Chapter 68: The Pro-Ploughing Festival
Huo Jingrou still didn't speak. Huo Jingcheng had nothing to persuade, so he had to talk about something else: "I heard that Tianjing's Tianxuan Prefecture is known as a fairyland on earth, and everyone in the world is fascinated. Why don't the sixth brother arrange for Xiao Yaozi to accompany you to visit Dongjing? If you like it, let your sixth sister-in-law go with you. β
Huo Jingrou still didn't speak, but shook her head.
Seeing this, Huo Jingcheng sighed: "That's it, you can talk about it yourself." Let's go. With that, he walked away.
"Sixth brother!"
There was a sudden call from behind her, Huo Jingcheng stopped, turned around and said, "What's wrong?" β
Huo Jingrou looked at him earnestly with a pair of tearful eyes and asked, "Sixth brother, have you ever loved someone?" β
Huo Jingcheng pondered for a moment and said, "Jingrou, in fact, the sixth brother doesn't know if this is love, the sixth brother only knows that he really wants to keep a woman by his side." It's just that the person is already someone else's wife, so the sixth brother can only hide it in his heart. β
Huo Jingrou was obviously surprised: "Sixth brother, why did you have such an experience?" I've never heard you say that. β
Huo Jingcheng said: "Naturally, why bother talking about what you can't get, just hide it in your heart and don't see the day." β
Huo Jingrou sighed: "Sixth brother, otherwise, I will tie up Qiao Fengzhi, you tie up that woman, let's run away together, abandon everything and run away, don't want this status, how about it?" β
"Silly words, gone." Huo Jingcheng turned to leave, and the tall figure gradually drifted away.
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The next day, the queen Jiang went out of the palace on the order of Emperor Qian, and went to the princess's mansion, and I don't know how she comforted and persuaded her daughter, and in the next few days, Princess Roufu's side was really quiet, and there was no wind and movement.
In the end, the princess's public marriage proposal did not come out with a result, and the hearts that were waiting to see the excitement gradually cooled, and the rumors in Beijing gradually fell silent after a few days, and it became unresolved.
On the tenth day of the seventh month, Du Yan took his wife and children, as well as his daughter who had just completed the moon, from Mingju City to Beijing. After Du Yan entered the palace to meet him, Emperor Qiandi gave him the title of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, which was also a civil official. Unlike Qiao Fengzhi, in order to show his preferential treatment to his subordinates, Emperor Qian gave Du Yan's mansion in Beijing.
Following the limelight Qiao Fengzhi, the court added upstarts, and for a while, Du Yan was also emerging in Beijing.
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On July 15, the annual pro-farming festival has finally arrived.
From the royal family to the civil and military officials, all of them lined up and set off towards the Lintian Mountain Garden on the outskirts of Beijing. In front of the golden whip to open the road, the gods and ghosts are not close, and behind is an incomparably spectacular procession, men riding horses, family members riding cars, in the middle of the people's onlookers from the long street.
This way was lively and lively until dusk, and finally arrived at the door of Lintian Mountain Garden. The gate of the garden is wide open, and there are layers of guards inside and out, and the majesty of the heavenly family is fully displayed.
The thousands of guards accompanying him immediately surrounded and protected the mountain garden.
The team of people and horses walked into the mountain garden, the terrain inside is staggered, the more you go, the more open in front of you, at a glance, the spring is deep like the sea, the thousand rocks are showing, and the eyes are full of beauty.
Yao Duran sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and watched all the way, and couldn't help but sigh at the grandeur of the mountain garden.
Lu Yan said with great interest: "Madam, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the mountain garden. This mountain garden is extremely vast, there is a cave in it, and the five gardens are independent. The garden specializes in exotic flowers and trees. The garden specializes in raising poultry and livestock. The orchard is planted with a variety of fruit trees. The mountain garden is dedicated to horseback hunting. And Tianyuan is where we are going to work. β
Yao Duran said: "This scale is really grand. It's just that there are more than 100 of us pro-cultivators, right? With so many people, how do they stay at night? β
Lu Yan smiled: "There are wings and courtyards in each garden, which are used by laborers and subordinates. Naturally, these pro-cultivators are going to live in the wing houses in the fields. After staying tonight, the housekeeper in the garden will also distribute uniform agricultural clothes from room to room, and start plowing early tomorrow morning. β
Yao Duran thought for a while, and a smile curled up on her lips: "It seems that the day of sunrise and sunset is coming." β
After the team arrived at Tianyuan, they finally stopped on the main road, and more than 100 people got off their horses and got off the bus.
Standing on the road and looking around, I saw that in the evening glow, there were endless wheat fields on both sides of the road, dense layers full of gold, in the breeze, the golden waves surged, and continued to the sky, dyeing with the glow...... It's just beautiful.
Emperor Qian helped the queen get out of the carriage. Queen Jiang is eight out of forty years old, and she looks very young because of proper maintenance. She is wearing a goose-yellow stand-up collar with wide shoulders and long sleeves and a phoenix suit, and the whole person is like standing on the clouds. The wind of the world is fully revealed.
The two stood side by side, looking at the endless wheat fields. Emperor Qiandi was in a good mood and said loudly: "This year will be a good harvest!" May I be great and prosperous every year! β
The rest of the people all knelt in the direction of Emperor Qiandi and the queen, and shouted: "Longde is in the field, ploughing with the people, God bless the great Qian, and the family is full!" Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long liveβQueen Mother Chitose Chitoseβ"
Emperor Qiandi looked at everyone with a smile, and said in unison with the queen: "God bless the great Qian, the family is full of people-"
"God bless you, the house is full of peopleβ" The crowd shouted three times after him.
