On the third day of the third month of March, the Shangsi Festival. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day every year, the palace will be bathed in orchid soup and worship the god of Gao. There are more folk customs of wearing camellia flowers and listening to frogs, and there are many women in the boudoir who will go to the Qujiang Pond on the day of the Shangsi Festival.

This year's festival is more lively than in previous years. There is no other reason, just because the saint has decreed that all the ministers of the court and above the third rank will dress up the female baby in the family on the day of the Shangsi Festival, and participate in the Qushui Liuyu presided over by the prince and the princess on the side of the Qujiang Pond!

As soon as this holy decree was issued on the first day of the new year, the court and the central government were in an uproar, and the ministers were discussing, but Li Zhi had a wry smile on his face.

Regarding his father's plan to go on a blind date for Li Mo, he originally planned to hold a banquet in the back garden of his mansion, even if the daughter of the minister of the court and the central government came to the banquet to see each other, it was just a few people, and Li Mo would not be too disgusted, but now his father has made such a big move, and the daughters of officials above the third rank in Chang'an City are afraid of no less than dozens of people! I really don't know how Li Mo will react when he finds out!

Thinking of Li Mo's black face, Li Zhi couldn't help but have a headache, his father really gave him a problem! But fortunately, for some reason, my father actually counted the merchants into the boudoir daughters who participated in the Qushui Liuzhen, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune!

Qujiang Pond is located in the southeast corner of Chang'an City, half in the city, accounting for about two squares; Half outside the city, zigzag to the south, is the most beautiful place in Chang'an. Here is located in the low-lying area on the Fengqi Plain, because of the accumulation of water into a pond, the pond bank of its water twists and turns, there is like the river of Guangling, so it is called Qujiang.

This time, the meandering water flow is to choose the most tortuous section of water flow in the peach garden by the pond of Qujiang River, the mushrooms on both sides of the river are verdant, the willows are four, the blue waves are red, and the contrast is interesting, it is really a beautiful scenery, which makes people forget to return.

Because the emperor came to Qujiangchi. Since three days ago, there have been countless guards by the Royal Forest Army on the banks of Qujiang Pond, although the outer places are not restricted to people coming and going, but the area of Taoyuan has been tightly sealed, and no idle people are allowed to approach.

This made many scholars who wanted to try their skills with the hope of facing the holy face, and the romantic talents who wanted to see the beautiful style of Chang'an's famous families, could only look at the garden and sigh, and even the originally scheduled poetry meeting was not interested.

Shang Shang and Chu Yao had breakfast in the Weiguo Mansion early in the morning, and bathed in orchid soup, and then took a carriage to the Qujiang Pond.

Originally, Chu Yao didn't want to come to mix with Qu Shui Liuzhen. She is learning poison with Tang Jun, and she is studying those snakes, insects, rats and ants in the forest, how can she have the leisure to play with these elegant things? Helplessly, the emperor made an order, and her grandfather comforted her with kind words, so she had to go through the motions and accompany the prince to read this book.

Chu Yao twisted the hair hanging down from her shoulders in boredom, turned her head and saw that Shang Shang had been lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking, his eyes suddenly turned his head mysteriously.

"Merchant! You say--that rumor in Chang'an City these days can't be true, right? ”

"What rumors?"

Shang Shang rubbed the mutton fat white jade bracelet on her wrist, and the warm feeling between her fingers made her heart warm. This is the first time Li Mo has given her! She hasn't taken it off since she put it on.

"I've been walking around the city with Tang Jun for the past few days, and I happened to hear someone say that this time Qu Shui Liuyu is going to choose a side concubine for the prince! It seems to say that the prince has a hidden disease, but he is afraid that the heir will be difficult! ”

Chu Yao's low voice couldn't hide the excitement and pride she felt when she said the news, like a child who had discovered a big secret, eager to share it with her best friend.

"Where did you hear that?" The merchant looked shocked, but then he couldn't laugh or cry again.

I'm afraid no one knows the true intention of Qu Shui Liuyu this time better than her! Not long after Li Yan came back that day, Li Zhi arrived, and the news brought by Li Zhi was even more difficult to deal with than the news she asked Li Yan to bring.

It's really in vain, she still said good things for Li Shimin in front of Li Mo! As a result, the emperor made such a big drama to embarrass her in the blink of an eye!

"Don't you know? The whole Chang'an City has spread all over it! It is said that this time the song is a special order of the emperor, just to let the prince spread out as soon as possible! Chu Yao bit her fingers indifferently, anyway, regardless of whether the prince has a hidden disease or not, she will not be the prince's side concubine, this is what her grandfather personally promised, otherwise she would not come!

"Really?" Shang Shang frowned slightly, and his right hand subconsciously rubbed the jade bracelet on his wrist.

This rumor is too strange, although this time the emperor will inevitably pull out some reasons in order to hide people's eyes, but there are rumors to reach such a level of hustle and bustle that people have to feel suspicious!

Could it be that someone used this rumor to hit Li Zhi? It must be known that if the heir is difficult, it will also be a big blow to the status of the prince! The most obvious example is the eighth son of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty in the later generations, if it weren't for the difficulty of his heirs, I am afraid that the possibility of winning the world is much greater!

