Light Dance Jiajing

In the days that followed, Meng'er took two maids to go horseback riding early every day. There was an excellent horse farm outside the city. Meng'er came here every day and soon found that Zixuan also went out of the city to ride horseback early every morning. In the first few days, the two had nothing to say. When they met, they just looked at each other and ran away. Gradually, they always met on the way either at the starting point. After more and more times, they nodded when they met again. After a longer time, the two simply competed in horsepower. Zixuan's horse was a circle bigger than Meng'er's horse and very strong. It was obvious that it was carefully selected. But Meng'er's horse was good at endurance. Sometimes it ran far away, but Meng'er could slowly catch up. So the two started to compete. Whoever arrived earlier every day would wait for the other to come, and then without much nonsense, they would just ride their horses and run away. This went on for several days and they felt very refreshed.

Later, when Altan wanted to take Mei'er horseback riding, Mei'er had already set off. He still had a lot of things to do, so he couldn't play for most of the day like Mei'er did. Sometimes he would go to the horse farm to find Mei'er after finishing his official duties, but usually when he got there, Mei'er had already returned.

That day he went to the racecourse again and saw two black horses on the track, both crossing the finish line. Mei'er was dressed in red, looking like a ball of fire from afar. She said to the knight on the other horse, "My little black horse is not as fast as you. Next time, let's compete in endurance instead of such a short distance. I will definitely beat you."

Zixuan said disdainfully: "You will still lose to me."

The two of them exchanged a few words, and in a short while, they had quarreled for more than ten sentences. Altan narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that Zixuan was the young master of the White Lotus Sect, and this time he came with Zhao Quan. It didn't look like the two of them had just met for the first time. The White Lotus Sect and the Ming Dynasty were old enemies. He, a young master, was actually familiar with the princess of the Ming Dynasty. Could there be a lot of stories behind this? Seeing the two young people riding together, the man was talented and the woman was beautiful, and they were a perfect match, made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Altan urged his horse to come close to Meng'er, nodded lightly to Zixuan, then said to Meng'er with a smile: "You came out early. You must be hungry after playing for so long. Why don't we go back to the city and have a look. There is a barbecue restaurant that is famous far and wide. I'm sure you will like it." He offered up the delicious food just to take Meng'er away quickly. Subconsciously, he had already regarded Zixuan as a love rival.

If it were anything else, Mei'er would definitely refuse, but when it comes to food, the temptation is too great. Mei'er immediately felt hungry and nodded, "Well, I'll trouble you, Chief." Altan smiled and glanced at Zixuan casually, his eyes unable to hide the look of success. Zixuan's eyes deepened, and when he saw Mei'er's greedy look as if she was drooling at the thought of delicious food, he shook his head and smiled helplessly. Mei'er didn't finish her words, but continued, "Zixuan, the chief is treating us to meat, why don't you thank the chief quickly." The smile on Altan's face froze immediately, and this time it was Zixuan's turn to have the laugh lines on his face get bigger. He could have tactfully said goodbye, but thinking of Altan's successful look just now, and now a bit helpless, he felt happy in his heart, so he simply said nothing, and followed Altan into the city in such an annoying way.

Along the way, Altan simply ignored Zixuan's presence. As soon as he entered the city, he turned into Meng'er's full-time tour guide, talking about every store he passed by. Altan knew them all, and he could tell the ins and outs of any small store with some characteristics. Meng'er couldn't help but wonder, "You live in the palace on weekdays, how come you are so familiar with the streets?"

Altan said, "I used to have an elder brother, so my father didn't discipline me that strictly. I grew up in the streets. Later, my elder brother passed away and I took over the throne. Naturally, I can't be like before, but whenever I have free time, I will go out for a walk. Even though the city is newly built, all the shops have been moved here as soon as possible. I see that they are no different from the previous ones. Haha, whenever you want to go shopping in the future, I can accompany you."

Mei'er didn't want to accept his kindness and said quickly: "The chief is very busy, I dare not waste your time, when I want to go out to play, I can just take the maid with me."