After Bai Yueguang was reborn, the regent became black

Chapter 11 Zhongyuan Festival

July and a half is the Ghost Festival, also known as Ghost Festival, which is a day to pay homage to ancestors and mourn lonely souls.

The old lady brought everyone to the ancestral hall to offer incense and finish burning scriptures.He waved his hand to let everyone back down.

The three of Gu Yunxi, master and servant, were walking back to Tinglan Garden. Longan said excitedly, "Miss, let's go and set off the river lanterns. I've heard about the grand Mid-Autumn Festival in Kyoto before, so let's go and see it too."

Setting off river lanterns, also known as setting off sky lanterns, is an important custom of the Hungry Ghost Festival.

One is to put the bad luck on the sky lantern and send it away along the river.The second is to lead the way for the souls of the dead and illuminate their way forward.

Gu Yunxi raised her head, looked at the darkened sky, felt a little depressed, "Let's go."

As night fell, the long street was already bustling with people, and men and women had less scruples on the Ghost Festival, and there were many young men and women swimming together.

Both sides of the street are covered with brightly colored red lanterns, reflecting the crowds coming and going, each with a beaming smiling face.

"Miss, why are we buying so many lanterns?" Longan asked with a puzzled expression, looking at the seven lanterns on the ground.

Gu Yunxi's face was serious, without saying a word, she lit the river lamps with trembling fingertips.

Longan said: "Miss, let me help you order."

Gu Yunxi shook her head and said softly, "No, I'll do it myself."

Red Date patted Longan on the head: "If you talk too much, Miss Be careful not to eat snacks for a month."

As the name suggests, longan people have a round face, and the almond eyes are very pleasing.On weekdays, I would ask the servant at the front door to help bring some snacks. Not letting her eat would make her feel worse than fine her a monthly fee, so she could only shut up embarrassingly.

Gu Yunxi put the river lanterns one by one into the moat, watched them slowly drifting away with the wind, and murmured in her heart, "Father, mother concubine, brother prince, sister, forgive Yunxi for not being able to worship in person."

"This lamp is a bit different." Hong Zao's words interrupted Gu Yunxi's thoughts.

She looked down at the river lantern that was caught in front of her.The river lantern is in the shape of a bunny, and the small black characters on it read: You buried the mud in the spring to sell your bones, and I sent the snow to the world.

Seeing this familiar handwriting, Gu Yunxi's eyes were full of desolation.

"Miss, what do the characters above mean?" Longan asked curiously, poking her head out when she heard the words.

Gu Yunxi was thoughtful, her eyelashes trembling slightly and said: "It's just a sentence about missing my dead wife."

Longan said: "This little rabbit river lantern is really well made, why didn't I see that there are still river lanterns in this shape for sale just now."

Hongzao replied: "It should be made by myself. The river lantern has always been in the shape of a lotus flower. I have never seen this kind."

Gu Yunxi reached out to hold up the river lantern from the river, her black hair fluttered slightly in the wind, and she felt an indescribable sense of loneliness.

"Shen Zhi, let's put two lamps for parents too." Standing on the bridge, the woman pointed to the lotus lantern in the moat, the silver hairpin and phoenix tail on her head swayed slightly, as if she was about to spread her wings and fly away.

The man's eyes were a little panicked for a moment, he stretched out his hand to hold her tightly, without saying a word, turned around and bought two river lanterns from a small stall next to her.

"Shen Zhi, let me come. Father said that I will be married in a few months, and the wedding date should be set in June next year." A red cloud appeared on the woman's face, "I don't know if my parents will like me. "

The man's eyes are gentle and bright, shining with a warm light that makes people yearn for, "Yes, I like it, and my parents will also like it."

The breeze blew by, and the lake surface rippled.

The woman suddenly asked, "If one day I leave earlier than you, will you also put the river lanterns on for me? But these river lanterns are all the same, I want the one in the shape of a bunny, just like the one you gave me It’s just the same. That way I can spot it right away in a bunch of lanterns.”

"No!" The man clenched his fists and repeated, "No."

"I'm just kidding you, don't be angry." The woman leaned on him, tugged at his sleeve, and said coquettishly.

"Yunxi, I only have you"

The wax oil on the river lantern dripped onto Gu Yunxi's hands, and she regained consciousness and put the rabbit river lantern in her hand back into the water.Slowly push it away with a little force.

Gu Yunxi smiled wryly. She often suspected that maybe Shen Zhi's parents really didn't like her, otherwise why in less than a month, she was found lying on the same bed with Yao Tong in disheveled clothes.

