Soon they arrived at a large enclosure on the outskirts of the city.

Many people had already arrived by then, most of them came on horseback, and some came in carriages. In addition to some young men from aristocratic families, there were also many female relatives who got off the carriages.

As soon as he arrived at the place, the Fourth Young Master went to look for his own friends first.

Feng Qi and Ye Luo were going to accompany the young master into the venue, while Mo Sang nodded to Feng Qi and left alone.

This left Tingyu alone to sort out their horses.

Although Qin Qiong was dressed in men's clothes, she still had the awareness of being a woman.

She didn't want to squeeze in with these people, so she said she would help Tingyu release the horses and then go back to meet Xiaoyan.

Xiaoyan understood what Qin Qiong meant and agreed, and went in with Fengqi and the others first.

Qin Qiong and Tingyu slowly led the horses to the place at the back where they were given the horses.

This stable is very special because the guests inside may use horses later. Therefore, the stable is divided into two places. One is outside, which is specially used to park carriages, and the other is set up in the field, which is specially designed for some horses that may be on the field.

To get in, one had to walk through a long corridor. Qin Qiong and Tingyu led the horses and walked slowly in a queue.

Because they had to be arranged one by one, after all, they were all mounts for young masters of noble families, so the stable did not dare to be negligent, so the speed was a bit slow.

Qin Qiong and Tingyu followed the team as they marched, while Qin Qiong and Tingyu chatted with each other.

Suddenly, a horsewhip was stretched out from behind Qin Qiong and hit his shoulder. Qin Qiong was startled and turned around naturally.

But I saw that there were actually a few people sitting on horses behind.

The whip on her shoulder belonged to the person at the front of the group.

The man looked very young. Because he was sitting on a horse and had an aloof look on his face, his already stern face looked even more proud and arrogant.

Seeing Qin Qiong turning around, the man directly poked Qin Qiong's chin with the whip.

When the cold whip head hit Qin Qiong's chin, he raised it unconsciously, as if he was being lifted up by the whip on the opposite side.

"Oh, no..."

The man said this with contempt and took back his whip.

Only then did Qin Qiong realize that he was being teased.

Moreover, because you are not the one to be teased, you are also despised!

This is really...

She was about to start cursing when Tingyu, who was standing beside her, pulled her behind him, obviously wanting to protect Qin Qiong.

The man just sneered at the sight, and then he urged his horse past the people behind him, chatting and laughing, and walked to the front.

"Who is this bastard?" Qin Qiong was furious.

She has grown so big...

No! She had never been played like this in her life.

Tingyu also stared at the background of those people angrily.

He said softly: "They are a group of dignitaries in the capital. The one just now..."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"He's not attacking you," Tingyu said with his head down in anger.

"Who is that directed at? It can't be directed at Xiaoyan... Young Master?"

"Of course not! It's..."

"Hey! If you have something to say, say it quickly. We are in the same group!" Qin Qiong shouted in a low voice.

……

After they settled the horses, Qin Qiong roughly understood the reason for the incident...

The man just now was the eldest son of General Zhenxi, Li Zhen.

The General Zhenxi guarded the southwest for many years, while his family was stationed in Beijing. This eldest son was originally stationed abroad with his father, but because he was old enough to get married, he returned to the capital.

Because of General Zhenxi's numerous military achievements, he was favored by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

In addition, he is now engaged to the daughter of Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Qian family is a relative of the Marquis of Chang'an.

In addition, this man has extremely high martial arts skills and is a somewhat heroic person. Therefore, within less than a year after returning, he has become the most powerful person in Shangjing City. At the same time, he is also the most domineering person that no one can afford to offend.

But for some reason, he just looked down on the young master and always made trouble for Xiaoyan.

However, Xiaoyan is the eldest son of the Duke of Weiguo, and his cronies don't dare to do anything too excessive.

So, sometimes he would cause trouble for the people around Xiaoyan.

What made Feng Qi and the others most angry was that someone in the capital city gossiped about Ye Luo at some point...

Because Ye Luo has outstanding looks and is a bit slender, some people once mistook him for a woman.

It was nothing at first, but later on, people started to spread the rumor that the young master had a homosexual tendency.

Outside, Ye Luo was subjected to the cold stares and malicious attacks from the servants of other families.

However, Ye Luo didn't want to implicate the young master.

At the same time, she was also afraid that the young master would hear those gossips, stay away from her, and not let her stay by his side, so she had to endure it silently.

They knew the wind was rising.

But there is no way.

"I rely on!"

Qin Qiong was really angry.

Although she had only been in contact with Feng Qi and the others for a few days, she could see that these four guys were pure-hearted and a little clever, but they were loyal to Xiao Yan.

Moreover, they themselves are very kind and not ungrateful.

Therefore, she had long felt that the assassination Xiaoyan mentioned was not so much murder, but rather the result of not being able to bear the pain of Xiaoyan. That was why they stabbed Xiaoyan while crying...

This may also be due to the fact that they don't want Xiaoyan to be humiliated in another country.

Therefore, Qin Qiong did intend to win over these people.

So, knowing this, she became even angrier!

Damn it! How dare someone treat her like this?

More importantly, judging from what you said just now, it seems that I am not as good-looking as a boy. This is too hurtful!

Well... I don't mean anything else, it's just that this is too insulting!

Qin Qiong followed Tingyu into the venue in anger.

This is a large oval-shaped venue.

The venue was surrounded by a circle of stands built with wood.

There are four main stands at the four corners, and side stands are located along the sides of the main stands.

The guests in the main stand are both the main guests and the guests of honor.

This gathering was hosted by the Princess Palace.

Yaji was a game played among noblemen of the State of Wu, which included literary and martial arts competitions in various forms.

In fact, no matter what kind of competition it is, as long as it takes place, there will be prizes.

After all, those who can come here are all children of nobles. Even if they don’t have any talent, they still have to be given face.

It is also because of this that every time it is the Girls' Day or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the noble ladies will invite the girls from various mansions to compete.

The Wu State also followed Han culture, so it highly respected traditional ethics.

So, when we say "competition", we actually just want those young ladies from noble families to perform a talent show.

After all, a girl has to get engaged after she reaches the age of 15.

Having such an opportunity to display one's talents can have certain benefits for a woman's marriage.

Therefore, this kind of gathering is also sought after by many big families.

This gathering is held once a month, with the prize money determined by everyone's bets and the host's payment.

And this host is the second princess, the second sister of the current emperor and Xiaoyan’s aunt - Princess Wenjin.

Otherwise, how could the royal enclosure be used?

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