The first month, afternoon, the East Palace.

After the Eastern Palace, there is a horse farm between the Shooting Hall and the Eagle and Harness Garden. The horse farm is kept in the horse farm. Although Li Chengqian is not good at riding and shooting, he deliberately practices horse racing in order to respond to Li Shimin's joy and often goes out of the city to hunt. Therefore, more than ten horses were raised in the horse farm in the Eastern Palace.

"I pay homage to the prince." Li Chengqian led a group of Eastern Palace Guards to join the entourage. As soon as he arrived outside the horse farm, the horse slave who raised horses for Li Chengqian hurried forward and worshiped Li Chengqian.

"Yeah, get up." Li Chengqian nodded and responded.

Ma Nu stood up, looked at Li Chengqian and the crowd following behind him, and asked, "I wonder what instructions did the prince come here today?"

Li Chengqian replied: "I came here recently to choose a horse, so I can see how you raise this horse."

The horse slave quickly introduced Li Chengqian into the horse farm, pointed to the few horses fed in the stables beside the horse farm, and said to Li Chengqian: "Don't worry, the horse slaves in the palace are constantly fed every day and often go out of the palace to shepherd. Every horse is fat and strong. The prince will choose."

Li Chengqian walked to the stable, looked up at the more than ten horses in front of him, glanced over quickly, but shook his head slowly, obviously not very satisfied with the horses in the stable.

Ma Nu looked at Li Chengqian's reaction and suddenly panicked, afraid that Li Chengqian would blame him, so he asked quickly: "I don't know what's wrong with these horses, so the prince doesn't like it."

Li Chengqian pointed at these horses and said to the horse slave: "If you don't say anything else, this head alone is far from enough. There is no one with a shoulder height of more than four and a half feet. How to use it?"

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Ma Nu's face suddenly showed a hint of bitterness.

As the prince, Li Chengqian is inferior to tens of thousands of people. As long as he wants a good horse, it is naturally not difficult. However, Li Chengqian is young and has poor riding skills, so he can only ride a more tame horse. If he is taller, Ma Nu is also worried that Li Chengqian will not be able to control it. If he falls, he will not be able to bear it.

However, Li Chengqian needs the most face, so Ma Nu naturally dared not say these words to Li Chengqian. Ma Nu just said: "There are also four and a half feet, but they are still in the Taipu Temple Dianjian Bureau and have not been collected yet."

Li Chengqian asked, "There are good horses in Taipu Temple?"

Ma Nu replied: "The Taipu Temple is in charge of the horse politics of the country, and the Dianfu Office has countless good horses. It is difficult to find a one with a shoulder height of more than four and a half feet."

Li Chengqian frowned and said, "It's only four and a half feet? How can four and a half feet be? Is there a shoulder height of more than five feet?"

"The prince is kidding. His shoulders are more than five feet high. How can there be such a tall horse in the world? Even General Qin's Hu Lei Bo is famous all over the world, and it is only four feet and eight inches. If it is really more than five feet high, I'm afraid that ordinary people will not be able to get up." Ma Nu said in surprise when he heard this.

Li Chengqian said unhappily: "Did you think I can't tell you that I can't tell you. Yesterday in Qujiang, I saw the white horse given to Sanlang by my father. It was at least five feet and four inches tall. How could there be no horse in this world that is more than five feet tall?"

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Ma Nu understood. No wonder Li Chengqian said this. It turned out that it was because he saw the white horse. Ma Nu explained: "The prince may not know that the King of Chu's Dingbei is indeed a good horse in the world, and it is said that there is no one in thousands. This horse is King Xueyantuo Ma. Not to mention it was in the Tang Dynasty, even on the Mobei grassland where good horses are abundant, it is rare to see it."

