Before Wan Qing could finish her sentence of "let's go," Li Xiaonan asked: "How far is it from here to Linhai Town? Can we make it back before noon? Isn't it too late for a quick march?"
"I don't know that." Wan Qing spread her hands.
This is something she can't control? She didn't even dare to ask.
"I must get home before noon!" Li Xiaonan said every word.
"It's useless to tell me this. You have to tell our prince." Wan Qing's reminder was serious and thoughtful.
"Where is your prince? In the teahouse?" Li Xiaonan quickened her pace.
"It should be outside the city. I received instructions to pick you up. Shi Gun didn't say anything else." Wan Qing followed Li Xiaonan and got in the car at the entrance of the alley.
The car left the city and ran for three or four miles before stopping. Li Xiaonan got out of the car and saw A Wu and Wang Yuting first.
"You?"
"Why are you here!" Ah Wu shouted in surprise and overwhelmed Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan knows that there is no need to ask, these two guys don’t know.
Li Xiaonan glanced past A Wu and looked at Gu Yan, who was riding a horse and shaking his riding whip in boredom.
"I must get home before noon." Li Xiaonan shouted to Gu Yan first.
Gu Yan nodded at her, pointed his whip, and motioned for her to mount.
The horse Gu Yan pointed out to Li Xiaonan was standing next to Gu Yan's horse.
It was a bay-red horse. The horse was very beautiful, and the saddle was even more beautiful. Li Xiaonan touched the stirrup, and the stirrup was on her chest, almost up to her neck.
"Don't move." Gu Yan trailed off, bent down and grabbed Li Xiaonan's belt, lifted her up and put her on the saddle.
Li Xiaonan felt as if she was flying into the air. She felt dizzy while sitting on the saddle.
"Step in." Gu Yan tapped Li Xiaonan's feet with a riding crop.
Li Xiaonan grabbed the saddle with both hands, looked down to find the stirrups, stepped in and started pedaling.
Just right, quite suitable.
"Pick up the reins. Just hold it. Okay, let's go." Gu Yan watched Li Xiaonan pick up the reins and urge the horse forward.
Li Xiaonan's horse immediately followed Gu Yan's horse in a very sensible manner and trotted forward.
After running for a while, Li Xiaonan relaxed a little and turned to look for Wan Qing.
Wan Qing is right behind her, riding a horse looking relaxed and skillful.
"Don't look around!" Gu Yan's whip hit Li Xiaonan's hand.
Li Xiaonan quickly turned her head and looked forward.
"Relax the reins, relax your body, and keep up with the horse's pace. Well, not bad." Gu Yan gently urged the horse, and the horse ran faster.
Li Xiaonan only cared about sitting still and managed to cope quite well.
I ran wildly without knowing how far I ran, but my horse gradually slowed down and stopped.
Gu Yan jumped off the horse, looked at Li Xiaonan, and motioned for her to come down.
Li Xiaonan grabbed the saddle and slid off the horse.
She was familiar with dismounting. She and Wang Yuting rode out together and dismounted by themselves every time.
Gu Yan stared at Li Xiaonan who rolled off the horse and burst into laughter.
"Look at you like this! Get on the horse and I'll teach you how to dismount." Gu Yan reached out and lifted Li Xiaonan and threw her onto the horse.
"I'll learn when I can afford to raise a horse." Li Xiaonan lay on the horse's back and rolled down neatly.
Gu Yan took a slow breath and resisted the urge to whip her.
"Where is this?" Li Xiaonan pulled up her sleeves and wiped the sweat from her face.
She was so nervous and exhausted during this horse race, and her face was covered in sweat.
"Kunshan County." Gu Yan hung the handkerchief on the tip of Li Xiaonan's nose, "Use this, you don't even have a handkerchief?"
Li Xiaonan took the handkerchief and wiped her sweat without answering Gu Yan's words, "Didn't you mean to go to Linhai Town?"
"You have to rush back before noon. It's too late to go to Linhai Town." Gu Yan said as he walked forward.
Li Xiaonan followed Gu Yan and turned around to look around.
A shot ahead, Kunshan County Magistrate Huang Xianzhou was rushing to greet him.
"Look for an opportunity to talk to Huang Xianzhou and see if you can find out if he has any prejudice against me." Gu Yan suddenly leaned over and whispered to Li Xiaonan.
"Ah?" Li Xiaonan was startled.
