Chapter 138: Flower Street Parade
The morning light filtered through the screen window, and the light smoke sprinkled on Siyu's delicate face, and she was like a kitten curled up in her arms.
Her whole person was like a piece of white and flawless jade, as if it was about to melt into the mist of this white veil, so unreal.
He was so afraid of losing her, afraid that she would dissipate into nothing like the white mist, and his eyes kept looking at her.
She was as beautiful as a white elf.
Siyu's greasy and white skin was as white as porcelain, almost translucent in the morning light, and the whole person was really about to disappear into the mist.
At that moment, he was so distressed.
There are still traces on her beautiful neck that he loved her last night, and the bruises and red marks are so shocking.
At that moment he regretted it.
He shouldn't have treated her like that, in this Shenghe Restaurant, with the respect of his future Son of Heaven, he took away her for the first time in such a humble place.
At this moment, he secretly made up his mind that he would repay her well and let her understand one thing, and he would never possess her for nothing.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes, big dreamlike eyes, and the depths of her eyes seemed to be a pool of seawater.
Every time the prince saw her eyes, he couldn't help himself, and he was willing to drown in the sea in her eyes.
But now......
Siyu panicked, she looked around, saw the prince again, and instantly remembered what happened last night.
At that moment, her fawn-like panicked eyes were black and white.
Sadness, resentment, and a web of love surged from the depths of her pure eyes, which suddenly restrained the prince firmly, and she was reluctant to escape.
"Don't panic, don't be afraid, what Hongu said last night will be fulfilled!"
The prince hurriedly comforted her softly.
In Siyu's eyes, tears welled up, recalling the bits and pieces of last night, her heart hurt so much.
She felt so sorry for Mu Shaoqing, and she didn't know what happened to him now?
She cried so much that she couldn't stop apologizing, but her delicate appearance made the prince feel distressed, so she hurriedly stroked her long hair and kept apologizing.
"This palace was indeed a little reckless last night, I'm sorry, but you can put forward three conditions now, and I can meet you!"
As soon as the prince said this, Siyu suddenly stopped crying.
She thought that it had already happened, and that her fate could only go with the flow.
But he is the crown prince, and he finally let go of this mouth, why didn't he take advantage of it?
She sat up quickly, her long inky hair scattered over her ivory-white shoulders, and her eyes searched everywhere.
only to find that in the house, there was a mess of cups and plates on the ground, and her heart ached inexplicably.
She found herself sorry for someone again, she missed him too much.
The prince smiled, in fact, he didn't expect that what Siyu was thinking about would be Mu Shaoqing, and when he saw her searching for paper and pencil everywhere, he hurriedly handed it to her.
It turned out that he had already found her, and thinking about her, it was no wonder that he was looking for a good errand for his family, so he didn't think much about it.
However, when Siyu wrote his first request on paper, he was stunned.
"Please don't embarrass Mu Gongzi, he saved me!"
The prince's face changed in an instant, becoming extremely cold, and his eyes became indifferent.
He lazily said to her, "This is the first request you made to me, and it really made me feel enlightened!" ”
Dropping this sentence, the prince left.
As soon as the door opened, the prince instructed the outside world: "Wait for Miss Siyu to dress up, she will participate in the Oiran Contest today!" ”
Siyu was a little panicked, thinking to herself, should she hurt Mu Shaoqing again?
……
Due to the prince's special explanation, Siyu did not need to go to Lengxiang Xiaozhu, but had already gone to the easternmost part of Yanliu Lane, Tianwang Temple.
This is the final starting point of the Oiran Contest parade, and the two nuns have already prepared everything for Siyu.
Tianxianglou's mother Feng also took the turtle slaves and rented two rooms from a nearby inn.
And by the grace of Prince Meng, he specially sent a few brocade guards to build a pergola for Siyu, invited a famous chef from Proud, and made some breakfast for Siyu there.
This is a great gift, and the other five Oiran, just like Tianxianglou, have packed one or two rooms for their own girls to rest.
Feng Ma specially brought two mothers-in-law to dress up Siyu with makeup, and a few sets of clothes of the Oiran where she was supposed to be were packed in a cage and brought out.
At this time, Yanliu Lane was already crowded, and some good positions had already been bought out by the children and nobles of various families.
More people can only be squeezed and pushed in the back, almost crowded, people by people.
Siyu took a look at it, at this time, the Yanliu Long Street was completely crowded with people on both sides, and the restaurants and shops on both sides of the long street were almost full of people.
Even the rooftops, the trees, and the walls were full of people.
At this time, there was already a lot of chaos, and there were already brocade guards on the long street to maintain order, and no one dared to cross the line with cold embroidered spring knives.
Suddenly, Siyu found a familiar figure, and that person was Zuo Qianhu.
It's such a coincidence, thinking that her mother was harmed like this by him, and her anger will not come anywhere.
The prince asked himself to make three requests, and Siyu had already decided at that moment that he must make this Zuo Qianhu pay the price.
Almost all his misfortunes originated from him, and even the mother of the big boss was killed by him.
seems to have a deep hatred, why not take this opportunity to propose to the prince that these three requests were originally exchanged for their own bodies.
