"Give the order. Be careful not to hurt him," the man said. That person's status was extraordinary. If he just lost a bit of face, it would be okay. An apology and some compensation should be able to make up for it. But if he was injured, things would be hard to handle.
So, when the notary was checking if both sides had any sharp weapons, he also passed this message to Chang Ke's people.
"Got it," Chang Ke replied. Then he directly carried his mallet and stepped forward.
The two sides stood facing each other. With the notary's order, the polo game officially began.
Su Wan'er didn't hold back at all. She snatched the polo ball from under the opponent's mallet.
Polo tested one's horsemanship and courage.
At first, Fang Xi and Si Chengjing were worried that Su Wan'er's body couldn't handle riding a horse. After all, because of his physical condition, Si Junlin could hardly even touch a horse, let alone ride one.
But when she actually rode the horse, they realized their worry was in vain.
Come on. Didn't they know which noble family Su Wan'er came from? She had been in contact with horses since she learned to walk. Especially when she was six years old, General Su had specially given her a fiery horse, which was still raised in the backyard of the Su Mansion.
These horses were a piece of cake for her.
Standing up, turning, galloping, and suddenly stopping... No matter what action she did, it was as smooth as a flowing cloud. The person and the horse seemed to be combined. She dashed through the encirclement and interception of the five people without any hindrance.
"Who... Who is this person? This horsemanship is too strong," people whispered to each other.
Su Wan'er didn't care about others' discussions at all. As the queen in these years, she had hardly been in contact with horses. She was so bored. This was a good chance to vent. Otherwise, she didn't know when she could ride a horse again after returning to the palace.
At first, Chang Ke still remembered what his master had said and was thinking whether he should hold back. But once Su Wan'er started to vent, she completely ignored others' feelings. Now, the first thing for him was to catch up with her.
Su Wan'er's superb horsemanship, which was comparable to that of an acrobat, made the on - lookers forget their bets for a moment. They all stood up and cheered.
Su Wan'er controlled the ball extremely well in three consecutive goals. The ball seemed to stick to her mallet. Chang Ke and his people didn't even touch the edge of the ball.
It was okay for the others. After all, they had been inferior to Chang Ke for many years and were used to this situation.
But it was different for Chang Ke. He had always been on the altar. This time, he didn't even touch the ball, and it happened three times. This made him extremely angry.
Blinded by anger, he just wanted to save his face and had long forgotten what Yun Yi had told him.
Seeing that their horses were about to pass by each other, he did the same old trick again. He waved his mallet and hit towards Su Wan'er.
"Chang Ke!" Yun Yi tried to stop Chang Ke, but it was too late.
Just when everyone thought Su Wan'er was bound to fall off the horse and couldn't help but hold their breath for her, Su Wan'er suddenly did a backbend. Her whole back was stuck to the horse's back, and the mallet passed by her face with a whistling sound.
After Su Wan'er avoided his attack, her eyes turned cold, but the smile on her lips became warmer: "This is my first time playing polo. I didn't know there was such a rule in polo."
Chang Ke suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
But before he could figure out where this feeling came from, a mallet hit towards his face.
"Ah!" With a cry of pain, Chang Ke fell directly to the ground.
"Do you still want to continue?" Su Wan'er pointed at Chang Ke with the mallet in her hand.
Only then did Chang Ke realize that this seemingly weak young man in front of him was not as vulnerable as he looked. He was clearly playing the pig to eat the tiger. Looking at the way he held the mallet, against the sun, for a moment, what he saw was a long spear instead of a mallet.
The thin and weak young man in front of him now seemed to be a general in a blood - stained armor who had just come down from the battlefield in his eyes.
How dare he have the thought of resistance? He quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "No, no more. I... I admit defeat."
Yun Yi rushed in at this time. He glared at Chang Ke fiercely, with strong blame in his eyes.
If something happened to Su Wan'er today, he wouldn't mind pushing Chang Ke out.
"Sir, are you injured?" After glaring at Chang Ke, Yun Yi asked Su Wan'er with concern on his face.
Su Wan'er waved her hand indifferently: "I'm fine. I'm afraid your subordinate is in trouble."
Yun Yi said indifferently: "He's just a reckless man. If you're still angry, you can punish him as you like."
Su Wan'er didn't expect Yun Yi to say such a thing. She frowned and felt a bit pity for Chang Ke when she looked at him.
No matter how glorious he seemed on the surface, if his master behind him didn't support him, no matter how capable he was, he couldn't show his skills.
Obviously, Yun Yi was going to sacrifice Chang Ke to protect his own business now.
But... "Forget it. It's just a game. I've avenged my younger brother. Let this matter go. Just bring me the money I won."
Yun Yi was a bit stunned that Su Wan'er was so easy - going. But it was just for a moment. After regaining his senses, he directly turned to the steward behind him and ordered him to convert the money Su Wan'er won into silver notes and give them to her.
After they settled the accounts, with the high multiplier, Su Wan'er exchanged 500 taels of silver for 5,000 taels of silver notes. In this world, an ordinary family could live on 10 taels of silver for a month. One could imagine what 5,000 taels meant.
Anyway, as they walked out, the looks cast on them from all around were full of envy, jealousy, and regret.
The envy and jealousy were, of course, because they won so much money. As for the regret, it came from those who had first bet on Su Wan'er with a fluke mentality but then switched to Chang Ke because of the additional four people.
Although the money they bet was not as much as Su Wan'er's, according to the multiplier, it was still a considerable amount.
After Su Wan'er walked out of the door, she gave the silver notes to Si Chengjing: "Take this money. Don't spend money recklessly in the future. You're not young anymore. You should start preparing to get married."
"Brother Emperor, I'm not ready to get married yet." He hadn't had enough fun. Why get married?
Su Wan'er said helplessly: "How old are you now? You still don't want to get married? I'll start arranging your marriage after I return to the palace. Do you dare to disobey?"
The happy look on Si Chengjing's face because of winning money immediately drooped.
Su Wan'er asked puzzledly: "Why are you so resistant to getting married? You haven't suffered any setbacks, have you?"