"Yin and Yang are strange!" Gu Yan straightened up and said.
"Okay!" Li Xiaonan replied with the word "good" and blinked.
He didn't originally plan to go to Linhai Town, right? He originally wanted to come to Kunshan County, right?
Huang Xianzhou greeted Gu Yan and bowed respectfully.
Gu Yan nodded slightly, pointed his folding fan at Li Xiaonan, and said with a smile: "Your brother is very well cared for by County Magistrate Huang, you should thank him."
"Thank you Mr. Huang for your guidance." Li Xiaonan solemnly thanked you.
"I don't dare take it seriously." Huang Xianzhou hurriedly returned the gift and glanced at Li Xiaonan carefully.
The prince was talking about taking care of her, and what she was thanking was for her guidance.
This little girl is really smart.
"How's the sericulture going this year?" Gu Yan walked towards the mulberry forest ahead.
"Thanks to Master Shi, it's pretty good." Huang Xianzhou followed Gu Yan.
Li Xiaonan glanced at Huang Xianzhou. His words and tone were really sinister.
"This is a silkworm farm." Wan Qing followed Li Xiaonan, her low voice filled with excitement.
Li Xiaonan let out a low sigh.
She is afraid of all soft fleshy insects, including silkworms.
"How old is the silkworm now?" Li Xiaonan asked in a low voice.
"It's only April, and silkworms have just begun to hatch." Wan Qing looked around with interest.
"That's good." Li Xiaonan muttered and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come here!"
In front, Gu Yan folds his fan and points it towards Wanqing.
Wan Qing stepped forward hurriedly with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes.
Li Xiaonan hesitated and did not follow.
Wan Qing is on duty.
Wan Qing went into the silkworm farm to look at the silkworms. Gu Yan called several silkworm farmers and asked about the silkworms. Huang Xianzhou followed behind. Li Xiaonan looked at it, followed Huang Xianzhou, and thanked him in a low voice: "My brother and I have been taught by the county magistrate."
Thank you."
"Didn't you thank me just now?" Huang Xianzun also said in a low voice.
"Just now, Mr. Xie was the one who pointed out my brother, and now it's Mr. Xie who's pointing me." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
"Miss Li, you're welcome."
"I'm the best at Gezhi. I taught my brother Gezhi. The prince asked me to teach his accountant arithmetic." After a pause, Li Xiaonan looked at Huang Xianzhou and said in a low voice: "I met the prince in Hangzhou.
, he saw me, I didn’t see him."
Huang Xianzhou raised his eyebrows high, then quickly lowered them. He looked around and coughed lightly, "Don't mention Hangzhou or anything in the future."
"Well, I didn't dare to mention it, just this time." Li Xiaonan's voice was also very low.
"Your brother is very knowledgeable and has made great progress in the past six months."
"Yes! Brother, I can work hard. I got first place in last year's assessment."
"I know, that Wanqing?" Huang Xianzhou asked in a low voice.
"She's just a girl in charge of the prince's silk clothes and so on." Li Xiaonan replied in a low voice.
"Oh, no wonder I know how to sericulture."
"The prince is very kind." Li Xiaonan looked at Huang Xianzhou.
"Well, I can see it. It's rare."
"Then why did you choke him just now?" Li Xiaonan asked directly.
"Huh? Did I choke him?" Huang Xianzhou's eyes widened.
"Huh? You didn't choke him? You said it was thanks to Master Shi or something."
"Isn't this flattery?" Huang Xianzhou's eyes widened even more, "Isn't this flattery to him?"
Li Xiaonan stared at Huang Xianzhou. Huang Xianzhou blinked several times and leaned forward slightly, "Do you really think I was trying to choke him with my words?"
"Yeah!" Li Xiaonan said with absolute certainty.
"That prince?" Huang Xianzhou carefully nuzzled his lips in the direction of Gu Yan.
"Yeah!" Li Xiaonan affirmed again.
She was very sure that the Crown Prince had just said that Huang Xianzhou was evil and strange.
"Alas!" Huang Xianzhou's shoulders slumped, and he raised his hand and patted his mouth, "I am this person! Alas! I know it! Alas!"
Li Xiaonan looked at Huang Xianzhou sympathetically.
Flattery is a weird thing. No wonder Huang Xianzun, who is not bad at learning and ability, went from a large county to a middle county, and from a Zhongxian county to a small county.
