Chapter 17 The fragrance of red lotus flowers is frequent
Yunsheng and his party have arrived in Yizhou, which is the closest city to the capital.
Tomorrow is the first day of August, and if nothing else, you will be able to arrive in the capital on the second day of the new year, and you will be able to catch up with Wanyun's birthday.
Yun Sheng lay on the bed in the inn and held a hosta in front of his eyes to look at it carefully.
This is a gift he prepared for Su Yun.
The hosta was cast by the best craftsmen in the capital, the style was designed by him himself, and the jade was also the finest jade he carefully found.
This hosta style is simple and elegant, and a blooming peach blossom blooms on the tail of the hairpin. Wan Wan likes peach blossoms, and she will definitely like this hairpin.
Yun Sheng thought about Su Yun, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, this hosta he had made before he took out the dart, and he had always carried it with him.
Must put it on for her personally, Yun Sheng imagined the scene of inserting a hosta for Su Yun, sleepiness hit, and slowly closed his eyes.
On the other side, Jiang Jingrou finished bathing, wrapped her chest, took a white silk robe and draped it loosely on her body, and then carried two jars of wine to knock on the door of Yunsheng's room.
Yun Sheng slept lightly and woke up immediately when he heard a knock on the door.
He opened the door and looked at Jiang Jingrou, "Miss Jiang, is there something wrong?" ”
Jiang Jingrou looked at him with tender eyes, "Brother Yunsheng, I'm so uncomfortable, I'm so painful here." She pointed to her heart.
Yun Sheng frowned and asked, "Miss Jiang is uncomfortable?" I sent someone to get a doctor. ”
Jiang Jingrou cried and cried, "Don't." Brother Yunsheng, do you know that I like you, but you already have a sweetheart, these days you turn a blind eye to my heart, Jingrou's heart hurts, I know that it is impossible to be with you, so I just want to find you to drink tonight, you can accompany me, and I will not disturb you after tonight. ”
Yun Sheng didn't agree, nor did he refuse, he stood by the door and looked at Jiang Jingrou.
Jiang Jingrou looked at him pitifully, her peach blossom eyes were full of tenderness, "I promise, you will accompany me to drink these two jars of wine, and I will not be entangled from now on." ”
Yun Sheng half-incredulously turned sideways and let her in.
Jiang Jingrou found two bowls and sat at the table to pour wine.
Yun Sheng sat across from her, looking at her silently.
Jiang Jingrou handed him a bowl of wine, "Brother Yunsheng." ”
Yun Sheng took the wine and drank it all.
Jiang Jingrou handed him another bowl, Yun Sheng took it, he felt dizzy, and the bowl in front of him became two, three...... He shook his head, but it was useless, he looked up at Jiang Jingrou, but what appeared was Su Yun's face......
"Brother Yunsheng...... Brother Yunsheng......"
"Wan Wan ......" Yun Sheng was dizzy, only to see Su Wan walking towards him, and then he reached out and hugged her......
On the third day of the eighth month, the eldest lady of the General's Mansion, Su Yunxing, and the ceremony.
Su Wan is the eldest daughter of General Zhenyuan, and she is the lord of Lieyang County, and the ceremony is naturally very grand, the emperor sent someone to send a reward, arranged the master of ceremonies, and the prince and the princess also came to the general's mansion to congratulate.
The big families in the capital came to watch the ceremony, and the children of the family gathered in the general's mansion, which was very lively for a while.
According to the Jingzhao ritual system, the participants in the ceremony are the person, the host, the guest, the secretary, and the praiser. The master is the parents of the people, the guests are served by the talented female elders, the Su family invited Su Yun's aunt to serve as the guests, the Si is the court master of ceremonies appointed by the emperor, and the praiser is to assist the Si to hold and the ceremony, according to the convention, it is generally the female friend or sister of the person, and Su Yun's ceremony is naturally praised by Chu Chu.
The ceremony was held in the hall of Sufu, where General Su and Mrs. Su stood on the east steps and waited for the guests, and there was a division tray standing at the bottom of the west steps, and the guests stood outside the venue to wait.
After Su Wan bathed, he changed into clothes and shoes, sat in the east room and waited, the guests and spectators were in place, the vocal music was played, and the ceremony began.
The praiser Chu Chu came out first, washed his hands, and took his seat on the west steps. Then Su Yun walked from the east room to the venue, facing south, bowed to the guests, knelt and sat on the seat facing west, and the praiser Chu Chu combed his hair.
"Wanyun, from now on you will be a big girl." Chu Chu whispered softly in Su Yun's ear.
