I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

Li Jiuniang's face was slightly cold. She slowly walked to Sun Heyun, squatted down, smiled and pinched Sun Liuniang's face, and asked her softly: "How old are you this year? Would your parents let you go out riding at such a young age? What if you fall?"

Sun Liuniang timidly looked back at Sun Heyun. When she met Sun Heyun's eyes, she immediately lowered her head in fear and said, "I want to learn it myself. It has nothing to do with my elder sister."

Sun Heyun's face froze for a moment, but she didn't want to lose face in front of the Li family, so she raised her chin again and pretended not to know what the looks they gave her meant.

But what's wrong with a concubine's daughter learning to ride a horse earlier? And you're wronging her?!

Sun Heyun was not satisfied with Sun Liuniang's answer. Without anyone noticing, he quietly tapped Sun Liuniang on the back. Sun Liuniang was startled and immediately said to Zhao Fangyu and Zhao Fangjin, "Sister, I just started learning too. Let's have a competition..."

Zhao Fangjin and Zhao Fangyu were not cruel people. Seeing this strange little girl begging with tears in her eyes, they understood the situation of her family as soon as they looked at each other.

Zhao Fangyu squatted down, took off a pair of small plum blossom hairpins from his head, and slowly inserted them into Liu Niang's purse.

Fortunately, the hairpin is small and short, otherwise Liu Niang’s small hair bun would not be able to fit it.

Just on the tip of the bun were two jeweled plum blossoms, twinkling and sparkling, so beautiful.

Liu Niang looked at Zhao Fangyu in front of her with fear and confusion. The tears in her eyes slowly faded away, and she heard Zhao Fangyu's voice as soft as water comforting her: "Sisters are from the capital, and they have never learned to ride horses before. Now they don't dare to ride horses. They are not as good as our Liu Niang."

"Sisters admit defeat. This is the prize I gave you. I brought it from the capital. Fortunately, it's not too big and fits you perfectly. Otherwise, I really don't know what to give you."

Zhao Fangjin took off the white jade earrings he had brought with him, but instead of putting them on her, he put them into Sun Liuniang's palm and said, "This is my lucky number. Sister doesn't know how to ride a horse."

Li Jia Jiuniang and Li Jia Shisi Niang looked at the actions of Zhao Fangyu and Zhao Fangjin, and immediately raised the corners of their lips. They took off the jewelry from their bodies, put them into Sun Liuniang's hands, and said with a smile that these were given by them.

Seeing that her plan had failed and that a concubine's daughter whom she had casually dragged along had gotten such an advantage, Sun Heyun could not help but feel annoyed, especially when she saw that the Li family had given things, she was so angry that she stamped her feet secretly!

Zhao Fangyu stood up, and suddenly thought of something, and asked Sun Heyun with a smile: "We have given our prize money, but where is Sister Sun's?"

Sun Heyun: “…For you!”

Sun Heyun casually pulled a hairpin from her head, stuffed it into Sun Liuniang's hand without caring whether she could wear it or not, and turned away angrily.

Li Jiuniang originally planned to take action herself, but she didn't expect that the two sisters who came from the capital were better than she thought. They were not as picky and stubborn as her, which made her like them even more.

Sun Liuniang was taken by the Li family to the windproof shed where they rested. Shi Erlang was already there at that time and had instructed people to prepare a hot pot of tea in advance.

Seeing that a little girl named Xiao Liuniang was brought back, he quickly asked someone to get a few more bowls of milk cakes.

The milk cakes from Longxi are more fragrant than those from the capital. No matter how well the milk cakes from the capital are made, they still have a faint fishy smell. The milk cakes from Longxi are like the beef and mutton from Longxi, just fresh and fragrant, without any other flavors.

Even people like Zhao Fangyu and Zhao Fangjin who were used to eating milk cakes in the capital still preferred the Longxi flavor.

Sun Liuniang couldn't hide the smile on her face, probably because she was so tenderly surrounded by so many sisters, coaxing and hugging her, that she couldn't stop laughing.

On the other side, Shisinian pulled Shierlang aside and told him what happened just now. Shierlang frowned and asked, "The prefect Sun family?"

Shisiniang nodded: "That's right. Their family wants to establish a relationship with the Cui family of Qinghe, so they think our family is the same. What a joke. The Cui family of Qinghe is already a relative of our Li family. So what if they are related by marriage?"

"Sun Heyun has taken a fancy to Cousin Cui, but no matter how good Cousin Cui is, he is just two eyes and a mouth. Is he worth a fight for our Li family?"

"Cousin Cui treats our daughter as just an ordinary cousin, and he has never even met the two sisters of the Zhao family!"

"She is so stupid that she is afraid that Cousin Cui will take a fancy to her two sisters, so she drags a child who is only a few years old to compete with them in horse racing. She is such a fool!"

Cui Zimin was the most brilliant young man among the younger generation of the Qinghe Cui family. When he was three years old, he pointed at the red plum blossoms outside the window and composed a poem without any instruction. Who would not say that he was an astonishing talent when hearing this?

Countless girls fell in love with Cui Zimin after hearing about his deeds. Who would have thought that Sun Heyun was also the same and even came to save face for the Li family for Cui Zimin.

Twelve Lang asked Fourteen Niang to take good care of the two sisters of the Zhao family, and he took the horse and went out.

Two people went out and one came back. Fourteenth Mother explained to everyone: "Twelve Brother has rested enough and went to race horses."

Zhao Fangyu didn't care. He and Zhao Fangjin were focused on coaxing the skinny Sun Liuniang in front of them.

How could the governor of a prefecture, a third-rank official, raise a plump little girl to be so thin?

There is a difference between being truly slim and being skinny and yellow due to hunger.

Although Zhao Fangyu was also thin, it was because of his frequent illnesses, bitter summers and bitter winters, and his lack of appetite, not because of anyone's harsh treatment. On the other hand, Sun Liuniang had a yellowish complexion and was very thin, with the protruding bones on her wrists larger than those of other people.

Seeing Sun Liuniang eating the milk pancake carefully, and putting down her bowl and chopsticks to follow others when they didn't eat, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

This is a child who was really tortured when he grew up, otherwise why would he care about other people's feelings like this?

In order to appease her, everyone finished their milk pancakes and went to have snacks together. They finished most of the snacks prepared by Shierlang.

Before leaving the shed, they heard that Shierlang had organized a Cuju competition and asked the girls if they wanted to go and place a bet.

Fourteenth Lady laughed the most happily: "Who is Twelfth Brother against?"

The servant smiled innocently and scratched his head: "Our Qilang!"

Li Jiuniang immediately laughed and scolded him, "What's the point of a warrior with a head full of lumps of flesh looking for Brother Seven?"

Although everyone laughed at Twelve Lang beating Seventh Lang, Zhao Fangyu felt that there was another hidden story when he saw Fourteenth Niang's smile.

The best viewing seats for the Cuju match were reserved by Twelve Brother in advance, and Sun Liuniang was also released back to the Sun family. Fourteenth Mother pulled Zhao Fangyu and explained with a smile: "Twelve Brother and Seventh Brother are bullying people together."

Zhao Fangjin and Zhao Fangyu were puzzled. Shisiniang pointed at a man in the crowd wearing a loose yellow round-collared robe and said, "That's Sun's eldest son, Sun Heyun's biological brother."

"It was effortless for Twelve Lang to beat Seventh Lang. Seventh Lang was willing to do it because he must have known the injustice that the sisters had just suffered. He was afraid that Twelve Lang would go directly to Sun's Dalang, and then Sixth Mother would have a hard time when she returned home. That's why he personally went out to hinder Sun's Dalang."