Chapter 33: The Flower Dynasty Festival
The mighty convoy took more than half a day to arrive in Chang'an, Duanyue was supported by the palace people, and got out of the carriage, but said that he was unwilling to go back to Ninghou Mansion. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info she squirmed and walked to Murong Chui's side, looking at him with teary eyes.
"Uncle...... Xiao Yue has something to ask her uncle to ...... "Murong Trai heard her tone become so gentle and well-behaved, and knew that she must be fine. Sure enough, Duanyue hesitated for a moment and then opened her mouth to continue. "My brother went to the barracks, and I didn't know that I secretly went to the hunting grounds. Uncle must not tell my brother, or I will be scolded to death by him!" ”
Murong lowered his gaze, his face became serious, and he glared at Duanyue without being angry and arrogant. "It's wrong for you to come to the hunting ground without permission! You want me to hide it for you! He snorted coldly.
Duan Yue saw that Murong Chui had a very tough attitude, her eyes were red, and she cried without saying a word, giving full play to the skill of "crying, making trouble, and hanging yourself". When the people around heard Duanyue's crying, they all looked here unconsciously, which made Murong Trai even more embarrassed.
He could only be defeated, sighed and nodded in agreement. "Alright, alright! I said yes. Don't cry, it's a shame to let others look at it. As soon as Murong Chui's voice fell, Duanyue immediately suppressed her crying, and then replaced it with a smile that had succeeded in her treacherous plan.
She stretched out her little thumb in front of Murong Chui. "Uncle can talk and count." Since Murong Trai said it, he couldn't break his promise in front of so many people, so he could only stretch out his hand to make an agreement with Duanyue Lagou.
Duanyue won this "death-free gold medal", and happily waved goodbye to a group of friends and walked to Ninghou Mansion by himself.
The Ninghou Mansion was completely renovated in the second year of Chang'an. Ninghou Mansion was built on the site of the Shen Mansion, Shen Changfeng has been away from Beijing for many years, but this old Shen Mansion has never been touched. The general layout is still the same as the old site, there is no rough, and the new one is the layout in the room. Although Duanyue's courtyard is more than twice as small as in Murong Mansion, the layout is still very different from that of Murong Mansion.
She swaggered to the gate of Ninghou Mansion, and when the guards saw it, they immediately bowed their heads and saluted, and obediently opened the gate. A middle-aged man walked in front of him, and when he saw Duanyue returning, he hurriedly bent over and walked in broken steps, bowing to Duanyue.
"The county lord can be regarded as coming back, which makes the old slave very worried!" He saw Duanyue's face showing joy, and he was probably afraid that he was relieved to see Duanyue come back before the storm.
"Uncle Tong, hasn't my brother returned yet?" She ignored the man and walked forward on her own, and Uncle Tong followed in small steps.
"The letter sent by the Hou Ye said that he would not come back until the day after tomorrow, and the old slave thought that the county lord would not be able to come back!"
Duanyue smiled casually. "I couldn't come back, but something happened suddenly. Is Furi okay lately? ”
"If you go back to the county lord, everything is fine in the house, and there is no need to worry about it." Duanyue nodded and said no more, and walked to his yard with his own familiarity. Uncle Tong consciously stopped and watched her leave.
Before he reached the door of his yard, he saw a woman running out of the house, and she rushed towards Duanyue. Duanyue panicked, and quickly flashed, and the woman fell to the ground, looking at Duanyue with a resentful face.
"County Lord!" Cuiguo rubbed her sore knee and stood up slowly. She looked at Duanyue with an expression that was about to cry. "The county lord is really worried about me!"
"You're not worried about me, you're afraid that my brother will come back and find out that I'm not there, so blame you." Duanyue half-playfully teased Cuiguo, and she nodded unabashedly, agreeing with Duanyue's words.
"Of course, Master Hou will come back the day after tomorrow, and the slave thinks that if you don't come back, then I will also run away from home, so as not to be blamed."
Duanyue laughed out loud when she heard this. "You eat well and live well in Ninghou Mansion, why are you willing to go out?" She raised an eyebrow at Emerald with a playful look. After leaving her room for a few days, she suddenly felt that she missed her very much, so she walked slowly to the house. "In the past three days, I have eaten meat and fish every day in the hunting grounds, and I am almost sick and vomiting. Cuiguo, hurry up and get me some refreshing and greasy meals, I'm starving to death. ”
Seeing that she was in a good mood, Cuiguo hurriedly went down to prepare dinner. By the time Duanyue had eaten, it was getting dark, and the meal just now became dinner.
Duanyue sat in the house full of wine and food and sat in the carriage for a day, a little drowsy, but there was always the sound of frolic and laughter outside the wall, like a lively scene full of people. Duanyue frowned and called Cuiguo for questioning.
"Why is it so noisy outside, and no one has stopped."
Cuiguo pricked up her ears and listened intently, but after a moment she burst out laughing. "It's time for the Flower Dynasty Festival, so there are more people on the street." She asked Duanyue with some expectation. "Don't you want to go out and play?" Duanyue looked at her expression, obviously she wanted to go out to play, but she had to pull Duanyue to have a name.
