Chapter 68
Located in the outer city, Yuanwu Lake has a large area and is divided into three parts: North Lake, Southeast Lake and Southwest Lake by five islands.

The Dragon Boat Festival is held in Beihu, the deepest and largest lake.

Standing on the shore, you can see that there is an island in the center of the North Lake, named Huanzhou.

There is a temple in the center of Huanzhou, with three gilt characters written on the plaque - Baizi Temple, which is used to worship the hero Bai Yue who saved the human race from danger.

now.

People beside the ancestral temple were lighting incense candles and burning paper money. The imperial court also sent people to prepare chicken, rice, meat, offering fruits, zongzi, etc. for the offering.

There are several long pavilions along the coast of Huanzhou, and people can be vaguely seen talking and laughing beside the long pavilions.

Most of these people are royal family and nobles. Standing on the Huanzhou in the lake, they can better watch the race.

Ordinary people can only stand on the lakeside on the east side of the North Lake and watch it from a certain distance.

At the hour of the hour, the lotus is fragrant.

The east bank of Beihu Lake is crowded with people and it is very lively.

Everyone is busy looking for the best place to watch.

Among the crowd, Ren Pingsheng opened his arms slightly, blocking a small space, and protecting his sister-in-law in front of him.

The sister-in-law stood by the railing, looking at the lake, her eyes sparkling.

Before Ji, the Dragon Boat Festival every year was one of the few times when she could leave the palace.

In the past, I used to sit in the long pavilion in Huanzhou. Although it was equally lively, I always felt that something was missing.

Now that I came to the east bank of the North Lake with Ren Pingsheng and stood with ordinary people, I just realized that what is missing in the long pavilion is fireworks.

Here, no one talks about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and no one mentions the ups and downs and difficulties of practice, and there is no hypocritical mutual flattery and poetry recitations that she can never talk to.

Some are just the simplest happiness, which is to stand with the person you like, enjoy the breeze and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the lake.

Although she hasn't found her ideal so far, but standing with her eldest nephew, she also feels happy physically and mentally, and she thinks it is no different from her ideal.

"Look, look, there's something fun there!"

Suddenly, Liu Yunmeng seemed to have discovered something, became excited, turned sideways, grabbed the corner of Ren Pingsheng's clothes, and pointed to the distant sky.

Ren Pingsheng looked in the direction of her finger, and saw a dragon-shaped paper kite floating in the clear blue sky in the distance, which looked quite domineering.

Dragon boat racing is a 3000-year-old tradition on the Dragon Boat Festival. Therefore, on this day, the imperial court will relax the control on dragon-shaped canoes and paper kites.

As long as you don't wear a dragon robe, no matter whether you are racing dragon boats, rowing dragon boats, or hanging dragon lanterns, you are not considered overstepping.

"After the race is over, I will take you to release the paper kite." Liu Yunmeng tugged at his sleeve lightly, with a look of great interest.

"As long as His Highness is happy." Ren Pingsheng said in a gentle tone.

Liu Yunmeng heard the words, turned to look at him, and asked: "Are you unhappy?"

Ren Pingsheng didn't expect her to ask such a question suddenly, he was slightly startled, and was about to answer, when Liu Yunmeng said again: "If you don't like it, let's go play something else, anyway, it's not the first time Zhiyuan Bengong has played gone."

After finishing speaking, her lively peach blossom eyes blinked.

Seeing this, Ren Pingsheng felt a ripple in his heart, thinking of the relationship between the two, he quickly calmed down again.

After all, Princess Yunhe had just reached Ji, and was not very old. Apart from a few royal brothers, she had never had contact with other opposite sexes. It was human nature to have a good impression of Ren Pingsheng, who often accompanied her.

It's okay for her to be ignorant, but Ren Pingsheng can't.

Unless one day, he can break the royal rules and marry two princesses at the same time.

"As long as I'm with His Highness, I'll be happy in whatever I do." Ren Pingsheng coaxed softly.

