A round of bright moon, clear light, shining into the green poplar bushes, Lu out of a corner pavilion, Zhu Column curved, Hunan curtain half rolled, but leaning on the railing is a woman, combing the double ring to look at the moon bun, thrush like Yuandai, eyes like autumn water, holding a light Luo fan in his hand, slowly waving, raising his pink face, looking at the bright moon in the sky with a simple look.

Not far behind her, a girl in an embroidered shirt who was slightly older than her appeared, quietly branching flowers and willows, stepping into the pavilion from behind the pavilion, hiding behind the woman, raising a pair of pink palms, and suddenly covering the woman's eyes.

She was startled and exclaimed: "It's Sister You again, she always likes to play tricks on people quietly!" ”

The green-shirted girl put down her hand and laughed deliciously, "Minqiu, look who it is?" ”

As soon as Pei Minqiu turned around, she saw that Pei You, who had always liked to play tricks on people, but Pei Xi'er, who was honest and quiet, couldn't help but smile strangely: "Did this girl just come from Sister You?" She was dyed naughty. ”

"I don't dare to see her, as if I owe her hundreds of dollars, how long my face has been in the past two days, and she is still naughty! It's good if you don't shed the skin. ”

Pei Minqiu also thought of Pei You's gloomy appearance, couldn't help but smile, and suddenly remembered the unhappiness of her marriage, and quickly stopped laughing, and asked Pei Xi'er, "I heard that I went on a blind date today, how did it turn out?" ”

"Don't mention it, the Yu family has a funeral in the capital today, it was canceled, and my grandfather is also angry, anyway, this matter is yellow."

Pei Xi'er's grandfather is Pei Yun, but Pei Xi'er has been living in Pei Ju's mansion, learning etiquette with a group of Pei family women, and has the best relationship with Minqiu.

"Whose funeral is so grand that even the blind date was canceled?" Min Qiu asked with a surprised expression.

Pei Xi'er sneered slightly, "Silly girl, don't you understand?" This Yu family is just an excuse. It's just right! The third son of the Yu family is as high-flying as his father, so I am satisfied. ”

Min Qiu was a little absent-minded, and asked in a low voice, "Is it the funeral of the Duke of Chu?" ”

"Like, I didn't pay attention."

Pei Xi'er glanced at her, Minqiu was actually more concerned about the funeral than her own marriage, and she was a little unhappy in her heart. Then he got up and said, "It's late at night, I have to go back, let's enjoy the cool alone!" ”

Min Qiu saw that she was moved, so she stepped forward and grabbed her arm and smiled: "This dead girl, I canceled the blind date by myself, I won't ask much, the day after tomorrow is the Midyear Festival, I heard that there is a Bon Lantern Festival, and there are hundreds of operas, let's take a look together." ”

"Hmmm! I'd like to go. I'm afraid that the elders won't allow it. ”

"The clan rules are just ordinary and can't go out at night, tomorrow night is the night of the middle yuan, we just need to give the elders a sound, it should be fine, and then call Sister You."

"Hmm!"

The two girls smiled and walked away.

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July 15 is the Buddhist Obon Festival, the Taoist Midyear Festival, and the folk Ghost Festival, whether it is a Buddhist or Taoist event. Or a folk festival, the Zhongyuan Ghost Festival is always a grand festival, the first day of the local official examination, the good day of the gathering of heaven and earth, this day all kinds of exotic treasures flourish in the Buddhist temple. Parade of 100 operas, the Bon Lantern Festival shines, it is very lively, it is another folk lantern viewing event after the Shangyuan Night.

Especially for the powerful families who believe in Buddhism, this day is also the day for them to practice Buddhism sincerely, and many large Zhumen families will place a Bon in front of their doors, and all kinds of treasures are placed in the middle. Hang the lantern to reflect, it looks dazzling at night, the halo is dazzling, and the folk call it the Buddha light.

