Volume 1: Laughing at the Splendor Chapter 13

  Ye Qian saw Li Yun happily agree, feeling delighted in her heart, and quickly pulled her to the horse. After sizing up the horse from head to toe, she saw that it knew its owner had arrived and immediately turned around, revealing a joyful yet pitiful expression. He suppressed his smile and said: "Indeed, it's the style of Moon Sister, this horse is also..." Seeing Li Yun raise an eyebrow at him, he immediately swallowed back the words "pitiful" and changed the subject: "This horse being chosen by you, truly makes me proud."

  Li Yun raised her eyes to look at the sky, this man spoke nonsense with his eyes open and wasn't afraid of strong winds slapping his tongue.

  "I've heard that Moon Sister's martial arts skills are getting better, want to have a horse racing match?" Ye Qingran walked to his horse, untied the reins, and with a swift motion, he jumped onto the horse. His movements were smooth and elegant, really good-looking. He sat upright on the horse, looking at Li Yun, with a spirited expression.

  "What's wrong with that?" Li Yun thought, fortunately she wasn't a couch potato. In the past when she was too busy, the best way to relieve pressure was to have fun. Whatever it was, racing cars, horse racing, mountain climbing, bungee jumping... there were countless things to do. Riding horses came naturally to her.

  "Hurry up!" Ye Qingran urged, her eyes sparkling with interest.

  Li Yun nodded, reached out to untie the reins, and gently swept away the scattered objects in front of the horse's head. She also imitated Ye Qingran's movements, lightly tapping her toes, as if a purple cloud had floated by. In an instant, she was already sitting elegantly on the horse. Her movements were practiced, although not as bold and confident as Ye Qingran's, but what was impressive was their lightness and smoothness, like a gentle breeze or floating clouds. This brief display of elegance caught the attention of the onlookers, whose gazes flickered with surprise.

  Everyone was thinking about how they had never discovered that Shallow Moon Miss was so beautiful! Not one bit inferior to the number one beauty of Tian Sheng, Yu Cong Miss of the Chancellor's Manor. Her movements as she mounted her horse were even more beautiful than Yu Cong Miss by a few points. The disdainful glances that had just been cast at her all retreated by several degrees.

  "Good!" Ye Qian lightly praised with a loud voice. Just by looking at someone mounting their horse, you can see how good their horsemanship is. Her horsemanship was undoubtedly superb.

  Li Yun raised an eyebrow, feeling as light as a swallow. Is this what it feels like to have martial arts skills? Great! She asked Ye Qingran, "Shall we begin?"

  "Let's start!" Ye Qing said with a raised eyebrow.

  The two of them rode their horses at the same time, and the two fine horses shot out like arrows from a bowstring. As soon as they went out, Li Yun regretted it. No matter how good her horsemanship was, she didn't know the way...

  Li Yun's heart was extremely depressed, even if she didn't want to give up, she could only slightly pull the reins and slow down a bit to let Ye Qingran go first. Ye Qingran was in high spirits and naturally didn't notice Li Yun's subtle action. The two horses ran out of the palace gate, one after the other, towards the streets.

  After leaving the street leading to the imperial palace, a turn to the left leads to a bustling main street. At this time, the streets are crowded with people, and the night is lightly colored as if it had not been seen before. The horse gallops swiftly, and the tall horse rushes through like a gust of wind, although the crowd emits loud cries of alarm, but they all stand steadily, apparently without hurting anyone.

  Li Yun followed closely behind, watching the figure galloping freely in front of her. She secretly praised him, indeed a good riding skill. She also didn't rein in her horse and rushed past the crowd, similarly startling screams all around, but also didn't hurt anyone.

  At night, the light dyeing the remaining light swept to Li Yun, only half a horse's head away from him, and he also praised it in his heart. Although he had heard that this little girl couldn't do anything, she had practiced good light work and good horsemanship. He used to think that women's riding skills were just some fancy tricks, but now it seemed that his previous thoughts were wrong. Such equestrian skills are indeed eye-opening, and the name is not in vain.

  Two horses galloped through the bustling main street, and after a while, they came to a wide and long street. The high gates of the official residences stood one after another like fish scales. The horse's hooves clattered on the stone road, passing by many residences until they arrived at the gate of the Yun King's residence. He reined in his horse, turned around, and looked at Li Yun with a bright smile: "Little girl, we're here!"

  Li Yun thought that if she hadn't gotten lost, she would have been able to surpass him by a bit. She smiled ambiguously and sized up the Cloud King's estate before her eyes. The Cloud King's estate was majestic, with two large iron gates tightly closed. Two stone lions stood guard in front of the gate, lifelike and imposing. The estate walls were three zhang high, making it impossible to see inside. She clenched the reins tightly in her hand, hoping to bluff her way through.

  "Since I can remember, the Cloud King's Mansion has always been like this, a hundred years as one day, and it really hasn't changed at all! I wonder if the people inside have changed?" Ye Qingran looked at the Cloud King's Mansion, her clear voice filled with a certain emotional sigh.

  "Has it changed or not? Just go in and take a look!" Li Yun said calmly.