After finishing speaking, he felt a little numb after knowing it, and wanted to change his words, but saw that Liu Yunmeng's beautiful peach eyes became brighter, and the smile between his brows almost overflowed.

That's all, she's happy.
Ren Pingsheng thought about it, but chose to remain silent.

time flies.

The mist on the lake gradually dissipated.

The green silk of willows and willows hangs down on the east bank, and people are crowded with each other.

Affected by this, the distance between Ren Pingsheng and Liu Yunmeng became closer and closer, and before the race started, they were almost stuck together.

"Look, look, the championship is up!"

Liu Yunmeng stretched out her finger forward and stamped her feet excitedly.

"hiss--

If you want to move around again, there will be more than just a championship standing up. "

Ren Pingsheng took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked in the direction of her finger.

Sure enough, I saw the so-called championship in the center of the lake. It was a long pole, wrapped in brocade and colorful, bright and dazzling.

The Dragon Boat Festival race at Yuanwu Lake is one of the most grand competitions in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Several small-scale competitions will be held in advance, and four dragon boats will be selected to participate in the final on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. The winners will receive generous prizes.

The criterion for winning is to win the championship.

Speaking of which, Ren Pingsheng has lived in Dazhou for 20 years, and this is the first time he has watched the Dragon Boat Festival. It's not that he is not interested, but there are few rivers and lakes near Yunzhou, so most of what he sees are dragon boat rowing and dragon boat dancing.

Thinking this way, I suddenly heard a loud shout.

"Flag up!"

immediately.

At one end of the North Lake, each of the four dragon boats raised a flag with different colors and patterns.

Only then did Ren Pingsheng notice that the dragon boats for the competition had already been in place.

The dragon boat is more than ten feet long and seven or eight feet high. It doesn't look small. There are six to seventy people on it, all of whom are extremely burly.

"It's about to start!"

A clear and pleasant voice sounded.

Liu Yunmeng's exquisite face showed excitement and tension, one slender jade hand was placed on the railing, and the other tightly clutched the corner of Ren Pingsheng's clothes.

"Beat the drum!" Another loud shout.

In an instant, deafening drums resounded throughout the outer city.

next second.

The four dragon boats rushed out like arrows flying off the string.

At the same time, the people watching on the east bank also cheered, and there was a lot of voices.

Influenced by such an atmosphere.

Liu Yunmeng, who was huddled in Ren Pingsheng's arms, yelled out, regardless of the image of the princess.

She is optimistic about the dragon boat closest to the east coast, because the flag of that dragon boat is a little pink.

The dragon boat traveled extremely fast on the lake, approaching the finish line in less than a stick of incense.

at this time.

Suddenly someone shouted loudly on the dragon boat in the middle: "Drum the spring thunder and break through the mist!"

In the next second, deafening drums sounded, centered on the dragon boat, and spread around.

Like a spring thunder, it hit the hearts of the hands of the other three dragon boats.

Visible to the naked eye, the other three dragon boats slowed down.

In the next second, another dragon boat also began to recite poems.

"Take advantage of the long wind and break the waves of thousands of miles!"

In an instant, a gust of wind hit, driving the dragon boat forward at a high speed.

This is the ability of a seventh-rank Confucian scholar, and it is easy to export.

In short, various effects can be achieved by reciting poems, articles, or sentences.

Time flies, and after half a stick of incense, the four dragon boats finally separated.

In the end, the dragon boat closest to the east coast won the championship.

The cheers of the people on the east bank reached a climax at this moment.

Ren Pingsheng protected his sister-in-law in front of him, looked around, and found that many couples were embracing each other excitedly.

"The world is going downhill, it's unsightly."

Ren Pingsheng complained sourly in his heart, when he suddenly heard an excited shout in front of him: "Win!"

Immediately afterwards, I felt a mass of softness rushing into my arms.

The waist is also tightly encircled by a pair of slender jade arms.

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Ren Pingsheng fell silent for a moment.

(End of this chapter)

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