Chapter 34: Orange Moon City
The two princesses, Yueting and Yueyu, are thoughtful. They understood that leaving the palace would not be an easy task, and after making their decision, they took advantage of the opportunity to talk to the foreign envoys and exchanged items as souvenirs, and obtained two sets of fancy clothes brought by the foreign envoys.
The birthday of the emperor Yuezheng ended successfully. Five days later, the envoys of various countries took their leave, and led their attendants to leave the palace of the July Kingdom and embark on the way back. What no one expected was that the two princesses, Yueting and Yueyu, were carefully dressed up and were blending in the departing crowd and leaving quietly.
The busy emperor and the moon government can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The sky is full of stars, and the moon is on the tip. The round moon is like a jade plate, like a mirror, and like a girl with clear ice and jade.
The quiet palace is still brightly lit. The emperor Yuezheng was in a good mood at this time, and was accompanying Zhou Guifei to enjoy the moon by the pool in the garden.
"Aifei, look at how well Ting'er and Yu'er performed this time. These days, envoys from various countries have praised them for their beauty, intelligence and wisdom, and many even said that they would return to their country to report to their king or emperor and propose marriage for their crown prince. But I politely refused. Ting'er and Yu'er are our hearts, the pearls of our palms, and I don't want them to leave me. The emperor Yuezheng praised his daughter to Concubine Zhou.
"Yes, the emperor must not marry Ting'er and Yu'er far away from other countries. In that case, the concubine will probably wash her face with tears every day. Zhou Guifei hurriedly strengthened the emperor's mind of the moon.
Looking up at the full moon in the sky, and looking down at the reflection in the water, Zhou Guifei sighed and said: "With such a beautiful scenery, I don't know if Ting'er and Yu'er hid in the library building to study again, and I haven't seen them all day today." The emperor mentioned Ting'er and Yu'er, and the concubines couldn't wait to see their daughter. Your Majesty, you will find Ting'er and Yu'er, and we can enjoy the moon together?"
"Concubine Ai said that I have this heart, and I have this intention, and I must reward them well. Emperor Yuezheng immediately said in agreement.
"Come on, go to the library building quickly, and invite Princess Ting'er and Princess Yu'er. ”
"Yes, the minion will go. The attendant next to him bent down and took a few steps back, then turned and left quickly.
The emperor Yuezheng hugged Zhou Guifei's soft waist, so that her head gently rested on his shoulder, and the two of them drank and admired the moon in this moonlight, grinding their ears and temples, and their love words were lingering.
But after all the love words were finished, and the wine was almost finished, the attendant who went to invite the princess still did not return. The emperor Yuezheng and Zhou Guifei couldn't sit still, what's going on?
was about to send someone to urge him again, but he saw the attendant who had left before running back in a panic, his face was pale, cold sweat was professing, and he knelt down in front of the emperor Yuezheng and Zhou Guifei: "Your Majesty, Guifei Niangniang, the big thing is not good, the servants searched the entire library building, but they didn't see the two princesses." ”
Yue Zheng stood up suddenly: "What did you say?
"I've looked for it, and the slave asked the palace maids who are usually in charge of the diet and living of the two princesses, and they all said that they hadn't seen the two princesses today. Because the two princesses often come to the emperor's side these days, the palace maid didn't care. It wasn't until the servants went over to ask that the maids began to look for it together. Finally, on the dressing table in the bedroom of the two princesses, a letter was found, and the servants did not dare to open it, and they did not know what it was. As he spoke, the attendant took out a letter and held it in both hands: "Please take a look at the emperor." ”
The emperor Yue Zheng snatched the letter, opened it and looked at it, only to see that it read, "Dear father, when you see this letter, we have left the palace and gone to the outside world to play and broaden our horizons." Don't worry about our safety, we'll be very careful. When we have seen enough and satisfied our curiosity, we will return to the palace. Don't read it!" The letter is signed by Yueting, Yueyu.
I read it carefully three times in a row, and made sure that it was really written by Ting'er and Yu'er, the emperor's face changed dramatically when he was angry, Ting'er and Yu'er were really lawless, and they quietly left the palace without saying a word.
Holding back his anger without flaring up, the emperor pondered for a moment and issued an order: "Immediately block the news, and no one is allowed to leak the princess's departure from the palace." dispatched 100 palace personal guards to secretly search for the whereabouts of the two princesses, discovered their whereabouts, and quickly escorted the two princesses back to the palace safely. ”
After issuing the order, the emperor Yuezheng collapsed on the chair, and Zhou Guifei was at a loss, just knelt on the ground, and kept praying for the gods in her heart to bless her daughter with safety.
Looking at the full moon in the sky, it brings people a cold and biting chill.
However, at this time, the two princesses, Yueting and Yueyu, were riding in a carriage and were far away.
During the day, after Yueting and Yueyu left the palace in the ranks of foreign envoys, they decisively made up excuses to leave the team and came to the streets of Purple Moon City. Find a shop that sells clothes, go in and change your clothes, and suddenly become two beautiful young men with good manners. Carrying a sword at his waist and holding a purple bamboo landscape fan, he looks like a rich son.
Yue Ting and Yue Yu knew in their hearts that once their father found out that they were leaving, he would definitely send someone to look for them nearby, so they decided to leave the palace as far away as possible, so that the chances of being found quickly would be much smaller.
After inquiring about the location of the station, the two sisters quickly came to the station, looked at the coachman who was gathered together to wait for business, and asked, "Who is willing to take us to Red Moon City?"
"Red Moon City, don't you know that there is trouble in the road? and dare to go there, it's really fatal. No, no, no!" the drivers shook their heads. The news that the bandits in Red Moon City had been eliminated had not yet reached here, and no one had taken any risks to make money.
