The four of them discussed for a long time with no result, and then went to see which one the others voted in, but they still had no idea.

"I've decided, I'll bet on the Jade Restaurant!" Chu Ling took his money bag from Shuang'er's hand, "One hundred taels to buy food and jade wins!" ”

"The Jade Food Shop is one to one this year, have you thought about it?" The person sitting in the betting office is Yue Jun, an upstart in the capital, who has been ordered by the emperor to preside over this year's dragon boat race.

"Lord Yue, don't talk nonsense, or I'll take your anger when I lose money, hum!" Chu Ling glanced at him.

The people around were amused by her appearance, "Lord Ling is so majestic!" "Someone was heckling.

"Then I'll bet on the Eldest Princess's Mansion, one to four, popular!" Yu Ranqing also threw down a hundred taels of silver, and smiled with two thin eyebrows.

"What about Yan'er, I really want to bet on Thrush Hills, but I don't have the slightest confidence!" Yan Xuechu furrowed her brows.

"Thrush Villa loses two for one, and Miss Yan has no loss for betting!" Yue Jun said kindly.

Yan Xuechu hesitated for a long time, and threw a bag of silver in front of the person who weighed the silver next to Yue Jun, "Two hundred taels, I bet on Thrush Villa to win!" ”

"Yan Xuechu, you are really unproductive, and you are reluctant to give up two hundred taels?" Chu Ling shouted and snatched the bag of silver and threw it on the sign of the Jade Restaurant, "What kind of Thrush Villa, you follow me to vote for Jade, stingy ghost!" ”

"Okay, then I'll follow you!" Yan Xuechu looked at Yue Jun, "Lord Yue, I bet on the Jade Food Shop to win!" ”

The people around him laughed again.

"Yan'er, who are you voting for?" Yu Ranqing looked at Mu Qingyan.

Yan Xuechu and Chu Ling also looked at her.

"Is it good for me to vote for Qingqing Winery, one loses eight!" Mu Qingyan just stared at the brand of Qingqing Winery.

Chu Ling glanced at her and scolded: "Stupid smoke, that Qingqi Winery is a novice, and it is not as good as jade!" ”

"Then what do you say, Yuyu won't win again this year, he already won last year!" Mu Qingyan blinked two innocent eyes and looked at a few people.

At this time, someone rushed forward and threw down a few silver tickets, "I'll vote for the Jade Food Workshop, five hundred taels!" ”

"Wow, I'm also going to eat jade food, one hundred taels!" Mu Qing's eyes were full of money, and he smiled and threw down the silver.

Several people burst into laughter.

The man turned and walked away, drowning in the crowd. No one saw it, and he made a gesture on his hand.

Mu Qingyan's eyes sank, and under Chu Ling's pull, a few people walked to the shore, "Brother Jin is on the imperial boat today, Qing'er, Xue Chu, you and Yan'er are all on the painting boat of our Jingwang Mansion, which is spacious and lively." Chu Ling and the others came to the shore smoothly under the escort.

"I'm looking for Aunt Chu Han, I don't know if she's here, I'll come and meet you later!" Mu Qingyan had something on his mind, and made an excuse to meet that person.

"I'll accompany you Yan'er, don't get separated when there are too many people!" Yu Ranqing was a little worried that she would have difficulty moving a woman.

"Qing'er, your face is not good, don't run around with me, there are a lot of people I brought out today, it's okay!" Mu Qingyan casually refused.

"I also need to say hello to the people at Thrushcross Heights, just wait!" Yan Xuechu looked at his own painting boat not far away, and said goodbye to a few people briefly.

"That's it, Qing'er and I will get on the boat first, and I'll let Shuang'er stay here to stay guard, how about waiting for the two of you to come back?" Chu Ling tilted his head and asked the opinions of the two.

"That's great!" Yan Xuechu took the first step.

"That's the best, I'll go see my aunt first, and I'll be here in a while!" Mu Qingyan turned around and left with a group of maids, squeezing into the crowd.

As soon as he entered the crowd, Sanjiu leaned over, "Wujiu is back, and he is recuperating in Phoenix City with some injuries." He said in a voice that only two people could hear.

"Who did it?" Mu Qingyan covered her mouth and nose with one hand and frowned, only saying that she was a little disgusted by the crowd.

"Anxin Building!" Sanjiu bent over and squeezed forward, looking like he was walking.

Mu Qingyan raised her eyebrows, "Let's discuss this matter later!" I'm in a bad mood today, so let Qingjin prepare and inform the dragon boat team of Qingjing Winery that I am going to win this game! ”

"Yes, please wait and watch the show!" After Sanjiu finished speaking, he dodged out of the crowd and lost his trace.