  "Not bad!" Ye Qingyan nodded and shouted loudly towards the gate, "Someone come! Open the door for this young master and your young lady." His voice was loud and clear, not only could the entire He Yunwang Fu hear it, but probably the whole street could hear him too.

  Li Yun thought that if this person were in modern times, he would probably be a good tenor.

  The night was lightly colored, and the words fell, not for a moment, when suddenly there was a creaking sound, and the large gate opened from inside with a clang. An old man in his fifties, wearing a gray robe, walked out, his footsteps steady and light, clearly possessing martial arts skills. Behind him followed a group of gate-guarding guards.

  Li Yun saw that the old man was wearing a large general manager's waist card, and knew that in ancient times, high-ranking families had housekeepers. This must be the one. The steward of the Cloud King's Mansion, naturally not an ordinary person can take on this role, and being skilled in martial arts is not surprising either.

  The housekeeper walked out and saw Li Yun sitting safely on the horse, looking her up and down, his face slightly relaxed, his eyes gleaming with joy. He shifted his gaze to Ye Qianyan, who was also sitting on a horse, and stared blankly for a moment before stretching his neck to scan the long street behind them. Seeing that the person he wanted to find was not there, he looked at Li Yun in puzzlement.

  "Old man Qi, what are you looking for? Don't tell me you're not welcoming me, Little Wang?" Ye Qingran raised an eyebrow in dissatisfaction.

  The housekeeper heard this and immediately dispelled his doubts, with a smile all over his face. He took a step forward to pay respects to Ye Qingran, "Cloud Meng has seen the young master, the young master spent seven years traveling outside for studies. Now that he's back, it's clear that he's gained a lot of experience and his spirit is even more impressive than before."

  "Haha, you old man, this chess player is still so good at talking. So unwelcome me, are you afraid I'll steal your crystal white jade chess again? Don't worry, Ben Xiao Wang has now obtained a good chess set, which is much better than your white jade chess, and no longer misses the broken chess that you treasure." Ye Qing Ran said with a big laugh.

  Yun Meng's old face turned red, and he shook his head. "What is Young Master Wang talking about? The news from the palace just arrived at the mansion, saying that Jing Shizi would return to the mansion with Miss, but unexpectedly it was Young Master Wang who came, so I was surprised, and there was no intention of not welcoming Young Master Wang."

  "Oh! You're talking about him? He's still in the palace playing chess with the Emperor. What a big shot, making others wait for him? I'm free now, haven't returned to the capital in seven years, and heard that Old Master Wang is ill, so I naturally rushed over to take a look." Ye Qingran dismounted her horse, tossed the reins to a guard, and walked towards the mansion, calling out to Li Yun as she went, "What are you still doing sitting on your horse? Aren't you going in? Moon sister, this isn't how you treat guests!"

  Li Yunxin couldn't help but smile inwardly, so she dismounted her horse and a guard immediately came over to take the reins from her hand.

  "Congratulations, Miss Li, on your safe return!" Yun Meng bowed to Li Yun.

  Li Yun nodded and didn't know what to say, following Ye Qingran into the house.

  Yun Meng looked out again, still didn't see the shadow of Rong Jing, so he instructed the guard: "Don't close the main gate, I'll accompany Young Master Wang and Miss inside first, when Gongzi Jing arrives, immediately send someone to inform me."

  "Yes, Grand Steward!" The gate guards responded in unison.

  "What a difference in treatment! Old man Qi, are you looking forward to that weak and beautiful person coming to play chess with you, or are you thinking of marrying your daughter off to her? Otherwise, why are you treating that guy like a revered ancestor?" Ye Qingran turned around and glanced at Yun Meng.

  Li Yun couldn't help but burst out laughing. This guy's mouth is too poisonous. Hearing him say that Yun Meng is a chess idiot, it seems like he's a chess enthusiast.

  "Little Prince, I haven't offended you! Besides, my family doesn't have a daughter to marry to Jing Shizi. Even if we did, how many young ladies from noble families want to marry Jing Shizi? It's not like they would even consider my family's daughter! Please don't tease me, Little Prince." Yun Meng cried and laughed at the same time, explaining: "Although I love playing chess and really look forward to playing a game with Jing Shizi, it's just that Old Master Wang was overjoyed when he heard Jing Shizi was coming and ordered me to take good care of him. That's why I'm acting like this..."

  "Hmph, Grandpa Yun is being too biased. Why haven't I seen any joy from you?" Ye Qingran hummed.

  "My little king, that's because old king didn't know you'd come too!" Yun Meng was made to seem like he was about to collapse by Ye Qingchen. In front of this famous little demon king, nothing was reasonable, no matter what he said, it felt wrong.

  "What's holding you back? Hurry up and report!" Ye Qingran strode in, walking with the same ease as if she were in her own courtyard.

  "Yes, I'll go now." Yun Meng quickened his pace and soon walked ahead of Ye Qingyan.

  Li Yun thought of the poor old man, who was originally a good and steady person, but after three sentences from this person, he became a flying leg. She had cold sweat all over her heart, thinking that she'd better not offend this person in the future.

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