Since this horse slave is a horse slave, he is a man who loves horses. He is very fond of horses. He is also known to him as a family. Li Ke Dingbei is a rare savage in the world. Even if the horse slave knows countless horses, he is only seen in his life. Therefore, when talking about Li Ke Dingbei, he is often a complimentary word. The words of Ma Nu are considered fair, but they fall into Li Chengqian's ears. After all, it is not a good feeling.

Li Chengqian made a special trip to the horse farm today, which was not a whim, but for another reason.

Now that the Spring Festival has passed, all local officials who come to the palace to report to government affairs, whether civil or military, have left Beijing and returned to office one after another. Li Ke, as the governor of Yangzhou, was also among them. But today, Li Shimin specially allowed Li Ke to stay in Chang'an at the banquet, and left Beijing at the banquet at the first lunar month. As for the reason why Li Shimin extended his departure from Beijing, Li Chengqian was also very clear.

According to the old rules of the court every year, in a few days, it will be the time when the spring hunting of the Kunming Chi Spring. The important officials in the court, regardless of whether they are civil and military, are here, and Li Chengqian is also among the crown prince. Li Shimin told Li Ke to postpone his departure from Beijing, which is mostly because of this.

Li Shimin was born in the army. Since he ascended the throne, he must hunt in Kunming Lake west of Chang'an at the end of the first month. He has been in the throne for eight years and seven times. The most proud thing is the time when Li Ke hunted tigers in the sixth year of Zhenguan. Li Ke took the lead in spring hunting. The name of the royal family is really a blessing.

Li Shimin and his sons were called Li Ke, who was skilled in archery and horses and good at riding and shooting. Last year, Li Ke was released from Yangzhou and left the capital south before spring hunting. In that spring hunting, only Rencheng King Li Daozong could still look at it, and the rest were all unbearable.

This time, Li Shimin made a special trip to keep Li Ke before the spring hunting, and even asked Li Ke to be more handsome for him, so as not to be as embarrassed as last year's children.

Li Ke was already quite famous in the court. In addition, yesterday, the divine thunder descended from the sky to help Li Ke surrender his horse, and someone even hid it. Li Ke descended to the earth from the Tianshu Star in the Zihui Wall, and received the help of the Northern Pole Ziwei Emperor and was destined to be supported by heaven, so he got this.

Li Ke has become famous. If Li Ke is asked to take the lead in spring hunting and steadily suppress the prince Li Chengqian, then his position as the prince will become even more dangerous.

It is precisely because of this that Li Chengqian came to the horse farm to choose horses. First, he wanted to have a tall mount and was not as handsome as he was good at it. Second, he practiced riding and shooting. At that time, he would not lose to Li Ke with the help of the guards. However, Li Chengqian looked around today, but did not make him like the mount.

Li Chengqian was worried about this, but at this moment, a loud neighing sound of horses came into Li Chengqian's ears. Li Chengqian looked in the voice and found that in the inconspicuous corner of the horse farm, there was a black-green horse standing all over the body.

The horse is neighing for a long time and has a well-proportioned body. It looks like a good horse. What is even more rare is that the horse is more than four feet and seven inches tall, which is a magical horse.

Li Chengqian pointed at the horse and asked, "This horse is very good, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

Seeing this, the horse's wife hurriedly explained: "This horse comes from Tuyuhun, the famous name Wuhaiqing, and is indeed a good horse. However, this horse has just entered the stable for a few days and is still a bit wild and strong. I'm afraid the prince will not be able to control it. I am thinking of giving it to the prince after he has gone all the wild."

When Li Chengqian heard this, he was displeased and asked, "How is this horse's wildness compared to Sanlang's Dingbei?"

Ma Nu looked at Li Chengqian's appearance and had to reply truthfully: "This horse has been tamed for a few days, and has gone a lot of wildness. Compared with wildness, it is probably not as good as the Dingbei horse of the King of Chu."

In terms of wildness and horsepower, even if Wu Haiqing has never tamed it, he is far inferior to Li Ke's Dingbei. What's more, the wildness of this horse has been tamed by seven points, which is naturally even more so.
Chapter completed!