Chapter 208: Childhood sweethearts with the villain?
Chapter 208: Childhood sweethearts with the villain?
"What are you laughing at?"
"Ah, I just couldn't help being happy when I heard that I could go out and play."
At this time, two guards came to the emperor and paid their respects: "Your Majesty, your Highness, and the Princess."
"Flat body."
Chu Yunxiao called the two guards, and then said to Chu Yuan: "Yuanyuan, these are the two guards in gold and silver armor beside our father. How about letting them stay with you?"
"Okay, then Brother Yuan, Brother Zan, Sister Liao, and Sister Cao must all accompany our daughter." Chu Yuan counted on his fingers.
"Okay, okay, I'll go with Yuanyuan."
After receiving a satisfactory answer, Chu Yuan took his leave. After all, his father still had important business to attend to in the Qianqing Palace.
The next morning, Chu Yuan came to the school skipping and jumping, as if to ask me something as if he had good news.
This made Duan Linyuan and Ye Zan couldn't help laughing. They had received the imperial edict to accompany the princess early this morning. It seemed that this silly sister was going to keep it a secret from them.
However, the two of them were in perfect harmony, pretending to know nothing to make Chu Yuan happy: "Why are you so happy today, sister Yuan Yuan?"
"Guess what you think. If you guess right, I'll tell you."
Duan Linyuan's eyes turned: "Could it be that today's breakfast is too delicious?"
"No, am I such a greedy person in Brother Yuan's mind?"
Ye Zan came to the rescue of his good brother: "I think Yuanyuan must have received the teacher's praise without our knowledge, and is secretly happy here."
"No, no, I usually get enough praise from you, don't I need to be happy about this?"
"It's not that she ate delicious food, nor did she receive praise from the master. So what made Sister Yuanyuan so happy? Could it be that His Majesty allowed her to leave the palace to attend the God Worshipping Ceremony?"
Chu Yuan saw the suppressed smiles in their eyes and came to his senses: "Okay, so you already knew about this, and you're still trying to make fun of me!"
"Don't be angry, sister Yuanyuan. We just saw that you were hesitant to speak and we didn't want to spoil your fun."
Chu Yuan was not a petty person and would not get angry with them over such a small matter. Moreover, she was in a very good mood as she was about to go out of the palace to play, so she would not care about these trivial matters.
"Well, I don't get angry that easily."
As Chu Yuan was looking forward to it, three days passed quickly. After attending classes for a morning, he could go out of the palace to play.
Misses Liao Xuewei and Cao Xinxi have not been out since they entered the palace to serve as the princess's companions, so they are particularly looking forward to this opportunity.
Duan Linyuan and Ye Zan went out frequently, so they had no great expectations for the God Worshipping Conference. It was just that this was their team's first collective action, so it was definitely different from usual.
Chu Yuan felt very uneasy this morning and wished there was a clock in front of the classroom that could count down.
Perhaps her expectant expression was too obvious, and the gentleman saw that her mind was not here, and called her up several times to answer questions.
However, Chu Yuan's ability to do two things at once is not to be underestimated. This is a skill she has developed over the years as a student.
Although half of my mind had already flown out of the palace, the other half was still in this classroom, listening to the teacher's lecture.
So Chu Yuan answered the gentleman's questions fluently and was even able to draw inferences from them, leaving the gentleman speechless and no longer paying attention to her.
After finally getting through the get out of class, Chu Yuan was like a kite that had lost its string: "Brother Yuan, Brother Zan, we're going back to the Qi'an Palace first. Don't forget to meet at the palace gate at 15:30."
"Okay, Yuanyuan, we will be there on time."
At three quarters past the hour of Wei, two young boys stood side by side outside the palace gate.
Ye Zan was complaining to Duan Linyuan in dissatisfaction: "Yuanyuan is so unpunctual. She told us to be on time many times, but she was late herself."
"Hey, it's not a good habit to say bad things about people behind their backs, don't you think, Brother Zan?"
Ye Zan was startled by the sudden voice coming from behind: "Yuanyuan, where did you come from?"
"Don't say it, don't say it, let's get going quickly, or we will miss the God Worshipping Ceremony."
After Chu Yuan urged Ye Zan to get on the carriage, he turned around and gave Duan Linyuan a smug smile. It was thanks to his good cooperation that his prank was successful.
In the carriage nearby, Liao Xuewei and Cao Xinxi smiled at each other. Their princess loved playing these little tricks the most.
When the carriage arrived at the square where the God Worship Conference was held, Chu Yuan jumped off excitedly: "Is this the God Worship Conference? There are so many people!"
The man in gold and silver armor stopped her and said, "The master has ordered that young lady can only watch from a distance and cannot squeeze into the crowd."
"Okay, okay, Uncle Jinjia, Uncle Yinjia, please move aside. You are blocking my view of the show."
On a tall circular platform opposite, there was a person in strange costume breathing fire.
Although Chu Yuan came from later times and had seen a lot of things like this, this kind of performance was still new to him. Moreover, this was in ancient times without any technological means, so they all relied on their real abilities.
After a while, another group of beautiful women, wearing colorful dresses, danced gracefully on the stage.
Chu Yuan's view was blocked by the crowd of onlookers, so he quickly climbed onto the carriage, stood high up and looked over there.
Ye Zan was confused: "Yuanyuan, this is not as good as the performance of the singing and dancing girls in the palace. Are you so obsessed with it?"
"Brother Zan, you don't understand. The performances of the dancers in the palace are beautiful, but they are not as down-to-earth as those seen among the people. Moreover, those performances are mostly held in formal occasions, and every move must follow the rules. They are not as unrestrained as they are now."
Ye Zan scratched his head: "It seems that what you said is right."
Chu Yuan ignored him and continued to watch the performance attentively.
The performances in the afternoon are to express the people's awe and respect for the gods. The highlight of the day is the release of sky lanterns in the evening, when people pray to the gods.
Chu Yuan didn't believe in these things at first. She was a staunch materialist and thought that all theories about ghosts and gods were superstition.
But since I met System Xiaodao and learned about the existence of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, I began to believe that there is a divine will in all this.
"Brother Yuan, let's buy a few sky lanterns and set them off by the river."
Duan Linyuan certainly wouldn't refuse her small request: "Okay, I'll ask the servants to buy it later."
After watching the performance, the group came to the most famous restaurant in the capital - Tianxianglou.
Chu Yuan stared at the plaque, and it seemed familiar to him: "Brother Yuan, I seem to have seen the words on this plaque somewhere before."
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