At this time, coming to the front of the mansions of the major magnates to watch the treasure lanterns is also a great pleasure for the people of the capital, unconsciously. Assessing who has the first treasure, who has the most Buddha light, has also become a topic that the people in the market are tired of.

Princess Yang Lihua of Leping also believes in Buddhism. Although she is usually light and simple, close to nature. But during the Obon Festival, she is not exempt from vulgarity, and she will not hesitate to take out the treasure jewels at the bottom of the box and decorate her Bon well, so as to make the Buddha shine.

Yang Lihua's Yu Lan basin is a large white jade basin with a diameter of one zhang, which itself is a priceless treasure, is the thing of the Northern Zhou Imperial Palace, the pot takes gold sand as rice, takes jade as a vegetable, and then places a three-foot coral, which is full of jewels and jade, and finally hangs a few Buddha lamps to reflect, the whole Yu Lan basin is extraordinarily golden and bright, Buddha Hua is dazzling, last year was rated as the first pot of Beijing Yu Lan by the people.

Around the main bowl of the bowl, there are eighteen pots, but inside are the real fresh fruits of the four seasons, rice and delicacies, for the hungry ghosts escorted by the local officials to eat, on this day, heaven and earth sense, people and ghosts are happy.

Yang Lihua personally decorated her bon in the main hall, but when she saw the crown prince Yang Zhao sitting on the side, she frowned, and couldn't help laughing: "Zhao'er, it's not easy to come to the capital, you should show a smile and smile, so that the father and queen mother are happy, why do I see it three times, and the three times are full of sadness?" ”

Yang Zhao was officially canonized as the crown prince in February last year, it has been a year and a half, he has not only become thinner, but more and more obese, now he can't even walk, he must be supported by Shi Wei, every time Yang Guang and Xiao Hou see him, they will not be happy, Yang Guang ordered him to guard Chang'an, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing unless he was edicted.

This year, Yang Zhao went to Beijing in April to make a pilgrimage to his father, and he had lived in the capital for three months, and he was about to return to Chang'an when the period expired, so he didn't want to go back, so he asked his father again and again to let him live in the capital for a few more months, but Yang Guang was just not allowed, and in desperation, he could only come to ask the imperial aunt to do it for him.

Yang Zhao sighed and said: "Imperial aunt, I think it's very strange, how can there be a reason to let the prince stay by his side to assist in state affairs, but let the prince stay away from the town, and the former emperor's grandfather is completely reversed, and it is not in line with the etiquette system of the previous dynasties, although I can't lead troops to fight, but there is no problem in handling court affairs and assisting in discussing military affairs, I don't understand, since you don't want me to participate in state affairs, why bother to crown me as the crown prince, just canonize him directly." ”

Yang Zhao's words were quite resentful, he guarded Xijing and had nothing to do all day, but his brother Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, could go to the court every day to hear about state affairs, and even some military affairs could express his opinions, which was completely reversed, as if he was the king of Qin and Yang Yong was the crown prince.

Yang Lihua understood his situation, so she smiled slightly: "My father is well-intentioned, I know that my health is not good, so let me recuperate in Xijing and regulate my body, and my father is still in the prime of life." When he is old and weak, he will naturally summon the assistant government affairs, and the second is that the king of Qi has changed a lot in the past two years, and he is positive, and his father also wants to find something for him to do, so that he can completely get rid of his stubbornness. So let him go to the court and participate in government affairs, which can't be understood, it's because he is too careful. ”

"Humph! Will he be able to shake off his stubbornness? ”

Yang Zhao snorted disdainfully, "The things he did can hide from his father, but he can't hide it from me, he ......"

