The Hundred Flowers Festival is an annual event in Southern Chu, and it is also a festival that existed in the previous dynasties. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After the founding of the Southern Chu State, the old was abolished and the new was established, and most of the customs of the previous dynasty were abandoned, but this tradition was retained.

Every day of the Hundred Flowers Festival, the curfew will be lifted in the entire Southern Chu Imperial City, the city is full of lanterns and is extremely lively, and the Yanxia Lake, the most important part of the Hundred Flowers Festival, is even more jubilant, the nearby street market is full of vendors with lanterns and various gadgets, shouting and laughing endlessly, the young people on the street are frolicking with each other, and even some older people will come out to join in the fun.

On this day, the Southern Chu Imperial City can be described as very lively, and the streets are full of people.

The carriage of King Ling's Mansion swayed in the direction of Yanxia Lake, and when it was almost to Yanxia Lake, Rong Jing got out of the carriage in advance and disappeared into the crowd with Dark San, while Xue Rou also abandoned the carriage and walked, and took Qin Xi and Su Yu to Yanxia Lake along the flow of people.

Yanxia Lake is the largest inner city water area in the capital, from the source of the north city into the city, the south of the city outside the river out, in the city of low-lying places accumulated into a lake, Yanxia Lake lake is wide, the water is calm, and the embankment by the lake is planted with willow trees, all around is full of flowers, every year when the flowers are in full bloom, those famous singers who perform will sing and dance on the flower boat on the lake, and the various competitions of the noblewomen in Beijing are docked on the edge of the willow embankment on the Yanxia Lake.

When Xue Rou arrived at Yanxia Lake, it was already full of people, and the performance on the lake had not yet begun, but there were countless people who put lamps on the lake and prayed for marriage.

She walked through the crowd, and it was rare that she didn't feel noisy around, but looked at the men and women laughing with great interest, Su Yu dutifully protected her left and right from letting people approach, and Qin Xi, who was dressed in a red dress, looked around casually.

Xue Rou played with a lantern in her hand, and after putting the lantern into the lake after learning from those women by the lake, she noticed Qin Xi looking into the distance and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Qin Xi, what are you looking at?" ”

Qin Xi retracted her gaze and said with a smile: "It's nothing, the slave just saw something interesting." ”

"What?"

"Girl, you see, the slave maid has found out from just now, although the boat over there has been moving, but it has been circling around the periphery and is not close to the center of the lake at all, the slave and maid are thinking, when it is rare to perform in public like the Hundred Flowers Festival, the flower boats in each square are not as far in the middle as possible, why does that boat keep spinning in the periphery?"

Xue Rou heard the words and looked in the direction that Qin Xi was pointing, and sure enough, she saw a large group of flower boats, a flower boat was swimming on the edge, the light on the boat was dim, and there were no flowers like other ships, if you didn't take a closer look, I was afraid that I wouldn't notice that there was a boat over there in the night, Xue Rou's eyes swept over the hull, and found that the boat was not like other flower boats with conspicuous signs, and faintly could see a few figures flashing quickly on the bow of the boat.

Xue Rou squinted slightly thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Su Yu said in a low voice: "Girl, do you want your subordinates to go over and have a look?" ”

Xue Rou shook her head when she heard this: "No need, there is something serious today, and there is no need to make extraneous branches." "Although the boat was weird, it didn't hinder her, and Xue Rou didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble tonight.

Su Yu nodded and retreated, Xue Rou was about to walk forward, but she didn't want Xie Jiaxuan, who was standing on the board of the boat not far away, looking around, to see her.

Xie Jiaxuan stood on the boat and waved at her and said loudly: "Arou, I'm here!" ”

When the other people on the boat heard Xie Jiaxuan's shout, they all looked down, and saw a plain but conspicuous figure in white standing in the crowd.

"She's here too." Hua Yunxiao said in a low voice after seeing Xue Rou.

