Pour the glass

The willow silk is like smoke, and the weeping willows are covered with lanterns of various colors.

Along both sides of the river, the red carpet stretches for three miles, and there are banquets on the carpet. There is an endless stream of people coming and going to watch the ceremony.

Ye Lingxi was sitting on the tall building by the river, overlooking the picturesque scenery, but she dared not let go of her frowning brows.

"Princess, the men and horses are ready. We just need to wait for the envoy of Jin to appear." Jin Nu ran up from downstairs with her skirt on, before finishing her report, and said hesitantly, "Princess, the Third Highness has come down."

Ye Lingxi felt a little surprised, "Brother Huang?"

Jin Nu nodded, "Yeah."

Ye Lingxi smiled and said: "Then please invite Brother Huang to come up first, it's a good thing that he is willing to come." After speaking, Ye Lingxi's brows slightly relaxed.

Her brother is Ye Huan, the third prince of Dayun, who has never liked political affairs, but now he is willing to help his sister, which shows that he has intentions after all.

"Emperor sister." Ye Huan walked up with a smile, wearing a green kiwi robe with a white background today, looking extraordinarily handsome.

Ye Lingxi went up to greet her, "My sister is really happy that brother Huang can come today."

Ye Huan casually sat beside Ye Lingxi, and said with a smile: "My sister is waiting for a rabbit today. As a brother, I am afraid that you will be bored, so I come here to accompany my sister." As he said, he deliberately moved closer to Ye Lingxi, He said in a low voice, "If I don't come, I'm afraid that kid surnamed Cao will follow. Sister, you work so hard for the country every day. If you are a brother, you can help me a little."

Ye Lingxi's heart warmed up, and just about to say something, she heard a "boom!" gong sounded outside the window.

Ye Huan stood up excitedly, walked to the window, and looked at the moat, "Sister, the National Fragrance Ceremony has begun, come and see!"

Ye Lingxi stood against the window, staring blankly at the first painting boat floating in the moat, but saw that it was full of flowers, and the dancer was graceful and moving, and she was actually the daughter of the Minister of Rites.

"It seems that this National Fragrance Ceremony has also become a shortcut for court officials to go straight to the sky." Ye Lingxi's mouth slightly curved, and her eyes moved to the depths of Yanliu——

Ziyuan was busy patrolling among the guests in the navy blue captain's uniform, she saw her eyes were bright and she was very vigilant, as if she was guarding against something?

"Shh!"

The folding fan suddenly spread out in the hands of Young Master Jin Yi, a white jade double fish pendant hung on his waist, and a small sample of a unicorn ink flag was drawn on the folding fan, it was the seventh son of the Xue family, Xue Zijue.

Seeing her old friend, Ziyuan hurriedly carried her back, led her subordinates across the small bridge, and patrolled to the other side of the river.

Heartbroken, Ziyuan quietly turned her head to look at Xue Zijue again, and secretly said: "Sure enough, the movement of the National Fragrance Ceremony still attracted him, but that king of Qi...where is it?" Ziyuan looked around Look, the people and officials are all smiling. Those who can be seen in Lin'an City on weekdays are all somewhat familiar, but there are no unfamiliar faces.

Xue Zijue glanced casually at the dancer on the first boat, and couldn't help sighing: "I thought I could see some beauties who are overwhelmed by the country, but I didn't expect the first one to be vulgar and vulgar. What a disappointment."

"Don't worry, my lord, the National Fragrance Ceremony has just begun, maybe we can see some beauties in the back." The accompanying servant hurriedly comforted Xue Zijue.

Xue Zijue smiled, looked at the layout of the grand ceremony, and said with a smile: "It's a pity for the profit of this grand event, and it's a pity for the good idea of ​​the person who chose the site. If..." Xue Zijue suddenly stopped talking , Frowning and looking at it, I just feel that these layouts are a bit familiar.

If Jiumei was still around, such an idea must have come from her.

Thinking of this, Xue Zijue raised his eyes to look around, glanced at Ziyuan's back in a hurry, and stopped, "This person..."

"Shoot! Crack!"

A flying monkey suddenly went up to the sky, and the second boat floated lightly——on both sides of the boat, six dancers danced in a circle, and on the top of the boat, a charming woman in a scale robe danced lightly, as if It is a mermaid from the South China Sea who dances among six little fairies.

"There is a bright pearl in the South China Sea, and now I am crying for you..."

The singing was melancholic, and the mermaid dancer lowered his eyebrows and blinked, with tears glistening in the corners of his eyes.

In an instant, the eyes of both sides of the strait focused on this woman, and there were voices of admiration one after another.

"I'm not drunk tonight Su Zhexue, this year's oiran is not my family's Dai Dai, who else?" On the bank, the old bustard of Chunhua Pavilion proudly fanned a small fan, introducing from left to right, "This is the number one card of our Chunhua Pavilion. Girls, you have to remember it!"

Xue Zijue shook his fan and said with a smile: "This person is quite interesting, but it's a pity... after seeing Su Zhexue's beauty, these women can't be caught by the eye."

"My lord, have you seen Su Zhexue?" The attendants were already amazed at the beauty of Dai Dai, but they didn't expect the lord to still look down on her.I have long heard about the ecstasy of Su Zhexue, the oiran of Lin'an, but it is a pity that when I came, I heard that Zui went out of business for no reason tonight, and the oiran disappeared, and I felt regretful in my heart.