Yang Zhao saw that the imperial aunt's eyes were sharp, so he didn't dare to go down anymore, for a long time. He sighed, diverted the topic, and said tentatively: "Imperial aunt, today is Yang Situ's funeral, the ceremony is extremely grand and rich, and my father also gave him the title of Taiwei Gong, Hongnong and other ten counties, I heard rumors in Chang'an." Yang Taiwei was forced to death by his father, and now it seems that this statement is also false! ”

Yang Lihua ignored him and took a jade watermelon and hung it on the coral branch, she felt very dissatisfied. Like last year, there was nothing new, so he instructed his confidants to "go and bring the eighty-one jade Buddhas in my treasure chest." ”

Several Shi girls agreed, turned around and left, Yang Lihua simply took all the jewelry off the coral branches, Yang Zhao saw that the Shi girls around him were gone, and said in a low voice: "I heard that the Yang family has a lot of complaints about my father." Hiding Yang Situ's body in an ice cellar for forty-nine days before he was willing to be buried, and returning people to tea and cool, his father was solemn to the dead, but cold to the living. ”

Yang Lihua smiled faintly, "I'm not interested in the Yang family, don't give me these." ”

"The imperial aunt's words are a bit insincere!"

Yang Zhao said with a smile: "Last year, Yang Yuanqing won a great victory in Fengzhou, and all the ministers thought that Yang Yuanqing was young. It is not suitable to be high-level, and the father only wants to make him the deputy governor of Fengzhou, and the holy decree has been issued, but the imperial aunt has written three times, and she has tried to eliminate public opinion. forced his father to change the holy decree, if the imperial aunt had no intention of the Yang family. Why? ”

"The Yang family is the Yang family, and Yuanqing is Yuanqing, these are two different things!"

At this, Yang Lihua's tone suddenly became stern, "Zhao'er, it's the prince, the prince of a country, you should have a social heart and compassion for the people in the world, how can you become like a woman, this kind of boring thing in the streets and alleys all day long, no wonder my father will be disappointed, even I don't like it anymore, Zhao'er, it's really a little changed." ”

Yang Zhao's face was swollen and flushed, he lowered his head, and after a long time, he sighed: "I don't want to change, but I have lived in Xijing for a long time, and I can't hear about state affairs, so it's a great luck to know this, otherwise I can only fight grass and watch monkey plays, or play horns, watch illusions, listen to songs and dances, or what else can I do?" ”

The more sad she became, Yang Zhao couldn't help but burst into tears, Yang Lihua looked at him, her eyes gradually softened, and she sighed with a hint of pity: "Okay! I will go to my father and let me stay for a few more months, and when I have time, I will also go to greet my father and queen mother more, Bo is filial piety, it is their eldest son, and they will like it. ”

Yang Zhao cried with joy, as long as the imperial aunt was willing to speak for him, he could stay, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he couldn't stand up, so he had to bow down and thank: "Thank you Imperial Aunt, my nephew will remember it." ”

Yang Lihua saw that he couldn't stand up, and she was regretful and pitiful in her heart, and shook her head gently.

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In mid-July, it is early autumn, and although it is still hot during the day, it is getting cooler in the morning and evening, so passers-by try to rush in the morning and evening to get cooler.

Compared with Chang'an, Luoyang's official road is wider and straighter, the road soil is rammed very tightly and strongly, the official road has been repaired for two years, there is still no grass, and all the way to walk, not like the Guanzhong road dust, both sides are planted with tall trees, at this time it is the summer heat, the autumn tiger is powerful, but the official road is densely shaded, the cool breeze is blowing, and the air contains a trace of cool water.

In the afternoon of this day, a group of people walked on the official road west of Luoyang, it was Yang Yuanqing and his party who returned to Beijing to mourn, there were only thirteen people in total, in addition to Yuanqing and Yang Wei, there was also Yuanqing's maid green tea, and ten other personal soldiers accompanied him.