"You often walk around the city, do you know where this rumor came from?" After thinking about it, Shang Shang still asked Chu Yao, although she didn't necessarily know, but it was better than nothing.

"It's not very clear, now it's been crazy in Chang'an City, where do you know where it came from? Recently, even officials below the fifth grade have gone to the prince's mansion to hit the wooden clock! Everyone wants to send their daughters to the prince's mansion! There are carriages parked at the gate of the villa opposite us every day! Chu Yao pursed her lips disdainfully, those people's faces were disgusting to look at, where could the prince's brother be able to see it?

The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down, and finally stopped at the outskirts of Qujiang. When they arrived here, they had already entered the Qujiang range, they needed to get out of the car and walk over by themselves, and the merchants had to dispel the idea of asking Chu Yao again, and Li Zhi and them had to deal with these things, and she was in the palace, so she couldn't help much, so she could only remind them when she saw them.

It wasn't until they got off the carriage that the merchants really felt the appeal of the emperor's decree!

Qujiang Pond, which was originally beautiful and full of spring, is now overcrowded! The carriage of the Patriotic Mansion almost couldn't find a place to turn around.

Although Li Zhi has arranged for the Imperial Forest Army to maintain order on the periphery of Qujiang Pond, the current situation is still a little out of control, the onlookers of Chang'an City have surrounded Qujiang around the water, all of them are enthusiastic to enter Qujiang Pond to participate in the banquet of the boudoirs, from time to time there are a few amazing calls came, and the shrewd stall vendors have taken on countless snacks to sell along the road, and the momentum is even more lively than the award ceremony of later generations.

The place where Shang Shang and Chu Yao got off was the entrance of the Imperial Forest Army. They got off with the daughters of several Beijing officials, looking at the name plate on their car, there was a woman wearing a flower skirt full of embroidered butterflies and a tortoiseshell crown, which seemed to be the daughter of the Wei family.

Chu Yao was not familiar with them, and the merchants had no contact with these boudoir daughters, so the two bowed slightly to several dressed women who came to the opposite side, handed over the name tags issued by the palace to the guards for inspection, and then walked into Qujiang Pond together.

Several women behind the two were slightly stunned, and the woman surnamed Nawei raised her head arrogantly, looking disdainful of being with them.

Shang Shang and Chu Yao walked by the water, and the wind in front of them also carried the fragrance of spring flowers. Chu Yao's full of complaints also decreased a little when she saw this beautiful scenery.

The two were looking at the red apricot full of branches and laughing, but a voice full of disdain and disdain came from behind them.

"It's just a singer, and she actually came to participate in the song! I really don't know who gave her this guts! ”

The daughter of the Wei family, who was walking behind the two at the entrance, was walking with several boudoir women at this time, and when she saw the two of them looking back, she raised her chin defiantly, with a look of arrogance.

"That's it, if it's good, it's the musician in the palace, and if it's not good, isn't it a singer? I don't know where to get a famous brand, but I actually dared to enter this Qujiang Pond! ”

A woman wearing a silver-red skirt beside the Wei family's daughter echoed, and a small black mole on her lips also trembled with her expression, which made people look away.

Chu Yao saw that she was on fire, and was about to rush forward to theorize, but Shang Shang reached out and grabbed her. He glanced at a few people indifferently, and said lightly: "Chu Yao!" Why should you be angry, if you are like such a person, you are really losing your identity! ”

If the provenance of her famous brand is much bigger than that of these people, it was written to her by Li Shimin himself! It's just that it's inconvenient to take it out and argue with these people. In the final analysis, this agreement is only a private agreement between her and Li Shimin, and even Li Mo doesn't know about it.

It's funny to say! On the one hand, the emperor who sits on the world is trying his best to pick a beauty for his son, but on the other hand, he is worried that his son will not appreciate it. After thinking about it, he hit her with the idea, and it was called to give her a chance, but in fact, I was afraid that my stubborn son would not be obedient to participate in Qushui Liuzhen!

"You! Who are you? How dare you speak out? The daughter of the Wei family was so angry that her face turned red, and a peach blossom face was distorted like a yaksha in a blink of an eye. She has grown so big, no one dares to be so arrogant in front of her!

"Who are you? Shang Shang is my sister of Chu Yao, why should you, a daughter of a three-grade imperial history, teach her? ”

Seeing that her words were insulting, Shang Shang hadn't spoken yet, Chu Yao couldn't help it at first. She has always regarded Shangshang as her own sister-in-law, but now when she sees the daughter of the Wei family bullying her, how can she bear this breath, and she is angry at the moment.

"What girl? It's just that the daughter of a criminal didn't enter the palace as a maid! My father is a three-grade imperial doctor, why not teach a little palace maid? It's you, who are still sisters with the palace maids, are really willing to fall! Could it be - you got this brand for her secretly, right? You still want to climb to the crown prince? What wishful thinking! ”

The daughter of the Wei family is also smart, and after being angry, she actually bypassed Chu Yao's identity and directly challenged Shang Shang, and dragged Chu Yao into the water by the way.

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