared a pony for you." Zhu Zhanji had thought about this problem and was ready.

"What if I want to experience the feeling of horse racing?" When she first started learning, she could only walk two laps on it at most, and running was impossible.

"If you don't mind, we can ride on the same horse, but I'm afraid you don't want to," Zhu Zhanji suggested.

"Sure!" Hu Shanxiang still wanted to feel the sensation of flying, and she would not give up if she had the chance to experience it.

Zhu Zhanji thought she would disagree, fortunately.

More than an hour later, the two finally arrived at the racecourse.

"Wow, how come I didn't know there was such a place in Jining." Hu Shanxiang seemed to have come to the grassland. Nowadays, she wanted to go to those places in Mongolia, but she never had the chance.

"This is a place dedicated to raising horses. Normally people are not allowed to come here, so you naturally don't know about it." Zhu Zhanji explained to her.

"I see."

"Sir, the foal you prepared is over there." The people at the stable walked up to them and pointed them in the direction.

"Then take us there first."

Hu Shanxiang followed Zhu Zhanji all the way there.

"Sir, this is the one." The man pointed at a pure white pony.

"It's so beautiful." Hu Shanxiang exclaimed.

"Okay, you go and do your work first, I'll be here." Zhu Zhanji sent everyone away and led the foal out.

"You teach me?" Hu Shanxiang thought that Zhu Zhanji had assigned someone to teach her, but now it seemed that Zhu Zhanji would come in person.

"What, you don't believe in my abilities?"

"No, no, aren't we just worried about delaying Your Highness's riding?" Hu Shanxiang smiled.

"I can ride a horse anytime I want. Today's main task is to teach you. When you have learned enough, I will take you to ride a big one. Now, try riding the small one first."

"Okay, thank you, Your Highness." Hu Shanxiang thanked.

"What's there to thank me for?" Zhu Zhanji blushed. "Well, you can touch it first and get familiar with it so that you can ride it later."

Hu Shanxiang slowly stretched her hand in front of the foal, but hesitated to touch it.

"Fear?"

"A little..." At this moment, the foal suddenly arched forward. Hu Shanxiang was so scared that she took a few steps back and almost fell down. Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji held her.

"Don't be afraid, it's very docile. I'll hold your hand and stay with you." Zhu Zhanji took her hand and took her to touch the foal's nose. The foal was indeed very docile and stretched its head for her to touch. Gradually, she was not so afraid anymore.

Zhu Zhanji also brought some fodder and asked her to feed it to the foal. After getting familiar with the foal for a long time, Zhu Zhanji let Hu Shanxiang go up.

"Yes, step on Madden first."

"What are you thinking about, young lady?" A palace maid who looked to be about thirty years old asked the little girl who was sitting beside her. The little girl was about six or seven years old.

Hearing this, the little girl looked at the palace maid and then said nothing. After a while, the little girl suddenly said, "Auntie, you say..."

"Sister Yushu, are you there?" Before she could finish her words, a little girl about her age walked in and interrupted her.

"See the fifth princess."

"Sister Yushu, please get up." When the Fifth Princess saw Yushu bowing, she quickly walked up to her and said.

After the two of them sat down, Yu Shu asked, "Fifth Princess, do you want to talk to me about something?"

"I just came here to play with you, nothing else. The Queen's place is too boring." The fifth princess said

"What do you want to do today?" It's no wonder Yu Shu asked this. The fifth princess in front of her, her mother is the Defei who has been extremely favored in recent years. She grew up with the empress dowager and is also very favored by the emperor. Therefore, she is a person that others dare not offend in the palace. She makes all kinds of noise every day, and she has the domineering nature of an early Manchu aunt.

But such a master listens to Yushu very much, so nothing serious will happen.

"I heard something about my sister. Do you want to know?" The fifth princess said while keeping the other person in suspense and smiling slyly.

But Yushu broke her mood of wanting to see the joke and calmly replied: "No."

"Sister, you are too incurious. Can't you satisfy Xiaowu?" The Fifth Princess said coquettishly while pulling Yushu's sleeve.

"I won't ask, and let you feel uncomfortable."

"Sister, you are so hateful. Xiaowu will not play with you anymore, humph!" Princess Five said angrily, glancing away with her hands folded in front of her chest.

Yushu looked at her and laughed.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Tell me, what did you hear?"

"Sister, you just laughed at me. I came here to tell you because I heard about you. If it were someone else, I would never say a word."

"Yes, yes, it's my fault. Princess, what's going on about me?"

The Fifth Princess looked around and whispered to Yushu's ear, "I heard from the Emperor and Father that my sister is now living in the palace and in the Empress's palace. I wonder if the Empress is the one who is looking for a wife for my fourth brother? When Father heard this, he said that the Empress did intend to do so, but even the Crown Prince didn't have such an idea, so Father said that we should let my sister go home and live there first, and wait for a few years. If it's a good idea, we can arrange a marriage for my sister and my fourth brother."

"When did you start eavesdropping on the conversation between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor? Be careful not to be found out by others." Yu Shu said without any expression after listening.

When the fifth princess heard her say this, she was surprised and then asked: "Don't you have anything else to say? If you really..."

"If this is what His Majesty wants, do I have a choice?" Yu Shu said calmly.

"Yes, in a few years the Emperor might give me to someone else." The Fifth Princess said worriedly.

"Don't be afraid, the Emperor loves you so much, and so does the Queen Mother.