Chapter 33 Fireworks
"Silly boy, we don't care who you hurt, you deserve better ......", the Queen Mother Liu thought to herself.
Ruan Tang happily returned to Ruan's house, and the Ruan family was also busy preparing for the eldest lady's birthday party in the evening, and was arranging it, "Daddy and mother are really high-profile", Ruan Tang thought sweetly, but at the evening party, the Ruan family did not invite outsiders, they were all close to Ruan's house, including Si Qingyuan and Yunlin, whom Ruan Tang strongly invited.
The little stone was given to his sister early to make a pig made of gold (Ruan Tang belongs to the pig). The little pig looks simple and cute, vivid, and the amount of gold is also very sufficient, but it sinks, and the little girl likes it very much.
Mr. Ruan and Mrs. Ruan also gave gifts, and the red clothes sewn by the nurse Wang for Ruan Tang were worn on her body, although the color was very high-key, but the little girl liked it very much, the embroidery was not something that ordinary people could embroider, and Cui Ping was not good, and the nurse embroidered it herself.
The nurse has not sewed clothes for more than ten years, before it was just embroidered for the Queen Mother, the little girl felt very honored, Cui Ping embroidered a purse for the eldest lady again, more delicate and lovely, the pattern is still the little girl's favorite lotus, pond, the back is embroidered with the exclusive logo of the small sugar cube pattern, and a small red carp has been added to the pond.
"What a work of art," the little girl exclaimed.
"Miss likes it," Cui Ping said gently.
Si Qingyuan brought the precious calligraphy for the little girl, as well as the calligraphy he specially wrote for her, so that she could copy it.
"Thank you, Yuan", the little girl said happily.
"Hmm", Si Qingyuan replied, with a smile in his eyes.
Yunlin and Luo Qi also gave gifts to the little girl, Luo Qi thought to himself, if he didn't give it, he would probably be disgusted by the little gummy candy to death, the little girl was very surprised after receiving the gift, and also gave Luo Qi a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Yun, and, well, Luo Qi, you can come and watch the fireworks show at the same time, I agree."
Looking at the arrogant little girl in red, bright and charming, Luo Qi rarely didn't get up with her, "um", and began to cherish words like gold, Ruan Tang didn't care about his changes, but Yun Lin looked at him and didn't speak.
"Yo, little sugar cube, happy birthday", Wen Xi said uninvited.
"Why are you here? I didn't invite you", Ruan Tang stepped forward and asked.
"Look, I've brought you gifts, the great pearl of the East China Sea, you're afraid of ...... in the dark," Wen Xi said without caring about her attitude.
"That, thank you", Ruan Tang is not a willful person, since the other party has a smiling face, she can't drive away guests as the host, "Hmph, Mingzhu, her small treasury has it", the little girl complained in her heart.
"Ah, the little sugar cube is not satisfied, our Wen family has always been diligent and thrifty, and it is already very good to be able to take this out, unlike ......", Wen Xi looked at the gorgeous Ruan Mansion and said meaningfully.
"What do you mean, my father is a good and honest official, don't talk nonsense, the Ruan family is also very frugal, eh, although I have spent some ...... today", Ruan Tang is always maintaining his father's reputation.
"Yes, yes, Wen has said a lot", "Who doesn't know that Ruan Fu is very 'diligent and thrifty'", Wen Xi held back the latter sentence and didn't say it, he didn't want to be beaten out by an angry little girl.
"Hmph, talk less, do more, and your father will reuse you", the little girl educated Wen Xi like a teacher.
"Yes, what the little sugar cube said makes sense", Wen Xi was not annoyed, and responded with a smile, always feeling that she was being perfunctory with her as a child.
Si Qingyuan looked at the interaction between Wen Xi and Ruan Ruan, frowned, and thought, "Ruan Ruan can get along with anyone, even the son of Ruan Yongning's political enemies ...... like this."
Ruan Tang was quite happy on her birthday this year, but when she returned to the room, she was a little disappointed, "Brother in black didn't even write a letter to her, did Brother in Black forget her birthday?" Ruan Tang thought to herself, she remembered that they would see each other every night before, and on her 12th birthday, her brother in black had given her a visit, he should know, Ruan Tang was a little sad.
