Chang Anqing

Chapter 226 Awakened
The weather was new on March [-], and there were many beautiful people on the waterfront in Chang'an.

The Shangsi Festival has a long history, and it is also known as the Girl's Day. It is the most popular and lively festival in the Zhou Dynasty, from the royal family to the common people.According to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on this day, the emperor bestowed grace and canceled the imperial gate to listen to the government. Officials can rest and go home, take their wives and children to go out for an outing, and participate in the Liushang Spring Banquet by the Qujiang Pool.

Therefore, in the early morning of this day, Li Sui took a bath with orchid soup under the service of Niannu and Yunu, in response to the custom of "祓禊".

After changing into a brand-new tea-white Tangdi embroidered spring shirt, paired with a waist-length skirt with twelve patterns of flowers, a half-arm collar of moon-white green peach Shu brocade, a goose-yellow xiapei with a peony pattern on Baoxiang, and a scarlet-coloured skirt. Li Sui ordered Niannu to pull up a simple bun of surprise, with two red gold filigree hairpins inlaid with precious stones obliquely inserted on the right side of the bun, and the hair was symmetrically dotted with gilt and beaded Huasheng. The gold leaf peony and light yellow in the middle make people more charming and moving.

When Zhao Yi, Li Sui and his wife came to Qujiang Pond, the BMW cars of dignitaries and dignitaries had already parked outside, and it was extremely lively.

After getting off the carriage, Li Sui walked up steadily while Zhao Yi waited. The two walked side by side, and immediately became the most eye-catching couple in front of the door.

When everyone turned around at the same time, smiled and bowed with them and exited a road, Li Sui heard everyone say politely: "King Yuling, Wangfei."

Looking at the cloudy temples in front of me, smelling the fragrance of the surroundings, I finally arrived at the place where the banquet was held after passing through the lively crowd, bypassing three gates, and turning around two corridors.

As far as the eye can see, under the blue and cloudless sky, hundreds of flowers are in full bloom, and the trees are green. In the pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions and carved platforms, everyone has put on brand-new thin shirts, enjoying the warm spring sun of this day.The aristocrats sat on the ground beside the stream to drink and drink, the literati sat around the pavilion to compete and comment on poems, and the gentlemen sat in groups of three or five, throwing pots and archery on the green grass, or sweating profusely in the kowtowing field. .As for the little ladies, of course they took the Jinlan sisters to play in the water by the Qushui Pool and collect orchid grass.

When Li Sui and Zhao Yi came to the shooting arena, they saw that everything had already been arranged on the huge venue, and the young heroes in the middle of the arena were galloping their horses recklessly, winning cheers from the audience.

"Look, our Mrs. Rong Guo is here—"

Arriving in front of the golden tent of the Taiwei's mansion, before entering, Li Sui saw his aunt Li, who was surrounded by people sitting in the tent, looking towards them with a smile.

Looking at the Bi people in front of him who were saluting together, Mrs. Li happily closed her mouth from ear to ear, and only pulled Li Sui closer to her side for a closer look and said, "It's getting plumper and better looking, so it can be seen that the Yuling Palace is a place to raise people."

Seeing Li Shi smiling and turning to look at Zhao Yi behind him, Li Sui also smiled and looked over.

"Look, madam, you've already made eye contact in front of us."

After hearing Shen Qinglang's words, Li Shi didn't stop her, but just pretended to touch the little lady's face with her hands, but her face was full of doting smiles.

"Now you are narrowing me down. After a few days you marry Saburo, I will pay you back."

Seeing the little lady's face flushed, she rarely looked at Yang Che who was chasing after the victory with embarrassment, and finally closed her mouth.

After talking with Li Shi and Li Zhang for a while, Li Sui took advantage of the excitement and took Baoying out of the tent to relax.

Seeing the din of horseshoes in the arena, the four gentlemen of the Yang family were invincible under the leadership of Yang Chongyuan, and when they killed each other, Li Sui saw Wulang Yang Zhao standing on the sidelines full of longing, with a look of concern. The appearance of Rong Yan.

