Unfortunately, no matter how much An Qing wanted her Chai Feng White Rabbit to win, she ultimately lost to Wu Yun Taxue by a small margin.
This made An Qing very frustrated, as if the loser was not Chai Feng White Rabbit, but herself.
Han Du felt uncomfortable, so he leaned into An Qing's ear and encouraged, "How about you place your bet again? You will definitely win this time."
"I don't know how to read horses, how can I win if I bet casually?" An Qing has calmed down a little now. You really can't bet on horse racing randomly. If you know how to read horses, you can definitely guess the winning horse.
"How will you know if you don't try?" Han Du gave An Qing an encouraging look.
An Qing also felt a little unfinished, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll place another bet."
This time, although the horse was changed, Anqing still chose a white horse called Yu Qilin. At the beginning of the horse racing, Yu Qilin took the lead, but as time went by, Yu Qilin was gradually overtaken by the horses.
At this time, An Qing naturally became nervous again and couldn't help but start shouting at the top of his lungs. But this time, as if An Qing's voice really injected new power into Yu Qilin, Yu Qilin, which was already two horses behind, accelerated again and gradually rushed forward.
Seeing this, An Qing's eyes lit up and he shouted even harder.
And Yu Qilin seemed to have received invisible help, actually surpassing the horse in front and ranking in second place. It even kept accelerating, and finally completely surpassed all the horses before reaching the finish line, taking the lead.
Seeing Yu Qilin galloping across the finish line at the lead, An Qing suddenly jumped up happily and shouted: "Win, win, husband, I win."
An Qing was happy, but the people in the stands below all let out a frustrated lament. Many people threw away the pieces of paper in their hands, and suddenly the sky above the auditorium was filled with pieces of paper flying everywhere.
Not only did he shout, An Qing also grabbed Han Du's shoulders and shook him.
Han Du's head was shaken forward and backward, and he had to agree with An Qing happily, saying: "I see, you really won."
"Win~" An Qing raised his hands high and finally let Han Du go.
When I saw the piece of paper in my hand, I couldn't help but hurriedly asked: "By the way, how much did I win from this bet?"
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Han Du took the piece of paper from An Qing, glanced at it, counted it silently, and said, "There are more than last time, two hundred and eighty."
"Two hundred and eighty dollars," An Qing happily took the piece of paper back, looked up at Han Du, and asked happily: "So, I bet twice and still won eighty dollars?"
"Yes." Han Du smiled and nodded.
Seeing An Qing's happy look, Han Du didn't tell her what was in his heart.
You must know that since the odds of this jade unicorn are so high, it means that its hope of winning is very small. The main reason why such a big upset came out was that Han Du had just arranged for the steward to give each rider a reward of 100 guan while he was out of court, so that Yu Qilin could win.
In order for Anqing to win the 280 guans, Han Du threw out more than a thousand guan. But money is a trivial matter, as long as she is happy.
In fact, after Han Du ordered the steward, the steward said that Han Du did not need to pay the money. Because black box operation in horse racing is an extremely common thing. The horses belong to the racecourse, and even the riders belong to the racecourse. If the racecourse wants to operate in secret, it is simply not easy. This is also in line with common sense. The racecourse creates such a big scene, not for people to make a fortune, but for the racecourse to make money.
So every time people place their bets, the racecourse will deliberately delay it for a quarter of an hour. The racecourse used this quarter of an hour to quickly calculate the horses that everyone had bet on, and also calculated clearly how much money each horse would have to lose after winning. Then select a result that is beneficial to the racecourse, and then arrange for the rider to perform concealed operations.
However, racecourses usually only ensure that they can make a profit and that is enough, and they will not win too hard. If there were big upsets every time and the worst horse always won, then the idiot would think that there was something wrong with the racecourse.
It is enough to ensure that every horse racing at the racecourse is profitable. This will also allow other people to win occasionally, allowing more people to flock to horse racing and participate.
Only when more people like horse racing can the horse farm make more profits.
But after listening to the steward's suggestion, Han Du still insisted on giving each rider a hundred strings. Anyway, as long as it can make Anqing happy, it doesn't matter if Handu spends some money.
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Qianqing Palace.
Lao Zhu lay comfortably on the chair, and Queen Ma waited on him and put a grape into his mouth.
After chewing twice and swallowing it comfortably, Lao Zhu looked sideways at the old eunuch aside and asked, "What is that bastard Han Du doing recently?"
Lao Zhu suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not seen Han Du for some days. This kid is very cunning. He is afraid that Han Du will do something wrong as soon as he escapes his sight.
