Who says maids don't fall for the city

Chapter 2 Flying Flowers Are Light Like a Dream (2)
She smiled, and her smile was full of warmth, not at all like a brothel girl. "This hairpin is just an ornament to me, but it must be related to the girl's life. Just now, Young Master Yu was present, and it was not easy for both of you to refute his face. Now that he is gone, I will give this hairpin to the girl."

"But, but this is a gift from the young master to the girl..." I couldn't even speak smoothly, seeing that she was so considerate of me, I felt all sorts of feelings in my heart for a while.

She stuffed the hairpin into my hand, "Young Master Yu gave me the hairpin, and the hairpin is mine. Now I'm just giving it to the girl. Does the girl dislike it?"

"Of course not!" I hurriedly clarified, seeing her smile all over my face, I realized that she was teasing me. "Since this is the case, I won't postpone it anymore. Thank you, girl, and I will come to thank you someday."

Shuang Shuang nodded and said with a smile: "Young Master Yu has already gone far, the girl should hurry up and follow."

I thanked her with a salute, and hurriedly chased after the young master with the hairpin in my hand.

As soon as I went out, I found three people waiting for me at the door. I was flattered for a while.

When the three of them saw me coming out, they turned around and left without saying much.I lowered my head and followed behind them.

I was not relieved until I delivered the hairpin to the princess's personal maid, Jiang Ruo.

It wasn't until then that I felt sore all over, as if I had just finished a battle and was so tired that I could fall asleep on the bed.

Slowly wandering back to the yard, it was already dark.Lanterns were hung inside and outside the palace, looking beaming.Although the inner courtyard is far away from the outer courtyard, laughter can still be heard.

Prince Yi, Cheng Muheng, is the younger brother of Emperor Jian'an, the current emperor. During half his life as a soldier, he has conquered countless lands for Daye, and he is loyal to Emperor Jian'an first-class, so he is deeply favored by the emperor.Her original partner is the eldest daughter of Chen Xiangguo, and Daye is the most virtuous and virtuous woman.But the prince doesn't care about women's sex, and he and the former princess are just as respectful as guests and as plain as water.Therefore, after the first princess gave birth to a son, she put all her thoughts on her son, and the mother and son were very close.

Unfortunately, in the autumn of the 20th year of Jian'an, the former princess accidentally contracted a cold and became ill from then on, and went there before the spring of the next year.In the summer of the second year, Emperor Jian'an acted as a matchmaker, pointing out the daughter of the younger sister of the current Empress Dowager Shengde as the successor to Prince Yi, who is now the princess.The princess has nothing to do after entering the mansion, so although she is not very good to Cheng Yu, she is not bad.

But perhaps because of his deep affection for his biological mother, the son always refused to get close to the current princess, and turned a blind eye to the princess's overtures.Today, he even stole Wang Hao's hairpin. If Wang Hao finds out, she will inevitably get angry.But fortunately, Miss Shuangshuang is so kind that I was able to do business.

Thinking of this, what kind of affection do I have for Miss Shuangshuang in my heart.Just as he was thinking of bringing something to thank her some other day, he saw Ruyi coming out from the corner of the corridor.She was startled when she saw someone, but when she saw that it was me, she jumped and ran over.

"What are you doing?" I raised my eyebrows lightly, "Have you finished all your errands?"

She giggled, pulled my sleeves with both hands and shook them lightly, and moved closer to my ear, with a hint of flattery. "Sister Qing'er, today is Qixi Festival. I heard that the south of the city is lit with lanterns. It is very beautiful. Let's go and have a look."

Lanterns are lit every year in the south of the city on Qixi Festival, and the color of the lights stretching across the street is beyond words.Ruyi is young, and there are some fun and novelty.

I smiled at her: "Could it be that your skin is itchy, don't say you can't get out, just go out, if you let Aunt Zhao know at that time, you will be beaten to pieces, don't beg me."

