Chapter 45 I raise horses for the court, I am honored!

Madam Chen pondered for a moment, then turned to Wang Ruofu and said with a smile, "Madam Wang, the guests should have arrived by now. Madam Wu should be in her tent at home. Why don't we go and visit her?"

Wang Ruofu was unwilling and wanted to pull Hualan up and go together, but was interrupted by Madam Chen.

Madam Chen glanced at Hualan and said hesitantly, "You and I are going to talk to Madam Wu about something, but it would be inconvenient to take Hualan with us."

Wang Ruofu didn't understand at first.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly realized it.

Thinking that Madam Chen was going to take her to discuss the marriage between the two families with Madam Wu, she nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed inconvenient to bring Hua'er with us, so let's go alone.

Hua'er, you go to the next tent to accompany your brothers and sisters, and Madam Chen and I will go visit Madam Wu."

Seeing that Wang Ruofu understood her "hint", Mrs. Chen smiled at Hualan, whose face was slightly blushing, and stood up and left with Wang Ruofu.

After listening to the conversation inside, Yang Wenyuan had no time to praise his aunt for her support. When he saw the two people inside were about to come out, he hurriedly hid behind the tent and avoided them.

After watching Madam Chen and Wang Ruofu leave, Yang Wenyuan came out from the dark and blocked Hua Lan who was walking back.

"Why are you here? Didn't you go with Changbai to find Liang Jialiu Lang?"

Facing Hua Lan's question, Yang Wenyuan replied: "Going to find Liang Han was just an excuse. I saw Changbai winking at me, so I found a reason to bring him out."

"What could Changbai want to ask you for?" Hua Lan looked surprised.

"Polo!"

Yang Wenyuan explained: "You know, Changbai doesn't know how to play polo, so he was worried about having to play, so he came to ask me in advance."

Hua Lan laughed immediately.

"I see. I was wondering why Changbai kept yelling that he didn't want to come this morning. So this is why."

"Then Changbai must have been forced here by Madam Wang." Yang Wenyuan added with a smile.

After making fun of Changbai for a while, Yang Wenyuan continued, "Playing polo here does not prohibit men and women from forming teams. I wanted to bring you along, but it's a pity that Madam Wu banned polo today."

Knowing that Hualan already knew why Madam Wu banned polo, Yang Wenyuan could no longer shamelessly find other reasons and just spoke vaguely.

He and Hualan looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"But I can't play polo either." Hua Lan murmured shyly.

"You can't fight?"

Yang Wenyuan was surprised. "When Madam Sheng was young, she was the 'female general' of the polo field."

But then he thought again, Hualan was born when the Sheng family was at its most destitute, and then she followed Sheng Hong as they moved around, so she probably had little time to learn polo.

In this case, the other children in the Sheng family, who had just moved to Bian Jing, probably had no experience in playing polo.

Seeing Yang Wenyuan's big reaction, Hua Lan felt a little embarrassed and whispered:
"How can I compare to my grandmother?"

At this moment, Yang Wenyuan suddenly had an idea and a better idea came to his mind.

There is a racecourse right at my home.

The place is big enough to accommodate both ponies and adult horses.

It would be better to let Hualan practice horse riding at home first.

It’s not too late to play polo on the polo field once you have mastered your horse riding skills.

Isn’t this the best of both worlds?

In Bianjing, basically all families above the rank of earl had their own exclusive horse farms.

The only difference is that some are located in the suburbs, some are closer to Bianjing, and some are big and some are small.

Even the poorest earldom would have a small pony farm in the suburbs, not only for appearances, but also because polo is popular nowadays. If your child wants to play with the children of nobles of the same level, he must play polo, right?

You have to know how to ride a horse to play polo, right?

If you don’t have your own stable, do you have the audacity to go to someone else’s stable to practice riding?
If you ask others for help, they will certainly agree, but you will definitely lose face.

Of course, this does not include the Yuan family, the Earl of Zhongqin’s Mansion.

After all, the Yuan family had just regained their title not long ago, and now the whole family was living in the mansion newly granted by the government. Where would they get the spare money to raise horses?

Well, that doesn’t seem right.

Earl Zhongqin is now working in the Herdsman Bureau, which is in charge of the horse business. The herdsman's responsibilities include the raising, training, use and procurement of official horses.

From this point of view, it cannot be said that the Yuan family has no place to raise horses.

It is the same whether you help your own family or the imperial court!

I raise horses for the court, it is an honor!

Thinking about it this way, the polo skills of the Yuan family’s children should be quite good. After all, they have always been trained with the court’s horses, so their riding skills must be very good.

Yang Wenyuan sorted out his thoughts, but he still had to ask the victim's opinion first.

"Do you want to play polo?"

"Ok?"

Hua Lan was startled when she heard this. After thinking about it, she felt that she didn't care whether she played polo or not, but when she thought about Yang Wenyuan's words about forming a male and female team...

If he didn't play polo, wouldn't Yang Wenyuan be teaming up with others in the future?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Hua Lan's eyes immediately became firm.

Learn, you must learn polo!
"Wenyuan, I want to learn polo!"

Yang Wenyuan originally thought Hualan was unwilling and wanted to persuade her, but he didn't expect Hualan to be so enthusiastic about playing polo. He quickly said, "Okay! But if you want to play polo, you have to learn how to ride first.

I happen to have a large horse farm at home, and there are docile ponies there, which are perfect for a novice like you to practice with."

Hua Lan thought more than Yang Wenyuan and looked hesitant.

"But if I were to go to your stable alone, I'm afraid my family would be the first to disagree, not to mention the rumors from outsiders."

Yang Wenyuan didn’t know whether Mrs. Sheng agreed or not, but Wang Ruofu would definitely agree.

She was so happy that she didn't even have time to object.

As for Sheng Hong, I am not sure.

Even though he really wanted to send Hualan to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion and establish a relationship with the noble group, he was definitely worried that it would be bad if this matter got out and affect his official career, so he would most likely not agree.

After all, in Sheng Hong's eyes, apart from the rise and fall of his family, his own official career is the most important.

But Yang Wenyuan had a better plan.

"Of course you can't come alone, but if you ask Changbai and the others to come along, others won't gossip about you, right?"

After saying that, Yang Wenyuan thought about it again and continued, "This doesn't seem right. How about letting Rujin go to your house to find you and invite you over? This would be more appropriate. How do you think?"

As for whether Yang Ruijin was willing to help, Yang Wenyuan had never considered the possibility of failure.

Ever since Yang Rujin heard Yang Wenyuan say that he would make a fun object after it snowed this year, he has been complying with Yang Wenyuan's requests. Last time, he even acted as the "beauty's personal bodyguard" at his own banquet.

With the hard work last time, I believe persuasion this time will be easier.

This is called a sunk cost!

The more you order Yang Ruijin around, the harder it will be for her to refuse.

(End of this chapter)