Mu Qingyan took a few maids and finally squeezed to the berthing of the painting boat in the world's money village, Mu Qinghan was not there, Chu Han was gossiping with several ladies who were familiar with each other.

"Auntie, I want to go to play with Lord Ling, you and Brother Han say don't look for me!" She hugged Chu Han with one arm, with three points of coquettishness.

"You, you're going to toss Lord Ling again, don't you mess around, do you hear?" Chu Han patted her little hand holding her arm dotingly, and straightened the two jade carvings on her head, "Go, I'll have someone pick you up later, be good!" ”

"Yes, my aunt is the best!" Laughing and looking back at a few maids, "Amber and Linglong follow me, and you will follow your aunt!" "I originally wanted to take a few of them out to play, but now that Ling'er is invited, I have to let a few of them take their own boat with my aunt, and it makes no difference.

Several maids nodded in agreement.

Linglong followed behind Mu Qingyan with a proud face, and walked with Amber to the painting boat of King Jing's Mansion.

On the east side of the lake, outside the waters used for the race, there are three painting boats and five escort clippers.

The innermost is the largest and most luxurious, with a royal flag erected on it. Today, led by the crown prince Chu Yue, he supervised the battle with the ship; The third prince Xun Wang, the sixth prince Li Wang, the eighth prince Jue Wang, Xiaojing King Chu Jin, the seventh princess Chu Xuan and the ninth princess Chu Qiang were all on the boat, and of course there was Xiao Qingqing, the second princess of the Northern Desert Kingdom.

The second prince, King Jue, was on the Zhuangyuan Pavilion at this time, and he personally held the gong mallet and waited for the time to give the order; The fifth prince, King Jue, waited on the other side, waiting for his name to be named.

Next to the imperial boat is the painting boat of the Jingwang Mansion. Chu Wei took Chu Mo to the painting boat, and after waiting for a long time, she didn't see Chu Ling, and she was secretly blaming herself. Chu Wei is the eldest daughter of the second room, and she has always regarded herself as the eldest lady of Jingwangfu, and she is seventeen years old and has not yet allowed a marriage.

There is also a mansion of the eldest princess, and today the eldest princess invited the famous ladies of the capital to cheer for her dragon boat team here. Jing Liang also invited the sons of various mansions to feast here, originally this is what Chu Jin loves to do every year, but this year he can't help himself.

Xiang Tianqi was the first to come and was drinking with Nangong Hao; Qin Yan stood alone on the side of the ship, staring into the distance. Everyone had long since become accustomed to his misfits, and they did not feel uncomfortable. Jing Liang's sister Jing Yanghe and her husband Qiu Zhiting who married into the Taishi Mansion, as well as Qiu Zhidi, the second son of the Taishi Mansion, Tang Yong, the second son of the Hubu Shangshu, Ye Heng, the third son of the Ministry of Officials, and Lou Yifan, the nephew of the Ministry of Rites, Yue Jun are also among them. Only the Oriental Fengjue of Qilin Villa and Mu Qinghan of Shuiyue Villa had not arrived, and Jing Liang personally waited at the boarding place.

The rest of the ships, no matter how powerful they were, were on the west side of the water, led by Kirin Villa.

At the end of the day, everyone had boarded the ship.

Twelve dragon boats are lined up on the surface of the lake, with a high dragon head in front and a dragon tail in the back; The body of the boat is long and narrow, there are ten radials on each side of the boat, the rudder at the tail of the boat stands with a long oar, a large flag stands in the middle, and there is a person holding a gong to deliver the message next to it, a big drum is placed behind the dragon's head, a drummer sits upside down, and two drumsticks with thick arms are still on the drum waiting for the order. Each dragon boat has a leader, and the troops are arranged.

Mu Qingyan finished dealing with the matter at hand, and led Amber and Linglong to the painting boat berthing in King Jing's Mansion. Shuang'er had already received Yan Xuechu, and the group was waiting for her.

"Miss Yan, Miss Mu, please come with Shuang'er!" Shuang'er led the way and walked quickly to the boarding place, Chu Ling and Yu Ranqing were both waiting by the side of the boat, stretched out their hands to hold each other, and went to the cabin.

After a cloudy morning, the rain finally fell. The fine and dense does not become rain, like the water vapor scattered when the thick fog is wet and transpiring in the morning, with a bit of the unique moisture on the lake, and the smoke and waves are vast from a distance, such as clouds and fog.

