Luoyang Brocade Chapter 127: Going to a banquet (1)

It had been rainy for several days, and on the day of the lotus viewing feast, the weather finally cleared up.

Ling Jingyan put on new clothes and all the six pieces of jewelry she picked out two days ago. She happily walked around in front of Ling Jingshu: "Ah Shu, how are you? Does it look good?"

Ling Jingshu suppressed her laughter and praised seriously: "Of course it looks good. From a distance, I saw a head full of pearls, so bright that it made people dizzy."

...Wait a minute, is this praising her or making fun of her?

Ling Jingyan thought seriously for a moment, then pounced on her with teeth bared: "Okay, how dare you make fun of me, let's see how I deal with you."

The two laughed and laughed.

Ling Jingshu stretched out her hand, pulled out a bead hairpin and a hairpin for Ling Jingshu, and then took off the gem necklace from her neck. Then he pushed her to the mirror: "Look now, is it much more refreshing than before?"

For a young girl, youth is the greatest beauty. If you wear too much jewelry, the flashy ones will look tacky.

Ling Jingyan looked at it for a while and had to admit that what Ling Jingshu said was right: "Okay, okay, I'll just listen to you." Then she turned to Ling Jingshu and said: "What about you, you still don't even have new clothes today. Don’t you want to wear one?”

Ling Jingshu smiled casually and said: "The lotus appreciation banquet specially held by Princess Changping. If I dress too casually, it would be disrespectful to Her Highness the Princess. You always have to wear new clothes. Please wait for a while. I Come with new clothes."

Ling Jingyan nodded, secretly feeling strange.

A Shu has never dealt with Princess Changping before, but every time she mentions Princess Changping, her tone is always a little inexplicably subtle...

After waiting for a while, Ling Jingshu quickly changed into new clothes and came out.

"How is it? Does it look good?" Ling Jingshu imitated Ling Jingyan's previous appearance. Turned in a circle.

Ling Jingyan looked at Ling Jingshu with a strange expression, as if she was holding back something unspeakable but couldn't say it.

Ling Jingshu understood clearly and deliberately raised her eyebrows at Ling Jingyan and smiled: "What's wrong? Are you surprised by my overwhelming beauty!"

"Ah Shu, please stop joking." Ling Jingyan exhaled a long breath, with confusion on her face: "You are so beautiful, even if you don't dress up deliberately, you are still a beauty. You wear this deliberately. An autumn-colored dress. I want to look old-fashioned and not attract attention, right?"

Ling Jingyan looked very serious, and Ling Jingshu also stopped joking. He nodded and admitted without concealment: "Yes, that is indeed my intention."

"Last time at Huichun Hall, Princess Fumin made things difficult for me because of my face. The Crown Princess had a bad first impression of me. It was also because of my face. Princess Changping didn't treat me well when she first met me. The complexion is still because of this face."

"The beauty of a woman is a gift from God. There should be no complaints. But I really hope that this face will stop attracting attention and trouble for me."

... This feeling of wanting to sympathize with her and beating her up at the same time is really complicated and sour!

Ling Jingyan looked at Ling Jingshu with complex and contradictory eyes, and said honestly: "The Qiuxiang color is indeed a bit old-fashioned. Young girls rarely wear dresses of this color. But if you put on a dress of this color, you will look out of place. It’s unexpectedly beautiful.”

So, unobtrusive or something. It’s simply impossible!

Ling Jingshu let out a long sigh: "Yes! When I looked in the mirror just now, I also discovered this serious fact. But if I changed into bright clothes, wouldn't it be more eye-catching?"

...What should I do if I want to beat her even more?

Ling Jingyan also let out a long sigh: "Ah Shu, considering that we are cousins, I reluctantly forgive you for hurting me unintentionally."

……

According to the practice of the Zhou Dynasty, after the prince and princess reach the age of ten in the palace, they leave the palace and build a mansion.

Princess Changping was extremely favored by the emperor. When the princess palace was being built, there were some things that "slightly" exceeded the princess's regulations. The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not say anything, and the emperor just pretended that this was not the case.

For this reason, the area of ​​Princess Changping's mansion even exceeds that of her brother Anwang Wangkang, and is only slightly smaller than the Prince's Palace in the East Palace. The mansion's carved beams, painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions are all luxurious and exquisite, which is staggering.

Just one back garden covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. In the inner city of Luoyang, where every inch of land is precious, this is simply luxury to the extreme.

Princess Changping liked peonies, so she specially circled a large open space in the garden as a peony garden. It's a pity that the peony flowering period has passed now, so there are no peonies to enjoy. I can only enjoy the lotus leaves and lotus flowers in the lake.

This lake is not very big, covering an area of ​​about ten acres. It is located in the northwest corner of the garden. Living water is specially introduced to make the lake clear. There are many kinds of rare and precious fish in it.

The lake is lined with green trees, and in the middle of the lake is a three-story viewing pavilion.

The lotus appreciation feast was held in the viewing pavilion.

If you think of the viewing pavilion, you can walk across it from the wooden bridge on the lake, or you can take a boat and let the beautiful palace maids or handsome chambermaids row the boats, which is a unique experience.

When Ling Jingshu and others followed the steward to the lake, someone happened to get on the boat.

Ling Jingshu smiled casually and asked: "Cousin Yan, do you want to take a boat ride?"

Given Ling Jingyan’s greedy and lively nature, she most definitely wanted to take a boat ride.

Unexpectedly, Ling Jingshu guessed wrong this time.

Ling Jingyan shook her head repeatedly: "Forget it, let's just walk across the wooden bridge." Without waiting for Ling Jingshu to ask, she honestly confessed: "Since that time I met the gangsters on the boat in the middle of the night, I have been doing it for many days. A nightmare. I have a psychological shadow about taking a boat. So, let’s go there!”

Ling Jingshu laughed dumbly, never expecting this to be the reason.

But...

"Cousin Yan, I was the one who was caught by the gangsters that night, and I was also the one who almost died. ~IndoMTL.com~ If there is a shadow, it should be me, right!" Ling Jingshu was half joking, half joking : "I'm fine, why are you afraid of getting up by boat?"

Ling Jingyan admitted her timidity honestly: "Don't look at my jumping ability, but I am actually the most courageous. Anyway, I don't dare to take a boat again."

It’s okay not to take a boat!

Ling Jingshu raised her voice and said to the chamberlain in front of her: "We don't want to take the boat, so we will walk across the bridge."

The waiter was quite surprised: "You ladies, are you really not going to take a boat? It is early summer. Sitting on a boat, you can paddle the wood pulp and spread the layers of lotus leaves, which is a unique scenery."

The ladies of the boudoir who came to the Princess Mansion for a banquet all took a boat to the viewing pavilion. Who is willing to brave the sun and walk across the wooden bridge?

Ling Jingshu said with a smile: "Thanks for the reminder, but we are not used to taking boats, so we might as well walk over."

The chambermaid said no more words of comfort and led Ling Jingshu and her group to the wooden bridge.

……(To be continued.)