Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 217
Hearing Su Mei's voice, Gu Sixiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning around, she looked at Su Mei, and asked if it was okay.

He could only show with his eyes that Su Mei was also alert, and when he saw Gu Sixiao's eyes, he immediately fell in love with her.

Shaking his head, he said lightly: "Little lady, don't worry, no matter how many people there are, the little ones will protect you well."

Although he seemed to be showing his loyalty, Gu Sixiao knew that he wasn't talking about her.

Now that he said so, it seems that Su Jingchun is not here, and their people have already left.

Looking around, there are people walking through the crowd, seemingly inconspicuous, but they are checking one by one.

At first, no one paid attention, and they didn't react until they were dragged away several times in a row.

But after half a cup of tea, the crowd was already in chaos.

The fan masters in the field gradually realized that something was wrong, "What, what's wrong?!"

"I'm afraid something will happen, everyone, don't make a mess, it's better to stay here and wait for the changes..."

Lu Ding spoke loudly, but there was no one listening to him at this time, a group of fan masters crowded out in a chaotic manner.

The common people who had been bustling just now were also squeezing out.

Although they don't know what happened, but no one wants to be arrested, pushing each other and running outside.

"Little lady, come this way." Su Mei didn't lead Gu Sixiao out, but took Gu Sixiao to the school grounds.

At this time, everyone was crowded at the gate of the school grounds, and no one noticed that they were walking into the school grounds.

Holding the hem of her skirt, Gu Sixiao ran after Su Mei in small steps.

In just a moment, he had already run into the depths of the school grounds.

There is a dense forest, but in front of the forest are dozens of tents, which are supposed to be used for soldiers to live in the school grounds.

Su Mei turned around and watched vigilantly for a moment, making sure there was no one there, and then suddenly opened a tent, "Little lady..."

Nodding, Gu Sixiao got into the tent without hesitation.

Before he could see clearly what was going on in the tent, he was already hugged into his arms.

The familiar breath made her feel at ease immediately.

Without turning around, she leaned into Su Jingchun's arms and let out a soft sigh, "It's a good thing you're fine, you don't know how scary it is outside now."

"Don't be afraid, no matter how many people the prince sent, they will not be able to catch my people. At most, they will just catch some innocent people."

Gently exhaling, Gu Sixiao turned her head, trying not to think about anything else.

"Can you hear that? I beat them!"

Nodding, Su Jingchun didn't look surprised at all, "I know you will win." She nodded Gu Sixiao's nose with a smile, and said softly: "Don't you remember that today is Qixi Festival? On this day, Zhinu The empress will definitely bless the ingenious woman."

"So it's Qixi Festival!" Gu Sixiao thought about it and laughed, "The Cowherd knows how to weaver girl, you Mr. Su, just come and meet me..."

"Yeah, I'm here to meet my Weaver Girl—no, bah, spit and repeat, we're not Cowherd and Weaver Girl."

Can't help laughing, Gu Sixiao looked at him with gentle eyes.

It's not like what Su Jingchun would say, it's precisely because he never said this kind of thing usually, it's even more rare at this moment.

Only those who really care about can't bear to be separated.

"Jingchun, on July [-]th, you can really..."

"Shh, don't talk about that now." Su Jingchun whispered with his finger on her lips, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist.

"Today, we only talk about us, about our future, about our child—Sixiao, I want a daughter like you, and a son, um, who is cute, obedient, and smart—like me... ..."

Without speaking, Gu Sixiao just leaned her head into his arms and listened to him quietly.

Every word and every sentence he said is so beautiful and beautiful, if it can really be like what Jing Chun said—that would be great!

After receiving the post about attending the July [-] sacrificial meeting, Gu Sixiao, like everyone else, showed an expression of surprise and joy, and specially asked Qiaoer to stuff a couple of gold ingots into the eunuch who gave the post .

The eunuch tucked up the gold ingot, and the smile on his face became kinder.

"Miss, although this sacrificial meeting is held in the palace, it is much more relaxed than other banquets. This is also the benevolence of your majesty and empress. Let the families of officials in the capital and the female relatives of all the prefectures participate in it, and sacrifice the souls of the dead. The meaning is to accumulate a share of Yin virtue for yourself. So the girl doesn't have to be too nervous, just be more casual when entering the palace."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Thanking you with a smile, Gu Sixiao respectfully sent the eunuch out of the mansion, turned around, and the smile on his face disappeared.

On the other side, Qiao'er was still fiddling with the post in his hand excitedly, "Little lady, is this a post from the palace? I can't believe that the little lady will be able to enter the palace for a banquet—it's a pity. You take the girl, otherwise, I can also see what is going on in the palace."

Seeing Qiaoer's excited smiling face, Gu Sixiao just smiled, but didn't answer her.

If she was just a girl, then she would be as excited as Qiaoer, but unfortunately she is not.

After finally getting to July [-]th, Gu Sixiao got on the carriage to the palace. On the surface, Gu Sixiao seemed to have nothing to do, but in fact he was both nervous and excited.

On July [-]th, the street is as bright as day, whether it is a street or an alley, there are people with lanterns everywhere, and they go to the Bian River in groups.