Mu Qingyan stood alone on the bow of the boat, the slight wind blowing the Luo yarn and swaying lightly, his eyes were far away, and his mind was pure.

Qin Yan looked at the silhouette that inadvertently broke into his sight, imprinted in Jiang Tian's ink, like a Lingbo fairy coming to the world, and like an elf descending to the mortal, like a stone cast on the heart lake, arousing thousands of surging, slowly merging with the figure in his heart, those two words were contained on the tip of his tongue, like her lips, softening his cold temperament.

Yu Ranqing searched for a long time before finding Mu Qingyan at the bow of the boat, "Yan'er, go into the cabin and drink some hot tea, be careful of catching a cold!" It was only when she faced Mu Qingyan that she felt that things in the world did not need to be very disguised, and it was easier to be happy if they were simpler.

"Good!" took the initiative to take Yu Ranqing's hand, "Qing'er, haven't you slept well these days?" The eye circles are blue! Thinking of the person she was going to marry, she lost her good mood just now, and couldn't help but look back at the scenery again, sighed and went to the cabin with Yu Ranqing.

"No, don't worry!" Yu Ran Qingyan refuted her insincerely.

Mu Qingyan is not worth it for her in her heart, if she marries that person, it is not a pity to be able to stay for a lifetime, but that person has to marry a princess at the same time, and she is the seventh princess who is loved by the emperor. The seven princesses are arrogant, but they are domineering, and they have been willful since they were young. The days to come can be imagined, which woman can be stable and calm at this time?

Full of anger in my heart, that damn bastard!

Qin Yan watched the heart-warming figure slowly fade out of his sight, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to chase after him, until he couldn't see it anymore, he was still stunned.

It wasn't until Lou Yifan came over that he retracted his gaze and returned to his original cold expression. But the heartbeat in his chest was still jubilant, and he instinctively stretched out his palm and pressed it tightly, and his palm was full of his own heartbeat.

"Congratulations to General Qin on marrying both the United States!" Lou Yifan said with a look of flattery and envy. He had already seen Qin Yan turning his head to chase the figure on the side boat from a distance, and he recognized that person as Yu Ranqing.

Qin Yan glanced at him without speaking, turned around and walked towards the crowd. was ruined by the interest of watching the scenery, so I had to go back to watch the race with everyone.

A heavy gong sounded on the Zhuangyuan Pavilion, and the twelve dragon boats on Mochou Lake flew forward. The drummer on the boat carries the trumpet of the leader with the sound of the drum, and the gong bearer receives the helmsman who passes it to the stern; The hands and hands were all full, and the strength of the waist and abdomen followed the rhythm of the order, and the whole boat went to the opposite shore in one breath.

The boats on both sides followed the dragon boat all the way, and the side facing the water was full of people.

Twelve dragon boats, from east to west, are last year's top name Jade Food Workshop, Eldest Princess's Mansion, Qilin Villa, Tianxia Money Village, Thrush Villa, Yijian Villa, Batian Dart Bureau, Zuixian Pavilion, Anxin Building, Beijing Chamber of Commerce, Lion Building, Qingqi Winery.

The Jade Restaurant has attracted the most sunshine, and last year it won the grand prize as a dark horse.

At first, it was difficult to distinguish between the high and the low. The whole waterway of Mochou Lake is nearly ten miles, which requires continuous efforts and sufficient stamina. Last year's best result of the Jade Food Shop was a pillar of incense time.

The west side of the water area should be more lively, with shouts and cheers, encouragement and encouragement, and high-pitched voices.

The royal painting boat is in the front, and the Jingwang Mansion follows closely, and the painting boat of the eldest princess's mansion is connected to each other, and a straight line follows the dragon boat.

After more than half of the race, the dragon boat team of the Eldest Princess's Mansion ranked first, and the one that was half a hull was the Jade Food Restaurant. The Beijing Chamber of Commerce is in third place, and the latter is the Qingqi Winery, which is at the bottom of the line.

"Xiang Tianqi, the name of your Deception Dart Bureau is scary enough, but the dragon boat team is a little worse!" Nangong Hao taunted Xiang Tianqi with a poisonous mouth.

Xiang Tianqi raised his wine glass, stared at the lake, and shouted unconvinced: "Yijian Villa is not much stronger, let's see!" ”

"Brother Jing, it seems that the training is not fake, you have a good chance of winning the championship this year!" Dongfang Fengjue smiled and touched a glass with Jing Liang.

Jing Liang was a little proud, "That is, if I win this year, I will invite you to eat the whole book tomorrow!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter.