Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 975: Chapter 976: Also Have to Accept It

Taming a horse was all about exhausting its energy. Once the horse didn’t have the strength to struggle, it would naturally submit to the person on its back, and that’s what An Jing was trying to do—stay on its back without being thrown off, exhausting the horse’s energy, so it would recognize her as its master.

An Jing could clearly feel that the horse beneath her was gradually depleting its energy. Its thrashing wasn’t as violent as before, but it was still trying hard to throw her off, even suddenly lying down on the ground, intending to crush her as she was thrown to its right side.

An Jing was startled and instinctively moved quickly from the horse’s right to its left side, ensuring that even if the horse lay down, it wouldn’t press down on her.

Seeing this, Xiao Changyi was about to step forward to end the horse taming and rescue An Jing, but after seeing An Jing’s quick movements to avoid being crushed, he retracted the step he had already taken.

Seeing that An Jing had not only avoided being crushed but also wasn’t thrown off, the horse trembled several times on the ground. Seeing that it still couldn’t throw An Jing off, it finally got up.

After a good while of chaotic thrashing, the horse finally became tired and lacked the strength, its energy completely depleted. While panting heavily, it calmed down and quietly allowed An Jing to stay on its back.

An Jing was also very tired, but she didn’t dare to sit up; instead, she continued to lie on the horse’s back. When she felt her strength had recovered a bit, she finally sat up, took the reins, and tentatively led the horse to walk.

The horse was still panting heavily, but when An Jing pulled on the reins, it started moving: at first reluctantly, but then it walked step by step, sluggish but obedient. An Jing directed it to the left, and it went left; to the right, and it followed. It was exceptionally docile.

At last, Xiao Changyi slightly curled up the corners of his mouth. He knew his bride could do it.

Dongfang Tianyang had never seen the horse so tame under someone’s control, and what’s more, this person was merely a woman.

Thinking that no one in Dongqing could tame the horse, but a woman from Xiyun had, Dongfang Tianyang found An Jing to be extraordinary, yet he felt that he and Dongqing had lost face.

Bear in mind, he had just said those words to Xiao Changyi and Su Chengyu, looking as if An Jing wouldn’t be able to tame the horse.

Dongfang Tianyang felt like he had embarrassed himself.

However, since the horse was voluntarily offered by Dongqing to the Emperor of Xiyun and had now been tamed by someone from Xiyun, they could only accept it.

After listening to An Jing for a while, the horse no longer panted as harshly. It began to struggle again, wildly attempting to throw An Jing off, but it couldn’t succeed no matter how hard it tried.

Then, the horse finally resigned itself to its fate, accepting An Jing as its master and stopped trying to throw her off.

”Good!” Upon seeing An Jing tame the horse, the Emperor of Xiyun exclaimed a single word of approval, his old face beaming with pride.

While Dongqing lacked someone who could tame the horse, Xiyun did!

Su Chengyu also showed an expression of pride.

Xiao Changyi just continued to watch his bride intently.

An Jing, riding on the horse, felt thrilled to see that the horse had completely settled. Yet she still didn’t dare to ride it over to Xiao Changyi and the others right away. Instead, she walked around the horseback archery field again, and only when she was sure the horse wouldn’t rebel again did she ride majestically to where Xiao Changyi stood.

Sitting on the horse, An Jing smiled at Xiao Changyi, as if her eyes held only him. After a while, she said with a smile, ”Husband, I have tamed the horse.”

”Hmm.” Xiao Changyi nodded lightly, tilting his head slightly, his gaze still fixed on An Jing. ”Are you hurt?”