Chapter Twenty-Seven: March is Rainy and Misty

The Great Zhou Rites, the Shangsi Festival in March is a grand festival, on this day every year, up to the princes of the Son of Heaven, down to the common people, everyone wears a new spring shirt, invites the city to come out, or to the river bank to play and bathe, or to the deep mountains and valleys to pick orchid grass, or to the suburbs on the feast and drink, the purpose is to remove the ominous, begging for health.

This day is also Daughter's Day, Valentine's Day, unmarried young men and women step on the brother to dance, looking for their favorite person, those who are bold, even make an appointment with their lovers to meet.

This day is the most popular day.

On this day, when I woke up, I saw that it was hazy outside the window, and I thought I was getting up early, so I lifted the curtains and looked at it, my eyes were full of smoke and rain as thin as cow's hair, and the Xifu begonias and peach petals by the window were hung with crystal water droplets, and the delicate red was moistened by the rain so delicate.

Wei Wan was a little worried, and called Pan Zi in, but she didn't care about changing her clothes and combing her hair first, so she asked, "Are the things you want to go out to be ready?" Are boiled eggs and artemisia baba ready? ”

Pan Zi said with a smile: "Madame's requirements, of course, are all ready, and the uncle has also prepared a big tent to block the rain, saying that Mrs. must have fun." ”

Bihuan and Taohong brought the little girls, holding kettles, towels and other things, to wait for Weihuan to freshen up.

Because she thought that she would see her brother today, Wei Wan asked Bi Huan to comb her charming bun, and was combing her hair while talking about the song meeting by the river outside the Shangsi Festival.

Wei Wan smiled and asked him, "Is this makeup good?" Which hairpin should I wear? ”

Dongfang Yi saw that his wife was wearing a carmine embroidered white peony bandeau top, a rouge Luo skirt, a green white belt, a tulip shirt, and Pan Zi was standing aside with a cloak of mugwort green woven with golden entwined branches and a shawl with jade and white silk moire in her hand, so she knew that she was going to wear the mugwort green coat.

He walked to the dressing table, personally picked out a half-moon comb with white inlaid eight treasure flowers, and inserted it diagonally in front of the black and blue bun, and took a bow of the same color and pressed it on the back of his hair, with the water-colored glass earrings. Slightly swaying, it is more charming and charming in the clear beauty. Dongfang Yi took out the begonia hidden in his sleeve again, inserted it in Weiwan's sideburns, and then looked at his wife with his back hand, smiling silently.

Wei Wan saw that Dongfang Yi had finished inserting it for her, so she looked at her with a good eye. He smiled and said, "Is it good-looking?" ”

Dongfang Yi saw that his wife was faintly worried, so he wanted to make her laugh, and deliberately said seriously: "It's good-looking, but it's not as good as the begonias on the sideburns." ”

When Wei Wan heard this, she raised her hand to pick the begonia flowers on her sideburns. crushed the delicate petals, gently threw them on Dongfang Yi's body, and said angrily: "Then let Begonia sleep with you tonight." ”

After speaking, she ignored Dongfang Yi, and Pan Zi put on a robe and silk veil for her, and went straight to ask Mrs. Li for peace.

Dongfang Yi smiled and followed, gently took his wife's hand, and said in a low voice: "With such a big temperament, beware of your daughter being influenced by you and giving birth with a big temper." ”

Wei Wan pumped her hand hard. Dongfang Yi clenched tightly, where could he draw it? She was simply held by Dongfang Yi. "What are you pulling me for? Why don't you pick the begonias? Let Begonia give you a son. ”

was walking in front of the begonia under the corridor, Dongfang Yi saluted the begonia, and recited the words in his mouth: "The begonia fairy is not strange, Neizi is talking nonsense, children's words are unscrupulous, children's words are unscrupulous!" ”

Wei Wan said: "Your words are children's words." It can be seen that Dongfang Yi saluted the flowers in a serious manner, and he still couldn't help laughing. I don't know what your subordinates would think if they knew? ”

Dongfang Yi took Weihuan's hand again, and said proudly: "Where can they see it." What they saw in their eyes was a mighty general. ”

The husband and wife talked and laughed all the way to Mrs. Li's place. Wei Wan was originally a little worried about Mrs. Dongfang's anger yesterday, but she was not worried at all because of Dongfang Yi's trouble. When I saw Mrs. Lai, I greeted him with a smile on his face, as if yesterday's unpleasantness had not happened at all.

Mrs. Li smiled as usual. I think of last night.

After dinner, she finally couldn't help but tell Grandpa Guo about Weihuan. Who knew that Grandpa Guo was not only annoyed by this goblin, but annoyed her: "...... Those words have been said by others, how can you have any reason! You are a mother, those nonsense rumors, you should have been in charge of your daughter-in-law. Just press it down. Not only do you not suppress it, but you also say it yourself! Even my daughter was brought with me! I'm afraid that others will say that the Guogong Mansion is innocent, so I have to create some scandals to spread it! "Grandpa Guo was going to stay at her place, but after saying this, he brushed his sleeves and went to the study to rest for the night.

This morning, I saw that Weiwan was smiling, like no one. I was angry and aggrieved. It's all caused by this goblin, causing the whole family to be restless, but hiding by themselves! It made Grandpa Guo angry with himself.

Mrs. Li was angry in her heart, but Grandpa Guo's orders were especially provocative, and it was not easy to do it, so she just commanded with a gloomy face: "Biyun will go with you." Take care of your sister, if something goes wrong, I'm the only one who asks. ”

Wei Wan and Dongfang Yi glanced at each other, thinking that Mrs. Li didn't ban Biyun's feet, why did she release it so quickly?

