Prequel. Chapter 30: Lanterns
"Xiao Yan, it's getting dark, hurry up and get ready, take me to see the lanterns."
The day after I met Bai Shuining, Mu Jing came to me and asked me to go out with him, saying that I wanted to watch the lanterns together at night.
But it can't be helped, although he is also my elder, but my mother likes to get used to him and depends on him for everything.
In my mother's heart, his position seemed to be heavier than mine, and whenever I did not go his way, he told my mother that I had neglected him, and that such a child liked to complain like a child, and I really didn't know who I learned it from.
In South Vietnam, April 16 is a very important festival every year, and it is very popular in Beijing.
Legend has it that when the founding of the country for more than 200 years, there was a prince, because he was favored by a little girl named Fenyang when he was young, they met on the day of April 15, the prince was framed by his mother's family at that time, and his mother was degraded, and he was not liked by the emperor, so he could not marry the Fenyang girl, so he made an appointment with her to wait until one day he redressed the grievances of his mother's family and could protect her when he was able to marry her openly.
Soon after, he had to marry the daughter of the enemy, just to take revenge.
When the prince overthrew the traitorous minister, he was honored by the emperor, and was named the crown prince, and when he went to find the Fenyang girl again, her family told the prince that she had married someone else three years ago, and hoped that the prince could bless her and stop bothering her in the future.
The emperor was seriously ill and died, and the prince succeeded to the throne in the name of the crown prince, during the reign of the country and the people, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and he promised her that if he could inherit the throne one day, he would definitely be a good emperor.
Sixteen years passed, and April 16 was the day they first met, and many years later, on the same day, he set foot again in the place where they had first met, only to see her family going to her grave.
It turned out that she had been dead for eighteen years, and the minister who framed his mother's family knew about the relationship between the Fenyang girl and him, found her, and wanted to threaten him with this, she would never tolerate herself blocking his way forward and committing suicide.
In order not to make him blame himself, she wrote a letter before she died, hoping that her family could help her deceive him together, and on April 16 every year, she would put incense on her, and pick a white pear flower that he had loved most for her and put it in front of her grave.
Since he succeeded to the throne, although he has accepted many concubines, he has never been crowned, and after knowing the truth, he posthumously named her the only queen, and the tomb was moved into the imperial mausoleum.
He hopes that all people in South Vietnam can bravely face their loved ones, do not wait until they lose to know their regrets, and hope that those young lovers can eventually become married. In the name of Fenyang, April 16 of each year is designated as the Fenyang Festival.
Later, it was rumored that as long as you put a lantern in the lake on this day to pray for blessings, you will be with your favorite person forever, write your wish on a piece of paper and put it in the lantern, let it float away with the wind, and your wish will come true.
Anyone who has a favorite object will confess to him on this day, and most of them will have their wishes come true, and even if they are rejected, they will not make people laugh.
I stayed in the capital for so many years, the Fenyang Festival only came out once, that was last year, but unfortunately the weather in Beijing during that time was changeable, that night storm, many people couldn't even go out, I finally ran out, did not see a lantern, saw very few people, after going back because of the cold, drank a few days of medicine.
"Xiao Yan, I'm not ready yet."
"No need to rush, here we are."
Mu Jing is an anxious person, but he just waited for a while, and he kept urging him, as if he was afraid that I wouldn't go. I wore a light yellow shirt, and I casually coiled my hair and went out.
Speaking of which, I don't know this capital very well, but he will only pester me.
The weather was pretty nice today, about everyone was out, and the streets were full of people.
Mu Jing doesn't like to be with people he doesn't know, so when he came, he told me that he could only be me and him, and even Yuyin didn't come, but for my father and mother, it was completely reassuring to have Mu Jing with me.
"The little girl you saw yesterday is Bai Lixuan's sister?"
"Yes, what's the matter, do you still know Bai Lixuan?"
"Last time, Lingyang came to me and told me everything about you and Bai Lixuan."
...
I don't know when their relationship is so good, Yang tells him everything, Mu Jing, like me, is not very interested in other people's affairs, but he only likes to work my affairs, as long as it is about me, he is willing to take the time to inquire and understand.
"Brother Junyu!"
There was a sudden call behind him, Mu Jing and I turned around to look at it at the same time, Ouyang Junyu didn't know when he was behind us, he saw us turn his head, he also stopped, and said hello to me, the familiar sentence "Miss Yi'er", Mu Jing was stunned for a moment, I explained to him that it was the little son of the Hou family of Nanming, the son of the eldest princess of Anyang.
And there were two people behind him walking slowly, I took a closer look, one in blue was the fifth princess Lou Qimeng, and the other in pink was Bai Shuining, who I had just seen yesterday, but she was dressed brilliantly today, and the step on her head was particularly dazzling. Compared to her, she is really much better looking than me.
