This polo match is held annually in the palace. Anyone who likes to play polo can participate, regardless of gender.
Ye Xiaoxian couldn't play polo, so she went to the women's family, chatted with a group of officials and family members, ate melon seeds, and watched others play polo on the court.
In this polo match, most men and few women participated.
Just because there are few women, when Li Chengjun came on, he attracted a lot of attention.
Li Chengjun, the youngest daughter of Uncle five.
Uncle Wu has always kept a low profile, especially when Li Chengru was not an emperor in the early years. In order to avoid suspicion, he almost lived a life of being independent from the world. He never participated in anything in the imperial court or communicated with courtiers, so he was not suspected by the previous emperor and lived safely until now.
It was not until Li Chengru became emperor that he had to come out from time to time to invite him out and give advice for the court.
At the same time, the sons and daughters of the fifth uncle also gradually held large and small positions in the court.
Li Chengjun is the youngest daughter of Uncle Wu Huang. Since childhood, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, riding and shooting. She is also competitive. She boasts that she is no worse than a man in the capital. If a man is a man, she must lead the war and become a figure like Xiao Baoshan.
Li Chengjun looks about 20 years old. At this age, it is reasonable to marry, but no man in the capital dares to marry such a strong woman, and she doesn't want to find a mediocre generation to marry, so she can't get married until now.
The official family members who ate melon seeds with Ye Xiaoxian were also whispering: "you see, the Lord of Chengjun county is coming again. She really doesn't give up. As long as she can't get the first place, she will come every year."
"In fact, is this ranking really so important?"
"The most important thing for a girl's family is to get married, not to compete with men. Otherwise, she won't be able to get married."
"I heard that she usually practices Polo when she is free and doesn't worry about her own affairs."
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Ye Xiaoxian didn't interrupt, just watching the game on the court.
On the green grass, the girl dressed in red and with her hair tied into a long whip looks very heroic. It should be Li Chengjun.
Such a girl, if placed in modern times, must be dazzling, an independent woman who always boasts of confidence on official account and does not depend on men.
Such a woman may be praised after a thousand years, but now in this situation, she will be criticized if she doesn't marry.
Ye Xiaoxian has a little sympathy for her.
Li Chengjun likes playing polo. She likes to participate in this polo game since she was a child. Except that Li Chengkun didn't hold it in the past few years when he was emperor, she will play every year after that.
Unfortunately, Polo is a competition between physical strength and skills after all. Some novels often describe how strong women are in order to highlight the aura of women, but in fact, it is still difficult for women to compete with men. Just as men's basketball and women's basketball players are top figures in the country, it is difficult for women to win.
Therefore, Li Chengjun has been here for so many years and has never won the first place.
But she didn't admit defeat and worked harder with polo. She practiced as soon as she was free. She won the third place the year before last. Last year, she beat the second place the year before last and ranked second. This year, if she could beat the youngest son of General Qian's family, she would be the first.
The polo match began. First, a group of people competed on the field, and the last five people in each round were eliminated.
After watching this round after round, ye Xiaoxian also felt very wonderful. Therefore, she didn't eat melon seeds and just looked at the field.
Li Chengjun looked very dazzling on the court. He was dressed in red. His movements were fluent, straightforward and handsome. He didn't look inferior among a group of men.
Maybe because she practiced more in front, she was very smooth today. Even the youngest son of General Qian's family was not her opponent.
Finally, she scored one more goal than the youngest son of General Qian's family and won the first place.
She is so competitive. After she won the first place, she should be satisfied. However, she has no satisfaction at all. It seems that she won too easily and she can't feel the joy of victory.
When the judge came to announce her results, she waved her hand to show that she didn't have to announce it so early.
Everyone looked at her puzzled.
She walked to Li Chengru's seat, first saluted Li Chengru, and then looked at xiaobaoshan next to Li Chengru.
"I've heard that Lord Xiao rode and shot well for a long time. Naturally, it's nothing to say about this polo. Cheng Jun is not talented. He dares to invite General Xiao to play and ask general Xiao to give him a face."
"..." everyone was stunned.
Li Chengjun dares to challenge Xiao Baoshan?
If xiaobaoshan wins, it won't win. If he loses, where will his fame go?
Xiao Baoshan looked at Li Chengjun faintly. Rejection is not, nor is rejection.
Li Chengjun also said, "Lord Xiao, in addition to winning horses, you should pay attention to your skills. Even if you can't win, the county leader won't laugh at you. The county leader has only worshipped Lord Xiao for a long time. He just wants to see his horse riding."
Li Chengru said to Xiao Baoshan, "Xiao Aiqing, why don't you meet her for a while so that she doesn't always look lawless and think I have no bloody man."
Li Chengru spoke, and Xiao Baoshan had to come to an end.
On Ye Xiaoxian's side, when she saw Xiao Baoshan's end, her focus was only on the court.
Her two children clapped their hands and cheered when they saw their father playing, hoping that their father would win.
Xiao Baoshan was tall, so he chose a tall horse. After riding on the horse, he made an "please" gesture to Li Chengjun and motioned Li Chengjun to come first.
Li Chengjun was not polite, but said, "Xiao Hou, I have offended you. I hope you don't show mercy for my being a woman."
"Certainly not!" Xiaobao mountain road.
At the beginning of the race, the two rode their horses.
Li Chengjun suddenly ran ahead, and Xiao Baoshan then waved to keep up.
Xiao Baoshan said he would not let Li Chengjun, so he really didn't let Li Chengjun.
Although he didn't often play polo, he was superb in equestrian and martial arts. He caught up with Li Chengjun in a short time.
The ball was at his feet, and Li Chengjun had swung up.
For ordinary people, I believe not many people can win the ball from her.
But Xiao Baoshan jumped and just intercepted the ball from the air. He turned over again, waved the pole, and the Polo fell into the hole on his side.
The people on the court cheered when they saw it.
Especially a group of men.
Li Chengjun is too arrogant and always looks down on the men who pray. Now Xiao Baoshan won a goal as soon as he played, so they are very relieved.