Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 192

What the prince said made Huo Mingzhu's heart skip a beat. If Baili Zonglu said these words, Huo Mingzhu could understand his intentions. Where is the intention.

And the following dragon boat race distracted Huo Mingzhu's attention, preventing her from paying attention to it.

There are 46 dragon boats in the dragon boat race.

This dragon boat can seat eleven people, and it takes eleven people to work together, so that the dragon boat can rush out quickly and steadily.These 46 dragon boats belong to various big families. Of course, some of them are owned by private individuals, such as those wealthy businessmen.The number occupied is as much as two-thirds.

This dragon boat race is not only for nobles, commoners can also participate.

The first highlight of the dragon boat race is the struggle between nobles and commoners.

If the dragon boat belonging to the common people won the first place, those merchants would raise funds to reward them.It is said that in a certain year, a civilian dragon boat won the top spot, and that person was actually built by a young man who had no father or mother and worked as a shop assistant. At that time, merchants in Beijing raised 2000 million taels of silver to reward this person .

This person is now a wealthy businessman in Shangjing.

This is a digression. Huo Mingzhu doesn't care about this point. She thinks about this because she knows that there will be no fake races in this dragon boat race.Her silver will fall steadily into her pocket.

"Ajin, which dragon boat do you like?" The silly prince was sitting opposite Huo Mingzhu.

A group of people are currently in the gazebo in the viewing area. From here, there are dragon boats neatly lined up on the river.This location is the best, and you can see the whole process clearly. It is thanks to Jin Wuhuan that you can get such a good location to watch.Anyway, he is also one of the merchants who invested the most in this dragon boat race.

When Huo Mingzhu heard the prince's words, she looked seriously.

The neatly arranged dragon boats have flags representing each family on them. Looking from Huo Mingzhu's side, they are the Luo family, the Situ family, the Pingyang Hou Lin family, and the Huo family. Huo Mingzhu didn't know that the general The government is also involved.

But thinking about it, although her father didn't like to put his mind into this kind of competition, he couldn't deny that he would not send a dragon boat to participate in the competition.

"If the dragon boat of my General's Mansion can take the first prize, it must be the best." Huo Mingzhu laughed.

Seeing Huo Mingzhu's smile, the silly prince was obviously taken aback for a moment. After being reminded by Cao An, he let out a sigh, looked at the river, and said, "If you are alone, this time, it is written The dragon boat in Jiuzi has a better chance of winning."

Huo Mingzhu heard the words, and looked at the position the prince said, and sure enough, all the people on that dragon boat were vicious, and their arms were much thicker than Huo Mingzhu's legs.Compared with the obviously thinner people on the boat next to it, they are not in the same class.These people don't look like ordinary people.

"Could it be that these people belong to your Highness?" Huo Mingzhu boldly guessed.

Baili Jingqi said with a smile: "Why would Ah Jin think that she is a lonely person? It's extremely difficult for a lonely person to come out of the palace all day long."

"Then Mingzhu doesn't understand why His Royal Highness thinks that this boat will win." Huo Mingzhu asked respectfully.

"This boat belongs to Uncle Jiu Wang." Baili Jingqi said, and after finishing speaking, his eyes looked at Huo Mingzhu for a moment, and seeing that she was silent, he continued: "Have you changed your mind, Ah Jin?" Do you want to support this dragon boat?"

When Huo Mingzhu heard this, she just smiled lightly.But she thought in her heart, she should have thought of those nine characters long ago.

As for the question asked by the prince, she didn't want to explain it so clearly. This silly prince always asked about the matter between her and the Ninth Prince, which annoyed Huo Mingzhu very much. It would be good if he misunderstood him once.

With Huo Mingzhu's appearance like this, Baili Jingqi felt that he had guessed right.So, in the following time, there was a lot of silence.Huo Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the gamble, at the end of the game, the total amount of money reached 5603 million taels. As for the mantissa, it was omitted directly. Next, it is time to wait for the top of the list to be announced.

The dragon boat race made all the people in Shangjing come out, and [-]% of the housekeeper and rich lady came out, which shows the degree of excitement.In previous years, only [-]% came out, but this year, with the effect of the gamble, there are more people watching the excitement.

Huo Mingzhu suddenly felt that maybe the Ninth Prince was also watching.

Huo Mingzhu felt that this possibility was possible, and there was also the man in black.Huo Mingzhu didn't know why she always thought of the man in black.

Perhaps it was because she felt that after being reborn, everything that happened did not go in the direction she knew. The biggest key was the man in black!

This explanation makes sense, why I keep thinking of the man in black.

The dragon boat race started after the sound of the gong, and the dragon boat rushed out like an arrow from Li Xuan with the momentum of thunder. It was also an eye-catching scene for more than 40 dragon boats doing this at the same time!Huo Mingzhu, who had gone through such an unimaginable rebirth, was attracted by that vastness and momentum. Unconsciously, those clear eyes moved with the dragon boat moving forward!
Shouts erupted around the sky, gongs and drums were beating, and the momentum was huge, but the people on the dragon boat seemed to have not heard the sound on the shore. There were eleven people in the boat, except for one person in front of the boat gesturing. The rest of the ten people acted like one person, acting in unison, orderly and not flustered!

"Even if Gu watches this kind of grandeur every year, he is still infected. Does Ah Jin also have the same idea, wanting to go down and show off?" The silly prince is worthy of being a silly prince, but he always asks such silly questions.

Huo Mingzhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this silly prince actually had such an idea, so he replied respectfully: "Mingzhu doesn't know how to water."

But the silly prince laughed: "I can't even swim alone."

While speaking, the dragon boat had already rowed to the other side of the river.According to the rules, the dragon boat needs to turn around the designated position, and then return the same way!