Yun Sheng did not return, Su Yun was in a bad mood, lowered his eyes, and was silent.
Su Yun turned to the east and sat down, and the priest presented Luo Pa and the hair flute, and Zhengbin walked in front of Su Yun and chanted a greeting in a loud voice: "On the auspicious day of the month, the first plus yuan is served." Abandon your young ambitions, and become virtuous. Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. Then he knelt down and sat down on his knees, combing Su Yun's hair.
This is followed by the tedious three prostrations and three prostrations.
"Ji Yue Lingchen, Nashen Erfu. Respect for the majesty, the grace of the soot. Eyebrows live for 10,000 years, and will always be blessed by Hu. ”
Su Wan knelt in front of her parents and listened to her parents' teachings quietly, and replied after her parents finished speaking: "Although my son is not sensitive, I dare not accept it!" "Bow to your parents.
Finally, Su Yun bowed to all the participants present to express his gratitude, and then stood in the center of the venue, and successively bowed to the guests, guests, musicians, priests, praisers, bystanders, and parents.
At this point, Su Yuan announced to all the participants: "The little girl Su Wanlu ceremony has been completed, thank you for your generous participation!" And Su Yun bowed to the audience again to express his gratitude, so far the ceremony is over.
Chu Chu looked at Su Yun who was saluting, and remembered that he and Lu had not done a good salute, and his heart was mixed.
A person's background can't be chosen by herself, she just regrets but doesn't resent, after all, her mother loves her very much, but her mother died when she was five years old, and it was also that year that she was sold to Sufu to be a maid. Compared with Su Yun's rich life, she is more envious of Su Yun's father and mother.
Several children of the family came to talk to Su Yun, and Su Yun received him politely, smiling detached and cold.
Qi Yuan looked at several men beside Su Yun, and smacked his lips at Qi Qiyan: "Brother Huang, Sister Su Yun is so good-looking, now that she is in time, many people will definitely come to Su Mansion to propose marriage in the future, don't you seize the opportunity?" Don't let Sister Su Wan be robbed by others. ”
Qi Yan glanced at Qi Yuan leisurely and did not speak.
He looked at Su Wan in full costume, her eyebrows and eyes were delicate but tired and indifferent, it seemed that she didn't like this kind of occasion.
Su Wan seemed to feel his gaze, and looked sideways slightly, facing Qi Yan's eyes.
Qi Yan didn't look away, and looked at Su Yun intently. Su Wan only smiled perfunctorily, and then turned his head to talk to others.
Qi Yan retracted his gaze indifferently, Su Yun, one day, you will have my eyes full of me.
The Su family set up a banquet to celebrate Su Wan and Lu, with delicious food and wine, and all the guests were happy.
Su Wan only felt tired and depressed, so she left the banquet after eating a few bites.
Su Wan walked along the bluestone path until he reached the pavilion on the lotus pond.
The evening breeze was gentle, gradually soothing her irritability.
Su Wan sat on the gazebo, leaning lightly on the pillar, looking at the boundless night in a daze.
Yun Sheng promised her that he would come back in time for the day of the ceremony, this was a crucial moment in her life, how could he miss it.
Although he knew that Yun Sheng went to the dart to save enough money early and plan for their future, Su Yun still felt disappointed, this was the first time Yun Sheng broke his promise to her.
Looking at the pond full of lotus leaves, memories come flooding back.
When she was a child, Su Wan often asked Yun Sheng to take her down the mountain to play, and once they went to a small village outside Yinzhou City.
There are many lotus ponds in the village, the children in the village like to play the game of picking lotus flowers, who picks the most lotus flowers in the agreed time can go to Grandpa Zhao, who sells sugar people in the small market in the village, to get a sugar man for free, this sugar man represents a kind of glory in that group of children, Su Wan knew this game and shouted to compete with them.
However, those children grew up at the water's edge, they would hold the boat, they rowed the boat to pick the lotus flowers neatly, and soon returned with a boat full of lotuses, Su Yun had no experience and could not support the boat, so he could only carefully pick some lotus flowers close to the shore, and accidentally fell into the pool, Yun Sheng hurriedly pulled her up, Su Wan looked at Yun Sheng in a daze, and cried out in the next second.
Yun Sheng said distressedly: "Wan Wan doesn't cry, Wan Wan doesn't cry, Senior Brother will buy you candy to eat."
Su Wan cried so much that she didn't reply.
Yun Sheng bought the sugar man, and Su Yun looked at the sugar man and laughed.
