But the horse Sheng Ling was riding didn't listen to her command at all and followed He Ruochen all the way. Sheng Ling could only hold the reins tightly to avoid being thrown off by the horse.
The two horses galloped all the way, and finally headed towards a plain a few miles away from the military camp in the north of the city.
Until the horse stopped, Sheng Ling's hands were stiff, she was holding the reins tightly, and her upper body was half-bent. She felt the horse slow down and stop. She gasped in fear and raised her head, looking around. , the endless green hills as far as the eye can see, and the cloudless blue sky.
On the grassland, a group of little white sheep were grazing with their heads down. The cool wind blew leisurely. The horses stopped one after another, causing a few sheep to raise their heads and bleat. Then they lowered their heads and continued to eat grass as usual.
He Ruojin dismounted first and walked to Sheng Ling's horse. He extended his hand in a very gentlemanly manner and made a "please" gesture: "Princess, please dismount."
Sheng Lingyu stared at him in shock and was not polite to him. She grabbed his hand and jumped off the horse. Then she slapped his hand away, pointed at him and said, "You... are bold! Presumptuous!"
He Ruojin patted her hand, pretended to be in pain and said with an innocent face, "No, it would be boring to come all the way slowly."
Sheng Ling glared at him, not wanting to talk to him anymore, and walked directly towards the sheep.
He Ruochen shouted from behind, "Princess, pick it up!"
Sheng Ling turned back with a look of displeasure, and then saw He Ruoxin throwing a bamboo pole to catch the sheep. Sheng Ling quickly reached out to catch it, and caught it twice with panicked eyes, but he barely caught it, and said inexplicably: "What?"
"Princess, do you want to try herding sheep?" He Ruoxin walked towards her with the wind at her back, her black hair flying freely behind her.
Shengling tightened the bamboo pole in his hand, turned around and glanced at the sheep behind him, frowned a little and said, "I haven't... driven sheep before."
"Everyone has something they have never done before. There is a first time for everything. And the princess can rest assured that these sheep are raised by Weichen himself. They are quite docile and will never hurt the princess."
When Sheng Ling heard what he said, she moved her lips and felt really excited.
He Ruojin walked up to her, winked and said, "Princess, reach out."
Sheng Ling was stunned: "What?"
"Reach out your hand." He Ruochen repeated his words.
Although Sheng Ling didn't know what he was going to do, he still stretched out his hand curiously, palm upward.
The next moment, He Ruochen also stretched out his hand, and something fell on Sheng Ling's palm.
Sheng Ling looked down and saw a whistle carved in jade.
Shengling held it blankly.
"These lambs are very obedient." He Ruochen cast an encouraging look at Sheng Ling.
Sheng Ling raised his eyes and looked at her, pursed his lips slightly, finally nodded, turned and walked towards the sheep.
Sheng Ling carefully put the whistle to his mouth and blew it. Because this was a plain, the whistle suddenly spread far away. The sheep heard the whistle and started running...
Under He Ruoxin's instructions, Sheng Ling chased the leader with a bamboo pole. The leader followed her whistle and ran, and the sheep behind her also started chasing.
Sheng Ling seemed to have never run so fast before, and was almost overtaken by the sheep several times. While running, she suddenly saw He Ruoxin riding a horse from behind. Sheng Ling shouted at him while running, "You Cheating!"
He Ruojin rode on the horse and said leisurely: "Wei Chen didn't say that he wanted to accompany the princess to drive the sheep."
Sheng Ling was so angry when he heard this, he picked up the whistle and blew in the direction of He Ruoxin, waved the leader, and said loudly: "Come on, get this daring sycophant to my princess!"
Under her leadership, the leader led the flock in the direction of He Ruoxin, and soon Sheng Ling was left behind...
Sheng Ling was probably running too fast when she was suddenly hit by a lamb running in front of her. Her center of gravity became unstable and she fell down a hill.
He Ruojin saw it with sharp eyes, and immediately raised his hand to his mouth to sound a warning whistle. The sheep stopped immediately when they heard the whistle. At the same time, He Ruojin rode back quickly, almost Before the horse could stop, he jumped off the horse and rushed towards Sheng Ling. When Sheng Ling hit a rock, he grabbed Sheng Ling's collar in time and pulled him back.
Sheng Lingyu grabbed the back of her collar in shock, coughing in the cold wind and saying intermittently: "You... are you going to... strangle me to death?"
After He Ruochen reacted, he quickly let go of his hand. Sheng Ling rolled forward, barely holding on to the grass, and fell onto a piece of green grass, gasping for breath.
"I am late to save you. Princess, please forgive me."
Sheng Ling was still coughing while covering her collar.
"Princess...are you okay?"
Sheng Ling panted for a while, and finally sat up from the grass. He raised his head and glared at He Ruochen, who was standing in front of him at a loss. "What do you think?"
"It's Wei Chen's fault. Princess, tell me which little blind lamb kicked you. Wei Chen will catch it right now and kill it to make a roasted whole lamb for the princess to eat."
Sheng Ling stared at He Ruoxin who said this seriously. After a while, he turned away and laughed angrily, "You... forget it, I, the princess, will spare your life."
He Ruochen then calmly sat down next to her, "Princess, are you relieved of your anger?"
Sheng Ling raised her head slightly and closed her eyes. She placed her two small hands on the grass behind her, blowing the wind on the grassland comfortably, as if the air was filled with the smell of grass. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, as if she hadn't been this relaxed for a long time. pass.
Sheng Ling closed her eyes for a while before slowly humming.
"Is the princess in a better mood?" He Ruoxin suddenly asked.
Sheng Ling finally slowly opened his eyes, looked at the grassland that merged with the sky, and said "hmm".
"Every time Wei Chen is in a bad mood, he likes to come here, ride a horse, and drive sheep. He feels much more comfortable. If that's not enough, he roasts a sheep."
Sheng Ling originally heard that it made sense, but after hearing what he said next, she immediately turned around and glared at him again, "Why do you think about roasting sheep all day long? Why do these sheep follow a master like you?" …”
He Ruojin looked at her, smiled and told her honestly: "Weichen likes to eat roasted lamb."
Sheng Ling also glanced at him. When she saw He Ruochen smiling, she also smiled for no reason. Then she turned her head away. The breeze blew and her hair brushed the corner of her mouth. Sheng Ling raised her fingers and pinched them together. hair.
She vaguely felt that she was still being watched. She turned around and saw He Ruoxin still looking at her. Shengling immediately clenched her fingers in panic, stood up from the grass, lowered her head slightly and patted the grass on her hands. He coughed and said, "I'm going back."
He Ruojin nodded: "Weichen will send the princess back."
When getting on the horse, Sheng Ling grabbed He Ruoxin's hand and got on the horse. She wanted to let go, but found that He Ruoxin was still holding her hand. Sheng Ling frowned slightly and looked at him.
He Ruojin raised his eyes and looked at her sitting on the horse, and said calmly: "The princess should be thinking now, General He seems to be a very good person, so good that I don't know any reason to reject him. This But what to do.”
Sheng Ling: "..."
She blushed for a moment, stared at him and struggled: "You don't even want to lose face, let me, princess, let go!"
(End of chapter)