Si Qingyuan originally went back to Jishitang, but when he thought of seeing Ruan Ruan's lonely expression occasionally, he was a little relieved to her. took advantage of the darkness to return to Ruan's mansion, and saw the little girl touching her beloved Buddha beads at the window, the wolf teeth next to her, muttering to herself.
"Did you remember the dead Shadow Guard," Si Qingyuan thought unhappily.
"Ruan Ruan, are you waiting for the fireworks", Si Qingyuan thought for a while and said.
"Ah, Ah Yuan, why are you back?" The little girl ran out of bed and didn't bother to put on her shoes.
"Slow down, it's cold on the ground", Si Qingyuan entered the room through the window, picked up the little girl, and put her on the bed.
"It seems that the brother in black, Ah Yuan, I miss him, he didn't even write to me, give me a birthday, did you forget me, our previous relationship was good", the little girl muttered.
"Does he often come to see you", Si Qingyuan asked in a low voice.
"In the past, when I was my secret guard, we were good friends who talked about everything (unilaterally), we often met at night, and he was also my human flesh plane", seeing Si Qingyuan's puzzled expression, "It was he who took me to fly up to the eaves with light skills, ran in the streets and alleys, and ...... like birds flying", the little girl recalled excitedly, "It's funny, I can fly, the light skills of the brother in black are good......."
Looking at such a little girl, Si Qingyuan thought about it, and suddenly squatted down with his back to her, "Come up", the cold voice reached the little girl's ears, reminding her of similar scenes in the past, similar nights, and similar people who came in through the window.
"Huh?"
"I'll take you, fly-", Si Qingyuan said seriously, and the tips of his ears unconsciously powdered.
"Good, good", the little girl climbed on his back with kindness.
"Put on a coat, it should be thicker", Si Qingyuan instructed.
"Hmm", the brother in black once said so, Ruan Tang thought to himself. She put on her cloak, climbed on Ah Yuan's back, put her arms around his neck, and whispered in Ah Yuan's ear, "Thank you, Ah Yuan."
Si Qingyuan felt that there was a heat in his ears, which made his ears itch and hot, and there was a faint lotus fragrance on the little girl's body, fresh and smelling, like a lotus flower in summer.
Si Qingyuan carried Ruan Ruan on his back and used light skills to skip the eaves, the speed was very fast, the footing was light, and he did not disturb the residents, Ruan Tang didn't expect Ah Yuan's light skills to be so good, he was both excited and proud, "This is my friend, handsome and reliable, superb medical skills, first-class light skills, as ...... as the brother in black", the little girl thought to herself.
Si Qingyuan took Ruan Tang to stop at the best position where he could see the fireworks on the city tower, and in order to prevent the little girl from getting cold, he held her in his arms again to block the cool breeze at night.
"It's almost time", the craftsmen of the city tower are ready, the molten iron flower has begun, Ruan Tang is also the first time to see this kind of folk craft, the ancient fireworks are not inferior to the modern ones, the Red Lotus Continent has not yet invented gunpowder, this is really magical, looking at it from afar like golden flowers flying, the red light is full of sky, Ruan Tang was shocked, this fireworks feast is set up for her, before that, even if it is a major festival in Beiying, there is no performance of molten iron flowering.
Ruan Tang happily hugged Ah Yuan, looking at the beautiful scenery of the prosperous world, this scene really became one of the best memories of Ruan Tang's life. "The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and it blows down, and the stars are like rain", Ruan Tang silently said the words of Xin Qiqi in the Song Dynasty.
While admiring this beautiful scenery, Si Qingyuan thought to himself, "Molten iron flowers? Bei Ying made a lot of good things out of iron......", he heard Nguyen Nguyen's words, "Nguyen Nguyen you make words, very suitable for the situation", in South Vietnam, poetry was very popular among the literati, they were very ritualistic, but in the other three countries did not flourish. They either emphasize Buddhism (Xiling), explore witchcraft (Donghu), or emphasize martial arts and light literature (Beiying).
"I saw it in the book by chance, I didn't make it, it's the first word, I think it's very suitable for the current scene", the little girl said weakly, not daring to look at Ah Yuan's eyes.
