Chapter 20: The Fan
The eunuch holding the boat had a shrill voice: "Who is throwing things?" β
Someone on the shore ran over and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I accidentally threw the fan over." That's right! My fan! My fan! β
Yes, this man didn't care at all that the fan almost hit someone, but he was still thinking about his fan.
Liu Fang rolled up her sleeves and reached out to pick up the fan floating on the water.
"This fan of yours?"
The man in blue on the shore waved at the boat: "Exactly, it's still bothering the girl...... He looked up at this moment, and saw the people on the boat.
The three girls sat under the canopy, and there was a soft curtain half-covering him that he couldn't see clearly, but he could see the color of the eunuchs and palace maids standing at the bow and stern of the boat.
I just heard that the princess's sisters were coming, so I didn't expect him to run into them.
Liu Fang pondered the fan that this person remembered and didn't know what it looked like, whether it was flowers and birds, landscapes, or beauties?
The fan was in her hand, and she was about to open it to see, but the person on the shore couldn't see her face, but he could see the movements of her hand, and he was so frightened that he exclaimed: "Can't open it!" β
This voice almost startled Liu Fang at first glance.
Why can't it be opened? Is there something up there that can't see people?
Not only her, but even Zhao Yuxi was a little confused.
As for Liu Yan, she is not yet that age, and she doesn't think as much as her two sisters think. So he asked generously, "Why not?" β
"The outside of the fan is full of water, and if you open it like this, you may damage it. You have to wipe the water on the outside first, and the water on the inside is also adsorbed with cotton paper, and you can't dry it in the sun, oops, you can't open it now. β
It turned out to be for this.
This Liu Yan has heard that there are some people in the palace who do this, tinkering, repairing and repairing some cracked porcelain, damp calligraphy and paintings, this is a professional handicraft work, ordinary people don't know the doorway, and they really can't do it.
Liu Fang heard him shouting so eagerly, wiped the water outside the fan with a handkerchief, and raised his voice and said, "Then you can take it back and cook it yourself." I had someone throw the fan at you? β
"No, no, no, can't be thrown anymore." He looked apprehensive, and turned his head to look around: "I'll wait by the bridge in front of me, and ask the princess to let the boat pull aside." β
Further ahead of the boat was an arched bridge, under which they could take the boat. The man who threw the fan stood on the edge of the bridge sweating profusely and stretched out his arms to catch his fan.
On such a hurried side, Liu Fang didn't even see his appearance clearly, just remembering that this person liked fans very muchβmaybe he liked the paintings on the fans? The temperament is not very steady, and he shouts and screams.
The man took the fan and turned it over and over to look at it carefully, and there was indeed no other damage, and then he remembered to apologize to someone and thank him.
As soon as I looked up, the boat had already left.
The three men on the boat were laughing at him.
Liu Fang said: "Eighty percent are the guests invited by Meng Yuma today. β
Liu Yan was amused when he remembered the way he leaned over to pick up the fan just now, his neck stretched so long. It is said that the fan is connected with the hand and not with the face, what is the use of stretching the neck: "This person is reckless." β
Zhao Yuxi also wanted to laugh, she usually rarely saw outsiders, and she was not happy to see people, but today, this person, how to say it, is not an ordinary person.
"He knows calligraphy and painting very well, and his temperament is also straight," Zhao Yuxi said two fair words for this person: "Since he is a friend of the horse, he should have a good family background." β
Liu Yan made the final decision: "Hey, that's a nerd." β
The boat passed under a large field of whooping saffron trees, which bloomed so violently that they were joined into a large patch, and those that fell, as if they had been blooming from the shore into the water. As soon as the boat came, the water rippled one by one, and those flowers also sank and floated on the water, and were pushed by the water waves and turned back. Through the mountain corridor, you can hear the sound of music in the distance.
"Big sister is having a really good time." Liu Fang: This is a feeling.
Before, she always thought that this marriage was not a good thing, but now she suddenly doesn't think so.
If the eldest sister marries Tian Lin, Tian Lin is anxious, but she is not as good-tempered as Meng Yuma. Now this day is also very good, Meng Suma leads a leisure job of repairing books, and he doesn't have to respond every day, and he has a lot of spare time. The eldest sister is the hostess of her beautiful mansion, and she has the final say in what she likes to do.
I'll be happy to live like this in the future.
However, she is now ranked behind Zhao Yuxi according to her age, and Zhao Yuxi must marry first before she can get her turn.
Empress Cao was in a hurry to handle her eldest daughter's family affairs, just because Zhao Yuxi and Liu Fang were not too young to be young, and they really couldn't delay it any longer.
Thinking of this, Liu Fang secretly glanced at Zhao Yuxi's expression.
She was looking at the flowers and trees outside the ship's side in a daze, and the brilliant flowers outside the window still reflected her expression......
It's lonely.
Not only did Liu Fang find out, but Liu Yan also saw it.
As soon as the eldest sister got married, Queen Cao immediately brought up Zhao Yuxi's family affairs and started to handle it. Zhao Yuxi's princess's mansion has also been selected, which was changed from the princess's mansion of the previous dynasty, and is now undergoing final repairs. In addition, the dowry of the escort, the dowry manpower, and the choice of the grange......
But Zhao Yuxi himself was not happy at all, as if he was going to do someone else's business.
She couldn't be happier. She has been like this since the marriage was decided.
It's not that the emperor and the queen forced her to kiss. In fact, the emperor can be regarded as good to her, otherwise Queen Cao would not give her so many people to choose. Zhao Yuxi knows that her identity is embarrassing, although she is also a princess, but she is actually a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and the person who married her is destined to have no great achievements in this life, just to be a rich idler with her - as a sign of tolerance and benevolence in the new dynasty.
Therefore, there are not many people who are really willing to give her a princess. It is too late for the old family to clear up the relationship with the previous dynasty, and the nouveau riche are willing to give up their young sons, cousins and nephews.
For her, marrying anyone is the same.
How to live in this life, the road has long been set, and she can only go down this road, and it is impossible to deviate from it.
If she really has a choice, she would rather not marry for the rest of her life, and it will be good to pass like this, quietly.
It's a pity that it didn't work
Ordinary girls don't marry, and the family is not comfortable. Probably in the eyes of the world, not marrying has become a defect, a kind of anomaly.
So how could she not get married?
The marriage date was not an auspicious period for her, but rather a prison sentence. Probably those prisoners who have been sentenced to autumn execution are in this kind of mentality, counting the days, and each day is one less day.
She hadn't been to the princess's mansion once, only the people from the inner mansion had sent her drawings to see, and she replied that everything was fine, and there was nothing to add or subtract to change.