Rong Zhi stood not far from Hua Yunxiao, and when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Xue Rou who was walking towards this side and said with a puzzled face: "Does the king of Lijun know that woman?" ”

Before Hua Yunxiao could speak, Yan Shuo on the side laughed and said: "King Fu hasn't been going out much recently, so I haven't seen it yet, that woman is Xue Rou, the new head of King Ling's mansion, and I and Yunxiao once had a relationship with her in the Yuguo Mansion." ”

Rong Zhi frowned when he heard this: "It turns out that she is Xue Rou." ”

There were many young men standing around the three of them, they had long heard that the new head of Ling Wang's Mansion was a young woman, and after hearing Yan Shuo's words, they all looked towards Xue Rou, wanting to know what the woman who could enter Ling Wang's Mansion not only safe and sound, but also held the power of Ling Wang's Mansion in her hands, looked like her, but when she saw Xue Rou's appearance, she was surprised.

No one expected that the head of King Ling's Mansion would be such a gentle and delicate girl.

Xue Rou felt that the eyes of the people on the boat around her were gathering towards her, and smiled lightly through the crowd and got on the bow of the boat, as soon as she got up, Xie Jiaxuan immediately came over and took her hand affectionately and said, "Arou, why are you so slow, people have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Xue Rou smiled when she heard this: "The road is too lively and dazzling, so it took some time." ”

Xie Jiaxuan pursed her lips and looked behind Xue Rou, but found that she didn't see the person she wanted to see, she couldn't help but ask in a coquettish voice: "Ah Rou, didn't His Royal Highness King Fang Cai Ling say that he came with you, why didn't you see His Highness?" ”

Hearing Xie Jiaxuan mention Rong Jing, many people on the boat looked towards this side, and Xue Rou clearly felt that there was a gaze in the crowd that was extremely hot.

She looked over there, and at a glance saw Xiao Mei and Yang Yuzhen standing side by side, the two of them saw her and quickly glared at her, especially Yang Yuzhen, maybe the matter in Yunlaiju was too profound, she looked at Xue Rou's eyes with a little jealousy, but there was still jealousy in her eyes.

Seeing this, Xue Rou hooked the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Ling is used to it, originally he said that he wanted to come with me, who knew that there was a bustle on the way here, and King Ling went by himself, and he didn't know where he went at this time." ”

Everyone heard this. King Ling's temperament is uncertain, when he is happy, he will come, when he is unhappy, he will leave, he will change his face as if he is playing, I am afraid that he will leave this palace manager behind when he sees that there are other new ones, and serve such a willful master, everyone can't help but give Xue Rou a sympathetic look.

Xie Yiliu's eyes flashed after hearing Xue Rou say that Rong Jing left by himself.

Xue Rou didn't care about Xie Yiliu's abnormality, she glanced at the boat, only to find that there were many acquaintances around.

Xie Yiliu and Xie Jiaxuan needless to say, there is also Feng Baozhen of the Yuguo Mansion, in addition, Xiao Mei, Xiao Xinlu, Yang Yuzhen, Luo Shumin, Fei Wenyuan and Li Yu are all there, and even Qi Shan, who was taught by Xue Rou in front of everyone last time, also came, and not far away walking towards this side was the king of Lijun Hua Yunxiao and Yanhou Shizi Yanshuo, and there was a tall thin man standing next to the two, wearing a four-clawed dragon brocade robe that only a royal prince could wear, wearing a jade crown, with a bit of rebelliousness on his face.

Xue Rou remembered that in the royal family, King Qing was sleek and blessed, with a smile on his face, and was jokingly called the smiling tiger, and King Fu was thin and tall, and he was a little proud of everyone, and there was no doubt that this person in front of him should be King Fu.

She didn't expect it to be just a Hundred Flowers Festival, but it was really lively to see so many acquaintances.

"See King Fu, King Lijun, and have seen Yan Shizi." A group of people looked at Rong Lan and the three of them.

