Start practicing from marrying the disfigured princess

Yuanwu Lake is located in the outer city and has a large area. It is divided into three parts: North Lake, Southeast Lake and Southwest Lake by five Zhouzhu.

The Dragon Boat Race is held in the North Lake, which is the deepest and largest lake.

Standing on the shore, you can see that there is an island in the middle of the North Lake called Huanzhou.

There is a temple in the center of Huanzhou, with three gilded characters written on the plaque - Baizi Temple, to worship Bai Yue, the hero who saved the human race from danger.

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People were lighting incense candles and burning paper money next to the ancestral temple. The imperial court also sent people in advance to prepare chickens, rice, meat, fruits, rice dumplings, etc. for the above offerings.

There are several pavilions along the coast of Huanzhou, and people can be vaguely seen chatting and laughing beside the pavilions.

Most of these people are royal relatives and nobles. Standing on Huanzhou in the lake, they can better watch the boat race.

Ordinary people can only stand on the lakeside on the east side of North Lake and watch it from a certain distance.

At Chen time, the lotus flowers are fragrant.

The east bank of the North Lake is crowded and lively.

Everyone is busy looking for the best viewing spot.

Among the crowd, Ren Pingsheng opened his arms slightly, blocking a small space and protecting his sister-in-law in front of him.

The sister-in-law was standing on the edge of the railing, looking at the lake with bright eyes.

Before the wedding, the annual Dragon Boat Festival was one of the few times when she could leave the palace.

In the past, I always sat in the long pavilion in Huanzhou. Although it was equally lively, I always felt that something was missing.

Now that I came to the east bank of the North Lake with Ren Pingsheng and stood with ordinary people, I realized that what was missing in the pavilion was the smoke of fireworks.

Here, no one talks about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and no one mentions the ups and downs of spiritual practice. There is no hypocritical complimenting of each other, or poems and poems that she can never catch up with.

Some are just the simplest happiness, which is standing with the person you love, enjoying the breeze and admiring the beautiful scenery of the lake.

Although she has not found the one she likes yet, standing with her eldest nephew makes her both physically and mentally happy. It seems that she is no different from the one she likes.

"Look, look, there's something fun there!"

Suddenly, Liu Yunmeng seemed to have discovered something. He became excited, turned sideways, grabbed the corner of Ren Pingsheng's clothes, and pointed to the sky in the distance.

Ren Pingsheng looked in the direction of her finger and saw a dragon-shaped paper kite floating in the clear blue sky in the distance, which looked quite domineering.

The Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat race is a tradition that has been passed down for three thousand years. Therefore, on this day, the court will relax control on dragon-shaped canoes, paper kites, etc.

As long as you don't wear a dragon robe, racing, rowing, or hanging dragon lanterns is not considered transgression.

"After watching the boat race, I will take you to fly the kite." Liu Yunmeng gently tugged on his sleeve, looking very interested.

"As long as Your Highness is happy." Ren Pingsheng said in a gentle tone.

Hearing this, Liu Yunmeng turned to look at him and asked, "Aren't you happy?"

Ren Pingsheng didn't expect her to ask this suddenly, and was slightly startled. Just as he was about to answer, he heard Liu Yunmeng say again: "If you don't like it, let's go play something else. Anyway, this is not the first time for me to play with Paper Kite." ”

After saying that, his smart peach blossom eyes blinked.

Seeing this, Ren Pingsheng felt ripples in his heart. Thinking of the relationship between the two, he quickly calmed down.

After all, Princess Yunhe had just grown hair and was still young. Apart from a few royal brothers, she had never had contact with other members of the opposite sex. It was only natural for her to have a crush on Ren Pingsheng, who often accompanied her.

She can be ignorant, but Ren Pingsheng cannot.

Unless one day, he can break the royal rules and marry two princesses at the same time.

"As long as I am with His Highness, I will be happy doing anything." Ren Pingsheng coaxed softly.