Xue Zijue's eyes suddenly became farther away, and he smiled faintly, "The most beautiful woman in the world is ecstasy, with thorns, and being able to see her with King Qi, it is considered that there is no regret in this life." As soon as the words fell , with a deep smile, as if reminiscing about the moment of amazement and loss of soul.

"It turned out to be at King Qi's place..." The followers could only mutter a few times, the beauty is at King Qi's place, how can there be any chance for these young people to see her beauty again?

"Dai Dai..." Shen Yuan sat in the Linshui Tea House by the river bank, fixed his gaze on the head of the Spring Flower Pavilion, and smiled with great interest.

Cao Boxiao drank his wine sullenly, how could he take these prostitutes seriously, "If Princess Chushan also participated in this national fragrance ceremony, why would I allow these vulgar rice to show off?"

Shen Yuan couldn't help clasping his fists and said: "Your Majesty is right, your Majesty is unparalleled in the world, and only Princess Chushan, who is as beautiful as she is, is enough to match her."

Cao Boxiao was overjoyed, "That's natural."

"Hehe." Shen Yuan respected Cao Boxiao, "Everyone knows that sooner or later Princess Chushan will be the daughter-in-law of Prince Anle's Mansion, so don't worry about it, anyway, sooner or later, right?" Said, Shen Yuan smiled again, "Since today Now that you're here, let's enjoy the demeanor of these beauties, it's a pleasure for the eyes."

Cao Boxiao breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right, the woman who is destined to be the son of this world really can't run away." After Cao Boxiao finished speaking, he glanced at the ordinary singer behind Dai Dai, shook his head, and said, "Just now, that girl Dai Dai is still alive." Okay, but this one, I really can't stand it!" After finishing speaking, Cao Boxiao simply turned his head and drank a glass of wine with his head up.

Shen Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "The good show just started today, good flowers always need some weeds to complement them." After speaking, Shen Yuan poured another glass of wine for Cao Boxiao.

Cao Boxiao drank the glass of wine and sighed, "If Su Zhexue was here..."

Shen Yuan's face darkened, "My lord, I don't know where this woman has gone, so it's better not to mention it."

"Okay, come on, don't mention it, don't mention it!" Cao Boxiao poured Shen Yuan a glass of wine, "Do it!"

Shen Yuan felt depressed, thinking of Su Zhexue, he actually felt a little uncomfortable, she was just a prostitute, why did she suddenly care about her?

At noon, halfway through the banquet, there were already hundreds of painted boats floating on the moat. Lin'an City was like a sea of ​​flowers, full of laughter and joy, making people intoxicated by watching and listening to it. is intoxicated.

Ziyuan and her subordinates patrolled both sides of the strait several times, always deliberately avoiding where Xue Zijue was, and finally waited for the subordinate who brought someone to exchange value, and then hid in a slightly secluded small shop near the river to sit down and eat and drink.

"My lord, I think that Miss Dai Dai in Chunhua Pavilion must be this year's oiran!"

"That's not true, those daughters behind, the little brand girls, are really not suitable for Miss Dai Dai!"

"My lord, what are you looking at?"

Ziyuan carried the jug and walked to the window, staring blankly into the distance, seemingly lost in thought—if her sister was here, what would Miss Dai Dai be?

The subordinate suddenly put a hand on Ziyuan's shoulder, followed Ziyuan's gaze, and saw that there was no painting boat there, just a row of weeping willows.

"Take your hand away?" Ziyuan glared at her subordinate with a livid face, raised her hand and rubbed her right shoulder, "Don't forget, I still have a wound here."

The subordinate hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "My lord, I forgot for a while, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter." Ziyuan suddenly thought of Shen Zhihuai who was also wounded at the Captain's Grand Ceremony that day, "Can Captain Shen go back to the Imperial Guard Camp to be on duty?"

The subordinate shook his head and said: "This Lieutenant Shen is also a pitiful person. His injury has not healed yet, and his mother died of illness. He is still dealing with the funeral of his mother these few days."

"His mother is dead?" Ziyuan suddenly understood what was going on.

"No, this old man was in good health on weekdays, but he left suddenly..." The subordinate nodded.

No wonder……

Ziyuan understands why Shen Zhihuai, who has always been upright, would work so hard for a captain. It turns out...just for the word "filial piety".

Feeling ashamed for a while, Ziyuan knew that she owed an extra life as a captain.

"After today's National Fragrance Ceremony, you guys follow me to see Colonel Shen."

"promise!"

Ziyuan took a sip of the wine with the pot in hand, and the wine was so strong that it entered her throat. She only felt that the pungentness filled her chest, and it was not enough to cover up the regret in her heart.

To my sister, to Ah Ling, and even to Xiaowei Shen's mother...

"My lord, look over there!"

Suddenly hearing a subordinate shout excitedly, Ziyuan looked along the subordinate's pointing, and couldn't help but become extremely pale at the moment.

"Now Miss Dai Dai's position as the oiran is in danger!"

Ziyuan stuffed the jug into her subordinate's arms, walked out of the small shop quickly, held the sword hanging on her waist, and ran straight towards the newly-appeared painting boat.

"This man..." On the bank of the river, Xue Zijue held his cup and stared at Ziyuan's profile, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help muttering: "This...this is impossible...obviously...obviously..."