Siyu looked at Zuo Qianhu's eyes, and slowly became cold.
And Zuo Qianhu only cared about commanding his guards and arranging vigilance forces on the spot, which was a heavy responsibility for him.
This year's Oiran competition is different from the past.
The emperor attaches great importance to it, and the reason why this is the case, to put an image on the subjects of the world, the emperor is to encourage the people of the world to seek more ways to make money, and he has begun to value businessmen.
Because since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, to this day, there have been internal and external difficulties, with Jianzhen female slaves, coercing the little prince's various departments to make trouble.
There are bandits, natural disasters, and so on, year after year, but all these things require silver, but the income of the treasury is already beyond its means.
Now it can only open source and reduce expenditure, so the emperor only participated in the Oiran Contest for the first time this time.
And this Oiran Contest is a first-class event in the capital, and every year the industry driven by the Oiran Contest can increase the income of one million taels of silver to the national treasury.
This time it was held solemnly, and the purpose was even more so.
The Oiran Parade was scheduled to end in the Emperor's morning, so it had to wait until it was nearly noon.
Fortunately, it had just rained the day before, and the weather today was not too hot, the sun was shining, and the occasional wind came, and the long street of Yanliu was also cleaned.
A total of seven beauties, draw lots to determine the order, in turn on the field wearing clogs, served by ten turtle slaves, two slaves and maids, from the Temple of the Heavenly King to the Jingyue Nunnery.
In total, it's only a two-mile trip, and if it's normal, I'm afraid it will take less than a bag of cigarettes to get there.
But this clogs are very heavy, each one is specially made, extraordinarily tall, every beautiful woman, wearing this, as if walking on stilts.
The clothes worn by the Oiran are important, but looking at the clogs is even more important.
Feng Ma was in the last round of inspection, and suddenly found that the clogs that were still intact just now were actually replaced at some point.
She hurriedly asked the mother-in-law in charge of the guard: "This is not the original pair, the original pair is not so heavy!" ”
The two mothers-in-law hurriedly took it, and as soon as they got it in their hands, they immediately felt that something was wrong, and said with a panicked expression: "Back to Mother Feng, this is indeed not the original pair, but we didn't leave!" ”
"Okay, okay, let's put this matter aside for the time being, you guys quickly get me back the original pair!"
Feng Ma kept urging.
But the two mothers-in-law rummaged back and forth, ran back to the inn room to check, and didn't find the original pair.
Feng Ma picked up this pair of clogs, and as soon as she turned them over, she immediately found that something was wrong, other clogs were hollow, but this one was actually solid.
That's it, even if it's all wood, it shouldn't be so heavy.
At this moment, at the end of the long street, a ride came, and it seemed that the emperor had arrived, and when he heard three whips, the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to sing.
This time, Feng's mother was blind, and hurriedly performed the great gift of three kneels and nine knocks like everyone else.
After kneeling, everyone did not dare to raise their heads, but looked at their noses and noses, and their noses and mouths, and put their hands on the ground and lowered their heads.
Hearing the sound of the horse's bell, everyone dared not raise their eyes, and their eyes could see the horse's calf at most.
The brocade guard on the side even knelt on one knee with a knife, Siyu peeked at Feng's mother, and saw that she looked panicked and anxious, so she hurriedly inquired with her eyes.
Feng Ma had no choice but to point to the pair of clogs with a bitter face, but she didn't dare to make too much movement, the celebrant on the side, the imperial history, would register it with a notebook at any time.
But if one person makes a mistake and has extra actions, the light one will be escorted to the Three Law Division for review immediately after the ceremony, and the heavy one will be pulled out by the Jinyi Guard and killed on the street.
Seeing Feng's mother taking the risk, Siyu pointed to the pair of clogs, and thought, could it be that there is something wrong with those pairs of clogs?
What can I do?
There doesn't seem to be a replacement.
At this moment, the fawn next to her turned his face very boldly and smiled at her, but the smile was indescribably weird.
Suddenly, she remembered something, that is, the two paintings that Mu Shaoqing took last night, she had also seen them afterwards, and she felt like a person's handwriting.
Now when she saw the fawn, her heart jumped wildly.
It's her?
It's her!
Why is all this?
I didn't mess with her.
At this moment, only to hear another whip, everyone hurriedly kowtowed, and bowed up together: "Bless me with smooth wind and rain, peace and security of the country, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Followed by the brocade guards, each holding a fire gun, sounded towards the sky, each sound was very unison, and it was also a total of three rings in a row.
With a whip, the official of the Ministry of Rites sang and said, "Licheng, flat!" ”
"Emperor Xie Wu, I wish the Ming Dynasty peace and security, Yongheng Guoxuan, and the country will last forever!"
Immediately afterward, the eunuchs of the celebrant began to issue holy decrees.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said......"
What the holy decree said, Siyu's heart didn't care at all, she looked at the pair of clogs, and thought to herself, those clogs must have been replaced by the deer.
Otherwise, she wouldn't turn her head sooner, wouldn't turn her head late, and only turned her head when she was in danger of killing her head, who else would she have?
But what can she do with those pair of clogs?