Chapter 60
Today is the day when Princess Yicheng departs for the Northern Wei Dynasty to marry her.

Early in the morning, Princess Yicheng came into the palace to bid farewell to the emperor and empress. Princess Ronghua looked at her from a distance, wearing a phoenix crown and a robe, but her eyes were full of sadness, without a trace of joy, and she was full of thoughts.

Climbing up to the gate tower, I kept watching the procession of seeing off and getting married. Gradually, the procession in the distance turned into a star point, and Princess Ronghua went downstairs until she could no longer be seen.

Daylight flies, and it is the eve of Qixi Festival in a blink of an eye.

Princess Ronghua specially asked Hong Ju and others to pick the impatiens. Seeing Luo Ruyi and the four maids busy preparing a set of tools for nail dyeing, the corners of Princess Ronghua's mouth rose slightly, feeling very comforted in her heart .

After all, there are not many days to pass such a peaceful day.

Hongju and the others smashed the impatiens into a golden basin, added a little alum, adjusted the pigments, covered them one by one on Princess Ronghua's nails, and then wrapped them with leaves.

When night fell, Luo Ruyi specially ordered the palace staff to set up a square table in the courtyard, with tea, wine, fruits and other offerings on the table.

Princess Ronghua and the maids in Huaqing Palace sat around the table and prayed to Vega.

Luo Ruyi specially asked someone to bring five-colored silk to wear a nine-tailed needle, and whoever finished it first would get the lottery added by everyone.

Princess Ronghua smiled and inspected the maids, and found that Bai Cao, who was newly promoted to be the first maid, was the most ingenious, and she passed the multicolored silk through the nine-tailed needle in a short while.

"Thank you princess, thank you all sisters!" Baicao shyly got up and put her palms together to thank everyone.

"Why are you being polite, Bai Cao? You deserve it!" Huang Die pulled Bai Cao to sit down.

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Princess Ronghua asked Liang Yizhi to take the palace staff to dig out the sweet-scented osmanthus wine buried under the tree the year before last.

In Huaqing Palace, Princess Ronghua and a group of maidservants sat on the floor, drinking and laughing, very lively.

But Shoukang Palace was completely silent.

In the hall, Princess Huiqing sat on the embroidered pier and gently beat the Empress Dowager's legs.

"Tomorrow is Qixi Festival, have you invited the Liang family boy to play together?" Queen Mother Li suddenly asked her.

Princess Huiqing's pretty face froze, how could a daughter like her have the nerve to take the initiative in these matters?

Empress Dowager Li guessed what she was thinking when she saw her expression, and there was a trace of coldness on her face, "The old man knows that you have no face, so can't you think of something?" The tone was quite angry.

"Remember to go out of the palace tomorrow, and create a chance meeting with the Liang family boy. Wouldn't it be a matter of course to play together on the Qixi Festival night?" Queen Mother Li gave an idea and gave an order.

Princess Huiqing had no choice but to agree, "Yes!"

Coming out of the empress dowager's bedroom, Princess Huiqing asked Fu Rong in a low voice, "Have you found out who the eldest princess is going to spend Qixi with?"

While pretending to ask indifferently, she was also afraid of hearing the answer she didn't want to hear, and she was really entangled in her heart.

"This servant has never heard of it." Fu Rong had no choice but to tell the truth.

Princess Huiqing breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Is there any movement at Huaqing Palace tonight?"

When Fu Rong heard this, her face was a little sluggish, and her tone was rather sour, "Huaqing Palace is very lively, it's worshiping the Weaver Girl, and it's also a drinking order."

Princess Huiqing's complexion was not much better than that of Fu Rong's upon hearing this.Their room was deserted, and she would be reprimanded by the empress dowager, but the Huaqing Palace was full of bustle and bustle, it was really frustrating.

However, the calm Princess Huiqing still decided to obey the Queen Mother's will, otherwise she would not be able to catch Liang Shaoxuan, not only the Queen Mother would lose patience with her, but even the Queen Mother would be disappointed in her.

Turn to the Qixi Festival night.

Princess Ronghua left the palace with four maids.

The streets and alleys of Tianjing City tonight are crowded with people, the bustling crowd is like a tide.Looking up at the starry sky, the sky is full of wishing lanterns that people put up, the lights are in a trance, illusory and real.

Rows of all kinds of four-corner lanterns hang above the street, and the shops lined up on both sides of the street are decorated with lights and festoons, and a small colored shed is temporarily set up at the door to hang various lantern riddles.

Seeing the guests guessing the lantern riddles and taking away the exquisitely crafted rabbit lanterns, Hongju and the others stared into their eyes.

Princess Ronghua couldn't help but smiled, "Go and guess! Bengong, let's see which of the four of you is serious about studying?"

"Yes!" The four maidservants agreed, and went up to guess the lantern riddles together.

"Half full and half empty" Hong Ju muttered softly to the lantern riddle in her hand, then chuckled, "This is a Jiang character!"

"Girl guessed right!" The boss smiled and handed the lotus lantern to Hongju.

"Drawing time is round, writing time is square, winter time is short, summer time is long" Lan Zhi read while scratching his head, unable to figure out after hard thinking, so he pulled Hong Ju to his side and asked in a low voice: "Sister Hong Ju, what are you doing?" Let's see what is the answer to this mystery?"

Hongju looked at the lantern riddle, recited it several times in her heart, her eyes lit up, "This is a Japanese character!"

"The girl is really smart!" The boss couldn't help but complimented Hongju, and handed Hongju a lantern in the shape of a Weaver Girl.

The boss's straightforward compliment made Hongju blush.

"Two shapes and one body, four branches and eight heads, [-], flying springs and flowing upwards" Baicao repeated it several times, but she still had no clue. He beckoned, "Sister Hongju, come and help me see!"

Hearing the words, Hongju went to Baicao's side, and recited the lantern riddles over and over again, frowning but couldn't figure out why.

Seeing the sad faces of the two, Princess Ronghua smiled helplessly, then stepped forward, glanced at the lantern riddle, thought for a while, and blurted out, "This is a well!"

"Good!" The boss applauded for her when he heard it.

"Miss, I still have a lantern riddle here, do you want to guess it?" The boss actually initiated an invitation to Princess Ronghua. You can choose the lantern here! How about it?"

"Oh? I'm a little curious about what the old man said!" Princess Ronghua said curiously, but her smile was light and emotionless.

So, the boss took out the lantern riddles from his collection and hung them in front of Princess Ronghua.

"There are still stones in research, but there are no mountains in Xian. After Jiangnu left, Mencius did not return."

The four maidservants all came over and read the lantern riddle softly, everyone was silent for a moment, but they couldn't figure it out when they were deep in thought.

Princess Ronghua glanced at the boss, her eyes were clear and lingering, and her tone was extremely indifferent, "Old man, are you a little bully?"

The boss's face tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say that?"

Princess Ronghua took a look around and saw that there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on his desk, so she stepped forward to pick up the pen and wrote two words profusely on the paper.

"inkstone cover"

The boss stepped forward and looked at it, his face changed immediately, and he was silent for a moment before returning to normal.

I saw him brushing his beard and laughing, "This lady is really a wonderful person!"

He put on an attitude of willing to gamble and admit defeat, "Miss can take the lantern here if you want!"

Princess Ronghua didn't bother with him, pointing to the most gorgeous phoenix lantern on his stall, "I want that one!"

The boss was startled again, but he didn't say anything, he turned around and took the lantern and handed it to Princess Ronghua respectfully.

"The eldest princess is really amazing!"

At this time, applause and slightly frivolous praise sounded from behind.

(End of this chapter)

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