There are no regulations on pro-soldiers in the Sui system, but there can be retinues, and the number of retinues is also determined according to the rank of the official, the higher the rank, the more retinues, and there is an important rank in Yang Yuanqing's official position. The word 'Kaifu', in the Northern Wei Dynasty, this means that it can build its own military government, hence the name Kaifu, in the Great Sui, the military government cannot be opened by itself, but Kaifu means that you can build a mansion, you can have an entourage, so Yang Yuanqing took ten personal soldiers and did not cross the system, on the contrary, this is also a low-key performance, the master of a large family travels, and the entourage is more than ten people.

Yang Yuanqing also came to Luoyang, the new capital, for the first time, walked on the road for twenty days, and his grief gradually faded, leaving only a kind of bitter sadness, hidden in his heart, at first he was silent all the way, and after entering the Guanzhong, he also had a little talk and laughter, trying to alleviate the depression of everyone's journey.

He saw that Yang Wei was depressed all the way, and knew that he was sorry for himself, if he didn't hide it for half a month, they would rush back in time when they received the first letter, and maybe they could see their grandfather one last time.

Yang Yuanqing had already persuaded him several times, and it would take a lot of time for the letter to take place on the road, even if they didn't stop on the road, it would be too late, but no matter what, Yang Wei was always in a knot, and Yang Yuanqing didn't want to persuade him anymore.

Yang Yuanqing has been paying attention to the big trees on both sides, he saw that the big trees all the way are newly planted, and sighed in his heart, in ancient times, it was not compared to later generations, and the survival rate of transplanted trees was very low, so there was 'people moved to live, and trees moved to die', transplanting ten trees can survive one, this road is dozens of miles are dense trees, less than 10,000 trees, how much manpower and material resources does it take?

He also heard that the new capital of Luoyang was built luxuriously in Wuyuan County, and he was a little unbelievable, because Yang Guang decreed that the new capital must be simplified, but now even the trees on an official road are planted so luxuriously, and other projects can be imagined.

Yang Yuanqing understands in his heart that this is Yang Guang's style of doing things, he likes to do big things, and he is generous, which is completely different from the thrift of the first emperor, his grandfather and Yu Wenkai built the new capital, Yang Guang is always in control of the progress, if it is not for his acquiescence, how dare the new capital be built so gorgeously and magnificently.

"Childe, there's always a little dampness in the air, isn't it because it's close to the Yellow River?" The maid green tea asked with a smile on the side.

Green tea has been with Yang Yuanqing for nearly two years, thirteen years old this year, combing double horns, wearing a thin silk green dress, smart and well-behaved, empathetic, Yang Yuanqing also likes her quite a lot, she is not beautiful, but she has a round face, well-behaved and cute, especially her figure is called, but riding a majestic high-headed horse, it seems not very coordinated, she and Yang Wei riding a camel are the focus of attention all the way.

An old man next to him heard her question, so he smiled and answered for Yang Yuanqing: "Girl, this is not the water vapor of the Yellow River!" ”

"The old man, where is this moisture, so cool?" Green Tea asked, turning her head and smiling.

The old man pointed to a long black line in the distance, and said with a smile: "The girl saw that black line, that is, the wall of Huitong Garden, that is, the emperor's garden, two hundred miles around, there is a man-made lake with a radius of more than ten miles, according to the lake, there are three islands in Penglai, the pavilions and pavilions in it are made of gems and jade, and the water vapor we feel now is blowing from the surface of the lake." ”

“！ The emperor likes the lake so much, it is better to move to our side, we have Wuliang Suhai on our side, that is endless, guarantee that he likes it. ”

Yang Yuanqing lightly knocked on her head and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense when you enter the capital, especially if you don't mess with the emperor, your heart will be caught in prison." ”

Green Tea was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to do more, at this time, the old man next to him pointed to the distance and smiled: "Look, the capital has arrived!" ”

Yang Yuanqing also saw it, a huge new city with golden brilliance bathed in the sun, the atmosphere is magnificent, the weather is thousands, the new capital of the Great Sui Luoyang, this is July of the second year of the great cause, he Yang Yuanqing is back.

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