Ruyi rolled her eyes and said, "Princess is celebrating her birthday. Aunt Zhao is too busy with outside affairs, so how could she think of us? My dear sister, I heard that the imperial court allocated funds for the Qixi Festival this time, and the scale of the lantern festival will be even bigger. Even in the past, it was hard to find in a hundred years. If we don't see it, we will regret it for the rest of our lives!"

Seeing that her words became more and more outrageous, and she even made up such words as regretting her whole life, I couldn't help laughing.But after thinking about it, what she said is also reasonable. When the late concubine was alive, she once took her son to enjoy the lanterns on Qixi Festival one year. I was still in her room at that time, so I also had the opportunity to see it.But it was fashionable and young at that time, and I only thought the colorful lanterns were very beautiful, but I didn't feel much about the peach blossoms in the street and the love of concubines.Now that it has been more than ten years, I don't know what the view outside is, whether it is as beautiful as that year.

Ruyi stared at me with a good look, and saw that my face was slightly relaxed, so she excitedly pulled me to the back door.

"Oh, wait." I stopped.

Ruyi immediately turned her head and looked at me nervously, for fear that I would regret it.

She smiled helplessly, "Go back to the room first and change into clothes you don't wear often, otherwise it will be bad if people in the house catch you on the street."

After hearing what I said, she breathed a sigh of relief, and repeatedly said that her sister was thoughtful, and hurriedly dragged me back to the room to change clothes.

I found a plain white sarong from the closet, but then I thought about it, today is Qixi Festival, so wearing plain white is unavoidably inappropriate for this celebration, if so, I'm afraid it will be even more ostentatious if I go out on the street.So I changed into a pink gauze dress, which was given by Aunt Zhao on my birthday last year. Because its color didn't match my identity as a servant, I never wore it.Taking advantage of today, it can actually show it to the light.

After putting on the clothes, after thinking about it, I loosened up my hair and braided it again.Looking at the mirror, the hair is black, like thick ink, matching the pink skirt, it doesn't look monotonous.

As soon as it was cleaned up, Ruyi's voice sounded outside the door.He hurriedly took three taels of silver from under the pillow, and hurried out.

When I got to the back door, I saw that there was no one there, and I thought that all the family members had gone to the front yard to help.So the two left the palace smoothly.My status in the mansion is not low, and there are no restrictions on coming in and out.But Ruyi is different, so I can only use this shady method.

The Wangfu is in the east of Luoyang City, not far from the long street where the lanterns are placed.Ruyi and I walked together and arrived soon.

Standing on the street, you can see the River of Lights stretching for ten miles.Both sides of the street are full of pattern-shaped lanterns, and almost every man and woman on the street has one.The streets are full of people, but it doesn't make people feel noisy, but there is a kind of warmth.

Suddenly, I felt my hands drop, and I turned my head suspiciously, but I saw Ruyi pointing to a shop selling lanterns, insisting on dragging me.

Really couldn't screw her up, so they went into the shop hand in hand.

The boss is a woman in her early thirties, with a good appearance, with her hair in a bun and a bright red skirt.Standing among the lanterns is not only not gaudy, but has a warm beauty that can make people stunned.

Seeing that there was a business coming, she was not in a hurry to sell, she just led us into the shop and sat down, then poured two cups of tea.

"What style of lantern do the two girls like?" There seemed to be some fatigue in the words.

Ruyi looked around excitedly, ignoring what the proprietress said.I was helpless, thinking that it was Qixi Festival anyway, so I just bought a lantern to meet the occasion.So I looked at the proprietress, "Sister thinks it's good, just pick up two for us." Lifting the tea bowl, the fragrance immediately filled the nostrils.I was taken aback, and looked at the tea leaves carefully, but it turned out to be the best Lishan Linyue.Can't help but be surprised, this tea is only available in one pot in the house, and it is only taken out to treat guests when they come to the door.I didn't expect such a small lantern shop to have such a lantern, and it was handy for customers to taste.

