Chapter 749 Cuju Competition

After Qin Yao finished her inspection and walked out of the house, she met An Zi who had been waiting here early.

Seeing her, An Zi waved vigorously, fearing that Qin Yao could not see her.

This royal horse farm is incredibly large. If no one leads the way, Qin Yao may have to look for Liu Ji for a long time.

Going forward to meet An Zi, the two of them walked half a circle from the entrance of the horse farm to the right and finally found a seat.

This is a grandstand, a temporary stand built against the wall under the high city wall.

Liu Ji stood on the platform and noticed Qin Yao's whereabouts a long time ago. Before she approached, he was already waiting at the stairs.

"Madam, here, here!" Liu Ji shouted loudly.

This auditorium was built around the horse farm. At present, the seats around it were almost full. They just waited for noon to arrive and the race would start immediately.

Qin Yao walked up to the grandstand, which was very spacious and covered with colorful cloth to block the sun, so it was not very hot.

There were many empty seats on the stage, but only Gong Liangliao was in place at present.

Sikong Jian was nowhere to be seen, perhaps he was still busy preparing for the match.

But he brought the four expert guards who were originally guarding outside Puyuan over, and now they were guarding the four sides of the stands.

Qin Yao felt that this seat was quite good, with a good view, few people, and shade.

Qin Yao came to the stands, greeted Gong Liangliao, who seemed to be in good spirits, and sat down in the empty seat next to him.

Taking off the veil above her head, Qin Yao looked at the surrounding environment.

It turned out that there was a higher stand ten meters away on the right, and behind that stand was the corridor on the city wall, which led directly to the Ziwei Palace.

Looking at the various bright yellow supporters set up on the high platform, it is not difficult to guess that it will be the viewing position of the emperor and the empress.

The officials have almost arrived, only the royal family members and the King and Princess of the Northern Barbarians have not appeared yet.

As the gate of the entrance fence was closed, the sound of drums on both sides of the field sounded, and the originally noisy stands soon quieted down.

Everyone was looking forward to it, all looking towards the bright yellow platform in the east.

Liu Ji whispered excitedly: "The competition is about to begin!"

Qin Yao and Gong Liangliao beside him nodded calmly, which made Liu Ji dissatisfied. He glanced at them with resentment, "Can you look forward to it a little bit?"

Qin Yao and Gong Liangliao looked at each other, smiled faintly, and did not comment.

Liu Ji was depressed and snorted. He knew that people's joys and sorrows were not connected. He was too lazy to care about them. He just followed the silent excitement in the venue and looked at the platform expectantly.

Not long after, he heard a series of chants coming from the corridor of the platform:

"The emperor and the queen are here!"

"The northern barbarian envoys are here!"

"The eldest princess and the prince are here!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are here!"

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There were also three or four princesses and princes singing behind them. The emperor, the queen and their families were all present.

Soon, all the empty seats on the platform were filled.

People were sitting lower than the platform, so their vision was blocked and they could not see the emperor clearly. They could only see a few yellow, red, pink and purple silhouettes from afar.

But even so, Liu Ji and An Zi were so excited that they knelt down with all the officials and ministers, shouting "Long live the emperor, long live the queen, long live the princess and the prince".

Because they were too excited and their voices were very sharp, Qin Yao felt that her brain was about to explode.

But everyone was kneeling and bowing, so she could only endure the noise in her ears, cover herself with loose clothes, squat on one knee and bow.

The stadium was very large, but because the scene was very quiet, the sound from the platform could also be heard throughout the venue.

The Emperor of Sheng, who was over fifty years old, stood under the canopy of the high platform and said to everyone present with full energy:

"Today, the two countries will play Cuju, exchange and learn from each other, but we should stop when we reach the limit and not hurt the harmony"

After some instructions, everyone responded one after another, and the emperor raised his hand, "Everyone, please stand up, let's watch a Cuju match together!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The people in the audience responded in unison, their voices like a bell.

Qin Yao's mind was buzzing again.

Everyone returned to their seats, the drums sounded again, and the Cuju players of Sheng and Beiman began to enter the field. The Sheng team wore red and the Beiman team wore black to ensure that there would be no confusion.

The players of both sides came to the bottom of the high platform and stood still, waiting for the people on the high platform to give pre-match encouragement.

The people who stood up this time were King Chan and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, each representing their own country, and personally stepped down to encourage the players, which only made those passionate men so excited that they wanted to sacrifice their lives for the country immediately and shed their blood!

The courtiers of both countries were so excited that they stood up and shouted for victory.

The atmosphere was so good that everyone in it was inevitably affected.

Because she was close to the platform, Qin Yao could see the young prince and Hu Hetixiang of the eldest princess's family cheering on the platform, and each one was louder than the other.

The princess of the prince's family seemed to have the same temperament as her father. She noticed that the anger between the prince and the northern barbarian princess was getting more and more intense, so she stood in the middle with a good temper and tried to act as a peacemaker.

Unfortunately, no one listened to her.

The fight between the two sides ended only when the prince-in-law scolded him.

This was the first time Qin Yao saw the prince-in-law of the eldest princess. He was tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a beard. He was a man who looked like a lion king, mighty and domineering.

But between his eyebrows, there was a softness that was completely opposite to his appearance.

It is rumored that the consort was a powerful leader whom the princess met on her way to regain the world. In order to expand her power, she used the beauty trick to deceive the man.

Later, the emperor became the king, the princess became a princess, and the leader became the legitimate consort.

But until now, the two have not held a formal wedding ceremony.

Why?

Is it because the consort is too strict and makes the princess unhappy? Or is it because the princess has someone else in her heart and does not want to hurt her sweetheart?

In short, the wedding ceremony that the two have never held has successfully added a lot of gossip materials that can be created and fabricated for the rumors.

Qin Yao squinted to avoid the glaring sunlight, watching the lion king gently educating his cub, the prince, not to fight with the guests, thinking to herself that maybe he is a true love party who is not concerned about any ceremony.

As if noticing Qin Yao's gaze, the 'lion king' suddenly stood up from his seat and looked down.

"Dong Dong Dong!" A burst of drums, the game finally began!

After being interrupted, she couldn't find the eyes that were looking at her anymore.

"My wife, teacher, the Cuju game is about to start!" Liu Ji reminded excitedly: "Look, look."

Qin Yao hummed and turned her attention to the game that was not particularly intense off the court.

It was the inquiring eyes from the podium that made her feel uneasy, as if she was sitting on pins and needles, and as if she had something stuck in her throat.

Perhaps Xu Wenqing didn't expect her to appear here, and sent a palace servant to greet her in the name of Gong Liangliao.

It would be more realistic if the palace servant's eyes didn't fall on her frequently.