Chapter 20 Mid-Autumn Festival
The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, each family has already begun to clean and arrange the courtyard, and the Fang family is not as busy as before because they were invited by Princess Jinyang to go to the princess's mansion for the holiday. Fang Yueshen was really idle at home, so she secretly ran out again.
Since they first met Ji Chenglin three months ago, they have become very good friends. Ji Chenglin even looked for her to come out to play every three days, and the relationship between the two was increasing day by day, but no one said anything. They both tacitly continue to get along as good friends.
Fang Yueshen is wandering on the street, the merchants have set up shelves and started to hang lanterns, look at this posture, tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival night will be very lively. Suddenly, she saw a figure in front of her who was very familiar, and if she looked closely, wasn't it Qi Mingchuan? In the past, Ji Chenglin went to the house to look for her, but she never knew where Ji Chenglin lived, and today it was really unexpected!
Fang Yueshen was overjoyed, immediately ran up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hey, what a coincidence."
Ji Chenglin was obviously frightened by her, trembled, turned his head and saw that it was Fang Yueshen, then he calmed down and said, "Hey, why are you here?"
"If you're bored at home, go out for a walk." Fang Yueshen said as he pulled him to the restaurant next to him, "Since you met, come and go to dinner with me." ”
Ji Chenglin didn't have time to refuse, she was directly pulled into the restaurant, Fang Yueshen summoned Xiao Er, ordered a few signature dishes, and then looked at Ji Chenglin who was pouring tea with his cheeks.
"Look at you like this, you smuggled out of the house again." There was a bit of helplessness in Ji Chenglin's tone. After getting along for a few months, Ji Chenglin learned that Fang Yueshen was not as knowledgeable and gentle as she seemed on the surface, on the contrary, she was stubborn, full of playfulness, and an idle person. However, the second elder of the Fang family regarded her as the pearl of the palm and let her mess around, so that she was seventeen years old, and she was still waiting for the boudoir.
Fang Yueshen smiled and said, "If I don't sneak out, my mother will definitely let me learn to be a female celebrity, it's really boring."
"But shouldn't all women do all of this?" Ji Chenglin couldn't help but feel funny, why did he think she was a lady at the beginning.
"I've learned everything, why do you do this every day?" Fang Yueshen frowned and was very annoyed, she grabbed a piece of dim sum and ate it, and after calming down, she asked again: "Don't talk about these troubles, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, how are you going to spend it?"
"Heh, I'm alone, but it's all the same, but you, I heard that Princess Jinyang invited your family to the princess's mansion for the holiday, right?" Ji Chenglin drank a glass of wine and asked casually.
Fang Yueshen nodded and said, "Yes, but if you don't go to the princess's mansion, it seems that you are holding a banquet in the Guixian Garden, hey, I heard that the Guixian Garden is beautiful." Princess Jinyang's other courtyard, I have only heard of it and never seen it, but this time I can finally open my eyes.
"Returning to the Immortal Garden? Isn't it at the Princess's Mansion?" Ji Chenglin's hand holding the wine glass paused, his brows frowned slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Could it be that the message is wrong?
Fang Yueshen didn't look at him, and said while picking up vegetables: "I don't know, anyway, in the end, I set up a banquet there, in fact, if it wasn't for the princess's invitation, I would like to accompany you for the holiday."
"Oh? Spend the holidays with me?" Ji Chenglin's face became warmer and looked at her with a smile. Fang Yueshen raised her head and said to him: "You are alone in Yangzhou, lonely, as your good friend, of course I want to accompany you!"
"Hehe, you have this heart, I'm already very satisfied." Ji Cheng's eyes were full of tenderness when he looked at her, although he knew that as a young lady, it was impossible for her to come out to spend the holiday with him, but he was really happy to hear her say this.
Fang Yueshen didn't avoid his gaze this time, but looked at him with a smile on his face, just from his eyes, he already knew each other's intentions. Fang Yueshen has a plan in her heart, she wants to show her heart after the Mid-Autumn Festival, she is not like other women, she will only wait for her parents to get married, she wants to find a marriage by herself, since God brought this person to her side, then of course she will not let it go. With an idea in her heart, Fang Yueshen felt that this meal was much better than before. And Ji Chenglin lowered his head, didn't move his chopsticks for a long time, and only drank vigorously.
On August 15, the much-anticipated Mid-Autumn Festival has finally arrived, and the whole Yangzhou is immersed in joy, and the two markets of Zhengde and Fukang are noisy early in the morning, and the cries of selling are coming and going. And the princess's mansion on Mingde Street is also much more lively than before, I heard that today's princess's mansion banquet is to be guarded by Fang Junshou, plus the visit of the five princes of the royal capital, the banquet must be very grand.
Towards evening, red lanterns were hung up in the princess's mansion, and the whole mansion was shining red, and at first glance, it seemed that a big banquet was really being held. At the same time, Guixian Garden, which was far away on the other side of Yangcheng, was also quietly lit with a red light. This Guixian Garden was originally a garden built by the Liucheng County Guard for Princess Jinyang as a gift to thank her. The decoration inside is really as wonderful as a fairyland, and the builders also led a tributary of the original river into Guixian Garden, which became its inland river. However, after seeing the construction of Guixian Garden, Zong Zhengjin directly rejected this gift, saying that it was labor and money that hurt the people, although the county guards repeatedly emphasized that this was built for her voluntarily by the people of Yangzhou, and she did not want to move in, and finally Yi Chu persuaded her to accept it as a separate courtyard, and occasionally come to play. And the word "returning to immortals" was taken by Yi Chu himself, because it is as beautiful as a fairyland, which makes people forget to return.