"Hmm", Si Qingyuan didn't ask again, he knew that Ruan Ruan didn't want to say, so he didn't ask, everyone would have secrets, and he was no exception. He was worried that the little girl would fall, so he kept an eye on her, and the two hugged each other on the roof without any ambiguity, just to watch the fireworks.
In the distance, there are sparks in the sky, and the eyes are red, this scene has also become Si Qingyuan's best memory, in a foreign country, he stayed by the side of a beautiful little girl, and accompanied her to celebrate her 14th birthday.......
"Ruan Ruan, happy birthday!" , Si Qingyuan said softly.
Afterwards, Si Qingyuan carried Ruan Tang back to the Lotus Courtyard, Ruan Tang was already asleep, Si Qingyuan gently put her down, covered her with a quilt, and turned to leave.
"Childe, is molten iron beautiful?" , Luo Qi joked, he saw the boy on the roof and the little gummy, the two were so close.
"Hmm", Si Qingyuan didn't care about his big or small.
"Childe, it's the first time Beiying has shown such a technique, for Ruan Tang's ......," Yun Lin said.
"It's just a coincidence, they have already mastered the iron-making technology, and they just have to ......wait for the right time," Si Qingyuan said in a low voice.
"It's also ......"
On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, this "molten iron flower" made the people of Quanfrost City, whether it was dignitaries or ordinary people, they were shocked by accident, some of them were accidentally found in the middle of the night, some were woken up, they all thought it was a strange celestial appearance, and they couldn't imagine that it was just for a 14-year-old girl to perform, for a while, the people talked about it, thinking that such a strange scene indicated that Beiying was going to unify the four countries, and even associated it with the birth of the "Red Lotus Holy Relic".
Of course, believers believe that it is a vision from heaven to celebrate the birth of the Buddha (the Buddha of the Red Lotus Continent is said to be born on the seventh day of the seventh month), and God blesses the north, and the people are rising for a while.
The other three countries also speculated about this phenomenon, thinking that it was Beiying's trickery and bad intentions. Emperor Xiling disdainful of "carving insect skills"; Nanyue sent a message from the Beiying spies, "It is to congratulate a little girl on her birthday", Zhao Lun sighed, "Emperor Beiying is really a plaything";
Donghu Emperor Hu Yu is still addicted to the elixir of immortality refining and can't extricate himself, not asking about the world, in the little fox palace of Donghu Prince (Hu Boshuang), the young man in red smiled, "Haha, is that little girl from the Ruan family a heavenly immortal, let Emperor Beiying do these ...... for her",
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiyu, she is the daughter of Ruan Yongning, a heavy minister of Beiying, and she is very favored by the emperor",
"Hmph, do you want to accept her as a concubine, and you started to cultivate it at such a young age?"
"No one below can answer."
"If you have a chance, I really want to meet this little girl, let's call it Ruan Tang......", Hu Boshuang licked the corner of his mouth and said with a wicked smile.
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"Dad, the emperor has prepared such a big gift for Xiao Tang and Ruan Tang, the relationship between the Ruan family and the royal family is not ordinary, although Ruan Yongning is very much loved by the emperor, he is also a little overdone", Wen Xi wondered.
"Ruan Yongning's wife of the old fox, Liu, is a distant relative of the Queen Mother, and perhaps she values that little girl very much," Wen Jian said.
"That's a bit too much, the manufacturing technology of iron has always been Beiying's secret, and now the emperor wants to make it public?" , Wen Xi said in a low voice.
"We can't guess the emperor's thoughts, there is no doubt that he attaches great importance to that little girl, could it be that the emperor wants to accept her? I knew that Xiaohuan would ask the Queen Mother for more peace", Wen Jian touched his beard and said.
"Dad, the emperor is 25 years old, it's impossible, besides, Ruan Yongning loves Ruan Tang so much, how can it be?" , Wen Xi denied without thinking.
"I also said that it is possible, where did your composure go, Ruan Yongning hid that little girl so strictly, and it didn't seem like he wanted to give it to the emperor, this matter is strange, Mingguang, you always pay attention to Ruan Yongning", Wen Jian said.
"Yes, Daddy"