There are also those who lit fires on the street and burned paper money, and some who set up Yulan basins at the street corners to feed hungry ghosts, and some rich families invited monks to perform water and land rituals to save the souls of the dead.

However, more people still put river lanterns on the Bianhe River.

The car drove past the Bian River, and the lotus lanterns floating down the upstream came along the water, floating and sinking on the river surface, illuminating the entire river surface.

Swaying, drifting away along the water, as if drifting to the horizon, to the Styx.

Folks put river lanterns, but in the palace they zoom in on boats.

The feast in the palace was indeed as the eunuch said, very casual.

It is said to be a banquet, but it is not a serious banquet.It's just the nobles in the palace, as well as relatives of the emperor, civil and military officials and family members, gathered in the imperial garden.There are also snacks and snacks, but most of them are not used.

When Gu Sixiao was brought into the palace, he was supposed to be taken to meet the emperor, but he was only brought to meet the imperial concubine.

Knowing that this noble concubine is Prince Rui's biological mother, Gu Sixiao was even more careful when greeting her.

"Get up quickly! Come here and let me see, what kind of character is this fan king who defeated Dongying and Gaoli fan masters..."

With the hand of the maid who came to help, Gu Sixiaoxu supported her, stood up, stepped forward carefully, and dared not look up until the concubine asked her to raise her head.

At a glance, one could see that the noble lady sitting first was wearing palace attire, but she didn't wear so many jewelry on her head, but simply inserted a gold step rocker.

But even so, it still seemed that this nearly fifty-year-old woman was graceful and luxurious. Although she had lost her youth, her features were still beautiful.

It is conceivable how beautiful and charming this imperial concubine who was favored at a young age was at that time.

After all, she didn't dare to look too much, just took a look, and Gu Sixiao lowered her head obediently.

"Looking at it now, he looks like a shy kid. I heard that you were a heroine when you accepted the challenge!"

The lady joked and said with a smile: "Don't be too formal, speaking of it, we are also relatives!"

Turning her head, looking at the noble ladies beside her, she said with a smile: "You don't know, this little girl Xu's family is the younger brother of Prince Rui's side concubine, tell me, she is not a relative!"

The ladies hurriedly said "what a coincidence", but Gu Sixiao just smiled quietly, pretending to be timid, not daring to respond.

After staying with the concubine for a while, the concubine smiled and asked the maid to take Gu Sixiao down.Before leaving, he rewarded many things.

Being led out by the palace maid, Gu Sixiao still wondered where Su Jingchun and the others were, and where the matter had progressed.

The maid who brought her out had already whispered: "Little lady, there are many people and things going on tonight, so it's better for the little lady not to wander around, just wait by the lake and let the boat go out of the palace."

These words didn't seem to be said casually. Gu Sixiao wanted to ask if it was Su Jingchun who confessed, but he didn't dare to ask, for fear that he would miss the point and get through the rumors.

The maid said this, but she didn't say anything else, she took Gu Sixiao to the lake, gave a salute, and left.

The lake in the Imperial Garden is naturally running water, a huge piece of water, connected to the Bian River outside, open the water gate, and the work filled with flames can be put into the Bian River outside.

Come to think of it, those people who put lotus lanterns on the banks of the Bian River were also waiting to see these Yankou boats.

Now Gu Sixiao is standing by the lake, and from a distance, he can see the five Yankou boats moored on the lake.

Although I couldn't see what was loaded on the boat, I knew it was paper money, paper clothes, food and so on.

By the lake, there were many people, like Gu Sixiao, looking at the boat from a distance, and some, like the common people outside, were putting river lanterns into the lake.

When the water gate is opened later, these river lights will also go along the water and merge into the Bian River.

Looking around, in the small pavilion by the lake, there is a maid taking care of He Deng.

There were all kinds of river lanterns on the table, some with lit candles, and some unlit, whenever someone passed by, the two maids would take the lanterns and offer them up.

Those who can come to the sacrificial meeting, even if they look ordinary, are officials and family members. Those two maids have a very good temper, and they are full of smiles at everyone.

Gu Sixiao went over and took a few lotus lanterns, thanked her with a smile, walked around the rocks, arrived at the lake, and put the lotus lanterns in his hands into the lake one by one.

"Brother, may your spirit in heaven rest in peace..."

Whispering in a low voice, Gu Sixiao closed her eyes, although her nose was so sore, she tried her best not to cry out.

"Father, you and mother must be together now, right? Perhaps, you also brought your elder brother with you—you are all good people, and you will be rewarded with virtue. God, please help my elder brother and my parents to arrange a good place to go. , let them live in peace and happiness in their next life..."

Whispering, Gu Sixiao wiped the corners of her eyes, stood up, glanced, and just saw a woman standing up not far away.

Looking at each other, the woman smiled and nodded first.

Gu Sixiao also smiled slightly, and was about to turn around and walk away, but she turned to the woman and called out with a smile: "Lady..."

Xu Shi noticed Gu Sixiao's gaze, the man turned his head and saw Gu Sixiao clearly, but his complexion suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)