Even if he sold all the lanterns in the house, he might not be able to afford half a piece of tea from Lishan Linyue.

"If the girl wants to, she can pick it herself. There is no reason for me to choose. The purpose of buying lanterns is to celebrate and find a marriage. If the girl has no such intentions, why bother to spend money?" Zhang Stool sat down, and said these words without raising his eyes.

Ruyi heard that she was about to explode, I hurriedly winked at her, and she was angry for a long time before she could bear it.

It's a little funny in my heart, seeing the boss like this, it must be the wife of some family who is looking for fun, now she is tired and has a temper, so she doesn't want to care about her.Indicating Ruyi to find a lantern by myself, I also stood up and looked around.

The lanterns in the store are very finely crafted and cute in appearance.There are various kinds of jade rabbits, water lotus, and flying birds.I'm many years old, but I don't particularly like it. I was thinking of picking one up, but my eyes caught a touch of green, under the pressure of many lanterns.Curious in my heart for a moment, I tried my best to turn the green color out, but I saw that it was a dragonfly. The painting was a bit rough, but it was more childlike and cute.It just looks like it's been a while.Just as he was thinking about whether to change it, he saw that Ruyi had already selected a rabbit lantern, so he brought the dragonfly lantern to the boss and asked her to calculate the price.

She raised her eyes, and when she saw the lantern in my hand, her eyes lit up for a moment.Sweeping away the previous tiredness, he looked me up and down.

Ru felt that she was so rude, and said angrily: "Are you still doing business! Look again, we won't give you any money!"

The boss laughed when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Ruyi, and said with a smile: "You are a young girl, but you have a big temper. The person who was seen didn't speak, but you got angry first." Then he looked at Ruyi again. Me, "I gave these two lanterns as a gift, take them and go."

If you think she doesn't want money, I'm too embarrassed to say anything back.I estimated the market price and gave her the silver. We were either relatives or relatives, and she was willing to give it away, but I couldn't accept it.She refused at first, and then saw that I was determined not to give up until I achieved my goal, so she took the money and threw it on the counter.

Seeing that she took it, Ruyi dragged me out angrily.After standing still outside the door, she looked at me angrily, "Sister Qing'er, that person doesn't understand etiquette too much. If everyone in business is like her, why don't they all drink the Northwest Wind!" The topic changed, "Besides, why are these two lanterns worth a tael of silver? Why did you give her so much, Sister Qing'er?!" The voice was full of complaints.

I just smiled, but didn't answer.Although one tael of silver is my monthly salary, compared with that mouthful of Lishan Linyue, I am definitely not in a loss.What's more, I live in the mansion, and I don't have much money to spend, so I just give it away.

Fearing that she would continue to pester me, I hastily took out the fire pocket and blew on it to light the lantern.Pull Ruyi into the crowd.

July [-]th is a good day to find a good relationship. The ladies and sons who don't go out on weekdays all come out to look for it accompanied by their servants.Although Ruyi is young, she already understands some things about talented people and good people.At this time, when I saw a handsome young man or a beautiful and shy lady, I would point them out to me one by one, and I would help them make a match.

"This young man should be worthy of that lady just now, but it's a pity why he missed it one by one..."

I heard it funny, but I didn't want to spoil her interest, so I just said: "People say that on Qixi Festival, if you meet someone who holds the same lantern as you, it is a good relationship. Instead of staring at others, you should take a good look at yourself." .If I see a suitable one, I will ask my wife, and I will save you from being so noisy and not serious."

She blushed at what I said, stomped her feet, gave me a look and ran away.

When I saw her, I was just looking around for myself, and I didn't want to restrain her, I just wanted to find a secluded place to rest.Looking around, I saw a shop selling tea soup not far away.Walked over in two steps in three steps, and sat down while calling for tea soup.The young man quickly poured a bowl of tea, then turned around to greet other guests.Take a big sip of the tea soup, it is refreshing and sweet, and to me it is no different from that Lishan Linyue.