"It's a pity that Goro is not good at these things. Otherwise, Aye would be happy if he could play together. He wouldn't be so lonely."

Hearing Baoying's emotion, Li Sui smiled, looked at Yang Zhao who was alone and said: "Fortune comes when misfortune lies, and misfortune lies for blessing. Everything in this world has a definite number."

But also, it is man-made.

Hearing Li Sui's irrelevant words, Baoying was slightly confused, but Li Sui changed the subject without showing any trace: "The patterns on your clothes are pretty, did you draw them yourself?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Sui heard Hui Rong beside him say with a smile on his face: "The princess is really as insightful as a torch—"

Seeing that Baoying in front of him was suddenly embarrassed to speak, Li Sui understood a little in his heart, and Huirong immediately added: "The flowers on Madam's body were hand-painted by the Duke himself, and the paintings are Mulan and Peilan. The Duke said Madame has an orchid-like temperament, gentle and elegant, only such a noble flower can match well."

"Hui Rong—"

Hearing Baoying whispering softly, Hui Rong pretended to be silent, but the joy in her eyes couldn't be concealed.

"No wonder, I said that the flower is painted with both form and spirit. It was originally Erlang's calligraphy, so it's not surprising—"

While speaking, Li Sui carefully looked at the flowers on Baoying's body, low-key but hard to conceal her youthfulness, the flowers were indeed like a person, but only for a moment, the origin story behind the magnolia flower could not help appearing in Li Sui's mind, thinking of a pair of loyal family members Forced to die in the river because of the secular world, a strange feeling gradually developed in his heart.

At this moment, Li Sui noticed that Baoying's eyes were slightly absent-minded, and then avoided it imperceptibly, but the smile on his face was a little more ethereal.

Following Baoying's gaze just now, Li Sui immediately understood the reason.

I saw Chen Zhiyan, who was wearing a moonlight shirt, still as warm as the wind, walking towards them at this moment, and beside him was a young lady who was elegantly dressed and bookish, holding Lily's arm. In the bun, there is a bit of the beauty of Xizi holding her heart in her actions. Even when she hears the sound and smiles, she lowers her head and half covers it with a round fan, revealing only her light and shallow eyes.

Compared with the imperial concubine Shangguan, Li Sui only felt that Shangguan Yun, a cousin, was not like her. On the contrary, the Shangguan Ling who should call her aunt in front of her was more like she was carved out of the same mold.

From the looks of it, Shangguan Ling had a good appearance, and as the eldest son of Shangguan Ji, he was a good match for Chen Zhiyan, the king of Bohai County.

But the premise is that she doesn't know the inseparable relationship between Chen Zhiyan and Baoying.

As they got closer, Chen Zhiyan finally saw this side. In silence, Li Sui silently held Baoying's hand beside him, and with a smile, he saw Chen Zhiyan who had approached and inevitably wanted to greet them couple.

After saluting each other, Baoying didn't speak any more, but Chen Zhiyan looked at her with touching eyes, and finally calmly lowered his eyes, also uncharacteristically silent.

"It is said that the Shangguan family is a scholarly family, and the Qingliu family. I have read the poetry anthology of the noble concubine. It is indeed Liu Xu's talent, which is admirable."

In the silence, Li Sui knew how many people were paying attention to them, so he took the lead to break the silence and exchanged greetings with Shangguan Ling, the granddaughter of Shangguan Ji's granddaughter, with a smile.

Hearing Li Sui's praise, Shangguan Ling saluted and received it, and then said softly: "The talent and virtue of the noble concubine have always been admired and yearned for by the sisters in the family—"

As he was speaking, Shangguanling raised his head again, his eyes waved softly and said: "But the aura of Xiaze in Zhonggong Palace is beyond my expectation."

This kind of praise, if someone else said it, it would seem flattering, but when it fell into the words of the woman in front of him, it sounded sincere and without any distracting thoughts.

