The deepening of the night made the stars brighter and brighter, and Ma Xiuying pointed to the sky excitedly, "Look there!" Look there! ”

Dao Yan looked at it with a smile, the stars in the sky were shining, a white Milky Way was like a bridge across the north and south, on the east and west banks of the river, there was a shining star each, looking at each other across the river, far away.

Xun Ying came to eat and saw that both of them were looking up at the starry sky, and couldn't help asking, "Master, what are you looking at?" ”

Ma Xiuying smiled and said, "Today is Qixi Festival, you don't know." ”

Xun Ying suddenly realized, "No wonder the slave maid saw that there was a palace maid weaving colored threads today, it turned out that the begging festival had arrived." ”

In the past, Ma Xiuying would gather the princesses to learn to wear tangram needles and beggars, but Ma Xiuying has been sick all these years, and many festivals have been hastily spent. The princess knew that she was not in good health, how dare she clamoring for a begging festival, and everyone was busy with the banquet today, so she forgot all about Qixi Festival.

Ma Xiuying immediately called Fushun, "Give Princess Anqing and Princess Runing a five-colored wisp each." The people of Kunning Palace have a half-day holiday today. Although these two princesses are still in her name, she is not in good spirits and has no time to take care of them, so she has entrusted Li Guihua to take care of them.

Thinking of Princess Huaiqing left by the Sun family and Princess Ningguo left by Guo Hui, Ma Xiuying smiled slightly, "Give Princess Huaiqing and Princess Ningguo a begging gift." ”

Fushun took the order to retreat, Xun Ying saw that Ma Xiuying was a little unhappy, and deliberately teased: "Master, is the slave also going on vacation?" ”

"You're beautiful." Ma Xiuying glared at her, "Everyone is gone, who will serve me?" "Actually, there is no need for people to serve here, and leaving Xun Ying is still to avoid suspicion.

Xun Ying also understood this truth, and said with a hippie smile: "It seems that the slave is the most important in the master's heart." ”

Ma Xiuying couldn't help laughing, and said to Daoyan: "Look, this girl has been spoiled by me. ”

Dao Yan saw that Xun Ying deliberately made Ma Xiuying happy, and said with a smile: "She is a good servant, you are a good master, this is your fate." ”

Ma Xiuying agreed: "Yes, thanks to Xunying accompanying me all these years, it is her personality that gives me a headache, I am really worried that I am not here, who will protect her." asked her to leave the palace, but she refused, what a tough girl. Help me persuade her. ”

Xun Ying suddenly shouted, "Master, you can't drive the slave away, the slave said that he would always accompany you!" ”

Ma Xiuying originally counted on Dao Yan to be a lobbyist for herself, but who knew that Yan would come to persuade her, "You need a loyal and caring person to serve by your side, no one can compare to the shadow maid, you let her out of the palace, and the poor monk is not at ease." ”

During these days, Xun Ying successively told Dao Yan everything that happened around Ma Xiuying, so Dao Yan also knew that Ma Xiuying had been betrayed by his henchmen, so he did not approve of Ma Xiuying letting Xun Ying out of the palace.

"Okay, okay, okay, I can't talk about you." Ma Xiuying shook her head and admitted defeat, but she thought in her heart that she must properly settle Dao Yan and Xun Ying before she died, and she couldn't let them be implicated.

Xun Ying said proudly: "Master Dao Yan also agrees with the slave maid's meaning, so you can't let the slave and maid leave in the future." ”

Ma Xiuying pretended to be frightened, "Don't leave? Then when I went to sleep in the future, I suddenly saw a person standing by the bed, and I was not scared to death. ”

"That's not what the slave meant!" Sunkage was enraged into a frog and stamped his feet in frustration.

Dao Yan smiled and watched the master and servant joke, such a Ma Xiuying is energetic.

Taking precautions is Ma Xiuying's consistent character, thinking that there are still many things to do, she put away her joking heart and asked Wenyan, "How is Hu Weiyong doing?"

