Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life Chapter 154 - 153: Provocation

Xiao Xianghua received the order and imdiately raised a smile. Several young boys and girls then exited properly. As they were about to leave, Xiao Xianghua didn’t forget to call out to Lin Wanwan: "Wanwan cousin, aren’t you coming? You promised that I would teach you horse riding."

Xiao Ronghua and her twin sisters also spoke out in unison: "Co on, co on, cousin, co join us."

Yuan Shi smiled and waved her hand: "You all go quickly, leave little Yuer behind to play with the other brothers and sisters."

Lin Wanwan glanced at the little one and said with a smile: "Okay."

"No, I want to stay with mother." Little Qingyu imdiately hugged Lin Wanwan’s waist.

Lin Wanwan gently embraced her and asked: "You don’t want to play with your cousins? Following mother ans you won’t have little friends around."

Little Qingyu pulled her maid Rongrong beside her with a resolute expression: "As long as Rongrong is with , it’s fine."

Lin Wanwan then said: "Alright, then you’ll stay with mother."

After saying this, she turned to Xiao Yuan Shi: "Big cousin-in-law, I’ll take little Yuer with ."

Yuan Shi laughed heartily: "As you wish, if you don’t mind the children making noise, just take them. I’m only worried you might not have fun. These little ones, oh, they can be quite a handful."

Lin Wanwan said: "I won’t mind."

After finishing, she bowed with little Qingyu in her arms and retreated. Outside the guest room, several young boys and girls were already waiting. Seeing Lin Wanwan co out holding little Qingyu, they weren’t surprised, as the maids were following, so there was no worry about the children making a fuss.

"Wanwan cousin, let’s go together."

"Alright."

The group quickly arrived at a large field in the Daoist Temple’s backyard, where others were already horse riding. The young gentlen and ladies of County Magistrate Lu’s family were present, each surrounded by a group of people.

This is the effect of having a noble family serve as a county magistrate. If it were soone from a humble background rising to prominence, these youngsters from old noble families would not bother to indulge them. But being from the Lu Family, the leading noble family of Wu County, the County Magistrate is different.

The splendor of these gate valve families can continue for a while, even though Li Shimin has adopted the Sui dynasty’s thod of selecting officials through the imperial examination, aiming to select so good talents from humble backgrounds to counter the aristocracy.

But in reality, the unfad imperial examination system of the Great Tang, and the prevailing practices of recomndation and solicitation, make it increasingly unlikely for soone from a humble background to succeed through the crowded paths of the examination.

Even participating in the imperial examination, the noble family’s children have access to the best educational resources and a complex network of relationships. Without anonymity and transcription, who the chief examiner would favor is quite predictable, isn’t it?

It wasn’t until Wu Zetian, the daughter-in-law of Li Shimin, ca to power that the heads of the noble families rolled, as she sought to deal with their influence and consolidate her power. Only then did these families gradually decline.

Currently, it is the last golden age for these noble families.

Sitting on horseback, Lu Ying’er soon spotted the standout Lin Wanwan and rode over, looking down at Lin Wanwan, she said: "Let’s have a competition."

Having lost to little Qingyu in three gas of jumping checkers and being outshone by Lin Wanwan in music, Lu Ying’er had always held a grudge. Seeing Lin Wanwan now, she naturally thought of finding another area to regain her pride.

Lin Wanwan stepped back two steps with little Qingyu and said: "Sorry, I can’t ride a horse, I can’t join you."

Lu Ying’er seed to have heard a big joke, exclaiming in surprise: "What! You can’t ride a horse?"

The Tang people valued martial skills, and it was indeed rare for soone of noble descent who couldn’t ride a horse.

Lu Ying’er’s shout caught the attention of other young ladies and gentlen at the scene, their gazes containing disdain, surprise, disbelief, and various emotions.

Xiao Xianghua and the others already felt embarrassed for Lin Wanwan and blurted out in defense: "Our cousin was raised in seclusion in the mountains with a master, that’s why she hasn’t had the chance to practice riding. She’s about to start learning now."

"Hehe." Lu Ying’er gave Lin Wanwan a glance, squeezed her horse’s sides, and rode off, her face showing a light of excitent.

She felt pleased that she could make Lin Wanwan lose face.

Xiao Xianghua softly advised: "Cousin, don’t mind it. Ying’er is just like that, with her good family background and high status, she never cares about others, it’s not just aid at you."

"Yes, yes, Wanwan cousin, don’t take it to heart. I often get pricked by her too. If it weren’t for my brother... Oh well, let’s just ignore her." Xiao Ronghua imdiately added.

Lin Wanwan smiled and said: "It’s fine, I don’t mind."

In fact, unlike the Great Tang girls who valued reputation and honor above their lives, Lin Wanwan truly didn’t care.

"Alright, then sisters, you go play, I’ll first take cousin Wanwan."

"We don’t have much to do either, with her around, the polo won’t be fun today, so we’ll just accompany cousin Wanwan!" Xiao Liwei said.

In the end, four young girls beca Lin Wanwan’s horse riding instructors, guiding her by the sidelines. Lin Wanwan rode a relatively small "horse," jogging slowly along the edge of the riding ground. Kun Lun followed closely, always ready to protect.

Little Qingyu, however, was already led far into the pavilion at the side of the riding ground by Yun Shang, playing house with Rongrong.

Originally, everything was fine, but those young boys and girls, because of Lu Ying’er, insisted on being annoying and crowded Lin Wanwan’s horse. The two sons of the Xiao Family just avoided them, pretending to be deaf and mute.

Xiao Xianghua and others softly reasoned with them, but they still acted on their own whims, making everyone very angry.

"Wanwan cousin, let’s call it a day with the lesson. This group is too unruly. We shouldn’t risk ourselves. In the future, we’ll practice on the road when there are fewer people."

Lin Wanwan had ridden for a while and started to feel as if she had sowhat mastered horse riding. The overall improvent in her physical condition made it easy for her to control the horse.

However, after glancing at the people in the field, Lin Wanwan ultimately gave up the idea of continuing here and readily accepted Xiao Xianghua’s suggestion, returning the horse to them.

"You have a go, you’ve spent the day teaching ."

Xiao Xianghua mounted the horse and, looking at the group who had just made trouble, said: "Cousin Wanwan, watch vent your anger."

After speaking, she squeezed the horse’s sides and galloped over to the group, saying: "Running around chaotically is boring, let’s play a ga of polo, how about it?"

"As if we’re afraid of you!"

"If we’re competing, there must be stakes." A pink-clad girl beside Lu Ying’er took a hairpin off her head and, lifting her chin slightly, said, "I’ll use this gold hairpin, what about you? Don’t use sothing gold-plated to fool people, that wouldn’t be worthy of competing with ."

"Hahaha! Can you co up with sothing decent?"

Lin Wanwan turned her head and whispered a few words to Yun Shang. The latter’s face showed a slight surprise, but she quickly reacted and slightly curtsied. From the package she always carried, she took out a Tanmujia double-sided portable mirror, stepped forward and said loudly: "This is a glazed mirror from the Western Regions Palace, my mistress says it will serve as the stake."

As Yun Shang opened the mirror, the two mirrors sparkled brightly in the sunlight, dazzling all the young aristocrats.