Seeing this, Li Sui smiled, and then held up the woman's crossed hands in salute with one hand, and when the eyes of the two met, he said, "I have long heard that the Shangguan family not only produces beauties but also talented women. The former has noble concubines, and the latter is It’s you, lady, it can be seen that you are being humble—”

"Princess is overrated—"

While he was talking, there was an unexpected commotion, as if he had seen something extraordinary, Li Sui and his party followed him, and saw the empress surrounded by people heading towards the treasure tent.

In the distance, Li Sui saw the tall and handsome figure in the fiery red Hu suit next to Emperor Yuan Cheng who was dressed in ordinary clothes.

"It's Your Highness—"

Hearing Baoying's unexpected blurt, Li Sui's eyes lit up, and an unconcealable smile appeared. It was as sweet as honey, and he quickly pulled Baoying forward together.

"Sister!"

Empress Yang was looking for Li Sui as soon as she entered the shooting arena. At this moment, surrounded by people and sitting in the treasured tent, she heard a voice that couldn't be more pleasantly surprised.

"Aman, come quickly—"

Seeing Empress Yang waving happily, everyone hurriedly retreated out of the way. Only when Empress Yang pulled Li Sui to talk and joke, Li Suishi looked at Empress Yang who looked like a different person in front of him and said: "Just a moment ago, I just think it’s back to when I was a child, when we brothers and sisters were killed.”

Seeing Empress Yang looking at him with a gentle smile, Li Sui quickly said: "Sister changed her clothes today, but is she going to end?"

Facing Li Suiyi's shining gaze, Empress Yang smiled and held her hand and said, "Naturally, we sisters are united."

"That will kill them all—"

While speaking, seeing Li Sui turning to look sideways at the court without hesitation, Empress Yang just smiled dotingly, and then Shen Qinglang said in surprise: "It seems that His Highness is also a master of bow-killing."

Hearing this, Li Sui raised his jaw proudly, and said to Empress Yang with a little arrogance: "Sister, you are not allowed to release water today, and show the pride of our Da Zhou daughter."

"it is good--"

At this moment, Emperor Yuan Cheng, who was sitting at the side, saw it, and said happily, "Then I will cheer for you off the court."

When everyone was happy, they saw Yang Chongyuan who had dismounted outside the tent throw his whip, and laughed loudly: "Your Highness is cheap today, but Ah Man, can you beat me in this suit?"

Noticing that Empress Yang's hand was slightly stiff, Li Sui tightened it silently as if to infuse comfort, then smiled and said indifferently: "Killing lies in the skill of the game, and there is no need for fancy things beside it. With my skill, I can talk about it This one, even with the wide-sleeved skirt, I still won the championship."

"it is good!"

Hearing his daughter's family's proud words, Yang Chongyuan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is what our Princess Yuling said."

While talking, Li Sui saw Zhao Yi smiling at him, and all the people present joined in the fun again.

With Queen Yang's participation, everyone on the field immediately became noisy, so Li Sui took Queen Yang, Baoying, and Shen Qinglang to the field to warm up before starting.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Sui really rode his horse recklessly even though he was wearing his daughter's skirt, without any influence, but Empress Yang's amazing ball skills amazed everyone, it was really on par with Li Sui.

Compared with the fiery atmosphere on the court, the off-court is much deserted at this moment. Sitting in the tent with Chen Zhiyan, Shangguan Ling and Chen Zhiyan sat in the tent, watching the people on the court, Shangguan Ling could feel a little more sense of loss in Chen Zhiyan's eyes beside him. The twisted sleeve hairpin handed a grape in front of him.

"Husband—"

Hearing this call, Chen Zhiyan turned his head suddenly, and saw the woman's delicate dimple smiling, her eyes focused on the grapes, and a slight curvature appeared on her lips.

"Thank you."

Hearing that thank you, Shangguan Ling drooped his eyes silently, with a smile still on his lips, at this moment he heard a good-looking man running to call Chen Zhiyan: "Ah Xian, let's go to the field for two laps! "

Looking at the good brothers who came running outside the tent, and glanced sideways at the slightly lonely Shangguan Ling beside him, Chen Zhiyan was silent and heard the people beside him smilingly say: "Husband, hurry up, my concubine also wants to see. "

"Okay, if you're tired, go find your usual sisters."