After saying that, I felt a little nauseous and wanted to change my words, but I saw Liu Yunmeng's beautiful peach blossom eyes became brighter, and the smile between his brows almost overflowed.

That's all, as long as she's happy.

Ren Pingsheng thought for a while and chose to remain silent.

time flies.

The smoke on the lake gradually dissipated.

On the east bank, willows and green threads hang down, and people are crowded together.

Affected by this, the distance between Ren Pingsheng and Liu Yunmeng became closer and closer, and by the time the race started, they were almost touching each other.

"Look, look, the championship is up!"

Liu Yunmeng pointed forward and stamped his feet excitedly.

"hiss--

If you move around again, more than just the championship will be erected. "

Ren Pingsheng took a deep breath to calm down and looked in the direction of her finger.

Sure enough, I saw the so-called championship in the center of the lake. It was a long pole, wrapped with brocade and colorful, bright and eye-catching.

The Dragon Boat Race at Yuanwu Lake is one of the most grand competitions in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Several small-scale competitions will be held in advance, and four dragon boats will be selected to participate in the finals on the Dragon Boat Festival. The winner will receive generous prizes.

The criterion for winning is winning the championship.

Speaking of which, Ren has lived in Dazhou for twenty years, and this is his first time to watch the Dragon Boat Festival. It's not that he is not interested, but there are few rivers and lakes near Yunzhou, so most of what he sees is dragon boat racing and dragon dancing. .

As I was thinking this, I suddenly heard a loud shout.

"Put up the flag!"

immediately.

At one end of the North Lake, four dragon boats each raised a flag, with different colors and patterns.

Only then did Ren Pingsheng notice that the dragon boats for the competition were already in place.

The dragon boat is more than ten feet long and seven or eight feet high. It doesn't look too small. There are sixty or seventy people on it, all of whom are extremely tall.

"It's about to begin!"

A clear and sweet voice sounded.

Liu Yunmeng's delicate face showed excitement and nervousness, one slender jade hand was placed on the railing, and the other hand was tightly grasping the corner of Ren Pingsheng's clothes.

"Beat the drum!" Another loud shout.

In an instant, the deafening drum sound resounded throughout the outer city.

The next second.

Four dragon boats rushed out like arrows from a string.

At the same time, the people watching on the east bank also cheered, and the voices were noisy.

In such an atmosphere.

Liu Yunmeng, who was curled up in Ren Pingsheng's arms, followed the shouting regardless of her princess image.

She was optimistic about the dragon boat closest to the east bank, because the flag of that dragon boat was a little pink.

The dragon boat was traveling very fast on the lake, and it was close to the end in less than an incense stick of time.

At this time.

Suddenly someone in the middle dragon boat shouted loudly: "Drums hit the spring thunder, breaking through the smoke and waves!"

The next second, the deafening drum sounded, with this dragon boat as the center, spreading to the surroundings.

Like spring thunder, it struck the hearts of the oarsmen of the other three dragon boats.

Visibly, the other three dragon boats slowed down.

The next second, another dragon boat also began to recite poetry.

"Ride the long wind and break the waves!"

In an instant, a long wind came, driving the dragon boat forward at a high speed.

This is the ability of a seventh-grade Confucian scholar, speaking fluently.

In short, it is to achieve various effects by reciting poems, articles, or words and sentences.

Time flies, and after half an incense stick, the four dragon boats finally pull away.

In the end, the dragon boat closest to the east bank won the championship.

The cheers of the people on the east bank reached a boiling point at this moment.

Ren Pingsheng protected his sister-in-law in front of him, looked around, and found that many men and women were excitedly hugging each other.

"The world is going downhill, it's unbearable to watch."

Ren Pingsheng complained sourly in his heart, and suddenly heard an excited shout from the front: "Win!"

Then he felt a soft ball rushing into his arms.

A pair of slender arms tightly wrapped around her waist.

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Ren Pingsheng was silent for a moment.