Chapter 213: Tanabata (Second Update)
The Chang'an City of Qixi Festival is particularly gorgeous, the market is different from the previous curfew as deserted and there are no pedestrians, at this time the Chang'an Street Market is full of pedestrians and carriages, carrying lanterns and laughing all the way to the Qujiang River.
According to the usual practice, the ladies who did not go out of the pavilion during the Qixi Festival had to set up an incense platform to burn incense and beg, and they also went to the shore of the Qujiang River to put lotus lanterns to pray for blessings, and this time the Qixi Festival was different from usual, the eldest lady of the Zheng family set up a banquet in Qujiang, and invited the Langjun ladies of Chang'an Guifu to beg for lotus lanterns together, which is so elegant, and the people also want to come to see such a grand occasion and take a look at the demeanor of the Langjun and the ladies of the noble family.
Gu Mingzhu sat on the seat, looking at the glazed hexagonal wind lanterns hanging high in the surroundings, everyone at the table looked happy and excited, after all, such a begging festival is really rare, and it is presided over by the eldest lady of the Zheng family herself, and everyone is proud to have a look.
This time, Zheng Yuan was not close to Gu Mingzhu, she was sitting on the upper seat at this time, surrounded by many ladies who came to get close and good friends, and was talking to her and Cui Ning with a smile.
“…… When the eldest lady is in the future, we have never had such a grand occasion, and we can set up a night banquet by the Qujiang River, and put lotus lanterns on the moon. ”
"It's not, it's really everyone's demeanor, we don't dare to think about it......"
Mrs. Zheng listened to their praise and praise, and the smile on her face was still noble and decent, and she did not flutter away. is also because she is the eldest lady of the Zheng family, she has seen too many situations like this, so naturally there is nothing unusual.
It's just that she couldn't help but look at the seat not far from the seat, where it was empty, it was Cui Lin's seat, and he hadn't come until this time, even though Cui Yi and Cui Ning were already here, but they didn't see him coming.
Without seeing him, Zheng Yuan's heart has been empty, hanging in his chest for a long time and can't be put down.
She looked at Gu Mingzhu's banquet again, and saw Gu Mingzhu sitting alone, not watching much of the singing and dancing at the banquet, and not caring about the silver basin begging not far away, as if she had something on her mind.
She stared at Gu Mingzhu for a long time, and suddenly turned her head with a smile and asked the ladies: "I only went to the Hussar General's Mansion two days ago, it was the birthday of Old Madam Gu. ”
Hearing her talk about Gu Mingzhu, the ladies suddenly understood, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I'm afraid the eldest lady doesn't know, there have been a lot of things going on in the General's Mansion these days, and they are all jokes in Chang'an City......"
“…… Previously, it was the Gu family's in-laws, the Luo family, who had a scandal and even lost their title, and then it was in the second room of the Gu family......"
Those ladies were originally the ladies in the ordinary noble mansion, and they were the most upright and low-minded, but now seeing that Mrs. Zheng was interested in asking about Gu Mingzhu, she naturally refused to let go of this opportunity, and explained everything about the Gu family in detail, and even added fuel and vinegar to talk about the ugly things of the Gu family, so that Mrs. Zheng could know Gu Mingzhu thoroughly.
Over there, Zheng Yuan and Cui Ning listened to several ladies enthusiastically narrate, but Gu Mingzhu, the protagonist of everything, didn't know, she was sitting on the couch because of Gu Qing's matter.
Over the years, she knew very little about her father Gu Qing, and she didn't know much about him, only that he was devoted to military affairs, and had been stationed in the northwest border for many years, and rarely returned to Chang'an.
He also has very little contact with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and he does not have much entertainment, so what could make him return in the middle of the night so often, or even not return all night?
The cause of death of the eldest princess of Xuanyang was really dystocia? Was it really just an accident? But why are those little clothes?
There is also the matter of the Luo family, why does Gu Qing look like a deep teacher, could it be that he already knows about it, but why does he deliberately help hide it?
Gu Mingzhu's heart was like a mess at this time, these things were like a mystery, where the thread was, but she couldn't find it, as if they had nothing to do with each other, but it seemed that they had something in common, she really couldn't think about it for a while, and her heart became more and more irritable.
There are several silver basins set up in another place on the table, which contains a basin of clear water, reflecting the bright moon in the sky, and there are tables in front of the silver basin, and there are incense burner offerings on it, which are for the ladies to beg.
At this time, many ladies have come forward to worship the moon, and the silver needles and silk threads sent by the maidservant girl are skillfully threaded, and this kind of excitement naturally attracted many people to come forward to watch, laughing and guessing who will be the one with the most skillful hands.
Cen Liuniang also came to pull Gu Mingzhu over, wanting to join in the fun, and she could also go forward to worship the moon and beg.
It's just that Gu Mingzhu didn't have any thoughts at all, so she had to smile slightly and say a few words to her, so she excused herself a little tired, let her go over with other ladies, and stayed on the couch by herself.
Cen Liuniang also saw that Gu Mingzhu's face was a little wrong, and persuaded her a few words uneasily, so she stepped forward with her sisters to see the lively beggar Qiao.
Abi looked at her lady's somewhat ugly look, and was very worried: "If the lady is not feeling well, why don't you go back to the house first." ”
Gu Mingzhu frowned and shook his head, it was too eye-catching to leave at this time.
She got up and walked along the Qujiang River, people were all gathered at the banquet side, but no one came here, it was rare and clean.
There was a sharp moon hanging in the dark velvety night sky, which lined the sparkling waves on the surface of the Qujiang River, and when the night wind rose, there were waves gently lapping on the shore, falling under her feet and slowly falling back, like her undulating mind, it was difficult to calm down.
Seeing Gu Mingzhu's frowns, Abi said softly: "Today is Qixi Festival, can the lady put the lotus lantern?" ”
What she was holding in her hand was a lotus lantern that had been prepared a long time ago, and there was a written piece of paper on it.
Gu Mingzhu looked back, sighed lightly, reached out and took off the notepad, leaving only the lotus lamp: "Put it down, I just hope that I can really achieve what I want." ”
can let her understand the truth of everything, and also allow her not to be as confused and blindfolded as before to go through reincarnation.
Ah Bi didn't know why, so he could only light the lotus lamp according to Gu Mingzhu's instructions and hold it in front of Gu Mingzhu.
Gu Mingzhu squatted down lightly with the lotus lantern in her hand, put it down along the waves of the Qujiang River, and watched it move slowly towards the center with the waves, but her heart was very heavy, I hope that this lotus lantern without paper can carry her wishes.
But after a while, the lotus lantern floated back to the shore, and suddenly hit the foot of a figure standing on the shore not far away, and stopped there.
Gu Mingzhu looked up, but that person was, Cui Lin.