"Ahh Things were beyond the expectations of the two sisters, and after thinking about it, they then asked, "Can you still go to Orange Moon City?"
"I can go to that place, but it's very hard to run a trip, and I can't make a lot of money after calculating, so I won't go. "Some drivers continue to say that they will not go long distances.
"Why don't you make my car and go to Blue Moon City, then you can change the carriage and go to Blue Moon City, and then change the carriage when you're done, and you will always get to where you want to go." Another coachman was doing business.
Yueting and Yueyu shook their heads after hearing this. Constantly changing carriages is not only troublesome, but also easy to leave too many clues, and the people under the father are very powerful, as long as there is a little clue, they can be found quickly.
"Go directly to Orange Moon City, we will pay double the price, is there anyone willing to go. Yueting didn't want to waste more time, so she directly raised the price.
"Can there be more?" finally the driver was moved, although he was tired, but the double price was not a small amount, and this trip was down, and he had earned a month's worth of short distances.
"How much money do you say, are you willing to leave?" Yue Ting saw that someone agreed, and she didn't care about the amount of money.
"Fifty taels of silver. The coachman opened his mouth and tripled all the expenses, including food, changing horses, and hiring another coachman.
"Let's go. Yueting agreed without hesitation, got into the carriage with Yueyu, and set off towards Orange Moon City.
The carriage ran for six days and six nights, and with the two coachmen taking turns driving, it finally arrived at the post station in Orange Moon City on the morning of the seventh day.
"Two sons, Orange Moon City has arrived. Please get off the bus. The coachman happily stretched out his hand to take the silver that Yue Ting took out and drove back.
Yue Ting and Yue Yu stepped out of the carriage, feeling that the air here was moist and stuffy compared to the Purple Moon City where the palace was located. Then he opened the purple bamboo landscape fan in his hand and fanned it gently. The flow of people who follow into the city strolls in. The houses here are different from the blue brick buildings of Purple Moon City, most of them are a combination of civil and wood, and the shape is also unique, lacking the atmospheric style, but they are exquisite and meticulous, and have a unique charm.
The houses on both sides of the street, the people shuttling back and forth, the lively shouting of vendors, everything is so interesting and curious for Yueting and Yueyu, who have never been out of the palace.
"Hot buns, hot buns just out of the cage. The two sons buy a few and try them. When passing by the bun shop, the young man was enthusiastically selling.
"How much is it?" Yue Ting looked at the steaming, white and big buns, and wanted to try them.
"Two pennies for one, how many do you want for the son?"
"Give us six buns. Yueting said, took out a tael of silver casually, and threw it to the young man.
"Yo, Childe, the shop has just opened, and I can't find so much money. Do you have a small amount of money, as long as 12 cents is enough. The young man smiled awkwardly, if he couldn't find the money, he wouldn't be able to sell this bun.
"Then you don't have to look for money. Yueyu took the bun and said nonchalantly.
The two of them have seen countless treasures in the palace on weekdays, how can they look at a tael of silver in their eyes, but such a big bun is impossible not to taste.
Gorgeously turned away, no longer paying attention to the stunned bun shop boy behind him.
After a while, attracted by new things again, Yueting and Yueyu stayed in front of an old man's stall again. I saw the old man, with his calloused hands, skillfully pick up a wheat straw, pick a little caramel on one end of the wheat straw, and then put the other end of the wheat straw on his mouth and blow it, and the caramel was immediately blown up. At this time, the old man quickly pinched the blown caramel with his other hand, and after a while, it was blown into the shape of a monkey eating a peach.
Under the intently gaze of the two sisters, the old man blew out different animal shapes such as mice, chickens, and dogs one after another, each of which was so realistic and expressive.
The magical craftsmanship made the two admire it very much, and hurriedly put down two taels of silver, Yueting and Yueyu happily left with a few sugar people, leaving the old man who sold sugar alone and thankfully.
"Dangdangdang......" The sound of a gong sounded, and the two sisters stopped again. I saw a strong man and a child, with three hairy monkeys, standing in an open field, and the strong man was vigorously beating the gong in his hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen of Orange Moon City, as the saying goes, rely on your parents at home and rely on your friends when you go out. Today, I came to Orange Moon City with my children to perform monkey tricks for everyone, I hope you are happy, and you can reward a few small dollars after watching it, I thank you here first. The strong man who struck the gong shouted loudly.
Seeing more and more onlookers, the monkey show began. I saw three hairy monkeys under the command of strong men and children, performing various programs such as somersaults, drilling hoops, making grimaces, and pulling carts, and the funny performances caused bursts of cheers from everyone.
After the crowd threw down their few pennies, the show ended. Yue Ting and Yue Yu came to the strong man: "Can you sell this hairy monkey to us?" asked Yue Ting.
"No," the strong man directly refused: "The two sons are rich young masters at first glance, what do you want this hairy monkey to do, my father and son still expect to live on these three hairy monkeys, and the son will not have the heart of playing." ”
"We saw that the hairy monkeys were very pitiful under your command, and we wanted to buy them and let them go back to the mountains and forests, and you were thinking about it. Yueting continued, and took out twenty taels of silver: "These silver, you can use it to make a small business, and you can live, so let the hairy monkey go." “
"Hehe," the strong man saw the money, "it's easy to say, it's easy to say." I'm going to go out of the city and let the hairy monkeys go back to the mountains. “
The strong man said, hurriedly put the silver into his pocket, and promised on his lips, but he was thinking in his heart, let me release the hairy monkey, there is no door, I will change places to continue the performance, how do you know the way. Let it be your reward.
It's a pity that Yueting and Yueyu don't know what the strong man thinks. They were so inexperienced, and when they saw that the strong man agreed, they believed it and left.