As soon as he put down the bowl, he heard a few commotions coming from the side. When he looked over for a while, he saw that the corner of the opposite street was surrounded by several people, and the noise of the dispute was getting louder and louder.

"That's Zhu Suanzi. The family has been fortune-telling for generations. They never make mistakes." Seeing that I was curious, Xiao Er explained to me.

I nodded and paid for the tea.In the spirit of watching the excitement, he walked towards the fortune-telling booth.There were too many onlookers, and when I managed to squeeze in, I saw a man and a woman standing in front of the fortune-telling booth, the man seemed slightly older than the woman by a few years.There was a gentleman standing behind the stall, but in his early forties.

"You old man is talking nonsense, why is my third sister's life bad?! I think you are in need of repairs!" The young man blushed and looked very angry.The girl behind him was covering her face and weeping.

After the man yelled, he turned to comfort the woman beside him, "Sister, don't cry. He is just a magic stick, he can't do enough nonsense, don't worry about it. I will never lose you!" He put his hand on his heart as if making an oath, his face flushed.

"The old man is speaking according to the girl's face, why are you talking nonsense." The fortune teller was dressed in a green shirt, and his eyes were quite clean.

The woman cried even more when she heard the words, the young man was at a loss what to do, he could only stare at the husband bitterly, wishing he could rush up and beat him up.

"Girl, don't be sad. Although your marriage is not going well, you have your own destiny. Everything is destiny."

The young man was afraid that the fortune teller would say something offensive, so he dragged the girl away in a hurry.Seeing that the protagonist had left, everyone smiled and dispersed.

After watching a play, it was already late when I looked up, so I thought I should go back.Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he heard "Girl stay behind" from behind.

He stopped and turned around, seeing that there was no one else around.

"You don't need to look for the girl anymore, it is the girl I am calling."

When I looked up, I saw the fortune teller looking straight at me. "I want to help the girl do the math."

Remembering that he almost broke up a marriage just now, I couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Lao, it's just that I don't have any money on me, so I don't dare to bother you."

He smiled lightly, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.

When I came back to my senses, I didn't know when I had walked to the table.I looked down and saw that the word "Yu" was written on the top of the book, in hairpin style, which was exactly my handwriting.

The gentleman stepped forward to pick up the paper and looked at it carefully for a while. "Is the girl born on the third day of September?" He asked softly.

I was taken aback, not knowing how he knew. "Exactly."

The gentleman looked up at me.Every word is resounding.

"Body of gold and jade, born on the third day of the ninth lunar month, the girl will definitely be the mother of the world in the future."

"Push"

Unexpectedly, he said such a thing, and couldn't hold back his laughter for a moment.He bowed uprightly to him, "Thank you, sir, for your kind words."After finishing speaking, he frowned, as if he was not happy that I didn't believe his words.

"But little fortune-teller, can you even let you decide the position of the mother of the country?! It's really rebellious!" A voice of disdain sounded.Looking around, I saw a man in his twenties frowning back and forth looking at me and the fortune teller.

Mr. took a good look at him, then turned to me, and said solemnly: "Young lady must have a relationship with him."

The man blushed when he heard this. "nonsense!"

I was not angry when I saw that he was tall and handsome, and I saluted Mr. again, "Thank you Mr. for your kind words."

After saying that he was about to leave with the lantern in his hand, he glanced at it and saw that the man was holding the same dragonfly lantern as me.He obviously noticed this too, and was stunned for a moment, unable to speak.

Seeing that the lanterns he carried are exactly the same as mine, and they are both old, it must have been a pair back then.So he smiled and said, "We really have a karma."

He blushed even more, glared at me, and stepped forward. "Sell me this lantern." The tone was blunt, not like a discussion at all, but an order.

I didn't speak, I picked up the lantern and looked at it carefully, ignoring him at all.

Seeing me ignoring him, he suddenly became angry.I took out something and stuffed it into my hand, and when I couldn't react for a while, I snatched the lantern and turned around to leave.

(End of this chapter)