Duanyue didn't like the flower festival in Chang'an City, every year on the night of the flower festival, all the boys and girls in the audience went out of the house, although they went to enjoy the flowers and the moon, but the drunken intention was not in the wine, everyone was taking this opportunity to meet their lovers. Duanyue felt that this was too hasty, so she stayed at home peacefully at this time of year, unwilling to follow the crowd.
But today, Cuiguo said so, and Duanyue suddenly had the desire to go out in her heart. However, she still had to put on a reluctant look, lest she make Cuiguo feel that it would be too easy to achieve her goal.
"I don't like the Flower Dynasty Festival, you know it, but you look at which time I've been out over the years?"
Cuiguo calmed down and thought about it carefully, it was true that Duanyue was right, but she didn't give up and persuaded again. "My good county lord, let's hurry up and have a good time while the Hou Ye hasn't come back yet. Otherwise, when Hou Ye comes back, he will be locked here and can't get out! ”
"Hey, what you said makes sense...... Duanyue lowered her head, pretending to be thinking. Then do as you say, get ready, change your clothes and go out! Cuiguo saw Duanyue relieved her mouth, and immediately became happy like a child. She nodded at Duanyue, and immediately ran down, and came back in a short time after changing into a private suit.
The light green blouse with a goose yellow lower skirt looks extremely pretty. Although it was too late to comb her hair again, Cuiguo cleverly inserted a few fresh flowers, which was suddenly unusual. Duanyue couldn't help but take a closer look at the cuiguo, but she didn't expect her to dress up seriously and still have a bit of a look.
As soon as you walk down the street, you feel the festive atmosphere. The vendors on both sides of the road shouted and shouted hard, selling all kinds of things, from food to use. The streets were crowded, all of them were seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and girls, and they didn't shy away from the difference between men and women at the moment, and they all blushed and laughed. Duanyue stood in the crowd, she turned her head sideways and saw that many girls around her were holding a blooming peach blossom in their hands, as if it was some trend.
"Oops! This ......" Listening to the voice of Cuiguo, Duanyue looked at it. It turned out to be a strange man, he was very helpless with a red face, and he stuffed a peach blossom branch to Cuiguo and ran away.
Cuiguo held the peach blossom branch, but she couldn't feel right how she took it, and her face became hot.
Duanyue couldn't help but look puzzled. "What's going on with this peach blossom branch, why do you have it in everyone's hands?"
"The county lord doesn't know, this is the custom of our Chang'an Flower Festival, men and women can send peach blossoms to express their feelings when they meet their favorite people."
"Oh-" Duanyue dragged out her tone, looking at the peach blossom in Cuiguo's arms very ambiguously. "I didn't expect my emerald fruit to be so sought-after!"
"Oops! What did the county lord say! The man just looked at me with empty hands and was pitiful. The more she explained, the redder her face became. Duan Yue knew it in her heart, and just smiled at her. muttered in my heart: My hand is empty, why is there no one to send me?
Cuiguo felt Duanyue's ill-intentioned eyes, so she had to immediately change the topic. "The county lord...... Either let's go to the Peach Blossom River earlier, if we go late, I'm afraid we won't have a seat. She panicked and hurriedly pulled Duanyue away. Duanyue sneered and let her pull her away.
The Peach Blossom River is already crowded with people, and the pink color of the mountains and fields reflects each other with the lovers at this moment, and there is a romantic atmosphere here.
Duanyue bypassed the crowd and walked to a place with fewer people. She walked slowly on the bank of the river, watching people put out sky lanterns, and the people who put river lanterns suddenly became playful. "Cuiguo, how about we buy two river lanterns too?" Cuiguo nodded, and immediately ran to the market.
"Oops! Someone overboard! Suddenly, the crowd became agitated, and Duanyue hurriedly looked at the river, and sure enough, there were violent ripples under the bridge not far away, looming like a woman. She threw herself in the water, but no one around her dared to go down to save her.
Duanyue was anxious, and immediately looked around left and right, picked up a thicker branch from the ground, and ran towards the place where the woman fell into the water. Just as he was about to reach the woman with a branch, he saw a tall figure jump decisively from the bridge into the river, making a violent "poof" sound, which startled the surrounding crowd to let out an exclamation of "oops".
Duanyue looked distracted, and the branch in his hand couldn't help but slide down. In the blink of an eye, the man carried the woman who had fallen into the water ashore, and the woman seemed to be frightened, and she was motionless at the moment. The crowd of onlookers saw the man acting bravely, and the crowd immediately erupted in thunderous applause.
"Miss! What happened to you! Out of the crowd came a woman dressed as a maid, and she was immediately at a loss when she saw the woman who had fallen into the water.
The man was very calm. "Your young lady has fallen into the water, hurry up and go to the hospital."
Duanyue suddenly felt that this voice was a little familiar, and involuntarily took a few steps forward, only then could she see clearly under the care of the lanterns. That man wasn't a stranger, it turned out to be a storm!
At this time, the wind was focused on the fainting woman in his arms, and he didn't notice Duanyue, who was only a foot away from him, and he followed the maid and disappeared on the road.
Duanyue hurriedly fled in the opposite direction. If you let my brother see me wandering outside, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out again. But when you think about it, isn't the wind going to come back tomorrow?