Chapter Thirty-one 

Ying Zetian bend down and hissed at the horse, her natural deadly presence unleashed "if you still do not behave well and try to go against my orders, I do not mind stabbing you until you listen to me. do not worry, I have the ability to bring the greatest pain to you without even much injuring you in the process."

Seemingly as if the horse understood Ying Zetian's threat, it finally listens to her orders and based on the pull of the horse lash, started to run towards the final point again. Ying Zetian agilely dances around on the horse using her qing qong to escape the arrows or blows that was send her way. Ying Zetian had successfully developed an ancient version of binoculars for sales in her shops.

And what Ying Zetian did not know is that her performance that was saw by the members of the crowds that was in the stands had send them into a frenzy. Although Ying Zetian could say to have normal looks but the strong ability that she has shown had ensured her high rank in the marriage market of Changan. Even Nan Gong Jing was literally drowned in the sea of jealously caused by the looks that he saw on the faces of the fathers in the stands and not to said for Tang Wudi.

For Tang Wudi and Nan Gong Jing, the time they spent in the family stand while waiting for Ying Zetian is one of the rarest times where they behave as if they were twins. For example, when Ying Zetian upper body disappear in their sight swallowed in the dust caused by the running horses, Nan Gong Jing, and Tang Wudi almost felt as if their hearts stopped running and the list goes on.

As expected, Ying Zetian successfully wins over the other participants and was the first to reach the final point in this competition. Not only was Tang Wudi and Nan Gong Jing stunned as they saw the nearing Ying Zetian, a large part of the crowds is also stunned. Ying Zetian had forgotten to pin up her hair and under the bright summer sun, her long smooth hair had unknowingly bought out her feminine features. Even when Ying Zetian clothes are dusty and dirty from the fight that she went though just now, her natural presence make her seems as if she was a general that had already gone through countless of wars.

This only make Nan Gong Jing more determined to lock Ying Zetian down as his wife. The rest of the crowd rubbed their eyes in puzzlement at the fact that they even think of Ying Zetian as a female. Ying Zetian has a adam apple and overall her male features is more outstanding then her feminine features so she could not possibly be a female. The crowd know that the most it could be said that Ying Zetian is more of a feminine looking male. And as for the rest of the crowd, they were thinking of getting Ying Zetian to be their son-in-law.

As for Tang Wudi, this scene only reminds Tang Wudi of his determination to let Ying Zetian be his person when she is living and his ghost when she died. Tang Wudi knew that no matter who Ying Zetian is, he loves her just because she is Ying Zetian. So, Tang Wudi happily bounce over to Ying Zetian's horse in order to try and help her down the horse. Tang Wudi pull Ying Zetian into his embrace and his excuse is a winning hug and while making a rolling tongue face at Nan Gong Jing who was slightly slower in going towards Ying Zetian.