Hearing Chen Zhiyan's gentle words, Shangguan Ling smiled meekly, and then got up to watch him whip his horse and blend into the fiery field.

"Prince Princess, how can you let the prince go—"

Hearing the anxious voice of the maid Ruizhu next to him, Shangguan Ling couldn't help turning his head with a chuckle and said: "The king of the county is a dignified man, and he is not a horse in a stable. Is it possible that I should be tied with a rein?"

Seeing that his wife is still not in a hurry at this time, Rui Zhu impatiently wanted to stomp her feet and said, "But didn't you see it? The lady of Chang'an County is clearly drawn by the King of the County—"

"Ruizhu!"

Before he finished speaking, Shangguan Ling's face suddenly turned serious, and there was vigilance in his eyes.

"It's the slave who said the wrong thing, but the heart of guarding against others is indispensable—"

Seeing that Rui Zhu was still not reconciled, Shangguan Ling said with a stern face, "If you continue to talk nonsense, go back to the residence first, and don't cause trouble with me here!"

Hearing that his wife was uncharacteristically strict, Rui Zhu stopped talking, but bowed his head sadly and said: "Yes, I dare not."

Seeing Rui Zhu who had been with him since he was a child, Shangguan Ling looked back helplessly, and when he looked at the two galloping figures in the distance, he couldn't help but lose his mind and feel empty in his heart.

"What you are talking about not only involves the reputation of Chang'an County Duke and his wife, but also the reputation of the county king. If there is trouble, it must be involved in a wide range. It is not up to you and me. You have been by my side for many years, how can you connect these truths?" Don't you understand?"

Sensing the silence of the people around him, Shangguan Ling knew that Ruizhu was concerned, and he was confused, because even she couldn't lie to herself.

Since she married into the county prince's mansion, as the world has seen, her husband is indeed a rare gentleman in the world. He treats her tenderly, considerately, and meticulously, but he has no affection.

Even on the wedding night, the first sentence he said to her was "I'm sorry".

He said that she is his wife, so he will use everything to compensate her, except the love between men and women.

At that time, she thought that he just hadn't fallen in love with her yet, and that he just didn't want to be married for interests at the mercy of the world.

Until late at night, she was worried that he would catch a cold while he was busy with official duties in the study, so she went to add a cloak for him when the night was heavy and the dew was heavy. Because he likes to be quiet, only his closest companion, Lin'an, took care of the study on weekdays. Waiting for her to go, it happened that Lin'an was not there, in order not to disturb him, she didn't order anyone to call for him, she only brought Ruizhu inside.

When he entered, he was already buried in the writing desk and fell asleep exhaustedly. When she was about to put on her clothes lightly, she was reminded by Ruizhu to see a scroll of paintings on the side of the writing desk.

In the painting is a woman wearing a yellow Luo silver mud skirt and a five-color Luo mud silver shirt, looking up as if she is tiptoeing to reach for a monofilament red ground cloak hanging on the tall hibiscus tree.

It is clearly a painting, but it can vividly appear in front of her eyes. It can be seen how clearly the person who drew it remembers it and what kind of affection he holds.

Only that woman's face, eyebrows and eyes were blank.

From that night, she understood that it wasn't that he didn't fall in love with her, but that he wouldn't fall in love with her at all.

Day and night, among the stars, I want to know countless times, want to ask him, who is the person who occupies his heart without leaving the slightest gap.

In the end, she couldn't control the heart that loved him and made her retreat, even timid.

Now all of this was revealed in the calm confrontation just now.

Because she saw the same cinnabar mole on the back of the right hand of Mrs. Yang, the Duke of Chang'an County, who was exactly like the one in the painting. She saw the sadness and avoidance that she couldn't express when she looked at him, and she also saw the pain that he felt when he looked at her. Saw it.

Turns out, they're both in love with an unlikely guy.

For a while, she didn't know whether she should be happy or sad.

　Baoying and Chen Zhiyan are really my heart cp
　　
　
(End of this chapter)