Dao Yan replied: "The shadow guard told him that he has been in frequent private contact with officials recently. ”

"He must be worried that Zhao Cheng's matter will implicate him, this person will not be at ease, you let the shadow guard keep an eye on it during this time." Ma Xiuying knew that Hu Weiyong was arrogant, but she didn't expect Hu Weiyong to plan to rebel.

Dao Yan agreed, Ma Xiuying couldn't leave the palace, so he contacted the shadow guard. In order to facilitate his access to the palace, Ma Xiuying asked Zhu Yuanzhang to officially grant him the position of monk, and he would go to the Heavenly Temple every once in a while.

Ma Xiuying asked Xunying again, "How is Liang Min doing?" ”

Xun Ying said: "Liang Min is quite honest, he said that he will never live up to his master's expectations. ”

"I wish he could know what to do." Ma Xiuying snorted.

After Zhao Cheng was executed, Liang Min became the most powerful eunuch in the palace. Ma Xiuying was worried that this person's desire would swell after he got the right, and she would never allow a second Zhao Cheng to appear in the palace.

She had also vaguely mentioned this matter to Zhu Yuanzhang, but she didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang had recently promoted several close prison attendants in a row, and with Zhao Cheng's previous experience, Zhu Yuanzhang would no longer trust any eunuch.

The Qiqiao Festival is a very important festival for the people, and the palace is ignored because of the banquet, but the people are very lively. The streets are full of traffic and lights.

As soon as Xie Meini and Xu Miaoyun left the palace gate, they were attracted by the lively scene outside, and only after being reminded by the maid did they know that today was the Qiqiao Festival. The two girls immediately prayed to their respective mothers to play outside.

The Duchess of Wei and the Marquis of Yongping were very satisfied with their daughter's performance in the palace, and getting the queen's reward was not only beneficial to the daughter herself but also to the family, and considering that the daughter would marry into the royal family soon, she could no longer be so free, so she agreed to the request of the two, told them to play outside for a while and then return to the house, and sent guards to follow.

Without the restraint of the elders, the two girls looked at each other and smiled, Xie Meini dragged Xu Miaoyun away, and Xu Miaoyun was so anxious that Xu Miaoyun asked in a low voice, "Where are you taking me?" ”

"Hurry up, go quickly, you won't be able to see the river lantern when it's late." Xie Meini urged repeatedly.

Every year, the women of the begging festival will go to the Qinhuai River to put lanterns, and the lanterns contain their affection, hoping to find a wishful husband as soon as possible. There are also bold women who write the names of the people they like and love directly in the lanterns, hoping that the lanterns can bring their hearts to each other. And the teenagers will circle around the river, hoping for a sweet encounter. Some men even jumped into the river to catch the lanterns they liked the woman to put down to see if her sweetheart was him.

This is the most romantic thing for young people, and it attracts countless onlookers every year, no wonder Xie Meini can't wait.

Xu Miaoyun heard clearly the reason why Xie Meini was in a hurry, and immediately stopped leaving, and said angrily: "When are you going to go like this?" When you get to the Qinhuai River, everyone else is finished. Won't you hire a car? ”

Xie Meini smiled, "I was so excited that I forgot about it." ”

Xu Miaoyun didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, so she directly asked the guards to hire a car at a nearby car dealership. The carriages in their house carried the Duchess of Wei and the Marquis of Yongping back to the house first, after all, the two ladies were old and did not like to be lively like their daughters, and besides, the ladies had to go back to tell their husbands about today's banquet.

The guards hired the car out, Xie Meini jumped into the car, and came to pull Xu Miaoyun again.

Xu Miaoyun was really afraid of her, so she hurriedly said, "Don't pull it, I can go up by myself." ”

Xie Meini urged the guards vigorously, "Hurry up to the Qinhuai River." She couldn't wait, but she lifted the curtain and snatched the whip from the guard, and whipped her horse.

The horse rushed forward immediately in pain, but a carriage was coming and crashed into each other.