"Miss, miss, look, the dragon boat of Pingyang Hou Mansion ranks first." Su Huan ran back from the railing without knowing it, and pulled Huo Mingzhu's sleeve excitedly.

Huo Mingzhu glanced at her: "Have you forgotten the rules I taught you?"

It was only then that Sulu remembered that the prince was by her side, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, Miss, it's your servant's fault." After speaking, she moved to a toilet, but her eyes were placed on the river again.

Huo Mingzhu's request for Su Hui is nothing more than to suppress Su Hui's lively temperament. If she has to deal with the people in the palace all day in the future, and she doesn't have the strength, she can protect Su Hui like this.

Huo Mingzhu underestimated Su Hui, the reason why she was so insignificant in front of the silly prince was because the prince didn't make her feel pressured.In front of Ninth Prince Baili Zonglu, Su Yu looks like a qualified maid.

"Your Highness, the servant girl is rude, and I hope you will forgive me." After Huo Mingzhu scolded Sulu, she went to apologize to the silly prince.

The silly prince looked at Huo Mingzhu's appearance that was different from his lord and minister, and couldn't be happier, so he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, Ah Jin, don't worry about it, let's watch the dragon boat race."

Only Cao An knew that the crown prince was probably feeling extremely uncomfortable at the moment, and at the same time he was blaming the young lady of the Huo family for being so incomprehensible. The crown prince had repeatedly hinted and expressed his love, and he almost didn't say love to her directly. she is gone.Hey, after all, the prince is still a step late.

Of course, Huo Mingzhu didn't know what the master and servant were thinking. Her eyes were attracted by the splendor of the river, because the top position on the list was about to be announced.Except that some of the dragon boats were obviously too late, and there was no possibility of winning.

The top-ranked dragon boat has entered a white-hot stage.

With that kind of speed, if you blink, you might have missed the birth of the top spot.

In the end, Huo Mingzhu still saw the birth of the first place, followed by the second, and the third... The dragon boat race was over.Unexpectedly.

The top of the list is actually a folk dragon boat.Look at those rowing dragon boats.The uneven costumes and uneven stature were obviously just pulled randomly to make up for the number, but it was really unimaginable to win the first place.

"Haha, it's an upset, it's really satisfying." Jin Wuhuan was the one who laughed the loudest.

Huo Mingzhu knew very well why Jin Wuhuan was so happy.She was also secretly happy, as a result, the amount of money she received would be unprecedentedly large.

The silly prince looked at Jin Wuhuan in puzzlement and said, "Could it be that this dragon boat belongs to Mr. Jin? If so, I will congratulate Mr. Jin."

Of course Huo Mingzhu could understand why the silly prince would ask such a question.In the pure cognition of the prince, Jin Wuhuan was so happy because he thought the dragon boat belonged to Jin Wuhuan.

Jin Wuhuan shook his head and said, "This dragon boat is not under."

Then, Jin Wuhuan said again: "It's just a gamble. This time, the folk dragon boat won the first place. For me, it's a great thing."

This gamble is not a secret. Jin Wuhuan set the gamble so big, and used the name of Mr. Wuhuan to ensure the authenticity of the gamble, so as to tell everyone that no matter how many people buy this gamble, Among them, there are silver compensations.

Therefore, even the emperor must know about this game of gambling. Of course, Jin Wuhuan would not think that the prince might not know about it.

After saying this, Huo Mingzhu saw a trace of confusion flashing across the prince's face, she sighed in her heart, Jin Wuhuan had to spend a lot of time explaining.

But he didn't want to, the silly prince just let out a faint oh, and didn't have anything to say.

As soon as the top of the dragon boat came out, cheers appeared from a small group of people. As soon as the dragon boat approached the shore, the warriors who rowed the dragon boat were surrounded. After a while, the eleven warriors were carried out by the crowd. , everyone applauded one after another, and threw those people into the air one after another to celebrate.

Huo Mingzhu looked at the scene, and smiled unconsciously from the corner of her mouth.

This kind of happiness is very pure, just for the joy of victory, Huo Mingzhu was infected by this kind of happiness.

Of course, more people were frowning, throwing the papers in their hands into the river, looking angrily.Of course Huo Mingzhu knew that these people must have bought the game, but there were no winners.

There was another man who was about to jump into the river and was dragged by the crying woman and child behind him, so he failed.This scene blew away Huo Mingzhu's good mood.

As if seeing what Huo Mingzhu saw, the silly prince sighed: "Gambling is a harmful thing, I am afraid, this is the person who spends all his family property without getting half of the profit."

Huo Mingzhu suddenly had a feeling that the silly prince knew that this bet was her idea!She quickly put her eyes on the face of the silly prince, but the silly prince didn't look at her, but at the noisy crowd, Huo Mingzhu looked away.

She agrees with what the silly prince said, but she is the instigator of this matter!
What she was thinking at the moment was that the gamble was set up so that one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, but Huo Mingzhu didn't feel that there was any serious crime.

At this time, Feng Yi said from the side: "Master, you promised the Queen Mother that you will return to the palace after the dragon boat race, and now at this time..."

This dragon boat race is over, there is really no need to stay here anymore.After hearing Feng Yi's words, Huo Mingzhu turned to look at the silly prince, waiting for him to say to leave.

A trace of disappointment clearly flashed in the eyes of the silly prince.Huo Mingzhu didn't know where this disappointment came from, but she didn't bother to guess.

In the end, Cao An also reminded the silly prince that he had been out for a long time, and it was time to go back, so the silly prince led Cao An and Feng Wei back.

When the figure of the prince turned around a corner of the restaurant, Huo Mingzhu saw that the sugar flower was still in the hands of the silly prince. The sugar had already melted, but he didn't know it, and he never thought of taking it away. throw away...

(End of this chapter)