Later, Yun Sheng practiced light skills and became superb, and he never lost when he went to that village to play the game of picking lotus flowers.
He borrowed a small boat, pointed the leaves on the tip of his feet, and the sword passed by, and the lotus fell.
He put the lotus flowers in the boat and continued to pick them, and easily won the race.
The children in the village were dumbfounded, and they were full of praise for Yun Sheng's light work, but Yun Sheng just smiled and walked up to Su Yun with the candy man, "Wan Yun, give." ”
Su Wan was satisfied, and ate with relish.
Su Wan stood up, lightly jumped on the fence, and flew towards the lotus pond, she tapped the lotus leaves on her tiptoes, Ling Bo walked slightly, and her skirt was flying, like a swaying flower in the night.
Qi Yan stood not far away and looked at Su Yun, only to see her bend down to pick a lotus flower and return to the pavilion.
"His Royal Highness the Prince." Su Wan's deep voice sounded in the night.
Su Wan sat in the pavilion, leaning against the pillar, stepping on the stool with one foot, bending up with her legs, and laying the other leg flat on the bench, her sitting posture did not have the appearance of everyone in front of the lady, Su Wan didn't care about the image in front of Qi Yan, she played with the lotus flower in her hand, tilted her head slightly and squinted at Qi Yan.
"Miss Su seems to be in a bad mood today." Qi Yan walked towards her.
"You can see that." Su Wan shrugged indifferently, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't go to the front yard to feast and drink and have fun, what are you doing in this deserted place?" ”
"I don't like places that are too noisy." Qi Yan said lightly.
Su Wan stopped talking, Qi Yan stood in the pavilion, facing Su Yun from the side, looking at the pool of lotus leaves in front of him with an indifferent expression.
"Some people, if you can't wait, don't wait any longer, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment." Qi Yan didn't look at Su Yun, he only seemed to be talking to himself in the sparse night, his voice didn't carry any emotion, and it was as cold as this moonlight.
Su Yun thought, I'm afraid that Qi Yuan told him that he had a sweetheart.
She looked at the lotus flower in her hand and muttered, "I'm willing to wait."
Qi Yan said: "Feelings will only mess up people."
Su Wan looked at Qi Yan's cold side face, she was not surprised that this kind of words came out of his mouth, his words were as cold as his people.
She was suddenly a little annoyed, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is different from me, I am a layman, I just value the love of children, how can I be compared with His Royal Highness the Prince, who is not trapped by feelings and has great ambitions?" ”
Qi Yan turned his head to stare at Su Yun, the moonlight seemed to reflect thousands of stars in his eyes, his eyes had a gentle color, his voice seemed to have a temperature, and he said softly: "Who said that I am not trapped by love?"
His gaze was too focused, Su Wan only felt that gentleness was an illusion, and when he looked at his deep eyes for a while, he turned red.
She quickly looked away, "Oh? It turns out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also has a sweetheart? ”
Qi Yan looked up at the bright moon in the sky and said, "The moonlight is beautiful tonight, and the wind is gentle."
This is simply too weird, Su Wan thought to herself, this is not like the cold Qi Yan on weekdays, she no longer cares about Qi Yan, and directly ignores him.
Su Yun plucked the lotus petals in his hand one by one, and muttered to himself, "Come back tomorrow, don't come back, come back, don't come back...... until the last piece, "Don't come back." ”
At this point, she suddenly became irritable again, threw the bare lotus canopy into the lotus pond, and shouted, "I'm so annoyed, I'm so angry!" ”
Qi Yan said: "I don't know if Miss Su is willing to listen to me play the qin?"
Su Yun remembered the experience of eavesdropping in the East Palace last time, although she was a little embarrassed, she had to say that Qi Yan's piano skills were really good.
"My pleasure." Su Wan said.
Qi Yan bowed his head, "Can I borrow the piano?" ”
"Of course. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince waits. ”
Su Yun walked out of the pavilion and went to find Xiaoyu and said, "You go and get the piano and bring the lotus pond pavilion."
The young lady of a large family naturally has to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but Su Yun doesn't like to learn the piano, she is actually a lazy worm in her bones, Mrs. Su found a good pianist for her, and she only used the excuse that she was too busy on weekdays to shirk.
After a while, Xiaoyu took the piano, set the table and put the piano on the table, and left.
Qi Yan sat down, moved his fingers lightly, tried the sound, and began to play the tune.
The sound of the piano is murmuring, such as a clear spring in a mountain stream, melodious and clear.
Su Yun's mood was gradually soothed, and her heart followed the sound of the piano to travel around, reaching a vast and distant realm.