"Ouyang Gongzi, long time no see."
Bai Shuining walked in front of Ouyang Junyu unconsciously, and I have to admit that I don't like Bai Shuining's style, but all her demeanor and demeanor are everyone's beautiful demeanor, giving people a sense of intimidation.
If it were someone else, maybe he would be tempted to see her like this, but the object was Ouyang Junyu, he had read countless people, what kind of woman had never seen it, Bai Shuining was in front of her, I am afraid it would be difficult for him to enter his eyes.
"Miss Yi'er, I don't know if I'm lucky enough to go with you to see the lanterns today."
He suddenly smiled at me and held out his hand to me as he spoke.
...
Even if I didn't look at it, I could already feel the hatred in Bai Shuining's eyes at this moment, and a cold feeling came to my face.
"I agreed with Mu Jing that I would always be with him today."
After speaking, he glanced at Mu Jing, he immediately understood what I meant, nodded, but asked Ouyang Junyu: "How is your aunt lately?"
Without waiting for him to answer, Bai Shuining rushed to say, "Do you mean Concubine Li?" She's been good. ”
Mu Jing shook his head, "It's not Concubine Li, I mean another." ”
The four people present except him were all stunned, and Ouyang Junyu confessed to him: "I'm afraid that my predecessor is mistaken, I only have one aunt, Concubine Ouyang Min." ”
Mu Jing chuckled: "Okay, I know, I remembered it wrong." Xiao Yan and I went to look elsewhere. ”
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Ouyang Junyu to reply, he pulled me and fled from here.
Thank God, this Mu Jing likes to tease me and sue me on weekdays, but he is still on my side for anything, and he still has the same heart with me in front of outsiders.
Today is the Fenyang Festival, Bai Shuining will naturally not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely find Ouyang Junyu. Aside from anything else, they are still quite a match in terms of appearance, but it's a pity that Ouyang Junyu is not interested in her at all.
"You don't like Ouyang Junyu?" Mu Jing suddenly asked.
I sighed: "With his family background, how dare I get too close to him?" ”
"You are so taboo about other people's family backgrounds, why don't you keep your distance from Zhenyang?"
How can Zhenyang be compared to him, I forced a smile, "Zhenyang is different from him." In addition to his appearance and family background, where can he be compared with Chongyang. ”
Mu Jing suddenly laughed and asked me, "Didn't you notice that Yang and this Ouyang Gongzi look a little similar?" ”
Yang and Ouyang Junyu...
He didn't say it's okay, as soon as he said it, it seemed to be true, I remember the first time I saw Ouyang Junyu, I was shocked by his appearance, and I felt that there would be such a good-looking man in this world.
Later, when I met Yang again that night, I thought he was the second best-looking person I had ever seen in the world, and the white silk in his eyes always made people feel cold. They look like each other on closer inspection.
Speaking of which, I still look like Concubine Huixian, so it's not surprising.
Mu Jing was still smiling, the first time he came to the capital for such a long time, it should be the first time he saw Ouyang Junyu.
"Why are you asking me this?"
"It's just curiosity. Just ask, don't be too careful. ”
After he finished speaking, he suddenly stepped aside and bought a small lantern at the stall, I was not interested in this at all, I just looked at him, after he had chosen, he looked at me with a blank eye, I said "um" in confusion, and suddenly remembered that he would never bring money with me, and paid him, and he pulled me to the lake.
There are more than a dozen lanterns of all sizes on this small lake, and there are very few people around, Mu Jing went to the lake to put down the lanterns and sat down, took out a pen and slowly wrote on the paper.
I never dared to believe in such a beautiful legend that I could make my wish come true by putting lanterns and praying for it. But I don't want Mu Jing to be interested.
I stood aside and watched in a daze, and after he folded the paper, I accidentally caught a glimpse of the word "Zhen", probably Mu Jing really liked that Zhen'er, and I have been thinking about her all these years.
Thinking back to what he and his mother said at that time, whether that Zhen'er was Huixian Guifei or not, but if you think about it carefully, it shouldn't be. Mother is also very familiar with her, but for so many years, at the large and small banquets in the palace, she and the concubine should have met in public, but I have never heard of them knowing, I should be too worried, how could it be the concubine.
Mu Jing slowly put the lanterns on the shore of the lake, and the slight wind stirred up a layer of shallow ripples on the surface of the lake, and the lanterns on the lake surface floated into the distance.
The one that Mu Jing put was also quickly out of my reach, I looked at the lantern that was gradually out of sight, and the scene of Mu Jing alone on the tree in the peach blossom forest suddenly came to mind, with a green flute tied around his waist and a pot of wine in his hand.
I saw that in the two months that Brother Yun and I were together, every day Mu Jing was on the tree, Brother Yun and I frolicked under the tree, sprinkling dirt on Mu Jing and dragging the corners of his drooping clothes.