Xue Rou also saluted, and took the opportunity to pull out the arm that was tightly hugged by Xie Jiaxuan, and after Rong Zhi let everyone get up, Xie Jiaxuan still wanted to get closer, but she didn't want Feng Baozhen to come directly from the crowd, and reached out to push Xie Jiaxuan away from Xue Rou to look at a few steps, and she herself replaced Xie Jiaxuan holding Xue Rou's hand with a straight face.

"Yo, isn't this the head of King Ling's Mansion, it's really rare to see you as a busy person." Feng Baozhen raised her eyebrows.

Xue Rou's face trembled slightly after hearing Feng Baozhen's words, and she coughed lightly and smiled: "What Miss Feng said, I was thinking about finding an opportunity to visit Miss Feng in the Yuguo Mansion in the next few days." ”

Feng Baozhen pouted without a trace, she really regarded Xue Rou as a friend, although the two only met once, but Feng Baozhen just felt that Xue Rou's temperament suited her appetite, but later she handed Xue Rou several posts to invite her to the Yuguo Mansion, and she didn't see Xue Rou move, if it weren't for Xue Rou who would write back to her every time to explain the reason, and she sent such a precious bracelet for her with a word, she still looked down on Xue Rou.

Hearing Xue Rou speak like this at this time, Feng Baozhen couldn't help but pinched Xue Rou's arm and smiled: "Yes, I forgot to recognize me as a friend when you became the head of King Ling's Mansion." ”

Xue Rou felt Feng Baozhen's small movements and couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, but she also knew that she was at a loss, and she really liked Feng Baozhen's temperament, so she had to give her a begging look.

Feng Baozhen snorted.

Yan Shuo didn't see the small movements of the two in private, but after seeing Xue Rou, he stepped forward and said rarely: "I heard that after you went to King Ling's Mansion, I still wanted to find time to see how you are doing, but now that I see you in such spirits, it seems that there is no trouble?" ”

Yan Shuo's temperament jumped out, although he spoke directly but there was no malice, Xue Rou replied with a light smile when he heard Yan: "Thank you Yan Shizi for your concern, Xue Rou is very good." ”

Feng Baozhen said lightly on the side: "Who in Beijing doesn't know that Xue Rou is the rightful manager of King Ling's Mansion now, where does she need you to worry about it?" ”

Xue Rou couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard her sour words, but she didn't expect Feng Baozhen to be quite "grudgeful".

Yan Shuo glanced at Feng Baozhen strangely when he heard this, but still said: "Anyway, Miss Xue is a woman after all, and entering the mansion unmarried has become the head of the Ling Wang's Mansion to recruit people to gossip, and there are many people in Beijing who talk about Miss Xue during this time." ”

"What's wrong with the discussion, the mouth grows on others, is it possible for Xue Rou to block the mouths of people in the world?" Feng Baozhen rolled her eyelids and said.

Yan Shuo was speechless.

Xue Rou didn't react to the words of the two, she had known about this matter for a long time, since the day she entered the Ling Palace, there were a lot of rumors about her in Beijing, and later it became countless versions under the impetus of people with good intentions, but her reputation in each version was not very good, otherwise Emperor Chu would not have specially summoned her to the palace for this, but she never cared about these, so she said to Yan Shuo: "Miss Feng's words are reasonable, reputation is very important to those who care, But for me, it's just a floating cloud, how is my Xue Rou's temperament, how can it be determined by a few rumors in the market? ”

Many women around heard Xue Rou's words and disagreed, and even showed disdain, for them, a woman's reputation is life, how can it be easy to play, but those young sons showed approval and admiration for Xue Rou's words, and some people in the crowd even clapped their hands and praised: "Miss Xue said well, the world is disturbed and never quiet, as long as you stand upright, how can your character be determined by a few words of gossip." ”

"That's it, this son thinks that Miss Xue is very talented, no wonder she can be valued by King Ling as the chief manager."

