Chapter Eighty-Six: Shangyuan Festival
Huangfu Yehan and Yuan Chengcheng talked about the collapse, no one said anything, but it seemed that everyone knew about it overnight. Everyone carefully avoided this sensitive topic as much as possible, for fear that mentioning one more word would hurt Yuan Chengcheng's heart again.
Yuan Chengcheng itself is not as fragile as everyone thinks. When she came to Ningguo, her heart was full of thoughts, and in a kind of almost desperate hope, she hoped that Huangfu Yehan would let go of her hatred. But when she arrived at Ning Palace, all kinds of changes here broke her already fragile hopes little by little, and it wasn't until she saw Huangfu that the hope in her heart was completely disillusioned. Many people think that a person who can't see hope is the most painful time, but they don't understand that hope is actually the source of pain, when a person really doesn't have any hope for something, for that person, this is not only not pain but a relief, because there is nothing in this world more painful than swaying back and forth between hope and despair.
Yuan Chengcheng originally planned to return to Huaguo immediately, but Luo Ziqi and others persuaded her. Everyone felt that she had finally come to visit, and it was just in time for the Shangyuan Festival, so it was better to wait until the festival of Ningguo before leaving, and even Hongchan, who had never supported her to come to Ningguo to find Huangfu Yehan, also persuaded her to wait before leaving. Yuan Chengcheng is a soft-eared person, although she doesn't want to stay in this sad place, but everyone rarely agrees, and she doesn't refuse to agree to stay for one more day.
"Princess, I haven't had time to ask in the hurry of leaving last time, how did you get the spirit seat?" Shangyuan Festival is a big festival celebrated by the monarch and the people in Ningguo, even the royal nobles have to put down their bodies and go to the people to celebrate together, but this Luo Ziqi not only stayed by the side of the emperor at this important time to fulfill the responsibility of protecting the monarch, but instead asked for a sick leave with a dead face and had to go out with Yuan Chengcheng.
"Did General Luo leave last time? How do you remember to fly next? Yu Zigao is not a person of many words, but it is rare that today is a festive day for the whole world to celebrate, and he can't help but joke about Luo Ziqi with the joy of the festival.
"I ...... Today, I don't care about the princess's light, I have the ability to come alone another day, I have to fight you to climb back to China! After Luo Ziqi finished speaking, he didn't forget to pull the united front of the Yuanyuan Allure City, "Yes, princess?" ”
"If you compare it with your tongue, General Zigao is doomed; As for the fist, I advise Zigao not to compare," Luo Ziqi listened to Yuan Chengcheng with joy, thinking that she was praising her might, but unexpectedly she turned around and said, "Ziqi's good girl is more than enough to form a rouge army, if you hurt him, the girls will come to the door when the time comes, you can't resist it!" ”
"Princess!" Luo Ziqi is like a child who can't get candy, he is almost rolling around and coquettish.
"Don't feel wronged, when I came, the girls in the palace all signed up enthusiastically and wanted to follow, and I haven't cured you of the crime of stealing your heart!" Yuan Chengcheng was talking when he saw a sudden branch of the sea of people, eight high-headed horses galloping towards a magnificent carriage, the crowd was frightened and there was a brief chaos, Yuan Chengcheng was almost squeezed down, but fortunately, Luo Ziqi and Yu Zigao guarded both sides, so that she was in danger.
"Whose car is this?" Yuan Chengcheng watched the car go farther and farther with some anger, there are so many people here in the Shangyuan Festival, and that person is still galloping on a horse, isn't he afraid of hurting people? The moment the carriage was speeding by, she vaguely saw through the curtain that there was a girl in a gorgeous costume sitting inside, and she felt a little familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was. But a carriage that can be used with such pomp and circumstance must be extraordinary.
Luo Ziqi looked embarrassed, squeaky and couldn't explain, Hongchan glanced at him, and said coldly next to him: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the granddaughter of Jingbei Hou!" ”
"The granddaughter of the Marquis of Jingbei?" Yuan Chengcheng had a vague impression, an arrogant eldest lady who was spoiled by her elders, two years ago, King Hua allowed her to follow her father to Beijing to celebrate her birthday, this eldest lady was arrogant and rude and yelled at Hong Chan, no wonder Hong Chan recognized her at a glance, but why did she come to Ningguo?
"Even if the princess travels, it is only a four-horse luan, her granddaughter of a little marquis dares to use eight horses to travel, no wonder it was rumored that the Jingbei Hou Mansion was suspected of bullying the lord, just with her eight-horse chariot, it was enough for His Majesty to cure her of rebellion!"
Yuan Qingcheng looked at the coldness on Hongchan's face, and couldn't help but shiver. Although Hongchan is a daughter, her way of doing things is quite like her father's style. Sometimes she even felt that her handmaid might be more suitable to be a princess than she was, and more like her father's daughter, and whether his father's preference for her was precisely because he could see in her the shadow of his youth?
Everyone was silent for a while, and even Luo Ziqi, who had always talked a lot, had a kind of unease in his expression, Yuan Chengcheng didn't ask much, but he had already faintly guessed some traces in his heart. Of course, the granddaughter of a marquis cannot use the chariot of eight horses, but if the king of any country agrees to her use, it is another matter.
Since talking to Huangfu Yehan, Yuan Qingcheng has become much calmer in his heart, whether he is using her or taking revenge on her, she has never complained about Huangfu Yehan, because she knows that all this is not from Huangfu Yehan's heart. She took the initiative to say those words to clarify the relationship with him, hoping that the two of them could live separately without any ties to each other. Now that the covenant of the past has been annulled, it is not surprising that he will marry a wife and have children to spread the branches of the royal family, and there is nothing to be too sad about her. But when she really saw that another woman was about to enter his world and spend her life with him, her heart still couldn't help but ache faintly.
Luo Ziqi gritted his teeth angrily on the side, didn't he boast that he was the smartest person in Ningguo? Why has my tongue become stupid and my brain has stopped turning since I met this princess? The more he tried to protect the princess from getting hurt, the more he was sad about it!
A branch of the Baixi River into Ningguo is at the foot of Ningwang's Palace, where the terrain is flat, and the speed of the water is also very slow, many people who wish to pray for the help of God will go to the river to put river lanterns, and even many romantic things are conveyed through this river on this day. From a distance, the dense floating lights on the river surface flow slowly with the river, just like the Milky Way in the sky.
Yuan Chengcheng's gaze slowly swept over the bright river, not knowing what she was faintly expecting, just as she was slowly losing it again, a pair of eyes from the other side suddenly burned her eyes.