After Ji Ran left, he and went to Tailai to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Feng Yan continued to bow her head and carve her bamboo pieces.

Wei Xingzhen went back to the house to change her clothes and sat down to read a book not far from Feng Yan.

The house was silent, and only the sound of frogs and insects in the garden could be heard.

As the hour passed, Feng Yan yawned, she temporarily put down the carving knife and bamboo chips, and stretched her legs.

On the side, Wei Xingzhen got up and walked near Feng Yan at this time, he leaned over and sat down, and also touched a piece of bamboo that Feng Yan had already carved, and looked at it under the lamp.

"Is Ah Yan planning to finish the mat tonight?"

"yes." Feng Yan rubbed her eyes, "Tomorrow, if it's too late, it will be bad...... Is Lord Wei's seat ready? ”

"Alright." Wei Xingzhen replied, "I bought a ready-made one directly on the street." ”

Feng Yan laughed, "It's also easy to do." ”

"I'll help Ah Yan weave the bamboo pieces that have been carved." Wei Xingzhen said and reached out to pick up the silk thread that Feng Yan put aside, "It's faster this way." ”

"Thank you...... However, doesn't Lord Wei find it boring to do these things? ”

"No, it won't." Wei Xingzhen said as she skillfully twisted the three silk threads into one piece, and then pinched the end of the string and folded it into a string, "This is the first time Ah Yan has participated in the summer banquet in the palace." ”

"Hmm." Feng Yan nodded.

"The summer feast starts from the unitary hour and lasts until late at night, even if ordinary people stay there, they will be tired in the end," Wei Xingzhen said softly, "so don't stay up too late." ”

“…… Good. Feng Yan said softly, "This is the last piece, after carving, I will come to string ropes with you." ”

"Hmm."

At the beginning of the child, Feng Yan and Wei Xingzhen yawned and went back to the bedroom, and the two of them were still the same as before, one on the bed and the other on the ground.

After the lights went out, Wei Xingzhen quickly fell asleep, and Feng Yan listened to the breathing nearby, but became more and more awake.

In fact, if she thinks about it seriously, tomorrow should be her second time going to the summer banquet.

When she was twelve or thirteen years old, she heard all kinds of interesting things about the summer banquet for the first time from the mouth of Xiao Qi, and for a moment she was envious, so she begged her aunt to take her with her the next year, but her aunt refused on the grounds that she could not bear the terrible thoughts of the people in the court.

The following year, she begged Yin Shiyun to lend a hand, and Yin Shiyun readily agreed.

At that time, the annual summer banquet was held in the peach blossom forest by Luoshui, but before the carriage approached Luoshui, Feng Yan was overwhelmed by the thick turbidity malice.

In the end, Yin Shiyun took her around the nearby mountain road.

On a starry night, two young people sat outside the stone pavilion in the mountains, looking at the men and women in gorgeous costumes on the shore of the lake at the foot of the mountain.

Fireworks in the distance, laughter in the wind, wet rocks and moss in the mountains and forests.

It's like yesterday.

……

……

The next evening, the summer feast arrived as scheduled.

The carriage of the Wei Mansion departed from the east gate and slowly headed towards the palace.

Because of the wild spirits not long ago, this year's banquet was no longer located on the shore of Luoshui, but on the square before the Xuanzheng Palace.

The time is approaching, and the people who have come to the banquet tonight are already standing outside the Xuanmen.

Most of the officials and princes in the court brought their families with them - who were their favorite concubines and most valued children, which was often seen at this time.

Most of the people who are over sixty years old just come to brush their faces, and after meeting Sun Youwei at the banquet, they will leave through the side door of the palace - after all, they are too old to toss and move.

The younger ones will stay, and it is only then that the summer feast really begins.

Although everyone outside the Xuanmen was holding a high-door posture at this time, the wind was already soaked with the smell of incense powder and rouge.

