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The horse Xu Qian was about to give his nephew was a white horse. The horse was fat, strong, majestic and upright, with long legs and strong necks, arrogant, elegant and confident. Moreover, there was no trace of variegation on the white horse, which made its big eyes look black and moist, and it looked like it was spiritual when looking at people.
Ayu had seen this horse, and the white horse was won by Xu Ke in his previous life. A few years later, Xu Ke was handsome and elegant. He rode a white horse with Emperor Jianyuan to hunt. The eyes of many noble girls in the capital were focused on him. The young men loved beauty, beauties admired heroes, and young noble girls never went to the battlefield. In their eyes, men with superb equestrian skills and beautiful facial features were heroes.
At that time, Ayu was fascinated by Xu Ke's style and never paid much attention to Xu Qian.
The uncle and nephew stood together, Xu Qian was like a sword that was inserted into the sheath, with a hidden sharpness, and Xu Ke was like a carved jade, gentle and gorgeous. It is obvious who attracted the little girl more.
After marriage, Xu Ke seemed to have mentioned that Baima was given by Xu Qian, the fifth uncle of Xu Qian. Just forget about Ayu, but he didn't care about it.
Seeing this white horse again now, because I knew that the owner of the white horse was Xu Qian, Ayu felt that it was friendly and even more beautiful when he saw the horse.
Xu Ke smiled and introduced to her: "This horse is called Feixu. She is only three years old this year and has just grown up. Ordinary horses run around the horse farm. Feixu can run twice. Moreover, it is very gentle and can be ridden by anyone. Unlike Uncle Wushuang, who is only willing to let Uncle Wu ride, others will even stumble when they touch it."
Feixu's name sounds very good.
Ayu looked around Feixun. At first, Xu Qian was blocked by Feixun, so she focused on looking at the horse and slowly walked to the front of Feixun. Xu Qian's tall and majestic figure was revealed, and Ayu couldn't help but look at Xu Qian quietly.
The sunshine poured from behind Xu Qian, and he stood in the backlight, his face even more cold.
Ayu touched Feixu unconsciously, while trying to find the shadow of Xu Qian in Fengyang City who said he wanted to marry her on Xu Qian's face.
At nineteen, he was even colder, and at thirty, he was at least much gentler in front of her.
Suddenly, Xu Qian looked at her without warning.
Ayu was startled and hid behind Feixun's strong body.
Feixu was probably shocked by her movements and stepped on four hooves on the spot.
Ayu couldn't ride a horse and misunderstood that Feixu was about to run, so she quickly let go of her hand.
Xu Ke pulled her behind her like a protective look and comforted her: "It's okay, you've just come here, Feixu still looks like you, it'll be better if you see her a few more times in the future."
Hearing him say this, Xu Qian glanced at the two of them, because Xu Ke blocked Ayu, he only saw Ayu's skirt, a strand of black hair and a pink hairband that fluttered slightly in the wind.
"Okay, continue the competition." Xu Qian only felt naive about his nephew's behavior of showing off in front of the little girl at a young age.
The competition was about to be held. Xu Kefeng's eyes were bright, and he pointed at Cao Pei and the two sisters of the Xu family and said to Ayu: "You go there first, wait, wait until I win, I will carry you on a horse."
Like the Cao Lian brothers, the young masters of the Xu family also practiced martial arts since childhood. They were all skilled in martial arts, and Xu Ke had an outstanding talent.
Ayu nodded absent-mindedly and returned to Cao Pei obediently.
Xu Ke strode back to his brothers, stood up, but still couldn't see enough, turned his head to look at Ayu.
Ayu was inexplicably guilty and was about to go to see Xu Qian when a cold snorted suddenly came from his ear.
She looked up and happened to catch the eye of Xu Qiong, a big girl from the Xu family.
Among the grandchildren of the Xu family today, there are more men and fewer girls. There is only one girl in the east and west courtyards. The eldest girl Xu Qiong is the legitimate daughter of Xu Erye, who is fifteen years old this year.
Xu Qiong did not welcome Ayu's arrival. Cao Pei was the legitimate cousin of the Duke's Mansion. It was nothing to share the favor of his brothers with them. Ayu, a concubine born to an aunt, would come here to do anything?
Although Xu Ke is her cousin, she is not happy that her cousin is partial to Ayu.
Xu Qiong knew that he could not stop Xu Ke from being kind to Ayu, so he said to Xu Qian dissatisfiedly: "Uncle Wu is partial. Why can't we do it if we just let our brothers compete for flying catkins? Isn't we a nieces kissing each other?"
Xu Qiong thought that if she won Feixu, Xu Ke would not be able to show off to Ayu.
After she said this, Xu Ying, the second girl from the West Courtyard, was eager to try it out.
Old Mrs. Xu knows martial arts skills, and she has always encouraged her two granddaughters to practice martial arts, so Xu Qiong and Xu Ying know how to do some simple skills and even ride horses.
Xu Er is Xu Qiong's biological brother. He smiled and said, "Little girl, don't make trouble."
Xu Ke and others also smiled and joked about their sisters.
Xu Qiong glared at them alone, then pulled her cousin Xu Ying to continue acting coquettishly at Xu Qian: "Uncle Fifth cannot be partial!"
The prince Xu Shen smiled and said to Xu Qian: "Uncle Fifth, let the sisters go with you."
Feixun has a gentle temperament, and it is indeed suitable for both men and women.
Xu Qian agreed and pointed to the racecourse and said, "You can compete in the first game together."
Horse racing is scored in order.
Xu Ke and the sixth brothers laughed, and Xu Qiong was so anxious that he jumped: "Brothers often run horses, we must not be able to run them. Uncle Wu, please re-set the rules of the competition!"