From then on, she and Shen Zhi became strangers.

After the three of them set off the river lanterns, Longan took the red dates to buy chestnut cakes.Before seeing the booth, I could smell the fragrance.

Looking at the long queue, Hongzao frowned and said, "There are a lot of people, let's buy it next time."

"It's okay, it's okay to go back and forth, just wait for a while." Gu Yunxi pointed to the stall next to him and said, "I'll go eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls with distiller's lees, and wait for you by the way."

The glutinous rice balls are small and exquisite, smooth and delicate, and have a faint smell of distiller's grains, making people salivate.

After Gu Yunxi finished eating a bowl, seeing the longan and red dates were still queuing up, she sat and watched the endless stream of people.

For several years, the bustling streets seem to have not changed at all, but the people are not the same people as before.

Following the flow of the crowd, his gaze finally settled on the man standing with his hands behind his back on the opposite street corner.

The man was wearing a black robe embroidered with golden dragons, his jet-black hair was tied up high, and the red moles at the corners of his eyes were more clearly visible under the light of the lantern.The slender fingers are slightly arched, holding a small rabbit lantern in his hand.

Gu Yunxi only felt that her heart seemed to be tightly held by someone, and it was difficult to breathe.The thick and slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and he lifted his feet and walked to the opposite side.

Obviously only a few steps away, Gu Yunxi felt like she had walked for a long time.

"My lord, this river lantern is so beautiful, I want it."

The woman is wearing a water-colored dress, and the embroidered belt is lightly tied, fluttering in the wind, lining her waist tightly.Appearing beside Shen Zhi, he said in a charming tone.

The man handed the river lantern in his hand to the woman, and the two left together.

Although Gu Yunxi couldn't see her face, she still felt that she was a good match for her looks.

After her pale thin lips trembled for a few moments, she finally didn't cry out.

The red lights shone on the two of them, making them look warm and festive.

Gu Yunxi's feet seemed to have taken root, and she stood still, watching the two leave.

The red dates and longan came to find Gu Yunxi standing motionless at the entrance of the alley, the surrounding candles were flickering, and her figure was even thinner, like a shattered beautiful jade, desolate and fragile.

Hongzao was a little worried and called out, "Miss?"

Gu Yunxi shook her head, and said a little weakly: "Go home, I'm a little tired."

In the boundless darkness, Shen Zhijue's back, Yao Tong's ferocious face with a smile, bloody broken leg and scarred face in the mirror changed back and forth, Gu Yunxi suddenly woke up from the dream.

"Miss is having nightmares again?" It was Hongzao who left the vigil today, she opened the blue gauze curtain and asked in a low voice.

Gu Yunxi just woke up, her face was still a little confused, and the cold sweat on her forehead soaked a few strands of her hair.

Longan brought hot water from a copper basin, soaked a cloth towel, wiped Gu Yunxi's body, and helped her change into dry pajamas.

Gu Yunxi was lying on the bed, looking at the tent above her head, and remembered the scene when Shen Zhi broke into Chaoyun Palace in the rain on the day of her divorce.

The heavy rain drenched his clothes and hair, but he didn't care about it, he just asked stubbornly over and over again.

"Why? Why are you retiring?"

She was silent, not knowing how to answer.

Shen Zhi said with a pleading voice: "Don't break the engagement, okay?"

She waved his hand away cruelly, knowing that if he didn't get an answer today, she wouldn't leave.

"It was because I was too young that I mistook my dependence on you for the relationship between a man and a woman. I didn't realize it until I met the Prime Minister's son Yao Tong a few days ago." Her voice became weaker and weaker.

Shen Zhi stood in the courtyard, looking at her with disbelief, his eyes were red.

Gu Yunxi couldn't hold back, and said, "Shen Zhi, I'm sorry." She finally didn't have the courage to tell him the truth.

Shen Zhi ignored her apology, staggered back step by step, turned around and left resolutely.

Seeing his leaving back, she couldn't help crying anymore.

Later, when she heard that Shen Zhi was going to the frontier, she held his favorite cloud cake and waited for him for a day and a night in the long pavilion outside the city, but he didn't show up.

The majestic heavy rain was mixed with strong wind, which made her unable to open her eyes.One inadvertently fell to the ground, the food box rolled a long way, and the white cloud cake was scattered all over the ground, stained with yellow sludge.

She never saw him for the last time.

For five years, he has already been accompanied by a beautiful woman, Gu Yunxi, you should let it go too!
(End of this chapter)