The young girls lifted their thin sleeves and wiped the sweat from their foreheads, their eyes meeting unexpectedly with the gaze of the young man passing by, and then looked away as if nothing happened.

People whispered about the past, and it was the elders who spoke loudly at this time, and everyone else stood silently in their respective positions, waiting for the arrival of the unitary time.

The carriage of the Wei family had just entered everyone's field of vision, and everyone looked over here one after another - Mrs. Wei was the matter of knowing the young man, and it had been spread throughout the government and the opposition in the past few days.

People invariably approached this side to see what this mysterious woman, who never appeared in front of people, looked like.

The carriage stopped, and Wei Xingzhen led Feng Yan to the ground.

Feng Yan raised her eyes and saw that on the stone steps in the distance, the Li family, who was standing on a high place, was waving to her—her father, Xiao Qi, and Wulang were also there.

"Let's go over there." Feng Yan whispered in Wei Xingzhen's ear.

"Okay."

Wei Xingzhen stretched out her arm for Feng Yan to hold, and then pushed aside the crowd and walked in the direction of her parents-in-law's family.

The crowd came towards the two of them like a slowly surging tide.

Feng Yan stared ahead, and Wei Xingzhen walked so fast that many people didn't even have time to see her face clearly.

There was a bold one, because there were several people and they couldn't see it really, so they shouted, "I've seen Childe!" ”

Feng Yan was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at where the voice came from.

So everyone on that side saw Feng Yan's appearance clearly.

Suddenly, people sighed very softly.

It's a beauty......

On the other end, there was a quick response, and immediately shouted.

For a while, the shouts of "I've seen the child" came and went.

Feng Yanwan no longer paid attention to the hustle and bustle around her.

In the distance, Feng Xiaoqi and Feng Yishu were also looking at this scene.

Feng Yishu saw that his stomach was furious, and he just wanted to rush over to separate Wei Xingzhen and Feng Yan, when he felt Feng Xiaoqi pull his sleeve.

"What are you doing?" Feng Xiaoqi asked.

"I'll go and pick up my sister!"

"Don't move!" Feng Xiaoqi clasped Feng Yishu's arm with both hands, "Don't you think that Sister Ah looks different tonight than before?" ”

Feng Yishu hesitated for a moment, then looked back at the seventh sister, "What's different?" ”

"Sister...... Laughing. ”

"Isn't Sister always smiling?"

Feng Xiaoqi didn't speak, but his hand was clasped tighter.

Yes, Sister Ah is always smiling, but tonight it looks exceptionally fresh and vivid - this makes Feng Xiaoqi suddenly feel complicated.

Is it because ...... Wei Xingzhen's relationship?

But this guy ......

Thinking of the last time he took the risk to promote Yin Shiyun and Sister A to meet, Feng Xiaoqi frowned.

"In short, Sister is happy now, don't go to the scenery, if you go too far and annoy Sister A, then we will do something wrong in the future - but this Wei Xingzhen will be cheaper."

"But-" Feng Yishu's eyes swept away, and he saw Yin Shiyun, who was also looking at Feng Yan not far away.

He stood alone beside Taishi Yin and Mrs. Taishi, and also looked at Feng Yan's side.

The light was dim, and Feng Yishu couldn't see his expression clearly for a while.

"It's really strange...... Li Shi on the side was confused, "Yan'er, what's going on?" As soon as I got married, it was like changing my sex, I didn't go anywhere in the past, I loved to stay alone, and now I can make up wherever it is lively. ”

Feng Yuandao smiled, "It's good to be lively, everyone gets together, it's like a family." ”

After a while, the sound of gongs, drums and trumpets came from inside the palace gate.

Everyone stopped talking and turned in the direction of the Xuanmen, and a cloud-piercing arrow shot from the castle tower into the sky, bringing up a red trail like the tail of a comet—and then countless star showers exploded above everyone's heads.

"The time has come, open - to the Xuanmen."