"Oh my God, Sister Huang, I'm not going back to the palace, I'm going to live here." As soon as Zong Zhengmin entered the garden, he made a fuss and shouted, but this is no wonder to him, Guixian Garden is too luxurious, five steps and a scene, ten steps and a painting, this pavilion, rockery and strange flowers, small bridges and flowing water, fire trees and silver flowers, it is really dizzying, here is much more comfortable than the palace.
"Then Nacheng, you are the prince, how can you live here all the time?" Zong Zhengjin glanced at him, completely ignoring his obedience. Yi Chu and she temporarily decided to set up the banquet in Guixian Garden, except for the people present, no outsiders would know, if the people of the Xu family really went to the princess's mansion to assassinate her, then there was only a dead end, because the princess's mansion at this time had already laid a net, just waiting for them to drill into it.
The weather was getting gloomy, and it was about to rain. In the hall, Fang Junen's family had already arrived, and when they saw Zong Zhengjin and his party walking in, they immediately stepped forward and saluted: "See Princess Jinyang, Your Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."
"No courtesy, sit down." Zong Zhengjin walked to the main seat and sat down, and her subordinates sat Yi Chu and Zong Zhengmin, and then the Fang family.
Fang Junen raised his head and looked at Zong Zhengjin, his eyes full of appreciation. In five years, he watched Zong Zhengjin grow from a stubborn little girl to a resourceful and strategizing political talent.
And after Fang Che and Fang Yueshen's brother and sister saw Zong Zhengjin, they only had one thought in their hearts: There are really heavenly immortals in this Guixian Garden. I saw Zong Zhengjin wearing a goose-yellow hook gold peony medicine trailing long skirt, a pair of silver silk double buckles on his white wrists, a red gold ruyi lock around his neck, a black hair tied with a yellow ribbon, a purple and gold phoenix with wings ready to fly at the top of the hair, a pearl in the phoenix mouth fell straight to the center of the eyebrows, and the little face of the national color and fragrance was not powdered, but it was already fascinating. Fang Yueshen couldn't help but marvel in her heart, it looks like this now, and it will be in the future. Alas, his appearance can only be regarded as average in front of Princess Jinyang.
"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, don't be too restrained." Zong Zhengjin saw that they were all a little uncomfortable, so he took the lead in drinking, everyone saw this, they also raised their wine glasses, the scene was not so deserted, it was already raining outside the house, it seemed that the sky was not beautiful, and he didn't want the people to have a good holiday.
"Master Fang, are your injuries getting better?" Zong Zhengjin asked with concern.
Fang Junen immediately put down the wine chopsticks and returned respectfully: "Thank you princess for your concern, Xia Guan has recovered."
"That's good, if Lord Fang falls into any pain because of this, this princess will not be happy." Zong Zhengjin's face was full of sincerity, and Fang Junen listened to it with a warm heart.
Zong Zhengjin raised his wine glass to Mrs. Fang again, and said with a light smile: "This princess still wants to thank Mrs. Fang for taking care of me in the past few years."
Mrs. Fang was flattered, and hurriedly picked up her wine glass and said, "The princess is polite, the princess is very smart, and the courtiers just mention it slightly, and you will be all right." She was referring to the matter of teaching Zong Zhengjin's female red, because Mrs. Fang's female red was well-known in Yangzhou, so Zong Zhengjin invited her to teach herself.
"Mother, don't be modest, who in this Yangzhou doesn't know that your female celebrity is the best." Fang Yueshen really couldn't stand her mother being so polite, so she said a sentence. Mrs. Fang immediately turned her head and glared at her angrily, and reprimanded: "Rebel girl, I dare to be so rude in front of the princess, I ......"
"Mrs. Fang, don't be annoyed," Zong Zhengjin interrupted what she was about to say, and relieved Fang Yueshen, "This princess's favorite thing is Sister Fang's straightforward temperament, how can this be called not knowing the number of etiquette?" After finishing speaking, he also glanced at Fang Yueshen, Fang Yueshen knew that the princess was speaking for her, and hurriedly cast a grateful look. Zong Zhengjin smiled, she and Fang Yueshen have known each other for a few years, and they also know a thing or two about her temperament, she seems to be very arrogant, straightforward and scheming, but she is actually an extremely wise and courageous woman, her ability is not worse than her brother at all, and she is a talent that can be cultivated.
Seeing the princess interceding, Mrs. Fang's tone softened and said, "Although this is the case, where can I find my mother-in-law with such a temperament?" Fang Yueshen couldn't help but roll her eyes, her mother had to nag again. When the people present heard this, they all covered their mouths and smiled, sure enough, mothers always have to worry about these things.
Zong Zhengjin also smiled, and pretended to say in a deep voice: "Madam, this fate can't be forced, there will always be a man who falls in love with Sister Fang in the future, Sister Fang is so beautiful and wise, what are you worried about." Zong Zhengjin's speaking skills are getting higher and higher, and sure enough, when Mrs. Fang heard this, a flower immediately appeared on her face, and she said "Princess Cheng's auspicious words".
Fang Yueshen secretly gave her a thumbs up, and Dongfang Hua winked at her playfully. And all this was seen by Yi Chu and Fang Che, and both of them smiled helplessly.
"Sister Huang, let's call the song and dance to watch." Jong Jung-min was not interested in what they were saying, and he was impatient to see the song and dance performances in Yangju.
"Okay." Zong Zhengjin nodded and motioned for the song and dance to begin. After receiving the order outside, a group of dancers immediately ran in, they were dressed in bright clothes, and the music was together, and they writhed their dexterous bodies, and the hall immediately became lively. Zong Zhengjin and Yi Chu glanced at each other, and the two of them smiled in unison, presumably the princess's mansion should be very lively at this time.