"Back to the emperor, the prince-in-law took the princess to play in the capital a few days ago. In the past few days, they also held a hot air balloon show at the racecourse. Many people went to see it. It was very lively."
"Hot air balloon show? What is he doing?" Lao Zhu asked rudely.
The old eunuch quickly bowed and replied: "To tell you the truth, it's the hot air balloon that the Prince Consort once flew in."
"Last time he flew above the clouds, he almost froze to death. Why would he want to fly something so dangerous?" Lao Zhu's face suddenly changed and he turned over and sat up.
"No, no, no," the old eunuch shook his head repeatedly, "Your Majesty, this time is different. I heard that the Prince Consort had someone tie the hot air balloon to the ground, and it didn't fly very high. They have been performing for several days now, and they haven't seen it yet. Someone is in danger."
When he heard that the flight was not high, Lao Zhu's expression softened. Han Du had carefully explained to him last time why the clouds were as cold as ice and snow. As long as you didn't fly high, there would be no other dangers except falling.
The reason why Lao Zhu was so angry just now was because he hated people who didn't take people's lives seriously and looked down upon them. Such a person, even if he is his consort, even if he values Han Du very much. As long as Han Du dares to take human life lightly, he will never let him go.
Now that I heard that no one had ever had an accident, Lao Zhu believed that the hot air balloon show was safe, so he did not pursue the matter further. When Queen Ma saw this, she gently waved her hand and asked all the maids and eunuchs on the left and right to step back.
Lao Zhu frowned slightly when he saw Queen Ma's actions, but remained silent and had no objection.
After everyone around her had pushed away, Queen Ma let out a long sigh.
Lao Zhu glanced at Queen Ma, curled his lips and said, "Sister, are you going to speak for Han Du?"
"Your Majesty, do you want to test Han Du's temperament or hone his edge? I have nothing to say." Empress Ma looked into Lao Zhu's eyes, stared at him, and said: "But I, my concubine, Can you please ask the emperor to trust him more? He is your son-in-law, your daughter's consort, and your grandson's father. If you are on guard against him like this, can't you think more about Anqing?"
Lao Zhu didn't take it seriously, and said with a groan: "I'm testing him because I think highly of him. I've only tested two people in this way over the years, one is him and the other is Tang He."
Empress Ma paused, sighed and said: "When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Tang He's achievements would have been enough to make him a duke. However, the emperor insisted on suppressing Tang He and not even making him a duke. Even if the person is a duke, he will not be granted the title of duke. Later, Tang He passed the emperor's test, and the emperor was willing to give him the duke. Does the emperor want to test Han Du like this again now? "
"Hmph!" Lao Zhu slapped the armrest heavily and said in a deep voice: "I really regret it now. I shouldn't have tested Tang He alone..."
Queen Ma understood what Lao Zhu meant. Among the princes, only Tang He respected the emperor the most. No matter what the emperor asked Tang He to do, he would do it one by one without any overstep.
"Then the emperor is testing Han Du now because he thinks that Han Du's achievements can be compared with Tang He's?" Queen Ma asked in confusion.
Lao Zhu glanced at Queen Ma and sighed: "Why are you on par with Tang He? Han Du has led the navy to sea several times over the years and opened up tens of thousands of miles of overseas land for the Ming Dynasty. Girl, do you know? Just one continent It is no smaller than the Ming Dynasty. If we include the entire Nanyang and the far western land he just acquired, I am afraid there are two or three Ming Dynasty territories. You asked me just now why you want to test him, I am afraid that his great achievements will shock the master! If Even I can't suppress him, do you think Biao'er can do it?"
"Well, Han Du has conquered so much land overseas in the past few years?" Queen Ma couldn't imagine that Han Du could actually conquer a territory several times larger than that of the Ming Dynasty overseas.
When the emperor was able to dominate the world and occupy the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Ma regarded Lao Zhu as the number one hero in the world. However, she did not expect that Han Du would be able to conquer a wider territory overseas.
Lao Zhu smiled bitterly and sighed, "Han Duhai is invincible in battle, do you really think this is just his talk? Now you know why I have to take away his title? If I don't take advantage of now to see clearly his Thinking about it, how can you safely leave him to Biao'er in the future?"
"Your Majesty wants to..." Queen Ma was so shocked that she almost blurted out.
Lao Zhu nodded without concealing it, "If he can't prove his loyalty to Biao'er, I won't keep him."
After hearing this, Queen Ma looked extremely complicated. She naturally knew that the emperor was right to treat Han Du with such caution, but she did not want An Qing to be caught in the middle and felt at ease.