Where did Yao Duran participate in such a scene, he didn't know how to do or say, he just knelt in the crowd.
When this meeting was over, the emperor and queen went to the independent residence Fengnian House hand in hand, surrounded by the subordinates.
After a tiring day, the older courtiers in the group all went to the wing house in groups of three or five. The rest of the young and playful are standing on the side of the road to enjoy the beautiful scenery of spring and autumn. There was laughter and slapstick from the crowd. All of them are in high spirits, more unrestrained than ever. Although everyone came to plough and had to endure some hardships, they still couldn't stop everyone's greed for this beautiful scenery and the yearning for this paradise-like life, all of which were just a month of leaving the world for fun.
Huo Jingyao was dressed in white, and he was also equipped with a white carved bone yarn embroidered bird picture folding fan, and his whole temperament changed greatly. His former clothes were red and flamboyant, which did not match his delicate face at all, and he looked nondescript. But now wearing such a white dress, the whole person immediately stands out and shines, and he has become a beautiful son, refreshing and clean, revealing an elegant atmosphere. Everywhere he passed, everyone was surprised, looking at him with inquiring eyes, no one knew how this character in red, who had not left his body for many years, suddenly had such a change.
Until...... It wasn't until Huo Jingyao pounced on Qiao Fengzhi and stuck to him to speak, that everyone looked at the two people who were dressed in white and white, and they seemed to understand a thing or two.
At this end, Yao Duran finished looking at the beautiful scenery, and then looked at the crowd quietly, and this time, he really saw a few enemies. Huo Jingrou stood beside Huo Jingcheng and talked to the crown princess, but Concubine Ling couldn't interject the words of the two of them, so she pulled Huo Jingcheng's sleeve as if she was talking coquettishly. There is also Xie Yuanzhi, who is also standing among several graceful ladies, smiling and chatting politely with them. Yao Duran saw that her body was plump after giving birth, but it added more charm. Her complexion is excellent, her little face is bright, her beautiful eyes are shining, she is standing in the crowd and smiling to welcome the spring breeze, and she is in an excellent mood.
Yao Duran looked at it, and said in her heart that as a woman, she was indeed happy. and her husband, Du Yan, was also talking to a few courtiers.
Lu Yan whispered beside her, "Madam, aren't you going to say hello to those ladies?" Those ladies don't have a fight, and they get along very well. β
Yao Duran smiled lightly and bitterly: "No, don't you see that they are all isolating me, for fear of getting close to me and offending Princess Roufu, why should I go up to beg for disgust." β
As soon as the words fell, the crown princess beside Huo Jingcheng saw her in a blink of an eye, so she threw down a few people and came over generously and greeted Yao Duran, Yao Duran smiled decently and responded politely.
Concubine Ling saw the crown princess go to greet Yao Duran, looked at Huo Jingrou and sighed: "Hey, Sister Rou, it seems that someone's elbow is turning out." β
Huo Jingrou glanced at her lightly and did not speak.
Huo Jingcheng looked at his favorite concubine, and said in a deep tone: "This fire is indeed a little smaller, so you should pour some oil on it to make it burn stronger." β
Concubine Ling met his unpredictable handsome eyes, and her heart was weak for a moment, so she took his arm and said softly: "Oh, the concubine is wrong, does Your Highness still have to worry about my little woman?" β
Huo Jingcheng hooked his lips and smiled: "As everyone knows, only women and villains are difficult to raise." β
When Concubine Ling heard this, she chuckled, as bright as a spring flower. Regardless of her identity and demeanor, she stood on tiptoe in Huo Jingcheng's ear and said softly: "Since His Highness thinks that women are difficult to raise, why do you raise a bunch of them?" It's better to raise a concubine. β
Huo Jingcheng listened to it and said with a smile: "Only you dare to say this." Okay, let's get some away, and the princess will be back to train you again later. β
She pouted and snorted softly: "The crown princess is too old-fashioned." Women always have to be lively to be interesting, right, Your Highness? β
Before Huo Jingcheng could say anything, the crown princess had already returned after saying hello. Sure enough, when she saw Concubine Ling sticking to Huo Jingcheng's body regardless of her demeanor, she immediately frowned and said unhappily: "Concubine Ling pays attention to her demeanor." β
In front of Huo Jingcheng, Concubine Ling didn't dare to be disrespectful to her, so she had to reluctantly leave him to stand up.
Here, Yao Duran sent the crown princess away, so he looked into the man's team, wanting to see what his husband was doing. It's just that Yao Duran saw this, and she couldn't cry or laugh. Seeing that Qiao Fengzhi was pulled by Huo Jingyao to the side of the road to enjoy the scenery, the two of them stood still, Huo Jingyao suddenly smiled evilly, and then quietly handed the folding fan in his hand to Yushu, and the next moment, he took advantage of Qiao Fengzhi's defenselessness and dragged him off the road, and the two of them turned into the wheat field in embarrassment, hugged each other and rolled several times.
After Qiao Fengzhi reacted, he wanted to get up, but Huo Jingyao tried his best to hold him down, and the two rolled and fought together in the wheat field, and the wheat stalks were quickly overwhelmed.
The men on the side of the road laughed loudly, some were still cheering and shouting, and the women stopped chatting and crowded to the side of the road to see the excitement.
The battle in the wheat field was fierce, but Huo Jingyao was Qiao Fengzhi's opponent, and he quickly turned over, blocked his limbs, and suppressed him so much that he couldn't move.