The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1325

Chapter 1325: 647 Father and Daughter

Mu Qingchen approached, and Zhong Ding immediately shut his mouth, leading the horse and holding the polo stick to go find Zhou Tong and the others.

Watching Zhong Ding’s retreating figure, Mu Qingchen asked, "What were you all talking about just now? Why did he leave as soon as he saw me?"

"It’s nothing," Gu Jiao said.

She didn’t like to gossip, much less spread it.

She paused, feeling that she still owed Mu Qingchen an answer, she added, "We weren’t talking about you."

Mu Qingchen didn’t press further.

He could roughly guess that the arrival of Prince Ming had caused a bit of a stir. Although Prince Ming had not disclosed his identity, most of the students here were from Shengdu, and many were scions of noble families; it was not certain that none had seen Prince Ming before.

"Are you picking out a polo stick?" Mu Qingchen looked at Gu Jiao continuously switching polo sticks and asked.

"Yes," Gu Jiao responded indifferently.

None of the polo sticks felt right in her hand.

Mu Qingchen left without a word, and Gu Jiao didn’t mind as she continued to select a polo stick.

However, not long after, Mu Qingchen was back, leading a horse and with an extra polo stick in hand: "Here."

Gu Jiao glanced at him, took the polo stick he handed over, weighed it, swung it, finding it heavier than the others, but the weight was just right for someone accustomed to the Red-Tasseled Spear like her.

"Thank you," Gu Jiao expressed her thanks and then asked him, "What about you?"

"This one," Mu Qingchen casually grabbed another polo stick from the basket, mounted his horse: "I’ll help you get familiar with it."

Gu Jiao also mounted her horse: "Okay."

Mu Qingchen first introduced to Gu Jiao the requirements and rules of the polo-like game, which was first passed down from the Jin Country’s royal family. Once it reached Yan Country, it quickly became loved by the royal relatives and nobility, and gradually became popular among the circle of the elite. Today, many noble academies have incorporated the polo-like game into their curriculum.

Tianqiong Academy did not have a course on the game, but the Master of Martial Arts often took the students to play.

The game had high demands for the horse, and all horses used in the game needed to undergo very strict training, far exceeding that of warhorses.

The demands on the players were also high, requiring horsemanship, agility, physical strength, willpower, and the ability to respond on the spot, all indispensable.

"Scoring the ball into the opponent’s goal counts as a win." _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}