Just guessing, Biyun, who was dressed in makeup, came.

After having breakfast at Mrs. Li's place, Weihuan and Biyun boarded the aconitum car with the family coat of arms and was just a barrier for Qingwei, Dongfang Yi, Crow and Hou Wu, and a cadre of guards all rode horses, and Weihuan and Biyun got into a car. Biyun's personal maids Cha Xiang and Zhu Yun and Pan Zibi Huan sat in another car, although there were more than 20 people, in terms of the status of the Guogong Mansion, they were also lightly armed, and the ordinary rich people were not conspicuous.

"Are you mad at me?" As soon as Biyun got in the car, he asked. The tone was as flat as ever.

She and Weiwan were in the same car,

Weiwan looked at Biyun, Biyun was wearing a hat on her head, and a long transparent veil covered her face, so she couldn't see her joy and sorrow. "Why am I mad at you?"

"You don't even talk to me." Biyun said.

Only then did Wei Wan remember that she had been thinking about meeting her brother in her heart, so she snubbed Biyun, which made her think about it more. It turns out that her sister-in-law, who is cold on the surface, is so sensitive and fragile in her heart. He smiled and said, "I'm thinking about your marriage." Mother was actually right. If the emperor dies, the national mourning period will be one year, and if the national mourning period is three years, won't it delay my sister? ”

Biyun was silent, and said for a long time: "...... If I don't fight for it and marry someone else, I will be unwilling. ”

Weiwan listened to her tone with melancholy and hopelessness, and thought that Biyun also knew that no matter what Jin Ze's family background was, Jin Ze himself didn't know what he meant, so he fought for it, succeeded, and knew that he also had her in his heart, even if he couldn't marry him, he would have comfort in his heart, and even if he failed, he would not give himself a reason to regret it.

It's okay in this way, if you die for Jin Ze, you will have a new beginning.

But she didn't say much.

The chariot drawn by four horses quickly left the city.

Outside the south gate of Yecheng, there is a mountain crossing, and a clear stream flows down from the distant mountain, flows to the bottom of the mountain of Yecheng, and has merged into a big river.

The Big Buddha Temple is surrounded by water and built at the foot of the mountain. Today is the day of the temple fair, although the smoke and rain are all over the sky, the tourists are not less interested, but because of the smoke and rain to increase the different kind of interest.

Weiwan lifted the curtain of the car and hung it with a carved wooden hook, and she could see the outside scenery while sitting in the car.

But I saw the peach and plum on both sides of the road competing for beauty, fighting for Fangfei, hiding among the flowers, and both crying. In the distance, a thin willow is tender and verdant, and the apricot blossoms are in full bloom on half of the hillside.

Wei Wan said happily: "I will think about that troublesome thing later, but now I have to have a good time." ”

Biyun took off his hat, thought for a while, and said, "I heard Zhaohua say that the saint was going to the Great Buddha Temple early this morning to enter the pillar incense and pray for the emperor, but I don't know if it is over at this time." ”

Wei Wan said: "It should have been over a long time ago." I just don't know if it's gone. ”

A glimmer of hope and apprehension flashed in Biyun's eyes.

When he arrived at the riverside, Dongfang Yi deliberately chose a place close to the Big Buddha Temple, next to a few apricot blossom trees, and asked people to set up a few large oilcloth tents, and placed the square tables and small pestles they brought in the tents, so they invited Weihuan and Biyun to get off.

Pan Zi, Cha Xiang and others had already made oil-paper umbrellas and waited under the car.

Pan Zi held the oil-paper umbrella of the dragonfly lotus in one hand, and helped Weihuan get out of the car with the other, and said, "Madame, beware of your feet slipping, this grass is drenched with water, but it is very slippery." ”

Wei Wan smiled: "How can you call stepping on the grass if you don't step on the grass?" But he did not enter the tent, nor was he afraid that the grass would wet his tall pearl shoes, but went to the meadow.

Dongfang Yi saw it, stepped forward to take the umbrella in Pan Zi's hand, and took his wife for a walk with her.

Biyun and the maidservants went to the tent to cook tea and set fruits.

The grass is dotted with tarpaulin canopies. But people are not in the tent, some women are wearing colorful spring shirts, holding painted oil-paper umbrellas, smiling while watching the flowers and willows, while walking slowly, their light shawls around their arms slowly flutter in the drizzle, indescribably charming.

Young men also play in groups, but their targets are women, and some unmarried men look for women with girlish haircuts, with bold eyes and calm expressions.

Wei Wan snuggled up to her husband and smiled slightly, thinking that this is a legal day when men and women look at each other, and they should be bold and bold.

Just as I was looking at it comfortably, suddenly a big car came speeding up.

The cart was pulled by eight horses, with carved canopies and beams, and a wide and comfortable carriage. In the car, there were several men and women dressed in fancy costumes, the women played the pipa, and the men sang and laughed all the way.

The big car came to a stop beside Dongfang Yi and Weiwan. A man in the car looked down and said, "Oops! Isn't this Brother Dongfang and Mrs. Xian? ”

Dongfang Yi smiled and arched his hand: "Brother Jie is also here?" ”

The snow-skinned and blue-eyed Mr. Jie laughed and said to the people in the car: "I have met an old friend." ”

There was a man in the car: "Mr. Jie has so many old friends, and I have met a lot along the way." ”

Wei Wan was in her heart when she heard this voice, and she couldn't help but grab Dongfang Yi's arm and look up at the car.

At this time, a light breeze blew, raising the white veil of the orchid on the car, and I saw the blurred figures of several men in the white veil, and I couldn't see who it was.

But the voice was obviously my brother's words, but Wan would never hear it wrong. (To be continued.) )