Chapter 70
The Beitang Palace returned the mating horses three times in a row. Liu Qi was impatient and didn’t know what they meant. He scratched his head in annoyance. He heard from the other groomer that the horses on the other horse farms were also returned.
“Xiao Yan, what kind of horse do they want? Is Beitang Wang’s horse that rare?”
Yan Feili nodded, “Moxue is indeed a rare stallion.”
“Then what do we do? We have sent the best horses and yet they are not satisfied, we can’t do anything more than this!”
Yan Feili thought about it and said, “I remember one of the wild horses I caught a few days ago was a very good mare.”
“What?” Liu Qi was taken aback. “Mawang?”
This year, Yan Feili drove a group of wild horses from somewhere. There were only a dozen wild horses, but they were all agile and brave, running like the wind. Among them, Mawang was a rare horse that was comparable to Moxue. It took Yan Feili and Liu Qi some effort to capture them all and feed them alone outside of the other horse herds. Rare stallions and ordinary horses were naturally different, but Mawang was a rare and good horse, about the same age as Moxue. Yan Feili was confident that the wild horse matched Moxue.
“I will check the mare carefully and send it to the Beitang Palace alone in the afternoon.”
“Then it can be little prince’s mount,” Yan Feili mumbled to himself with a soft smile.
Liu Qi didn’t know that the little prince was Li’er. It was a pity for the parents in the world that even if there was only a little connection, they still worry about their children. Similarly, Yan Feili was very concerned about that little prince.
This time, Liu Qi personally sent the horse to the palace. He hadn’t returned until the evening, and Yan Feili knew that it was probably a good deal. Sure enough, in the evening, Liu Qi was happy and smoky with alcohol and was sent home by a royal servant.
“Xiao Yan, our horses were picked by the Wang and the little prince. Hahaha… Oh!… Wang was very satisfied and rewarded us a lot. He also said that we will provide all the horses of the Imperial Guard in the future. Hahaha… Hey!…” Liu Qi said cheerfully while drinking.
“Did you see the little prince?”
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Yan Feili saw Liu Qi tilting his head on the bed, his eyes drooping, his face flushed, and he went up and pushed him. Liu Qi shook his head and asked, “What did you just say?”
Yan Feili asked again with his tone eager. Liu Qi thought about it and replied, “Oh! Very good. Very good.”
“What’s very good?”
“The little prince. The little prince is very good!”
“He looks good? How tall is he? What does he look like?”
“The wine rewarded by the little prince is… It is very good!” Liu Qi gave another drink.
“Is he rewarding your wine? How can he reward you at such a young age? Alas, Liu Qi, you wake up!”
Yan Feili patted Liu Qi vigorously. Madam Liu came in, poured him a bowl of hangover soup, then shouted, “The devil! I have never seen anyone so drunk that can be considered drunk enough for several lifetimes until I saw you today!”
“Madam, you do not need to worry about him. I’m here.”
Madam Liu was straightforward and said, “Brother, you don’t need to care about him, let him be drunk. Let him sleep here today, I will go to sleep with the girl.”
Yan Feili and Madam Liu moved him to the bed together and then she went to find their daughter.
Yan Feili didn’t give up and called Liu Qi again. Tomorrow Liu Qi will be sober and he may not be able to ask anything anymore.
“Liu Qi, tell me, what’s going on in the palace today?”
Liu Qi drank the hangover soup and his brain was a little better, but he was too excited, grabbed the wrong words, and started to talk endlessly.
“The palace is like a carved beam. The painting building is magnificent. Wang is a man of extraordinary bearing and handsome. The youngest son is the father and his son, the style of the family.”
Yan Feili listened to him talked in a mess. Nine out of ten sentences were inseparable from a horse. He tried hard to pull out the silk thread from the cocoon, hoping to find out some things he wanted to know. However, Liu Qi only glanced at the little prince from a distance. He said, “The little prince is young, very stylish, and family-like! Hahaha, oh!… It is family-style!”
When Beitang Wang called him over and said a few words, he was rewarded some things, so he said, “This Beitang Wang is handsome and more beautiful than a woman. Hahaha, oh! … You can’t tell at such a young age and such a great ability. Huh! … How did you say that people like them were born? We ordinary people can’t raise them at home! Hahaha, hey! Yes, but the attitude is very easy-going. Hey!… No wonder you wanted to go with him at the beginning. Such an immortal person just makes people want to serve, hahaha, hey!…”
Then he started talking about the horse farm, Moxue, and their future business. Yan Feili stayed with him until midnight before finally letting him fall asleep.
The next morning, Liu Qi woke up in a dazed manner, stared in a daze when he saw Madam Liu coming in, and asked, “What time is it?”
Madam Liu helped him dress, gave him a grimace, and answered, “It’s noon.”
“What!?” Liu Qi was startled. The wine spirit was gone. He sprang up and ran out.
Yan Feili was sitting in the courtyard talking to Liu Ya. When he saw Liu Qi running out without wearing his shoes, he smiled, “Why are you so anxious? ”
“Beitang Wang said that today he will bring the little prince to our horse farm to watch the horses!” Liu Qi shouted.
“What? Why didn’t you say it earlier!”
“I was drunk yesterday,” Liu Qi clutched his head and wandered around the yard in a hurry.
Yan Feili calmed down and asked, “When will they come?”
“He said they will come here early in the morning. It’s noon now, what should I do?”
“What noon? The sun just came out!”
“Ah?” Liu Qi looked up at the sun and then realized that he was deceived by his wife and had a false alarm.
Liu Qi went back inside to change his clothes. Then he and Yan Feili rushed to the horse farm and arranged the matter. After a while, Beitang Wang did come with the heir to see the horses. If the mood was good, they will take the horses and hunt some games in the mountains.
“They’re here, I’d better avoid them. You must not mention me.”
Liu Qi nodded.
Yan Feili returned to the house with his horse alone. Just halfway through the road, he saw a trail of horseshoes and big purple king flags accompanied by a carriage! The sound of rolling reels came quickly and orderly.
He was surprised, quickly looked around, but there was no place to hide. He dismounted by the roadside tree, turned, and hid behind his horse with only his back revealed, waiting for the North Gate’s convoy to pass.
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