Xu Qian frowned.
Mr. Xu, who has been at the bottom of the two competitions just now, suddenly had an idea and jumped out and said, "Let's just draw lots, take a bamboo stick, write numbers on each bamboo stick, draw three times in a row, whose numbers add up the most three times, and whoever has the flying catkins belongs to!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Er kicked him over: "It's true that you're happy! Anyway, you will definitely lose in the competition. There is still a chance to win!"
Xu Si was so shameless: "I'm not for myself, I'm for the eldest and second sisters!"
He didn't say it was okay, but he used the two girls as shields. Xu Qiong and Xu Ying didn't buy it, and he gave him a look of contempt.
The nephews started to make a fuss again. Xu Qian had something to do later, so he didn't have much time to delay. He coldly ordered his Changsu Chen Wu: "Go and get... ten bamboo sticks, remember the numbers and take them over."
Chen Wuyingshi ran to prepare.
Xu Qiong said strangely: "Uncle Fifth, why do you need to take ten bamboo sticks?"
Before Xu Qian could speak, the prince Xu Shen first reacted and said with a smile: "We are eight brothers and sisters, plus A Pei and A Yu, two cousins, are exactly one person."
Xu Qiong stared at her eyes, let it go, Cao Pei, why should Ayu compete with them?
Ayu was just weak and not stupid, so he hurriedly said, "I can't ride a horse. Cousin, please smoke it, I won't participate."
Cao Pei also wanted to withdraw, but Ayu had already spoken. If she retreated again, the atmosphere might be even more awkward, so she had to keep smiling.
As a result, Ayu was too popular among Xu Ke's brothers. She just spoke, except for the princes Xu Shen, Xu Er, Xu San, Xu Si, Xu Wu, and Xu Ke, they all invited Ayu to draw lots together.
Xu Er raised his chest and said, "Don't be afraid of Ayu, you can't ride a horse, my second cousin will teach you!"
Xu Sichao Ayu grinned: "Your second cousin is not teaching well, so let the fourth cousin teach you!"
Xu Ke claimed that he had the best relationship with Ayu, so he just smiled and looked at Ayu, saying "I'll teach you".
Ayu is only eleven years old, including Xu Ke, and his five cousins are more enthusiastic about her than their simple love and care for her.
Ayu was very grateful. He only opened his mouth for five times, so he agreed to it for the time being and decided not to suck it later.
Xu Qiong was so angry that when she was waiting for the bamboo stick, she deliberately complained to Cao Pei in a voice that Ayu could hear: "You can come by yourself in the future, and you are not allowed to take her again."
Cao Pei thought to himself, this Duke Zhenfu is not from the second wife of your Xu family. The old lady, the prince's cousin and the sixth cousin both welcome Ayu, what do you think of Xu Qiong's opposition?
She pretended not to hear it and smiled at the cousin opposite her.
Xu Qiong just wanted to bully Ayu and observed Ayu's face with his eyes squinted.
Ayu didn't take Xu Qiong seriously. She came to see Xu Qian. Now the real owner of the Duke's Mansion is Old Lady Xu. As long as Old Lady Xu likes her, the third aunt and cousin Cao Pei are willing to take her, she will come.
Of course, Xu Qian's attitude is the most important.
However, Xu Qian took the initiative to count her as one of the candidates for competition, which shows that he is still willing to take care of her as a junior.
Looking at Xu Qian's handsome face without much expression, Ayu was disappointed that he had no memory of his previous life, and was also very glad that the beginning of the two of them was pretty good in this life.
Chen Wu moved very quickly. After a quarter of an hour, he brought a sign over. Ten bamboo sticks of average length inside recorded numbers from one to ten at the bottom.
Xu Qian took the sign and signaled his nephews to come and draw.
The prince Xu Shenli asked his sister to come first.
Xu Qiong immediately held his cousin Xu Ying in one hand and Cao Pei in the other.
Cao Pei was a cousin, so it was hard to invite Ayu again, so he quickly gave Xu Ying a wink.
Xu Ying smiled and grabbed Ayu.
Ayu subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when faced with Xu Qiong's disgusting face, she suddenly thought that it was Xu Qian's horse, why couldn't she draw? Xu Qiong disgusted her draw lots. If Xu Qian's horse was taken by Xu Qiong, Ayu would be frustrated.
After experiencing her previous life, Ayu has already regarded Xu Qian as her fiancé. If you really think about it, Feixu should give her the most!
After thinking about this, Ayu happily followed Xu Ying.
Xu Qiong was angry and helpless.
The four girls were sorted by the elders and young people, and Ayu was at the end, behind her was the sixth son Xu Ke, and the teenagers were arranged from childhood to grand.
Xu Qiong took the first one without hesitation, took it out and saw that it was actually "two"!
Her face became even worse.
The teenagers laughed gloatingly.
Finally it was Ayu's turn. Facing Xu Qian who was close to him, Ayu was so nervous that he mustered up the courage to look up at him.
Xu Qian was a little surprised. The three girls in the front were more concerned about bamboo sticks, and this was the first one to pay attention to him.
"Fifth cousin, I, I am Ayu, do you still remember me?"
Although it was basically confirmed that Xu Qian didn't remember it, Ayu still wanted to ask in person.
After asking, Ayu's cheeks were so red that they could not be red anymore. He was obviously very nervous, but his wet almond eyes stared firmly at the man above his head.
Xu Qian is an elder, so he rarely hangs out with his sons, nephews and nieces, but he has a good memory and recognizes Ayu as the second daughter of Marquis Pingyang.
Faced with Ayu's expectations, he nodded lightly.
The indifference in the black eyes made Ayu sad.
To be continued...