Chapter 263: Temple Fair
The temple fair is not just a market in this world of Buddha, but a highly valued sacrificial activity, from the emperor's relatives to the market vendors, all of whom have to worship the Buddha on this day.
Of course, during the day it is the stage of pilgrimage to the Buddha, and at night it is time for all kinds of vendors to sell and perform songs and dances.
Although Ying Yue is nominally a cousin, but because she is liked by the old man and the old lady, those young ladies of the family will also give Ying Yue a little dignity, but ...... Because of the old man's personality of not being in the oil and salt, these so-called decency are only on the surface.
Ying Yue knows it, so she doesn't care about these very much. Although Ying Yue didn't say it, she looked down on these little children who liked to step on their intrigues at a young age, but she had to endure it for the sake of the Lan family, after all, the old man and the old lady were really good to her, and it was naturally excellent to share some pressure for the family.
On this day, Invite Yue received an invitation from the fourth lady of Hou Mansion, and asked Invite Yue to go to see the fireworks together on the night of the temple fair, and she couldn't help frowning when she saw this invitation, if I remember correctly, this guy has always had a crush on his big brother...... Could it be that she finally mustered up the courage to let her help pass on her affection in the middle?
Invite Yue pondered for a while, and then told the old lady about it, and the old lady looked at the invitation and was silent for a while, "The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is loyal and brave, if it can really achieve good things, it is also the blessing of our Lan Mansion, go ahead, all kinds of depths need to be measured by yourself." ”
All kinds of shades need to be measured by themselves? Ying Yue's eyes couldn't help flashing, what the old lady meant by this...... Let her grasp this degree, and she must be able to not only promote good things, but also not leak the news and damage the reputation of the two families?
Ying Yue thought for a while, and then nodded, "Grandma, don't worry, Invite Yue will definitely do it properly at this time." ”
On the day of the temple fair, you need to select an excellent lady to dance the blessing dance, and Ying Yue is not a serious lady, so she is naturally not among them, but the fourth lady of Dingyuan Houfu was selected. Every year, the temple fair is a time to gild the young ladies, as long as they can dance this blessing dance, they will be regarded as blessed people, and when they reach marriageable age, more people will ask for marriage.
Since the fourth lady was selected, she has been practicing hard in the palace every day, and Ying Yue can't help but be a little worried, there are men in the palace who are better than the demon monks, handsome, and good-tempered, what if these four young ladies empathize and don't fall in love......
Just when Ying Yue was worried, it was rumored that the queen was going to summon her, it turned out that Ying Yue's embroidery work was somehow seen by the queen, and she was very satisfied at a glance, so she wanted Ying Yue to embroider a dance dress for the princess to pray for blessings.
Groove, is there any mistake, there are more than two months to go to the temple fair, the princess seat leads the dance, the dance clothes must be extremely complicated, even if a few show girls embroider together it will take a year, this ...... Is it the queen's excuse for planning to attack the Lan family?
Ying Yue was silent for a long time, and finally obediently followed into the palace, after entering the palace, she didn't even see the queen, she was sent to Xiufang, looking at the complicated sketch, Ying Yue's eyes couldn't help flashing.
This is indeed not a job that one person can do in two months, but the queen arranged it, which is strange...... Even if you want to attack the Lan family, you shouldn't start with her distant relative.
Could it be that there is something in this embroidered garment?
Ying Yue didn't panic, she looked at the sketch carefully and then pulled the corners of her mouth slightly, this little trick also wanted to harm the Lan family? It turned out that the queen asked the dance dress to be embroidered on both sides, so that the front embroidered was a pattern given by the queen, but the reverse side was a peacock with a broken tail.
The peacock is considered to be a sacred bird, with the meaning of peace and joy, if the princess wears a broken tail peacock to dance the blessing dance, it is an ulterior motive.
Invite Yue looked at the fabric and smiled coldly, if there was anything else, she might be embarrassed, but the embroidery ...... Their wishful thinking this time was eighty percent wrong.
Yingyue is not in a hurry to work, but shows up in the planned number every day, and waits until the day of the temple fair, which has just been completed. The reason why Ying Yue dragged on like this was to see who else was involved in this matter besides the queen.
Ying Yue said that the way of wearing this dress was a bit special, so she had to do it herself to put it on the princess, so the people sent by the queen did not have the opportunity to blatantly check whether the embroidery was done as they wished.
Invite Yue came to the princess's room and saw that she had already finished dressing, so she honestly put on the princess's dance clothes, and now it depends on who found out that the princess's dance clothes are problematic.
The princess was all ready, and Ying Yue went out with her, and when she came to the temple fair, she hid aside and carefully observed the civil and military officials below, of course, the person who can instruct the queen of the cave must not be a person to be underestimated, and the first thing that Ying Yue suspected was the queen's mother.
However, she never expected that it was the Ninth Prince who had been paying attention to the princess's clothes! Sure enough, it was also his people who took the opportunity to shout, "Hey, what's wrong with the princess's clothes?"
Invite Yue's eyes flashed suddenly, this nine princes like to cultivate immortals and practice Taoism, they are an outlier in this world, and they are usually used to messing around and are always involved in the emperor by the old man, so he hates the old man very much, since this is the case, it is understandable that he is the one who made it.
Of course, the Nine Princes did not see the scene he had been waiting for for a long time, and the person he arranged was also sentenced to behead for disrupting the temple fair, but it was ...... It will have to wait until after the temple fair is over.
The Nine Princes squinted at the princess's flawless cloak, his eyes sank slightly, and Ying Yue felt the scorching gaze from him, so he turned his head and smiled at him.
The eyes of the Nine Princes sank even more......
As the saying goes, it is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain, and the ninth prince is undoubtedly a villain.
"Are you saying that the fourth lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion made an appointment with that girl, and planned to throw her alone at the temple fair?"
"Yes, I heard that this was arranged by Young Master Sun of the Blue Mansion in order to scare and scare her, so he planned to follow her near to ensure her safety. ”
When the Ninth Prince heard this, he couldn't help but evoke an evil smile: "No matter what the price is, give me Young Master Sun who stumbles on the Blue Mansion!"
The attendant's eyes flashed, and then he replied respectfully, "No!"
On the night of the temple fair, Ying Yue came to the place set by the fourth lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion on time, which was a pavilion on the other side of the river, because it was not on the main street of the temple fair, it was exceptionally clean, so that not only could it be beautiful to watch the fireworks, but also be away from the hustle and bustle and quieter.
When Invite Yue came, she saw that no one in the pavilion couldn't help but pause, and Invite Yue pinched a little, that is, it would not be too flattering sooner, and it would not be too late to make people feel powerless.
But she didn't see a single person, not even a maid, what was going on?
Just when Ying Yue was puzzled, a bunch of elite troops came running and surrounded the pavilion and Ying Yue.