"I think what those people said may be jealousy, after all, Miss Xue is so beautiful and can be called the first beauty in Beijing, maybe those people are talking nonsense because they can't ask for it."

"Haha......"

The crowd burst into laughter, and the person who spoke out just now may just be laughing, but looking at the happy sons and brothers at this time, the faces of the women next to him are not good-looking.

Especially Xiao Mei, who has always been praised in the palm of her hand, stared at Xue Rou with burning eyes, originally before Xue Rou came, even among the nobles, she could still feel that the eyes of those sons and brothers had been following her vaguely, but after Xue Rou came, everyone didn't pay attention to her, but instead fell on Xue Rou.

Xiao Mei unwillingly pulled the handkerchief and wanted to be sarcastic, but she didn't want to be glared at by Xiao Xinlu.

"You give me some peace today, don't lose the face of our Xiao family!"

"Big brother......" Xiao Mei opened her mouth unwillingly and wanted to say something, but she didn't want Xiao Xinlu to turn her head and ignore her.

Xiao Mei couldn't help but pull Jinpa more and more, and the resentment in her eyes was about to overflow.

Xue Rou didn't know Xiao Mei and Xiao Xinlu's small movements, and she was not angry at the jokes of the people around her, she has been pretending to be a man in a group of men over the years, and she can clearly distinguish between good-natured jokes and malicious ridicule, she turned her head and smiled at the person who spoke just now: "The nobles who can come here today are all bright and moving, and they are as beautiful as flowers, and the son is so funny about Xue Rou, and he is not afraid that if the child's sweetheart is also among the nobles, if he wants to hold the beauty in the future, he will have to suffer." ”

The young man obviously didn't expect Xue Rou to tease him in turn, and when he heard the laughter of the friends around him, he suddenly turned red, but the nobles who had a bad face because of his words also covered their mouths and laughed, and their faces instantly returned to a bright color, and some people even joked: "Miss Xue is really right, Huang Gongzi's fiancée is here, Huang Gongzi has to be careful......

"Hahaha!"

The Huang Gongzi's face was even redder, and a girl in green in the crowd was full of shyness, and the others instantly understood that the woman in green was afraid that she was the fiancée of this Huang Gongzi, and immediately laughed with kindness.

After this experience, everyone's original faint rejection of Xue Rou dissipated, and those sons looked at Xue Rou with a little surprise and good feelings, if the words just now came from the mouth of an ordinary woman, it might make people feel a little frivolous, but after Xue Rou said it, everyone took it for granted, because in their eyes, Xue Rou is not only a woman, she is also the head of Ling Wangfu, saying some jokes and jokes to expose the original embarrassing things will only make people feel that she has grace, and those noble girls are also chattering around Xue Rou, The atmosphere on the ship was much more lively for a while, and the annual big competition was also arranged to start in the ring on the ship.

Rong Zhi and Yan Shuo are both referees of this talent competition, and the minds of those noble ladies are also attracted by the competition on the stage, Feng Baozhen and the Xie family sisters also went to the edge of the ring of the competition, but Xue Rou was idle, she looked at the lively crowd and shook her head, and slowly left the most lively place and walked to the edge of the boat.

The night is slightly cool, and the lake is rippling.

At this time, the performances on Yanxia Lake have also started one after another, and the crowd by the lake applauded, and the whole Yanxia Lake was lively.

Xue Rou leaned on the railing and looked at the singing and dancing not far away, and after a while, he suddenly said with a distant expression: "King Lijun doesn't go to see the excitement, what are you doing with me?" ”

There was silence in the dark.

A moment later, Hua Yunxiao, who was wearing a dark purple silk brocade robe, walked out of the darkness around the corner.

He didn't get too close to Xue Rou, but stopped at a distance of about five steps from her, he quietly looked at the woman in white who was looking at the distance by the railing, his deep eyes were full of sharpness and looked at her face and said in a deep voice: "What do you want to do when you come to the capital?" (To be continued.) )